| rain dance | a ritual dance intended to bring rain |
| date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
| rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
rain gauge
rain gage
pluviometer
udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
| rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
rain
pelting | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive, a rain of bullets, a pelting of insults |
| rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
| rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
| date bar | fruit bar containing chopped dates |
| date bread | bread containing chopped dates |
| date-nut bread | bread containing chopped dates and nuts |
| date | sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed |
jujube Chinese date
Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
date
appointment
engagement | a meeting arranged in advance, she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date |
| blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
| double date | a date in which two couples participate |
rain forest
rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
| temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest
selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
dateline
date line
International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the th meridian |
| rain shadow | an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it |
nimbus
nimbus cloud
rain cloud | a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
Jupiter Pluvius
Rain-giver | an epithet for Jupiter |
| blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
date
escort | a participant in a date, his date never stopped talking |
| Rain-in-the-Face | a chief of the Sioux, he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn () when General Custer's troops were massacred (-) |
rain
rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
shower
rain shower | a brief period of precipitation, the game was interrupted by a brief shower |
rain tree
saman
monkeypod
monkey pod
zaman
zamang
Albizia saman | large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle |
common laburnum
golden chain
golden rain
Laburnum anagyroides | an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum, often cultivated for Easter decorations |
date palm
Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
date plum
Diospyros lotus | an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
| rain-wash | the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain |
acid rain
acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
rain
rainwater | drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds |
| date | the present, they are up to date, we haven't heard from them to date |
maturity maturity date
due date | the date on which an obligation must be repaid |
date
day of the month | the specified day of the month, what is the date today? |
| date | a particular day specified as the time something happens, the date of the election is set by law |
| future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
| rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
| sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
| date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred, he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class |
| date particular date | a particular but unspecified point in time, they hoped to get together at an early date |
| epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
| date | assign a date to, determine the (probable) date of, Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings |
| date | provide with a dateline, mark with a date, She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated |
dateline
datemark
date-mark | mark with a date and place, dateline a newspaper article |
| date date stamp | stamp with a date, The package is dated November |
| date | go on a date with, Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart |