Associations to the word «Arid»
Noun
- Steppe
- Semi
- Savanna
- Grassland
- Climate
- Desert
- Rainfall
- Tropic
- Precipitation
- Scrub
- Irrigation
- Rainforest
- Evaporation
- Sahara
- Weathering
- Vegetation
- Cactus
- Acacia
- Monsoon
- Drought
- Habitat
- Lowland
- Classification
- Reclamation
- Woodland
- Plain
- Plateau
- Shrub
- Moisture
- Dune
- Dry
- Groundwater
- Ecosystem
- Oasis
- Namibia
- Soil
- Carbonate
- Tundra
- Grazing
- Mangrove
- Andes
- Juniper
- Terrain
- Zone
- Erosion
- Region
- Triassic
- Humidity
- Escarpment
- Expanse
- Foothill
- Upland
- Savannah
- Eucalyptus
- Saharan
- Outcrop
- Vast
- Rajasthan
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ARID, adjective. Very dry.
ARID, adjective. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
ARID, adjective. Devoid of value.
Dictionary definition
ARID, adjective. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross".
ARID, adjective. Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.