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Flash flooding

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flashfloodnounAlternative spelling of flash flood. [(meteorology) A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.]
floodflownounThe flow of a river in flood or of floodwater
floodnounAn overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
floodwaternounThe water of a flood.
floodtimenounA time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.
flodenounObsolete form of flood. [An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.]
freshetnounA flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
sky-floodnoun(literary) A deluge of rain.
counterfloodingnoun(nautical) The action of deliberately flooding spaces in one part (of a ship, boat, or other vessel) in order to counterbalance flooding occurring elsewhere in the vessel and keep the vessel level and on an even keel.
flunaminoun(informal) An extreme influenza outbreak.
flipflashnoun(photography) A kind of flash unit for a camera, providing a certain number of flashes before needing to be flipped over and reinserted to use the remainder.
flashboardnoun(US) A board placed temporarily upon a dam, river, stream, etc. (typically within a permanent frame) to raise the water above its usual level.
floudnounObsolete spelling of flood. [An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.]
flashficnoun(uncountable, fandom slang) Flash fiction.
blue flashnoun(meteorology, astronomy) A very rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash of blue light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by refraction of light in the atmosphere.
fluvaquentnoun(soil science) An aquent produced by frequent flooding.
floodplainnoun(geography) A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
flash powdernoun(photography) A powder that burns with a very rapid flash when ignited; used in pyrotechnics and early flash photography.
upfloodnounAn upward flood.
flashnounA sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

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