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Seiche

/seɪʃ/

A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry

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A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry

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wave shoalingnoun	The effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.
sandwavenoun	Alternative form of sand wave. [A ripple on the surface of sand caused by the action of the sea]
shoaling wavenoun	A wave that is shoaling, and shallow when it hits land.
sand wavenoun	A ripple on the surface of sand caused by the action of the sea
swellnoun	The act of swelling; increase in size.
lake effectnoun	(meteorology) An effect of large bodies of fresh water on the weather of regions downwind.
sand boilnoun	(geology) An eruption of water through a bed of sand due, for instance, to seismic activity, or to differences in water pressure on two sides of a levee which causes water to penetrate beneath the levee.
s wavenoun	Alternative form of S-wave. [(geology, seismology) A transverse, shear wave, such as that produced by an earthquake. Movement is transverse to the direction of propagation and is a body wave.]
sweepnoun	A single action of sweeping.
seascapenoun	A view of the sea.
episodic wavenoun	Synonym of rogue wave.
slicknoun	A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
waterbreaknoun	(countable, more generally) Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
hull splashnoun	The wave produced by the hull of a boat hitting the water.
eustasynoun	(geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.
ice scournoun	(geology) A narrow ditch on a seabed, formed by the movement of pack ice.
seepnoun	Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
storm surgenoun	(climatology) An unusual rise in the sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
groundswellnoun	(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
lowstandnoun	(geology) An interval during which the sea level was below the edge of a continental shelf