drought

drought is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.

[2] Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.

[3] Scarcity; lack. A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.

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