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rivers


riv·er

R0261300 (rĭv′ər)n.1. Abbr. R. A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.2. A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.3. The fifth and last of the community cards in various poker games, especially Texas hold'em.tr.v. riv·ered, riv·er·ing, riv·ers To win a hand in poker by beating (someone) on the basis of the last community card that is turned up.Idiom: up the river Slang In or into prison.
[Middle English rivere, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, from Latin, feminine of rīpārius, of a bank, from rīpa, bank.]

Riv·ers

R0262500 (rĭv′ərz), Larry 1923-2002. American artist whose complex paintings combine the bold brushwork of abstract expressionism with realistic images.

Rivers

(ˈrɪvəz) n (Placename) a state of S Nigeria, in the Niger river delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Port Harcourt. Pop: 5 185 400 (2006). Area: 11 077 sq km (4277 sq miles)

Riv•ers

(ˈrɪv ərz)

n. Larry, born 1923, U.S. painter.

rivers

  • Mesopotamia - Translates to "area or country between two rivers"—the Tigris and the Euphrates.
  • potamology - The science of rivers.
  • fluminous, potamic - Two words meaning "pertaining to rivers" are fluminous and potamic.
  • watersmeet - A junction of two rivers.

Rivers

See also lakes; sea; water.
alluvion1. the gradual depositing by a river of earth and other material on the banks.
2. also called alluvium. the material deposited.
fluviation1. the formation of rivers.
2. a river system.
lutulenceObsolete, the state or condition of being muddy or turbid. — lutulent, adj.nilometeran instrument used for measuring the increase in the level of the River Nile during its flood period, consisting of a water chamber containing a graduated pillar. Also niloscope.potamologythe study of rivers. — potamologist, n. — potamological, adj.potamophobiaa morbid fear of rivers.ripariana dweller on the bank of a river. — riparian, adj.

Rivers


Rivers

a state of S Nigeria, in the Niger River Delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Port Harcourt. Pop.: 4 103 372 (1995 est.). Area: 21 850 sq. km (8436 sq. miles)

rivers


riv·ers

potamophobia.

Riv·ers

(riv'ĕrz), William H., English physician, 1864-1922. See: Rivers cocktail.
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