Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 41 compound words that contain rains. The most common are listed below. Open rains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- plum rainsAlso occasionally in the singular form plum rain: the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July); also, the rain which falls during this season.
- Rains CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Emory.
- it never rains but it poursUnfortunate events occur in quantity.
- acid rainsplural of acid rain: Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.
- blood rainsplural of blood rain: Rain coloured red due to the presence of spores of the microalga of species Trentepohlia annulata
- first rainsplural of first rain: The first rainfall of a season, at the start of spring in cold climates or the end of summer in hot, dry climates.
- gold rainsplural of gold rain: Synonym of golden rain (“a pyrotechnic effect that produces a shower of slow-burning, shimmering golden sparks or particles”)
- golden rainsplural of golden rain: Laburnum anagyroides.
- rains deaththird-person singular simple present indicative of rain death: To cause severe harm or violence.
- rains downthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain down: To fall from the sky as, or like, rain.
- rains offthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain off: to cancel (an event) due to excessive rain
- rains outthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain out: To be cancelled due to rain.
- rains bucketsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain buckets: To rain heavily
- rains death uponthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain death upon: To cause severe harm or violence.
- rains stair rodsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain stair rods: To rain heavily in long streaks.
- coronal rainsplural of coronal rain: Cooled globs of condensed plasma that falls back onto a star's surface, after having been superheated and lofted into the corona.
- rains cats and dogsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain cats and dogs: To rain very heavily.
- rains pitchforksthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain pitchforks: To rain heavily.
- rains like cats and dogsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain like cats and dogs: To rain very heavily.
- rains fire and brimstonethird-person singular simple present indicative of rain fire and brimstone: To send horror or destruction.
- rains on one's paradethird-person singular simple present indicative of rain on one's parade
- rains on someone's paradethird-person singular simple present indicative of rain on someone's parade: To spoil someone's celebration.
- it never rains but that it poursAlternative form of it never rains but it pours: Unfortunate events occur in quantity.
- rains dogs and catsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain dogs and cats: To rain very heavily.
Compound words 41
- constrainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of constrain: To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- terrainsplural of terrain: A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
- refrainsplural of refrain: To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- restrainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of restrain: To control or keep in check.
- RainsfordA surname.
- micrograinsplural of micrograin: A microscopic grain
- carbrainsplural of carbrain: The thinking part of a sentient car.
- clarainsplural of clarain: A form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane.
- Coltrainsplural of Coltrain: A surname from Irish.
- debrainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of debrain: To remove the brain from.