Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 53 compound words that contain tides. The most common are listed below. Open tides in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- atmospheric tidesplural of atmospheric tide: Pressure waves in the atmosphere similar to the tides of the ocean, produced by the gravitational influence of the moon and by thermal expansion and contraction.
- high tidesplural of high tide: The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
- low tidesplural of low tide: The tide at its lowest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
- red tidesplural of red tide: An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
- rip tidesplural of rip tide: A particularly strong tidal current.
- spring tidesplural of spring tide: The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
- storm tidesplural of storm tide: A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
- neap tidesplural of neap tide: The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
- crimson tidesplural of crimson tide: red tide (type of algal bloom)
- flood tidesplural of flood tide: The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore.
- hurricane tidesplural of hurricane tide: A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
- king tidesplural of king tide: An unusually high spring tide that occurs during full moon in the summer and winter months (when the earth is at perihelion and the earth, moon and sun are aligned).
- pink tidesplural of pink tide: A tendency towards left-wing governments in Latin American democracies, primarily between the late 1990s and the late 2000s.
- tides overthird-person singular simple present indicative of tide over: To support or sustain (someone), especially financially, for a limited period.
- ebb tidesplural of ebb tide: The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.
- work double tidesTo perform the labour of three days in two.
- proxigean spring tidesplural of proxigean spring tide: An unusually high high tide that occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its new or full moon phase
- meal-tidesplural of meal-tide: The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.
- shift one's tidesTo record the variations of the tide and the positions of the sun and moon using a nautical almanac and sextant to determine the location and phase of the moon and to calculate the relative effect of the tides on the navigation of the ship.
Compound words 53
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- AristidesA male given name.
- LaurentidesA region of Quebec, Canada.
- TideswellA village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1575).
- Ascensiontidesplural of Ascensiontide: The period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter).
- astatidesplural of astatide: A binary compound of astatine and another element.
- bastidesplural of bastide: A mansion in Provence.
- bronchitidesplural of bronchitis: An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
- brontidesplural of brontide: A sound like that of distant thunder, some of which may have seismic origins.
- carditidesplural of carditis: inflammation of the heart (any or all parts of it).