hyetal

hy·e·tal

[hahy-i-tl]
adjective
of or pertaining to rain or rainfall.

Origin:
1860–65; hyet- + -al1

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hyetal (ˈhaɪɪtəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of or relating to rain, rainfall, or rainy regions
 
[C19: from Greek huetos rain + -al1]

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Hyetal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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hyetal   (hī'ĭ-tl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to rain or rainy regions, used especially in regard to isohyetal rainfall maps.
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