hyetography

hy·e·tog·ra·phy

[hahy-i-tog-ruh-fee]
noun
the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.

Origin:
1840–50; hyeto- + -graphy

hy·e·to·graph·ic [hahy-i-tuh-graf-ik] , hy·e·to·graph·i·cal, adjective
hy·e·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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hyetography (ˌhaɪɪˈtɒɡrəfɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the study of the distribution and recording of rainfall
 
hyetographic
 
adj
 
hyeto'graphical
 
adj
 
hyeto'graphically
 
adv

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Hyetography is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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.
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