The Clue
Rain or snow (11 letter answer)
The Answer
PRECIPITATE
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Notes
The answer PRECIPITATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
PRECIPITATE as a noun:
1. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
PRECIPITATE as a verb:
1. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
2. bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
3. (precipitate, come down, fall) = fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
4. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
5. hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
PRECIPITATE as an adjective:
1. (hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous) = done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"