The Clue
With greater rainfall (6 letter answer)
The Answer
WETTER
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Notes
The answer WETTER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
WETTER as a noun:
1. (wetting agent, wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent) = a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
2. a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
3. (bedwetter, bed wetter, wetter) = someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
WET as an adjective:
1. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
2. containing moisture or volatile components; " wet paint"
3. supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
4. (wet, lactating) = producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
5. consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
6. (besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet) = very drunk