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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rain words #223299 01/12/2016 3:26 PM Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3 X09 stranger X09 stranger Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3 Petrichor is the word for the smell of rain that falls on the hot earth and is one of life's most wonderful. Many states that get regular rain probably don't get this but in Arizona it is literally life itself. But sometimes in the morning when you walk outside you can smell rain in the clouds that has not fallen yet and here in the desert it has a slightly sweet smell. So my question is if anyone knows what the word for this unfallen rain is. For my money I think the three best smells in the world are fresh bread baking and these two rain smells. Thanks, Michael Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rain words X09 #223300 01/12/2016 4:02 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water This Nebraska responding, and we get that smell here often. Occurring after any dry spell it is very refreshing. But this is not desert and the other smell you speak of is not, to my knowledge, one we experience. Perhaps further discussion will help identify what you are smelling. Petrichor is a favorite of mine as well. and WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rain words X09 #223322 01/14/2016 3:53 PM Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3 X09 stranger X09 stranger Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 3 Thanks Luke. I'll wait and see if anyone else comes up this something, M. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rain words X09 #223533 02/10/2016 8:38 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass on yet another somewhat related note: the worthless word for the day wss: virga [L : branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain] wisps of precipitation that evaporate before reaching the ground "Virga. That's what it was called. Alce told me that once. Came home from school one day and told me. Rain that falls and never hits the ground." - Peter Heller, The Painter (2014) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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