tidal wave. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But as long as they are caught in tidal waters, no license is required. From Wordnik.com. [Should MA Make Striped Bass A Protected Game Fish?] Reference
But you must remember that changes in tidal currents are not usually simultaneous with changes in tidal height. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking the Tidal Code] Reference
Ginny's lineoleum was already paint-encrusted, but Myra knew from past experience that egg dunking can result in tidal waves. From Wordnik.com. [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM] Reference
They come in tidal waves, one or two at a time, completely submerging my every day life until I break down and write something. From Wordnik.com. [“You see, a novel is like a sandwich… wait, no, that’s not right…” «] Reference
The air thus passing into and out of the lungs is called tidal air. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Wind power can be flukey, which is why I prefer the idea of tidal power. From Wordnik.com. [Turn Maine Blue - Front Page] Reference
This phenomenon is known as a tidal bore; the predictable wordplay ensued. From Wordnik.com. [Nova Scotia, Mon Amour] Reference
He then went on though to comment on the idea of tidal lagoons as an alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
The predominant soils in the core area of the Jug Bay component are classified as tidal marsh. From Wordnik.com. [Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland] Reference
TODD: The job of stopping what Chris Simcox calls a tidal wave of humanity coming across the border. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006] Reference
But recalling the tidal wave of intolerance, scorn and ignorance that hit me at the time, I understand why. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Murray's "The Inequality Taboo"] Reference
Instead it was what's known as a tidal bore called the "Pororoca" that breaks on the Amazon River in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Discovery Channel :: Top Highlights] Reference
The sea waves that have fixed themselves most firmly in the human imagination are the so-called tidal waves. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference
Salt and brackish marshes are also sometimes called tidal marshes, since they occur in the zone between low and high tides. From Wordnik.com. [Salt marsh] Reference
And it's very hard to fight that kind of tidal effect. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Go All In At 11,000] Reference
And people wondered whether it was some kind of tidal wave. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2004] Reference
And yet, that seemed to many people to be lost in the kind of tidal wave of positive coverage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2004] Reference
What kind of tidal surge or storm surge did we get in Mobile Bay in the end, Ted, or do we know?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference
A brief surge across the border from the background noise that left a kind of tidal pool behind. From Wordnik.com. [2008 Hugo Awards Countdown: The Sites and Blogs Behind the Fiction – Novelettes | Spontaneous ∂erivation] Reference
So another storm of that magnitude with that kind of tidal surge would have been devastating to our community. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference
But the tugging he felt now went beyond his loins; a kind of tidal wash, covering his whole body, sweeping into his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
tidal flats and estuaries: Other coastal wetlands, such as tidal flats and estuaries, have also been widely degraded and lost. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference
The quest for green energy is increasingly focused on ocean power such as tidal and wave generators. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
TACOMA - The quest for green energy is increasingly focused on ocean power such as tidal and wave generators. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Flounder are in their spring run, so during any kind of tidal movement, you will see them return to their old haunts. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
Mr Miliband also announced £500,000 of new funding to further develop newer technologies such as tidal reefs and fences. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
The reflector could actually help today's scientists measure physical properties of the Moon and phenomena such as tidal distortion. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
And as for the coming tidal wave of games, it may just wash back out to sea. From Wordnik.com. [Show Us The Money] Reference
"It's a tidal wave," says Naomi Neufeld, a pediatric endocrinologist in Los Angeles. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise Of The Jumbo Babies] Reference
Yet publishers and booksellers talk as if they were convinced a tidal wave is about to hit. From Wordnik.com. [Cast Of Characters] Reference
It was at this point that the hokum level in Skip Woods's script reached tidal proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Bigger And Bigger 'Swordfish' To Fry] Reference
But then once in a lifetime, the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme. ''. From Wordnik.com. [THE SPOUSE: A WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE] Reference
But analyzing the flow of bits, they discovered what Global's exec VP Laurie Priddy called "a huge tidal wave of data.". From Wordnik.com. [Hunting The Hackers] Reference
But then, once in a lifetimethe longed for tidal waveof justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme'This isn't escapism. From Wordnik.com. [Varia: Are There Any Facts Left?] Reference
Vetoing a son's purchase of Calvins or a used Mustang would mean forcing him to swim against a tidal wave of materialism at school. From Wordnik.com. [Too Old, Too Fast?] Reference
But the science is being overwhelmed by politics in what Joseph calls a "" tidal wave '' of conspiracy theories and cover-up charges. From Wordnik.com. [A Gulf Cover-Up?] Reference
"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion," he wrote. From Wordnik.com. [The New New York] Reference
The tidal wave of entrepreneurial activity his symbolic appearance engendered encouraged overseas capital to return to China after 1989. From Wordnik.com. [Deng's Revolution] Reference
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