Nouns denoting natural events
- tie
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- twang
- a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- discus
- an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- predestination
- previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- respite
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- knock
- a bad experience
- drippage
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- sellout
- an event for which all tickets are sold
- emission
- the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
- steeplechase
- a horse race over an obstructed course
- hissing
- a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- interlocking
- contact by fitting together
- might-have-been
- an event that could have occurred but never did
- Maundy
- a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
- report
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- grumble
- a loud low dull continuous noise
- moksa
- (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth
- sea change
- a profound transformation
- fragmentation
- the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
- ebbtide
- the tide while water is flowing out
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