Nouns denoting natural events
- honk
- the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
- compaction
- an increase in the density of something
- lightening
- descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
- interruption
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- fragmentation
- the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
- vicissitude
- a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
- thing
- an event
- mounting
- an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- allomerism
- (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
- bout
- a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
- automobile race
- a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles
- plump
- the sound of a sudden heavy fall
- dripping
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- patter
- a quick succession of light rapid sounds
- axial motion
- rotary motion of an object around its own axis
- cam stroke
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- adrenarche
- the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty
- overture
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- failure
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- near-death experience
- the experience of being close to death but surviving
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