selenophile (n) a person who loves the moon.

thespian Add to list Share. Thespian is a fancy word for actor. If you enjoy theater, you can say you enjoy thespian pursuits.

What is another word for drama?

One rain-related word I quite like is pluviophile, which means “lover of rain.” Needless to say, I also qualify as a pluviophile. As you might expect, there is also an antonym for this: pluviophobe, i.e., someone who hates and/or fears rain. The noun that denotes this condition is pluviophobia.

Most of us have probably smelt that lovely fresh, earthy aroma of an approaching rain storm. Now scientists have discovered why people can smell the storms so far away. A sensitive snout is smelling ozone, petrichor and geosmin; in other words, the nose smells oxygen, the debris that raindrops kick up and wet bacteria.

Raindrops on a leaf.

Drizzle is a term used for a very light, fine rain. The drops tend to be very small and not very dense. Mist is similar to drizzle, only the number of drops in any given area is greater.

patter Add to list Share. When something patters, it makes a light, rhythmic, tapping sound. On a rainy night, you might love lying in bed listening to the rain patter on the roof. You can describe the way rain patters, or the way children’s feet patter down the hallway on Christmas morning.

Frogs — ribbit In English, frogs croak or say ribbit, and you can thank Hollywood for that! Ribbit is the accepted sound for a frog in English, but only one frog species actually says ribbit, and it was introduced into our language by Hollywood when sounds came to the movies.

We all know that frogs croak (or ribbit, chirp or hoot), but why? In fact, that noise you hear in your backyard pond, local creek or dam is a sweet serenade- male frogs calling to attract female frogs. Because every species has a different sounding call, you can identify frog species just by listening.

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In a fight between a gorilla and a lion, they would be pretty equally matched. The biggest advantage would be the lion’s speed, however, it would not help him other than getting away from the gorilla. The gorilla would need to get a bite on the lion for it to be fatal.