He spoke of the season of dryness and dust, brought by the monsoon from the northeast, in harmony with the season of rain and mud, brought by the monsoon from the southwest.

The extended summer dryness often creates conditions that spark forest fires, from dry-lightning or man-made causes.

# Intertidal levels: The wetness gradient of areas that are exposed to alternating water and dryness with intensities that vary by location from high to low tide

In the spring, this is not usually a problem as vegetation is still moist from winter rains, but extreme dryness prevails by the fall, creating a danger of wildfires.

The word Ramadan comes from the Arabic root ramida or ar-ramad, which means scorching heat or dryness.

In Egyptian mythology, in the Ennead system of Heliopolis, the first couple, apart from Shu and Tefnut ( moisture and dryness ) and Geb and Nuit ( earth and sky ), are Isis and Osiris.

In addition to relief from hot flashes, hormone therapy can alleviate vaginal dryness, improve sleep quality and joint pain.

This environment is demanding for flora and fauna, as it suffers from the rigours of sea, sun, dryness and floods.

People with dry skin should choose oil-based moisturizers with ingredients to help the skin retain moisture and protect it from dryness, heat or cold in the environment.

The site's dryness, remoteness, and lack of economic value should protect the clock from corrosion, vandalism, and development.

The subtropical ridge shows up as a large area of black ( dryness ) on this water vapor satellite image from September 2000.

Irritation from contraceptive creams and foams can also cause dryness, as can fear and anxiety about sex.

This variation in ingredients and resulting dryness reflects a continuum that exists also in amaretto ( almond flavored ) cookies, from a meringue to a macaroon.

They outwitted opposing batsmen not only through line, length, and trajectory variations but also by physically and psychologically exploiting rough spots resulting from wear and tear on the playing top and cracks from increasing surface dryness as a game progressed. The Indian batsmen being superb players of spin bowling have generally relished home conditions. Also few opposition teams have fielded quality spinners with Australia having Shane Warne in the team an obvious exception. Not surprisingly building a first inning lead is crucial in matches played in India. While the Brabourne and Wankhede stadiums in Mumbai and Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi never offered nearly as much turn to spinners, winning a series in India was nevertheless quite difficult, and considered an ultimate challenge for visiting teams, as it is to this day.

The subtropical ridge shows up as a large area of black ( dryness ) on this water vapor satellite image from September 2000 Highs are frequently associated with light winds at the surface and subsidence through the lower portion of the troposphere.

" Many were left incomplete, and even the completed ones are not often performed today ; Olleson suggests they have " a dryness which is absent from most of music.

Because the gland is responsible for about 30 % of the eye's tear production, the eye can eventually suffer from dryness ( keratoconjunctivitis sicca ).

The rocks are found at an elevation of 2, 423 m above sea level, not far from the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, where some of the world's largest telescopes are situated ; the altitude and the dryness of the climate here give rise to excellent observing conditions.

All of these fall into a tropical regime, with a period of high water from May to September during the rainy season, and a period of low water – or even complete dryness – from October to April.

Winters, except when dry chinook winds blow from the Pacific Ocean tend to be severely cold and generally dry with snow depth of only typical owing to the dryness of the snowfall, whilst summers are warm and occasionally rainy, though spells of hot weather are fortunately rare.

The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems casting a " shadow " of dryness behind them.

In the dry sector west of the dry line, clear skies are the rule due to the dryness of the air mass sweeping off the Rocky mountains in North America, and the Aravalli range in India.

The dryness of the Dahomey Gap is unusual, given that it lies surrounded by a very wet monsoon belt on all sides, and no mountains block moisture.

The levels of estrogen decrease at menopause and this usually causes a lower interest in sex and vaginal dryness which makes intercourse painful.

Rather more common is the indirect effect of keratoconjunctivitis sicca, which is a dryness of eyes and mouth caused by lymphocyte infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands.

On the other hand, Sjögren's syndrome is characterized by decreased levels of IL-1ra in saliva, which could be responsible for mouth inflammation and dryness.

Many respondents and their wives " reported that restoration resolved the unnatural dryness of the circumcised penis, which caused abrasion, pain or bleeding during intercourse, and that restoration offered unique pleasures, which enhanced sexual intimacy.

The combination of wind, heat, and dryness accompanying the Santa Ana winds turns the chaparral into explosive fuel feeding the infamous wildfires for which the region is known.

" Other symptoms include hyperhidrosis ( excess sweating ), telangiectasia ( dilation of capillaries ), thinning of the skin ( which causes easy bruising and dryness, particularly the hands ) and other mucous membranes, purple or red striae ( the weight gain in Cushing's syndrome stretches the skin, which is thin and weakened, causing it to hemorrhage ) on the trunk, buttocks, arms, legs or breasts, proximal muscle weakness ( hips, shoulders ), and hirsutism ( facial male-pattern hair growth ), baldness and / or extremely dry and brittle hair.

It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry season, which are often the summer months.

Cava is produced in varying levels of dryness of the wine which are: brut nature, brut ( extra dry ), sec ( in Catalan ) seco ( dry ), semisec ( in Catalan ) semiseco ( medium ) and dolç ( in Catalan ) dulce ( sweet ).

Fabre noted: Others again have reproached me with my style, which has not the solemnity, nay, better, the dryness of the schools.

They also typically eat the grilled food with a hot sauce ( chaew ) of some sort, which takes away the dryness.

The salivary glands and tear glands have a radiation tolerance of about 30 Gy in 2 Gy fractions, a dose which is exceeded by most radical head and neck cancer treatments, potentially causing dryness.

Vaginal dryness is sometimes seen in Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder which characteristically attacks the exocrine glands that produce saliva and tears.

Vaginal dryness is the condition in which this lubrication is insufficient.

Some patients experience eye dryness, which can cause a certain degree of discomfort.

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca ( KCS ), also called keratitis sicca, xerophthalmia or dry eye syndrome ( DES ) is an eye disease caused by eye dryness, which, in turn, is caused by either decreased tear production or increased tear film evaporation.

A common alcoholic beverage is Anise Los Hermanos, which is distilled and packaged in Carmona ; it comes in three degrees of dryness: crisp, sweet and semi.

Oxybutynin ( brand name Ditropan ) is one that has shown promise, although it has important side effects, which include drowsiness, visual symptoms and dryness in the mouth and other mucous membranes.

This historical responsum, which is composed half in Aramaic and half in Hebrew, reveals Sherira as a true chronicler, with all the dryness and accuracy of such a writer, though his opinions on the princes of the Exile belonging to the branch of Bostanai, as well as on some of his contemporaries, are not entirely unprejudiced.

Another nasal irrigation additive is aloe extract, which helps to prevent nasal dryness.

* The unusual dryness of Port Moresby compared to the rest of New Guinea is because the National Capital District lies parallel to the trade winds which have a drying effect.