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Nouns denoting natural events
A
abatement
abiotrophy
abortion
accident
accidental injury
accommodation
accompaniment
acoustic wave
act of God
action potential
adaptive radiation
adjustment
adrenarche
advance
Advent
adversity
aegir
aetiology
affair
affliction
aftermath
aftershock
air flow
air wave
airburst
airflow
algorithm error
alignment
allogamy
allomerism
alpha
alteration
amphimixis
amplitude
angelus
angelus bell
annihilation
annular eclipse
antecedent
anticlimax
apocalypse
appalling
apparition
appearance
approach
approaching
arms race
ascension
Ascension of Christ
ascent
associate
Assumption
atavism
athletic competition
athletic contest
athletics
atmospheric static
atmospherics
atomic explosion
atrophy
attendant
attenuation
attrition
augmentation
augury
auspice
auto race
autogamy
automobile race
avalanche
avulsion
axial motion
axial rotation
B
baa
back-blast
backblast
backfire
backflow
backflowing
background
background noise
background radiation
background signal
backlash
backspin
backwash
bad luck
balefire
ball
bam
bang
banging
bar mitzvah
bark
barn dance
barnburner
bas mitzvah
bash
bat mitzvah
bath mitzvah
battle damage
bay
beat
beep
beginning
bell
bell ringing
Belmont Stakes
belt
bend
bending
betterment
bicycle race
big bang
bike race
billow
birr
birth
birthday party
bit
bite
black eye
blackout
blare
blaring
blast
blast wave
blaze
bleat
bleep
blend
blessed event
blighty wound
blip
blow
blowback
blowout
blowup
boat race
bomb
bomb blast
bombilation
bombination
bombshell
bonanza
bonfire
bong
boom
bore
bother
bounce
bouncing
bout
bow-wow
boxing match
brake failure
brawl
bray
breach
break
breakdown
breaker
breakers
breakup
breath of fresh air
broad jump
brouhaha
brush
brush fire
buffeting
bump
bun-fight
bunce
bunfight
burial
burnup
burst
business cycle
bust
buzz
C
cackle
cacophony
calamity
calvary
cam stroke
campaign
campaign for governor
campfire
capsizing
car race
cardiac cycle
Carnot cycle
Carnot's ideal cycle
carom
cascade
case
casualty
casus belli
cataclysm
cataplasia
catastrophe
caterwaul
cause
cause celebre
cave in
caw
ceilidh
celebration
ceremonial
ceremonial occasion
ceremony
cessation
championship
chance event
change
change of location
changeover
chapter
chariot race
Charybdis
chatter
chattering
checkmate
cheep
chess match
chicken
chink
chirp
chirrup
chorus
Christ's Resurrection
Christianisation
Christianization
chromosomal mutation
chug
circulation
circumstance
clack
claiming race
clamor
clang
clangor
clangoring
clangour
clank
clap
clash
clatter
cleistogamy
click
click-clack
clickety-clack
clickety-click
cliffhanger
climax
climb
climbing
clink
clip
clip-clop
clippety-clop
clockwise rotation
clop
clopping
cluck
clucking
clump
clumping
clunk
clunking
co-occurrence
coarctation
cock-a-doodle-doo
cockfight
cocktail party
coincidence
collapse
collateral damage
collision
combat casualty
combat injury
comber
combine
combining
comeupance
comeuppance
coming back
commemoration
commencement
commencement ceremony
commencement exercise
commotion
compaction
competition
complication
compression
computer error
concentration
conception
conclusion
concoction
concomitant
concretion
concussion
condensation
conflagration
conglobation
conglomeration
conjunction
conjuncture
consequence
conservation
consolidation
constriction
contact
contagion
contest
contingence
contingency
contraction
convergence
conversion
convulsion
coo
corollary
coronation
coruscation
cotilion
cotillion
counterclockwise rotation
countercurrent
coup de theatre
crack
cracking
crackle
crackling
crash
creak
creaking
creation
creep
crepitation
crepitation rale
crestless wave
cricket match
crime wave
crisis
crit
criterium
cross country
cross-fertilisation
cross-fertilization
cross-pollination
crosscurrent
crosstalk
crow
crown fire
Crucifixion
crunch
crustal movement
cry
Cultural Revolution
cup final
current
curse
curtain raising
cycle
cycle of rebirth
D
daily variation
damage
dance
dash
dawn
day of reckoning
dead heat
deal
death
death knell
debacle
debilitation
debris storm
debris surge
decathlon
decease
decision
decrease
decrepitation
dedication
defeat
defervescence
deflection
deflexion
deformation
degeneration
deletion
deliquium
delivery
demolition
denouement
densification
departure
depredation
derailment
descent
desolation
destabilization
destiny
destruction
detachment
detonation
detriment
devastation
development
deviation
dextrorotation
Diaspora
diastole
difference
diffusion
din
ding
ding-dong
dip
direct tide
disappearance
disaster
discharge
discrepancy
discus
disembarrassment
disintegration
disk error
dislocation
dismemberment
dispersion
displacement
disruption
dissilience
dissipation
distortion
disturbance
diurnal variation
divergence
diving
diving event
do
dog racing
dogfight
doom
doomsday
downfall
downhill
drama
dramatic event
draw
dressing
dribble
driftage
drip
drippage
dripping
drop
drop-off
drubbing
drum
drum roll
drumbeat
dud
dwindling
dwindling away
E
eager
eagre
earth tremor
earthquake
easing
ebb
ebbtide
eclipse
eddy
egress
elaboration
electrical discharge
elevation
elimination tournament
emanation
embarrassment
emergence
emergency
emersion
emission
encounter
encroachment
end
end game
end of the world
endgame
ending
enervation
enfeeblement
engagement
engine failure
English
entering
enthronement
enthronisation
enthronization
entombment
entrance
epidemic
epiphany
episode
equipment casualty
equipment failure
eradication
error
eruption
escape
etiology
evanescence
eventuality
example
exercise
exhaustion
exigency
exit
expense
experience
expiration
expiry
explosion
extermination
extinction
extrasystole
exudation
eye opener
F
factor
fadeout
fading
fading away
failure
faint
fair deal
fall
Fall of Man
falling out
famine
fancy-dress ball
fatal accident
fatality
fate
fault
feast
fecundation
fender-bender
fertilisation
fertilization
fete
fiasco
field event
field trial
fiesta
final
final result
finish
fire
fire walking
first-place finish
fitting
fizzle
flame-out
flap
flapping
flare-up
flash
flashback
flashing
flection
flesh wound
flexion
flick
flicker
flood
flood tide
flop
flow
flow of air
flowing
fluctuation
flush
flutter
fluttering
flux
fluxion
flying start
foot race
footfall
footrace
footstep
force majeure
foreboding