tidal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tidal
    adj 1: of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tidal \Tid"al\, a.
   Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides;
   periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as,
   tidal waters.
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         The tidal wave of deeper souls
         Into our inmost being rolls,
         And lifts us unawares
         Out of all meaner cares.                 --Longfellow.
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   {Tidal air} (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of
      the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to
      thirty cubic inches.

   {Tidal basin}, a dock that is filled at the rising of the
      tide.

   {Tidal wave}.
   (a) See {Tide wave}, under {Tide}. Cf. 4th {Bore}.
   (b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some
       extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far
       above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon
       low-lying coasts.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Tidal
(in the LXX. called "Thorgal"), styled the "king of nations"
(Gen.14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch's brick (see
facing page 139). _Goyyim_, translated "nations," is the country
called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam.
    
from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Tidal, that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "tidal":
      affluent, aquatic, balneal, confluent, coursing, decurrent,
      deep-sea, defluent, diffluent, estuarine, flowing, fluent,
      fluxional, fluxive, grallatorial, gulfy, gushing, littoral, mazy,
      meandering, natant, natatorial, natatory, pouring, profluent,
      racing, running, rushing, seashore, serpentine, shore, sluggish,
      streaming, surging, surgy, swimming, vortical, water-dwelling,
      water-growing, water-living, water-loving

    

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