tidal
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.
[1913 Webster]
The tidal wave of deeper souls
Into our inmost being rolls,
And lifts us unawares
Out of all meaner cares. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
[1913 Webster]
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
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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