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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

belch, burst, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, crash, debacle, debouchment, declension, declination, defluxion, descending, descension, descent, dissiliency, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drop, dropping, eructation, eruption, fall, falling, flare-up, gravitation, gush, inclination, jet, outbreak, outburst, plummeting, pounce, rapid, riff, riffle, ripple, rush, sault, shoot, spate, spew, spurt, stoop, swoop, torrent, volcan, waterfall

Dictionary Results for rapids:

1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rapid \Rap"id\, Rapids \Rap"ids\(r[a^]p"[i^]dz), n. [Cf. F.
   rapide. See Rapid, a.]
   The part of a river where the current moves with great
   swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes
   called whitewater; -- usually used in the plural; as, the
   Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river,
   it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing
   or crashing into large rocks.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

         Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
         The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. --Moore.
   [1913 Webster] Rapid-fire

2. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Rapids, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
   Population (2000):    1356
   Housing Units (2000): 582
   Land area (2000):     3.666546 sq. miles (9.496311 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.666546 sq. miles (9.496311 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            60609
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             43.101324 N, 78.641134 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Rapids, NY
    Rapids

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