WATERFALL
ADJECTIVES
► CATARACTIC of the nature of a cataract → 1693 obs.
► CATARACTICAL of the nature of a cataract → 1693 obs.
► CATARACTINE of the nature of a cataract → 1856
► FALLY full of falls or shallow rapids → 1802 obs.
NOUNS
► CATADUPE a cataract or waterfall, orig. those of the Nile → 1596 obs.
► CATARACT a waterfall; properly one of considerable size, and falling headlong over a precipice → 1594
► COHOES a waterfall → 1985 US
► DOWNFALL a torrent or cascade of water, esp. one falling from a height as part of a river or stream; a waterfall → 1578 obs.
► FALLOVER a waterfall → 1949 Amer. dial.
► FALLOWFORTH a cascade, a waterfall → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FOSS a waterfall → 2012 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KALL a waterfall → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POUR-OFF a waterfall → 1953 Amer. dial.
► POUR-OVER a waterfall → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SAULT a waterfall or rapid → 1600 US
► SKOOKUM CHUCK a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls → 1854 Amer. dial.
► YATTER the sound of a waterfall → 1930 Sc.
Lexicophilia 