The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
An appliance designed to wash something out.
The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.