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greenhouse effect

noun /grinhaʊsɪfɛkt/ 3 syllables 17 letters Scrabble 28 WWF 31
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noun

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth

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