wet
n.— «Ferrari had shot themselves in the foot with their tyre choice for the grid. Whereas the entire field were required to start on extreme wets, they thought they could get away with shallow cut wets.» —“Chinese Grand Prix Preview” by Andrew Davies Planet-F1 Oct. 3, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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