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Blizzard

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Rash 92% connected

To pull off or pluck violently.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snowstorm 92% connected

A storm with falling snow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cyclone noun · 85% connection

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…

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Front noun · 85% connection

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

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Air noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Breeze noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Crack noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Crack cocaine noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Electric storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Electrical storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Gale noun · 85% connection

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

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Gentle wind noun · 85% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Hurricane noun · 85% connection

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

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Rain noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Rainfall noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Sun noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunlight noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunshine noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Thunderstorm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Tornado noun · 85% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Ball verb · 78% connection

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

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Besnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

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Bisson adjective · 78% connection

Purblind; blinding.

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Blasting noun · 78% connection

A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.

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Bleak adjective · 78% connection

Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.

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Blinding adjective · 78% connection

Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

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Blow noun · 78% connection

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

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Calenture noun · 78% connection

A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, w…

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Chilly adjective · 78% connection

Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

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Desperado noun · 78% connection

A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

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Downcome noun · 78% connection

A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are…

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Driftwind noun · 78% connection

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

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