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Cyclone

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.

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Atmosphere 76% connected

The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…

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Windstorm 76% connected

A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

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Hurricane 76% connected

A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especial…

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Tornado 76% connected

A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with s…

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Twister 76% connected

One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

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Typhoon 76% connected

A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

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Cyclonic 74% connected

Pertaining to a cyclone.

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Cyclonic 74% connected

Pertaining to a cyclone.

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Depression 70% connected

The act of depressing.

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Low 70% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Anticyclone 94% connected

A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.

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Anticyclone 94% connected

A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.

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