a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.El Nino southern oscillation: alternatives and connections
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El Nino southern oscillation
a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
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a wind that blows from the north
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.a heavy rain
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Environmental ecology.a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Physical geography, Environmental ecology, Oceans and coasts.land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Physical geography, Environmental ecology.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Natural hazards.woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Physical geography, Environmental ecology.a wave of unusually hot weather
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Oceans and coasts, Natural hazards.the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Physical geography, Environmental ecology, Oceans and coasts.Words connected by meaning
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small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasiti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a ri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intense, nino, occurs, years, welling.Explore Academic Dictionary
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