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Gale

A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Air noun · 86% 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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Anticyclone noun · 86% connection

(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…

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Breeze noun · 86% 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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Cloudburst noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Cyclone noun · 86% connection

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

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Deluge noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Dew point noun · 86% connection

the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins

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Downpour noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Drizzle noun · 86% connection

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

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Gentle wind noun · 86% 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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Hail noun · 86% connection

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

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Heat noun · 86% connection

the presence of heat

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Heat wave noun · 86% connection

a wave of unusually hot weather

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Mizzle noun · 86% connection

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

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Monsoon noun · 86% connection

any wind that changes direction with the seasons

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Pelter noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Rain noun · 86% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Rain shower noun · 86% connection

a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…