These words appear together in curated vocabulary groups. They may be alternatives, contrasts or neighbouring ideas, so check the definition before replacing your original word.
The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.
A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drop…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
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, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or g…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as man…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularl…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.