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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Gentle wind
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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(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, 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.a heavy rain
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.(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, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.a heavy rain
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 heavy rain
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.the presence of heat
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.a wave of unusually hot weather
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.any wind that changes direction with the seasons
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.a heavy rain
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
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"
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A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.The breeze fly. See Breeze.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperatur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry; "the easiness we feel when sleeping"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: slight, wind, refreshing, breeze, cooled.
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