The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…
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Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or wave…
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A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…
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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of…
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A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
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To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drop…
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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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A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularl…
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The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
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A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
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Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Climate and weather geography, Natural hazards, Atmosphere and climate.
