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, Atmosphere and climate.Snowfall
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
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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.To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produce…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.Alt. of Breeze fly
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.The state or quality of being cold.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, 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, 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, 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, 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, Atmosphere and climate.The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
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, 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.The quality or state of being hot.
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography, Atmosphere and climate.A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of soul…
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an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.The act of depressing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic aci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: precipitation, falling, clouds, crystals.Explore Academic Dictionary
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