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Tramontane

Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.

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Foreign 84% connected

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

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Foreign 84% connected

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Strange 84% connected

Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Transalpine 84% connected

Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people…

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Transalpine 84% connected

Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people…

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Ultramontane 84% connected

Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

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Ultramontane 84% connected

Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

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Boreas 76% connected

The north wind; -- usually a personification.

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Norther 76% connected

A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Northerly 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

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Cismontane 94% connected

On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

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Cismontane 94% connected

On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

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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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Bise noun · 86% connection

a dry cold north wind in southeastern France

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Bluster noun · 86% connection

a violent gusty wind

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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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Calm noun · 86% connection

wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

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Chinook noun · 86% connection

a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

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Cyclone noun · 86% connection

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Deluge noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Doldrums noun · 86% connection

a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

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Downfall noun · 86% connection

the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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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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Easter noun · 86% connection

a wind from the east

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Easterly noun · 86% connection

a wind from the east

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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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Heat wave noun · 86% connection

a wave of unusually hot weather

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Monsoon noun · 86% connection

a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

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Precipitation noun · 86% connection

the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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Accost verb · 78% connection

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, beyond, mountains, coming, side.
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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, beyond, mountains, coming, side.
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Alp noun · 78% connection

A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzer…

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Ambuscade verb · 78% connection

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

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Appalachian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

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Barbaic adjective · 78% connection

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, beyond, mountains, coming, side.
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Barbarize verb · 78% connection

To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lying, beyond, mountains, coming, side.
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Barbarous adjective · 78% connection

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

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Bitterroot noun · 78% connection

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc…

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Chain noun · 78% connection

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

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Chain of mountains noun · 78% connection

a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

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Couche verb · 78% connection

Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side,…

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