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Westerly

Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.

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West 84% connected

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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West 84% connected

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points…

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West 66% connected

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Western 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Westward 92% connected

Alt. of Westwards

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Easterly 94% connected

Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Easterly 94% connected

Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Boreas noun · 86% connection

a wind that blows from the north

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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

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…

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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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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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Amplitude noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Antecedence noun · 78% connection

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Appearance noun · 78% connection

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Casual adjective · 78% connection

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Collateral adjective · 78% connection

Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Coming adjective · 78% connection

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Coromandel noun · 78% connection

The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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East noun · 78% connection

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Fore adverb · 78% connection

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Harmattan noun · 78% connection

a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Hesperian adjective · 78% connection

Western; being in the west; occidental.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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Issuant adjective · 78% connection

Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, west, toward, coming, western.
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