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Whirlwind

A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.

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Windstorm 76% connected

A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

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Advection noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

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Anticyclone noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…

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Bar noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyn…

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Ceiling noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds

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Convection noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere

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Cyclone noun · 78% connection

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

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Front noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

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Isobar noun · 78% connection

(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

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Isotherm noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

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Meteorology noun · 78% connection

the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

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Occluded front noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

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Occlusion noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

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Weather chart noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region

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Weather map noun · 78% connection

(meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region

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Air noun · 78% 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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Breeze noun · 78% 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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Cloud verb · 78% connection

make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

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Crack noun · 78% connection

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…

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Ascent unknown · 78% connection

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

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Basin noun · 78% connection

An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied…

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Camber noun · 78% connection

An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.

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Central adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

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Convulsion noun · 78% connection

Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.

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Current adjective · 78% connection

occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: violent, windstorm, limited, extent, tornado.
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Duster noun · 78% connection

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"

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Eccentric adjective · 78% connection

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation fr…

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Epicycle noun · 78% connection

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

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Gyrate noun · 78% connection

To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

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