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Windstorm

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

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Cyclone 76% connected

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward…

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Duster 76% connected

One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust.

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Sirocco 76% connected

An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

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Tempest 76% connected

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

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Whirlwind 76% connected

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 vo…

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Front noun · 85% connection

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

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Air noun · 85% 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 · 85% 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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Crack noun · 85% connection

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

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Crack cocaine noun · 85% connection

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

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Electric storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Electrical storm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Gale noun · 85% connection

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

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Gentle wind noun · 85% 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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Hurricane noun · 85% connection

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

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Rain noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Rainfall noun · 85% connection

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

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Sun noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunlight noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Sunshine noun · 85% connection

the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

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Thunderstorm noun · 85% connection

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

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Tornado noun · 85% connection

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

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Violent storm noun · 85% connection

a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

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Abate verb · 78% connection

become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: storm, characterized, high, wind, little.
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Anemorphilous adjective · 78% connection

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

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Anemoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…

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Awning noun · 78% connection

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

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Berain verb · 78% connection

To rain upon; to wet with rain.

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Driving adjective · 78% connection

Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.

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Dry superl. · 78% connection

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: storm, characterized, high, wind, little.
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Equinox noun · 78% connection

Equinoctial wind or storm.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: storm, characterized, high, wind, little.
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Furious adjective · 78% connection

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

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High adjective · 78% connection

greater than normal in quantity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has hi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: storm, characterized, high, wind, little.
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High-church adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

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Hyetal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.

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