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Windy

Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prolix 84% connected

Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with refere…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prolix 84% connected

Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with refere…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stormy 84% connected

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stormy 84% connected

Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Utopian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Utopian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Verbal 84% connected

Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimon…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Verbal 84% connected

Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimon…

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Windiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Windiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.

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Airy 92% connected

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blowy 92% connected

Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Breezy 92% connected

Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impractical 92% connected

Not practical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Laputan 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; prepo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Long-winded 92% connected

Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tedious 92% connected

Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Verbose 92% connected

Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a ve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Visionary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wordy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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