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Winter

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Season 76% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Wintry 74% connected

Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

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Wintry 74% connected

Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.

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Midwinter 70% connected

The middle of winter.

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Climatology noun · 78% connection

meteorology of climates and their phenomena

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Arctic adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Arid adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…

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Climatic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes"

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Climatical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes"

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Clime noun · 78% connection

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime t…

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Continental adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the Continental Ar…

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Desiccate adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Desiccated adjective · 78% connection

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and…

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Drought noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Drouth noun · 78% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Frigid adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Gelid adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Glacial adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Icy adjective · 78% connection

extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weathe…

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Maritime adjective · 78% connection

bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime cultures"

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Monsoon noun · 78% 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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Annual adjective · 78% connection

Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: season, year, shines, obliquely, upon.
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Annually adverb · 78% connection

Yearly; year by year.

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Ascians n. pl. · 78% connection

Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a…

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

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Beet noun · 78% connection

A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.

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Bissextile noun · 78% connection

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: season, year, shines, obliquely, upon.
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Caulocarpous adjective · 78% connection

Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

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Country adverb · 78% connection

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…

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December noun · 78% connection

Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.

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Enter verb · 78% connection

To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: season, year, shines, obliquely, upon.
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Fallow noun · 78% connection

Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.

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Farrow adjective · 78% connection

Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.

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Forward adjective · 78% connection

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

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