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GALE |
Force 8 wind |
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VARIABLE |
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. |
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DRIVING |
Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm. |
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ANEMOGRAPH |
An instrument for measuring and recording the direction
and force of the wind. |
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ANEMOMETRY |
The act or process of ascertaining the force or
velocity of the wind. |
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WIND-BREAK |
A clump of trees serving for a protection against the
force of wind. |
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ANEMOMETER |
An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of
the wind; a wind gauge. |
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ANEMOGRAPHY |
The art of recording the direction and force of the
wind, as by means of an anemograph. |
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DRIFT |
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. |
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IMPETUOUS |
Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous
torrent. |
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BEAT |
To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force;
to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do. |
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WIND |
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. |
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VEHEMENT |
Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous;
forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement
fire or heat. |
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HIGH |
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious;
majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions. |
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SPRAY |
Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force
of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like. |
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SHIPWRECK |
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. |
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STRONG |
Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible;
impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong
from the northeast; a strong tide. |
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PROPEL |
To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to
move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are
propelled by gunpowder. |
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OVERBLOW |
To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an
overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper
octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing. |
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TREMENDOUS |
Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish
or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful;
as, a tremendous win... |
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REEF |
That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means
of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force
of the wind. |
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BALLOONING SPIDER |
... air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by
ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries
the sp... |
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SWEEP |
To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass
with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to
move in a stately ma... |