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| absolute |
in grammar, syntactically independent, or nearly so, as "the weather being chilly" in the sentence "The weather being chilly, we stayed home." [1/7 definitions] |
| alert |
a warning or a period of warning, as of severe weather or military attack. [1/3 definitions] |
| almanac |
a book published every year that predicts the weather for each day and gives facts about the tides, the time the sun will rise and set, and other useful information. [1/2 definitions] |
| anticyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of high barometric pressure, moving clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing cool, dry weather. (Cf. cyclone.) |
| arctic |
freezing or very cold weather as in the Arctic. [1/3 definitions] |
| barometer |
an instrument that measures the pressure of the atmosphere and is used to predict the weather. |
| bleak1 |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. [1/2 definitions] |
| boisterous |
rough and turbulent, as weather. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowline |
a rope used to keep the weather edge of a square sail pulled forward and the sail as flat as possible when sailing close-hauled. [1/2 definitions] |
| chart |
an outline map used to show the distribution of particular conditions such as weather, soil type, or population. [1/6 definitions] |
| clemency |
temperateness, as of weather. [1/3 definitions] |
| climate |
the usual weather conditions in a place. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| climatological |
of or pertaining to long term weather patterns, or to the discipline of climatology. |
| climatology |
the scientific study of long-term patterns of weather conditions; science of climates. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| cock1 |
a weather vane shaped like a rooster. [1/7 definitions] |
| cold |
weather marked by low temperature. [1/7 definitions] |
| cold-blooded |
unusually uncomfortable in cold weather. [1/3 definitions] |
| cold snap |
a brief period of very cold weather. |
| cold wave |
a period of abnormally cold weather. [1/2 definitions] |
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