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] |
deadlight |
a strong shutter or cover fastened over the interior of a ship's porthole or cabin window in stormy weather. [1/3 definitions] |