Wind (Air in motion)
Nouns
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wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium
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air
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breath, breath of air
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puff, whiff, zephyr
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blow, breeze, drift
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aura
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stream, current, jet stream
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undercurrent. gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon
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simoon, simoom
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harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter
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capful of wind
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fresh breeze, stiff breeze
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keen blast
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blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther. windiness etc. adj.
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ventosity
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rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather
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dirty sky, mare's tail
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thick squall, black squall, white squall. anemography, aerodynamics
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wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock
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anemometer, anemoscope. sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation
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blowing, fanning etc. v.
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ventilation. sneezing etc. v.
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errhine
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sternutative, sternutatory
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sternutation
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hiccup, hiccough
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catching of the breath. Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah
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branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum. whiffle ball.
Verbs
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blow, waft
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blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.
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wuther
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stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff
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whiff, whiffle
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gasp, wheeze
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snuff, snuffle
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sniff, sniffle
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sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate
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inflate, perflate
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blow up.
Adjectives
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blowing etc. v.
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windy, flatulent
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breezy, gusty, squally
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stormy, tempestuous, blustering
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boisterous etc. (violent) Violence. pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary.
Phrases
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lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]
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the storm is up and all is on the hazard" [Julius Caesar]
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the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" [Byron]
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while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]
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winged with red lightning and tempestuous winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost].