Definition of southwest

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Southwest (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind..

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Mesquit :: Mesquit (n.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite..
Trend :: Trend (v. i.) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest..
Ocelot :: Ocelot (n.) An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow..
Mahratta :: Mahratta (n.) One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit..
Nabk :: Nabk (n.) The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe..
Southwester :: Southwester (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather..
Southwestwardly :: Southwestwardly (adv.) Toward the southwest.
Turkey :: Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
Corral :: Corral (v. t.) To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything..
Elamite :: Elamite (n.) A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia..
Southwestward :: Southwestward (adv.) Alt. of Southwestwardl.
Cowboy :: Cowboy (n.) A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States..
Loco :: Loco (n.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed..
Khamsin :: Khamsin (n.) A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara..
Southwester :: Southwester (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest..
Afer :: Afer (n.) The southwest wind.
Monsoon :: Monsoon (n.) A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December..
Southwesterly :: Southwesterly (a.) To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind..
Southwestern :: Southwestern (a.) Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course..
Ottawas :: Ottawas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior..
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