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Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..

Anemometry :: Anemometry (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.

Hurricane :: Hurricane (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..

Fengite :: Fengite (n.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency..

Tide-rode :: Tide-rode (a.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

Wind :: Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day..

Light :: Light (superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..

Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..

Northeast :: Northeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind..

Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..

Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill..

Anemography :: Anemography (n.) The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph..

Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind..

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