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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

air pocket n
airstream n
anemometer n
the Beaufort scale n
blast n (AIR)
blow v (SEND OUT AIR)
blowy adj
bluster v (WIND)
blustery adj
breeze n (WIND)
breezy adj (WINDY)
buffet v
choppy adj
crosswind n
cyclone n
downwind adv, adj
draft n (COLD AIR)
drafty adj
draught n (COLD AIR)
draughty adj
easterly n
El Niño n
freshen v (AIR)
gale n
gust n
gust v
gusty adj
headwind n
howl v (WIND)
hurricane n
jet stream n
leeward adj
the mistral n
northeasterly n
northerly n
northwesterly n
scirocco n
sea breeze n
sigh v
sirocco n
slipstream n
southeasterly adj
southeasterly n
southerly n
southwester n
sou'wester n
squall n (STRONG WIND)
tailwind n
thermal n (HOT AIR)
tornado n
twister n
typhoon n
upwind adv, adj
vortex n
weathercock n
weathervane n
westerly n
whirlwind n
wind n (CURRENT OF AIR)
wind gauge n
windless adj
windsock n
windswept adj
windward adj
windy adj
zephyr n

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

draft, at draught n (COLD AIR)


drafty, at draughty adj
scirocco, at sirocco n
sou'wester, at southwester n
twister, at tornado n
twister, at whirlwind n
a breath of air
east wind
easterly wind
following wind
high winds
north wind
northeast wind
northeasterly wind
northerly wind
northwest wind
northwesterly wind
prevailing wind
south wind
southeasterly wind
southerly wind
southwest wind
southwesterly wind
a stiff breeze/wind
west wind
westerly wind

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