weather, climate, season

Prachi W. (India)
types of weather and season
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  1. cloudy
    full of or covered with clouds
  2. dry
    free from liquid or moisture
  3. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  4. downfall
    a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
  5. inclement
    severe, of weather
  6. air current
    air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
  7. temperate
    not extreme
  8. cold
    having a low or inadequate temperature
  9. warm
    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
  10. thaw
    become or cause to become soft or liquid
    The river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital.
  11. windy
    abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
  12. status
    the condition or someone or something at a particular time
  13. autumn
    the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    Autumn is the transition season between summer and winter, best noticed by the colour change in leaves and the harvest.
  14. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
    The grass had withered to an unappealing brown.
  15. semi-dry
    somewhat dry
    The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.
  16. scorch
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  17. humid
    containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
  18. rainy
    (of weather) wet by periods of rain
  19. monsoon
    a seasonal wind in southern Asia
  20. spring
    move forward by leaps and bounds
  21. tropical
    relating to part of the Earth's surface with hot climate
  22. winter
    the coldest season of the year
  23. summer
    the warmest season of the year
  24. hot
    having a high or higher than desirable temperature
Created on Thu Oct 13 04:43:33 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Oct 13 04:50:02 EDT 2016)

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