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fehiepsi (Vietnam)
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  1. anticyclone
    winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center
  2. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  3. breeze
    a slight and usually refreshing wind
  4. climatologist
    an expert in long-term weather patterns
  5. condensation
    process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
  6. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  7. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  8. degree
    a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series
  9. dense
    having high compaction or concentration
  10. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  11. desertification
    a gradual transformation into arid, uninhabitable land
  12. drain
    emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it
  13. evaporate
    change into gas or steam
  14. Fahrenheit
    of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
  15. front
    the side that is forward or prominent
  16. gust
    a strong current of air
  17. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
  18. haze
    dust or smoke in the air that causes reduced visibility
  19. humidity
    wetness in the atmosphere
  20. lull
    make calm or still
  21. spherical
    relating to a round, three-dimensional closed surface
  22. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  23. repel
    force or drive back
  24. satellite
    any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
  25. solidify
    become firm
  26. thaw
    become or cause to become soft or liquid
  27. transparency
    the quality of being clear
  28. troposphere
    the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high
  29. thermodynamics
    physics concerned with heat and other forms of energy
  30. thunderstorm
    a storm resulting from strong rising air currents
  31. tornado
    a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
  32. updraft
    a strong upward air current
  33. vapor
    a visible suspension in the air of particles of a substance
Created on Sun Nov 11 11:05:14 EST 2012

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