Meteorology

Zhiyu W. (China)
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  1. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  2. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  3. blizzard
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
  4. breeze
    a slight and usually refreshing wind
  5. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  6. catastrophe
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  7. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  8. cold front
    the front of an advancing mass of colder air
  9. condense
    cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
  10. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  11. crystal
    a solid having a highly regular atomic structure
  12. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  13. cyclone
    an atmospheric system in which air circulates rapidly
  14. damp
    slightly wet
  15. devastation
    the state of being decayed or destroyed
  16. dew
    water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight
  17. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  18. downpour
    a heavy rain
  19. drizzle
    very light rain
  20. droplet
    a tiny sphere of a liquid
  21. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  22. evaporate
    change into gas or steam
  23. exosphere
    the outermost atmospheric layer
  24. fog
    droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
  25. forecast
    a prediction about how something will develop
  26. frost
    ice crystals forming a white deposit
  27. funnel
    a conically shaped utensil with a narrow tube at one end
  28. gale
    a strong wind moving 34–40 knots
  29. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
  30. humid
    containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
  31. humidity
    wetness in the atmosphere
  32. hurricane
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds
  33. ionosphere
    the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere
  34. mesosphere
    the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
  35. meteorologist
    a specialist who studies weather conditions
  36. meteorology
    the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere
  37. mist
    a thin fog with condensation near the ground
  38. moist
    slightly wet
  39. moisture
    wetness caused by water
  40. monsoon
    a seasonal wind in southern Asia
  41. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  42. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
  43. sandstorm
    a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
  44. saturate
    infuse or fill completely
  45. sheet
    any broad thin expanse or surface
  46. shower
    a brief period of precipitation
  47. smog
    air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
  48. snowstorm
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
  49. spell
    write or name the letters that comprise the accepted form of
  50. stratosphere
    atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
  51. submerge
    put under water
  52. thunder
    a booming or crashing noise along the path of lightning
  53. tidal wave
    an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
  54. tornado
    a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
  55. troposphere
    the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high
  56. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  57. twister
    a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
  58. typhoon
    a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
  59. vapor
    a visible suspension in the air of particles of a substance
  60. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  61. whirlwind
    a column of air spinning around itself
  62. wind scale
    an international scale of wind force from 0 to 12
Created on Thu Jun 02 01:54:26 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Jun 02 01:56:31 EDT 2011)

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