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S: (n) Easter (a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox)

S: (n) wind, air current, current of air (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure) "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

S: (n) jet stream (a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts)

S: (n) calm air, calm (wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air (a slight wind (usually refreshing)) "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

S: (n) sea breeze (a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime))
S: (n) breath (a slight movement of the air) "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"
S: (n) light air (wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) light breeze (wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) gentle breeze (wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) moderate breeze (wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) fresh breeze (wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) strong breeze (wind moving 25-31 knots; 6 on the Beaufort scale)

S: (n) chinook, chinook wind, snow eater (a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies)
S: (n) harmattan (a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter)
S: (n) crosswind (wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft)
S: (n) fohn, foehn (a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps)
S: (n) khamsin (an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring)
S: (n) Santa Ana (a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast)
S: (n) high wind (a very strong wind) "rain and high winds covered the region"
S: (n) headwind (wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft)
S: (n) katabatic wind, catabatic wind (a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air)
S: (n) tailwind (wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft)
S: (n) doldrums (a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific)
S: (n) languor (oppressively still air) "the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor"; "Summer shows all the languor of a hot, breezeless day as the dancer lazily brushes her hand over her brow"
S: (n) east wind, easter, easterly (a wind from the east)

S: (n) moderate gale, near gale (wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) fresh gale (wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) strong gale (wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale)
S: (n) whole gale (wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale)

S: (n) gust, blast, blow (a strong current of air) "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

S: (n) monsoon (a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter)
S: (n) monsoon (any wind that changes direction with the seasons)
S: (n) north wind, northerly, norther, boreas (a wind that blows from the north)

S: (n) bise, bize (a dry cold north wind in southeastern France)
S: (n) mistral (a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter)
S: (n) tramontane, tramontana (a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean)

S: (n) prevailing wind (the predominant wind direction) "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"

S: (n) antitrades (wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds)
S: (n) trade wind, trade (steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator) "they rode the trade winds going west"
S: (n) antitrade wind, antitrade (winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics)

S: (n) simoom, simoon, samiel (a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa)
S: (n) south wind, souther, southerly (a wind from the south)
S: (n) squall (sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation)

S: (n) line squall (a squall advancing along a front that forms a definite line)

S: (n) thermal (rising current of warm air)
S: (n) draft, draught (a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle))

S: (n) prevailing westerly, westerly (the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth)

S: (n) air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of) "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air"