anti-trade
Webster Dictionary
a tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind
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variable
Webster Dictionary
those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts
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horse latitudes
(ˈhɔrsˌhaɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the latitudes, approximately 30° N and S, forming the edges of the trade-wind belt, characterized by high atmospheric pressure with calms and light variable winds.
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antitrades
(antitrades)
Princeton's WordNet
wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds
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fair trade
(ˈfɛər li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
trade carried on under a fair-trade agreement.
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trade
Webster Dictionary
a company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade
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trading
Webster Dictionary
carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company
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windy
Webster Dictionary
consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind
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anemoscope
Webster Dictionary
an instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind
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untraded
Webster Dictionary
not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade
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trader
(ˈtreɪ dər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a ship used in trade, esp. foreign trade.
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barter
(ˈbɑr tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to exchange in trade, as one commodity for another; trade.
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anemorphilous
Webster Dictionary
fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized
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windage
(windage, wind exposure)
Princeton's WordNet
exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
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wind exposure
(windage, wind exposure)
Princeton's WordNet
exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
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weatherliness
(weatherliness)
Princeton's WordNet
(of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind)
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propeller
(əˈpɛl ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a wind-driven, usu. three-bladed device that provides mechanical energy, as for driving an electric alternator in wind plants.
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spinnaker
(ˈspɪn ə kər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large, usu. triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
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windsock
(ˈwɪndˌsɒk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a tapered, tubular cloth vane, pivoted to catch the wind and swing freely so as to indicate the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
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trade
Webster Dictionary
the business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician
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double-tongue
(ˈdʌb əlˌtʌŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, esp. in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a wind instrument.
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downwind
(downwind)
Princeton's WordNet
with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing
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stream
Webster Dictionary
to extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind
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wind
Webster Dictionary
air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows
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aweather
Webster Dictionary
on the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
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breeze
Webster Dictionary
a light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind
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anemometer
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge
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driftwind
Webster Dictionary
a driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps
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windmill
Webster Dictionary
a mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft
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accordion
Webster Dictionary
a small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds
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