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  • 71windstorm — /wind stawrm /, n. a storm with heavy wind but little or no precipitation. [1350 1400; ME; see WIND1, STORM] * * * ▪ meteorology  a wind that is strong enough to cause at least light damage to trees and buildings and may or may not be accompanied …

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  • 72Nile River — Arabic Baḥr al Nīl River, eastern and northern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream and 3,473 mi (5,588 km) from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea. It flows generally north …

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  • 73Habub —   [arabisch] der, (s), Haboob [hə buːb], heißer Sand oder Staubsturm, meist aus nördlicher Richtung wehend, in Ägypten und im Sudan; hauptsächlich im Sommer. * * * Ha|bub, der; [s] [arab. habūb]: heißer, meist aus nördlicher Richtung wehender… …

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  • 74storm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hurricane, tempest, tornado; spate, flood; cloudburst, blizzard; outburst, commotion; assault, onslaught, attack. v. assault, assail, attack; rage, rant; bluster; blow violently, pour, rain, snow. See …

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  • 75Habub — Ha|bub vgl. ↑Haboob …

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  • 76wind — I n 1. air, breeze, zephyr, stream of air, current of air, draft; puff, breath of air, wiffet, sough; inflow, indraft, inspiration, inrush; waft, gentle wind, light air, sea breeze, Naut. cat s paw. 2. gust, blast, squall, gale, flurry, flaw,… …

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  • 77hbb — Definition: West Semitic, to move, set out, blow (of wind). haboob, from Arabic habūb, strong wind, from habba, to move, depart, rush, blow …

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