the wind is blowing from the north
11north — ► NOUN 1) the direction in which a compass needle normally points, towards the horizon on the left hand side of a person facing east. 2) the northern part of a country, region, or town. ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying towards, near, or facing the north. 2)… …
12north-easter — (n.) sometimes nor easter, wind blowing from the northeast, 1794, from NORTHEAST (Cf. northeast) …
13north-easterly — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ in a north eastward position or direction. ► NOUN ▪ a wind blowing from the north east …
14north-westerly — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ in a north westward position or direction. ► NOUN ▪ a wind blowing from the north west …
15Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …
16Wind farm — Royd Moor Wind Farm in England …
17Technology of the Song Dynasty — The Song Dynasty ( zh. 宋朝; 960–1279 CE) provided some of the most significant technological advances in Chinese history, many of which came from talented statesmen drafted by the government through imperial examinations.The ingenuity of advanced… …
18wind — wind1 n. /wind/, Literary /wuynd/; v. /wind/, n. 1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any …
19wind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. twist, [en]twine; coil, curl, spiral; bandage, loop; enfold, in fold; wreathe, roll; crank, reel; sinuate, meander, wander. See convulsion, deviation, rotation. n. See wind. II Current of air Nouns… …
20North Atlantic tropical cyclone — Tracks of Atlantic tropical cyclones (1851 2005) North Atlantic tropical cyclones usually form in the northern hemisphere summer or fall. Tropical cyclones can be categorized by intensity. Tropical storms have one minute maximum sustained winds… …
