| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice |
abrasion
,
attrition
,
detrition
,
grinding
|
| Babylonian god of storms and wind |
Adad
|
| harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them |
aeolian harp
,
aeolian lyre
,
wind harp
|
| cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh |
agal
|
| mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of |
air
|
| wind direction indicator |
air sock
,
wind cone
,
windsock
,
wind sock
|
| slight wind (usually refreshing) |
air
,
breeze
,
gentle wind
,
zephyr
|
| truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
air-sleeve
,
air sock
,
drogue
,
sock
,
wind cone
,
wind sleeve
,
wind sock
,
windsock
|
| relatively well-defined prevailing wind |
airstream
|
| large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind |
Albizia lebbeck
,
Albizzia lebbeck
,
siris
,
siris tree
|
| away from the wind |
alee
|
| wind traveling upward or rising, of a |
anabatic
|
| wind, dispersal of plant parts and seeds by the |
anemochory
|
| wind, science of |
anemology
|
| wind force and velocity instrument |
anemometer
|
| gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
anemometer
,
wind gage
,
wind gauge
|
| measuring wind speed and direction |
anemometry
|
| pollinated by wind-dispersed pollen |
anemophilous
|
| acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil |
angle of attack
|
| wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds |
antitrades
|
