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202 words match “STORM”

STORM n. 8 definitions
ied with wind or not. We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. Shak.
STORM-BEAT a.
Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. Spenser.
STORMCOCK n. 3 definitions
The missel thrush.
STORMFINCH n.
The storm petrel.
STORMFUL a.
Abounding with storms. "The stormful east." Carlyle. -- Storm"ful*ness, n.
STORMGLASS n.
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.
STORMILY adv.
In a stormy manner.
STORMINESS n.
The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
STORMING a.
from Storm, v. Storming party (Mil.), a party assigned to the duty of making the first assault in storming a fortress.
STORMLESS a.
Without storms. Tennyson.
STORMWIND n.
A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. Longfellow.
STORMY a. 3 definitions
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. "Beyond the stormy Hebrides." Milton.
BARNSTORMER n.
e, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]
BESTORM v.
To storm. Young.
HAILSTORM n.
A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.
LANDSTORM n.
See Varnpligtige.
OUTSTORM v.
To exceed in storming. Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies. J. Barlow.
SNOWSTORM n.
A storm with falling snow.
THUNDERSTORM n.
A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
WINDSTORM n.
A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.
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