Usually means: Wind moving due to pressure differences.
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  1. driftwind: Merriam-Webster
  2. driftwind: Wordnik
  3. driftwind: Wiktionary
  4. Driftwind: Dictionary.com
  5. Driftwind: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. driftwind: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Driftwind: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. driftwind: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Driftwind: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (archaic) A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

Similar:
spindrift, snowdrift, snow drift, driftlet, raindrift, drift sail, spoondrift, fall wind, sandstorm, gravity wind, more...

Opposite:
upwind, headwind, against wind

Types:
the third Driftwind, the fifth Driftwind, the sixth Driftwind, more...

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Similar:
spindrift, snowdrift, snow drift, driftlet, raindrift, drift sail, spoondrift, fall wind, sandstorm, gravity wind, more...

Opposite:
upwind, headwind, against wind

Types:
the third Driftwind, the fifth Driftwind, the sixth Driftwind, more...



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