n
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
adj
Describing a cold wind
n
(uncommon) Nuclear winter.
n
(of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold, bleak weather.
adj
(rare, Yorkshire, of weather) Autumnal; cold or chilly.
v
(transitive) To make like winter.
n
(especially rural UK) A period of cold weather in spring or early summer (March, April or May).
adj
(of weather, Northern England) stormy and rainy with blustery winds
n
A region in a body of moving water (or similar body of fluid in motion) where the water (fluid) is relatively stationary, or stagnant.
n
(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
n
The time when dew begins to form.
n
(especially Southern US, Midwestern US) A period of cold weather that falls when dogwoods are flowering, or more generally any time in spring or early summer (March, April or May).
n
Synonym of Old Man Winter
n
The early part of winter.
adj
Of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to winter, wintry.
adj
Obsolete spelling of hiemal [(rare) Of or pertaining to winter, wintry.]
n
(obsolete) The act of affording shelter in winter.
n
A period of prolonged cold weather due to the impact of a large asteroid or comet on the Earth's surface.
v
(transitive) To keep (livestock) indoors during harsh weather.
adj
Stormy, of rough weather
adj
Resembling or characteristic of midwinter.
n
The part of spring season in cold climates when dirt roads turn impassable due to heavy rains, melting snow and/or thawing ground frost.
adj
(botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
n
Personification of winter.
v
Alternative spelling of outwinter [(transitive) To keep (livestock) outdoors during the winter.]
v
(transitive) To keep (livestock) outdoors during the winter.
n
A spell of overcast weather.
adj
Occurring over the winter season.
adj
(rare) stormy; tempestuous
n
A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
adj
(rare) Pertaining to or characteristic of spring; vernal
n
(Canada, Northwest Territories) A mild onset of winter.
adj
Growing or capable of growing, or occuring, underneath snow; subnivean.
adj
Growing out from underneath.
adj
Alternative form of inclement [Stormy, of rough weather]
n
(slang) People temporarily remaining in Antarctica because their scheduled departure was cancelled.
adj
(of conversation) Mainly limited to the subject of the weather.
adj
Accompanied by or featuring wind and/or precipitation.
n
(figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
n
A traditional record on hide produced by various Native American tribes.
n
Alternative form of winterkill [The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.]
n
Alternative letter-case form of Winter of Discontent [(UK politics, historical) A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.]
n
A type of temporary road that is only accessible in continuous long-term sub-freezing weather, typically only open during deep winter, across terrain that in warmer weather is composed of mud, muskeg, swamp, open water, and similar.
n
Alternative form of wintertime [The season of winter, between autumn and spring]
n
(colloquial) Any food or drink that gives a feeling of warmth in the winter months.
adj
Hampered, curtailed, or trapped by winter weather.
adj
(US) Of crops, having been killed by winter weather.
n
a variety of behavioral and medical disturbances, including irritability, depression, insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome, polar T3 syndrome, Antarctic stare
adj
Having too rank or forward a growth for winter.
n
(biology) Any person or animal (but especially a bird) that visits or resides in a specified location during the winter
n
A quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.
adj
Characteristic of winter.
adv
In a way that is characteristic of winter.
v
(intransitive) To die from the above effects of winter conditions.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
adj
Extending throughout a winter.
n
One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
adj
(literary, rare) Wintry.
n
(archaic, literary) wintertime
n
The season of winter, between autumn and spring
adj
Alternative form of winterward [Approaching winter or during the approach of winter;]
adj
(of clothing) Of relatively heavy weight, intended for use in cold winters.
adj
Alternative spelling of wintry [Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.]
adj
Alternative form of winterish [Characteristic of winter.]
adj
Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
n
(US, meteorology) A mixture of freezing rain, ice pellets, and snow.
n
(chiefly Britain) A shower of snow, sleet or freezing rain
n
Obsolete spelling of winter [Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.]
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