winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes | small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere |
winter flounder blackback flounder lemon sole Pseudopleuronectes americanus | important American food fish in the winter |
foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
weather deck shelter deck | upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below |
weather map weather chart | (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region |
weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
weather satellite meteorological satellite | a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below |
weather ship | an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
watchfulness vigilance weather eye | vigilant attentiveness, he keeps a weather eye open for trouble |
meteorology weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be |
weather forecast weather outlook | a forecast of the weather |
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympics | an Olympics for winter sports |
winter squash | any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months |
winter crookneck squash | a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck |
winter cress | cress cultivated for winter salads |
winter melon | the fruit of the winter melon vine, a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well |
lemon sole winter flounder | flesh of American flounder, important in the winter |
winter savory winter savoury | resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf |
National Weather Service | the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps |
weather bureau | an administrative unit responsible for gathering and interpreting meteorological data for weather study and forecasts |
meteorological observation post weather station | one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded |
weatherman weather forecaster | predicts the weather |
nuclear winter | a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war, a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun, most living organisms would perish |
cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
fair weather sunshine temperateness | moderate weather, suitable for outdoor activities |
hot weather | a period of unusually high temperatures |
weather weather condition conditions atmospheric condition | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation, they were hoping for good weather, every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception, the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow |
Japan allspice Japanese allspice winter sweet Chimonanthus praecox | deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers |
winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis | small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone |
Christmas rose winter rose black hellebore Helleborus niger | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers |
Winteraceae family Winteraceae winter's bark family | small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera, sometimes included in Magnoliaceae |
winter's bark winter's bark tree Drimys winteri | South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood |
winter sweet poison arrow plant Acocanthera oblongifolia Acocanthera spectabilis | medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits |
winter purslane miner's lettuce Cuban spinach Montia perfoliata | succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb, grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America |
winter cress St. Barbara's herb scurvy grass | any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses, widely cultivated for winter salad |
Belle Isle cress early winter cress land cress American cress American watercress Barbarea verna Barbarea praecox | of southwestern Europe, cultivated in Florida |
winter heliotrope sweet coltsfoot Petasites fragrans | European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers |
winter squash winter squash plant | any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall |
winter crookneck winter crookneck squash Cucurbita moschata | any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks |
winter melon Persian melon honeydew melon winter melon vine Cucumis melo inodorus | any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell |
winter heath spring heath Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
love-in-winter western prince's pine Chimaphila umbellata Chimaphila corymbosa | Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb |
winter jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum | deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers |
winter hazel flowering hazel | any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves |
field pea field-pea plant Austrian winter pea Pisum sativum arvense Pisum arvense | variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage |
rosebud cherry winter flowering cherry Prunus subhirtella | shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers |
winter currant Ribes sanguineum | a flowering shrub |