used in the plural A mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument.
Roget 349:
wind,
draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation†,
eluvium†;
air;
breath,
breath of air;
puff,
whiff,
zephyr;
blow,
breeze,
drift;
aura;
stream,
current,
jet stream;
undercurrent.
gust,
blast,
squall,
gale,
half a gale,
storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon;
simoon†,
simoom;
harmattan†,
monsoon,
trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise†,
tramontane,
levanter;
capful of wind;
fresh breeze,
stiff breeze;
keen blast;
blizzard,
barber [Can.],
candelia†,
chinook,
foehn,
khamsin†,
norther,
vendaval†,
wuther†.
windiness
etc.
adj.;
ventosity†;
rough weather,
dirty weather,
ugly weather,
stress of weather;
dirty sky,
mare's tail;
thick squall,
black squall,
white squall.
anemography†,
aerodynamics;
wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane,
weather-vane,
wind sock;
anemometer,
anemoscope†.
sufflation†,
insufflation†,
perflation†,
inflation,
afflation†;
blowing,
fanning
etc.
v.;
ventilation.
sneezing
etc.
v.;
errhine†;
sternutative†,
sternutatory†;
sternutation;
hiccup,
hiccough;
catching of the breath.
Eolus,
Boreas,
Zephyr,
cave of Eolus.
air pump,
air blower,
lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator,
punkah†;
branchiae†,
gills,
flabellum†,
vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
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Roget 580:
voice;
vocality†;
organ,
lungs,
bellows;
good voice,
fine voice,
powerful voice
etc.
(loud)
404;
musical voice
etc.
413;
intonation;
tone of voice
etc.
(sound)
402.
vocalization;
cry
etc.
411;
strain,
utterance,
prolation†;
exclamation,
ejaculation,
vociferation,
ecphonesis†;
enunciation,
articulation;
articulate sound,
distinctness;
clearness,
of articulation;
stage whisper;
delivery.
accent,
accentuation;
emphasis,
stress;
broad accent,
strong accent,
pure accent,
native accent,
foreign accent;
pronunciation.
[Word similarly pronounced]
homonym.
orthoepy†;
cacoepy†;
euphony
etc.
(melody)
413.
gastriloquism†,
ventriloquism;
ventriloquist;
polyphonism†,
polyphonist†.
[Science of voice]
phonology
etc.
(sound)
402.
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