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Definition: WHITE SQUALL |
WHITE SQUALL1. (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Squall without predipitation, sometimes even without cloud. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | White Squall One which produces no diminution of light, in contradistinction to a black squall, in which the clouds are black and heavy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wind | Windiness .Adjective: ventosity; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black squall, white squall. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | White Squall (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
white squall | 67 |
white squall movie | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WHITE SQUALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | toervindbyge. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | windstoot(zonder bui), windbui (squall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grain blanc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bö ohne Niederschlag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λευκή λαίλαπα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szélroham (blast, flaw, flurry, gust, gust of wind, squall, wind squall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | groppo bianco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itewhay allsquay borrasca/rajada branca. (various references) turbonada blanca. (various references) torrvindby. (various references) ani fırtına. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-q-s-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: liquates, quillets, squillae, tequilas. | |
-4 letters: halites, halitus, heliast, lawsuit, lethals, liquate, quillet, squilla, tailles, tallies, tallish, tequila, thallus, thulias, tuilles, wallets, wallies, wealths, whistle, willets. | |
-5 letters: allies, awhile, equals, halest, halite, haslet, hiatus, hustle, illest, lathes, lathis, latish, lehuas, lethal, listel, luteal, quails, quells, quiets, quills, quilts, saithe, sallet, saltie, salute, sheila, shelta. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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