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aerocola (s) (noun), aerocolas (pl): wind

Anything that lives in or which is carried by the wind, breeze, etc.

  • There are many air borne aerocolas; such as, pollen that may cause hay fever or other respiratory illnesses among animals.
  • Feathered birds and insects of the air are distributed over the aerocolas of the earth and are inhabiting almost every possible area other than the deep oceans.
  • Birds have special places in aerocolas, ranging in size from very tiny hummingbirds, that weigh just a few grams, to eagles.
  • The numbers of insects that exist in aerocolas is impossible to determine because there are so many different species.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 1)
wind, wind
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words of homographs and heteronyms (page 2)
wind, wind, wined
wind (WIND) (noun)
1. Moving air; especially, a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground: "There was so much wind that it blew our hats away!."
2. A movement of air generated artificially, as by a bellows or a fan: "Lori and Edna had the fan on to make some wind in their very hot and humid room."
wind (WIND) (verb)
1. To proceed on one's way with a curving or twisting course: "It was necessary for Phillip and James to quickly wind their way down the mountain before it got too dark."
2. To coil the spring of a mechanism by turning a stem or cord: "Wanda had to wind her old-fashioned watch every day or it would not keep time."
wined (WIGHN'd) (verb)
To celebrate an occasion that was provided with or entertained with wine: "For his special birthday, Brian wined and dined his guests."

While sailing on the weekend, there was a strong wind and Kevin and his crew had a problem trying to wind the sail; however, later they all wined and dined when the situation was much calmer.

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Units related to: “wind
(Latin: air, wind; rapid, quick)
(Greek: air, mist, wind)
(Greek: air, wind)
(Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms)
(Greek: air, wind; breathing)
(Greek: air, wind, breath; presence of air; spirit)
(Latin: air, wind)
(Greek: stormy wind, whirlwind; from Greek mythology, Aëllo, a harpy; whose name literally means, "Stormswift")
(Latin: south, south wind, southern)
(Latin: to blow, a puff of wind or air; by extension, accumulation of gas in the stomach or bowels)
(Greek > Latin: west wind [Old English zefferus from Latin zephyrus from Greek zephuros])
Word Entries containing the term: “wind
anabatic wind
A local wind blowing up a hill or mountain because of local surface heating.

Anabatic wind is caused by the difference in density between the warm ground air and the cooler air in the free atmosphere.

This entry is located in the following unit: ana-, an-, ano-, am- (page 1)
electric wind, convective discharge, static breeze
The movement of a visible, or invisible, stream of charged particles away from a body that has been charged to a sufficiently high voltage.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 15)
heliotropic wind
A wind component that adapts (by subtle shifting) to the diurnal shift of the sun's position, in consonance with the east-to-west progression of daytime surface heating.
This entry is located in the following unit: helio-, heli- (page 5)
Wind turbines for power in Denmark
Viewed from the United States or Asia, Denmark is an environmental role model.

About one-fifth of the Denmark's electricity comes from wind, which wind experts say is the highest proportion of any country.

A closer look shows that Denmark is a far cry from a clean-energy paradise.

The building of wind turbines has virtually ground to a halt since subsidies were cut back.

Meanwhile, compared with others in the European Union, Danes remain above-average emitters of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

For all of its wind turbines, a large proportion of the rest of Denmark's power is generated by plants that burn imported coal.

Danish experience shows how difficult it can be for countries grown rich on fossil fuels to switch to renewable energy sources like wind power.

Among the hurdles are fluctuating political priorities, the high cost of putting new turbines offshore, concern about public acceptance of large wind turbines, and the destructive volatility of the wind itself.

Some parts of western Denmark derive 100 percent of their peak needs from wind if the breeze is up.

Germany and Spain generate more power in absolute terms, but in those countries wind still accounts for a far smaller proportion of the electricity generated. The average for all 27 European Union countries is three percent.

The Germans and the Spanish are catching up as Denmark slows down.

—Excerpts compiled from "Denmark meets hurdles on its course to a power solution"
by James Kanter; Internationl Herald Tribune; March 22, 2007; page 13.