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doctor"1. A name for the harmattan on the Guinea coast of western Africa; because of its dryness, it brings relief from the hot humid onshore winds. 2.
Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR.
Doctor and Harmattan These are old colloquisms from West Africa used to describe winds. The harmattan is derived from a Spanish term and refers to the northeast winds that blow in the dry season (November to March).
A joint Israeli-Palestinian doctors group has filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel requesting an end to the Israel Defense Forces use of sonic booms to terrify the Palestinian populace.
When he went to the doctor for a regular checkup the doctor told him he was under stress and his body needed more electrolytes. He didn't think he was under stress, but agreed it did take a lot of energy to answer five phones quickly.
Glossary of Oceanography and the Related Geosciences with References
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days, and alternates with the oppositely directed, usually weaker, nighttime land breeze. As the sea breeze regime progresses, the wind develops a component parallel to the coast, owing to the Coriolis deflection. See lake breeze, brisa, doctor, ...
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