sam·iel (säm-y l )n. See simoom. [Turkish samyeli : sam, poisonous + yel, wind.] |
samiel [ˈsæmjɛl]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) another word for simoom
[from Turkish samyeli, from sam poisonous + yel wind]
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| Noun | 1. |  samiel - a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africaair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
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