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fife collapse: a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

mistral collapse: a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter

valve collapse: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid; device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone; a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

saxhorn collapse: any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves

French horn collapse: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

monsoon collapse: a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter; any wind that changes direction with the seasons; rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

gale collapse: a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

bugle collapse: a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares; a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration; any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover; play on a bugle

typhoon collapse: a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans

inhalation collapse: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

reed collapse: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"; United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902); United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920); tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

dossier collapse: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

westerly collapse: of wind; from the west; lying in or toward the west; from the west; "the wind blew westerly"; toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe

hurricane collapse: a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

easterly collapse: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"; lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"; from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night"

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