windless
without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.
out of breath.
Origin of windless
1Other words from windless
- wind·less·ly, adverb
- wind·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby windless
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How to use windless in a sentence
In the longer term, transitioning to renewable energy will require accounting for intermittency, which means building a huge amount of energy storage so power is available on cloudy or windless days.
This Vermont Utility Is Revolutionizing Its Power Grid to Fight Climate Change. Will the Rest of the Country Follow Suit? | Alejandro de la Garza/Panton, Vt. | July 26, 2021 | TimeThat will ease pressure on Germany’s congested power grid and also provide a ready supply of backup energy for dark, windless periods.
Cheap renewables could make green hydrogen a practical replacement for fossil fuels | Katie McLean | February 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewTrees in a windless silence sprang straight upward from the brink.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaAnd Tatsu listened without sound or motion; only his eyes burned like beacons in a windless night.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaIt was near the top of the flood, and the Merry Men were roaring in the windless quiet of the night.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
So windless was the air that the smoke remained like some solemn upraised finger pointing from earth to heaven.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyDoubled up by a swinging blow from a bag stood the leader of the Moderns, grunting and gasping in his windless agony.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
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