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/SHəˈno͝ok/,/CHə-/,
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chinooks, plural;
  1. A warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter

  2. A large North Pacific salmon that is an important commercial food fish

  1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
  2. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
  3. chinook salmon: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
  4. Chinookan: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
  5. Chinook is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta.
  6. The Chinook is a rare dog breed of sleddog type, developed in the New England region of the United States in the early 20th century.
  7. Chinook is a computer program that plays English draughts (also known as checkers), developed around 1989 at the University of Alberta, led by Jonathan Schaeffer. Other developers are Rob Lake, Paul Lu, Martin Bryant, and Norman Treloar. ...
  8. The chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (derived from Russian чавыча, which in turn comes from a common name used among natives in Alaska and Siberia), is an anadromous fish that is the largest species in the salmon family. ...
  9. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) was faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s. ...
  10. Chinook was a counterculture underground newspaper published weekly in Denver, Colorado from Aug. 21, 1969 to Jan. 21, 1972. It was a member of the Underground Press Syndicate. A total of 117 issues were printed. ...
  11. Chinookan is a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
  12. a dog breed created by a northern New Hampshire guy.
  13. A warm, dry wind experienced along the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. Most common in winter and spring, it can result in a rise in temperature of 20C (35 to 40F) in a quarter of an hour.
  14. The CH-47, a large, double-rotor troop and cargo carrying helicopter used by the Army, nicknamed the "Shithook" or the "Hook." The Marines had a similar chopper, the CH-46, officially nicknamed the Sea Knight. However, Chinook and the less polite nicknames were often applied to the CH-46 as well.
  15. salmon = king salmon = spring salmon  Substitutes:  coho (smaller)
  16. Warm, dry wind that originates on the leeward slopes of mountains, usually in the early spring.
  17. American cross between Petham Golding and a USDA-selected male. Typical American citric pine hop with notable grapefruit and pineapple flavours. (Alpha acid 12.0–14.0% / beta acid 3.0–4.0%)
  18. A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater.
  19. Warm dry foehn, or Föhn wind downwind from the Rocky Mountains.
  20. Warm dry wind caused by descending air flowing down the lee side of a mountain range.
  21. Havre’s neighboring town to the east. Also the name given to a wind or weather system where warm winds from the southwest meet the Rocky mountains and then blow across the plains. A strong Chinook is said to cause a foot or more of snow to vanish in a day. ...
  22. Blowing from west to east over the Rocky Mountains, it warms and dries the prairies at the east of the Rockies.
  23. Salmon has been induced in them. So the critics have aptly dubbed the AquAdvantage Salmon ... ;, genetically engineered sister of the Atlantic Salmon? The biggest question today seems to be: Is Supersalmon ... ...
  24. A warm Westerly wind that blows east from BC
  25. CH-47 twin prop chopper, by Boeing