The British used the Arabic word "khamsin" which means "wind of 50 days.".    From Wordnik.com.  [HIATUS WEEK, Part One] Reference

His voice was lost in the shrieking cacophony of the khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

'On the day of the khamsin you did me a service that I must reward.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

'Sweet Horus, if Dov is the north wind then this one is the khamsin.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

It was the first time she had smiled since the passing of the khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

The roaring clamour of the khamsin had given way to a profound silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

It was May, and the khamsin was blowing, a hot dusty wind from the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Key to Rebecca]

'It was much more than just the khamsin that struck that night in the tombs of Tras.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

The khamsin had altered the landscape so greatly that Taita had to navigate by the stars.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

'Perhaps I can control the khamsin,' Taita said, 'but not even I can control Mintaka Apepi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

Alexandria on our return was dimmed in the heat and choking in the sand clouds of a khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

He might have slept, but there were no dreams, just the roaring of the khamsin and the darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

I never intended to compromise the Lady Lostris 'honour, but for the khamsin, it would never have happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

I was certain that Tanus 'love was but a light river breeze in comparison to the khamsin of my own emotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

They moved along the base of the cliff until they reached the fissure where Trok had weathered the fury of the khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

It was another very hot day, with a khamsin blowing, and the hard, shelterless hill-sides were a poor place to spend it on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference

The narrow gully in which they had pegged down the horses must have been well aligned to avoid the full force of the khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

It was as though the hot and oppressive cloud of the khamsin, the terrible Saharan sandstorm, was building up on the desert horizon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

The khamsin ripped at his face, and its harsh rush abraded the skin from his cheeks and lips until he covered them with his headcloth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

'Even Pharaoh who believes most things I tell him, will not believe that you were impregnated by the seeds blown in on the khamsin wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

Rasfer dropped back a half-pace, the classic prelude to the khamsin, relaxing the pressure for an instant to position his opponent for the coup.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

Camp was not a healthy spot in the khamsin days, Mac decided.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of a Trooper] Reference

The worst was the dust whipped up by a vicious wind known as the khamsin.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Her winds encompass the ruagh, the khamsin, the simoom, the leveche, the zephyr.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The winds, known to Europeans as the sirocco and to Egyptians as the khamsin, usually arrive in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders] Reference

'The beginning of the khamsin, perhaps.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

The khamsin bore down upon them inexorably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warlock]

Egyptians as the khamsin, usually arrive in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Link khamsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [£180m cut from regeneration plans for Tony Blair's flagship housing project] Reference

"The khamsin! '.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

"khamsin" or duststorms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula] Reference

Front -- Undesirables -- Unfits -- The khamsin -- Assembling at Moascar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula] Reference