wind-blown
Carried by air
Wind-blown describes something disheveled or shaped by the wind.
Hair becomes wind-blown after a convertible ride; trees grow wind-blown on exposed coastlines, their branches permanently bent.
The term captures both temporary disarray her wind-blown hair and lasting effect wind-blown dunes.
Disordered, especially hair
- mussedMade untidy
- ruffledDisturbed or trimmed ornamentally
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- messyLacking order or neatness
straggly · unkempt · bedraggled · disordered · frizzy · rumpled · snarled · scraggly
Open uncultivated upland
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- heathOpen land with shrubs
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
dunes · badlands · plateau · ridge · coastline · clifftop · headland · promontory
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
messy · straggly · unkempt · bedraggled · disordered · frizzy · rumpled · snarled · scraggly · shaggy
moorland
Open uncultivated upland
tundra · dunes · badlands · plateau · ridge · coastline · clifftop · headland · promontory · bluff
eroded
Gradually degraded by elements
gnarled · twisted · stunted · bent · leaning · battered · worn · stripped · sandblasted · pitted
dandelion
Yellow flower, white puffball
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- tumbleweedDetached, rolling desert plant
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
spores · cottonwood · milkweed · thistle · sycamore · maple · drift · scatter · seedling · chaff