rain dance | a ritual dance intended to bring rain |
cloud chamber Wilson cloud chamber | apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor, each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track |
rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
rain gauge rain gage pluviometer udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
rain pelting | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive, a rain of bullets, a pelting of insults |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
war cloud | an ominous sign that war threatens |
swarm cloud | a group of many things in the air or on the ground, a swarm of insects obscured the light, clouds of blossoms, it discharged a cloud of spores |
Oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto, perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun |
rain forest rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
rain shadow | an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it |
Saint Cloud St. Cloud | a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River, granite quarries |
altocumulus altocumulus cloud | a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of or miles |
altostratus altostratus cloud | a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of or miles |
cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cloud | a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples |
cirrostratus cirrostratus cloud | a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude |
cirrus cirrus cloud | a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude ( to miles) |
cloud | a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude |
cloud bank | a layer of clouds seen from a distance |
cumulonimbus cumulonimbus cloud thundercloud | a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity, associated with thunderstorms |
cumulus cumulus cloud | a globular cloud |
Large Magellanic Cloud | the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
Magellanic Cloud | either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, visible near the south celestial pole |
nacreous cloud mother-of-pearl cloud | a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon |
nimbus nimbus cloud rain cloud | a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
Small Magellanic Cloud | the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere |
storm cloud | a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm |
stratus stratus cloud | a large dark low cloud |
Jupiter Pluvius Rain-giver | an epithet for Jupiter |
seeder cloud seeder | a person who seeds clouds |
Rain-in-the-Face | a chief of the Sioux, he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn () when General Custer's troops were massacred (-) |
Red Cloud | leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (-) |
cloud | any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible |
dust cloud | a cloud of dust suspended in the air |
mushroom mushroom cloud mushroom-shaped cloud | a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) |
rain rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
shower rain shower | a brief period of precipitation, the game was interrupted by a brief shower |
rain tree saman monkeypod monkey pod zaman zamang Albizia saman | large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle |
cloud grass Agrostis nebulosa | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets |
common laburnum golden chain golden rain Laburnum anagyroides | an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum, often cultivated for Easter decorations |
rain-wash | the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain |
cloud | out of touch with reality, his head was in the clouds |
cloud | suspicion affecting your reputation, after that mistake he was under a cloud |
bliss blissfulness cloud nine seventh heaven walking on air | a state of extreme happiness |
acid rain acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
cloudiness cloud cover overcast | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds |