submersion immersion ducking dousing | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
radioactive dating | measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon ) that an object contains, can be used to estimate the age of the object |
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 |
gamma hydroxybutyrate GHB | a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol), used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape |
gamma-interferon | a form of interferon that is produced by T cells and macrophages, involved in the activation of phagocytes |
radioactive iodine test | test of thyroid function in which the patient is given an oral dose of radioactive iodine- |
radioactive iodine excretion test | radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine |
radioactive iodine uptake test RAIU | radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland |
gamma | the rd letter of the Greek alphabet |
war cloud | an ominous sign that war threatens |
submergence submerging submersion immersion | sinking until covered completely with water |
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 |
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 |
seeder cloud seeder | a person who seeds clouds |
da Gamma Vasco da Gamma Gamma | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in , he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (-) |
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) |
gamma radiation gamma ray | electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength |
cloud grass Agrostis nebulosa | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets |
decay radioactive decay disintegration | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation |
gamma | a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted |
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 |
cloudiness cloud cover overcast | the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds |
cloud | a cause of worry or gloom or trouble, the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French |
gamma aminobutyric acid GABA | an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system, acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter |
gamma acid | a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes |
gamma iron | a nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite, stable betweenanddegrees centigrade |
fallout radioactive dust | the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion |
high-level radioactive waste | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |