| dust contamination | the act of contaminating with dust particles |
big H
hell dust
nose drops
smack
thunder
skag
scag | street names for heroin |
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 |
dust bag
vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
| dust cover | a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment |
| dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
duster
gaberdine
gabardine smock
dust coat | a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles |
dustmop
dust mop
dry mop | a dry swab for dusting floors |
phencyclidine
phencyclidine hydrochloride
PCP
angel dust | a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians, illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen |
book jacket
dust cover
dust jacket
dust wrapper | a paper jacket for a book, a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed |
| 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 |
| dust bowl | a region subject to dust storms, especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the s |
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 |
| globule | a small globe or ball |
| interplanetary dust | microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| cosmic dust | clouds of particles or gases occurring throughout interstellar space |
| 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) |
| dust devil | a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air |
dust storm
duster
sandstorm
sirocco | a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand, it was the kind of duster not experienced in years |
ice crystal
snow mist
diamond dust
poudrin
ice needle
frost snow
frost mist | small crystals of ice |
cloud grass
Agrostis nebulosa | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets |
| 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 |
| dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust |
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 |
| gold dust | the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining |