Thunderstorm

WEATHER

I.

Fine Marvelous Lovely Bright Sunny Awful Wretched, beastly Dull Misty, foggy Dump Raw, moist Catchcold Chilly Frosty Stormy Windy Variable We are in for: A spell of bad weather This is a welcome change I hope it will keep fine Weather forecast Severe frost Sleet Showers

Чудесная Замечательная Восхитительная Ясная Солнечная Ужасная Отвратительная Пасмурная Туманная Сырая Влажная Гриппозная Прохладная Морозная Ненастная Ветреная Изменчивая Нам предстоит: Период плохой погоды Это приятная перемена Надеюсь, хорошая погода продержится Прогноз погоды Сильный мороз Дождь со снегом, слякоть Ливни

II.

It rains It drizzles To rain cats and dogs To pour The rain has set in It rained now and then It looks like rain The rain has laid down the dust a little To be caught in the rain To get wet through (soaked / drenched) We haven’t had a drop of rain for about a month Heavy shower Snowstorm; blizzard Snowfall Snowdrifts Green winter The snow is just sprinkling Snowflakes The snow is falling thick Icicles Ice storm, silver storm Rainy periods

Идет дождь Моросит Льет как из ведра Лить Пошел обложной дождь Шли кратковременные дожди Похоже, будет дождь Дождь только прибил пыль Попасть под дождь Промокнуть Дождя не было уже около месяца Сильный ливень Метель Снегопад Сугробы Бесснежная зима Идет легкий снежок Хлопья снега Идет сильный снег сосульки   периодические дожди

Collective nouns:

A gale of wind

A ray of light

III.

It’s unbearably hot Sultry The heat is so oppressive The heat is abating It’s freezing hard It’s below the freezing point Ringing frost My hands are numb / stiff with cold I feel chilly A drop in the temperature We are in for a cold winter The air is stingingly cold   The sky is clouded / overcast with heavy clouds The wind is getting stronger Biting wind To blow full in the face There isn’t a breath of air The wind has abated Breeze A gale (a strong wind) A gust, gale of wind Blizzard Squall Fog smog Peals of thunder, claps of thunder Thunderstorm A flash of lightning Hail A thunder-cloud Ball lightning Rainbow   IV. Astronomy: Solar eclipse Full moon New moon Dusk, sunset Dawn, sunrise Polar lights   Acts of elements (calamities, natural disasters, circumstances beyond our control (force-majeure)) Earthquake Hurricane Flood Fire Tsunami Tornado Landslide Drought Ice conditions Volcano eruption Avalanche Storm, heavy storm Sandstorm     V. Greenhouse effect Global climate change Global warming Ozone layer Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen Carbon dioxide (CO2) Carbon monoxide (CO)

Невыносимо жарко Душно Зной действует так угнетающе Жара спадает Сильно морозит Ниже нуля Трескучий мороз Руки онемели \ окоченели от холода Мне холодно Понижение температуры Нам предстоит холодная зима Воздух очень холодный   Небо затянуто тучами Ветер крепчает Резкий ветер Дуть прямо в лицо Нет ни дуновения ветерка Ветер стих Бриз, легкий ветер Сильный ветер Порыв ветра Буран Шквал     Раскаты грома Гроза Вспышка молнии Град Грозовая туча   Солнечное затмение Полнолуние Новолуние Закат Рассвет Полярное сияние   Стихийные бедствия   Землетрясение Ураган Наводнение Пожар Цунами Торнадо Сель Засуха Ледовые условия Извержение вулкана Лавина Шторм Песчаная буря   Парниковый эффект Глобальное изменение климата Глобальное потепление Озоновый слой Кислород Водород Азот Углекислый газ Угарный газ

(Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary)

Landslide - a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff [syn: landslip]

Tornado

n: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring

over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud

extending toward the ground [syn: twister]

Tornado \Tor*na"do\, n.; pl. Tornadoes. [From Sp. or Pg.

tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling

wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See Turn.]

A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest

distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive

motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning,

and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and

small breadth; a small cyclone

Hurricane

n: a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds

moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word

signifying, a high wind.]

A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden

changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain,

thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East

and West Indies. Also used figuratively.

Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. --Tennyson.

Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane.

--Massinger.

Hurricane bird (Zo["o]l.), the frigate bird.

thunderstorm

n: a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning [syn: electrical storm, electric storm] forest fire n: an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area flood n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land [syn: inundation, deluge, alluvion] 2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: deluge, torrent] 3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography [syn: floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood] 4: a large flow [syn: overflow, outpouring] 5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing 6: the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, inundate, swamp] 2: cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" 3: fill beyond capacity; "The water flooded the fields" [syn: deluge, inundate] 4: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" [syn: oversupply, glut] 5: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" fog n 1: droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground 2: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance [syn: fogginess, murk, murkiness] 3: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, haze] v: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, haze over, cloud, mist] frostn 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze] 3: the formation of frost or ice on a surface [syn: icing] 4: American poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) [syn: Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost] v: decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" [syn: ice] lightningn 1: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light 2: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked

flashes.

Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of

electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon,

esp. at the close of a hot day.

Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place

where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by

lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a

short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin

nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also

lightning discharger.

Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly.

Lightning conductor, a lightning rod.

Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a

brilliant eye.

Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on

the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or

water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or

vessel from lightning.

Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing

out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The

appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light

from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.

draught n 1: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: draft, potation, tipple] 2: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, swig] 3: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle) [syn: draft, air current] 4: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) [syn: draft] 5: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: draft] 6: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draft, drawing] v: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft]

Drought

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