noun

1. enthusiastic greeting

2. many objects thrown forcefully through the air

e.g. a hail of pebbles
a hail of bullets

3. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

noun

1. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle

e.g. he took a shower after the game

Synonym: shower bath

2. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

e.g. they installed a shower in the bathroom

3. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

e.g. a little shower of rose petals
a sudden cascade of sparks

Synonym: cascade

4. a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person

e.g. her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting

5. someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

Synonym: exhibitorexhibitioner

6. a brief period of precipitation

e.g. the game was interrupted by a brief shower

Synonym: rain shower

adj

1. transmitting light
able to be seen through with clarity

e.g. the cold crystalline water of melted snow
crystal clear skies
could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
lucid air
a pellucid brook
transparent crystal

Synonym: crystallinecrystal clearlimpidlucidpellucid

2. easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

e.g. a transparent explanation
a transparent lie

3. free of deceit

Synonym: guileless

4. so thin as to transmit light

e.g. a hat with a diaphanous veil
filmy wings of a moth
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
gossamer cobwebs
sheer silk stockings
transparent chiffon
vaporous silks

Synonym: diaphanousfilmygauzygauze-likegossamersee-throughsheervaporousvapourouscobwebby

noun

1. growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

Synonym: pelage

2. an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down
worn outdoors

3. a thin layer covering something

e.g. a second coat of paint

Synonym: coating

adj

1. providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)

e.g. comfortable clothes
comfortable suburban houses
made himself comfortable in an armchair
the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
are you comfortable?
feeling comfy now?

Synonym: comfy

2. free from stress or conducive to mental ease
having or affording peace of mind

e.g. was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared
the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong
was comfortable in his religious beliefs
she's a comfortable person to be with
she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents

3. in fortunate circumstances financially
moderately rich

e.g. they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
easy living
a prosperous family
his family is well-situated financially
well-to-do members of the community

Synonym: easyprosperouswell-fixedwell-heeledwell-offwell-situatedwell-to-do

4. sufficient to provide comfort

e.g. a comfortable salary

5. more than adequate

e.g. the home team had a comfortable lead

noun

1. a shortage of rainfall

e.g. farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season

Synonym: drouth

2. a prolonged shortage

e.g. when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought

Synonym: drouth

noun

1. weather cold enough to cause freezing

Synonym: freeze

2. the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Synonym: icing

3. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

Synonym: hoarhoarfrostrime

adj

1. containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor

e.g. humid air
humid weather

noun

1. 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

2. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

adj

1. mild and pleasant

e.g. balmy days and nights
the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
a soft breeze

Synonym: balmysoft

2. moderate in type or degree or effect or force
far from extreme

e.g. a mild winter storm
a mild fever
fortunately the pain was mild
a mild rebuke
mild criticism

3. humble in spirit or manner
suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

e.g. meek and self-effacing

Synonym: meekmodest

noun

1. wetness caused by water

e.g. drops of wet gleamed on the window

Synonym: wet

adj

1. (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

e.g. I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around

2. affording pleasure
being in harmony with your taste or likings

e.g. we had a pleasant evening together
a pleasant scene
pleasant sensations

noun

1. an illusory hope

e.g. chasing rainbows

2. an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain

noun

1. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

Synonym: blizzard

noun

1. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

2. the somatic sensation of cold or heat

noun

1. street names for heroin

Synonym: big Hhell dustnose dropssmackskagscag

2. a deep prolonged loud noise

Synonym: boomroarroaring

3. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

noun

1. having the function of uniting a group of similar things

e.g. the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups
under the umbrella of capitalism

2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

e.g. an air umbrella over England

3. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

noun

1. a heavy rain

Synonym: cloudburstdelugewaterspouttorrentpeltersoaker

noun

1. very light rain
stronger than mist but less than a shower

Synonym: mizzle

noun

1. a strong wind moving 45-90 knots
force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

noun

1. a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

2. a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

Synonym: overcasting

3. gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

Synonym: cloudiness

4. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

Synonym: cloudinesscloud cover

adj

1. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

e.g. blowy weather
a windy bluff

Synonym: blowywindy

2. fresh and animated

e.g. her breezy nature

adj

1. hot or warm and humid

e.g. muggy weather
the steamy tropics
sticky weather

Synonym: steamysticky

noun

1. partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)

adv

1. taking care or paying attention

e.g. they watched carefully

2. as if with kid gloves
with caution or prudence or tact

e.g. she ventured cautiously downstairs
they handled the incident with kid gloves

Synonym: cautiously

adj

1. obscured by fog

e.g. he could barely see through the fogged window

Synonym: fogged

2. filled or abounding with fog or mist

e.g. a brumous October morning

Synonym: brumoushazymisty

3. indistinct or hazy in outline

e.g. a landscape of blurred outlines
the trees were just blurry shapes

Synonym: blearyblurredblurryfuzzyhazymuzzy

4. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

Synonym: dazedgroggylogystuporous

noun

1. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Synonym: danceterpsichoresaltation

noun

1. processing that involves blowing a gas