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thundercloud a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms thundercloud [′thən·dər‚klau̇d] (meteorology) A convenient and often used term for the cloud mass of a thunderstorm, that is, a cumulonimbus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As the flames of the fire hidden within come more and more vividly and rapidly from an approaching thundercloud, so, as if in opposition to what was taking place, the lightning of hidden fire growing more and more intense glowed in the faces of these men. A motley phantasmagoria presents itself before him, which he describes in a few satirical touches, yet without expressing his opinion openly: he tells the people enough to set them all thinking and guessing; but in order to hurt nobody, he wraps his witty oracular judgments in a transparent veil, or rather in a lurid thundercloud, shooting forth bright sparks of wit, that they may fall in the powder-magazine of the expectant audience. I don't think anyone would care to try it, if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now. |
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