Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The swollen upper portion of a thundercloud, usually associated with the development of a thunderstorm.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the round compact swelling cumulus clouds which frequently develop into thunder-clouds. The thunder-head is seen at first, perhaps, on the horizon, of a brilliant whiteness; then, slowly rising, and darkening until only a silver edge is left of its brightness, it becomes a towering mass of black thunder-cloud.
Wiktionary
- n. The top portion of a cumulonimbus cloud, which tend to be flattened or fibery in appearance, and which may be indicative of thunderstorm activity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
Examples
“At his feet swept the broad and noble river, reflecting on its surface the snowy masses of "thunderhead" clouds, around which the lightning still played, and which, transfigured and glorified in the light of the setting sun, seemed to the poetic imagination of the young man like the City of God descending out of heaven, with its streets of gold and foundations of precious stones, while the rainbow that spanned the heavens seemed like the rainbow of the Apocalypse round about the throne of God.”
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
“I looked back to shore and saw we now had this enormous slate-gray thunderhead approaching us.”
The Huffington Post: Binky Philips: I Visit Graceland and Get Kurt Cobain's Autograph
“I tracked a deer last week shot with a 100gn thunderhead.”
“I released at 35 yds and my thunderhead decapitated the bird.”
“Out of that thunderhead of swinging steel, an axe dived down to shear away the bark from one edge of the bole.”
“Beheaded one with a 3 blade thunderhead and the other was hit center back with Wasp Jackhammer (that is the one with 5 beards).”
“I was a die hard thunderhead guy, these blow major holes.”
“For many Republicans, the bright, golden haze of Election Day is marred by a thunderhead on the horizon -- the increasingly erratic political interventions of Sarah Palin.”
The Washington Post: Palin's erratic behavior mars 2010 elections
“Our first stop out there was near sunset, with a giant thunderhead rolling right past the museum in the sky.”
“I no more created myself than the thunderhead before me or the mountain with which it collided.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thunderhead’.
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Thunder
Boanerges, brontosaurus, fremitus, lower, thunderstone, thunderstroke, incus, thunderwear, thundersnow, Thor, Pērkons, thunderbird and 38 more...
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nonhead heads
figuratively named things with head
goathead, deadhead, arrowhead, warhead, airhead, cathead, bubblehead, egghead, hogshead, railhead, Tallulah Bankhead, bridgehead and 53 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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dandy's list
favourite words
cattywampus, wibble, fenagle, whisker, sneeze, wisteria, honeysuckle, clove, perihelion, glimmer, twilight, dusk and 264 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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What's next here?
thunderhead, thundercloud, cumulus, cumulonimbus, fibrous, hazy, glaciated, cirrus, nimbus, meteorology, fahrenheit, thermoscope and 285 more...
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implify's Words
gaia, eviscerate, lament, ephemeral, urbane, blight, variant, schadenfreude, hubbub, iteration, feign, hobgoblin and 243 more...
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What Keeps Your Ears Apart?
A sort of stuffie of words/phrases that include "head"
head of cattle, out of one's head, head of the stairs, come to a head, head of steam, head of the page, win by a head, head taller, headway, fountainhead, heads or tails, hit the nail on t... and 143 more...
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5-1
Hecko, words! Thanks for staying with me. :-)
avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
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No Forecast Needed
weather terms
thunderhead, nebula, cyclone, anticyclone, mammatus, mauzy, inclement, fair, anvil, misty, drizzle, overcast and 19 more...
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Cloud Words
cumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbus, cumulonimbus, sheep, cotton, scud, ominous, accumulation, partly, fluffy and 9 more...
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I like : T
taciturn, tangible, tellurium, temerarious, temperance, temporal, teraphim, terra firma, tetragrammaton, thallium, thelema, thor and 31 more...
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bilby Yes, we have thunderheads. Sep 30, 2008