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  • 1cloud — [n1] mass of water particles in air billow, brume, darkness, dimness, film, fog, fogginess, frost, gloom, haze, haziness, mare’s tail*, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, ol’ buttermilk sky*, overcast, pea soup*, pother, puff, rack, scud …

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  • 2cloud — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos buttock Date: 14th century 1. a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the… …

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  • 3cloud — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, addle, addle the wits, adumbrate, afterdamp, apply to, army, ball up, becloud, bedarken, bedazzle, bedim, befog, befuddle, befuddlement, begloom, bemist, besmear, besmirch, bevy, bewilder,… …

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  • 4smog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, [weather] inversion. See cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pollution, air pollution, fog, haze, fumes, exhaust, mist, dirty fog, smoke haze, smaze; see also fog 1 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 5cloud — n 1. haze, vapor, mist, steam, fog, Inf. pea soup; nebula, nebulosity, smoke, smog, soot, dust, puff; smoke screen, dust storm. 2. pall, shroud, mantle, cloak, veil, screen, shade, shadow, cover. 3. blur, smudge, smear, smutch, smirch; blotch,… …

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  • 6smog — [smɒg] noun [U] polluted air that forms a cloud close to the ground …

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  • 7Cirrus cloud — A sky filled with many types of cirrus clouds Cirrus clouds (cloud classification symbol: Ci) are atmospheric clouds generally characterized by thin, wispy strands, giving them their name from the Latin word cirrus meaning a ringlet or curling… …

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  • 8Difficult Loves — For the album by Weddings Parties Anything, see Difficult Loves (album). Difficult Loves (Italian: Gli amori difficili) is a 1971 short story collection by Italo Calvino. It concerns love and the difficulty of communication. The published English …

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  • 9San Fernando Valley — The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized valley located in the north western section of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.GeographyThe San Fernando Valley is convert|345|sqmi|km2|0 bounded by the Santa Susana… …

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  • 10choking — adjective Date: 1556 1. producing the feeling of strangulation < a choking cloud of smog > 2. indistinct in utterance used especially of a person s voice < a low choking laugh > • chokingly adverb …

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