nepheligenous

nepheligenous
  a. discharging smoke in clouds.
   ♦ nephelognosy, n. observation of clouds.
   ♦ nepheloid, a. cloudy.
   ♦ nephelometer, n. instrument measuring cloudiness.
   ♦ nephelorometer, n. instrument measuring clouds' direction and velocity.
   ♦ nepheloscope, n. instrument demonstrating formation of clouds.

Dictionary of difficult words. 2015.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • nepheligenous — discharging smoke in clouds Causation and Formation …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • nepheligenous — Producing clouds of smoke from tobacco …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • Causation and Formation — These words refer to causation, formation, origination, production, growth, development or generation. While this might seem like a pretty broad category, all of the words in the list derive from the single Greek word genesis, which can have all… …   Phrontistery dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”