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| ball lightning |
a rare form of lightning manifested in the form of a glowing reddish ball, approximately six inches to a foot in diameter, that moves rapidly along the ground or in the air until it disintegrates. |
| blue streak |
(informal) something moving with or as with the speed of lightning. [1/2 definitions] |
| bolt1 |
a stroke of lightning. [1/8 definitions] |
| electricity |
a physical phenomenon caused by the movement of certain charged particles such as electrons, esp. between points having different electrical charges, and seen in naturally occurring phenomena such as lightning and magnetic attraction and repulsion. [1/4 definitions] |
| fireball |
ball-shaped lightning. [1/4 definitions] |
| forked |
having a zigzag pattern, as lightning. [1/2 definitions] |
| heat lightning |
lightning without thunder, seen esp. on hot evenings and believed to be reflections of more distant lightning. |
| lightning |
natural electricity produced in thunderclouds. Lightning appears as a bright flash or streak of light in the sky. [2 definitions] |
| lightning rod |
a grounded metal rod placed high on a building to divert lightning by providing a path for it into the ground. |
| ozone |
a form of oxygen that occurs when oxygen is exposed to an electrical charge, like lightning. It is found naturally in Earth's atmosphere. |
| sheet lightning |
lightning reflected and diffused, often by a distant thunderstorm, that flashes like a sheet of light in the sky. |
| storm |
a violent disturbance in the atmosphere that brings rain, snow, wind, thunder, or lightning. [1/5 definitions] |
| streak |
a movement or something that moves very quickly in a long, irregular line; lightning or something as rapid as lightning. [2/10 definitions] |
| strike |
(of lightning or other weather event) to issue forth from the sky. [1/31 definitions] |
| thunder |
the loud cracking noise or low distant rumble that follows a flash of lightning. Thunder is caused by the violent movement of air masses. [1/5 definitions] |
| thunderbird |
in the mythology of some North American Indians, a giant bird that causes lightning, thunder, and rain. |
| thunderbolt |
a bolt of lightning accompanied by thunder. [2 definitions] |
| thundercloud |
a large, dark storm cloud that makes lightning and thunder. Thunderclouds are charged with electricity. |
| thundershower |
a brief shower of rain accompanied by lightning and thunder. |
| thunderstorm |
a storm with thunder, lightning, rain, and wind. |
| zeugma |
a rhetorical construction in which one word, usu. an adjective or verb, modifies or governs two or more words, although it makes straightforward logical sense with only one, as in "loud thunder and lightning". |
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