Reverse Dictionary: CLOUD

ADJECTIVES
► ADNUBILATED clouded or darkened by clouds → 1731 obs.
► BANKED of clouds, mist, etc.: forming a large or dense mass, especially one seen from a distance → 1844
► BECLOUDED covered or beset with clouds; made gloomy or obscure → 1586
► BENGY cloudy, overcast → 1851 Eng. dial.
► BLACK of clouds, the clouded sky, etc.: reflecting or transmitting little light → a1000
► BLANDIGO cloudy → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► CIRCUMNEBULOUS cloudy on every side → 1662 obs.
► CIRROSE of the nature of cirrus clouds → 1813
► CIRROUS pert. to cirrus clouds → 1813
► CLABBER cloudy, threatening to storm → 1940 Amer. dial.
► CLABBERY cloudy, threatening to storm → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CLAGGY characterized by thick, low-level cloud → 1621 Eng. dial.
► CLOUD-ASCENDING ascending to the clouds, as high as the clouds → 1636
► CLOUD-BUILT built of clouds → 1765
► CLOUD-CAPPED having clouds about its summit → 1616
► CLOUD-CHECKING stopping the course of the clouds → 1618 obs.
► CLOUD-COMPELLING collecting clouds → 1645
► CLOUDEN of cloud → 1400 obs.
► CLOUDFUL full of clouds, cloudy, clouded → 1845
► CLOUDLY of the nature of a cloud; cloud-like → 1621 obs.
► CLOUD-WREATHED surrounded or encircled by clouds → 1854
► CRUDDLY of clouds: thick → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CUMULAR heap-like; of the nature of cumulus clouds → 1892
► CUMULATED of clouds: formed into cumuli → 1817
► CUMULESCENT of a cloud: forming into cumulus → 1818
► CUMULOUS heap-like; of the nature of cumulus clouds → 1851
► DANK wet, watery, wetting: said of clouds, dew, rain, water, etc. → 1400 obs.
► DARKY cloudy → 1807 US criminals’ sl.
► DRUVY not clear or transparent; turbid, opaque; murky; cloudy; also muddy → 1300 obs.
► DULL AND DOWDY cloudy → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► ENUBILOUS without clouds, fair → 1736 obs.
► FILTHY of clouds or air: murky, thick → 1616 obs.
► FLECKED of the sky: dappled with clouds; of clouds: cast like flecks over the sky → 1597
► FLEECY of the sky: covered or flecked with fleece-like clouds → 1645
► GAFFIN cloudy, lowering → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GLOWERING cloudy or threatening → 1939 Amer. dial.
► GLOWERY cloudy or threatening → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GLUMMY of the weather: murky, cloudy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GREY-FACED clouded over, overcast → 1651
► HEAVENLY coming from the clouds or atmosphere → a1000 obs.
► HEAVY overcast with dark clouds; lowering, gloomy → 1583
► HECTIC cloudy, unpleasant, windy → 1968 Amer. dial.
► INENUBILABLE unable to be cleared of clouds or mist → 1903
► INNUBILOUS not cloudy → 1656 obs.
► INTRACLOUD within a cloud → 1970
► LIGHT of a cloud, mist, etc.: insubstantial, wispy → 1425
► LOURING of clouds, sky, etc.: gloomy, dark, threatening → 1450
► MACKEREL-BACK of clouds, sky: dappled like the marks on a mackerel’s back → 1844
► MACKEREL-BACKED dappled with small white fleecy clouds → 1844
► MOKY cloudy, foggy, hazy → 1706 Eng. dial.
► MURKY of the air, atmosphere, etc.: foggy, cloudy; of clouds: dense, thick, impenetrable → 1667
► NEBULATED clouded, dimmed → 1874
► NEBULOSE resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty → 1440 obs.
► NEBULOUS cloudy, foggy, misty, dank → 1597 obs.
► NEPHELOLOGICAL relating to clouds or cloudiness → 1881 obs.
► NIMBOSE stormy, cloudy → 1737
► NOCTILUCENT said of high-altitude ice-crystal clouds (noctilucent clouds) visible during twilight in summer → 1910
► NUBIFEROUS bring clouds; cloudy or full of cloud; existing in clouds → 1656
► NUBIFORM having the form of a cloud; cloud-like → 1873 obs.
► NUBILOUS clouded in appearance; foggy, misty → 1540
► NUBIVAGANT moving through clouds → 1656 obs.
► OBNUBILOUS cloudy, overcast; indistinct → 1475 obs.
► OPEN-AND-SHUT alternately sunny and cloudy → 1930
► OVERCLOUDED covered with clouds → 1603
► PACKY cloudy, heavy with clouds → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POCKY designating a form of cloud, especially cumulus, that has rounded festoons on its undersurface → 1862
► PURSY of a cloud: swollen; heavy → 1650 obs.
► RAKING gathering, scouring; said of clouds → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► ROILING of clouds, water, etc.: billowing, turbulent → 1905
► ROLLING of clouds, smoke, etc.: ascending or moving in curls or rolls → 1599
► RUFFLED of clouds, the sea, etc.: agitated, disturbed → 1640
► SKYLESS without a sky; having an overcast or cloudy sky → 1846
► SMURRY cloudy, hazy, overcast → 1887 Amer. dial.
► SNIBBLING dark, cloudy, rainy → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SOLID of clouds, the atmosphere, etc.: having the appearance of a solid or unbroken mass → 1807 chiefly poetic usage
► SPRINKLING of a cloud: producing light rain → 1567
► STRATOUS of the nature of stratus clouds → 1816 obs.
► SUBNUBILAR situated beneath the clouds → 1860
► THICK cloudy, misty, foggy → 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THICK-SET cloudy or set in for rain → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THWANKIN following each other in thick and gloomy masses; said of clouds → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► TROUBLY cloudy, misty, murky, not clear → 1380 obs.
► URLUCH cloudy, dull, gloomy → 1806 Sc.
► WATERISH of clouds, mist, etc.: watery, full of moisture → 1545
► WATERY of a cloud: full of moisture which is ready to fall as rain → 1400
► WREATHY of clouds, mist, etc.: characterized by curling or coiling → 1644

NOUNS
► AIR clouds, the sky → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARABIAN DESERTS thin streaky clouds behind others, after rain, a sign of good weather → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARK clouds in lines converging to two points on opposite parts of the sky → 1839 Eng. dial.
► BABY’S BREATH a kind of cloud formation, puffy fog-like clouds → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BARBARA AND HER BARNS a formation of clouds in which there is a thick band across the west with smaller bands above and below; a sign of stormy weather → 1883 Eng. dial.
► BEACH CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BEAM a bank of cloud → 1887 Eng. dial.
► BEAR’S-HAIRS threads of filmy white clouds, fringing greater masses of cloud, said to betoken some sort of weather → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACKHEAD a black rain-cloud → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BLANDIGO cloudy → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► BLOW-UP a billowy cloud → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BLUE BORE a rift or opening in the clouds → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOMER a cloud that rolls up high before a thunder storm or rainstorm → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BORE a break in the clouds → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BORREGO a cloud → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOULE an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BULKHEAD a storm cloud → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUNKER HEAD a big cloud forming up before rain → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUTTERMILK SKY small, curd-like or patchy clouds → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CAPE FLY-AWAY a cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances → 1769 nautical usage
► CARRIER a small detached cloud floating low and said to betoken rain → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CARRY 1. the clouds collectively, sky → 1788
2. the drift of the clouds as they are carried along by the wind → 1819 Sc.
► CASTLE-CLOUD a castle-like cloud, a cumulus → 1686 obs.
► CATFISH CLOUD a long trailing cloud in the sky → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CAT’S-CRAMMACKS streaky clouds called cirrus and cirro-stratus, which have somewhat the appears of hairs streaming from an animal’s tail → 1866 Sc.  
► CAT’S  HAIR streaky clouds called cirrus and cirro-stratus, which have somewhat the appears of hairs streaming from an animal’s tail → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► CLOUD KISSING touching the clouds in an airplane → 1940 World War II Amer. sl.
► COURIER BOATS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1966 Amer. dial.
► COW’S TAILS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CURDLED SKY a cloud-filled sky, usually presaging rain → 1930 Amer. dial.
► DANKER a dark cloud → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DARKEE ► DARKY  a cloudy sky → E19 US criminals’ sl.
► DEW CLOUD a low cloud → 1970 Amer. dial.
► EMPTY a cloud → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FALL-CLOUD a stratus cloud → 1823
► FARLE wisps of clouds → 1900 Sc.
► FEATHER ► FEATHER CLOUD a long trailing cloud high in the sky → 1965 Amer. dial.  
► FEATHER TAIL a long trailing cloud high in the sky → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FISHERMEN’S NET long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FISH HEADS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FISH HOOKS small clouds with a hook on the end; a presage of storms → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FISH SCALES long, wavy cirrus clouds → 1956 Amer. dial.
► FISH TAILS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GAG a large rugged cloud → 1866 Sc.  
► GAGGER a large rugged cloud → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GOAT-HAIR feathery cirrus-clouds → 1951 Sc.
► GOAT’S HAIR a layer of clouds with a streaky, curly appearance, said to portend a storm → 1873 Eng. dial.
► GULF CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HEAP-CLOUD a cumulus cloud → 1889
► HEN SCRAT a long streak or wisp of cirrus cloud, often believed to herald stormy weather → 1828 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► HERRINGBONE a cloud having a pattern like the skeleton of a herring  → 1950 Amer. dial.
► ICE-CREAM CLOUD a big cloud that rolls up high before a rainstorm; a cloud like a puff or scoop of ice cream on a cone → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ICE-CREAM SODA a big cloud that rolls up high before a rainstorm; a cloud like a puff or scoop of ice cream on a cone → 1967 Amer. dial.
► KATIRAMS small, swift-flying, tattered clouds → 1897 Sc.
► LAMB’S TAIL a cirrus cloud; long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1969
► LAMB’S-WOOL SKY a collection of white orbicular masses of cloud → 1866 Eng. dial.
► LEE SET a low bank of clouds to leeward, sometimes presaging a storm → 1903 Amer. dial.
► MACKEREL SCALES cirro-stratus clouds, indicating rain → 1933 Amer. dial.
► MARE’S TAILS long straight streaks of cirrus, supposed to foretoken stormy weather → 1775
► MESSENGERS small detached clouds betokening rain → 1880 Eng. dial.
► MILKMAID’S PATH a streak of clouds across the sky in the evening, wider than a jet trail → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MILKY WAY a long band of clouds resembling the Milky Way → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NEBULE a cloud; a mist or fog → 1420
► NEBULOSITY cloudiness; indistinctness → 1908 Sc.
► NEBULOUSNESS cloudiness, mistiness → 1653
► NEPHELOLOGY the study of clouds → 1892 
► NEPHOLOGY the study of clouds → 1890
► NEPHOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of clouds → 1991 (Bk.)
► NIGGER-HEADS dark cumulus clouds close to the horizon; dark rain clouds → 1893 Amer. dial., derogatory
► OILSKIN JACKET small puffy clouds that portend rain → 1973 Amer. nautical sl.
► OLD MARES’ TAILS long, white, fleecy clouds → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OPENNESS freedom from cloud, clearness → 1611 obs.
► PACK a heavy mass of cloud; a thundercloud; generally in plural → 1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PACKET-BOYS small, well-defined, roundish masses of cloud; a mackerel sky → 1873 Sc.
► PACK-MERCHANTS small clouds driven before the wind → 1881 Sc.
► PETER’S MUDHOLE ► PETE’S MUDHOLE an area of the horizon from which storm clouds typically approach or where threatening clouds are observed; big clouds that roll up high before a rainstorm → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PILLOW ► PILLOW CLOUD  a cumulus cloud → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUFFBALL a small cloud that comes and goes in summer → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RACK clouds, or a mass of cloud, driven before the wind in the upper air → 1300 
► RAIK the path along which clouds are driven by the wind → 1825 Sc.
► RAIN-BALLS festoons of cloud considered a sign of rain → 1888 Eng. dial.
► RAIN MOTHER a fleecy and delicate cloud that usually precedes rain → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RAIN SEED one of a group of usually small mottled clouds thought to presage rain → 1869 Amer. dial.
► REDS red clouds or tints in the sky → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SACK OF COALS  a black cloud or clouds in the Southern Hemisphere → L19 nautical usage
► SEED CLOUD one of a group of usually small clouds though to presage rain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SHEEP CLOUDS long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1947 Amer. dial.
► SHEEPSHEAD a white cumulus cloud, esp. a small one occurring in a group of similar clouds → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKEWS the clouds, skies, or heavens → 1320 obs.
► SKIES, THE the clouds → 1300 obs.
► SKIFT a wisp of clouds → 1891 Amer. dial.
► SKY a cloud → 1220 obs.
► SMUR ► SMURR mist, cloud → 1907 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SNOW-BANKS white fleecy clouds → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SOP a small, detached cloud hanging on the side of a mountain, which prognosticates rain → 1828 Eng. dial.
► SOUP thick cloud; fog → 1901
► THUNDERCAP a cumulonimbus cloud presaging a thunderstorm → 1857 Amer. dial
► THUNDERHEAD a cumulonimbus cloud presaging a thunderstorm → 1849 Amer. dial.
► THUNDER-PACKS large white clouds having horizontal bases and pointed summits, always indicative of thunder → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNDER-BREE ► UNDER-BREET a bright light appearing under clouds → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UP-CASTING a gathering of clouds above the horizon, generally a precursor of rain → 1827 Sc. obs.
► WAIF a streak of cloud; something borne or driven by the wind → 1854
► WALK a cloud or clouds → 1513 Sc. obs.
► WANE-CLOUD a cirro-stratus cloud → 1823
► WATER DOG a low lying cloud at treetop level, that usually appears after a storm; a ‘rain dog’ → 2004 Amer. dial.
► YACKLES small white clouds, shaped somewhat like teeth → 1908 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► NEPHELOLATER an admirer of clouds → 1895
► NEPHOLOGIST a person who studies the clouds → 1894

PHRASES
► GLINNING UP said when a bright streak breaks through the clouds in the sky → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IT’S A BIT BLACK OVER BILL’S MOTHER’S applied to dark clouds looming → 20C Eng. dial.
► THE ANGELS ARE SWEEPING said of long trailing clouds high in the sky → 1968 Amer. dial.
► THE RACK RIDES used of the clouds when driven by the wind → 19C Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BANK to gather in masses; said of clouds → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BENIGHT to cloud, to darken, to involve in darkness → 1631
► BOIL to grow, to increase in size; said of clouds → 1937 Amer. dial.
► BREAK OFF to become less cloudy; to clear up; to stop raining → 1905 Sc (Bk.).
► BREED UP A STORM to become cloudy → 1939 Amer. dial.
► CAST UP to gather for a storm; said of clouds → 1825 Sc.
► CLABBER ► CLOBBER to become cloudy → 1933 Amer. dial.
► CLEAN OFF of clouds: to decrease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CLEANSE UP of clouds: to decrease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COVER UP to become cloudy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DARK to cloud, to obscure, to dim, to sully → 1374 arch.
► DEM IN to collect, to be obstructed; said of clouds → 19C Eng. dial.
► HAUL to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → 1769
► HAUL ABOUT to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HAUL OFF to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → 1858 Amer. dial.
► HAUL ROUND to change direction, to shift, to veer; said of clouds → 1864 Amer. dial.
► HERM UP to cloud up and become overcast → 1903 Amer. dial.
► NEBULATE to become cloudy or turbid → 1753 obs.
► OBNEBULATE to cloud, to befog; to obscure as with a mist → 1540
► PUCKER UP of the sky or weather: to cloud up, to become threatening → 1939 Amer. dial.
► RACK to drive before the wind; said of clouds → 1590
► RACK UP to clear up; said of clouds or the sky → 1626
► SCARROW to shine through clouds → 1898 Sc.
► SMIRR ► SMIRR UP ► SMUR  ► SMURR ► SMURR UP to become cloudy or foggy → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
► SMOOCH UP to become cloudy → 1895 Amer. dial.
► STROUBLE to make turbid or cloudy → 1480 obs.
► UPCAST to gather; said of clouds → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)