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Definitions of hail in various dictionaries:
noun - precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
noun - many objects thrown forcefully through the air
noun - enthusiastic greeting
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Hard rain? |
| Salute with enthusiasm |
| Honor, as a conquering hero |
| Nasty fall? |
| Come (from) |
| Wave down a taxi |
| Icy pellets |
| It comes down hard |
| Flag down |
| Word with storm or stone |
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| In hardness, pellets called graupel that fall from the sky are partway between snow & this |
| Salute, or call out to get a cabbie's attention |
| Often compared to golf balls, this is the largest form of precipitation |
| To welcome, or to order a cab |
| This precipitation in the form of lumps or balls of ice is a 4-letter word |
| Pellets of ice have a diameter of less than 5mm; if the ice's diameter is between 5mm & 15cm, it's called this |
| In 2014 a man in Denton, Texas was a little under the weather after he was hit by softball-sized ones of these |
| In the seventh plague, this rained "upon the land of Egypt", breaking "every tree of the field" |
| In 2015 a Delta plane's nose cone was damaged & windshields cracked by this type of precipitation |
| Ones that fell in New Mexico really were the size of golf balls |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| hail falls. |
| expressing greeting or acclaim. |
| To call out or yell in order to catch the attention of: hail a cabdriver. |
| To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow. |
| To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them. |
| To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me. |
| To salute or greet. |
| To greet or acclaim enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the boxing champion. |
| Precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter. |
| The act of greeting or acclaiming. |
| Hail description |
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Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American sleet), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets (American sleet) fall generally in cold weather while hail growth is greatly inhibited during cold surface temperatures.Unlike other forms of water ice such as graupel, which is made of rime, and ice pellets, which are smaller and translucent, hailstones usually measure between 5 millimetres (0.2 in) and 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter. The METAR reporting code for hail 5 mm (0.20 in) or greater is GR, while smaller hailstones and graupel are coded GS. * Hail is possible within most thunderstorms as it is produced by cumulonimbus, and within 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) of the parent storm. Hail formation requires environments of strong, upward motion of air with the parent thunderstorm (similar to tornadoes) and lowered heights of the freezing level. In the mid-latitude |