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 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION 61

cloud-kissing 'ktaud^isirj adj. touching the clouds as if kissing or caressing them; lefty.

cloud-laden 'kLaud^ee-dan adj. laden or loaded down with clouds.

cloudland 'ktaod,l<end n. the land or region of the clouds; a relm far above the general surface of the earth; also, a 'landscape' of clouds; a cloudscape.

cloud-lead 'ki,aod,led adj. [also spelt cloudtled] led, at- tgacted along, or preceded, by clouds.

cloudless 'kz^au-dlas adj. without a cloud; unclouded; clear, bright.

cloudlessly 'ktao-dbs-li adv. in a cloudless manner; without clouds.

cloudlessness 'ktau-dlas-nis n. the state or quality of being cloudless; clearness.

cloudlet 'ktao-dtet n. a little cloud.

cloud-level 'ktaud,lev9t n. the leval of the clouds; the ele- vation at which clouds occur.

cloud-light 'ki-aod^ait n. clouded light, dim light.

cloud-like 'ktaod,laik adj. [also spelt cloudlike] like a cloud; resembling a cloud.

cloud-like 'ktaud^aik adv. like a cloud; in the manner of a cloud.

cloud-map 'ktaud^naep n. a map or chart showing the distji- bution of clouds over a given area of the earth's surface; a cloud-chart.

cloud-mass 'ktaud^ars n. a mass of clouds; a cloud-aggre- gate.

cloud-monster 'kz,aud,monst3z n. a menster^like cloud* ferm.

cloud-motion 'kt,aud,moo-$9n n. the motion of a cloud; cloud^movement. compare cloud motion, under cloud.

cloud-nymph 'ktaud,nimf n. [also spelt cloud-nymf] a nymf of the clouds.

cloud-particle 'kz,aud,pazti-k3l n. one of the minute par- ticles of water of which cloud is made up.

cloud-peak Tctao^piik n. a cloud^tep which resembles a mountain^peak; the pointed top of a cloud.

cloud-piercing 'ktaod^nz-sirj adj. piercing or extending thru the clouds; overtopping the clouds.

cloud-projector 'ktaud-pso/lsektaz n. a fotografic appara- tus by tuhich the dimensions, altitudes, and distances of clouds are determind.

cloud-rack 'kz.aod,z3ek n. [also spelt cloudtwrack] an as- semblage of irregular or broken clouds drifting across the sky; floating cloudy vapor; cloud-drift.

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