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Weather | (Same as congestus.) A large cumulus cloud with great vertical development, usually with a cauliflower-like appearance, but lacking the characteristic anvil of a Cb. (Often shortened to "towering cu," and abbreviated TCU.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TOWERING CUMULUS |
| Specialty definitions using "TOWERING CUMULUS": Congestus, Cumulus Congestus ♦ Flanking Line, Funnel Cloud ♦ Landspout. (references) |
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 | Wall cloud - Towering cumulus with rain-free base. A wall cloud, a lowering of the cloud base underneath main storm updraft, forms in this thunderstorm. Tornadoes can form out ot the wall clouds. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Towering Cumulus. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-l-m-n-o-r-s-t-u-u-u-w" | |
-4 letters: multicourse, multisource, outmuscling. | |
-5 letters: ceruminous, clustering, leguminous, meticulous, outcursing, sclerotium. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 57 45 52 49 4E 47 43 55 4D 55 4C 55 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 01010111 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000011 01010101 01001101 01010101 01001100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O W E R I N G   C U M U L U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0057 0045 0052 0049 004E 0047 0043 0055 004D 0055 004C 0055 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449573952434841237554755465553 |
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