NIMBOSTRATUS

Specialty Definition: NIMBOSTRATUS

Domain	Definition
Geography	Grey cloud layer, often dark, the appearance of which is rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling rain or snow which in most cases reaches the ground. It is enough throughout to blot out the Sun. Low ragged clouds frequently occur below the layer, with which they may or may not merge. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Nimbostratus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Nimbostratus is a cloud of the class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 ft (2400 m).

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National Science Digital Library - Nimbostratus

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nimbostratus."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: NIMBOSTRATUS

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NIMBOSTRATUS	Greek	μελανόστρωμα	Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: NIMBOSTRATUS

Specialty definitions using "NIMBOSTRATUS": clouds. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NIMBOSTRATUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
cloud nimbostratus	9
nimbostratus	8
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Modern Translation: NIMBOSTRATUS

Language		Translations for "NIMBOSTRATUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Ns, nimbostratus. (various references)

Dutch		nimbostratus. (various references)

Finnish		nimbostratus, aito sadepilvi. (various references)

French		Ns, nimbostratus. (various references)

German		Nimbostratus. (various references)

Greek		NIMBOSTRATUS, μελανόστρωμα. (various references)

Hungarian		nimbosztrátusz (ns). (various references)

Italian		nembostrato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		乱層雲 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ら�"そうう�". (various references)

Pig Latin		imbostratusnay

Portuguese		nimbostrato. (various references)

Spanish		Ns, nimbostratus, nimboestrato. (various references)

Swedish		nimbostratus, snömolntäcke, regnmolntäcke. (various references)

Ukrainian		шарувато-дощові хмари. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: NIMBOSTRATUS

Misspellings
	"NIMBOSTRATUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nimbo-stratus, nimbustratus, nimeostratus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: NIMBOSTRATUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: misbuttons, stirabouts, strontiums, substation.
	-3 letters: antirusts, antitumor, botanists, misbutton, mistutors, mutations, naturisms, naturists, outsmarts, saturnism, stirabout, strontias, strontium, transmits, urbanisms, urbanists.
	-4 letters: amorists, antiboss, antirust, antismut, arsonist, atomists, bastions, bimanous, biramous, bistorts, botanist, brutisms, inbursts, intrusts, manitous, misstart, mistrust, mistutor, mutation, natriums, naturism, naturist, nostrums, outsmart, rainouts, robustas, romaunts, santours, sautoirs, stasimon, stations.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: masturbations.
	+3 letters: misattributions.
	+4 letters: maldistributions.
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