Crossword clues for nimbi
nimbi
- Halos
- Rain clouds, fancy
- Kinds of clouds
- Rain makers
- Clouds of gas? Setter's big end's gone
- Water sources current doctor found in province
- Sources of water selfish protester cut before one
- Soldier rests in secure state capital
- Sign of bad weather anything but locally in report?
- Review of global IT firm in Sky features
- Bushmen imbibing concealed sources of water
- IT company starting to invent new revolutionary clouds
- They might have rain in north - declaration after batting for both sides
- Low clouds
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nimbus \Nim"bus\, n.; pl. L. Nimbi, E. Nimbuses. [L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.]
-
(Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
Note: ``The nimbus is of pagan origin.'' ``As an attribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.''
--Fairholl. (Meteor.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. a dark gray cloud bearing rain [syn: nimbus cloud, rain cloud]
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, glory, gloriole]
[also: nimbi (pl)]
See nimbus
Wikipedia
Nimbi may refer to:
- A game invented by Piet Hein (Denmark)
- A plural of nimbus (disambiguation)
Usage examples of "nimbi".
The vast expanse of the Nimbi Array was receiving just one signal to the exclusion of all else.
After a few seconds of staring through the snow at the prison entrance and the nimbi of the bright yellow lights on the walls, he was interrupted by the arrival of another police snocat.
There were large nimbi and small nimbi about their drooping heads, but the face was always the same.
The lights of the base buildings were surrounded by faint nimbi of humidity.