Word Meanings - THUNDERBURST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A burst of thunder.

Related words: (words related to THUNDERBURST)

• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• THUNDERING
  1. Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull. 2. Very great; -- often adverbially. -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• THUNDERER
  One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter. That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer. Pope.
• THUNDERSHOWER
  A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
• THUNDERY
  Accompanied with thunder; thunderous. "Thundery weather." Pennant.
• THUNDERSTONE
  A belemnite. See Belemnite. (more info) 1. A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone. Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone. Shak.
• THUNDERCLOUD
  A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.
• THUNDERSTRIKE
  1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. Sir P. Sidney. 2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle. drove before him, thunderstruck. Milton.
• THUNDERLESS
  Without thunder or noise.
• THUNDERSTORM
  A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
• THUNDERFISH
  A large European loach .
• THUNDERHEAD
  A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, - - often appearing before a thunderstorm.
• THUNDERBOLT
  A belemnite, or thunderstone. Thunderbolt beetle , a long-horned beetle whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra. (more info) 1. A shaft
• THUNDER
  D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr. tan to stretch. *52. See Thin, and cf. 1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. 2. The
• THUNDERPROOF
  Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.
• THUNDERBIRD
  An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush,
• THUNDERWORM
  A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbæna, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
• THUNDERBURST
  A burst of thunder.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• UPTHUNDER
  To send up a noise like thunder. Coleridge.
• UPBURST
  The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
• INBURST
  A bursting in or into.
• OUTBURST
  A bursting forth.
• ABURST
  In a bursting condition.