Thunderstorms Word Search
Free Thunderstorms word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: THUNDER, LIGHTNING, UPDRAFT, DOWNDRAFT, PRECIPITATION, RAINDROP, RAINSTORM, SHOWER, DOWNPOUR, DRIZZLE, SQUALL, CYCLONE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Thunderstorms word list, defined
- THUNDER /ˈθʌndə(r)/ (British); /ˈθʌndɚ/ (US) · noun, verb
- The loud rumbling or crashing sound produced by lightning. Figuratively, it refers to a powerful display of anger, authority, or force. Related: rumble, roar, boom, thunderclap.
- LIGHTNING /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ · noun
- A sudden, bright flash of electricity produced during a storm, usually accompanied by thunder. By extension, it can refer to something sudden, striking, or illuminating, such as a flash of insight. Related: thunderbolt, bolt, electrical discharge, flash.
- UPDRAFT /ˈʌpdrɑːft/ · noun
- An updraft is a current or column of air moving upward, especially one produced by the heating of the ground or by converging winds. The term is also used figuratively for a rise or surge in activity, prices, support, or other conditions. Related: updraught, rising current, ascending current, rising air.
- DOWNDRAFT /ˈdaʊn.dræft/ · noun
- A downward current of air or other fluid, especially one produced by the movement of an aircraft's wings, a chimney's airflow, or atmospheric convection. More generally, a sudden decline or downward trend in activity, prices, or fortunes. Related: downcurrent, downrush, descent, downburst.
- PRECIPITATION /prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- Precipitation is water in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, or other droplets or ice particles that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface. The term can also refer more generally to the process of such water falling or to the formation of a solid from a solution. Related: rainfall, rain, snowfall, downpour.
- RAINDROP /ˈreɪndrɒp/ · noun
- A raindrop is a single drop of water falling from a cloud, especially as part of rain. The word is also used for an individual bead of rainwater on a surface. Related: drop of rain, rain bead, rainwater bead.
- RAINSTORM /ˈreɪnˌstɔrm/ · noun; verb
- A storm with heavy rain, often accompanied by wind and sometimes thunder. As a verb, “rainstorm” means to rain heavily or, figuratively, to direct a barrage of criticism or questions at someone. Related: downpour, deluge, torrential rain, cloudburst.
- SHOWER /ˈʃaʊər/ (UK), /ˈʃaʊɚ/ (US) · noun, verb
- A shower is a brief fall of rain, a device or enclosure for washing oneself, or a large social gathering held in honour of someone. As a verb, it means to wash under running water or to give someone a large number of things. Related: rainfall, drizzle, downpour, bath.
- DOWNPOUR /ˈdaʊnpɔːr/ · noun
- A heavy, sustained fall of rain; a sudden and intense rainfall. Related: rainstorm, cloudburst, deluge, torrent.
- DRIZZLE /ˈdrɪz.əl/ · noun and verb
- Light rain falling in fine drops; also, to rain lightly or (in cooking) to pour a thin stream of liquid over something. Related: mist, sprinkle, mizzle, spit.
- SQUALL /skwɔːl/ · noun and verb
- A squall is a sudden, often violent storm characterized by strong wind and sometimes heavy rain, snow, or sleet. As a verb, it means to blow or arise as a sudden violent storm, or, less commonly, to cry out loudly. Related: storm, gale, downpour, burst.
- CYCLONE /ˈsaɪkloʊn/ · noun
- A large-scale rotating storm system with low pressure at its center and inward-spiraling winds; in some regions the term refers specifically to a severe tropical storm equivalent to a hurricane or typhoon. Related: storm, hurricane, typhoon, tempest.
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