Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

acid rain n
altocumulus n
altostratus n
angry adj (STORMY)
antifreeze n
avalanche n
bedraggled adj
billow n, at billow v
black ice n
blizzard n (SNOW)
bolt n (LIGHTNING)
cirrocumulus n
cirrostratus n
cirrus n
clammy adj
clap n (NOISE)
cloud n (IN SKY)
cloud v
cloud bank n
cloudburst n
cloud-capped adj
cloudy adj
condensation n
crevasse n
cumulonimbus n
cumulus n
cyclone n
damp adj
dampen v (MAKE WET)
dank adj
de-ice v
de-icer n
deluge n
deluge v
dew n
dewdrop n
douse v
downpour n
dowse v (MAKE WET)
drench v
drift n (MOVEMENT)
dripping adj
drizzle n (RAIN)
drizzle v (RAIN)
drizzly adj
electrical storm n
elemental adj
floe n
flooded adj (WATER)
flurry n (SNOW)
fog n (WEATHER)
fog bank n
foggy adj
freeze v (COLD)
freezing adj
frost n
frost v (COLD)
frosty adj
froze
frozen v
frozen adj
glacial adj (ICE/COLD)
glaciated adj
glaciation n
glacier n
grey adj (COLOUR)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ground frost n
hail n
hail v (ICE)
hailstone n
hailstorm n
haze n
hazy adj (WEATHER)
hazily adv, at hazy adj (MEMORY)
hoarfrost n
humid adj
humidify v
humidity n
hurricane n
ice n (FROZEN WATER)
iceberg n
ice cap n
ice floe n
icicle n
icy adj (COLD)
Jack Frost n
lift v (GO AWAY)
lightning n
lowering adj
miasma n (FOG)
mist n
misty adj (WEATHER)
mizzle n
mogul n (SNOW)
moist adj
moisten v
moisture n
monsoon n
muggy adj
nimbostratus n
nimbus n
overcast adj
pack ice n
pall n (CLOUD)
pea-souper n
permafrost n
photochemical smog n
powder n
precipitation n (RAIN)
puddle n
puff n (SMALL AMOUNT)
rain n
rain v
rainbow n
raindrop n
rainfall n
rain gauge n
rainstorm n
rainwater n
rainy adj
rehydration n
relative humidity n
saturate v (MAKE WET)
saturated adj
Scotch mist n
sheet lightning n
shower n (RAIN)
showery adj
sleet n
slobbery adj, at slobber v
slush n (SNOW)
slushy adj (SNOW)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

smog n
snow n (WEATHER)
snow v (WEATHER)
snowball n
snow bank n
snowbound adj
snow-capped adj
snowdrift n
snowfall n
snowflake n
snowman n
snowstorm n
snowy adj
soak v
soaked adj
soaking adj
sodden adj
soggy adj
sopping adj
spit v (RAIN)
spongy adj
spot v (RAIN)
sprinkle n
squall n (STRONG WIND)
steam n
steaming adj
steamy adj
sticky adj (NOT DRY/SMOOTH)
storm n (VIOLENT WEATHER)
-storm suffix
storm cloud n
storm surge n
stormy adj (VIOLENT WEATHER)
stratocumulus n
stratus n
subtropical adj
sultry adj (WARM)
sweat v
teem v
tempest n
tempestuous adj (STORM)
thaw v (BECOME NOT FROZEN)
thunder n
thunder v
thunderbolt n (THUNDER)
thunderclap n
thundercloud n
thunderstorm n
thundery adj
tornado n
torrential adj
tropical adj
twister n
typhoon n
vapour trail n
visibility n
washout n (CANCELLED EVENT)
waterlogged adj
waterspout n
wet adj (NOT DRY)
wet v
whirlwind n
white Christmas n
whiteout n
damp, at damp adj
damp, at dampen v (MAKE WET)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

dowse, at douse v
ice floe, at floe n
gray, at grey adj (COLOUR)
sprinkling, at sprinkle n
teem down, at teem v
twister, at tornado n
twister, at whirlwind n
driving rain/snow
a plume of dust, smoke, etc.
the rains
be sheeting
drenched/soaked/wet to the skin
be snowed in
the snow line
be tipping (it) down
be wet through
the wet
look like a drowned rat idiom
the heavens open idiom
pelt (down) idiom
it's raining cats and dogs! idiom

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