Vocabulary : Thunder to Thunderhead
Thunder : The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. ;; The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. ;; Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. ;; An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation. ;; To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. ;; Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. ;; To utter violent denunciation. ;; To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.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, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Thunderbolt : A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. ;; Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. ;; Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. ;; A belemnite, or thunderstone.
Thunderburst : A burst of thunder.
Thunderclap : A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
