cirrus
High ice veils
Cirrus refers to thin, wispy clouds that form at high altitudes, appearing as delicate white streaks or filaments across the sky.
The word extends to biology, where a cirrus is a slender, flexible appendage—the hairlike projections on certain organisms or the feathery feeding structures of barnacles.
Cirrus clouds often signal a change in weather.
Thin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
diaphanous · gauzy · translucent · filamentous · streamer · tendril · veil · sheer
Coiling plant appendage
- tentacleFlexible grasping appendage
- filamentVery thin thread
- appendageProjecting body part
- barbelFish's fleshy feeler
curl · projection · fringe · tuft
Coiling plant appendage
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- vineTrailing climbing plant
- grapevineInformal gossip network
- passionflowerOrnate tropical climbing vine
Thin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- mare's-tailWispy high-altitude cloud formation
- contrailAircraft condensation streak
Atmospheric state outdoors
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
- troposphereLowest atmospheric layer
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
jetstream · precipitation · front · barometer · altimeter · hygrometer · anemometer · climatology
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
ethereal · diaphanous · gauzy · translucent · filamentous · streamer · tendril · veil · sheer · airy
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
barbel · curl · projection · fringe · tuft
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
passionflower · pea · cucumber · coiling · twining · clasping
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- mare's-tailWispy high-altitude cloud formation
contrail · thin · white · streaky · fibrous · silky · hooked · banded
weather
Atmospheric state outdoors
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
- troposphereLowest atmospheric layer
stratosphere · jetstream · precipitation · front · barometer · altimeter · hygrometer · anemometer · climatology · aerology
high-altitude
Elevated atmospheric position
aviation · soaring · gliding · cruising · stratospheric · tropospheric · ceiling · elevation
- atmosphereair, humidity, atmosphere, temperature, oxygen
- skyclouds, blue sky, cloud, sun, moon
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- cielfirmament, horizon, zenith, atmosphere, crepuscule
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus
- Delicate Thingsbutterfly wing, spider web, bubble, soap bubble, eggshell
cirrusfog
Low-lying cloud cover
cumulonimbus · cumulus · dense clouds · stratus · stratocumulus
cirruscumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
nimbostratus · nimbus · thunderhead · storm cloud · rain cloud
- cirrus cloudsHigh, thin ice formations