scud
Wind-chased wisp aloft
Scud means to move swiftly, driven by wind or momentum.
Clouds scud across the sky; a boat scuds before a gale.
The noun names this kind of rapid, wind-driven motion, or the low clouds and spray that accompany it.
Dark clouds scudded overhead as the storm approached.
A Scud missile, from Cold War–era Soviet weapons, took its name from this sense of fast, low flight.
Low, flat cloud layer
- nimbostratusThick gray rain-bearing cloud
- overcastSky fully veiled
- low-lyingNear the ground
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
misty · ragged · drifting · windswept · grey · scattered · racing · wispy
Principal vessel canvas
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- jibTriangular sail forward
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- boomLoud deep sound
mast · tack · sheet · halyard · reefing · helm · rudder · keel
Of hurled objects
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- intercontinentalSpanning multiple continents
tactical · surface-to-surface · rocket · propulsion · guidance · payload · ICBM · strike
race
Competition of speed
rush · scurry · scamper · hurtle · sweep · skim · fly · streak · tear · whip
stratus
Low, flat cloud layer
- nimbostratusThick gray rain-bearing cloud
- overcastSky fully veiled
- low-lyingNear the ground
vaporous · misty · ragged · drifting · windswept · grey · scattered · racing · wispy · tatters
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
boom · mast · tack · sheet · halyard · reefing · helm · rudder · keel · gust
ballistic
Of hurled objects
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- trajectoryPath of moving object
intercontinental · tactical · surface-to-surface · rocket · propulsion · guidance · payload · ICBM · strike · target
- amphipodsbeach flea, beach fleas
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus
- freshwater invertebratescrayfish, freshwater snail, leech, dragonfly nymph, freshwater shrimp
- low cloudsstratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, low ceiling, marine layer
- cloud featurespileus, velum, arcus, incus, mamma
- fly fishingfly rod, rainbow trout, brown trout, fly line, fly fishing
scudcumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
cumulus · thunderhead · anvil cloud · cirrus · stratus
- Scud missileMobile ballistic rocket system