cirrus

Converse of object

• leave: Most low level cloud cleared away by mid afternoon leaving only cirrus, but returned from the W later.
• call: Other ciliates have thick round bundles of cilia called cirri which act like legs and enable the organism to actually walk over a surface.
• form: A few contrails forming cirrus drifting from the NE otherwise wall-to-wall sunshine, Valley reported { 12h } , the most in the UK.

Adjective modifier

• high: This earlier photograph was taken following a day in which high cirrus had been seeded by aircraft trails.
• thin: The weather here is glorious - another floor to ceiling blue sky, with some thin cirrus to color it in.
• tropical: Deep convective clouds also produce large extensive anvils in the upper troposphere and are a major source of tropical cirrus.

Modifies a noun

• cloud: A ring around the moon is caused by the high altitude cirrus clouds which precede low pressure systems bearing moisture.
• overhead: The morning was sunny in smoke haze with frontal cloud still to the S and to the NE with a little cirrus overhead.
• logic: Cirrus Logic is steadfastly optimistic about CobraNet's continuing role as a driving force behind the growth of the digital audio networking market.
• formation: In some cases ( e.g. cirrus formation; chemistry of nitrogen oxides ), the basic science of the relevant processes is poorly understood.
• card: Credit cards and Cirrus cards can be used in a number of cashpoint machines.
• contamination: This provides a global measure of cirrus contamination, especially at 100 microns.

Noun used with modifier

• level: The mornings briefing was for thickening high level Cirrus as the day progressed but a short soaring window before it got here.
• okta: There was hazy sunshine through 5 oktas cirrus clouds and visibility was good.
• stream: The sky partially cleared during the morning revealing jet stream cirrus and there were some good sunny spells that lasted into early afternoon.