394. Thunder


See also 27. ATMOSPHERE ; 87. CLOUDS ; 246. LIGHTNING ; 345. RAIN ; 417. WEATHER .

brontograph
1. an instrument for recording thunderstorms.
2. the record thus produced. Also called brontometer .
brontology
Rare. a treatise on thunder.
brontometer
brontograph.
brontophobia
an abnormal fear of thunder and thunderstorms. Also tonitrophobia.
ceraunomancy
keraunomancy.
fulmination
thundering; the sound of thunder.
keraunomancy, ceraunomancy
a form of divination involving the interpretation of an omen communicated by thunder.
keraunoscopia, keraunoscopy
a form of divination involving the observation of thunder.
tonitrophobia
brontophobia.

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