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Hail
Hail falls mainly in the summer. It forms in thunderstorm clouds, which can extend high into the atmoshpere where extremely cold temperatures prevail. When a cloud releases rain, the rain can be forced upward, where it freezes into tiny ice pellets. If updrafts keep buffeting the pellets, layer upon layer of frozen water will be added to the pellets until, finally, hailstones are released.
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Barograph
A recording barometer.
Cirrus cloud
Thin feather-like crystal cloud.
March
Named for the Roman god of war, Mars. This was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter.
Boondoggle
Work of little or no value done merely to look busy.
Filibuster
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855. A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Bosh
Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
Epact
A number from 1 to 30 that indicates the Moon’s age on January 1 at Greenwich, England; used for determining the date of Easter.
