Nimbus

Noun

 * 1) A circle of light; a halo.
 * 2) A gray rain cloud.

Synonyms

 * halo

Thesaurus
Cloudcuckooland, alto-cumulus, alto-stratus, anthelion, antisun, anvil cloud, aura, aureole, banner cloud, billowy cloud, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy, cap cloud, charisma, circle, cirro-cumulus, cirro-fillum, cirro-nebula, cirro-stratus, cirro-velum, cirrus, cirrus cloud, cirrus haze, cirrus stripe, cloud, cloud band, cloud bank, cloud drift, cloud mass, cloud street, cloudland, cloudling, cloudscape, cocktail, corona, cottony cloud, countersun, cumulo-cirro-stratus, cumulo-cirrus, cumulo-nimbus, cumulo-stratus, cumulus, cumulus cloud, curl cloud, envelope, fleecy cloud, fractocumulus, glamour, glory, halo, high fog, illustriousness, lunar corona, lunar halo, luster, mackerel sky, magic, mammatocumulus, mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mushroom cloud, mystique, nimbus cloud, numinousness, paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, radiance, rain cloud, rainbow, resplendence, resplendency, ring, scud, snail cloud, solar corona, solar halo, splendor, squall cloud, storm cloud, strato-cumulus, stratus, stratus cloud, sun dog, thundercloud, thunderhead, water carrier, woolpack

Etymology
From nimbus:

Translations

 * Bosnian: ,
 * French:
 * German: Nimbus
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (gokō)
 * Latin:


 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: нимбус, ореол
 * Roman: nimbus, oreol
 * Serbo-Croatian: svetokrug, aureola, oreol, nimbus, halo
 * Turkish: ayla,


 * French:
 * Japanese: (amagumo)
 * Latin:


 * Russian: дождевое облако (dožd'evóje óblako)
 * Turkish: yağmur bulutu

Related terms

 * nimbed

Noun

 * 1)  halo
 * 2) nimbus

Noun

 * 1) rainstorm, rain shower
 * 2) rain cloud, thunder cloud
 * 3) cloud
 * 4) halo (visible aura of divine power)
 * 5) throng
 * 6)  calamity, tempest

Noun

 * 1)  halo
 * 2) nimbus