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Holosiderite :: Holosiderite (n.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..

Weather :: Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather..

Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

Meteorical :: Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.

Daubreelite :: Daubreelite (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

Aerosiderite :: Aerosiderite (n.) A mass of meteoric iron.

Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding..

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..

Meteorometer :: Meteorometer (n.) An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc..

Meteorologist :: Meteorologist (n.) A person skilled in meteorology.

Meteorolite :: Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.

Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..

Meteorous :: Meteorous (a.) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

Siderite :: Siderite (n.) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.

Chondritic :: Chondritic (a.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites..

Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc..

Meteorograph :: Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.

Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region..

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