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Nouns denoting natural phenomena

A

aberration
abiogenesis
abrasion
absorption band
absorption spectrum
AC
acoustic impedance
acoustic phenomenon
acoustic projection
acoustic reactance
acoustic resistance
acoustic spectrum
actinic radiation
actinic ray
action spectrum
activation energy
adhesive friction
aerobiosis
aerodynamic force
aerodynamic lift
aerosol
affinity
aftereffect
afterglow
aftermath
air
air current
air hole
air pocket
air pressure
airstream
allotropism
allotropy
alluvial cone
alluvial fan
alluviation
alluvion
alpha radiation
alpha ray
alpha rhythm
alpha wave
alternating current
alternating electric current
alternation of generations
alternative energy
amperage
amplitude distortion
angular acceleration
angular velocity
annual parallax
annual ring
antiferromagnetism
antitrade
antitrade wind
antitrades
apoptosis
apparent motion
apparent movement
arc
arterial pressure
atmospheric condition
atmospheric electricity
atmospheric phenomenon
atmospheric pressure
atomic energy
atomic power
atomic spectrum
attraction
attractive force
attrition
aureole
aurora
aurora australis
aurora borealis
autofluorescence
autogenesis
autogeny

B

backwash
bad luck
ballistic trajectory
ballistics
bandwagon effect
barometric pressure
beam
beam of light
beat
beta radiation
beta ray
beta rhythm
beta wave
binding energy
bioelectricity
biology
bioluminescence
birefringence
bise
bize
black-body radiation
blackbody radiation
blast
blizzard
blood pressure
bloom
blow
blue jet
bluster
bolide
bolt
bolt of lightning
bond
boreas
boundary layer
brain death
brain wave
brainwave
branch
breaking point
breath
breeze
brisance
Brownian motion
Brownian movement
brush discharge
butterfly effect
by-product
byproduct

C

calm
calm air
candle flame
candlelight
capacitance
capacity
capillarity
capillary action
carrier
carrier wave
caspase-mediated cell death
catabatic wind
cataclysm
catastrophe
cathode ray
CBR
cell death
centrifugal force
centripetal force
cerebral death
chain lightning
champion lode
chance
change
chaos
charge
chatter mark
chemical attraction
chemical bond
chemical energy
chemical phenomenon
chemiluminescence
chinook
chinook wind
chop
chromatic aberration
circulation
cloud
cloudburst
CMB
CMBR
coattails effect
cohesion
cold front
cold wave
cold weather
color force
color spectrum
compartment pressure
condensate
condensation
conditions
conductance
conduction
conductivity
consequence
continental drift
coordinate bond
Coriolis effect
Coriolis force
corona
corona discharge
corposant
corpuscular radiation
corpuscular-radiation pressure
cortical potential
cosmic background radiation
cosmic dust
cosmic microwave background
cosmic microwave background radiation
cosmic radiation
cosmic ray
counterglow
covalent bond
cross-link
cross-linkage
crosswind
crystallisation
crystallization
crystallizing
current
current electricity
current of air
cyclone
cyclosis

D

dative bond
daylight
DC
death
debacle
decalescence
decay
decomposition
dehiscence
delta rhythm
delta wave
deluge
dent
depolarisation
depolarization
deposit
desquamation
detrition
diamagnetism
diamond dust
diapedesis
diastolic pressure
dichroism
dielectric heating
diffraction
digenesis
dimorphism
dipole moment
direct current
direct electric current
discharge
distortion
diurnal parallax
doldrums
dominance
domino effect
Doppler effect
Doppler shift
double bond
double refraction
downdraft
downfall
downpour
draft
drag
draught
drift
drizzle
dust cloud
dust devil
dust storm
duster
dynamic electricity

E

east wind
easter
easterly
effect
efflorescence
El Nino
El Nino southern oscillation
elan vital
elastance
elastic energy
elastic potential energy
electric arc
electric charge
electric current
electric dipole moment
electric discharge
electric field
electric glow
electric potential
electric power
electric resistance
electric storm
electrical capacity
electrical conduction
electrical disturbance
electrical elastance
electrical energy
electrical line of force
electrical phenomenon
electrical power
electrical resistance
electrical storm
electricity
electromagnetic interaction
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetic wave
electromagnetism
electromotive force
electron beam
electron radiation
electrostatic bond
electrostatic charge
electrostatic field
electrovalent bond
elements
elves
emf
emission spectrum
endogeny
energy
energy level
energy of activation
energy state
engine
epiphenomenon
equatorial current
equinoctial storm
even chance
event
evoked potential
exchange
exfoliation

F

facilitation
facula
fair weather
fallout
fata morgana
ferrimagnetism
ferromagnetism
field
field line
field of force
fine spray
fine structure
fireball
firelight
firestorm
flake
flare
flash flood
flashflood
flashover
flight
floatation
flood
floodhead
flotation
fluke
fluorescence
flurry
flux
focal point
focus
foehn
fog
fogbank
fohn
food chain
food cycle
food pyramid
food web
force
force field
force per unit area
forked lightning
fortune
free energy
freeze
fresh breeze
fresh gale
friar's lantern
friction
fringe
front
frost
frost heave
frost heaving
frost mist
frost snow
fume
fundamental interaction

G

gale
galvanism
gamma radiation
gamma ray
gangrene
gas pressure
gaslight
gegenschein
gene expression
gentle breeze
gentle wind
geocentric parallax
geological phenomenon
geothermal energy
glow
glowing
good fortune
good luck
gravitation
gravitational attraction
gravitational field
gravitational force
gravitational interaction
gravity
gravity-assist
greenhouse effect
greenhouse warming
greening
grinding
grip
ground effect
ground wave
growth ring
Gulf stream
gun smoke
gust

H

hail
hailstorm
half-light
halo
harmattan
harvest
hazard
haze
head
head sea
headwind
heat
heat energy
heat of condensation
heat of dissociation
heat of formation
heat of fusion
heat of solidification
heat of solution
heat of sublimation
heat of transformation
heat of vaporisation
heat of vaporization
heat ray
heat wave
heliocentric parallax
Hertzian wave
heterogenesis
high beam
high wind
histocompatibility
horizontal parallax
hot weather
Humboldt current
hurricane
hydroelectricity
hydrogen bond
hydrostatic head
hysteresis

I

ice crystal
ice fog
ice needle
ice storm
ignis fatuus
impact
impedance
impetus
impulsion
incandescence
incidence
inductance
induction
inertia
influence
infrared
infrared emission
infrared light
infrared radiation
infrared ray
infrared spectrum
insolation
instantaneous sound pressure
interaction
interfacial surface tension
interfacial tension
interference fringe
interreflection
interrupt
intraocular pressure
inundation
inversion
ion beam
ionic beam
ionic bond
ionizing radiation
ionospheric wave
IOP
irradiation
issue

J

jack-o'-lantern
Japan current
jet
jet propulsion
jet stream
juice

K

K.E.
katabatic wind
khamsin
kinetic energy
knock-on effect
Kuroshio
Kuroshio current

L

laminar flow
lamplight
languor
laser beam
latent heat
levanter
leverage
levitation
life
life cycle
life force
lift
light
light air
light beam
light breeze
lightning
line
line of force
line spectrum
line squall
line storm
load
lode
long wave
Lorentz force
low beam
luck
luminescence
luminous energy

M

macula
magnetic attraction
magnetic dipole moment
magnetic field
magnetic flux
magnetic force
magnetic line of force
magnetic moment
magnetic resonance
magnetism
magnetomotive force
magnetosphere
mass defect
mass deficiency
mass spectrum
mechanical energy
mechanical phenomenon
medium wave
metagenesis
metallic bond
metempsychosis
meteor
meteor shower
meteor stream
microwave
microwave spectrum
midnight sun
mirage
mischance
mishap
mist
mistral
mizzle
mock sun
moderate breeze
moderate gale
moment
moment of a couple
moment of a magnet
moment of inertia
monsoon
Moon
moon ray
moon-ray
moonbeam
moonlight
moonshine
mortification
mother lode
motion
movement
mushroom
mushroom cloud
mushroom-shaped cloud
mutual induction
myonecrosis

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