Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 5 compound words that contain lightning. The most common are listed below. Open lightning in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- lightning fastExtremely fast, fast as lightning.
- lightning rodA metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning.
- ball lightningA short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.
- lightning strikeA lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
- sheet lightningA broad flash of lightning, with no visible bolt, due to reflection.
- heat lightningLightning and/or thunder which the observer attributes to heat rather than a storm (e.g. because the storm/rain is too distant to be seen, or because there is no rain, as with dry lighting).
- chain lightningLightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes.
- ride the lightningTo be executed by electric chair; to go to the chair.
- greased lightningSomething incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning).
- lightning boltA single, visible discharge of lightning.
- thunder and lightningA thunderstorm.
- fork lightningLightning that contains bolts that branch.
- volcanic lightningElectrical discharge that occurs during a volcanic eruption, caused by a build-up of static electricity in colliding ejecta (such as ash and debris).
- bead lightningA relatively rare form of cloud-to-ground lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections, and lasts longer than the usual discharge channel.
- Lightning RidgeA town in the Walgett council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
- lightning in a bottleThat which one seeks in attempting a difficult or challenging feat.
- lightning bugA firefly.
- lightning detectorA device that provides an alarm to inform its user(s) that lightning has occurred nearby. Specific devices are available for a variety of applications.
- spider lightningVery long flashes of lightning (tens or sometimes hundreds of kilometers long) that travel horizontally across the sky, tapping extensive pools of electrical charge in the clouds, particular once a CG (cloud-to-ground) channel is …
- upward lightningAn upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, in which the lightning bolt projects straight into the upper atmosphere.
- dry lightningLightning strikes that occur when there is no rain, thus a common cause of bushfires or forest fires.
- globe lightningSynonym of ball lightning: A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.
- IC lightningIntracloud lightning; lightning which occurs within a cloud, resulting in the discharge of electricity between regions of the cloud. (Often, but not always, this takes the form of sheet lightning.)
- lightning birdA mythological creature in South African tribal folklore: a large, vampiric, black and white bird that can summon thunder and lightning and is said to consume blood and to seduce women in the form of a man.
- lightning chessSynonym of blitz chess: Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes …
Compound words 5
- lightninglyExtremely quickly.
- lightninglikeResembling or characteristic of lightning.
- lightningproofResistant to lightning.
- superlightningExtremely powerful lightning; a superbolt.
- lightningbugAlternative form of lightning bug: A firefly.