HAIL

Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Unlike graupel, which is made of rime, and ice pellets, which are smaller and translucent, hailstones consist mostly of water ice and measure between and in diameter. The METAR reporting code for hail or greater is GR, while smaller hailstones and graupel are coded GS. Hail is possible within most thunderstorms as it is produced by cumulonimbi, and within of the parent storm. Hail formation requires environments of strong, upward motion of air with the parent thunderstorm and lowered heights ...

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Ha'il

Ha'il, also spelled Hail, Ha'yel, or Hayil, is a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of the Ha'il Province. The city has a population of 356,876 according to Ha'il Province.

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Hail!

Hail! is a heavy metal supergroup / tribute band, formed in 2009. The band originally included Slipknot bassist Paul Gray until his sudden death in 2010.

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hail

Noun

  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

Verb

  1. Said of the weather when hail is falling.
    They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  2. to send or release hail
    The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. to greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  3. to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
    Hail a taxi.

Adjective

  1. Healthy, whole, safe.



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