nimbostratus cloud – Can drop precipitation but has no lightning or thunder. More…
artillery – A poetic term for thunder and lightning. More…
coup de foudre – A sudden unforeseen event or instantaneous and overwhelming passion, such as love at first sight; it is French, literally, “stroke of lightning.” More…
lightning – Etymologically, lightning is simply something that illuminates or “lightens” the sky, a contraction of the earlier “lightening.” More…