For Hail we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Boating, Climatology, Dream, Drugs, Physical Geography and Weather.

Hail (Boating)

A call to another vessel.

Hail (Climatology)

Precipitation in the form of rounded balls of ice, always formed in convective clouds, nearly always thunderstorms

Hail (Dream)

If you dream of being in a hail storm, you will meet poor success in any undertaking.
If you watch hail-stones fall through sunshine and rain, you will be harassed by cares for a time, but fortune will soon smile upon you. For a young woman, this dream indicates love after many slights.
To hear hail beating the house, indicates distressing situations.

Hail (Drugs)

Crack Cocaine

Hail (Physical Geography)

Hail is a destructive form of precipitation that is 5 to 190 millimeters in diameter. The large downdrafts in mature thunderstorm clouds provide the mechanism for hail formation. Hailstones normally have concentric shells of ice alternating between those with a milky appearance and those that are clear. The milky white shells, containing bubbles and partially melted snowflakes, correspond to a period of rapid freezing, while the clear shells develop as the liquid water freezes much more slowly.

Hail (Weather)

Precipitation that originates in convective clouds, such as cumulonimbus, in the form of balls or irregular pieces of ice, which comes in different shapes and sizes. Hail is considered to have a diameter of 5 millimeter or more; smaller bits of ice are classified as ice pellets, snow pellets, or graupel. Individual lumps are called hailstones. It is reported as "GR" in an observation and on the METAR. Small hail and/or snow pellets is reported as "GS" in an observation and on the METAR.

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