cloud-capped

[ kloud-kapt ]

/ ˈklaʊdˌkæpt /

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surrounded at the top by clouds: cloud-capped mountains.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1600–10

(Somewhere, on another cloud, live gigabytes of photos from these very parties).
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An innovative gift is the Qardioarm, a blood pressure monitor that records readings and uploads them to the cloud.
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By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn Do dark, chilly days make your mood cloud over this time each year?
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The FSLN-controlled legislative assembly approved the mega-project under a cloud of secrecy in a record seven days.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution|Nina Lakhani|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When they are full, many landfills are capped—covered with asphalt or concrete.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Two years later this promising recruit, having fallen foul of the military authorities, had to leave the service under a cloud.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various