cumulous


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cu·mu·lous

 (kyo͞o′myə-ləs)
adj.
Resembling a pile or mound; heaped up.
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cumulous

(ˈkjuːmjʊləs)
adj
(Physical Geography) resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
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Adj.1.cumulous - thrown together in a pile; "a desk heaped with books"; "heaped-up ears of corn"; "ungraded papers piled high"
concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"
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The field was vast, the cumulous clouds were up, and the blazing summer sun unleashed its heat and in the middle of it all is a chapel filled with people singing the same songs, remembering the same lives of little heroic acts, and lifting up everything to the "God of second chances.
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Enough white feather to make a cumulous cloud plops en-masse into a slough and indeed an amazing sight ensues.