The Patriot Act increases the government's power to spy in four areas. 1  1. Expanded access to personal records held by third parties. 2  2. More secret searches. 3  3. Expansion of the intelligence exception in wiretap law. 4  4. Expansion of the pen register exception in wiretap law.
Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm. Nimbo is a prefix and nimbus is a suffix. An example would be: Nimbostratus, a precipitating cloud.
Meaning: An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. Classified under: Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects. Synonyms: gloriole; halo; aura; aureole; nimbus; glory. Hypernyms (nimbus is a kind of...): light; lightness (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures)