1. A luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun; caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere
   - solar halo, parhelic circle

Derived forms: parhelic rings

Type of: halo

• ThD
• the
• the absurd
• The Admirable Crichton
• the Alps
• the bends
• the boot
• the City
• the devil
• the Flood
• The Gambia
• the Great Calamity
• The Great Charter
• the Great Compromiser
• the Great Hunger
• the Great Starvation
• the great unwashed
• The Hague
• the halt
• the Hill
• The Holy See
• the hots
• the Indies
• the Irish Famine
• the least bit