The Great Plains, the Midwest, the Mississippi Valley and the southern United States are all areas that are vulnerable to tornadoes. They are relatively rare west of the Rockies and are also less frequent in the northeastern states. Tornado Alley is a colloquial term for an area particularly prone to tornadoes.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Limpid(a.) Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; as, limpid prose. 2  Limpid(a.) Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene.
Hoid is a character who appears in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. Hoid is a skaa informant who seeks to sell information to anyone who would pay him for it. He is a deceitful man, and he would often use false ailments as a way to make himself seem more pitiable than other skaa.