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Look up: Blowhole

  1. Blowhole
    Blowhole is slang for the anus.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Blowhole
    In cetaceans, the single or paired respiratory opening.
    Found on http://www.robins-island.org/dolphins_gl

  3. blowhole
    [n] - the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Blowhole
    A casting defect caused by trapped steam or gas.
    Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod

  5. Blowhole
    A cavity generally over 1.6 mm in diameter, formed by entrapped gas during solidification of molten metal.
    Found on http://www.meg.co.uk/courses/gl.php

  6. Blowhole
    A defect in a casting caused by trapped steam or gas. See also: Casting.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. blowhole
    A large void in the solder connection created by outgassing during the soldering process. Volatile contaminants, air or gas trapped in the solder expand with the application of heat, leaving holes in the solder joint.
    Found on http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100

  8. blowhole
    round or elongated smooth-walled gas-filled cavity in solid metals,produced during solidification of the ingot when excess gas is liberated if the steel is not killed sufficiently Category: Iron and steel industries • a hole produced in a casting when gas, entrapped while the mould is be...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Blowhole
    Blow'hole` noun 1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. 2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the hea...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/69

  10. blowhole
    1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. ... 2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. ... There are two spiracles or blowholes i...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. blowhole
    noun the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Blowhole
    • (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. • (n.) An air hole in a casting. • (n.) A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the e...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. blowhole
    (from the article `sea cave`) ...caves. Zones of weakness in the cliff give way under the force of the waves and are eroded out; these cavities are enlarged by the hydraulic ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/80

  14. blowhole
    (from the article `steel`) ...placed on top of the ingot, freezing a layer of liquid steel and trapping the gas bubbles inside the solidifying ingot, as shown in B in the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/80

  15. Blowhole
    Blowhole is slang for the anus.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. Blowhole
    In geography, a blowhole is a hole in the roof of a seaside cave through which sit and sometimes water are forced by the rising tide.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Blowhole
    A nostril opening on the top of the head of cetaceans (whales, porpoises, dolphins).
    Found on http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/glo

  18. Blowhole
    (geology) Sea based blowhole. In geology, a `blowhole` is formed as page=140-->--> if the geometry of the cave and blowhole and state of the weather are appropriate. A blowhole is also the name of a rare geologic feature in which air is blown through a small hole at the surface due to ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowhole

  19. Blowhole
    (anatomy) In biology, a `blowhole` is the hole at the top of a cetacean`s head through which the animal breathes air. It is homologous with the nostril of other mammals. As whales reach the water surface to breathe, they will forcefully expel air through the blowhole. Not only is air expelled...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowhole



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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