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Look up: Ham

  1. HAM
    HAM is an abbreviation for Hold And Modify
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Ham
    Ham is pork leg which has been preserved by salting and drying.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Ham
    The hind leg of a hog. The taste of ham is affected by the age and breed of the hog, as well as by the food that the hog was fed. The unprocessed meat is called 'fresh ham,' but most ham is cured.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  4. ham
    [n] - (Old Testament) son of Noah 2. [n] - a licensed amateur radio operator 3. [n] - an unskilled actor who overacts 4. [n] - meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. HAM
    Hold And Modify. This enables your Amiga to display more colours. On OCS/ECS machines it showed 4096 colours whilst AGA machines such as the A1200, CD³² and A4000 used the more advanced HAM8 to show 256,000 colours at once.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/h.html

  6. Ham
    Inshore minesweeper class vessel [UK]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  7. ham
    a government-licensed operator of an amateur radio station (once on the air, he got in touch with --s on the mainland and they in turn warned ships away from the dangerous coast). Category: News-systems and communications
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Ham
    Ham (häm) noun Home. [ North of Eng.] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/9

  9. Ham
    Ham (hăm) noun [ Anglo-Saxon ham ; akin to Dutch ham , dial. German hamme , Old High German hamma . Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to English chamber . Confer Gammon ham.] 1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. 2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/9

  10. ham
    1. <anatomy> The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. ... 2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. 'A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham.' (Shak) ... Origin: AS. Ham; akin to D. Ham, dial. G. Hamme, OHG. Hamma. Perh. Named from the bend at the ham, and akin ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. ham
    jambon noun meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Ham
    `Ham` is the thigh and rump of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. Although it can be cooked and served fresh, most ham is cured in some fashion. Ham can either be dry-cured or wet-cured. A dry-cured ham has been rubbed in a mixture containing salt and a variety of other ingredients (most usually some proportion of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite), Sugar is ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham

  13. Ham
    • (n.) Home. • (n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. • (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Ham
    (from the article `Noah`) ...first, the passage attributes the beginnings of agriculture, and in particular the cultivation of the vine, to Noah; second, it attempts to ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/9

  15. ham
    the rear leg of a hog prepared as food, either fresh or preserved through a curing process that involves salting, smoking, or drying. The two hams ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/9

  16. Ham
    town, upper valley of the Somme River, Somme département, Picardie région, France, southwest of Saint-Quentin. Its medieval fortress, used for ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/9

  17. Ham
    Ham is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `warm, hot, and hence the south` Where is it used? The name Ham is mainly used In the bible. also an Egyptian word meaning `black` The name Ham doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Ham seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Ham

  18. ham
    1. thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
    2. an unskilled actor who overacts

    Found on

  19. Ham
    A 44-month-old male chimpanzee launched on board Mercury Capsule No. 5 at 11:55 am on January 31, 1961, for a suborbital flight. He was named for the initials of Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, New Mexico where the space chimps lived and trained, and also after the commander of Holloman Aeromedic...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  20. ham
    ham, hind leg of a hog above the hock joint, prepared for food by curing or smoking. Ham is one of the earliest of preserved meats; it is now a leading product of the meatpacking industry. The flavor and quality of ham depend on the age, condition, and feeding of the swine and on the smoke used in c...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  21. Ham
    Ham, in the Bible, son of Noah. In biblical ethnography, Ham is the father of the nations Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. In a story separate from the flood narrative, the legend related in the Book of Genesis and in the Qur'an suggests that Canaan was a son of Noah. The “Land of Ham” i...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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