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Look up: Lake

  1. lake
    Waters:Fresh and saltWaters of the world. Aquacultured worldwide. Description (in water): Trout are long, thin speckled fish ranging in color from silvery-gray (eg. rainbow trout) to brown (eg. brown trout). They range in size from 6 to 20 inches and in weight from 8 ounces to 50 lbs. Description (in market): Trout meat is usually pale orange-pink, sometimes a deeper red-pink (though young trout are often white-fleshed). It is rich and full-flavored, with a firm yet creamy texture and moderate t...
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  2. lake
    [n] - a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal 2. [n] - any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments 3. [n] - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Lake
    Inland stretch of water
    Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary

  4. Lake
    Aircraft Manufacturer [US]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  5. lake
    special type of pigment consisting of an organic soluble colouring matter combined more or less definitely with an inorganic base or carrier Category: The chemical industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Lake
    Lake (lāk) noun [ French laque , from Persian See Lac .] A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake ; Florentine lake ; yellow lake , etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/7

  7. Lake
    Lake noun [ Confer German laken .] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/7

  8. Lake
    Lake (lāk) intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon lācan , læcan , to spring, jump, lāc play, sport, or from Icelandic leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. √120. Confer Knowledge .] To play; to sport. [ Prov. Eng.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/7

  9. Lake
    Lake noun [ Anglo-Saxon lac , Latin lacus ; akin to Anglo-Saxon lagu lake, sea, Icelandic lögr ; OIr. loch ; confer Greek la`kkos pond, tank. Confer Loch , Lough .] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. » Lakes are for the most part of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/7

  10. lake
    <ecology> An inland body of water, usually fresh water, formed by glaciers, river drainage, etc., larger than a pool or pond. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. lake
    a large body of water surrounded by land, usually filled with fresh water
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar

  12. Lake
    A `lake` (from Latin `lacus`) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. The vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. In ecology the environment of a lake is referred to as `lacustrine`. Large lakes are occasionally referred to as `inland seas`, and small seas are occasionally referred to as lakes. Smaller lakes tend to put the word `lak...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake

  13. lake
    (lāk) to undergo separation of hemoglobin from erythrocytes. a circumscribed collection of fluid in a hollow or depressed cavity; see also lacuna. lacrimal lake the triangular space at the medial angle of the eye, where the tears collect. marginal lakes&n...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  14. Lake
    • (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. • (v. i.) To play; to sport. • (n.) A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth`s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. • (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Lake
    (from the article `Plateau Indian`) ...Indians. The Northern Plateau Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior Salish live mostly in the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/7

  16. lake
    any of a class of pigments composed of organic dyes that have been rendered insoluble by interaction with a compound of a metal. The interaction may ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/7

  17. lake
    any relatively large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin of appreciable size. Definitions that precisely ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/7

  18. Lake
    Lake is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Body of Water` Where is it used? The name Lake is mainly used In English. From Old English. The name Lake doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Lake seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Lake

  19. Lake
    A body standing water found on the Earth's continental land masses. The water in a lake is normally fresh. Also see eutrophic lake, mesotrophic lake, and oligotrophic lake.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  20. lake
    1. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    2. a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
    3. any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

    Found on

  21. lake
    lake, inland body of standing water occupying a hollow in the earth's surface. The study of lakes and other freshwater basins is known as limnology. Lakes are of particular importance since they act as catchment basins for close to 40% of the landscape, supply drinking water, generate electricity, a...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08286

  22. lake
    lake, in dyeing, an insoluble pigment formed by the reaction between an organic dye and a mordant. The color of a lake depends upon the mordant as well as the dye used. Generally, lakes are not as colorfast as many inorganic dyes, but their colors are more brilliant.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08286


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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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