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Look up: RAPID

  1. Rapid
    HMS Rapid was a British Rotherham Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Rapid was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr pom-pom guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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  2. rapid
    [adj] - characterized by speed 2. [adj] - done or occurring in a brief period of time 3. [n] - a part of a river where the current is very fast
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. rapid
    a part or reach of a stream with swift and turbulent flow without pronounced falls Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Rapid
    Rap'id (răp'ĭd) adjective [ Latin rapidus , from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Greek 'arpa`zein : confer French rapide . Confer Harpy , Ravish .] 1....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/11

  5. Rapid
    Rap'id noun [ Confer French rapide . See Rapid , adjective ] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rap...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/11

  6. rapid
    adjective done or occurring in a brief period of time; `a rapid rise through the ranks`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. rapid
    noun a part of a river where the current is very fast
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. rapid
    adjective characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; `a rapid movement`; `a speedy car`; `a speedy errand boy`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Rapid
    • (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. • (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. • (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in th...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. rapid
    rapid 1. Acting, moving, or happening very quickly. 2. Occurring within a short time; happening speedily: 'rapid growth'. 3. Moving or acting with great speed; swift: 'a rapid worker'. 4. Characterized by speed: 'rapid motion'. 5. Etymologically, rapid is traced back to 1634, from Latin rapidus, '...
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  11. Rapid
    Rapid is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  12. Rapid
    A `rapid` is a section of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. A rapid is a hydrological feature between a run (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a cascade. A rapid is characterised by the river becomin...
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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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