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Look up: Ridge

  1. RIDGE
    acronym: Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. Ridge
    Ridge is a township in Shelby County Illinois, USA Ridge is a township in Wyandot County Ohio, USA Ridge is a township in Van Wert County Ohio, USA Ridge is a CDP in Suffolk County New York, USA Ridge is a township in Carroll County Missouri, USA Ridge is a township in Dickinson County Kansas, USA Ridge is a township in Barber County Kansas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Ridge
    An elongated area of high air pressure.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise

  4. ridge
    [n] - any long raised strip 2. [n] - a long narrow range of hills 3. [n] - a long narrow natural elevation or striation 4. [n] - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane 5. [n] - a beam laid along the ridge of a roof 6. [v] - extend in ridges 7. [v] - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip 8. [v] - through soil toward (a crop row) from both sides 9. [v] - spade into alternate ridges and troughs, of soil 10. [v] - form into a ridge
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Ridge
    a linear elevation.
    Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/

  6. Ridge
    The uppermost structural member of your house, spanning the peak areas of the roof.
    Found on http://www.consorthomes.co.uk/consort_gl

  7. Ridge
    Top of a pitched roof
    Found on http://www.findabuilder.co.uk/working/gl

  8. Ridge
    The horizontal line at the apex of a roof. The ridge usually has a covering of tile, lead or zinc.
    Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/

  9. Ridge
    The topmost line of the roof.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  10. Ridge
    The topmost line of the roof.
    Found on http://selfbuildhome.net/self-build-glos

  11. Ridge
    A tongue of high pressure on a weather map. The opposite of a trough of low pressure.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  12. ridge
    region of the atmosphere in which the pressure is high relative to the surrounding region at the same level; term synonymous with 'ridge', though usually applied to a fast-moving ridge between two depressions or troughs Category: The cosmos • natural or artificial hillock. Artificial banks are sometimes constructed with the slope oriented so as to secure maximum sunlight for the vines ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  13. Ridge
    The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two sloping roof surfaces.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  14. Ridge
    the line formed where two sides of a sloping or pitched roof meet. The ridge piece, a main timber running along the apex of the roof.
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo

  15. Ridge
    Ridge noun [ Middle English rigge the back, Anglo-Saxon hrycg ; akin to Dutch rug , German rÜcken , Old High German rucki , hrukki , Icelandic hryggr , Swedish rugg , Danish ryg . √16.] 1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. Hudibras. 2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a ran ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/80

  16. Ridge
    Ridge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ridged ; present participle & verbal noun Ridging .] 1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. « Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars.» Milton. 2. To form into ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/80

  17. ridge
    1. A (usually rough) linear elevation. ... See: crest. ... 2. In dentistry, any linear elevation on the surface of a tooth. ... 3. The remainder of the alveolar process and its soft tissue covering after the teeth are removed. ... Origin: A. S. Hyrcg, back, spine ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  18. ridge
    ridgepole noun a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. ridge
    noun any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. ridge
    noun a long narrow natural elevation or striation
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. ridge
    noun any long raised strip
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. ridge
    noun a long narrow range of hills
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. Ridge
    A `ridge` is a geological feature that features a continuous elevational crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges: *Dendritic ridge: In a typical plateau terrain, the stream drainage valleys will leave intervening ridges. These are by far the most common ridges. These ridges usually represent slightly harder rock, but not always -- they are often simp...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge

  24. ridge
    (rij) a linear projection or projecting structure, such as a crest.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  25. Ridge
    • (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault. • (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. • (n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salien...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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