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Look up: WALL

  1. wall
    [n] - a difficult or awkward situation 2. [n] - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) 3. [n] - anything that suggests a wall in structure or effect 4. [n] - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure 5. [n] - a laye...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Wall
    Caterpillar species. Latin name: Lasiommata megera Native coarse grasses Description: Bluish green with faint white stripes. The Wall Brown is common throughout England, Ireland and Wales.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. wall
    Artificial barrier of brick or stone. Walls are normally built to protect property, but in upland areas they frequently replace hedges or fences as field boundaries. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. wall
    a vertical building component with enclosing or subdividing function; it can be an internal wall or an external wall, loadbearing or non loadbearing Category: Building industry • any part delimiting a hollow space in a machine Category: Mechanical engineering • lateral walls ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Wall
    Wall noun (Nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. Wall knot , a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope, and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the second over the end of the f...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/4

  6. Wall
    Wall noun [ Anglo-Saxon weall , from Latin vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Greek ... a nail. Confer Interval .] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/4

  7. Wall
    Wall transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Walled ; present participle & verbal noun Walling .] 1. To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. 'Seven walled towns of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/4

  8. wall
    1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc, also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. 'The plaster of the wall of the King...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. wall
    paries noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; `stomach walls`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. wall
    noun an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; `the south wall had a small window`; `the walls were covered with pictures`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. wall
    noun anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; `a wall of water`; `a wall of smoke`; `a wall of prejudice`; `negotiations ran into a brick wall`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. wall
    noun a difficult or awkward situation; `his back was to the wall`; `competition was pushing them to the wall`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. wall
    (wawl) a structure bounding or limiting a space or a definitive mass of material; called also paries. cell wall a rigid structure that lies just outside of and is joined to the plasma membrane of plant cells and most prokaryotic cells, which protects the cell and maintains its sh...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  14. Wall
    • (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. • (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. • (v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway. • (n.) The side of a level or drift....
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. wall
    structural element used to divide or enclose, and, in building construction, to form the periphery of a room or a building. In traditional masonry ... [14 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/5

  16. wall
    wall 1. A vertical structure forming an inside partition or an outside surface of a building. 2. A narrow upright structure, usually built of stone, wood, plaster, or brick, that acts as a boundary or keeps something in or out. 3. A structure of earth or stone built for defensive purposes. 4. Som...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  17. wall
    Unix's 'write all' command which sends a message to everyone currently logged in. [Jargon File]
    Found on http://foldoc.org/wall

  18. Wall
    a line of 2 to 6 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at.
    Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_gl

  19. Wall
    A vertical or near vertical structure which encloses or separates spaces and may be used to resist horizontal or vertical forces or bending forces.
    Found on http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStruct

  20. wall
    wall, in architecture, protective, enclosing, or dividing vertical structure. Its thickness is determined by the material, height, and stress. It may be of studding and lath, either boarded or plastered; adobe; rammed earth; brickwork or stonework; concrete; tile; or of steel in combination with one...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A085

  21. wall
    Type: Term Pronunciation: wawl Definitions: 1. An investing part enclosing a cavity such as the thorax or abdomen, or covering a cell or any anatomic unit. A wall, as of the thorax, abdomen, or any hollow organ. Synonyms: paries
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  22. wall
    See "hitting the wall."
    Found on http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,71

  23. Wall
    Three or more groups/contacts/formations line abreast/side-side.
    Found on http://www.f-16.net/glossary-W.html

  24. Wall
    a line of 2 to 6 defending players pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder to protect their goal against a close free kick; creates a more difficult shot by reducing the amount of open goal area the kicker has to shoot at.
    Found on http://www.firstbasesports.com/soccer_gl

  25. Wall
    A `wall` is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air. There are three principal types of structural wa...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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