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Look up: Wool

  1. Wool
    A mass of desiccated nematodes of Ditylenchus dipsaci found in or on some plants.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. wool
    [n] - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving 2. [n] - a fabric made from the hair of sheep 3. [n] - outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Wool
    Wool is the hair off a sheep. One of the by-products is lanolin which can be used in the production of soap. Uses: After spinning into a thread - sewing, weaving, embroidering Felt clothing See Spinning
    Found on http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/glossary.

  4. Wool
    Specifically sheep covering. The hairs vary in length and diameter according to breed. Diameters are in the range 0.015mm to 0.04mm and length from 25mm to 350mm.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. Wool
    Wool (wol) noun [ Middle English wolle , wulle , Anglo-Saxon wull ; akin to Dutch wol , Old High German wolla , German wolle , Icelandic & Swedish ull , Danish uld , Goth, wulla , Lithua...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/49

  6. wool
    1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. ... Wool co...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. wool
    woolen noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. wool
    fleece noun outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. wool
    noun fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Wool
    • (n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. • (n.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. • (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. wool
    animal fibre forming the protective covering, or fleece, of sheep or of other hairy mammals, such as goats and camels. Prehistoric man, clothing ... [24 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/51

  12. WOOL
    Window Object Oriented Language. A small Common Lisp-like extension language. It claims to be the fastest interpreted language in C with run-time types. Colas Nahaboo (colas@sophia.inria.fr). Version 1 is used as the kernel language of the GWM window manager. Version 2 has an object system. (ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/gwm).
    Found on http://foldoc.org/WOOL

  13. wool
    • a fabric made from the hair of sheep
    • fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
    • outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

    Found on

  14. wool
    A natural fabric made from the hair of various hairy animals, usually sheep. Untreated wool is bulky, shrinks easily and absorbs water quickly, but unlike cotton, keeps you warm when wet. Boiled wool fabric is called hot-washed or felted. It has a tighter, more water-resistant weave, and it is less ...
    Found on http://www.ectextile.com/glossary.html?

  15. wool
    wool, fiber made from the fleece of the domestic sheep.Sections in this article:IntroductionComposition and CharacteristicsWool TypesWool ProductionHistory of Wool ProductionWool TodayBibliography
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  16. Wool
    Wool is the fibrous covering of sheep.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. wool
    Type: Term Pronunciation: wul Definitions: 1. The hair of the sheep; sometimes, when defatted, used as a surgical dressing. Synonyms: lana
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  18. wool
    Natural hair covering of the sheep, and also of the llama, angora goat, and some other mammals. The domestic sheep Ovis aries provides the great bulk of the fibres used in textile production. A by-product of wool production is lanolin. History Sheep have been bred for their woo...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  19. Wool
    `Wool` is the textile fiber obtained from publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=0-684-31394-4|pages=441–443|editor=Steele, Valerie|chapter=Wool-->--> including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, vicuña, alpaca, and camel from animals in the camel family, and angora from ra...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool

  20. Wool
    (band) `Wool` were a rock band from Washington, D.C. (but based in Los Angeles), specialising in a rough-hewn but melodic brand of punk-based hard rock from 1990-1996. History: The brothers then teamed up with former Government Issue and future Burning Airlines drummer Peter Moffett and Seatt...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool



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