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Look up: hump

  1. Hump
    Hump is slang for sexual intercourse.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Hump
    Hump is slang for sexual intercourse.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Hump
    The hump or peak formed on the graph of resistance against speed for planing craft, hydrofoils, or ACVs due primarily to maximum wave-making drag of the hull and induced drag of the foils.
    Found on http://www.foils.org/glossary.htm

  4. Hump
    That point in the take-off run at which a seaplane passes from displacement lift to hydrodynamic lift. It represents the process of climbing, by means of the 'step' in the floats or the hull and with the help of increasing speed, out of the water on to its surface.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  5. hump
    severe irregularity of the longitudinal profile where the concavity is downwards Category: Building industry • /in..a hump yard...the classification of cars is accomplished by pushing them over the crest of a small hill or -- beyond which they roll into classification tracks by gravity. Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Hump
    Hump noun [ Confer Dutch homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to English heap . Confer Hunch .] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2. (Zoology)...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/70

  7. Hump
    Hump transitive verb 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up . « The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.» T. Roosvelt. 2. To put or carry ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/70

  8. hump
    1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. ... 2. <zoology> A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. ... Origin: Cf. D. Homp a lump, LG. Hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. Heap. Cf. Hunch. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. hump
    (hump) a rounded eminence; called also gibbus. buffalo hump obesity confined to the neck, head, and trunk; seen in Cushing syndrome. dowager's hump popular name for dorsal kyphosis caused by multiple wedge fractures of the thoracic vertebrae seen in osteopo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. Hump
    • (n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. • (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. • (v. t.) To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. • (v. t.) To bend or gather together...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. hump
    (from the article `railroad`) Most large classification yards have a `hump` over which cars are pushed. They then roll down from the hump by gravity, and each is routed into a ... Sorting freight cars is a complex operation. Various control systems have been installed in marshaling yards, enabling cars to be pushed over a ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/82

  12. hump
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hŭmp Definitions: 1. A rounded protuberance or bulge.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  13. Hump
    (comics) `Hump` is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in New Mutants #91 (July 1990). Fictional character biography: Hump and his brother Brute worked for Masque and accompanied him to confront date=January 2011--> They also tried to...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hump



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/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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