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Look up: low

  1. Low
    Also called a 'depression' - this region of low pressure can mean wet weather - it is the opposite of 'high' pressure or 'anticyclone'.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise

  2. low
    [adj] - unrefined in character 2. [adj] - very low in volume 3. [adj] - used of sounds and voices 4. [adj] - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount 5. [adj] - literal meanings 6. [adv] - in a low position 7. [n] - an air mass of lower pressure 8. [n] - British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) 9. [n] - a low level or position or degree
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Low
    A meteorological term used to denote a region of low pressure, or depression.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  4. low
    Extra-tropical revolving storm which is larger in area and not so violent as tropical cyclones. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Low
    The lowest price a security reached in a certain period of time. Opposite of high.
    Found on http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb

  6. Low
    Low obsolete strong imperfect of Laugh . Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/64

  7. Low
    Low intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lowed ; present participle & verbal noun Lowing .] [ Middle English lowen , Anglo-Saxon hl...wan ; akin to Dutch loeijen , Old High German hl...jan , hluojan .] To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo. « The lo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  8. Low
    Low noun The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals. « Talking voices and the law of herds.» Wordsworth.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  9. Low
    Low noun [ Anglo-Saxon hlāw ; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to English lean to incline.] A hill; a mound; a grave. [ Obsolete except in place names.] Skeat.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  10. Low
    Low noun [ Icelandic log , logi ; akin to English light , noun ] Fire; a flame; a light. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  11. Low
    Low intransitive verb To burn; to blaze. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  12. Low
    Low adjective [ Compar. Lower ; superl. Lowest .] [ Middle English low , louh , lah , Icelandic lāgr ; akin to Swedish låg , Danish lav , D. laag , and English lie . See Lie to be prostrate.] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  13. Low
    Low noun (Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  14. Low
    Low adverb 1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground. 2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low . 3. In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly. 4. In time approaching our own. « In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they w ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  15. Low
    Low transitive verb To depress; to lower. [ Obsolete] Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/65

  16. low
    1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight. ... 2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence. ... 3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer. ... 4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. low
    low-toned adjective very low in volume; `a low murmur`; `the low-toned murmur of the surf`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. low
    adjective unrefined in character; `low comedy`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. low
    adverb in a low position; near the ground; `the branches hung low`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. low
    noun a low level or position or degree; `the stock market fell to a new low`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. low
    low pressure noun an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; `a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. Low
    David Low noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. low
    adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. Low
    `Low` may refer to: *Low (complexity), a relationship between complexity classes in computational complexity theory *Low pressure area, a region where the atmospheric pressure is lowest with relation to the surrounding area *Low, Quebec, a township in Canada In `music`: * `Low` (album), a 1977 album by David Bowie * Low (band), an indie-rock band * `Low` (Testament album), a 1994 album by the thrash metal band Testament * `Low` (Kelly Clarkson ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low

  25. Low
    In the context of general equities, this is a specific minimum limit required by a seller in execution an order ('I`ll sell 50 with an eighth low.'); implies a not-held limit order. Antithesis of top.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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