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Look up: shower

  1. shower
    [n] - a brief period of precipitation 2. [n] - a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person 3. [n] - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower 4. [n] - a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you 5. [n] ...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Shower
    Slang: Used nowadays to mean good or very street. Derives from Jamaica's showerman crew, the notorious yardie gang -Usage: 'That tune is shower!' - Other terms Showerman, showerwoman
    Found on http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_br

  3. shower
    precipitation, often short-lived and heavy, falling from convective clouds; the drops or solid particles in showers are usually bigger than in other types of precipitation Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Shower
    Show'er noun 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/94

  5. Shower
    Show'er noun [ Middle English shour , schour , Anglo-Saxon se...r ; akin to Dutch schoer , German schauer , Old High German sc...r , Icelandic sk...r , Swedish skur , Goth. sk...ra windis
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/94

  6. Shower
    Show'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Showered ; present participle & verbal noun Showering .] 1. To water with a shower; to ......t copiously with rain. « Le...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/94

  7. Shower
    Show'er intransitive verb To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/94

  8. shower
    shower bath noun washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; `he took a shower after the game`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. shower
    cascade noun a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; `a little shower of rose petals`; `a sudden cascade of sparks`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. shower
    noun a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; `they installed a shower in the bathroom`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. shower
    noun a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; `her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. shower
    rain shower noun a brief period of precipitation; `the game was interrupted by a brief shower`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Shower
    • (n.) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. • (v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain. • (n.) A copious supply bestowed. • (n.) That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. shower
    (from the article `climate`) Precipitation from shower clouds and thunderstorms, whether in the form of raindrops, pellets of soft hail, or true hailstones, is generally of great ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/87

  15. shower
    • a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
    • a brief period of precipitation
    • someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
    • a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person

    Found on

  16. SHOWER
    Precipitation from a convective cloud that is characterized by its sudden beginning and ending, changes in intensity, and rapid changes in the appearance of the sky. It occurs in the form of rain (SHRA), snow (SHSN), or ice (SHPE). It is reported as 'SH' in an observation and on the METAR.
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/s.html

  17. Shower
    Precipitation falling from a convective cloud, characterized by the suddenness with which it starts and stops, by rapid changes of intensity and usually rapid changes in the appearance of the sky.
    Found on http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/ge

  18. Shower
    Shower is derogatory British slang for a person or group, especially a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. Shower
    Shower is derogatory British slang for a person or group, especially a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Shower
    (also called Electromagnetic Cascade Shower) can create photons by interacting with a medium. In a similar way, photons can create electrons and their antiparticles, positrons, by interacting with a medium. So, imagine a very high-energy electron, of the sort used at SLAC, impinging on some material. The electron can ...
    Found on http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/glossa

  21. Shower
    (also called Electromagnetic Cascade Shower) can create photons by interacting with a medium. In a similar way, photons can create electrons and their antiparticles, positrons, by interacting with a medium. So, imagine a very high-energy electron, of the sort used at SLAC, impinging on some material. The electron can ...
    Found on http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/glossa

  22. Shower
    A `shower` (or `shower-bath`, `walk-in shower`, `steam shower`) is an area in which one bathes underneath a spray of water.. Shower, def 3.--> History : The original showers were neither indoor structures nor man-made, but were common natural formations: waterfalls.<ref name="stand-upbath&qu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower

  23. Shower
    (juggling) A `shower` is a juggling pattern for 2 or more objects, most commonly balls or bean bags, where objects are thrown in a circular motion. Balls are thrown high from one hand to the other while the other hand passes the ball back horizontally. The animation depicts a 3 ball version. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower

  24. Shower
    (film) `Shower` (洗澡) is a 1999 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 1999 and won the FIPRESCI Prize. Though only the second directorial work by Zh...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shower



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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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