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Look up: smoke

  1. Smoke
    Smoke is slang for a cigarette.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Smoke
    Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/

  3. smoke
    Particles suspended in air after incomplete combustion of materials.
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html

  4. Smoke
    Aerial dispersion of minute solid particles.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  5. smoke
    [n] - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion 2. [n] - a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas 3. [n] - an indication of some hidden activity 4. [n] - (informal) something with no concrete substance 5. [n] - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances 6. [v] - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. smoke
    1. To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly. 'The new version smoked, just like the last one.' Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colourful). 2. [Automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. 'That processor really smokes.' Compare magic smoke. [Jargon File]
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  7. smoke
    airborne particulate resulting from the combustion of organic matter,with particles ranging in size from approximately 0.01 to 2 micro-m Category: Medicine • suspension in the atmosphere of small particles produced by combustion Category: Environment
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Smoke
    Smoke noun [ Anglo-Saxon smoca , from smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & Dutch smook smoke, Danish smög , German schmauch , and perhaps to Greek ......... to burn in a smoldering fire; confer Lithuanian smaugti to choke.] 1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable mat ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/129

  9. Smoke
    Smoke intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smoked ; present participle & vb noun Smoking .] [ Anglo-Saxon smocian ; akin to Dutch smoken , German schmauchen , Danish smöge . See Smoke , noun ] 1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/129

  10. Smoke
    Smoke transitive verb 1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation. 2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. ' Smoking the temple.' Chaucer. 3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. &#x ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/129

  11. smoke
    1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc, by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation. ... 2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. 'Smoking the temple.' ... 3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. 'I alone Smoked his true person, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. smoke
    smoking noun the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; `he went outside for a smoke`; `smoking stinks`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. smoke
    noun something with no concrete substance; `his dreams all turned to smoke`; `it was just smoke and mirrors`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. smoke
    noun an indication of some hidden activity; `with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. smoke
    smoking noun a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; `the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. smoke
    fume noun a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Smoke
    `Smoke` is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes pyrolysis or combustion, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, but may also be used for pest control (cf. fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defense (smoke-screen) or smoking (tobacco, marijuana, etc) or...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke

  18. Smoke
    • (n.) The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like. • (v. t.) To ridicule to the face; to quiz. • (n.) Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. • (n.) That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist. • (n.) ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. smoke
    (from the article `building construction`) ...made of metal that melts at a fairly low temperature when the air surrounding it is heated by a fire. Sprinkler systems have proved to be a highly ... In antiquity people knew that bees produce delicious honey, that they sting, and that they increase their numbers by swarming. By the 17th ce...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

  20. Smoke
    (from the article `Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich`) ...Viardot had retired. Quarrels with Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky and his general estrangement from the Russian literary scene made him an exile in a ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

  21. smoke
    1. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
    2. a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
    3. an indication of some hidden activity
    4. (informal) something with no concrete substance
    5. tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
    6. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

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  22. SMOKE
    Small particles produced by combustion that are suspended in the air. A transition to haze may occur when the smoke particles have traveled great distance (25 to 100 miles or more), and when the larger particles have settled out. The remaining particles become widely scattered through the atmosphere. It is reported as 'FU' in an observation and on ...
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/s.html

  23. smoke
    smoke, visible gaseous product of incomplete combustion. Smoke varies with its source, but it usually comprises hot gas and suspended particles of carbon and tarry substances, or soot. To reduce the amount of smoke entering the atmosphere, air pollution laws generally require that power plants, fact...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08456


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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