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Look up: snake

  1. Snake
    A snake is a reptile of the suborder serpentes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. snake
    [n] - a deceitful or treacherous person 2. [n] - a tributary of the Columbia River 3. [n] - something resembling a snake 4. [n] - limbless scaly elongate reptile 5. [v] - form a snake-like pattern 6. [v] - move smoothly, like a snake 7. [v] - move along a winding path
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Snake
    In large systems, this long bundle of cords connects the things on the stage (amps, mics...) to the things at the sound booth (mixer, effects, EQs etc).
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  4. Snake
    Snake: 1. A long limbless scaly reptile, some being poisonous. 2. The symbol of rejuvenation and healing in many ancient Mediterranean cultures. The Greek god Asclepius, who specialized in healing, had a single snake entwined around his staff -- the 'Asclepian staff.'
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. snake
    a wavy cut(i.e.deviating from the saw line) Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Snake
    Snake noun [ Anglo-Saxon snaca ; akin to LG. snake , schnake , Icelandic snākr , sn...kr , Danish snog , Swedish snok ; of uncertain origin.] (Zoology) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia , and Serpent . » Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/130

  7. Snake
    Snake transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Snaked ; present participle & verbal noun Snaking .] 1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out . [ Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. 2. (Nautical) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lyin ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/130

  8. Snake
    Snake intransitive verb To crawl like a snake.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/130

  9. snake
    <zoology> Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. ... Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See Blind, Garter, etc. Fetich s ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. snake
    serpent noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. snake
    noun something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Snake
    Snake River noun a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. snake
    snake in the grass noun a deceitful or treacherous person
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Snake
    A `snake` is a limbless, elongate reptile of the suborder `Serpentes`. Like all reptiles, snakes are ectothermic and covered in scales. All snakes are carnivorous and can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids, external ears, and vestiges of forelimbs. The 2,900 species of snakes spread across every continent except Antarctica ranging in size from the tiny, 10 cm long thread snake to pythons and anacondas over 7 meters lon...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake

  15. snake
    (snāk) any of many limbless reptiles; numerous species have venomous bites. See also snakebite. coral snake any of various venomous pit vipers of the genera Micrurus and Micruroides; called also harlequin snake. harlequin snake coral snake.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  16. Snake
    • (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. • (v. t.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. • (v. i.) To crawl like a snake. • (v. t.) To d...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. snake
    any of about 2,900 species of reptiles distinguished by their limbless condition and greatly elongated body and tail. Classified with lizards in the ... [19 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/114

  18. Snake
    Arrangement established in 1972, that ties European currencies to each other within specified limits.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg

  19. Snake
    An arrangement in which currencies were pegged to each other but left free to float as a group against the U.S. dollar. Named for the graph that the limits of variation of a currency would follow over time.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  20. Snake
    A multi-channel audio cable intended for use with microphone level signals and/or line level signals. (Audio/Video/Electronics)
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction

  21. snake
    1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
    2. a deceitful or treacherous person
    3. a tributary of the Columbia River
    4. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

    Found on

  22. Snake
    Snake, river, 1,038 mi (1,670 km) long, NW United States, the chief tributary of the Columbia; once called the Lewis River. The Snake rises in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park, flows through Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, then S and W into Idaho and northwest to its junction with...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A084567

  23. snake
    snake, common name for an elongated, limbless reptile of the order Squamata, which also includes the lizards. Most snakes live on the ground, but some are burrowers, arboreal, or aquatic; one group is exclusively marine. In temperate climates they hibernate. They are generally solitary in their habi...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08456


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22 November 2009

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