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Look up: tar

  1. TAR
    abbreviation: Terminal Area Surveillance Radar (for NOTAM use only)
    Found on http://www.apscharts.com/abbrev.html

  2. Tar
    Tar is a thick viscid inflammable black liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal or other organic substances. It is used for preserving timber amongst other purposes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. TAR
    TAR is an abbreviation for Tape ARchiver
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Tar
    Tar is slang for heroin.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. tar
    [v] - coat with tar, as of roofs 2. [v] - cover with tar or asphalt, of roads
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Tar
    is a viscous black liquid produced by the destructive distillation of coal, or other organic materials. Its adhesive properties are used to bind aggregates in the construction of roads etc.
    Found on http://www.longcliffe.co.uk/products/glo

  7. Tar
    A mixture of hydrocarbon oils.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  8. TAR
    Terrain Avoidance Radar
    Found on http://www.dtmedia.co.uk/t.htm

  9. tar
    (file format) ('Tape ARchive', following ar) Unix's general purpose archive utility and the file format it uses. Tar was originally intended for use with magnetic tape but, though it has several command line options related to tape, it is now used more often for packaging files together on other media, e.g. for distribution via the Internet. The re...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  10. Tar
    the sticky, brown substance in cigarettes that coats the lungs; causes lung and other cancers
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  11. tar
    a viscous liquid,black in colour,having adhesive properties,obtained by the destructive distillation of coal,wood,shale,etc. Category: Building industry • the raw anhydrous nicotine-free condensate of smoke Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a register of residential addresses created from commercial mailing lists cross-referenced with...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Tar
    Tar noun [ Abbrev. from tarpaulin .] A sailor; a seaman. [ Colloq.] Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/11

  13. Tar
    Tar noun [ Middle English terre , tarre , Anglo-Saxon teru , teoru ; akin to Dutch teer , German teer , theer , Icelandic tjara , Swedish tjära , Danish tiære , and to English tree . √63. See Tree .] A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied compo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/11

  14. Tar
    Tar transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tarred ; present participle & verbal noun Tarring .] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. To tar and feather a person . See under Feather , transitive verb
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/11

  15. tar
    A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc, and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. Coal tar. ... <chemical> Mineral tar, a kind of soft native bitumen. Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. Tar water. A cold i ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. Tar
    `Tar` is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar

  17. tar
    (tahr) a dark brown or black viscid liquid from the wood of various species of pine, or found as a by-product of the destructive distillation of bituminous coal (see coal tar). It is a complex mixture, the source of organic substances such as cresol, creosol, naphthalene, paraffin, phenol, and toluene. Formerly used as ...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  18. Tar
    • (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. • (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. • (n.) A sailor; a seaman.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. tar
    (Iranian: `string`), long-necked lute descended from the tanbur of Ssnian Iran and known in a variety of forms throughout the Middle East, the ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/12

  20. tar
    tar: see tar and pitch.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09193


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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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