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Look up: wad

  1. Wad
    Wad is a hydrated manganese dioxide, occurring in brownish black, earthy masses. It is used as a pigment and was formerly used in the preparation of chlorine.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. WAD
    Wisconsin Association of the Deaf
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  3. wad
    a thin web of metal which is punched out to produce a hole through the forging Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Wad
    Wad noun [ See Woad .] Woad. [ Obsolete]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/1

  5. Wad
    Wad noun [ Probably of Scand. origin; confer Swedish vadd wadding, Dan vat , D. & German watte . Confer Wadmol .] 1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. Holland. 2. Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for ke ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/1

  6. Wad
    Wad transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Waded ; present participle & verbal noun Wadding .] 1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton. 2. To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/1

  7. wad
    noun a small mass of soft material; `he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. WAD
    The abbreviation `WAD` can refer to: * Doom WAD files; which are packages containing levels, graphics and other game data, often used to refer to modified version of these files. * An abbreviation meaning 'Working as Designed' within the realm of computer programming, especially within computer games. *Women and Development, a theoretical perspective on the role of women in development that emerged in the 1970s as a critique of the WID (Women in...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAD

  9. Wad
    `Wad` is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides. Specific mineral varieties include pyrolusite, lithiophorite, nsutite, takanelite, and vernadite.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad

  10. Wad
    • (n.) Alt. of Wadd • (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc. • (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton. • (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. wad
    black and earthy substance that consists mainly of hydrated manganese oxides; it is an important ore of manganese. It varies considerably in chemical ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/1


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