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  1. Wash
    [creek] cropped from logo available in press kit @ qnext.com ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wash_(creek

  2. Wash
    [painting] A wash is a painting technique in which a paint brush that is very wet with solvent and holds a small paint load is applied to a wet or dry support such as paper or primed or raw canvas. The result is a smooth and uniform area that ideally lacks the appearance of brush strokes and...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wash_(paint

  3. Wash
    Wash is slang for the chemical purifying of cocaine to produce other drugs, such as crack.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  4. Wash
    Wash is slang for the chemical purifying of cocaine to produce other drugs, such as crack.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  5. WASH
    [FM] WASH (97.1 FM) is a Clear Channel Communications radio station located in Washington, D.C.. Known on-air as "Wash-FM", the station has an adult contemporary format. The station also streams its broadcast on the Internet. WASH has been a soft adult contemporary station in one form or ano...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASH_(FM)

  6. Wash
    [distilling] In the production of distilled beverages, the term wash is used to refer to the liquid produced by the fermentation step, which is the input to the distillation process which concentrates the alcohol. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wash_(disti

  7. Wash
    In architecture the wash is the upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, the term is applied to a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Wash
    Gains equal losses.
    Found on http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial

  9. Wash
    Wash lighting. Stage lighting focussed on stage not in a specific spot, but more as a general lighting over an area. Several areas may be combined and balanced to effect an even light over the whole acting area.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  10. wash
    [n] - (western United States) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) 2. [n] - a thin coat of water-base paint 3. [n] - a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other 4. [n] - (informal) any enterprise in which losses an...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  11. wash
    the disturbed air or fluid produced by the passage of a body Category: Physics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Wash
    Wash (wŏsh) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Washed (wŏsht); present participle & verbal noun Washing .] [ Middle English waschen , Anglo-Saxon wascan<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  13. Wash
    Wash intransitive verb 1. To perform the act of ablution. « Wash in Jordan seven times.» 2 Kings v. 10. 2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, or...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  14. Wash
    Wash noun 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes l...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  15. Wash
    Wash adjective 1. Washy; weak. [ Obsolete] « Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper.» Beau. & Fl. 2. Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  16. Wash
    Wash transitive verb 1. To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. 2. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing soluble constituents.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  17. Wash
    Wash intransitive verb 1. To use washes, as for the face or hair. 2. To move with a lapping or swashing sound, or the like; to lap; splash; as, to hear the water washing .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  18. Wash
    Wash noun 1. [ Western U. S.] (Geol.) (a) Gravel and other rock débris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium. (b) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain. 2. The dry be...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/9

  19. wash
    1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc, or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. 'Wh...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. wash
    noun any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; `at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. wash
    dry wash noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. wash
    lavation noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. wash
    noun a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. wash
    wash away verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; `he washed the dirt from his coat`; `The nurse washed away the blood`; `Can you wash away the spo...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  25. wash
    washing noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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