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Look up: wet

  1. WET
    acronym: waste extraction test
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. Wet
    Wet is slang for feeble, emotional, effeminate.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/PB

  3. wet
    [adj] - supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages 2. [adj] - producing or secreting milk 3. [adj] - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water 4. [adj] - consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor 5. [v] - cause to become wet 6. [v] - make one`s bed or clothes wet by urinating
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Wet
    The uniform flow of solder across a surface.
    Found on http://www.antex.co.uk/pages/glossary.ht

  5. Wet
    Having reverberation or ambience.
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  6. Wet
    To come in contact with, and flow across (a surface, body, or area) - said of air or other fluid.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. wet
    In UK politics, a derogatory term used to describe a moderate or left-wing supporter of the Conservative Party, especially those who opposed the monetary or other hardline policies of its former...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  8. Wet
    Wet (wĕt) adjective [ Compar. Wetter ; superl. Wettest .] [ Middle English wet , weet , Anglo-Saxon wǣt ; akin to OFries. wēt , Icelandic vātr , Swedish våt , Danish vaad , and English water . √137. See Water .] 1. Conta …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/26

  9. Wet
    Wet noun [ Anglo-Saxon wǣta . See Wet , adjective ] 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. « Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet Chaucer. « Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant.» Milton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/26

  10. Wet
    Wet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wet (rarely Wetted ); present participle & verbal noun Wetting .] [ Anglo-Saxon wǣtan .] To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/26

  11. wet
    1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. "Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet." (Chaucer) "Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant." (Milton) ... 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. ... 3. A dram; a drink. ... Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet. ... 1. Conta …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?w

  12. wet
    adjective consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; `a wet cargo`; `a wet canteen`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. wet
    adjective producing or secreting milk; `a wet nurse`; `a wet cow`; `lactating cows`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Wet
    `Wet` could refer to: * The condition of being liquid or being covered in a liquid. * The wets, moderate members of the British Conservative Party. * Phencyclidine (PCP), a dissociative anesthetic. *`Wet`, a magazine about `gourmet bathing` from the late 1970s. *`Wet`, a type of stew used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. * an area that allows the sale of alcohol, or an opponent of Prohibition (opposite of `dry`) * Wet (Video Game) An upcoming v...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet

  15. Wet
    • (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. • (a.) A dram; a drink. • (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk. • (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked wit...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. WET
    (from the article `graphic design`) ...field and achieved prominence.) Her dynamic typographic innovations and colourful montages were often made in collaboration with photographer ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/27

  17. Wet
    Covered with visible free moisture; not dry. See also Damp and Moist.
    Found on http://www.pavement.com/glossary/A.html

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21 November 2008

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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