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Dam logo #10101) BC Hydro structure 2) Age, ask, or nation preceder 3) Animal mother 4) Aswan 5) Aswan for one 6) Aswan landmark 7) Aswan or hoover 8) Aswan project 9) Aswan structure 10) Australian English term 11) Backwater source 12) Bank 13) Barrier 14) Barrier across a river 15) Barrier built by beavers 16) Barrier that holds back water
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Dam logo #10101) Barrier 2) Decameter 3) Decametre 4) Dekameter 5) Dekametre 6) Dkm 7) Estop 8) Levee 9) Milldam 10) She 11) Weir
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Dam logo #21833 The mother of a horse.[1]
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Dam logo #21002• (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. • (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. • (n.) A firebrick wall, or a s...
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Dam logo #21505A horse's mother.
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dam logo #21003(from the article `dog`) ...behaviour is a combination of instinct and environment. Dogs are born with certain innate characteristics that are evident from birth. Puppies are ...
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dam logo #21161A structure for impeding and controlling the flow of water in a water course, and which increases the water elevation to create the hydraulic head. The reservoir creates, in effect, stored energy.
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dam logo #21142a structure to retain water inflows for specific uses
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DAM logo #20462Digital Asset Management
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Dam logo #20766A mechanism used to hold back water in a river, gathering pond or reservoir, so it can be controlled for some purpose. They may be earth or masonry. There is an important Post-Medieval dam at Acklington Park mill, (see under Smeaton, John).
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dam logo #209731. A female parent; used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. 'Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.' (T. L. K. Oliphant) 'The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her...
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dam logo #21001(dam) a barrier to obstruct the flow of water or other fluid. rubber dam. dental dam , rubber dam a sheet of thin latex rubber used by dentists to isolate a tooth or teeth from the fluids of the mouth during dental treatment, held in place by a clam...
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Dam logo #21748A barrier built, usually across a watercourse, for holding back water or diverting the flow of water.
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Dam logo #21804A concrete or earthen barrier constructed across a river and designed to control water flow or create a reservoir.
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DAM logo #10444Data Acquisition and Monitoring
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Dam logo #20972Dam (dăm) noun [ Middle English dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame .] 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. « Our sire and dam , now confined to horses, are a relic ...
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Dam logo #20972Dam noun [ Akin to OLG., D., & Danish dam , G. & Swedish damm , Icelandic dammr , and Anglo-Saxon fordemman to stop up, Goth. Faúrdammjan .] 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, buil...
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Dam logo #20972Dam transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dammed (dămd); present participle & verbal noun Damming .] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generall...
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Dam logo #22513Female parent
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Dam logo #21217A dam is a bank or construction of stone, earth, or wood etc across a stream or river for the purpose of keeping back the current to give it increased head, for holding back supplies of water, for flooding lands, for rendering the stream above the dam navigable by increased depth, and for generating electricity. Its material and construction will d...
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Dam logo #23458A mother rabbit
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dam logo #20974dike noun a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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dam logo #21221Click images to enlargeStructure built across a river to hold back a body of water (called a reservoir) in order to prevent flooding, provide water for irrigation and storage, and provide hydroelectric power. The biggest dams are of the earth- and rock-fill type, also called embankment dams. Such dams are generall...
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Dam logo #22439a female parent.
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Dam logo #22819A structure for impeding and controlling the flow of water in a water course, and which increases the water elevation to create the hydraulic head. The reservoir creates, in effect, stored energy.
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