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• choke — I. verb (choked; choking) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of achoken, from Old English ācēocian, from ā , perfective prefix + cēoce, cēace jaw, cheek more at abide, cheek Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to check or block normal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Fanno flow — refers to adiabatic flow through a constant area duct where the effect of friction is considered. Compressibility effects often come into consideration, although the Fanno flow model certainly also applies to incompressible flow. For this model,… …   Wikipedia

• water supplies —    In the Stone Age, when people first began settling on the alluvial plains of Mesopotamia, perhaps their single most immediate concern was finding reliable sources of freshwater for drinking and watering their crops and animals. At first, the… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …   Universalium

• pollution — /peuh looh sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of polluting or the state of being polluted. 2. the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment: air pollution. [1350 1400; ME pollucioun ( < OF) < LL pollution , s. of pollutio… …   Universalium

• North Australia Air War — North Australian Air War 1942–1943 Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …   Wikipedia

• Lake Bangweulu — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Bangweulu image lake = Bangweulu Swamps.jpg caption lake = The Bangweulu Swamps in the dry season image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Luapula Province and Northern Province coords =… …   Wikipedia

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• Suffocate — Suf fo*cate, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage. collier. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• choky — adjective Date: 1579 tending to cause choking or to become choked …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• silt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cylte, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect sylt beach flooded at high tide; akin to Old High German sulza salt marsh, Old English sealt salt Date: 15th century 1. loose sedimentary material …   New Collegiate Dictionary