minute globules of water

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• mist — mistless, adj. /mist/, n. 1. a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog. 2. a cloud of particles resembling this: She sprayed a… …   Universalium

• mist — [[t]mɪst[/t]] n. 1) mer a mass of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface, resembling fog but not as dense 2) a cloud of particles or a fine spray of liquid resembling this: a mist of perfume[/ex] 3)… …   From formal English to slang

• fog — I. /fɒg / (say fog) noun 1. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute globules of water in the air near the earth s surface; thick mist. 2. any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance which causes it. 3. a state of mental confusion… …  

• mist — /mɪst / (say mist) noun 1. a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface. 2. Meteorology (by international agreement) a very thin fog in which the horizontal visibility is greater… …  

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• Edmund Davy — FRS (1785 5 Nov1857)Christopher F. Lindsey, ‘Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7311 accessed 6 April 2008] ] was a professor of Chemistry at… …   Wikipedia

• Aegean civilizations — The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished с 3000–1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western …   Universalium

• flour — flourless, adj. /floweur, flow euhr/, n. 1. the finely ground meal of grain, esp. the finer meal separated by bolting. 2. the finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking. 3. a finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated… …   Universalium

• Brosimum Galactodendron — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chicken snake — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English