MUD
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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MUD
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n.
a computer-based text or virtual reality game that several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.
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Newspaper article from: Stamford Mercury & Citizen (Stamford, England); 2/28/2008; 371 words
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Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England); 11/23/2007; 90 words
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Lukic scoops awards.
Newspaper article from: Matlock Mercury (Matlock, England); 5/15/2006; 53 words
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Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/5/2002; 284 words
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Newspaper article from: Kincardineshire Observer (Montrose, Scotland); 11/8/2007; 199 words
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Final joy on a Plate for Durham.
Newspaper article from: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England); 5/25/2007; 192 words
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It's the game of your lives Ritchie tells Reds.
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mud flats
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
mud flats Mud flats are gently sloping or flat expanses of fine-grained sediment. They form...coast and in estuaries, where deposition is favoured by low-energy conditions. Mud flats are made up of fine particles of mineral and organic origin, generally...
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muds and mudstones
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
muds and mudstones Mud and its indurated (i.e. hardened) equivalent...in the Earth's crust. The terms ‘mud’ and ‘mudstone’ are...Non-indurated Beds > 10 mm Bedded silt Bedded mud Bedded clay-mud Laminae < 10 mm Laminated...
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Mud Flow
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Mud flow The term mud flow, although not part of the classification system used by most landslide...is synonymous with wet to very wet, rapid to extremely rapid earth flow. Mud itself is defined by most geologists as an unlithified mixture of silt...
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Mud Cloth
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Mud Cloth Among African fabrics, the mud cloth of Mali in West Africa is as well-known as the Kente cloth of Ghana. Mud cloth is made of cotton strips woven by men and stitched together to form a larger cloth. Women then decorate the cloth with mud...
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mud
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
mud / məd / • n. soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water...allegations regarded as damaging, typically concerned with corruption: they are trying to sling mud at me to cover up their defeat. PHRASES: as clear as mud inf. not at all easy to understand. drag someone ...
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