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ANWB: The ANWB maintains a country-wide road patrol (service) called the Wegenwacht (The Watch on the road) modelled on the AA Road Patrols
Category: Management in the public and private sector

blowback: escape,to the rear and under pressure,of gases formed during the firing of the weapon.Blowback may be caused by a defective breech mechanism,a ruptured cartridge case or a faultry primer
Category: Defense

blowback: type of weapon operation in which the force of expanding gases acting to the rear against the face of the bolt furnishes all the energy required to initiate the complete cycle of operation.A weapon which employs this method of operation is characterized by the absence of any breech-lock or bolt-lock mechanism
Category: Defense

cowbell: a bell hung about the neck of a cow to make a sound by which it can be located.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cowberry: fruit of the species Vaccinium vitis idaea
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

crowbar: a circuit that crowbars or rapidly shuts down a converters output if a preset voltage level is exceeded
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

drawback: repayment by a government, in whole or in part, of customs duties on imported merchandise that is subsequently manufactured into a more finished article and reexported; or the refund, upon the exportation of an article, of a domestic tax to which it has been subjected
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

drawbar: any fitting to a vehicle,e.g.a tractor,through which implements are connected to and pulled by it
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

drawbar: rod used on the ground to connect the nose landing gear of aircraft to a towing vehicle
Category: Transport

narrowband: Channel whose bandwidth is less than that of a voice grade channel.Commonly used for communication at speeds of less than 3OO bits per second.
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

newborn: a common,benign,and self-limiting condition of the newborn
Category: Medicine

shadowbox: the act of boxing with..an imaginary opponent...as a form of training. Acc. to WEBIN 66 3-2084/
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

shadowboxing: the act of boxing with..an imaginary opponent...as a form of training. Acc. to WEBIN 66 3-2084/
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

skewback: a brick shape having an inclined face from which an arch may be sprung
Category: Various industries and crafts

snowball: a form of sampling proposed by Goodman (1961)whereby a random sample of n individuals is drawn from a finite population. Each individual is asked to name k further individuals; and so on for s-stages. The initial sample solution and its size govern the kind of analysis and inferences that can be drawn from the data
Category: Statistics

snowboard: a flat board,covered with white funnel,used to measure the depth of snowfall.The depth ofsnow is measured directly as it is caught on the snowboard
Category: The cosmos

snowbreak: a shelterbelt,windbreak,or other barrier(natural or artificial)maintained to trap blowing snow and thereby prevent excessive accumulations on roadways,etc.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

strawberry: a pulpy red edible fruit having a seed-studded surface,growing on any plant of the genus Fragaria
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

Wb: a thermometer having the bulb covered with a cloth,usually muslin or cambric,saturated with water
Category: The cosmos

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