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  • 51Moist wart — Wart Wart, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[*a]rta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the… …

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  • 52moist pellet — a pellet used in aquaculture with a moisture content around 30%. Composed of wet ingredients such items as minced fish, and dry ingredients such as fish meal, cereals, vitamins and minerals, with an alginate binder. Also called Oregon moist… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 53moist pellet ration — a diet based on moist pellets …

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  • 54moist moment — noun A brief period of weeping, especially for self pity. I give my nose a definitive blow, then power flush the Kleenex down the Toto. I have had my moist moment and now it is over …

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  • 55moist air — drėgnasis oras statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. damp air; humid air; moist air vok. feuchte Luft, f rus. влажный воздух, m pranc. air humide, m …

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  • 56moist tropical forest — hilėja statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vienas drėgnųjų atogrąžų miškų tipų – periodiškai išsiliejančių upių užtvindomi Amazonės baseino miškai. atitikmenys: angl. hylea; moist tropical forest; tropical rain forest vok. Hyläa …

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  • 57moist — adjective Etymology: Middle English moiste, from Anglo French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muscidus, alteration of Latin mucidus slimy, from mucus nasal mucus Date: 14th century 1. slightly or moderately wet ; damp 2. tearful 3. characterized by… …

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  • 58moist — moistful, adj. moistless, adj. moistly, adv. moistness, n. /moyst/, adj. moister, moistest. 1. moderately or slightly wet; damp. 2. (of the eyes) tearful. 3. accompanied by or connected with liquid or moisture. 4. (of the air) having high humidi …

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  • 59moist — Synonyms and related words: boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, fenny, foggy, gooey, humid, lachrymose, marshy, maudlin, misty, muggy, mushy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sappy, slushy, soggy, soupy, steamy, sticky, swampy,… …

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  • 60moist — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Damp] Syn. humid, dank, moistened; see wet 1 . 2. [Rainy] Syn. drizzly, muggy, clammy; see wet 2 . See Synonym Study at wet . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. damp, wet, watery, humid, muggy, dewy, dank, steamy, misty,… …

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