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  • 11tight — [[t]taɪt[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est. 1) firmly or closely fixed in place; secure: a tight knot[/ex] 2) drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut 3) fitting closely, esp. too closely: a tight collar[/ex] 4) difficult to deal with or manage: a… …

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  • 12tight — /taɪt / (say tuyt) adjective 1. firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot. 2. drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut. 3. fitting closely, especially too closely: tight trousers. 4. difficult to deal with or… …

  • 13tight — adjective 1》 fixed or fastened firmly; hard to move, undo, or open.     ↘(of clothes) close fitting, especially uncomfortably so.     ↘(of a grip) very firm.     ↘well sealed against something such as water or air. 2》 (of a rope, fabric, or… …

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  • 14WATER CRISIS In THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA — ▪ 1998 Introduction by Peter Rogers  Water availability has for millennia shaped the culture of the people in the part of the world now commonly referred to as the Middle East and North Africa. This huge region extends from the Maghreb,… …

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  • 15Water (Lexx) — In the television series LEXX , the fictional planet Water is the afterlife for all good souls, and the location for much of Season 3. It shares an atmosphere and a tight mutual orbit with Planet Fire, which is the afterlife for all evil souls.… …

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  • 16Water Margin Online — Infobox VG title = Water Margin Online developer = OPUS Co., Ltd. publisher = My CNX Co., Ltd. distributor = designer = engine = version = released = genre = MMORPG modes = Multiplayer ratings = platforms = Windows media = Download/CD… …

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  • 17tight — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, all ataunto, anal, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, aposiopestic, arduous, ataunt, austere, autocratic, avaricious, ballproof, bent,… …

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  • 18tight spot — Synonyms and related words: bind, clutch, complication, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how do you do, hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot water, how do you do, imbroglio, jam, mess, mix, morass, parlous… …

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  • 19tight squeeze — Synonyms and related words: bind, broken fortune, close call, close shave, close squeak, closeness, clutch, complication, confinement, crowdedness, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, difficulties, distress, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment,… …

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  • 20Water-hammer pulse — A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. This type of pulse is also called a Corrigan pulse after the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802 80) who described this finding in patients with aortic regurgitation caused by a leaky… …

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