wharves (noun)
21slip — I. /slɪp / (say slip) verb (slipped or, Archaic, slipt, slipped, slipping) –verb (i) 1. to pass or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: water slips off a smooth surface. 2. to slide suddenly and involuntarily, as on a smooth surface; to lose one… …
22docker — I. /ˈdɒkə/ (say dokuh) noun a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels; a wharf labourer. Also, dock worker, dock hand. {dock1 + er1} II. /ˈdɒkə/ (say dokuh) noun someone or something that docks, cuts short,… …
23waterfront — /ˈwɔtəfrʌnt / (say wawtuhfrunt) noun 1. land abutting on a body of water. 2. a part of a city or town so abutting, especially an area where ships dock at a wharf or wharves: *The Waterside Workers Federation is the original and bona fide trade… …
24gribble — I. ˈgribəl noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown dialect England : a young crab tree or blackthorn; sometimes : a cutting from one II. noun ( s) …
25Geotechnical engineering — [ Boston s Big Dig presented geotechnical challenges in an urban environment.] Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering includes investigating …
26Colombia — Colombian, adj., n. /keuh lum bee euh/; Sp. /kaw lawm byah/, n. a republic in NW South America. 37,418,290; 439,828 sq. mi. (1,139,155 sq. km). Cap.: Bogotá. * * * Colombia Introduction Colombia Background: Colombia was one of the three countries …
27Nauru — Nauruan, n., adj. /nah ooh rooh/, n. Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8007; 81/4 sq. mi. (21 sq. km). Formerly, Pleasant Island. * * * Nauru… …
28New Caledonia — /kal i doh nee euh, dohn yeuh/ 1. an island in the S Pacific, ab. 800 mi. (1290 km) E of Australia. 113,680; 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km). 2. an overseas territory of France comprising this island and other smaller islands: formerly a penal… …
29Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …
30tonga — /tong geuh/, n. a light, two wheeled, horse drawn vehicle used in India. [1870 75; < Hindi tanga] * * * Tonga Introduction Tonga Background: The archipelago of The Friendly Islands was united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. It became a… …
