Flud
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Flud — Flud, das; s, s [zu lat. fluere, ↑fluid]: ↑Fluid (2) … Universal-Lexikon
Flŭd backup — is a completely decentralized system for creating and maintaining online backup of data. Its unique architecture allows it to provide nearly infinite backup resources for free, in a way that is virtually immune from failure. Architecture Flŭd is… … Wikipedia
flooders — /flud euhrz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Slang. See high waters. [FLOOD + ER1 + S3] * * * … Universalium
floodgate — /flud gayt /, n. 1. Civ. Engin. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water. 2. anything serving to control the indiscriminate flow or passage of something. [1175 1225; ME; see FLOOD, GATE] * * * ▪ engineering gate for shutting out or… … Universalium
flooding — /flud ing/, n. a form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear producing situation. [1665 75, for sense flood ; see FLOOD + ING1] * * * … Universalium
floodlight — /flud luyt /, n., v., floodlighted or floodlit, floodlighting. n. 1. an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area. 2. a lamp or projector that produces such a light.… … Universalium
floodwater — /flud waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. the water that overflows as the result of a flood. [1785 95; FLOOD + WATER] * * * … Universalium
floodway — /flud way /, n. the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, esp. as determined for a flood of a given height. [1885 90; FLOOD + WAY] * * * … Universalium
Flood ligament — (flud) [Valentine Flood, Irish surgeon, 1800–1847] see under ligament … Medical dictionary
flewed — |flüd adjective : having flews usually of an indicated kind a deep flewed hound … Useful english dictionary
