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hard 1. Chem (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap 2. (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc. 3. (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive 4. Physics (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids 5. Physics (of a vacuum) almost complete 6. Chiefly US (of goods) durable 7. politically extreme 8. Brit a roadway across a foreshore hard [härd] (materials) Quality of a material that is compact, solid, and difficult to deform. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To compensate, she systematically replaces voiced and unvoiced consonants in her mind, attempting to decipher the correct phoneme. As a society we're experiencing an unprecedented wave of unvoiced frustration by children. Explaining that this music "tell[s] of death and suffering and unvoiced longing," he suggests that "the songs are indeed the sifting of centuries; the music far more ancient than the words and in it we can trace here and there signs of development. |
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