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wet 1. rainy, foggy, misty, or humid 2. employing a liquid, usually water 3. Chiefly US and Canadian characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages 4. damp or rainy weather 5. Brit informal a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner 6. Chiefly US and Canadian a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages 7. the wet Austral (in northern and central Australia) the rainy season wet [wet] (physics) A liquid is said to wet a solid if the contact angle between the solid and the liquid, measured through the liquid, lies between 0 and 90°, and not to wet the solid if the contact angle lies between 90 and 180°. 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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| But a wet snow, melting to sleet, had fallen in the night and turned the roads to glass. The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. He landed wet and soppily against Skipper's rain-wet chest, his tail bobbing frantically against Skipper's containing arm, his body wriggling, his tongue dabbing madly all over Skipper's chin and mouth and cheeks and nose. |
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