Word Finder - uncovered

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To remove a cover from.

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The model railway was uncovered.

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To reveal the identity of.

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The murderer has finally been uncovered.

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To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

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To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.

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To expose the genitalia.

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To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.

At least three segments of the trunk are left uncovered by the carapace.

A short walk up the road uncovered another mailbox.

Such an apparatus, in which the oil-cup is uncovered, is known as an open-test instrument.

Structures were found at Jerablus, but never properly uncovered or.

Liquids, again, can be poured from one open vessel into another, and can be kept in an uncovered vessel, but a gas tends to diffuse itself indefinitely and must be preserved in a closed reservoir.

If there be but one of these uncovered by the generalization, this cannot be sound.

She'd done something today he didn't expect and uncovered something he and all his dealers had overlooked for months.

At the same time the then existing alpine floras descended to lower levels, though we may agree with Ball that they did not necessarily become extinct at higher ones as long as any land-surface remained uncovered by ice.

Haynes has systematically and patiently uncovered the remains of the great temple of El-lil, removing layer after layer of debris and cutting sections in the ruins down to the virgin soil.

This fact, together with the extraordinarily rare occurrence of such remains and meteoric particles in globigerina ooze, although there is no reason to suppose that at any one time they are unequally distributed over the ocean floor, can only be explained on the assumption that the rate of formation of the epilophic deposits through the accumulation of pelagic shells falling from the surface is rapid enough to bury the slowgathering material which remains uncovered on the spaces where the red clay is forming at an almost infinitely slower rate.

Here Halleek's orders bade him cover both Washington and Aquia Creek (whence the Army of the Potomac was to join him), orders almost impossible of execution, as any serious change of position necessarily uncovered one of these lines.

With the increasing price of copper, it is coming into vogue as an electrical conductor for uncovered mains; it is found that an aluminium wire 0.126 in.

Raspberries, grape vines, &c., that have been laid down may now be uncovered and tied up to stakes or trellises, and all new plantations of these and other fruits may now be made.

The banking law was designed tc reduce this circulation of notes; 19,250,000 was fixed as an aggre gate maximum of uncovered notes of t,he banks.

The greater part of the sanctuary was left uncovered, as best befitted a dwelling-place of the sun.

Owing to an error in the transmission of an order the Alpine troops who were holding the positions of Cima Undici and Cima Dodici retired before the Austrians attacked, and uncovered the flank of the division, while on the same day (May 25) the attacking forces succeeded in occupying the important position of Corno di Campo Verde (6,815 ft.).

Towards the south, in spite of the constant extension of building, there are considerable tracts of ground uncovered, apart from public grounds.

The Emperor, surrounded by his suite of officers and courtiers, was riding a bobtailed chestnut mare, a different one from that which he had ridden at the review, and bending to one side he gracefully held a gold lorgnette to his eyes and looked at a soldier who lay prone, with blood on his uncovered head.

Sleep baby on his back, with his face uncovered.

The hemispheres are rather elongated and subcylindrical, the olfactory lobes are large and project freely in front of the' hemispheres, and the greater part of the cerebellum is uncovered.

Ulrik slowly uncovered a cynical plot that involves the country's incumbent prime minister.

Iraqi security forces uncovered the conspiracy and arrested the participants.

In the end, gently sifting away the excess, I uncovered another beautiful blackened denarius.

Bones will reveal life of dodo - 26/06/2006 Well-preserved bones of the extinct flightless dodo bird are uncovered in Mauritius.

Egyptology exhibition records the explorations of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who, with Egyptologist Howard Carter, uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

The listing should include records of skeletal material uncovered by excavation and subsequently re-buried on the site.

In South Carolina she uncovered flaws in the state's forensic crime lab and exposed dangerous practices in funeral homes.

Continue to cook the gammon, uncovered for 30 minutes.

A BBC program uncovered dodgy goings-on in the world of debt collection.

The raid uncovered one stun-gun, one tear-gas canister and one imitation handgun that fired blanks.

On landing, lay them in the landing net on an unhooking mat, never on uncovered hard ground.

It was not long until the dogs uncovered the minstrel on the banks of the Tyne and tore him to pieces.

Marshall had uncovered a paper trail that was leading him closer and closer to Johnson himself.

Many carved stones from the temple pediment where uncovered during the building process.

They also help deter pests from food scraps, and neighbors often appreciate not having to look at an ugly, uncovered pile.

In addition dead pigeons in uncovered water tanks can contaminate the water supply.

All the things you have uncovered here point at a crust slippage.

Sunscreen sun protection factors (SPF) are measured by timing how long skin covered with sunscreen sun protection factors (SPF) are measured by timing how long skin covered with sunscreen takes to burn compared to uncovered skin.

University of Sheffield archeologists have uncovered a 7,700-year-old human thighbone, which has provided new evidence about the diet of ancient people.

Set in the wall of the adjacent almshouses is the carved tympanum of the church which was uncovered during the excavation.

Our intelligence services gradually uncovered this network's reach, and identified its key experts and agents and money men.

I remained undercover in GMP until August 2003 when I was arrested, when my true identity was uncovered.

Once uncovered, they are extremely venerable to looting, destruction by the elements and worms.

Uncovered Sale Selling an option without possessing the wherewithal to meet the obligations implicit in that sale.

Sunscreen sun protection factors (SPF) are measured by timing how long skin covered with sunscreen takes to burn compared to uncovered skin.

My husband was thrilled to have uncovered the Scottish mystery of his family tree at long last.

Forgotten for more than 1,600 years, the once-thriving trade center of Pompeii has been successfully uncovered by archeologists.

Dependant on level of the shoreline they colonize, they need also to be tolerant to desiccation when uncovered by the tide.

The sequence was uncovered by excavation by Exeter Archeology in 1976-8.

Each layer, structure or deposit uncovered during an excavation is called a ' context ' and given a unique context number.