Throat

The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). The throat is about 5 ...

throat

Animals; Birds

The throat is similar to the human throat and is located the front of the neck. It is often called jugulum, foreneck or throat patch. Internally, it contains the main food passage ...

throat

Footwear; Childrens shoes; Womens shoes; Mens shoes; Sports shoes

The main opening of a shoe extending from the vamp to the ankle.

throat

Sports; Sailing & yachting

This is the forward upper corner of a four-sided fore and aft sail. This is where the throat halyard attaches. Really.

Dutch disease

Oil & gas; Oil

Term coined in 1977 to describe the decline of Dutch manufacturing after the discovery of natural gas fields in the country in the late Fifties. Dutch disease describes the ...

Paraguaná Refinery Complex

Oil & gas; Oil

The Paraguaná Refinery Complex is the biggest crude oil refinery complex in Venezuela. It is also considered the world's second largest refinery complex. The Paraguaná Refinery ...

motor spirit

Oil & gas; Oil

The light fuel used in spark ignition engines in cars, motorcycles, etc , often referred to as petrol or gasoline.

buy-back price

Oil & gas; Oil

The purchase price that an oil company pays to a state for oil that the company produces but which belongs to the state.

derv, derv fuel

Oil & gas; Oil

An acronym for diesel engine road vehicle fuel, a medium-light liquid fuel derived from gas oil.

dialkene

Oil & gas; Oil

An aliphatic compound containing two double carbon-to-carbon bonds in its molecules.

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Dongguan

Dongguan (Chinese: 东莞; pinyin: Dōngguǎn) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial ...