absolute dud

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A nuclear weapon which, when launched at or emplaced on a target, fails to explode.

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dud			Three riders, including a fifty-something, cleared it, which made me feel an absolute dud. MY SHOUT; GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? THEN SAY IT HERE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Even if they were pretty bad ballets, that would still be a logistical achievement and a triumph of will, but the enviable thing about Taylor is that almost all of them are pretty good, with the absolute dud being rare enough to be a collector's item. PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY by BARNES, CLIVE / Dance Magazine Houllier had enjoyed a transfer record not unlike every other successful manager until 2002: several astute purchases that formed the backbone of his side -Sami Hyypia, Stephane Henchoz and Dietmar Hamann -blended with some absolute duds who had to be ushered into the background,players like JeanMichel Ferri and Bernard Diomede. Football: Keeping Houllier on was price that the Reds could not ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			absinth Absinthate absinthe absinthe oil Absinthial Absinthian Absinthiate Absinthiated Absinthic Absinthin absinthism Absinthium Absis Absist Absistence absit omen absolute absolute alcohol absolute altimeter absolute altitude absolute ceiling absolute configuration Absolute constant absolute convergence Absolute curvature absolute dud Absolute equation absolute filter absolute frequency absolute height absolute humidity absolute judgment absolute magnitude absolute majority absolute monarchy absolute music absolute pitch Absolute refractive index absolute scale absolute space Absolute superlative absolute temperature absolute temperature scale Absolute terms absolute threshold Absolute time absolute unit absolute value absolute viscosity absolute zero absolutely			Absolute contraindication Absolute contraindication Absolute contraindication absolute convergence absolute convergence absolute coordinate system absolute coordinates Absolute Cryogenic Radiometer Absolute curvature Absolute Customer Satisfaction Assurance Absolute Data Group Absolute Debugger Absolute Deed absolute delay absolute density absolute detection limit Absolute deviation Absolute deviation Absolute deviation Absolute Deviation from Class Median Absolute differential calculus Absolute differential calculus Absolute differential calculus Absolute differentiation Absolute discharge Absolute discharge Absolute discharge Absolute Distance Measurement Absolute Distance Meter absolute drought absolute dud absolute efficiency absolute electrometer Absolute equation Absolute error Absolute Essential Equipment Absolute ethanol Absolute ethanol Absolute ethanol Absolute Excellence in Electronic Media Absolute Executive Recruitment absolute expansion Absolute Fairness Bounds Absolute Feedback Encoder System absolute femur-head angle Absolute Fighting Championship 3 absolute filter Absolute Financial Services, Inc Absolute form of purchasing power parity Absolute frame of reference absolute frequency Absolute Frequency Keying absolute gain of an antenna Absolute geometry absolute geopotential topography absolute glaucoma absolute glaucoma absolute glaucoma Absolute Global Warming Potential

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