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- noun Plural form of
headwall .
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Examples
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On the mountain are patches of obstacles: icefalls, awkward traverses, headwalls, stretches subject to avalanches and falling rock.
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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Snow in the Scottish Highlands usually hangs around on the mountains until May or June, especially on east- or north-facing slopes and headwalls.
The Grey Corries Carla 2008
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It seems to me that the length of a glacier is a function of precipitation at the headwalls and not temperature.
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Number of other highway projects constructed, 1; improved, 12; repaired, 4; headwalls constructed, 211.
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Federal agencies 'complicated task: Implementing health reform provisions Oral Health America announces support for dental care benefits in health care reform bill Republicans prepare political health reform attack on defiant Obama Demand from uninsured Georgia residents medical for services at Saturday's free health clinic Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for clinical headwalls It's over: Congress completes work on health overhaul with approval of' fixes '
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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University neurologists launch multiple sclerosis research study Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for clinical headwalls >
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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"This is a total replacement of the existing culvert with the installation of a new precast concrete culvert, guardrails, headwalls and wing walls."
Latest News 2010
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Federal agencies 'complicated task: Implementing health reform provisions Oral Health America announces support for dental care benefits in health care reform bill Republicans prepare political health reform attack on defiant Obama Demand from uninsured Georgia residents medical for services at Saturday's free health clinic Premier Purchasing Partners announces new agreements for clinical headwalls It's over: Congress completes work on health overhaul with approval of' fixes '
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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"This is a total replacement of the existing culvert with the installation of a new precast concrete culvert, guardrails, headwalls and wing walls."
Latest News 2010
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Between the lakes, the trail passes by several waterfalls roaring down glacial headwalls.
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