A defense against drought. (Stateline).Wrung wrung v. Past tense and past participle of wring. wrung Verb the past of wring wrung wring out by four years of drought drought, abnormally long period of insufficient rainfall. Drought cannot be defined in terms of inches of rainfall or number of days without rain, since it is determined by such variable factors as the distribution in time and area of precipitation during and before , the latest California environmental mandate requires water efficiency in clothes washers, a first in the country. The new law requires old, thirsty thirst·y adj. thirst·i·er, thirst·i·est 1. Desiring to drink. 2. Arid; parched: thirsty fields. 3. Craving something: thirsty for news. washers to be replaced with efficient ones by 2007. Supporters of the new law say the state could save about 1 billion gallons of water annually. And because less water is used, less gas and electricity is needed to heat that water. Washington and Texas also have tightened washing machine (storage) washing machine - An old-style 14-inch hard disk in a floor-standing cabinet. So called because of the size of the cabinet and the "top-loading" access to the media packs - and, of course, they were always set on "spin cycle". standards. |
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