Hey--pour me a drink\! I worked up quite a thirst digging out from my work avalanche to get to happy hour.
Urban English dictionary. 2013.
Avalanche transceiver — Avalanche transceivers are a class of radio transceivers specialized to the purpose of finding people or equipment buried under snow. They are variously called ARVAs (Appareil de Recherche de Victimes en Avalanche, in French), avalanche beacons… … Wikipedia
Avalanche transistor — An Avalanche Transistor is a bipolar junction transistor designed for operation in the region of its collector current/collector to emitter voltage characteristics beyond the collector to emitter breakdown voltage, called avalanche breakdown… … Wikipedia
Avalanche — This article refers to the natural event. For other uses, see Avalanche (disambiguation) An avalanche is an abrupt and rapid flow of snow, often mixed with air and water, down a mountainside. Avalanches are among the biggest dangers in the… … Wikipedia
avalanche — /av euh lanch , lahnch /, n., v., avalanched, avalanching. n. 1. a large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward. 2. anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity: an… … Universalium
Avalanche (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Avalanche real name=Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis [Marvel Atlas #1] species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men #141 (January, 1981) creators=Chris Claremont… … Wikipedia
Avalanche (Matthew Good album) — Infobox Album | Name = Avalanche Type = Album Artist = Matthew Good Released = March 4, 2003 Recorded = Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada except track 2 at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Genre =… … Wikipedia
avalanche — n. & v. n. 1 a mass of snow and ice, tumbling rapidly down a mountain. 2 a sudden appearance or arrival of anything in large quantities (faced with an avalanche of work). v. 1 intr. descend like an avalanche. 2 tr. carry down like an avalanche.… … Useful english dictionary
Colorado Avalanche — 2011–12 Colorado Avalanche season Conference … Wikipedia
Single-Photon Avalanche Diode — In optoelectronics the term Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD)(also know as a Geiger mode APD or G APD) identifies a class of solid state photodetectors based on a reverse biased p n junction in which a photo generated carrier can trigger an… … Wikipedia
I Am the Avalanche — Infobox musical artist Name = I Am the Avalanche Img capt = Img size = 300 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Merrick, New York, USA Genre = Indie rock Years active = 2004 ndash;present Label = Drive Thru Records Associated… … Wikipedia
Wellington, Washington avalanche — The Wellington avalanche was the worst avalanche, measured in terms of lives lost, in the history of the United States.For nine days at the end of February 1910, the little town of Wellington, Washington was assailed by a terrible blizzard.… … Wikipedia
