Bed Load
Solid particles, like the pebbles in a stream, that are carried along by flowing water.
Titbits
The British spelling for the word “tidbits.” Tit-Bits was the name of of a British weekly magazine published from 1881 to 1984.
Loose Smutt
A fungus that attacks wheat crops.
Oxpecker
A small bird native to sub-Saharan Africa. Also known as tick birds, they eat parasites that infest the hides of livestock.
Dick Test
If your doctor suspects you have scarlet fever, you may be given this diagnostic test invented by Dr. George Dick and his wife Gladys in 1924.
Vaginicola
A singled-celled organism found in pond water.
Crack Spread
The difference in value between unrefined crude oil and the products that can be made by refining, or “cracking” the oil.
F-holes
The f-shaped sound holes cut into the front of violins, cellos, and other stringed instruments.
Rump Party
In British politics, when one faction of a political party breaks away to merge with or form a new party, the faction left behind is known as the “rump party.”
Urinator
A person who dives underwater in search of pearls, sunken treasure, or other riches.
Spermophile
A genus, or grouping of more than 20 species of ground squirrel.
Crap Mats
The name of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
Fucoid
An adjective that means “having to do with seaweed.”
Fucose
A type of sugar found in human breast milk and in seaweed.
Titubate
To stumble, either in step or in speech.
Dickcissel
A species of finch native to the U.S.
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Solid particles, like the pebbles in a stream, that are carried along by flowing water.
Titbits
The British spelling for the word “tidbits.” Tit-Bits was the name of of a British weekly magazine published from 1881 to 1984.
Loose Smutt
A fungus that attacks wheat crops.
Oxpecker
A small bird native to sub-Saharan Africa. Also known as tick birds, they eat parasites that infest the hides of livestock.
Dick Test
If your doctor suspects you have scarlet fever, you may be given this diagnostic test invented by Dr. George Dick and his wife Gladys in 1924.
Vaginicola
A singled-celled organism found in pond water.
Crack Spread
The difference in value between unrefined crude oil and the products that can be made by refining, or “cracking” the oil.
F-holes
The f-shaped sound holes cut into the front of violins, cellos, and other stringed instruments.
Rump Party
In British politics, when one faction of a political party breaks away to merge with or form a new party, the faction left behind is known as the “rump party.”
Urinator
A person who dives underwater in search of pearls, sunken treasure, or other riches.
Spermophile
A genus, or grouping of more than 20 species of ground squirrel.
Crap Mats
The name of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
Fucoid
An adjective that means “having to do with seaweed.”
Fucose
A type of sugar found in human breast milk and in seaweed.
Titubate
To stumble, either in step or in speech.
Dickcissel
A species of finch native to the U.S.
TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
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