Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Titi Monkey

Titi Monkeys live in the Titi ?

Zoea

This is what a crab zoea looks like.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Apostasy

1 : renunciation of a religious faith
2 : abandonment of a previous loyalty : defection

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Ween

It is difficult for me to use the word ween in a sentence mainly because I have never seen it in a sentence. I suppose I can ween and the sentence with work it self out.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Soave

Soave is a dry white wine from the Veneto region in northeast Italy.

Kata

Kata is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practised either solo or in pairs.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Ovoli


A convex molding, in cross section a quarter of a circle or an ellipse.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Friday, September 10, 2010

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Juga


Juga is the plural of jugum, which means "an anatomical ridge or groove connecting two structures." (merriam-webster.com)

The arrow in the picture indicates the jugum (singular) on the overlapping hindwing of this moth.

Qoph





Qoph is the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Twee

The chocolate was beyond twee and turned to a flat film that disappeared.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Fantod


I have on occasions episodes of fantod. The Terot deck at the left is called the Fantod Deck.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Uraeus


The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet and here is the symbol.

Zein


Zein is a yellow powder made from corn.

Chiao


Some folks use the medication called Yin Chiao and some folks like the image of the chiao dragon.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Lyase


Lyase is a word that only a chemist would love.

Subsere

I have a difficult time putting this into a sentence, a secondary stage of ecological succession after a community is interfered with or destroyed by fire, flood, grazing, etc.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Somites


In the photo at left you can see the somites forming on an frog embryo.

Rue


Be careful around rue because it may cause a severe allergic reaction to the skin.

Indue

This computer has indued my vocabulary because it is capable of finding meanings of words on the Internet.

Erugo or Aerugo


Erugo or aerugo is the green film that forms on copper as in the Statue of Liberty.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Jaeger

Wow! We have two meanings, one is an attendant to a hunter and the other is a pestering bird that hounds other birds until they drop their catch.

Usnea


Usnea looks very similar to Spanish moss.

Vigas


Vigas is cross beam that is used in buildings. Here is a good example.