The grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints when two rough surfaces in the human body come into contact; sound and senseation produced in soft tissues when gas is introduced into an area where it normally isn't present; the crackling wheezing sounds produced by lung conditions; the noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.
The common rain smell is a gas called petrichor. Volatiles evaporate from plants and are absorbed by rocks, concrete etc. When the rain hits the rock, the volatiles are released into the atmosphere and you smell it.
A freshwater aquifer below a tropical ocean island; rainwater percolates through the island and floats above the surrounding seawater; this groundwater forms a root shape beneath the island, usually 40 times as thick as below sea level as above.
Pertaining to substances (organic matter from plankton), materials, or organisms originating within a particular waterway or lake and remaining in that waterway.
Comments by joannasephine
joannasephine commented on the word imbecile
And apparently there's a number: having an IQ of between 25 and 50.
(So worse than a moron.)
July 1, 2009
joannasephine commented on the word moron
Apparently there's a technical definition: a person with an IQ between 50 and 70.
July 1, 2009
joannasephine commented on the word tasmanaut
An Australian living in New Zealand, or a New Zealander living in Australia; a person of either country with strong links to both.
April 30, 2009
joannasephine commented on the word gambrel
also the crossbar that a carcass is hung from when butchering
October 15, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word falu
origin? meaning?
October 15, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word formication
how disturbing that there's a word for it ...
April 3, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word borborygmus
A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. Plural "borborygmi"
April 3, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word crepitus
The grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints when two rough surfaces in the human body come into contact; sound and senseation produced in soft tissues when gas is introduced into an area where it normally isn't present; the crackling wheezing sounds produced by lung conditions; the noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.
April 3, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word petrichor
The common rain smell is a gas called petrichor. Volatiles evaporate from plants and are absorbed by rocks, concrete etc. When the rain hits the rock, the volatiles are released into the atmosphere and you smell it.
April 3, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word potamic
adj: of or pertaining to rivers
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word ghyben-herzberg lens
A freshwater aquifer below a tropical ocean island; rainwater percolates through the island and floats above the surrounding seawater; this groundwater forms a root shape beneath the island, usually 40 times as thick as below sea level as above.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word thalweg
subsurface, groundwater stream percolating beneath and in the general direction of a surface stream; lowest thread along the axial part of a valley.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word riffle
shallow rapids in an open stream
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word nappe
(noun) 1. A sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure.
2. (Geology) A large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved far from its original position.
3. (Mathematics) Either of the two parts into which a cone is divided by the vertex.
French, tablecloth, nappe, from Old French, tablecloth, from Latin mappa, napkin
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word fluvial
of or pertaining to rivers and streams
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word ephemeral stream
A stream that flows only in direct response to precipitation.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word allochthonous
material (e.g. organic matter and sediment) which enters a lake from atmosphere or drainage basin.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word autochthonous
Pertaining to substances (organic matter from plankton), materials, or organisms originating within a particular waterway or lake and remaining in that waterway.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word allocthonous
material (e.g. organic matter and sediment) which enters a lake from atmosphere or drainage basin.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word aedile
An elected official of ancient Rome who was responsible for public works and games and who supervised markets, the grain supply, and the water supply.
March 6, 2008
joannasephine commented on the word fluffle
The movement that birds (especially poultry) make to settle their feathers.
July 4, 2007
joannasephine commented on the word squalloop
Denotes the powerful surging movements of cephalopods.
Coined for the poem "An amorous squid to his love";
Come, my love
past the roughness
of the clams
the darkness
is ours!
the yellow eye
that glitters above
is gone – let me
lace you
in my arms,
let us
squalloop
together, deeper
ever deeper
past the sleeping whale...
poem continues, I'm afraid
July 4, 2007