Salt+moderately
1Salt Pan Cove, New South Wales — Salt Pan Cove is located on the eastern foreshores of Pittwater in Newport. The area can be accessed via Prince Alfred Parade leading south down to the creek and cove via log timber steps. Geography The parent geology is made up of the shales and …
2Grain of salt — (With) a grain of salt, in modern English, is an idiom which means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally.[1] It derives from the Latin phrase, (cum) grano salis. Since in Italy to have salt in your pumpkin (avere sale in… …
3Rochelle salt — Chem., Pharm. a colorless or white, water soluble solid, KNaC4H4O6·4H2O, used in silvering mirrors, in the manufacture of Seidlitz powders and baking powder, and in medicine as a laxative. Also called potassium sodium tartrate. [1745 55; after LA …
4corn — I. n. 1. Cereal grain. 2. Maize, Indian corn. 3. Horny excrescence. II. v. a. 1. Salt moderately, sprinkle with salt. 2. [U. S., Scotch, and provincial.] Intoxicate, fuddle, muddle, inebriate, make drunk, make tipsy …
5India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
6oxyacid — /ok see as id/, n. Chem. an inorganic acid containing oxygen. Also called oxygen acid. [1830 40; OXY 2 + ACID] * * * ▪ chemical compound Introduction any oxygen containing acid. Most covalent nonmetallic oxides (oxide) react with water to… …
7charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the… …
8perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …
9Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
10Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …
