Myrmecology

 Myrmecology (/mɜːrmɪˈkɒlədʒi/; from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, "ant" and λόγος, logos, "study") is a branch of entomology focusing on the scientific study of ants. 

 

compendia

 A compendium (plural: compendia) is a concise collection of information pertaining to a body of knowledge. A compendium may summarize a larger work. In most cases, the body of knowledge will concern a specific field of human interest or endeavour (for example: hydrogeology, logology, ichthyology, phytosociology or myrmecology), while a general encyclopedia can be referred to as a compendium of all human knowledge.

holophrasis

 In the study of language acquisition, holophrasis is the prelinguistic use of a single word to express a complex idea. A holophrase may resemble an interjection, but whereas an interjection is linguistic, and has a specific grammatical function, a holophrase is simply a vocalization memorized by rote and used without grammatical intent. 

Toddlers pass through a holophrastic stage early in life, during which they are able to communicate complex ideas using only single words and simple fixed expressions. As an example, the word "food" might be used to mean "Give me food" and the word "up" could convey "Pick me up". 

 

 

 omnibology

the study of buses and / or public transport

callosity

 

A callosity is another name for callus, a piece of skin that has become thickened as a result of repeated contact and friction. 

In whales, the term callosity refers to the rough, calcified skin patches found on the heads of the three species of right whales.

 

churlish

churlish

Rude, surly, ungracious. [from late 14th c.] 

Peristalsis

 Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction. Peristalsis is progression of coordinated contraction of involuntary circular muscles, which is preceded by a simultaneous contraction of the longitudinal muscle and relaxation of the circular muscle in the lining of the gut.

 

rumbustious

 rumbustious

 noisy, energetic, and rough

 

scupper

A scupper is an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling within the bulwark or gunwales of a vessel, or within the curbing or walls of a building. 

There are two main kinds of scuppers:

1. Ships have scuppers at deck level, to allow for ocean or rainwater drain-off.
2. Buildings with railed rooftops may have scuppers to let rainwater drain instead of pooling within the railing. Scuppers can also be placed in a parapet, for the same purpose.

 

 

 

aporia

 In philosophy, an aporia (Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ, romanized: aporíā, lit. 'literally: "lacking passage", also: "impasse", "difficulty in passage", "puzzlement"') is a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In rhetoric, it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and often feigned.

commit

 In computer science and data management, a commit is the making of a set of tentative changes permanent, marking the end of a transaction and providing Durability to ACID transactions. A commit is an act of committing. The record of commits is called the commit log.

sillage

 

solivagant

 

tsundoku

 

psithurism

 

apodyopsis

 

Thunderplump

 A sudden downpour with lightning.

stresslaxing

 

Transpontine

 Transpontine: on the far side of a bridge

Dilettante

 

Dilettante or dilettantes may refer to:

• An amateur, someone with a non-professional interest
• A layperson, someone without formal qualifications within a specific field

pontology

 Pontology:

The study of bridges 

heterodyne

 A heterodyne is a signal frequency that is created by combining or mixing two other frequencies using a signal processing technique called heterodyning, which was invented by Canadian inventor-engineer Reginald Fessenden. Heterodyning is used to shift one frequency range into another, new frequency range, and is also involved in the processes of modulation and demodulation. The two input frequencies are combined in a nonlinear signal-processing device such as a vacuum tube, transistor, or diode, usually called a mixer.

A superheterodyne receiver, often shortened to superhet, is a type of radio receiver that uses frequency mixing to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) which can be more conveniently processed than the original carrier frequency.

 

Sforzando

 

• Sforzando (musical direction), in musical notation to play a note with sudden, strong emphasis

 

vellichor

 

arborator

 

Noun

arborator (plural arborators)

A person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees

 

chaperonin

 HSP60, also known as chaperonins (Cpn), is a family of heat shock proteins originally sorted by their 60kDa molecular mass. They prevent misfolding of proteins during stressful situations such as high heat, by assisting protein folding. HSP60 belong to a large class of molecules that assist protein folding, called molecular chaperones.

 

disincentivize

 disincentivize (third-person singular simple present disincentivizes, present participle disincentivizing, simple past and past participle disincentivized)

1. (transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.

nugatory

 nugatory (comparative more nugatory, superlative most nugatory)

1. Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
1. Ineffective, invalid or futile.
2. (law) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual.
3. (computing) Removable from a computer program with safety, but harmless if retained.

Borrowed from Latin nūgātōrius

sequela

 A sequela (UK: /sɪˈkwiːlə/, US: /sɪˈkwɛlə/; usually used in the plural, sequelae /-iː/) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, therapy, or other trauma. Derived from the Latin word, meaning “sequel”, it is used in the medical field to mean a complication or condition following a prior illness or disease.

 

banger

 

banger (plural bangers)

1. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
   1. (Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
   2. (sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.

1. 2. Coordinate terms: bang, gangbang, gangbanger

   3. (automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.

      Synonyms: bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket; see also Thesaurus:old car

   4. (US, automotive, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.

      He drives a little four-banger to work.

   5. (curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
   6. (curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
2. (Britain, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
3. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.

   Synonym: (Australia) snag

   bangers and mash

4. (US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
5. (Britain, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
6. (slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.