Balmain bug
noun
a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
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balmed modifier Intoxicated with alcohol Historical Examples This, he said, balmed his stomach, and kept him from having any inward pains. The History of Signboards Jacob Larwood I want to go, and to give them soup and comforts and cigarettes, but just ten days’ illness and idleness have “balmed my soul.” My War Experiences in […]
- Balmer
noun Johann Jakob. 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered (1885) a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series) Contemporary Examples After all, he may look like a Montana Republican, talk like a Montana Republican but he sounds like someone from “balmer, Merlin.” Best Maryland Accent Ever In Montana […]
- Balmer series
a series of lines in the visible spectrum of hydrogen. noun a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum, discovered by Johann Jakob Balmer (1825–98) in 1885
- Balmy
mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather. having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves. producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub. Informal. crazy; foolish; eccentric. Contemporary Examples The surprisingly boring movie Contagion, has arrived, signaling the end of balmy youth for the field of infectious diseases. The Distorted Science of Contagion Kent Sepkowitz […]
- Balminess
mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather. having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves. producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub. Informal. crazy; foolish; eccentric. Historical Examples In this tranquil town, almost voluptuous in its richness of colour and balminess of atmosphere, you lose yourself in laziness. Brittany Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes […]