• Composting Toilet

    Composting toilet is a toilet that do not use any water. This type of toilet is a dry toilet. The toilet processes the human excreta by using harsh chemicals.

  • Puir

    adjective, Scot. 1. poor. 2. pure. adjective 1. a Scot word for poor

  • Puirtith

    noun 1. (Scot) poverty

  • Puisne

    adjective 1. Law. younger; inferior in rank; junior, as in appointment. noun 2. an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice. adjective 1. (esp of a subordinate judge) of lower rank

  • Puissance

    noun, Literary. 1. power, might, or force. noun 1. a competition in showjumping that tests a horse’s ability to jump a limited number of large obstacles 2. (archaic or poetic) power

  • Apophasis

    Rhetoric. denial of one’s intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar’s avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.”. Theology. knowledge, understanding, or description of God through negative statements about qualities and characteristics that God does not possess, as “God is not […]

  • Tryparsamide

    [trih-pahr-suh-mahyd, -mid] /trɪˈpɑr səˌmaɪd, -mɪd/ noun, Pharmacology. 1. a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness. tryparsamide /trɪˈpɑːsəmaɪd/ noun 1. a synthetic crystalline compound of arsenic used in the treatment of trypanosomal and other protozoan infections. Formula: C8H10AsN2O4Na. 1/2H2O tryparsamide try·pars·a·mide […]

  • Carfax

    noun a place where principal roads or streets intersect, esp a place in a town where four roads meet Historical Examples So saying, carfax rose from his chair, quitted the room—and within another minute returned, solemnly escorting the two detectives. The Borough Treasurer Joseph Smith Fletcher And did he tell you my grandfather carfax’s dictum […]

  • Acoustic phonetics

    the branch of science dealing with the sounds of speech in terms of their frequency, duration, intensity, etc., especially as analyzed by means of instruments like the sound spectrograph and the oscillograph. Compare . a composite branch of physics and linguistics that treats sound proper as it relates to speech. the branch of phonetics dealing […]

  • Hystricomorph

    /hɪˈstraɪkəʊˌmɔːf/ noun 1. any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas adjective 2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Hystricomorpha