British Indian Ocean Territory

An Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands (many very small) amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.

"The only inhabitants in British Indian Ocean Territory are British and United States military personnel, and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000 as of 2018."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

ni-Vanuatu

A native or inhabitant of Vanuatu.

"Long-term Santo resident, New Zealand-born Russell drives us through the plateau's back roads, introducing us to his ni-Vanuatu friends."

by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023

caramelaphobia

(alternative forrms: karamelaphobia, sitophobia)

(plural: caramelaphobias)

The phobia of candy.

"Caramelaphobia is a pretty uncommon phobia."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023

megacaryocyte

(plural: megacaryocytes)

Alternative form of megakaryocyte.

"Under appropriate culture conditions, the megacaryocyte burst-forming cell can develop into 40 to 500 megacaryocytes within 1 week."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

ne'er-do-weel

(plural: ne'er-do-weels)

Alternative form of ne'er-do-well.

"She was abandoned by her ne'er-do-weel father."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

Turkmenistan

A country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the country's capital and also its largest city. The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia. It's also one of the least explored countries in the world. It declared its independence on the 27th of October, 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

"Turkmenistan recently delayed the start of China's exports of natural gas to date."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

heterofullerene

Any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom.

"Such heterofullerenes are expected to have applications in superconductivity."

by CToad7 ALT March 10, 2023