CToad7 ALT's definitions

trivalve

(plural: trivalves)

Anything having three valves, especially a shell.

"There is, however, an instrument similar to these trivalve instruments in the museum at Athens."

by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023

quasi-contract

(plural: quasi-contracts)

Another name for a contract implied in law, which acts as a remedy for a dispute between two parties that don't have a contract. A quasi-contract is a legal obligation—not a traditional contract—which is decided by a judge for one party to compensate the other. Thus, a quasi-contract is a retroactive judgment to correct a circumstance in which one party acquires something at the expense of the other.

"It is not always simple to know if there is a contract, a quasi-contract or a damage award."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023

trimetasphere

(plural: trimetaspheres)

A buckminsterfullerene containing a nitrogen atom and three metal atoms. They are made from lots of carbon, a dash of nitrogen, and a pinch of metals, usually one or two from the Lanthanoid family.

"The first trimetasphere carbon nanomaterials adduct, a Diels-Alder cycloadduct of Sc3N by C80, was reported by Dorn et al. in 2002."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

civic-minded

(alternative form: civicminded)

Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.

"Town officials are hoping that some civic-minded person will volunteer to organize the parade."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

makwerekwere

(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere)

A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.

""Makwerekwere" is a slur that is mostly used in South Africa."

by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023

welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk

Yes, this is a word. It's another name for the houseleek.

"Why is there a welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk on your roof?"
"What?"

by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023

subarachnoid

Of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.

"In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023