CToad7 ALT's definitions

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

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

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

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If you found this, you deserve a pat on the back.

"sqwaferdhtygkuijñopl"

by CToad7 ALT March 14, 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

amino acid

(plural: amino acids)

1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.

2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom, and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.

For definition 1: "Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups."

For definition 2: "These amino acids are the building blocks of protein."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

carboxymethylcellulose

(plural: carboxymethylcelluloses)

(alternative form: carboxymethyl cellulose)

A cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It used to be marketed under the name Tylose, a registered trademark of SE Tylose.

"NPB304 was suspended in a 0.5% solution of carboxymethylcellulose."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023