high-floating

bombastic; high-falutin’.

Your write-up is full of high-floating words.

by uttam maharjan October 02, 2011

maintenance therapy

treatment of a disease by using medications or using modes of therapy like physiotherapy and chemotherapy over a period of time until the disease is cured.

DOTS is a maintenance therapy for TB patients.

by uttam maharjan May 23, 2010

drilophagous

feeding on worms.

Some birds are drilophagous.

by uttam maharjan October 27, 2010

open-eye

a state of wakefulness; being awake or sleepless.

As I was under stress, I had to while away the whole night in open-eye.

by uttam maharjan June 27, 2011

night bump

(from the phrase 'things that go bump in the night') something that is unusual or strange.

I saw a night bump moving around my courtyard last night.

by uttam maharjan March 17, 2010

chroniatrics

a belief- and this is true indeed- that time will cure all anxieties, tensions and other adversities. It is based on the proverb that time is a great healer.

Do not get hypochondriac; leave it to chroniatrics.

by uttam maharjan March 17, 2010

malacite

a fossilized mollusc.

The sea bed threw open several malacites.

by uttam maharjan March 14, 2012