uttam maharjan's definitions

space mining

the activities relating to extracting minerals and metals from asteroids, comets or other heavenly bodies in space.

Space mining can replenish the depleted minerals and metals on earth.

by uttam maharjan October 12, 2011

rhodology

the scientific study of roses, including their taxonomy.

I am not a student of botany and so I am not interested in rhodology.

by uttam maharjan October 1, 2010

portmantomania

obsession with coining portmanteau words.

Are Urban Dictionary authors gripped by portmantomania?

by uttam maharjan October 10, 2011

vark

short for aardvark (a piglike animal of African origin belonging to the order Tubulidentata).

Varks are anteaters.

by uttam maharjan August 11, 2010

gandriform

resembling a gander in shape or appearance.

The duck is gandriform.

by uttam maharjan November 3, 2013

thalassarch

a person or nation that has sea supremacy.

Is the USA a thalassarch?

by uttam maharjan September 12, 2010

halitometer

an instrument for measuring the amount of alcohol in the breath of a person, especially a driver.

The halitometer showed a high concentration of alcohol n the breath of the driver and so he was given a ticket.

by uttam maharjan December 6, 2010