21 definitions by CToad7 ALT

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

caramelaphobia

(alternative forrms: karamelaphobia, sitophobia)

(plural: caramelaphobias)

The phobia of candy.

"Caramelaphobia is a pretty uncommon phobia."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 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

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

civicminded

Alternative form of civic-minded.

"Their city, known as the Athens of the Midwest, was civicminded, proud, and increasingly prosperous."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 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

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