Aa: Apiaries

Noun

pl -aries a place where bees are kept [Latin apis bee]

apiarist n

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These buildings are bordered by the school's golf course, orchard, nursery, field crops, apiaries, dog kennels and a pasture area for livestock.

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Ww: Whelk

whelk ¹
n.

Any of various large, mostly edible marine snails of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed, spiral shell, especially Buccinum undatum, which is commonly eaten in Europe.

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[Middle English welke, whelke, from Old English weoloc; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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whelk ² (hwlk, wlk)

n.

An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule.

Context

"As well, by your honour's leave, as a hermit-crab in the shell of a whelk," said Conseil.20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules

"A whelk's chance in a supernova."
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Aa: Agribusiness

ag·ri·busi·ness (gr-bzns)

n.

Farming engaged in as a large-scale business operation embracing the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and the manufacture of farm machinery, equipment, and supplies.

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The company serves more than 2,500 agribusiness clients under its parent company, Nationwide, which also includes Allied Insurance.

Farmland Insurance and Nationwide Agribusiness, agribusiness ... by Implement & Tractor

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Aa: Aesthetics

n.

1. (used with a sing. verb)

a. The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty, as in the fine arts.

b. In Kantian philosophy, the branch of metaphysics concerned with the laws of perception.

2. (used with a sing. verb) The study of the psychological responses to beauty and artistic experiences.

3. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A conception of what is artistically valid or beautiful: minimalist aesthetics.

4. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An artistically beautiful or pleasing appearance: "They're looking for quality construction, not aesthetics" (Ron Schram).

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Of late years the Manilla rope has in the American fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as a material for whale-lines; for, though not so durable as hemp, it is stronger, and far more soft and elastic; and I will add (since there is an aesthetics in all things), is much more handsome and becoming to the boat, than hemp.Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman

Hh: Hyacinth

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n.

1.

a. A bulbous Mediterranean plant (Hyacinthus orientalis) having narrow leaves and a terminal raceme of variously colored, usually fragrant flowers, with a funnel-shaped perianth. Also called jacinth.

b. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the grape hyacinth.

2. Greek Mythology A plant, perhaps the larkspur, gladiolus, or iris, that sprang from the blood of the slain Hyacinthus.

3. A deep purplish blue to vivid violet.

4.

a. A reddish or cinnamon-colored variety of transparent zircon, used as a gemstone.

b. A blue precious stone, perhaps the sapphire, known in antiquity.

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[Latin hyacinthus, from Greek huakinthos, wild hyacinth.]

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hya·cinthine (-snthn, -thn) adj.

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And though the love of a hyacinth may be rather domestic, who can tell, the sentiment once raised, but you may in time come to love a rose?

Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane

Oo: Olfactory

adj.

Of, relating to, or contributing to the sense of smell.

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[Latin olfactrius, used to sniff at, from olfactus, past participle of olfacere, to smell : olre, to smell + facere, to do; see fact.]

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We may note the garlic and whisky on the breath of a fellow strap hanger, or the cheap perfume emanating from the person of the wondrous lady sitting in front of us, and deplore the fact of our sensitive noses; but, as a matter of fact, we cannot smell at all, our olfactory organs are practically atrophied, by comparison with the development of the sense among the beasts of the wild.Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Ee: endives

1. a. An Indian plant (Cichorium endivia) cultivated for its crown of crisp succulent leaves used in salads. Also called frisée. b. Escarole. 2. A variety of the common chicory Cichorium intybus cultivated to produce a narrow, pointed, blanched cluster of leaves used in salads. Also called Belgian endive, witloof. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin endivia, from Medieval Greek entubia, pl. diminutive of Greek entubon, perhaps from Egyptian tybi, January (because the plant grows in this month).]

endive top: Belgian bottom: curly

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effectively joins a trio of endives (curly, red and Belgian) with pears, candied walnuts and a good gorgonzola dressing; and makes crunchy tempura shrimp and rolls as an appetizer for two ($16) with crab, cucumber and avocado.

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Ss: Sepals

Noun

Bot a leaflike division of the calyx of a flower [New Latin sepalum]