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A soil type or a lichen substrate rock type that is rich in or largely composed of calcium carbonate. calceolate Shaped like a slipper. [25] calcicole A plant which thrives in calcareous soil. Also calciphile, calciphyte. Antonym: calcifuge. [25] callose Hardened; thickened; callous. callus. pl. calli. 1. A protruding mass of tissue 2.
Adam tilling the earth.. Adamah (Biblical Hebrew : אדמה) is a word, translatable as ground or earth, which occurs in the Genesis creation narrative. [1] The etymological link between the word adamah and the word adam is used to reinforce the teleological link between humankind and the ground, emphasising both the way in which man was created to cultivate the world, and how he originated ...
Soil bulk density, when determined at standardized moisture conditions, is an estimate of soil compaction. [60] Soil porosity consists of the void part of the soil volume and is occupied by gases or water. Soil consistency is the ability of soil materials to stick together. Soil temperature and colour are self-defining.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
Soil is a naturally occurring granular covering on the surface of Earth, capable of supporting life. Soil may also refer to: Potting soil, a mixture of organic and mineral materials used as an alternative to soil when growing plants in containers; Lunar soil, a similar granular covering on the Moon (though without Earth soil's organic components)
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
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In 2010, columnist Dan Koeppel ran the 200 mi (320 km) heart of the Nullarbor with a friend the same way, to vindicate Garside. [49] Garside commented in his diary, that "the key to running the Nullarbor turned out to be Australian hospitality", [49] and Koeppel concurred that "[F]rom an armchair it is completely impossible to run the Nullarbor ...