How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… … Wikipedia
Examples of the motif of harmful sensation in fiction — This is a chronological list of examples of the motif of harmful sensation in modern fiction. Before 1901*In Stendhal s 1817 Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio , the eponymous Stendhal syndrome is outlined. *Edgar Allan Poe s… … Wikipedia
trace elements — chemical elements that are distributed throughout the tissues in very small amounts and are essential in nutrition, such as cobalt, copper, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and zinc; for optimal bioavailability they must be in a balanced mixture,… … Medical dictionary
bromine — Symbol: Br Atomic number: 35 Atomic weight: 79.909 Halogen element. Red volatile liquid at room temperature. Its reactivity is somewhere between chlorine and iodine. Harmful to human tissue in a liquid state, the vapour irritates eyes and throat … Elements of periodic system
Timeline of the Great Purge — The Great Purge of 1936 1938 can be roughly divided into four periods [http://www.memo.ru/history/y1937/hronika1936 1939/xronika.html N.G. Okhotin, A.B. Roginsky Great Terror : Brief Chronology] Memorial, 2007] :;October 1936 February 1937:… … Wikipedia
Nazino affair — Map of the Nazino area The Nazino affair was the mass deportation of 6,000 people, 4,000 of whom died, on Nazino Island (Russian: Остров Назино) in the Soviet Union in 1933. The small, isolated Western Siberian island is located about 800 km… … Wikipedia
Great Purge — ( ru. Большая чистка, transliterated Bolshaya chistka ) was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin in 1937 1938. Orlando Figes The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin s… … Wikipedia
phagocyte — n. leucocyte destroying harmful bacteria, etc. ♦ phagocytic, a. ♦ phagocytosis, n. destruction of harmful elements by phagocytes … Dictionary of difficult words
leach — I. variant of leech II. verb Etymology: leach vessel through which water is passed to extract lye Date: 1796 transitive verb 1. to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid < leach out alkali from ashes > 2. to subject to the action of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Microvillus — Enterocytes with microvilli Code TH H1.00.01.1.01011 Micro … Wikipedia
