Salt+and+water
121Glands and hormones of the human endocrine system — ▪ Table Glands and hormones of the human endocrine system gland or tissue principal hormone function testis testosterone stimulates development of male sex organs and secondary sex characteristics, including facial hair growth and increased… …
122Water flea — is a generic term for a number of small aquatic crustacea characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming. Most are between 0.1 mm and 3 mm in length. Most commonly, they will be species of Daphnia but a number of other genera are also… …
123Salt pruning — is the process by which saline mists generated by seawater are driven ashore by winds to alter the shape of trees or shrubs over considerable times throughout the growth cycle of the affected plant. The process of salt pruning selectively… …
124Salt tide — is a phenomenon in which the lower course of a river, with its low altitude with respect to the sea level, becomes salty when the discharge of the river is low during dry season, usually worsened by the result of astronomical high tide. The lower …
125Herero and Namaqua Genocide — The Herero and Namaqua Genocide occurred in German South West Africa (modern day Namibia) from 1904 until 1907, during the scramble for Africa. It is thought to be the first genocide of the 20th century. [cite book |title=The Holocaust:… …
126Water dog — Wa ter dog 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The menobranchus. [1913 Webster] 3. A small floating cloud,… …
127water boiler — water boiler, an atomic reactor that uses a uranyl salt in heavy water as its fuel and coolant to produce steam for electric power …
128salt lake — salt′ lake′ n. gel a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts • Etymology: 1755–65 …
