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Posted By: wwh eulittoral - 01/26/03 06:17 PM
Eulittoral = "good shore" = intertidal zone favorable to life
"The territorial gardening limpet, Patella cochlear, also known as the pear limpet, dominates the lower
eulittoral zone along with its principle prey, the encrusting coralline alga, Spongites yendoi (the greyish encrustations).Patella cochlear territories are known to touch but appear not to overlap as indicated by
narrow strips (A) ungrazed by P.cochlear.

Posted By: wwh Re: exeunt - 01/26/03 06:18 PM
Latin, stage directions = 'they go out."

Posted By: wwh Re: exfoliative - 01/26/03 06:21 PM
exfoliate
vt., vi.
3at#ed, 3at#ing 5< LL exfoliatus, pp. of exfoliare, to strip of leaves < L ex3, out + folium, a leaf: see FOIL26 to cast or come off in flakes, scales, or layers, as skin, bark, rock, etc.
exfoliation
n.
ex[fo4li[a#tive
adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: existentialism - 01/26/03 06:25 PM
existentialism
n.
5Fr existentialisme < existenciel6 a philosophical and literary movement, variously religious and atheistic, stemming from Kierkegaard and represented by Sartre, Heidegger, etc.: it is based on the doctrine that concrete, individual existence takes precedence over abstract, conceptual essence and holds that human beings are totally free and responsible for their acts and that this responsibility is the source of their feelings of dread and anguish
ex#is[ten4tial[ist
adj., n.


Posted By: wwh Re:exostosis - 01/26/03 06:30 PM
exostosis
n.,
pl. 3ses# 73scz#8 5ModL < Gr exostbsis < ex3, outside + osteon, a bone: see OSTEO36 an abnormal bony growth on the surface of a bone or tooth

Very common as spurs on heel bone, or in hip joint. Can be quite painful.

Posted By: wwh Re: expatiate - 01/26/03 06:31 PM
expatiate
vi.
3at#ed, 3at#ing 5< L expatiatus, pp. of expatiari, exspatiari, to go out of one‘s course, wander < ex3, out + spatiari, to walk, roam < spatium, SPACE6
1 orig., to roam or wander freely
2 to speak or write in great detail; elaborate or enlarge (on or upon)
ex[pa#ti[a4tion
n.


Posted By: wwh Re:explanans - 01/26/03 06:34 PM
Explanandum is the thing to be explained; explanans is the thing doing the explaining.

Posted By: wwh Re: extirpate - 01/26/03 06:36 PM
extirpate
vt.
3pat#ed, 3pat#ing 5< L extirpatus, pp. of extirpare, exstirpare, to root out < ex3, out + stirps, lower part of a tree, root < IE base *ster3, stiff > STARE, STARVE, STARK6
1 to pull up by the roots; root out
2 to destroy or remove completely; exterminate; abolish
—SYN EXTERMINATE
ex#tir[pa4tion
n.
ex4tir[pa#tive
adj.


Posted By: wwh Re:extrorse - 01/26/03 06:38 PM
extrorse
adj.
5Fr < LL extrorsus < L extra, outside + versus, pp. of vertere, to turn: see VERSE6 Bot. turned outward or away from the axis of growth: opposed to INTRORSE
ex[trorse$ly
adv.


Posted By: wwh Re: exurb, exurbia - 01/26/03 06:43 PM
exurb
n.
5EX31 + (SUB)URB: coined (1955) by A. C. Spectorsky (1910-72), U.S. author and editor6 a region, generally semirural, beyond the suburbs of a city, inhabited largely


Posted By: wwh Re: eyeleteer - 01/26/03 06:44 PM
yeleteer [alt]
n. a small bodkin or other pointed tool for making eyelet holes.

Posted By: wwh Re: fabian - 01/26/03 06:46 PM
Fabian
adj.
5L Fabianus, of Fabius: see FABIUS6
>1 using a cautious strategy of delay and avoidance of battle
2 of the Fabian Society
n.
a member of the Fabian Society
Fa4bi[an[ism#
n.


Posted By: consuelo Re: exurb, exurbia - 01/26/03 10:16 PM
In reply to:

a region, generally semirural, beyond the suburbs of a city, inhabited largely


(emphasis mine)
Hmmmmm. That mean they grow 'em big out in the exurbs?

Posted By: wwh Re: exurb, exurbia - 01/26/03 10:48 PM
Dear Consuelo: If you have a million dollar manison, you inhabit it largely/

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