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Posted By: wwh Thalassocrat - 11/29/02 07:15 PM
One who has maritime supremacy. Sounds like a useless coinage to me.

Posted By: wwh Re: nerite - 11/29/02 07:19 PM
An aorganism living in the neritic zone:
neritic
adj.
5< Gr ncritcs, a sea snail (< Nereus, prec.) + 3IC6 designating or of the ecological zone (neritic zone) of the continental shelf extending from low tide to a depth of c. 100 fathoms (c. 180 m)


Posted By: wwh Re: phaeton - 11/29/02 07:23 PM
Mention previously, but not defined. In Mythology, the son of the Sun, who drove his father's
vehicle recklessly. A late 1800s large horsedrawn vehicle, with a folding top, in early 1900s
a large chauffeur driven vehicle with similar folding top

Posted By: wwh Re: culicide - 11/29/02 07:27 PM
Possible confusion here. Sounds like it means something that kills mosquitoes, but is more
likely spelling error
culicid
adj.
5< ModL Culicidae, name of the family < L culex (gen. culicis): see CULEX6 of the mosquito family
n.
a mosquito


Posted By: wwh Re: larigo - 11/29/02 07:36 PM
A ring at each end of cinch of a Western saddle through which the straps pass.

Posted By: wwh Re:pidan - 11/29/02 07:41 PM
"Perhaps the most important method for preserving eggs is the one that produces pidan, or eggs coated on the outside. Depending
on preference, methods may be modified to produce songhuadan (pine floral eggs) or caidan (colourful eggs). The earliest known
description of an egg preservation method is that of Wang Zizhen during the Ming Dynasty about 500 years ago. Blunt and Wang
described an essentially similar method in 1918:"

Posted By: wwh Re: adiabatic - 11/29/02 07:44 PM
adiabatic 8
adj.
5< Gr adiabatos, not to be passed < a3, not + dia, through + bainein, to go: see COME6 Physics of a process that occurs without loss or gain of heat
ad#i[a[bat$i[cal[ly
adv.


Posted By: wwh Re:Bardiglio - 11/29/02 07:48 PM
Glossario - I Luoghi della Scienza in Toscana - I luoghi della Scienza in Toscana - Glossario.
Bardiglio. Varietà di marmo di colore variante dal grigio al turchino, con venature, tipico delle Alpi
Apuane. ...
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/multi/luoghi/glossari/ibaccol1.html search within this site

Posted By: wwh Re: Lebkuchen - 11/29/02 07:50 PM

Lebkuchen a German Tradition - Soft and chewy Lebkuchen from Germany. Rounds of spicy? Cake?
Cookies with added bittersweet chocolate. At the Vermont Country Store, purveyors of the practical and hard
to find since 1946.
www.shop-vermontcountrystore.com

Posted By: wwh Re: psilanthropy - 11/29/02 07:53 PM


psilanthropy

n. denial of divinity of Christ. psilanthropic, a. psilanthropism, psilanthropist, n.



Posted By: wwh Re: onomastic - 11/29/02 07:55 PM
Mentioned by Wordwind a year ago. Does anybody remember? In case not,
onomastic
adj.
5Gr onomastikos < onomazein, to name < onoma, NAME6 of or having to do with a name or names


Posted By: wwh Re: croquembouche - 11/29/02 07:57 PM
Croquebouche - Pastry cone for assemble of cream-puff balls into a croquembouche pyramid. ... Pastry
cone for assemble of cream-puff balls into a croquembouche pyramid. ...
http://www.pastryitems.com/croquebouche.htm search within this site


Posted By: wwh Re: radicchio - 11/29/02 08:06 PM



radicchio

Definition: [rah-DEE-kee-oh] This
red-leafed Italian chicory is most
often used as a salad green. There
are several varieties of radicchio, but
the two most widely available in the
United States are Verona and Treviso.
The radicchio di Verona has
burgundy-red leaves with white ribs.
It grows in a small, loose head similar to butterhead
lettuce. The leaves of radicchio di Treviso are
narrow and pointed and form tighter, more tapered
heads. They also have white ribs but can range in
color from pink to dark red. Other radicchio varieties
have variegated or speckled leaves in beautiful shades
of pink, red and green. All radicchios have tender but
firm leaves with a slightly bitter flavor. Radicchio is
available year-round, with a peak season from
midwinter to early spring. Choose heads that have
crisp, full-colored leaves with no sign of browning.
Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to a
week. Besides being used in salads, radicchio may
also be cooked by grilling, sautéing or baking.


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from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second
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Posted By: wwh Re:trophallaxis - 11/29/02 08:09 PM
This process, termed trophollaxis, spreads food throughout a colony and is
perhaps the most important behavior of an anthill society. ...

Posted By: wofahulicodoc Cookies!! - 11/30/02 09:13 PM
Lebkuchen (see six posts above if viewing in flat mode)

or, more directly, German for "things cooked with life" - zest? spicy for that reason?

Posted By: wwh Re: Cookies!! - 11/30/02 09:42 PM
Dear wofahulicodoc: My residual German is not good enough to tackle German etymology.
Maybe wsieber or belligerentyouth could answer that one.
Incidentally, I still remember "zest" from Boswell's offering some orange peel to fellow diner.

Posted By: wofahulicodoc Zest - 12/01/02 06:06 PM
The citrus rind is probably the original and concrete meaning of "zest," lending spice to an otherwise bland and uninteresting dish. (a tip o' the hat to W S Gilbert)

It is the orange part of the rind only, very thinly sliced so as to avoid the white pulpy part beneath, which is quite bitter. (Or the yellow part, if it's lemon zest.)

Posted By: Bingley Re: Thalassocrat - 12/04/02 02:21 PM
In reply to:

One who has maritime supremacy. Sounds like a useless coinage to me.


Well, thalassocracy is tolerably common as a description of the Minoan empire of ancient Crete, which is supposed to have ruled the other islands in the Aegean.

Bingley

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