Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
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Eutrophication
When too many nutrients enter water and disrupt its ecosystem.
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rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the su…
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.Relating to non-living components of an ecosystem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The variety of life in a place or across the planet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing aw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long tim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.
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