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a line of track providing a runway for wheels

Scientific agriculture refers to the application of modern techniques, principles, and methodologies derived from sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, and technology to farming practices. It enhances farming efficiency, productivity, and sustainability, ensuring increased food supply, soil preservation, and environmental balance. This approach involves the use of genetically modified organisms, bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, improved crop varieties, advanced farming systems, and precision agriculture.

A false vampire bat is a type of bat from the family Megadermatidae, often referred to as false vampires because they were mistakenly believed to suck blood, similar to vampire bats. In actuality, these bats are insectivorous or carnivorous, feeding on a diet that can include insects, small birds, rodents, and even other bats. False vampire bats are found in many tropical and subtropical regions around the world. They are characterized by their large size, big eyes, and long ears.

An open circuit is a type of electrical circuit in which the path that the electrons follow is broken or interrupted, resulting in a stop or incomplete flow of electrical current. This condition can be caused by various factors, such as a disconnected wire, a blown fuse, a switch being open or off, or any other physical barrier preventing the current from flowing.

preterite smote; participle pass. smit, smitten.

small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids

a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing

a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

in a slowly developing and long lasting manner

type genus of the Sittidae

a fortified town in Transcaucasia, situated 30 m. NE. of Mount Ararat on an elevated plateau; was ceded to Russia in 1828 by Persia.

Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. The term has its origin in the Ancient Greek word διδακτικός, related to education and teaching, and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.
Didactic art was meant both to entertain and to instruct. Didactic plays, for instance, were intended to convey a moral theme or other rich truth to the audience. An example of didactic writing is Alexander Popes An Essay on Criticism, which offers a range of advice about critics and criticism. An example of didactism in music is the chant Ut queant laxis, which was used by Guido of Arezzo to teach solfege syllables.
Around the 19th century the term didactic came to also be used as a criticism for work that appears to be overly burdened with instructive, factual, or otherwise educational information, to the detriment of the enjoyment of the reader. Edgar Allan Poe even called didacticism the worst of heresies in his essay The Poetic Principle.

An eating disorder that occurs when an individual has both anorexia and bulimia.

Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 11,000 years ago to the present; the age of man.

bōn′us, n. a premium beyond the usual interest for a loan: an extra dividend to shareholders: an extra gratuity paid to workmen: a douceur or bribe. [L. bonus, good.]

A muleteer is a person who transports goods, drives, or takes care of mules or other pack animals, particularly in mountainous areas.

insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Undulatory theory, also known as wave theory, is a fundamental concept within the field of physics that suggests certain physical phenomena such as light or sound propagate through space in the form of waves. The wave or undulating movement is typically characterized by oscillation or vibration about a fixed point with transference of energy from one point to another. This theory contrasts with the corpuscular theory which sees light, for example, as being composed of particles.

someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)