term
word or phrase from a specialized area of knowledge
Gunpowder empires
Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires from the 16th to 18th centuries
hypsography
a representation or description of the earth's topologic features above sea level, as on a map
pearly gates
informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations
In the name of the rainbow god
In the name of the rainbow god is one of the phrases that became widespread and even became a symbol of protest during the nationwide protests of 1401 in Iran and after the attack on the Izeh market
speculative fiction
definition of the term (from the perspective of those countries where fantastic fiction is the main term)
Lazy girl job
slang term for an easy but highly paid job
stochastic parrot
metaphor to describe the theory that large language models, though able to generate plausible language, do not understand the meaning of the language they process
Land of Israel
name for an area of the Southern Levant
ecological niche
fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
road slipperiness
low skid resistance due to insufficient road friction
salvation
being saved or protected from harm
Shared Source
term covering some of Microsoft's legal mechanisms for software source code distribution
year-ending
12-month period ending on a given month; e.g. year ending July 2006 is the period August 2005 – July 2006
texture
distribution of crystallographic orientations of a polycrystalline sample
Retina Display
brand name for high resolution displays featured in several products from Apple Inc.
value chain
functions of a company affecting its costs and quality and give it a competitive advantage
mental lexicon
mental dictionary containing meaning, pronunciation and syntactic characteristics of words
epode
a type of lyric poetry
newbie
slang term for a novice or newcomer
global village
effect of [alter-]globalisation on metaphorical distance
Wehrmacht waves of mobilization
German system of mobilization in 1939–1945
europeanisation
adoption/spread of European styles and norms
sequence motif
nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance. For proteins, a sequence motif is distinguished from a structural motif
chosen people
religious term
trailing edge
aviation term
Cartesian theater
Philosophical term denoting the supposed terminus between mind and body
succession of states
process of transferring roles and responsibilities as states and their boundaries change
Chakravartin
ancient Indian term used to refer to an ideal universal ruler
balk
Illegal pitching action in baseball
Zang-fu
organ entities stipulated by Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ruthenia
medieval name of Rus'
desideratum
something that is desirable
sabra
a native-born Israeli Jew
term of endearment
phrase expressing affection
fuller
groove in the flat side of a blade
martial race
military social classification used during the British Raj era
unchurched
term used to describe Christians not connected with any church
climbing rock
individual rock formation, rock face or rock group on which climbing is permitted
Radical Reformation
Anabaptist movement concurrent with the Protestant Reformation
consumption
economic term
Latitudinarian
term referring to some Anglican theologians
live act
type of music performance
True Vine
biblical term of Jesus as the true vine
Fount of honour
courtsmanship, honary of judicial outcome
Grinder unit
device for comminution of materials in mills
prime example
particularly suitable or well-known example
product life-cycle
a period of time of a product being from inception, through engineering design and manufacture, to service and disposal
syncretism
in linguistics, a phenomenon in which functionally distinct occurrences of a single lexeme are identical in form; e.g. in English, nominative and accusative forms of “you” coincide