14956. Sea

Sea : bass strait
area : 75,000 sq. km
avg. depth : 70 mts.

14957. Sobriquet

Primary name : aberdeen, scotland
Sobriquet : the granite city.

14958. Sobriquet

Primary name : africa
Sobriquet : the dark continent.

14959. Sobriquet

Primary name : amristsar, india
Sobriquet : the city of the golden temple.

14960. Sobriquet

Primary name : atlantic ocean
Sobriquet : the herring pond.

14961. Sobriquet

Primary name : australia
Sobriquet : the land of the golden fleece, the land of the kangaroo.

14962. Sobriquet

Primary name : bab-el-mandab
Sobriquet : the gate of tears.

14963. Sobriquet

Primary name : banrain
Sobriquet : island of pearls.

14964. Sobriquet

Primary name : bangalore, india
Sobriquet : the garden city of india.

14965. Sobriquet

Primary name : belgium
Sobriquet : the cockpit of europe.

14966. Sobriquet

Primary name : belgtade, yugoslavia
Sobriquet : white city.

14967. Sobriquet

Primary name : bombay, india
Sobriquet : the gateway of india.

14968. Sobriquet

Primary name : broadway, new york
Sobriquet : the great white way.

14969. Sobriquet

Primary name : burma (mayanmar)
Sobriquet : the land of the golden pagoda.

14970. Sobriquet

Primary name : calcutta, india
Sobriquet : the city of palaces.

14971. Sobriquet

Primary name : canada
Sobriquet : the land of lilies, the land of maple.

14972. Sobriquet

Primary name : chicago, usa
Sobriquet : windy city.

14973. Sobriquet

Primary name : cochin, india
Sobriquet : the venice of the east, the queen of the arabian sea.

14974. Sobriquet

Primary name : cuba
Sobriquet : the pearl of the antilles.

14975. Sobriquet

Primary name : egypt
Sobriquet : the gift of the nile.

14976. Sobriquet

Primary name : finland
Sobriquet : the land of thousand lakes.

14977. Sobriquet

Primary name : gibraltar
Sobriquet : the key of the mediterranean.

14978. Sobriquet

Primary name : guinea coast
Sobriquet : white man's grave.

14979. Sobriquet

Primary name : river hwang ho, china
Sobriquet : the sorrow of china.

14980. Sobriquet

Primary name : ireland
Sobriquet : the emerald island.

14981. Sobriquet

Primary name : jaipur
Sobriquet : the rose pink city.

14982. Terminology

Terminology :
acoustics : the study of sound (or the science of sound).

14983. Terminology

Terminology :
acrobatics : the art of performing acrobatic feats (gymnastics).

14984. Terminology

Terminology :
aerodynamics : (i) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases.
(ii) the study of the motion and control of solid bodies like aircraft, missiles, etc., in air.

14985. Terminology

Terminology :
aeronautics : the science or art of flight.

14986. Terminology

Terminology :
aerostatics : the branch of statics that deals with gases in equilibrium and with gases and bodies in them.

14987. Terminology

Terminology :
aesthetics : the philosophy of fine arts.

14988. Terminology

Terminology :
aetiology : the science of causation.

14989. Terminology

Terminology :
agrobiology : the science of plant life and plant nutrition.

14990. Terminology

Terminology :
agronomics : the science of managing land or crops.

14991. Terminology

Terminology :
agronomy : the science of soil management and the production of field crops.

14992. Terminology

Terminology :
agrostology : the study of grasses.

14993. Terminology

Terminology :
alchemy : chemistry in ancient times.

14994. Terminology

Terminology :
anatomy : the science dealing with the structure of animals, plants or human body.

14995. Terminology

Terminology :
anthropology : the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development of mankind.

14996. Terminology

Terminology :
arboriculture : cultivation of trees and vegetables.

14997. Terminology

Terminology :
archaeology : the study of antiquities.

14998. Terminology

Terminology :
astrology : the ancient art of predicting the course of human destinies with the help of indications deduced from the position and movement of the heavenly bodies.

14999. Terminology

Terminology :
astronautics : the science of space travel.

15000. Terminology

Terminology :
astronomy : - the study of the heavenly bodies.

15001. Terminology

Terminology :
astrophysics : the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical nature of heavenly bodies.

15002. Terminology

Terminology :
bacteriology : the study of bacteria.

15003. Terminology

Terminology :
biochemistry : the study of chemical processes of living things.

15004. Terminology

Terminology :
biology : the study of living things.

15005. Terminology

Terminology :
biometry : the application of mathematics to the study of living things.

Body Facts
Two thousand glands in your ear make ear wax to protect you from getting dirt, dust and germs deep in your ear. The wax slowly hardens and comes to the edge of your ear to fall out. If it doesn't fall out, it can harden into a plug of wax up to 2.5 centimetres (about 1 inch) long.      .. More >>