elephant cage n.— «You probably wouldn’t expect to find an elephant cage on an air base, but Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska has something like one—although there are no elephants in this cage. This is, in fact, a “AN/FLR-9 Circularly...
skylab n. a motorbike fitted with a horizontal board at back that can seat several passengers across. Editorial Note: This video at YouTube shows a Filipino skylab in action. In Thailand, a SkyLab is a brand of large three-wheeled motorized...
drip tape n.— «Feeder tubes. Often called “emitters” or “drip tape” because it’s sold flattened on a roll, these tubes are made from black polyethylene plastic, with holes spaced at regular intervals to dispense water at a relatively...
emitter n.— «Feeder tubes. Often called “emitters” or “drip tape” because it’s sold flattened on a roll, these tubes are made from black polyethylene plastic, with holes spaced at regular intervals to dispense water at a relatively...
sheetrockero n.— «It may be necessary to use spanglish if that is what workers use (e.g., sheetrockero, for a person who works with sheetrock).» —by Committee on Earth Resources National Research Council of the National...
spaghetti bowl n.— «The intersection of religion and state has become increasingly hectic and hazardous, a spaghetti-bowl junction of conflict and uneasy collaboration on the twisting, global highway.» —“Religion Is Again An Earth...