manto n.— «Deposits of copper-cobalt-manganese-zinc mineralization at Boleo occur within widespread, stratiform clay-rich horizons or beds known as “mantos” (manto is a Spanish term used in mining parlance for a general...
lasagna gardening n.— «Soil for a school garden was created on the property using a layering method called “lasagna gardening.” Newspapers that have been used for the Newspapers in Education program are soaked in water and spread on the...
ecotheology n.— «Calling themselves “Creation Care” activists rather than “environmentalists” (a designation they associate with liberals, secularists and Democrats), they represent the conservative wing of a...
organ printing n.— «Equations usually found in physics textbooks are turning up in tissue-engineering labs, where they’re being used in a radical new process called organ printing.…Printing involves depositing layer after layer of...
deckle n.— «I like to remove the first fat cap on top of the pork butt and the meat deckle right underneath this fat cap. This will get you down to the last layer of fat before the outside of the pork butt. This deckle is not very big and...
deckle n.— «The “deckle” is really a layer of very fatty meat on the inner side of a beef brisket and very probably not what you were buying on the East Coast. The cut that was being called “deckle” was very likely...