schmutzdecke n.— «Periodically the top layer of sand (approximately 25 to 100m deep) needs to be removed from the slow sand filters together with the associated biological accumulation (“schmutzdecke”) for cleaning...
kitty litter n.— «He enjoyed hitting his ball into the sandtrap or the kitty litter as he called it. He loved smacking a perfect chip through a flurry of sand.» —“Remembering the better times” by Kellie Dixon in...
rainbowing n.— «Work on the first of three Palm Islands (Jumeirah) began in 2001. A team of Dutch engineers were employed to create the Palm by using a technique called rainbowing—a vessel dredging sand from the seabed and spraying and...
rib-eye in the sky n.— «We heard a flock of sand hill cranes coming in but couldn’t tell where they were. Finally they broke through the fog and were right on top of Brent. He unloaded his shotgun and one of the cranes fell to the ground...
gonch n.— «Be sure to shake the sand out of your gonch afterward. It itches something fierce.» —“It’s Far Out!; The Best Single-Player Shooter Since Half-Life” by Steve Tilley Toronto Sun (Canada) Apr. 4...
nurdle n.— «Within five feet of me the dog takes a huge dump, the kind that comes out like soft ice cream and lands in a piled up nurdle on the ground. The woman proceeds to start covering it with sand.» —“Dog(Doody)Day...