The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
percolating — per·co·late || pÉœrkÉ™leɪt / pÉœË v. permeate, penetrate; bubble; filter, trickle … English contemporary dictionary
percolating waters — Waters which ooze, seep, filter, or percolate through the ground under the surface without a definite channel, or in a course that is uncertain or unknown and not discoverable from the surface without excavation for that purpose. 56 Am J1st Wat § … Ballentine's law dictionary
percolating filter — noun : trickling filter … Useful english dictionary
soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… … Universalium
cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… … Universalium
Coffee percolator — Percolator A coffee percolator is a type of pot used to brew coffee. The name stems from the word percolate which means to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance especially for extracting a soluble constituent.[1] In the case of… … Wikipedia
Effective medium approximations — or effective medium theory (sometimes abbreviated as EMA or EMT) are physical models that describe the macroscopic properties of a medium based on the properties and the relative fractions of its components. They can be discrete models such as… … Wikipedia
leach — I. variant of leech II. verb Etymology: leach vessel through which water is passed to extract lye Date: 1796 transitive verb 1. to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid < leach out alkali from ashes > 2. to subject to the action of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Traditional Chinese medicine — Alternative medical systems Traditional Chinese medicin … Wikipedia
Chinese herbology — For non Chinese traditions of herbology, see herbalism. Chinese Herbology (simplified Chinese: 中药学; traditional Chinese: 中藥學; pinyin: zhōngyào xué) is the theory of Traditional Chinese herbal therapy, which accounts for the majority of treatments … Wikipedia
