Drag bucket

1. A pejorative or humorous term for a car or boat 2. (British) the mouth. In this sense the word is typically heard in working-class speech in such phrases as ‘shut ...

bucket

Language; Slang

1a. To move quickly. Usually, but not always, in the phrase ‘bucketing along’. This usage dates from the 19th century. 1b. To pour (with rain). Usually heard in ...

bucket

Medical devices; Ultrasonic & optical equipment

A touch button that invokes a group of functions or buttons in a menu or window.

asteroid mining

Mining; General mining

The future industry of sending spacecraft to asteroids in order to harvest their natural resources and bring them back to civilization for use. On April 24th 2012, the first real ...

rock

Mining; General mining

A mineral that forms inside the earth as marble and granite are rocks; a huge amount of stone that forms a cliff or mountain is called as rock.

beryl

Mining; General mining

A greenish mineral that usually lets light shine through it and is found mostly in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

corundum

Mining; General mining

A very hard mineral made mainly of aluminum and oxygen. Rubies and sapphires are types of corundum.

feldspar

Mining; General mining

A mineral that makes up more than 60 percent of the Earth's crust. The pink and white flecks in granite consist of feldspar.

geode

Mining; General mining

A hollow, rounded rock that is lined on the inside with crystals is called geode.

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Anatolia

A peninsula between the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, also known as Asia Minor. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it was the perpetual ...