(in soil etc)
51Capital, Volume I — is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime. Originally published in 1867, Marx s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and explain the laws specific to the… …
52Seed hibernation — is different from seed dormancy. While seed dormancy can be defined as a seed not germinating when conditions, e.g. light, water/nutrient availability or the presence of activating substances like smoke, are favourable , hibernation is the… …
53clean — cleanness, n. /kleen/, adj., cleaner, cleanest, adv., cleaner, cleanest, v. adj. 1. free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress. 2. free from foreign or extraneous matter: clean sand. 3. free from pollution;… …
54pollution — pol|lu|tion W2 [pəˈlu:ʃən] n [U] 1.) the process of making air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use, or the state of being dangerously dirty ▪ California s tough anti pollution laws air/water/soil pollution ▪ air… …
55leach — /litʃ / (say leech) verb (t) 1. to cause (water, etc.) to percolate through something. 2. to remove soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation. –verb (i) 3. (of ashes, soil, etc.) to undergo the action of percolating water. 4.… …
56dirt — [dʉrt] n. [ME, by metathesis < drit < ON drita, excrement, akin to OE dritan, to excrete < IE base * dher (see DARK) > L forire, defecate] 1. any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; filth 2. earth or garden… …
57dirt — n. 1 unclean matter that soils. 2 a earth, soil. b earth, cinders, etc., used to make a surface for a road etc. (usu. attrib. : dirt track; dirt road). 3 foul or malicious words or talk. 4 excrement. 5 a dirty condition. 6 a person or thing… …
58compost — n. & v. n. 1 a mixed manure, esp. of organic origin. b a loam soil or other medium with added compost, used for growing plants. 2 a mixture of ingredients (a rich compost of lies and innuendo). v.tr. 1 treat (soil) with compost. 2 make (manure,… …
59nitrify — [nī′trə fī΄] vt. nitrified, nitrifying [Fr nitrifier: see NITER & FY] 1. to combine with nitrogen or nitrogen compounds 2. to impregnate (soil, etc.) with nitrates 3. to cause the oxidation of (ammonium salts, atmospheric nitrogen, etc.) to… …
60turn — /tɜn / (say tern) verb (t) 1. cause to move round on an axis or about a centre; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move round or partly round, as for the purpose of opening, closing, tightening, etc.: to turn a key. 3. to reverse the… …
