A natural bodily fluid or secretion such as blood, semen, saliva, blood plasma, intracellular and interstitial fluids.
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem.
Urine is a liquid excreta containing water and waste products made by the kidneys, stored in the bladder, and leaves the body through the urethra.
In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.
A room is any distinguishable space within a structure.
Pus is a bodily fluid consisting of a whitish-yellow or yellow substance produced during inflammatory responses of the body that can be found in regions of pyogenic bacterial infections. Pus is produced from the dead and living cells which travel into the intercellular spaces around the affected cells.
Meat from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus).
Grassland used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch.
Juice is a liquid that is naturally contained in fruit and vegetables.
The ankle, or talocrural region, is the region where the foot and the leg meet.
Corrosion is the gradual destruction of materials, (usually metals), by chemical reaction with its environment.
A habitat that is in or on a living animal. Here animal denotes an individual of a species that is a sub-taxon of NCBITaxon:33208.
Apple juice is a fruit juice made by the maceration and pressing of apples.
An ectomycorrhiza is a form of symbiotic relationship that occurs between a fungal symbiont and the roots of various plant species. Much of the biomass of the mycosymbiont lies exterior to the plant root.
In vertebrates, the mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is a bone forming the skull with the cranium.
A naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
A ridge of rocks, lying near the surface of the sea, which may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water.
Eyes are organs that detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons.
Subdivision of head which consists of the viscerocranium and all layers superficial to it. Examples: There is only one face.
Nonparenchymatous organ that consists of the epidermis, dermis and sets of hair and nails and which surrounds the entire body. Subdivisions of the skin surround various body parts; as a whole, the skin constitutes the external layer of the body. Examples: There is only one skin.
Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some non-avian theropod dinosaurs.
Activated sludge is a process for treating sewage and industrial wastewaters using air and a biological floc composed of bacteria and protozoa.
The liquid produced when water percolates through any permeable material. It can contain either dissolved or suspended material, or usually both.
A peatland dominated by species of the Bryophyte Sphagnum.
A cistern is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water.
A circular or round inlet with a narrow entrance.
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic (generally mutualistic, but occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant.
Region of pectoral part of chest which has as its parts nipple, areola, breast proper.
An agricultural byproduct, the dry stalk of a cereal plant, after the nutrient grain or seed has been removed.
Mucus is a bodily fluid consisting of a slippery secretion of the lining of the mucous membranes in the body. It is a viscous colloid containing antiseptic enzymes (such as lysozyme) and immunoglobulins. Mucus is produced by goblet cells in the mucous membranes that cover the surfaces of the membranes. It is made up of mucins and inorganic salts suspended in water.
A paddy field for the cultivation of rice.
Segment of neuraxis that has as its parts gray matter and white matter that surround the cerebral ventricular system; Examples: There is only one brain.
Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.
A soda lake or alkaline lake is a lake on the strongly alkaline side of neutrality (in other words, a pH value above 7, typically between 9 - 12).
The adenoid, also known as a pharyngeal tonsil or nasopharyngeal tonsil, is a mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity, in the roof of the nasopharynx, where the nose blends into the throat.
Saliva is a watery substance located in the mouths of organisms, secreted by the salivary glands.
The marine coral reef biome comprises constructional wave-resistant entities which are primarily built by corals and are often cemented together. The growth of these structures is aided by zooxanthellae, algae that are symbiotic with the reef-building corals.
The amnion is a membrane building the amniotic sac that surrounds and protects an embryo.
The physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.
Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes (sperm cells).
Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, pale yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese.
Forested peatlands including both rain- and groundwater-fed types, commonly recorded in tropical regions with high rainfall. This type of peatland covers around 350,000 km2, primarily in south-east Asia but also occurring in the Everglades in Florida.
Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants.
A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
The vulva (from the Latin vulva, plural vulvae, see etymology) consists of the external genital organs of the female mammal.
Dental plaque is a biofilm, usually a pale yellow, that develops naturally on the teeth.
An ice wedge is a crack in the ground formed by a narrow or thin piece of ice that measures up to 3-4 metres wide at ground level and extends downwards into the ground up to several metres.
Functional system which consists of structures involved in respiration.
A body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land.
Excreta are bodily fluids consisting of waste matter, such as sweat or feces, discharged from the body.
Molasses is a viscous by-product of the refining of sugarcane, grapes, or sugar beets into sugar.
A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, for dishwashing or other purposes.
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the right and left uterine tubes and distally is connected to the vagina. Examples: There is only one uterus.
A marron glace is a confection, originating in southern France and northern Italy consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup and glazed.
A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic of environments occurring on or along marine benthic environments.
Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-coloured (black) grape varieties.
Subdivision of body proper, which consists of a maximal set of diverse subclasses of organ and organ part spatially associated with the cervical vertebral coumn, it is partially surrounded by skin of neck. Examples: There is only one neck.
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept.
The hindgut (or epigaster) is the posterior (caudal) part of the alimentary canal. In mammals, it includes the distal third of the transverse colon and the splenic flexure, the descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum.
Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of wheat used for human consumption.
Haematopoiesis is the formation of blood cellular components.
A point where groundwater or steam flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface or where there is a fissure.
Urogenital system is the organ system of the reproductive organs and the urinary system.
A feature associated with a volcano, an opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from deep below the surface.
The Oropharynx (oral part of the pharynx) reaches from the Uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.
A liquid or semi-liquid mixture of water and some combination of soil, silt, and clay.
The outer ear is the external portion of the ear, which consists of the pinna and external auditory meatus.
The rectum (from the Latin rectum intestinum, meaning straight intestine) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in some mammals, and the gut in others.
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below.
The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
Charcoal that is used to nutritionally supplement soil.
The anus is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth.
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology.
A large expanse of saline water usually connected with an ocean.
temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrubland biome
The parotid gland is a salivary gland in humans.
A foam is a substance that is formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping).
The urinary system or renal system is the organ system that produces, stores, and eliminates urine.
Mangroves are various types of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics - mainly between latitudes 25 N and 25 S.
An ascospore is a spore contained in an ascus or that was produced inside an ascus.
In vertebrate anatomy, the throat (Latin gula) is the anterior part of the neck, in front of the vertebral column.
A liquid produced from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid.
A multi-layered sheet of micro-organisms, mainly bacteria and archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submerged or moist surfaces but a few survive in deserts.
The labia minora (singular: labium minus), also known as the inner labia, inner lips, vaginal lips, or nymphae,[1] are two flaps of skin on either side of the human vaginal opening, situated between the labia majora (outer labia, or outer lips).
A leg is a weight bearing and locomotive structure, usually having a columnar shape.
the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs
Must is the juice of freshly pressed grapes, that contains various quantities of pulp, skins, stems, and seeds, called pomace or grape solids, which typically comprise between 7 to 23 percent of the total weight of the must.
A fermented, high-moisture forage that can be fed to ruminants.
Subdivision of trunk proper which is demarcated from the thorax internally by the inferior surface of the sternocostal part of the diaphragm and externally by the costal margin, from the back of abdomen by the external surface of the posterior abdominal wall, from the perineum by the superior surface of the urogenital diaphragm and from the lower limbs by the inguinal folds; together with the thorax, and perineum, it constitutes the trunk proper. Examples: There is only one abdomen.
Naturally formed, subterranean open area or chamber.
An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
A narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses.
A fillet (or filet) is a cut or slice of boneless meat or fish.
Cardinal organ part which is bounded predominantly by bonafide boundaries. Examples: lobe of lung, osteon, acinus, submucosa, anterior leaflet of mitral valve, capsule of kidney, cortical bone, muscle fasciculus.
The integumentary system is the organ system that protects the body from various kinds of damage, such as loss of water or abrasion from outside.
A habitat that is in or on a living animal. Here "animal" denotes an individual of a species that is a sub-taxon of NCBITaxon:9606.
A sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite.
A habitat that is in or on a living insect. Here insect denotes an individual of a species that is a sub-taxon of NCBITaxon:50557.
Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
The epidermis is composed of the outermost layers of cells in the skin, "epi" in Greek meaning "over" or "upon", which together with the dermis forms the cutis.
Transudate contained in the pleural cavity.
Saline water is a general term for water that contains a significant concentration of dissolved salts (mainly NaCl).
A region of general uniform slope, comparatively level, and of considerable extent.
A habitat that is below the surface of the earth.
An area where wells can be drilled to obtain elements contained in solution in hot brines or to tap heat energy.
temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome
The nasopharynx (nasal part of the pharynx) is the uppermost part of the pharynx.
Bartholin's ducts are a pair of ducts leading from the Bartholin's glands to the surface of the vulva.
A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed.
Marine sediment is a sediment that accumulates in the flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin floor. The three main types of marine sediment, also known as pelagic sediment, are siliceous oozes, calcareous oozes, and red clays.
A landform consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even shell fragments along the shoreline of a body of water.
A tundra is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its spatial extent, only low-growing vegetation such as dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens. Tundra biomes rarely have monthly average temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius and have low evapotranspiration ratios.
*Subdivision of face, the exterior of the nose, which consists of a root, dorsum, tip, columella, and right and left alae.
Soil at or below the freezing point of water (0C or 32F) for two or more years. Ice is not always present, as may be in the case of nonporous bedrock, but it frequently occurs and it may be in amounts exceeding the potential hydraulic saturation of the ground material.
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the cystic duct and distally terminates in the fundus of the gallbladder. Examples: There is only one gallbladder.
A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
A food made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk.
The nervous system is the part of an animal's body that coordinates the voluntary and involuntary actions of the animal and transmits signals between different parts of its body.
A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead.
A food product from a category of domestic birds kept for meat, eggs, and feathers including fowl such as chickens, turkeys, and waterfowls such as domestic ducks and geese and other meat birds such as pigeons and doves and games birds including pheasants.
Portion of secreted substance produced by the mammary gland.
The large intestine (or bowel, colon) is the last part of the digestive system in vertebrate animals.
Sediment characterised by a temperature of 45-75 degrees Celsius and low to no oxygen content. Often impacted by hydrothermal fluid flows.
Wastewater that is contaminated with feces or urine.
In male human anatomy, the glans penis (or simply glans) is the sensitive bulbous structure at the distal end of the penis.
A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing medium to high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (>=0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
A wetland associated with the part of the land adjoining or near a sea or ocean.
A basidiospore is a reproductive spore produced by Basidiomycete fungi.
Sputum is mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways.
Subdivision of the hand demarcated from the hand proper by the skin crease in line with the distal edge of finger webs. Examples: thumb, right middle finger, left little finger.
The index finger, (also referred to as forefinger, pointer finger, trigger finger, digitus secundus, digitus II, and many other terms), is the first finger and the second digit of a human hand.
An opague white dairy product produced by the mammary glands of female mammals.
Environmental material characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms.
Latrine is a toilet or a simpler facility used as a toilet, generally without bowl.
An opening of the sea into the land, or of a lake into its shore.
Silt is granular material of a size somewhere between sand and clay whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.
The axilla (or armpit, underarm, or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also provides the under-arm sweat gland.
A landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit and a local relief of more than 300m.
A group of hydrous aluminium phyllosilicate (phyllosilicates being a subgroup of silicate minerals) minerals (see clay minerals), that are typically less than 2micrometres in diameter. Clay consists of a variety of phyllosilicate minerals rich in silicon and aluminium oxides and hydroxides which include variable amounts of structural water.
The separation between neighbouring drainage basins (catchments). In hilly country, the divide lies along topographical peaks and ridges, but in flat country or on a high plateau (especially where the ground is marshy) the divide may be invisible - just a more or less notional line on the ground on either side of which falling raindrops will start a journey to different rivers, and even to different sides of a country or continent.
In human anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and saliva.
A habitat that is in or on an environmental feature or material derived from human activity.
Organ with a cavity which consist of dentine and enamel. Examples: incisor, molar.
Anatomical term that represents more than one concept. Examples: muscle, bone, liver cell, fiber, apex of lung.
Galls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms.
Lambic is a type of beer brewed traditionally in the Pajottenland region of Belgium and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery and museum.
A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's independence on oxygen.
The mucous membranes (or mucosae or mucosas; singular mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, which are involved in absorption and secretion.
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the cecum and distally terminates in the tip of the appendix. Examples: There is only one appendix.
An oil well is a general term for any boring through the Earth's surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce mainly or only gas may be termed a gas well.
A forage is plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock.
Plant sap, or simply sap, is a fluid transported in xylem cells (tracheids or vessel elements) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant.
A water column is a conceptual column of water from surface to bottom sediments.
Natto/natto is a traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis.
A lake of whose water contains low concentrations of salts.
The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish and other aquatic animals.
A lake whose water contains a considerable concentration of dissolved salts.
Saliva is a slightly alkaline secretion of water, mucin, protein, salts, and often a starch-splitting enzyme (as ptyalin) that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands, lubricates ingested food, and often begins the breakdown of starches.
An ascocarp/ascoma is the fruiting body of an ascomycete fungus.
Meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle (cows).
In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand.
Camembert is a soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese.
Brine is a solution of salt in water. It is used to preserve vegetables, fruit, fish and meat in a process known as brining.
A basidiocarp is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete.
A substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal or human being for nutrition or pleasure.
Transitional epithelium of urinary bladder
An excavation in the Earth for the purpose of extracting earth materials.
A watershed such that water falling on one side of the line eventually travels to one ocean or body of water, and water on the other side travels to another, generally on the opposite side of the continent.
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface.
The free gingival margin is the interface between the sulcular epithelium and the epithelium of the oral cavity.
Oil field/oilfield refers to a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground.
The endometrium is the inner mucous membrane of the mammalian uterus.
A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic of a marine biome.
A habitat that is in or on a living mammal. Here "mammal" denotes an individual of a species that is a sub-taxon of NCBITaxon:40674.
A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
Subdivision of thorax which is anterior to the plane of the posterior boundary of the middle mediastinum.
Airborne solid particles (also called dust or particulate matter (PM)) or liquid droplets.
Tempeh/Tempe is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybean particles into a cake form.
Rumen is the first chamber in the alimentary canal of ruminant animals.
The liquid that can be mechanically extracted an orange.
Seed is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant.
The exit or point of discharge of a stream into another stream, lake or sea.
The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles.
The femur (pl. femurs or femora), or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the center of the body) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs.
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue in the interior of bones. In humans, red blood cells are produced in the heads of long bones in a process known as hematopoesis.
An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.
Segment of neuraxis that has as its parts gray matter and white matter that surround the central canal. Examples: There is only one spinal cord.
A nail is a horn-like envelope covering the dorsal aspect of the terminal phalanges of fingers and toes in humans, most non-human primates, and a few other mammals.
Water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
Subdivision of head bounded by the hairline and the eyebrows.
The aerobically decomposed remnants of organic materials.
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the stomach and distally with the large intestine. Examples: There is only one small intestine.
Oil reserver is a subsurface pool of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Aviation fuel is a specialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft.
Seaweed is a loose colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae.
Coastal water is a marine water body bordering a coast.
A condiment produced by fermenting soybeans with Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus soyae molds along with roasted grain, water, and salt.
Material derived from a biofilm, an aggregate of microorganisms in which cells adhere to each other and/or to a surface. These adherent cells are frequently embedded within a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS). Biofilm EPS, which is also referred to as slime, is a polymeric conglomeration generally composed of extracellular DNA, proteins, and polysaccharides in various configurations.
Material anatomical entity which is generated by coordinated expression of the organism's own genes that guide its morphogenesis; has inherent 3D shape; its parts are connected and spatially related to one another in patterns determined by coordinated gene expression. Examples: heart, right ventricle, mitral valve, myocardium, endothelium, lymphocyte, fibroblast, thorax, cardiovascular system, hemoglobin, T cell receptor.
The ileum is the final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds.
A class of cow's milk, sheep's milk, or goat's milk cheeses that have had Penicillium cultures added so that the final product is spotted or veined throughout with blue, blue-gray or blue-green mould, and carries a distinct smell.
Cavity of serous sac surrounded by the tunica vaginalis.
A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room.
Coal (from the Old English term col, which has meant "mineral of fossilized carbon" since the 13th century) is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.
Organ with organ cavity which connects the cervical canal of uterus to the vestibule of vagina. Examples: There is only one vagina.
Transudate contained in the subarachnoid space.
Subdivision of body proper, which consists of a maximal set of diverse subclasses of organ and organ part spatially associated with the ribcage, thoracic and lumbar vertebral column, sacrum and coccyx, it is partially surrounded by skin of trunk. Examples: There is only one trunk.
A tract of crop or grazing land, as well as the group of buildings with and often surrounding a farmhouse, including barns, sheds, and other outbuildings, used for agricultural production.
A larva (plural larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
Body substance in a liquid or semisolid state produced by an exocrine gland. Example: saliva, sebum, blood, plasma, semen, urine.
A lymph node or lymph gland is an oval-shaped organ of the immune system, distributed widely throughout the body including the armpit and stomach and linked by lymphatic vessels.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear colorless bodily fluid produced in the choroid plexus of the brain.
A food product made of meat, the skeletal muscle and associated fat, and other edible tissues such as organs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, or lungs, of mammals.
A long and narrow upland with steep sides.
The popliteal fossa (sometimes referred to colloquially as the knee pit) is a shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint.
Hair is a filamentous biomaterial that grows from follicles found in the dermis.
The sloping margin of a river, serving to confine it to its natural channel.
Anthrosols comprise soils that have been modified profoundly through human activities, such as addition of organic materials or household wastes, irrigation and cultivation.
Any material within 2 m from the Earth's surface that is in contact with the atmosphere, with the exclusion of living organisms, areas with continuous ice not covered by other material, and water bodies deeper than 2 m.
Livestock is an animal-associated habitat consisting of any domestic or domesticated animal intentionally raised for food or in the production of food or raised as stock to produce food or fibre, in an agricultural setting or for its labour or pen-raised animals raised on licensed game farm operations. Livestock include: bovine animals (including buffalo and bison), ovine animals, porcine animals, caprine animals, , poultry, bees, equine animals, cervidae animals; animals of the genus Lama; ratites (Emu, Ostrich, and Rhea), fish or shellfish in aquaculture facilities, and enclosed domesticated rabbits or hares raised for human food or fiber.
In primates, including humans, the elbow joint is the synovial hinge joint between the humerus in the upper arm and the radius and ulna in the forearm which allows the hand to be moved towards and away from the body.
*Subdivision of urinary system which consists of the urinary bladder and the urethra.
Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
Ginger beer is a carbonated drink flavored primarily with ginger and sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners.
Surface water is water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean; it is related to water collecting as groundwater or atmospheric water.
Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep.
Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population.
Sediment is an environmental substance comprised of any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bedor bottom of a body of water or other liquid.
The cecum or caecum is a pouch, usually peritoneal, that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine.
In humans, the respiratory tract is the part of the anatomy involved with the process of respiration.
Alkali, or alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (> 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity.
Ice crystals commonly found growing on young sea ice and thin lake ice in cold, calm conditions.
Blood is a bodily fluid composed of blood plasma and blood cells suspended within the plasma that circulates around the organism's body. Blood performs may important functions including the supplying of oxygen and nutrients, removal of waste, circulation of white blood cells, detection of antibodes, coagulation, transportation of antibodies and the regulation of pH and body temperature.
Anatomical structure which is the aggregate material substance of an individual member of a species
A food made from ground meat. Typically the sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made from intestine, but sometimes synthetic.
Millet beer, also known as Bantu beer, kaffir beer, or opaque beer, is an alcoholic beverage made from malted millet. This type of beer is common throughout Africa.
The narrow region of soil that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms.
A soft drink (also called soda, pop, coke, soda pop, fizzy drink, tonic, seltzer, mineral, sparkling water, lolly water, or carbonated beverage) is a beverage that typically contains water (often, but not always, carbonated water), usually a sweetener, and usually a flavoring agent.
Groundwater is water located beneath the earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
nus is a sack or cavity in any organ or tissue, or an abnormal cavity or passage caused by the destruction of tissue.
Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals
A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal's eggs or provide a place to live or raise offspring.
Fuels are any materials that store potential energy in forms that can be practicably released and used as heat energy.
In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or after fecundation, an infructescence.
A fissure in the Earths's surface from which geothermally heated water issues.
A large disc of smooth, soft, even runny cheese made with cow's milk.
Wood is a hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
A step-like feature between higher and lower ground: a relatively flat or gently inclined shelf of earth, backed and fronted by steep slopes or manmade detaining walls.
Sourdough is a bread product made by a long fermentation of dough using naturally occurring lactobacilli and yeasts.
The peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity or the coelom?it covers most of the intra-abdominal (or coelomic) organs?in amniotes and some invertebrates (annelids, for instance).
Peatlands with a shallow peat layer, only about 500 mm thick, dominated by sedges and grasses. They form in permafrost areas, covering around 110,000 to 160,000 km2 in Alaska, Canada, and the former USSR.
In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa" in medical terminology) refer to either an anatomical region or a joint.
An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
The middle ear is the portion of the ear internal to the eardrum, and external to the oval window of the cochlea.
The neritic epipelagic zone biome comprises the marine water column that occurs above a continental shelf and extends from the surface of the ocean to a depth of ca. 200-250m. Throughout the zone the light field tends to be asymmetrical vertically, so that the direction and elevation of the sun can still be detected. The epipelagic zone encompasses the euphotic zone and, where and when it occurs, the seasonal thermocline.
An exudate is any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation.
The ground surface that lies beneath a sea.
The foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates.
A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other mineral salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. 35 grams per litre or 0.29 pounds per US gallon).
An environmental feature that is, or can be, contained and is predominantly composed of one or a few types of stuff.
Animal feed is a biotic mesoscopic physical object consisting of any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. Most animal feed is from plants but some is of animal origin. Fodder refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves. It includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and also sprouted grains and legumes.
In human anatomy, the intestine (or bowel, hose or gut) is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine.
The ground surface that lies beneath a lake.
The mixture of gases (roughly (by molar content/volume: 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% carbon dioxide, trace amounts of other gases, and a variable amount (average around 1%) of water vapor) that surrounds the planet Earth.
The ear is the organ that detects sound.
Sawdust or wood dust is a by-product of cutting, grinding, drilling, sanding, or otherwise pulverizing wood with a saw or other tool; it is composed of fine particles of wood.
Bile is a bodily fluid consisting of a bitter, yellow or green alkaline fluid secreted by hepatocytes from the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, bile is stored in the gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the duodenum where the bile aids the process of digestion of lipids.
In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow joints.
The residual semi-solid material left from domestic or industrial processes, or wastewater treatment processes.
Excretion in semisolid state processed by the intestine.
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
A complex aggregation of microorganisms marked by the excretion of a protective and adhesive matrix; usually adhering to a substratum.
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.
The general region of indefinite width that extends from the sea inland to the first major change in terrain features.
An area with a high density of trees. A small forest may be called a wood.
Salt, also known as table salt or rock salt (halite), is a crystalline mineral that is composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of ionic salts.
Ham is a cut of meat from the thigh of the hind leg of an animal, usually a pig.
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant.
Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
In animal anatomy, the pinna (Latin for feather) is the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head (this may also be referred to as the auricle or auricula).
The liquid left over after producing butter from cream during the churning process.
A hot spring whose water has an acidic pH.
Body substance which consists of spermatozoa and seminal plasma.
A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially water or molten metal).
High temperature water ejected from hydrothermal vents and laden with dissolved metals and minerals as a result of percolation through crustal rocks.
Black sand is sand that is black in color.
The phyllosphere is a term used in microbiology to refer to leaf surfaces or total above-ground surfaces of a plant as a habitat for microorganisms.
The ocean biome comprises major bodies of saline water, principal components of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas. More than half of this area is over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep. Average oceanic salinity is around 35 parts per thousand (ppt) (3.5%), and nearly all seawater has a salinity in the range of 30 to 38 ppt.
A body of water, usually of smaller size than a lake.
Body substance derived from plasma by the elimination of fibrinogen.
A wall is a vertical structure, usually solid, that defines and sometimes protects an area.
The biomass remaining after sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract their juice.
Organ with organ cavity which connects the cavity of the urinary bladder to the exterior. Examples: There is only one urethra.
tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrubland biome
A biome characterized by an average temperature of 15deg C or lower. Inhabited by psychrophilic (cryophilic) organisms.
A food preserved by soaking and storing it in vinegar or brine.
A semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
An intentional planting of a crop, on a large scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. The term is currently most often used for plantings of trees and shrubs. The term tends also to be used for plantings maintained on economic bases other than that of subsistence farming.
Natural freshwater surface streams of considerable volume and a permanent or seasonal flow, moving in a definite channel toward a sea, lake, or another river; any large streams, or ones larger than brooks or creeks, such as the trunk stream and larger branches of a drainage system.
Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals.
Substance of tooth produced by odontoblasts; surrounds the pulp of the tooth and is subjacent to enamel and cement.
Palatine tonsils, occasionally called the faucial tonsils,[2] are the tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.
A hot spring whose water venting from serpentinites.
Aragonite structures produced by living organisms, found in shallow, marine waters with little nutrients in the water.
An area in which grasses (Graminae) are a significant component of the vegetation.
A collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function.
The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds.
Lobular organ which has as its parts lobules connected to the biliary tree. Examples: There is only one liver.
A food produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans, with salt and the mold koji-kin (Aspergillus oryzae).
The midgut is the portion of the embryo from which most of the intestines develop.
The spleen is an organ found in virtually all vertebrate animals.
Vaginal lubrication is a lubricating fluid that is naturally produced in a woman's vagina.
Dried bonito/Katsuobushi is the Japanese food of dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).
A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
A bioreactor may refer to any manufactured or engineered device or system that supports a biologically active environment.
Excretion in liquid state processed by the kidney.
A fermented salty fish of Korean cuisine.
Paranasal sinuses are a group of four paired air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity (maxillary sinuses), above the eyes (frontal sinuses), between the eyes (ethmoidal sinuses), and behind the ethmoids (sphenoidal sinuses).
Root nodules occur on the roots of plants that associate with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
The reproductive system or genital system is a system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction.
Expressions of the estuarine biome occur at wide lower courses of a rivers where they flows into a sea. Estuaries experience tidal flows and their water is a changing mixture of fresh and salt.
Organ system which consists of the heart, the systemic and pulmonary arterial and venous system, the lymphatic and the portal venous system.
Sugar is the generalised name for a class of chemically-related sweet-flavored substances, most of which are used as food. They are carbohydrates, composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
The colon is the last part of the digestive system in most vertebrates.
Sake or sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin that is made from fermented rice.
In humans, the sacrum (plural: sacrums or sacra) is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine and at the upper and back part of the pelvic cavity, where it is inserted like a wedge between the two hip bones.
The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system, comprising a network of conduits called lymphatic vessels that carry a clear fluid called lymph (from Latin lympha "water goddess") directionally towards the heart.
Linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface.
A mass of the mineral material of the crust of the Earth.
Anatomical junction which consists of parts of two or more adjacent bones or cartilages which are interconnected by organs and/or organ parts that consist of various types of connective tissue. Together with other joints and bones, a joint constitutes the skeletal system. Examples: pubic symphysis, knee joint, temporomandibular joint.
A reserve of land, usually, but not always declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. National parks are a protected area of IUCN category II.
The tongue is a muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication.
The forearm is the structure and distal region of the upper limb, between the elbow and the wrist.
A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle.
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer.
Feces is an excreta consisting of waste products expelled from an animal's digestive tract through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation.
Land having a cover of trees, shrubs, or both.
A sheet of saline water separated from the open sea by sand or shingle banks. The sheet of water between an offshore reef, especially of coral and mainland. The sheet of water within a ring or horseshoe shaped atoll.
Leather is a durable and flexible material created by the tanning of animal rawhide and skin.
A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.
Snow is precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water ice that fall from clouds.
A mild, large, yellow, waxy cow's milk cheese with many holes.
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers.
A chrysalis or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies.
The gingiva (sing. and plur.: gingiva), or gums, consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth.
a flattened stem that appears more-or-less leaf like and is specialized for photosynthesis.
A habitat that is in or on a living thing.
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the saccharification of starch and fermentation of the resulting sugar.
A habitat that is in or on a living plant. Here plant denotes an individual of a species that is a sub-taxon of NCBITaxon:33090 (viridiplantae).
Organic matter in soil which has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further and might, if conditions do not change, remain essentially as it is for centuries, or millennia.
In zoology, the gut, also known as the alimentary canal or alimentary tract, is a tube by which bilaterian animals transfer food to the digestion organs.
A region rendered barren or partially barren by environmental extremes, especially by low rainfall.
Portion of body substance which consists of plasma and blood cells.
A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is an industrial structure designed to remove biological or chemical waste products from water, thereby permitting the treated water to be used for other purposes.
related to organism (e.g., symbiosis, parasitism)
A shallow man-made pond designed to produce salt from sea water. The seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested.
A bounded area of land, or water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose, usually to do with recreation or conservation.
*Subdivision of face which consists of the nasal skeleton, nasal septum and nasal cavity.
A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
A hard cow's milk cheese with an almost orange yellow paste. Older cheeses are coated in black wax.
The endocrine system is the system of glands, each of which secretes different types of hormones directly into the bloodstream (some of which are transported along nerve tracts) to maintain homeostasis.
Material derived from a microbial mat, a multi-layered sheet of micro-organisms, mainly bacteria and archaea. Microbial mats create a wide range of internal chemical environments.
Halloumi is a Cypriot semi-hard, unripened brined cheese made from a mixture of goat and sheep milk, and sometimes also cow milk.
Continuous saline-water bodies that surround the continents and fill the Earth's great depressions.
The ovary is an ovum-producing reproductive organ, often found in pairs as part of the vertebrate female reproductive system.
A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound).
A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
A twig is a small thin terminal branch of a woody plant.
a naturally occurring flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface.
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.
A spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally-heated groundwater from the Earth's crust.
A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock.
A flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops.
A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.
The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly.
The deep sea, or deep layer, is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline and above the seabed, at a depth of 1000 fathoms (1800 m) or more.
A cleanroom or clean room is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors.
A marsh whose water contains a considerable quantity of dissolved salts.
The knee joint joins the thigh with the lower leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella.
The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth. It spans the arch formed by the upper teeth.
A bathroom is a room for personal hygiene, generally containing a bathtub or a shower, and possibly also a bidet. In North America and some other regions, it characteristically contains a toilet and a sink.
Material anatomical entity in a gaseous, liquid, semisolid or solid state, with or without the admixture of cells and biological macromolecules; produced by anatomical structures or derived from inhaled and ingested substances that have been modified by anatomical structures. Examples: saliva, semen, cerebrospinal fluid, respiratory air, urine, feces, blood, plasma, lymph.
In zoology, an egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop.
Roquefort is a sheep milk blue cheese from the south of France.
A hydrographic feature characterized by the dominance of snow or ice.
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the esophagus and distally with the small intestine. Examples: There is only one stomach.
An ion-exchange resin is an insoluble matrix (or support structure) normally in the form of small (0.5-1 mm diameter) beads, usually white or yellowish, fabricated from an organic polymer substrate.
Skeletal ligament (organ) that connects a tooth to the maxilla or mandible.
The area of the foreshore and seabed that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, i.e., the area between tide marks.
The kidneys are organs that serve several essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates.
Body substance derived from ingested substances that have been modified by one or more organs. Example: feces, flatus, urine.
The sigmoid colon (pelvic colon) is the part of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum and anus.
Portion of secreted substance produced by a mucous gland or goblet cell.
Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients.
Fields of ice, formed in regions of perennial frost.
The human pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the throat situated immediately inferior to (below) the nasal cavity, posterior to the mouth and superior to the esophagus and larynx.
The thyroglossal duct is an embryological anatomical structure forming an open connection between the initial area of development of the thyroid gland and its final position.
A ground meat product, made of beef finely chopped by a meat grinder.
Lobular organ which has as its parts alveoli connected to the tracheobronchial tree. Examples: There are only two instances, right lung and left lung.
A branch tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub).
An area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features.
An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's dependence on oxygen.
Cambozola is a cow's milk cheese that is a combination of a French soft-ripened triple cream cheese and Italian Gorgonzola.
A hot spring whose water has an alkaline pH.
Ice is water frozen into a solid state. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions.
Fruit body is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures.
Subdivision of trunk proper, which is demarcated from the pelvis by the inferior surface of the pelvic diaphragm and from the lower limbs by the perineofemoral lines; together with the thorax, and abdomen, it constitutes the trunk proper. Examples: There is only one perineum.
Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod.
White wine is a wine whose color can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, and yellow-gold coloured.
A wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water.
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
A fruit is a part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of the flower, one or more ovaries, and in some cases accessory tissues.
The dental pulp is the part in the center of a tooth made up of living connective tissue and cells called odontoblasts.
Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruits.
The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply.
Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment.