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 Ypres Ypres /ˈiːprə/

noun

  1. Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others  ( battle of Ypres , first battle of Ypres , Ypres )
    battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
  2. Battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient  ( battle of Ypres , second battle of Ypres , Ypres )
    battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
  3. Battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery  ( battle of Ypres , third battle of Ypres , Ypres , Battle of Passchendaele )
    battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery


 galvanization galvanization /ˌɡælvənɪˈzeɪʃən/

noun

  1. Either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting  ( galvanisation [British] , galvanization )
    either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting
  2. Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action  ( galvanisation [British] , galvanization )
    stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
     The unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team
    the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team
  3. Stimulation with a galvanic current  ( galvanisation [British] , galvanization )
    stimulation with a galvanic current


 Prosopis pubescens Prosopis pubescens /prɒˈsoʊpɪs pjuːˈbɛsɛns/

noun

  1. Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods  ( Prosopis pubescens , screw bean , screwbean , screwbean mesquite , tornillo [ N. American] )
    shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods


 Malpighi Malpighi /mælˈfiːdʒi/

noun

  1. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)  ( Malpighi , Marcello Malpighi )
    Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)