This site deals with DEFINITIONS of NAMES and WORDS found in the various topics in the other sites.

Cretaceous:-

Of or relating to, or being the last period of the Mesozoic era; characterized by continued dominance of reptiles, emergent dominance of angiosperms, diversification of mammals, and the extinction of many types of organisms at the close of the period; also: of, or relating to, or being the corresponding system of rocks.

Achilles heel:-

(from the story that Achilles was vulnerable only in the heel) (1864)

Glyph:-

From Greek--(1)Carved work. (2)A symbolic figure or a character (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually incised or carved in relief.

Cupid:-

The Roman god of erotic love.

Hydrous:-

Containing water usually in chemical association.

Amphora:-

An ancient Greek jar with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles that rise almost to the level of the mouth.

Shrad:-

(1)A piece or fragment of a brittle substance.(2)Fragment of pottery vessels found on sites and refuse deposits where pottery-making people have lived.

Pristine:-

(1)Belonging to the earliest period or state.(2)Not spoiled, corrupted or polluted(as by civilization)(3)Pure.

Stele:-

The usual cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.

Vascular:-

Of or relating to a channel for the conveyance of a body fluid (as blood of an animal, or sap of a plant)(angiosperms)

Relief:-

A mode of sculpture in which forms and figures are distinguished from a sorrounding plane surface. (2)Projecting detail, ornaments or figures.

Alabaster:-

A compact, fine-textured, usually white and translucent gypsum, often carved in vases and ornaments.

Gypsum:-

A widely distributed mineral consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate that is used especially as a soil amendment, and in making plaster of paris.

Paleontology:-

A science dealing with the life of past geological periods as known from fossil remains.

Geology:-

A SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ITS LIFE; ESPECIALLY AS RECORDED IN ROCKS.

Adobe:-

A brick or building material made of sundried earth and straw.

Apollo:-

The Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music and poetry.

Daphne:-

A nymph who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing Apollo.

Nymph:-

(1)Girl.(2)Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees and waters.

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Temperate:-

Having a moderate or mild climate.