grains
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
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Planck’s famous 1900 discovery that energy is grainy — at least when absorbed or emitted — moved him to label those smallest bits of energy grains “quanta.”
‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics | Tom Siegfried | February 15, 2022 | Science NewsI try to eat less processed food, like whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nothing over-processed.
Anastasia Ashley, Surfer-Cum-Model, Rides The Viral Internet Wave | James Joiner | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBaijiu is a general Chinese term for spirits made from grains.
However, exposed rock and larger sand grains have higher thermal inertia, so they glow more brightly.
Look for:Purchase breads containing seeds and a mixture of healthy grains (like millet and amaranth) other than just brown rice.
Or you can buy your own gluten-free cereal grains and whip up a semi-homemade cereal.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss grains, indignant and perspiring.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsOld Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of grains were at the head of the table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills"It's always the way with them," sighed Miss grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt is only disposed to require a pretty strong solution of silver, say thirty grains to the ounce of water.
It is less soluble in water than cane sugar, and crystallises in small round grains.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Anderson
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