A white earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum and aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, such as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.

plural of Albany pitcher plant

A carnivorous plant of Western Australia, Cephalotus follicularis, similar but unrelated to the pitcher plants of the Americas and tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere.

novobiocin

(geology) A form of aquult that has an abrupt change in texture between horizons

(soil science) A type of aqualf with ground water above a slowly permeable clay horizon.

(historical) All of the territory of North America north of New Spain, as claimed by Sir Francis Drake for England in 1579.

(music, US) The kind of rock music played on album-oriented radio (AOR), a popular FM radio format in the United States from the 1970s to the 1980s.

(music) An FM radio format in the United States popular from the 1970s to the 1980s, using 1960s music perceived as underground arranged into preset playlists.

(music) A genre of popular soul music characterized by a focus on LPs rather than singles and the presence of socially conscious lyrics; mostly associated with a late 1960s and early 1970s style.