Jesus' Picture Dictionary

Thursday, December 07, 2006


WADDING
Material for gun wads.


LONGSHORE
Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast.


LYMPHOCYTE
Any of the nearly colorless cells found in the blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissues, constituting approximately 25 percent of white blood cells and including B cells, which function in humoral immunity, and T cells, which function in cellular immunity.


LYCOPENE
A red carotenoid pigment, C40H56, found chiefly in blood, the reproductive organs, tomatoes, and palm oils.

TRAPPER
One who traps animals for their fur.


Sunday, December 03, 2006

KUGEL
A baked pudding of noodles or potatoes, eggs, and seasonings, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath.

PASSBAND
The range of frequencies transmitted by a bandpass filter.

FONTANEL
Any of the soft membranous gaps between the incompletely formed cranial bones of a fetus or an infant. Also called soft spot.

SUCRALOSE
An intensely sweet, heat-stable derivative of sucrose that contains no calories.


GOOSANDER
A fish-eating duck (Mergus merganser), the male of which has a glossy greenish-black head and a white body.