A Short History of Nearly Everything Glossary

A Short History of Nearly Everything Glossary

quaternary

Ranking fourth in a listed order of things.

amenable

Expressing an openness to try or do something.

anomalous

A case which deviates from the norm or the expected.

translucent

Clear enough to allow light to pass through while diffiusing it.

noxious

Something that is poisonous to the point of becoming a toxic danger.

incognitum

A mammoth-like prehistorical animal found on the continent that would come to be known as the Americas.

actuarial

Related to tables of statistical probabilities of outcomes according to risk.

celestial

Related to the sky or space either literarlly as in planets or figuratively as in angels.

sumptuous

Conveying a sense of magnificent splendor and opulent luxury.

ubiquitous

Giving the appearance of somehow being everywhere at the same time.

extraneous

An element of a larger concept that is not essential or integral to the whole.

alchemist

Someone who tries to literally or figuratively turn substances into gold.

terraqueous

Anything comprised of both land and water.

archipelago

A small group of scattered islands.

infinitesimal

Something that is exceedingly smaller than the expected by comparison.

indubitably

A state of factual truth that leaves no room for doubt or refutation.

perennially

An event that occurs regularly and predictably.

nanosecond

The measurement of one billionth of a second

primordial

The earliest stage in the development of an entity.

transfix

To become immobilized into a state of paralysis by an interest in something.

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