BEETLES in the family Curculionidae and the largest family in the order COLEOPTERA. They have a markedly convex shape and many are considered pests.

Tests designed to measure intellectual functioning in children and adults.

A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain wedelolactone and wedeloside.

An assertion that an action apparently unobjectionable in itself would set in motion a train of events leading ultimately to an undesirable outcome. (From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 1995)

Permanent deprivation of breast milk and commencement of nourishment with other food. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

A plastic substance deposited by insects or obtained from plants. Waxes are esters of various fatty acids with higher, usually monohydric alcohols. The wax of pharmacy is principally yellow wax (beesw [..]

A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, in the family RALSTONIACEAE, that are mobile by means of peritrichous FLAGELLA. Species in this genus were formerly in the genus RALSTONIA.

Source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed [..]

Pollutants, present in water or bodies of water, which exhibit radioactivity.

Any of several processes in which undesirable impurities in water are removed or neutralized; for example, chlorination, filtration, primary treatment, ion exchange, and distillation. It includes trea [..]