DIESTROUS

diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual

(adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

diestrous (not comparable)

(biology) Of or relating to the diestrus, a period of sexual quiescence between two estrus periods.

(biology) Having two periods of estrus in a year.

Anagrams

• Tudorises, dioestrus, diĹ“strus, outsiders, tudorises

Source: Wiktionary



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27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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