The term terra preta refers to rich black soils found in the Amazon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive for » 2007 » October : Green Building Elements] Reference
Pete Bogs says: still think the war on terra is making us all safer?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Administration Receives Poor Grade On “Biggest Threat Facing This Country”] Reference
She heard the word terra and concluded they'd won deeds to land parcels. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
Scientists should study the microorganisms in terra preta, Woods told me, to find out how they work. From Wordnik.com. [1491] Reference
Buatto "plants" fake garden flowers -- foxgloves, orchids, delphiniums, hyacinths, lady's mantle, and roses -- in terra cotta pots. From Wordnik.com. [Suzy Bales: Fake Flowers: Ever Green and Always Growing] Reference
I learned later that clay pots are properly called terra cotta. From Wordnik.com. [KUSA-TV -] Reference
The ancient source of biochar is called terra preta (prepared earth) in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Ron Dembo: Can Biochar Help Save the World?] Reference
It's called terra-cotta and is supposed to be reminiscent of the villas on the Italian Riviera. From Wordnik.com. [The Alibi]
Carved in stone, or baked in clay, which turns red and is called terra cotta, the new style of monster became very popular. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks] Reference
My faith in terra firma was squashed. From Wordnik.com. [Retiring in Yucatan] Reference
I am sure he only meant "terra" ist, as in, you know, earthling. From Wordnik.com. [Dem Who Said Obama "May Be Terrorist-Connected": Fox News Made Me Do It!] Reference
Our war on terra is embarrassing!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Hardball Guest Says NYT Editor Is Guilty of ‘Treason,’ Advocates ‘Prison For 20 Years’] Reference
I am now fully in terra incognita. From Wordnik.com. [11/29/06 Tally] Reference
//Mater querens hunc vocavit, /Hic in terra recantavit /Solita preconia. From Wordnik.com. [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference
He made rhetorical attacks on "terra" but he never made it the center of his foreign policy. From Wordnik.com. [Political Animal] Reference
Clay, such as terra cotta, won't rot, Cox notes, but remember that its substantial weight can make it difficult to move. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
They're called terra hertz or t-rays. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2008] Reference
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYNow we're back on terra firma. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar's Uncertainties] Reference
JOYCE: The alternative being full-time living on terra firma. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Steps: Learning To Walk, The Hominid Way] Reference
Chad (unintelligible) was buried with that whole terra cotta army. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sollee Learns To 'Bend'] Reference
As for me, it's two cans of beer and the escape chute to terra firma. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Crisis: Lessons Unlearned] Reference
For Westerners, this was long terra incognita, hidden behind the Iron Curtain. From Wordnik.com. [On the Baltic Beaches] Reference
The back seat of an empty car, mottled with stains the color of terra cotta tile. From Wordnik.com. [IN A CORNER OF HELL, A MOMENT OF BEAUTY] Reference
Over the course of pharmaceutical history, terra firma has offered a plethora of medicines. From Wordnik.com. [PHARMACY ISLAND] Reference
Media giants form the terra firma of the marketing industry, both its paid and earned disciplines. From Wordnik.com. [Media Companies Must Divide To Conquer] Reference
Back on terra firma, where he is proclaimed a hero, he finds it impossible to slip back into his old fife. From Wordnik.com. [Altered States And Demoman] Reference
The terra-cotta army was discovered in 1974 when local farmers digging a well struck baked clay instead of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
One of the most interesting items in the exhibition is a long model that shows how the terra-cotta figures were constructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
Seven years ago a local peasant was caught with the pilfered head of one terra-cotta soldier; he paid for the crime with his life. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Robbers] Reference
Instead, as the Net becomes more and more geographically aware, we're using it to enhance our experiences in the realm of terra firma. From Wordnik.com. [THE EARTH IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP] Reference
But for the moviegoer, there's an upside to this obscurity: a foreign film, being terra incognita, can startle you with the unexpected. From Wordnik.com. [Surprise, Surprise!] Reference
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