ORT (ort)
A
small scrap or morsel of food left after a meal is completed
Common
clues: Table scrap; Morsel; Crumb; Scrap for Spot; Bit of
biscuit; Bit for a beagle perhaps; Scone bit; Supper scrap;
Leftover
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
5 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
72885 / 86800
News:
Guidelines
on giving dog table scraps
Video:
Guilty
Dog
Scientists
in Bristol have developed a battery which generates electricity
from organic waste.
The
battery, or microbial fuel cell (MFC), costs just £10 to
make and in the future, could allow leftovers from Sunday lunch
to top up the power supply of a household.
Although
MCFs have been developed in the past, they have always been
inefficient and expensive.
But
technologists at the University of the West of England in Bristol
have come up with the cheap, organic battery.
Team
leader Chris Melhuish told New Scientist magazine said that
although the new MCFs run on sugar cubes, the team aims to move
on to carrot power.
"It
has to be able to use raw materials, rather than giving it
refined fuel."
Inside
the battery, which is the size of a personal CD player, a colony
of E. coli bacteria produce enzymes which break down
carbohydrates and release hydrogen.
Chemical
reactions inside the cell strip electrons from the hydrogen atoms
to produce a voltage that can power a circuit.
Scientists
say 50 grammes of sugar would keep a 40-watt light bulb lit for
eight hours.
[Source:
BBC
News, Oct 9, 2002]
ORT
(222) 52
Tu+ >1 09 Table scrap
25
Th >1 07 Scrap RAG ROW STO
11
Tu- >1 05 Food scrap
10
Th >1 09 Morsel BIT
7
Th+ NYT 09 Crumb BIT
7
Mo >1 02 Scrap of food
7
We >1 06 Supper scrap
5
Th- >1 06 Leftover bit
5
Fr >1 99 Scrap for Fido
5
We >1 06 Scrap for Rover
5
We- >1 03 Scrap for Spot
4
Th >1 00 Leftover ODD
3
Tu- >1 05 Food morsel
3
>1 00 Uneaten morsel
2
We CSy 04 Doggy bag bit
2
Tu- >1 05 Leaving after dinner
2
Th >1 05 Leaving after lunch
2
Tu- >1 01 Leftover morsel
2
Th- >1 97 Meal crumb
2
Tu- >1 02 Meal morsel
2
We >1 04 Morsel of food
03
Relic of the repast
1
Th WSJ 08 "A Thing ___" (Beach Boys song)
85
Alimentary modicum
1
Fr NYT 07 Alimentary particle?
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