See Also: Acarina(medicine)

improvise (oh) and Acarina (medicine)


improvise (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: improviser, from Italian, from improvviso 'sudden']
to do something without any preparation, because you are forced to do this by unexpected events
::I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.
to make something by using whatever you can find because you do not have the equipment or materials that you need
::There were no spare nappies, so we had to improvise with what we could find.
::Annie improvised a sandpit for the children to play in.
to invent Music, words, a statement etc from your imagination, rather than planning or preparing it first
::I just started playing, and the Other guys started improvising around me.
::an improvised sketch
-- improvisation /7ImprEvaI5zeIFEn ?@ Im7prB:vE-/ n [U and C]

Acarina (medicine)


acarina
<zoology> The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Origin: NL, from Gr. A mite.

Source: Websters Dictionary