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Equine viral encephalomyelitis is a disease which can be caused by several viruses (known as equine encephalitis viruses). Equine viral encephalomyelitis mainly affects members of the equid family, such as: horses, donkeys, mules, zebras. Equine viral encephalomyelitis can be fatal, although some animals will recover from the disease. (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency, 2018. Equine viral encephalomyelitis: how to spot and report the disease. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equine-viral-encephalomyelitis-how-to-spot-and-report-the-disease)

Tap water (also known as running water, piped water or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve. Tap water is commonly used for drinking, cooking, washing, and toilet flushing. (Wikipedia, 2024. Tap water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_water)

An eye made up of many individual eye elements each represented externally by a corneal facet. (http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/ID_Tools/F_Guide/behavior.htm)

Sewage treatment is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. (Adapted from Khopkar, S.M. (2004). Environmental Pollution Monitoring And Control. New Delhi: New Age International. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-224-1507-0.)

Catch crops, which are sown in summer months (BonaRes project)

The slow escape of a gas through porous material or small holes. (AGROVOC Team)

Radiosondes are battery-powered telemetry instrument packages that are carried into the atmosphere typically by a weather balloon; they measure altitude, pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind (both speed and direction), and cosmic ray readings at high altitudes. (Steven J. Fletcher, Chapter 14 - Observations, Editor(s): Steven J. Fletcher, Data Assimilation for the Geosciences (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2023, Pages 601-629, ISBN 9780323917209, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-32-391720-9.00018-8)

Equine herpesvirus (EHV), also known as equine rhinopneumonitis, is a family of highly contagious viruses found in horses worldwide. (USDA, APHIS, 2024. Equine Herpesvirus https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/equine/herpesvirus)

A term given to settlement or residential areas that by at least one criterion fall outside official rules and regulations. (IPCC AR5 WGII 2014)

Ripples that form on the surface of the sea or lake due to a light breeze, with amplitudes not exceeding a few centimeters, are the first stage of wind wave formation. (Translated from http://terim.tuba.gov.tr/)

A powder formulation, which may contain water-insoluble formulants, to be applied as an oil-in-water emulsion of the active constituent(s) after dispersion in water. (FAO/WHO. 2016. Manual on development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for pesticides. 1st Edition, 3rd revision, FAO, Rome. Available online: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/pests/jmps/manual/en/ )

The pomelo (Citrus maxima), from the family Rutaceae, is the largest citrus fruit, and the principal ancestor of the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. (Wikipedia, 2024. Pomelo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo)

Fruit of Opuntia ficus-indica, a simple fleshy berry formed from an inferior ovary sunk into the stem tissues of the receptacle. (Adapted from FAO, 2017. Crop ecology, cultivation and uses of cactus pear https://www.fao.org/3/i7628en/I7628EN.pdf)