Brackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, but also certain human activities can produce brackish water, in particular certain civil engineering projects such as dikes and the flooding of coastal marshland. (https://www.eea.europa.eu/archived/archived-content-water-topic/wise-help-centre/glossary-definitions/brackish-water)
Volatile oils in aromatic plants which give the characteristic odor or flavor to the plant. Often used in fragrances and flavorings. (NAL Thesaurus Staff)
A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively long-lived whirlwind, ranging from small (half a metre wide and a few metres tall) to large (more than 10 metres wide and more than 1000 metres tall). The primary vertical motion is upward. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil)
Enzyme, which is cross-linked to the secondary antibody and used in some detection systems with different substrates. (British Society for Plant Pathology, 2022. Glossary, Alkaline phosphatase . https://www.bspp.org.uk/glossary/alkaline-phosphatase/)
In biochemistry, an esterase is a class of enzyme that splits esters into an acid and an alcohol in a chemical reaction with water called hydrolysis (and as such, it is a type of hydrolase). (Wikipedia. 2026. Esterase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterase)
