Blundering hordes.Something mystified mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. me in your story "Buried Treasures buried treasure - A surprising piece of code found in some program. While usually not wrong, it tends to vary from crufty to bletcherous, and has lain undiscovered only because it was functionally correct, however horrible it is. : Constructing--and deconstructing--cave formations" (SN: 4/29/06, p. 266). Apparently, preservation experts are concerned that microorganisms could wipe out Stone Age cave paintings, as if this were an urgent threat. Has something altered the caves in which these paintings appear that has invited intensified bacterial growth Bacterial growth The processes of both the increase in number and the increase in mass of bacteria. Growth has three distinct aspects: biomass production, cell production, and cell survival. ? DON MCMILLAN, MODESTO, CALIF. What threatens the paintings is a modern scourge: tourists. People's exhalations and body heat affect a cave's temperature and humidity, and, as mentioned in the article, cells and hair that people shed can nourish nour·ish v. To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth. microbes. |
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