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Terms for subject Environment (6972 entries)
agrobiotehnoloogia agricultural biotechnology
agrokatastroof agricultural disaster (Violent, sudden and destructive change in the environment either affecting or caused by land cultivation or the raising of crops or livestock)
agrokemikaal agrochemical (Any substance or mixture of substances used or intended to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling, attracting, inhibiting, or controlling any insects, rodents, birds, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, weeds or other forms of plant, animal or microbial life regarded as pests)
agrokütus agrofuel
agrometeoroloogia agrometeorology (The study of the interaction between meteorological and hydrological factors, on the one hand, and agriculture in the widest sense, including horticulture, animal husbandry and forestry, on the other)
agronoomia agronomy (The principles and procedures of soil management and of field crop and special-purpose plant improvement, management, and production)
agroökoloogia agricultural ecology
agroökosüsteem agrosystem (Ecosystem dominated by the continuous agricultural intervention of man)
agrotehnika agricultural method (Practices and techniques employed in agriculture to improve yields and productivity. Over the last few decades they have undergone big changes: tilling, sowing and harvesting have become increasingly mechanised, and the methods of applying fertilisers and pesticides have become more sophisticated. Many changes within the agricultural system can be summed up by "intensification". The result and aim of intensification has been to achieve increases in production, yields and labour productivity in agriculture)
agrotehnoloogia agricultural engineering (A discipline concerned with developing and improving the means for providing food and fiber for mankind's needs)
agrotööstus agroindustry (Industry dealing with the supply, processing and distribution of farm products)
agroturism agritourism (Holidays organized in a farm: meals are prepared with natural products and guests are entertained with handicraft, sporting and agricultural activities)
ahelpolümeer addition polymer (A polymer formed by the chain addition of unsaturated monomer molecules, such as olefins, with one another without the formation of a by-product, as water; examples are polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene)
aherainemägi excavation heap (Residue in form of a heap, consisting of earth or other material, produced by excavation)
aherainemägi spoil dump (Place where rubbish and waste minerals dug out of a mine are deposited)
ahi oven (An enclosed heated compartment usually lined with a refractory material used for drying substances, firing ceramics, heat-treating, etc.)
ahi furnace (A structure or apparatus in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, often to warm houses, melt metals, produce steam and bake pottery)
ahjus kuivatamine oven drying
aiajäätmed garden waste (Natural organic matter discarded from gardens and yards including leaves, grass clippings, prunings, brush and stumps)
aiandus horticulture (The art and science of growing plants)