UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

quorum: minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting so that the proceedings are valid

Saccade - a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.

Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

Xerophily - Flourishing in a very dry environment.

Zenith: time at which something is most powerful or successful.

Bombastic - high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Dauntless - showing fearlessness and determination

FOD (Foreign Object Damage) - 

In aviation and aerospace, foreign object damage (FOD) is any article or substance, alien to an aircraft or system, which could potentially cause damage.^[1]

External FOD hazards include bird strikes, hail, ice, sandstorms, ash-clouds or objects left on the runway. Internal FOD hazards include items left in the cockpit that interfere with flight safety by getting tangled in control cables, jam moving parts or short-out electrical connections.

The term FOD is used to describe both the foreign objects themselves, and any damage attributed to them.

The SuperSonic Transport (SST) Concorde, Air France Flight 4590, 7/25/2000,...debris (fod) on the runway.