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of or relating to a branch of science concerned with the interaction of organisms and their environment
"Global awareness, ecological guilt," - Too Much To Ask
- Greg Graffin
A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.
"And Eddies of new ideas are " - Against The Grain
- Greg Graffin
A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size
"I can see the edifice crumbling in foggy mist, " - The Grand Delusion
- Greg Graffin
"the father of the hydrogen bomb"
"I think of Edward Teller and his moribund reprise," - The Biggest Killer In American History
- Greg Graffin
A likeness of a person; figure, image, picture
"An effigy, a soldier out of time" - Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
To eject abruptly
"Immaculate ejaculate in space" - New Dark Ages
- Brett Gurewitz
Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; Distinctive style or flair
"The morning rush hour traffic is our play of false elan." - Anxiety
- Greg Graffin
The feeling of being very happy or proud
"The pomp and elation," - Recipe For Hate
- Greg Graffin
A substance believed to cure all ills
"The process of belief is an elixir when you're weak," - Materialist
- Greg Graffin
"There's an elixir for your ills" - The Kids Are Alt-Right
- Brett Gurewitz
A particular style of speaking
"Its vestige dimly flickers in elocution sound" - Adam's Atoms
- Greg Graffin
To evade, or escape from someone or something
"The particles of happiness elude us in remains." - Adam's Atoms
- Greg Graffin
"But the saddest thing of all eludes discovery" - Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
1. gives a definite form to
2. collects or includes an organized whole
3. provides with a body
2. collects or includes an organized whole
3. provides with a body
"It embodies what he cannot be... (Portrait of authority)" - Portrait Of Authority
- Greg Graffin
Inflamed with love
"I'm enamored by young lovers on the weekend," - Atomic Garden
- Brett Gurewitz
Growing or proceeding from within
"The swath endogenous of ourselves will be our quandary." - Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
- Jay Bentley
To stuff or fill
"Engorge the big ventricle of heartbroken America." - News From The Front
- Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley, Bobby Schayer
Covered or sheltered; hidden securely
"The vortex of their minds ensconsed within the murky deep." - 1000 More Fools
- Brett Gurewitz
A thermodynamic function of a system, equal to its internal energy plus the product of its volume and pressure
"An element in a sea of enthalpic organic compounds." - The World Won't Stop Without You
- Greg Graffin
1. hypothesized tendency toward uniform inertness, esp. of the universe
2. the measure of the frequency with which an event occurs within a system
2. the measure of the frequency with which an event occurs within a system
"Entropy makes fools of us all" - Downfall
- Greg Graffin
"It's entropy, it's not a human issue," - Entropy
- Greg Graffin
A division of geologic time comprising two or more eras (also aeon)
"Coming down a mountain, eons have a human ring," - Beyond Electric Dreams
- Brett Gurewitz
"I show pity on eons past," - Pity
- Greg Graffin
Lasting a very short time
"The quickening is an ephemeral thing" - The Quickening
- Brett Gurewitz
Belonging to or resembling both the male and the female; Effeminate, unmanly
"He's the quintessential mindless modern epicene." - Automatic Man
- Brett Gurewitz
A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization
" Of Epiphany." - Epiphany
- Greg Graffin
Of, relating to, or involving knowledge
"And maybe we'd all benefit from some epistemic humility" - Lose Your Head
- Brett Gurewitz
Either of the two times each year (as about March 21 and September 23) when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are everywhere on earth of approximately equal length
"And it feels like the spring equinox after a long winter’s sleep." - Someone to Believe
- Greg Graffin
A special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.
"Hey Brother Christian with your high and mighty errand," - I Want To Conquer The World
- Brett Gurewitz
usually an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
"The veil of an ersatz human nature " - The Surface Of Me
- Greg Graffin
To avoid, shun
"Enormous things to do, others' practices to eschew," - The World Won't Stop Without You
- Greg Graffin
To remove internal organs
"Lacerate eviscerate and perforate and mutilate" - Germs Of Perfection
- Greg Graffin
1. any process of formation or growth
2. the development of complex plants and animals from earlier, simpler forms
3. a pattern formed by a series of movements
2. the development of complex plants and animals from earlier, simpler forms
3. a pattern formed by a series of movements
"Our evolution is our demise." - Lookin' In
- Greg Graffin
"Modern man, evolutionary betrayer," - Modern Man
- Greg Graffin
"Our evolution didn't hinge on passivity." - Raise Your Voice
- Greg Graffin
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc
"In so many ways we exalt and fail as one." - In So Many Ways
- Greg Graffin
"When convenient we exalt them and pay them such respect" - Past is Dead
- Greg Graffin
"Turn another cheek and exalt in your decision" - The Universal Cynic
- Greg Graffin
1. to elevate in rank, power or character
2. to praise or extol
2. to praise or extol
"I've also heard a lot of exaltation for our kind" - Mediocrity
- Greg Graffin
Digressive; tending to wander away from the main topic
"Excursive expeditions leave us holding less and less." - Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
- Jay Bentley
Not subject to an obligation, tax, etc.
"Independent and exempt," - A Walk
- Greg Graffin
"But you're exempted of course if you" - Come Join Us
- Greg Graffin
"Aristocrats claim an exemption from the standards of democracy" - Old Regime
- Greg Graffin
"And don't think you're exempt if you earn good weekly wages," - Sometimes It Feels Like
- Brett Gurewitz
Relating to human existence and experience
"Threat is urgent, existential" - Chaos From Within
- Greg Graffin
1. of special beauty, charm or elegance
2. intense or keen as pleasure
3. keenly sensitive or responsive
4. of peculiar refinement
2. intense or keen as pleasure
3. keenly sensitive or responsive
4. of peculiar refinement
"The tragic and exquisite are the same to some degree." - Mediocrity
- Greg Graffin
Freedom or release from entanglement; disengagement
"He sought extrication through chemical vocation and now he answers to Jones." - Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
