The color of a kittenâs fur can give clues to its sex. Certain colors, like calico (large patches of black, white, and orange) and tortoiseshell (marbled black, orange/brown, and sometimes white), are carried on the X chromosome and require two X chromosomes to appear.
Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten directly translatable to heavy stone, though the name is volfram in Swedish to distinguish it from Scheelite, in Swedish alternatively named tungsten.
Report Abuse. Sassenach is derived from the Scottish Gaelic word sasunnach, literally meaning 'Saxon', and originally used by Gaelic speakers to refer to non-Gaelic speaking Scottish Lowlanders.ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Sassenach is a word used chiefly by the Scots to designate an Englishman [1] It derives from the Gaelic Sasunnach meaning, originally, Saxon. The modern Scottish spelling is 'Sasannach'.