The pituitary communicates with the ovaries by sending hormones through the bloodstream â first hormones that cause the egg to mature, and then hormones that trigger ovulation. But when a woman is stressed, other hormones are released in the brain, which can bungle the hormone cycle.
seasick adjective. âº âvomiting or having the âfeeling you will âvomit because of the âmovement of the âship you are âtravelling in: I was/âfelt seasick, so I went up on âdeck for some âfresh âair. seasickness noun [U] uk us /-ËsÉªk.nÉs/. noun [U] uk us /-ËsÉªk.nÉs/.
spick and span. Neat and clean, as in When Ruth has finished cleaning, the whole house is spick and span. This term combines two nouns that are now obsolete, spick, âa nailâ or âspike,â and span, âa wooden chip.â In the 1500s a sailing ship was considered spick and span when every spike and chip was brand-new. The transfer to the current sense took place in the mid-1800s.