FireChat may catch on as a way to corral revelers, but that's just the beginning of its practical applications. For political organizers, it could become a critically important way to keep protesters and activists connected when their traditional forms of communicating get cut off.
Desiccators are sealable enclosures containing desiccants used for preserving moisture-sensitive items such as cobalt chloride paper for another use. A common use for desiccators is to protect chemicals which are hygroscopic or which react with water from humidity.
metÂ·aÂ·phor. n. 1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in a sea of troubles or All the world's a stage (Shakespeare).