Among large populated cities in the United States, Houston is unique as the largest city in the country with no zoning ordinances. Houston voters have rejected efforts to implement zoning in 1948, 1962, and 1993. It is commonly believed that Houston is Houston because of the lack of zoning laws.
For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see Pisces Iscariot. A pissant, also seen as piss ant or piss-ant, refers to a specific type of ant. The word is also used as a pejorative noun or adjective, indicating insignificance.
calamus scriptoÂ´rius the lowest portion of the floor of the fourth ventricle, situated between the restiform bodies. A perennial herb, the rhizone of which contains mucilage, sesquiterpenes and volatile oils (azulene, camphor, cineole, eugenol, pinene and others); it is carminative, spasmolytic and mildly sedative.