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  • indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
  • infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
  • initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
  • iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
  • irda control — (standard)   (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
  • kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
  • loading coil — an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.
  • locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
  • longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
  • machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
  • machine code — (language)   The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • malonic acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, dibasic acid, C 3 H 4 O 4 , easily decomposed by heat: used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of barbiturates.
  • mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • miseducation — to educate improperly.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
  • morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
  • nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
  • nidification — to build a nest.
  • nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
  • non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
  • non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • nonactivated — not activated,
  • nonaddicting — Not addicting.
  • nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
  • nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
  • noncandidacy — the state of not being a candidate, esp for political office
  • noncandidate — a person who has not yet announced his or her availability for election to a political office or who has declared himself or herself not a candidate.
  • noncircadian — Not circadian.
  • noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
  • nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
  • noneducation — not involving education
  • nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
  • notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • occidentally — In an occidental manner.
  • octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
  • old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
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