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- fluid-extract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluoroacetate — a toxic chemical compound, C2H2FNaO2, occurring naturally in certain plants, and commonly used as rat poison
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- intercellular — situated between or among cells.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- intercultural — pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures: intercultural exchanges in music and art.
- interjaculate — (transitive) To ejaculate (a remark, etc.) parenthetically.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracellular — within a cell or cells.
- intratelluric — Geology. located in, taking place in, or resulting from action beneath the lithosphere.
- japan current — a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific
- laughter club — a group of people who meet regularly to take part in communal laughing for therapeutic effect
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.