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  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
  • ile du diable — French name of Devil's Island.
  • in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
  • inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
  • inconcludable — Impossible to conclude; unfinishable.
  • india drugget — drugget (def 1).
  • indian runner — one of a breed of domestic ducks.
  • indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
  • indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
  • indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
  • individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
  • individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
  • indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
  • industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
  • industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • ineducability — Inability to be educated.
  • infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
  • injured party — victim
  • insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • inter-assured — to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • jean de meung — real name Jean Clopinel. ?1250–?1305, French poet, who continued Guillaume de Lorris' Roman de la Rose. His portion of the poem consists of some 18 000 lines and contains satirical attacks on women and the Church
  • jesus sandals — simple leather sandals of a type often worn by hippies
  • juan de onate — Juan de [hwahn de] /ʰwɑn dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1624, Spanish explorer who colonized New Mexico.
  • judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
  • knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
  • liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
  • loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
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