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  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
  • molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • multidigitate — having many digits or finger-like projections
  • multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
  • plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quadrilingual — using or involving four languages: a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
  • radical right — the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.
  • radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
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