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  • hydroxytryptamine — (organic compound) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin).
  • hyperalimentation — overfeeding.
  • hyperpigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
  • hypocholesteremia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
  • imperialistically — In an imperialistic manner.
  • implosion therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
  • implosive-therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
  • impressionability — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
  • imputation system — a former taxation system in which some, or all, of the corporation tax on a company was treated as a tax credit on account of the income tax paid by its shareholders on their dividends; discontinued from 1999
  • insurance company — company that sells insurance policies
  • keep mum/stay mum — If you keep mum or stay mum about something, you do not tell anyone about it.
  • literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
  • lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
  • lymphangiographic — Relating to lymphangiography.
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • malay archipelago — an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
  • malayo-polynesian — a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian
  • manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
  • mass spectroscopy — an instrument used to determine the masses of small, electrically charged particles.
  • mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
  • melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
  • mentally impaired — with reduced or weakened mental capacity
  • metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
  • method of payment — cash, credit card, cheque, etc.
  • methylnaphthalene — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 0 , whose alpha isomer, a colorless liquid, is used in determining cetane numbers.
  • micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
  • microphanerophyte — any shrub or tree having a height of 2 to 8 metres
  • midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
  • multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
  • multipotentiality — The capacity to develop in multiple ways; the state of having multiple potentialities.
  • muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
  • nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
  • neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
  • office by example — (language)   (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
  • olympic mountains — a mountain range in NW Washington: part of the Coast Range. Highest peak: Mount Olympus, 2427 m (7965 ft)
  • olympic peninsula — a large peninsula of W Washington
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • onomatopoetically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.
  • packaging company — a company that packages goods on behalf of the producer
  • palaeoclimatology — the study of climates of the geological past
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • parachute payment — a payment made to alleviate hardship resulting from a sudden loss of income
  • parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
  • parcplace systems — (company)   A company spun-off from Xerox PARC that developed the original version of VisualWorks.
  • parents anonymous — (in Britain) an association of local voluntary self-help groups offering help through an anonymous telephone service to parents who fear they will injure their children, or who have other problems in managing their children
  • parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
  • passamaquoddy bay — an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between Maine and New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River.
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