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  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
  • idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • indomitability — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
  • labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
  • longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • nodal analysis — Nodal analysis is a method of analyzing circuits based on defining node voltages as the variables.
  • non-derogatory — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
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