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  • diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
  • digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
  • drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • duplicate bridge — a form of contract bridge used in tournaments in which contestants play the identical series of deals, with each deal being scored independently, permitting individual scores to be compared.
  • echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
  • echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
  • eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
  • emulator program — (networking)   (EP) IBM software that emulates a 2701/2/3 hard-wired IBM 360 communications controller and resides in a 370x/372x/374x comms controller. See also Partitioned Emulation Program (PEP).
  • encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
  • epigrammatically — In a manner suggesting of an epigram.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • feeping creature — [feeping creaturism] An unnecessary feature; a bit of chrome that, in the speaker's judgment, is the camel's nose for a whole horde of new features.
  • fellow passenger — a person travelling on the same vehicle, plane, ship etc as you
  • fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
  • flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
  • fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
  • gadsden purchase — a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.
  • galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • garden apartment — an apartment on the ground floor of an apartment building having direct access to a backyard or garden.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • general expenses — miscellaneous expenses
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • general practice — family practice.
  • geographic range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible to the eye at a given elevation, assuming that the weather is clear and that the light is sufficiently powerful to be visible from any point at which it appears above the horizon.
  • geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
  • geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
  • george m pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
  • gingerbread palm — doom palm.
  • gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
  • glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
  • go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
  • gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • grant of probate — a certificate stating that a will is valid
  • granulated paper — paper with a roughened surface
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • grape phylloxera — See under phylloxera.
  • grapefruit juice — nectar of the grapefruit
  • graphic designer — person: commercial artist
  • graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
  • graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
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