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  • electrochemically — In an electrochemical manner.
  • electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
  • electrotechnology — the technological use of electric power
  • elementary school — primary school
  • encephalomyelitic — Relating to encephalomyelitis.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
  • ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
  • exception handler — Special code which is called when an exception occurs during the execution of a program. If the programmer does not provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion of the program run and some kind of error indication being returned to the user. Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
  • exceptional child — a gifted child
  • first call on sth — If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.
  • flight of capital — When people lose confidence in a particular economy or market and withdraw their investment from it, you can refer to a flight of capital from that economy or market.
  • florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  • fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
  • fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
  • french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
  • functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
  • genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
  • gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
  • glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
  • globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
  • go for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
  • go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  • good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
  • grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
  • haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
  • hamiltonian cycle — Hamiltonian problem
  • harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • health care proxy — a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions about medical treatment in the event that he or she is no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.
  • helicopter parent — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • hemiglossectomies — Plural form of hemiglossectomy.
  • henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
  • heterochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth consisting of distinct sepals and petals
  • high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • histopathological — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historical method — the process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
  • historical school — a school of economists that arose in Germany in the 19th century in reaction to the principles of the classical economists, and that maintained that the factors making up an economy are variable and develop out of social institutions.
  • historiographical — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • hit for the cycle — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
  • ho chi minh trail — a network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam, used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong during the Vietnam War.
  • hold all the aces — If you say that someone holds all the aces, you mean that they have all the advantages in a contest or situation.
  • holistic medicine — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
  • homeland security — national defence
  • homolytic fission — the dissociation of a molecule into two neutral fragments
  • hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
  • horticulturalists — Plural form of horticulturalist.
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