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  • econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
  • econometrist — An econometrician.
  • economy size — product: large, inexpensive
  • economy-size — larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.
  • ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
  • ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
  • elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
  • emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
  • emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
  • embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
  • emollescence — a state of softening before hardening
  • encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
  • encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
  • enforcements — Plural form of enforcement.
  • eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
  • eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
  • exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
  • exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
  • factionalism — of a faction or factions.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
  • gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
  • gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
  • geoeconomics — The study of the economic trends and conditions of the world’s countries and how they are related; economics considered on the broadest global scale.
  • geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
  • hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
  • hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
  • homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
  • homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
  • homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
  • hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
  • iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
  • iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
  • iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
  • idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
  • implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
  • importancies — Plural form of importancy.
  • imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
  • incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
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