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  • culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
  • curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
  • currency market — a market in which banks and traders purchase and sell foreign currencies
  • customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • cut the mustard — to come up to expectations
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
  • democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
  • democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
  • democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
  • diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
  • diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
  • disjecta membra — scattered fragments, esp parts taken from a writing or writings
  • dithiocarbamate — any salt or ester of dithiocarbamic acid, commonly used as fungicides
  • document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • eclaircissement — clarification; explanation.
  • econometrically — In terms of econometrics.
  • electra complex — the sexual attachment of a female child to her father
  • electrochemical — (chemistry) of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity.
  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • electromagnetic — Of or relating to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
  • electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
  • electron camera — a camera which uses electron beams, esp a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • electronic game — any of various small handheld computerized games, usually battery-operated, having a small screen on which graphics are displayed and buttons to operate the game
  • electronic mail — (messaging)   (e-mail) Messages automatically passed from one computer user to another, often through computer networks and/or via modems over telephone lines. A message, especially one following the common RFC 822 standard, begins with several lines of headers, followed by a blank line, and the body of the message. Most e-mail systems now support the MIME standard which allows the message body to contain "attachments" of different kinds rather than just one block of plain ASCII text. It is conventional for the body to end with a signature. Headers give the name and electronic mail address of the sender and recipient(s), the time and date when it was sent and a subject. There are many other headers which may get added by different message handling systems during delivery. The message is "composed" by the sender, usually using a special program - a "Mail User Agent" (MUA). It is then passed to some kind of "Message Transfer Agent" (MTA) - a program which is responsible for either delivering the message locally or passing it to another MTA, often on another host. MTAs on different hosts on a network often communicate using SMTP. The message is eventually delivered to the recipient's mailbox - normally a file on his computer - from where he can read it using a mail reading program (which may or may not be the same MUA as used by the sender). Contrast snail-mail, paper-net, voice-net. The form "email" is also common, but is less suggestive of the correct pronunciation and derivation than "e-mail". The word is used as a noun for the concept ("Isn't e-mail great?", "Are you on e-mail?"), a collection of (unread) messages ("I spent all night reading my e-mail"), and as a verb meaning "to send (something in) an e-mail message" ("I'll e-mail you (my report)"). The use of "an e-mail" as a count noun for an e-mail message, and plural "e-mails", is now (2000) also well established despite the fact that "mail" is definitely a mass noun. Oddly enough, the word "emailed" is actually listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. It means "embossed (with a raised pattern) or arranged in a net work". A use from 1480 is given. The word is derived from French "emmailleure", network. Also, "email" is German for enamel.
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
  • enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
  • enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
  • entrance permit — a permit issued by the government of a country allowing nationals of other countries to enter
  • ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
  • formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
  • french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
  • geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
  • grain itch mite — a mite, Pyemotes ventricosus, that often occurs in straw and normally feeds on the larvae of insects but opportunistically bites humans, causing an itching dermatitis.
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
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