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  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • herd immunity — the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.
  • here document — (operating system)   Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
  • indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
  • indirect jump — (programming)   A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
  • minimum order — A minimum order is the smallest amount or number that may be ordered in one delivery, usually to spread delivery costs over an economical number of units.
  • misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
  • misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
  • monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
  • mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
  • mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
  • mourning dove — variety of pigeon
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
  • mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
  • multistranded — having several strands
  • murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
  • murderousness — The state or condition of being murderous.
  • neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
  • neuroectoderm — (anatomy) The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
  • ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
  • outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
  • outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • overenamoured — excessively fond
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • random number — pseudorandom number
  • random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
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