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  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
  • hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
  • hen-and-chickens — any of several succulent plants that grow in clusters or colonies formed by runners or offshoots, as those of the genera Echeveria and Sempervivum.
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • in the ascendant — If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
  • incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
  • indecent assault — a sexual offense, other than rape, committed by one person against another.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indirect address — the address in a storage location that contains the actual machine address of a data item or of other information, as the next instruction, or that contains another indirect address.
  • indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indiscriminating — not discriminating.
  • indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
  • it's no accident — You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
  • lesser celandine — a Eurasian plant, Ranunculus ficaria, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and glossy yellow flowers, naturalized in North America.
  • mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
  • manic depression — bipolar disorder.
  • manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
  • masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • measuring device — gauge
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
  • panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
  • pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
  • pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • piece d'occasion — something prepared or used for a special occasion.
  • poisoned chalice — If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure.
  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • pseudocopulation — pollination of plants, esp orchids, by male insects while attempting to mate with flowers that resemble the female insect
  • psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
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