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  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • gregorian mode — church mode.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • have a mind to — think about doing
  • hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
  • hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
  • home and hosed — definitely safe or successful
  • homeward bound — going home
  • homme du monde — a man of the world; a sophisticate.
  • honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
  • household name — a person or thing that is very well known
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
  • hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
  • impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
  • imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
  • in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
  • indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
  • indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • intermediation — the act of intermediating.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • intermodillion — a space between two modillions.
  • inverted comma — quotation mark.
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • jonker diamond — a noted diamond weighing 726 carats, discovered in the Transvaal in 1934 and cut into 12 pieces.
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