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  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
  • immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • induction course — training for new job
  • induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
  • infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
  • infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • josquin des prés — Josquin [zhuhs-kan;; French zhaws-kan] /ˈʒʌs kæn;; French ʒɔsˈkɛ̃/ (Show IPA), c1445–1521, Flemish composer.
  • josquin des prez — 1440?-1521; Fr. composer
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
  • machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
  • magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
  • manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
  • many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • metes and bounds — the precisely described boundary lines of a parcel of land, as found in a deed
  • miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
  • modern languages — languages currently spoken
  • modular language — (language)   (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
  • money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
  • neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • newry and mourne — a district of SE Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 89 644 (2003 est). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
  • nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
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