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  • interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
  • intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
  • japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
  • kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
  • kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
  • lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
  • lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
  • louis napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
  • male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
  • mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
  • neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
  • nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
  • non-assumptive — taken for granted.
  • non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • non-suspension — the act of suspending.
  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • nonpressurized — Not pressurized.
  • nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonspontaneous — Not spontaneous.
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nonsupervisory — not supervisory
  • nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
  • one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
  • panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
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