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  • counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
  • counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
  • counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
  • counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
  • countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
  • counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
  • countrypeople — countryfolk.
  • countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
  • county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
  • coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
  • crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
  • crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
  • cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
  • decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
  • deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
  • deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
  • deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • disreputation — disrepute.
  • donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
  • encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  • entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
  • entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
  • equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
  • equipollently — With equal power.
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
  • ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
  • european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
  • european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
  • european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
  • european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
  • filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
  • fourpenny one — a blow, esp with the fist
  • funemployment — the condition of a person who enjoys being out of work
  • gartner group — (company)   One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
  • get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
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