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ground rule double — a safe hit ruled for two bases according to the rules of a particular stadium, as when a fly ball bounces once in the outfield and then clears a fence.
guidance counselor — advisor in schools
head and shoulders — If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.
hydroflumethiazide — A diuretic drug.
hydroxychloroquine — a colorless crystalline solid, C 18 H 26 ClN 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria, lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
indolebutyric acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 13 O 2 N, a plant hormone similar to indoleacetic acid and used for the same purposes.
inductive relation — A relation R between domains D and E is inductive if for all chains d1 .. dn in D and e1 .. en in E,
informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
jerusalem syndrome — a delusive condition affecting some visitors to Jerusalem in which the sufferer identifies with a major figure from his or her religious background
left-eyed flounder — any of several flat-fishes of the family Bothidae, having both eyes on the left side of the head.
long hundredweight — a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the U.S.
lord chief justice — the presiding judge of Britain's High Court of Justice, the superior court of record for both criminal and civil cases.
loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
low blood pressure — hypotension.
mercurous chloride — calomel.
mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
modular arithmetic — arithmetic in which numbers that are congruent modulo a given number are treated as the same. Compare congruence (def 2), modulo, modulus (def 2b).
molecular medicine — the study of disease or injury at the molecular or cellular level.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mucopolysaccharide — (formerly) glycosaminoglycan.
multi-user dungeon — Multi-User Dimension
neurodevelopmental — Of or pertaining to the development of neurological pathways in the brain.
neuroendocrinology — the study of the anatomical and physiological interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
order of australia — an order awarded to Australians for outstanding achievement or for service to Australia or to humanity at large; established in 1975
parallel reduction — A form of applicative order reduction in which all redexes in an expression are reduced simultaneously. Variants include parallel outermost reduction and lenient reduction. See normal order reduction.
percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
piperonyl butoxide — a light-brown liquid, C 1 9 H 3 0 O 5 , used chiefly as a synergist in certain insecticides.
potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
potassium fluoride — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, toxic powder, KF, used chiefly as an insecticide, a disinfectant, and in etching glass.
pour cold water on — If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
process scheduling — multitasking
product life cycle — the four stages (introduction, growth, maturity, and decline) into one of which the sales of a product fall during its market life
pseudotuberculosis — an acute, sometimes fatal disease of rodents, birds, and other animals, including humans, caused by the bacterium Yersinia (Pasteurella) pseudotuberculosis, and characterized by the formation of nodules resembling those that result from tuberculosis.
pyromucic aldehyde — furfural.
quarry-tiled floor — a floor covered with square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tiles
quartz-iodine lamp — a type of tungsten-halogen lamp containing small amounts of iodine and having a quartz envelope, operating at high temperature and producing an intense light for use in car headlamps, etc
red-spotted purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
return to the fold — come back home
rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
saturated solution — A saturated solution is a solution in which there is so much solute that if there was any more, it would not dissolve.
soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college

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