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  • overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic Christianity as well as the historic and catholic character of the church.
  • passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
  • pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • preview monitor — (in a television studio control room) a picture monitor used for inspecting a picture source before it is switched to transmission
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
  • pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
  • quartz movement — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
  • random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
  • simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
  • venturesomeness — the quality or state of being venturesome
  • vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • video on demand — (communications)   (VoD) A planned system using video compression to supply programs to viewers when requested, via ISDN or cable.
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
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