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  • metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
  • microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
  • microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
  • microfilarial — relating to, or emanating from, microfilariae
  • microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
  • mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
  • mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  • multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
  • naval officer — member of navy staff
  • nonartificial — Not artificial.
  • nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
  • nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
  • nuclear force — strong interaction
  • nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
  • olfactologist — a medical specialist in the sense of smell
  • olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
  • olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
  • refocillation — the restoring of strength by refreshment or revivement
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
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