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  • normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
  • nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
  • off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
  • on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
  • orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • ram sth home — If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • rammed earth — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
  • reattachment — connecting or fastening again
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
  • rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • rhodomontade — rodomontade
  • rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semidetached — partly detached.
  • shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
  • share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
  • smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
  • somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
  • space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • st. matthews — a town in N Kentucky.
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