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  • enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
  • encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • entente cordiale — a friendly understanding between political powers: less formal than an alliance
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • equational logic — (logic)   First-order equational logic consists of quantifier-free terms of ordinary first-order logic, with equality as the only predicate symbol. The model theory of this logic was developed into Universal algebra by Birkhoff et al. [Birkhoff, Gratzer, Cohn]. It was later made into a branch of category theory by Lawvere ("algebraic theories").
  • ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • european council — an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission
  • exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
  • exclamation mark — (character)   The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among Acorn Archimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA. The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT).
  • exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • falsificationism — (epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.
  • family allowance — a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
  • fictionalisation — Alternative spelling of fictionalization.
  • fictionalization — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • financial doping — the situation in which a sports franchise borrows heavily in order to contract and pay high-performing players, jeopardizing their long-term financial future
  • financialization — (economics) Conversion of intangible value into financial instruments.
  • flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
  • florencio varela — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • flotation collar — an inflatable device worn around the neck to keep the wearer afloat when in danger of drowning
  • food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
  • french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
  • functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
  • functional shift — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
  • functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
  • funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
  • gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
  • general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
  • geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
  • health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hemolytic anemia — an anemic condition characterized by the destruction of red blood cells: seen in some drug reactions and in certain infectious and hereditary disorders.
  • hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
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