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  • expansion card — (hardware)   A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
  • expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
  • free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
  • free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
  • frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
  • g-strophanthin — ouabain.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
  • grappling iron — a grapnel.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
  • hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
  • impersonations — Plural form of impersonation.
  • imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
  • imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
  • impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
  • inapprehension — lack of apprehension.
  • inapproachable — not approachable.
  • incorporations — Plural form of incorporation.
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
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