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  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • gnu archive site — (body)   The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
  • grit one's teeth — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
  • guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
  • hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
  • hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
  • hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
  • in the slightest — at all
  • in the spotlight — prominently featured
  • inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
  • lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
  • lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
  • lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
  • living daylights — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
  • metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • mount washington — a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains: the highest peak in the northeast US; noted for extreme weather conditions. Height: 1917 m (6288 ft)
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
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