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  • distance learning — education in which students receive instruction over the Internet, from a video, etc., instead of going to school.
  • distillers' grain — a by-product of the distillation process for making whisky, used as an animal foodstuff
  • distributed logic — a computer system in which remote terminals and electronic devices, distributed throughout the system, supplement the main computer by doing some of the computing or decision making
  • distribution line — A distribution line is a line or system for distributing power from a transmission system to a consumer that operates at less than 69,000 volts.
  • dobell's solution — a clear, yellowish, aqueous solution of sodium borate, sodium bicarbonate, phenol, and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic and astringent for the nose and throat.
  • domestic violence — physical abuse in the home
  • double insulation — Double insulation is insulation that consists of both basic insulation and supplementary insulation.
  • dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
  • dutch elm disease — a disease of elms characterized by wilting, yellowing, and falling of the leaves and caused by a fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, transmitted by bark beetles.
  • east indian lotus — a southern Asian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, of the water lily family, having fragrant pink or rose flowers.
  • elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
  • electric constant — the permittivity of free space, which has the value 8.854 187 × 10–12 farad per metre
  • electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
  • electrodeposition — The deposition of a metal on a cathode during electrolysis; used as a method of purification.
  • electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
  • electropositivity — (uncountable) the condition of being electropositive.
  • electrostatically — In an electrostatic manner, by electrostatic means.
  • elliptical spring — An elliptical spring is a spring that is made from two springs in the shape of elongated ovals laid cut in half and back-to-back.
  • employee benefits — benefits, such as health insurance, pension payments, or childcare, given to employees in addition to their usual salary or wage
  • employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • english breakfast — An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee.
  • enrolment figures — the numbers of people enrolling at an institution, on a course, etc
  • environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
  • epistemologically — In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
  • esprit d'escalier — clever repartee one thinks of too late
  • essential element — any chemical element required by an organism for healthy growth. It may be required in large amounts (macronutrient) or in very small amounts (trace element)
  • establishing shot — Cinema
  • ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
  • ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
  • experimental lisp — (language)   (xlisp) An experimental programming language combining a subset of Common Lisp with an object-oriented extension capability (Class and Object types). It was implemented by David Micheal Betz at Apple to allow experimentation with object-oriented programming on small computers. The C source code has been ported to Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari, and MS-DOS. Version 2.1 of the interpreter, by Tom Almy is closer to Common Lisp. E-mail: Tom Almy <[email protected]>.
  • extraterrestrials — Plural form of extraterrestrial.
  • facsimile catalog — a catalog that includes small reproductions of the items listed, as paintings, slides, designs, or the like.
  • false bread-fruit — ceriman.
  • feasibility study — (systems analysis)   Part of the systems develpment life cycle which aims to determine whether it is sensible to develop some system. The most popular model of feasibility study is "TELOS", standing for Technical, Economic, Legal, Operational, Schedule. Technical Feasibility: does the technology exist to implement the proposed system? Is it a practical proposition? Economic Feasibility: is the system cost-effective? Do benefits outweigh costs? Legal Feasibility: is there any conflict between the proposed system and legal requirements, e.g. the Data Protection Act? Operational Feasibility: are the current work practices and procedures adequate to support the new system? Schedule Feasibility: can the system be developed in time? After the feasibility study, the requirements analysis should be carried out.
  • female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • field post office — a place to which mail intended for military units in the field is sent to be sorted and forwarded
  • financial futures — futures in a stock-exchange index, currency exchange rate, or interest rate enabling banks, building societies, brokers, and speculators to hedge their involvement in these markets
  • first-aid classes — classes which teach people how to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • first-order logic — (language, logic)   The language describing the truth of mathematical formulas. Formulas describe properties of terms and have a truth value. The following are atomic formulas: True False p(t1,..tn) where t1,..,tn are terms and p is a predicate. If F1, F2 and F3 are formulas and v is a variable then the following are compound formulas: The "order" of a logic specifies what entities "For all" and "Exists" may quantify over. First-order logic can only quantify over sets of atomic propositions. (E.g. For all p . p => p). Second-order logic can quantify over functions on propositions, and higher-order logic can quantify over any type of entity. The sets over which quantifiers operate are usually implicit but can be deduced from well-formedness constraints. In first-order logic quantifiers always range over ALL the elements of the domain of discourse. By contrast, second-order logic allows one to quantify over subsets.
  • flickertail state — North Dakota (used as a nickname).
  • flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.
  • flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
  • florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  • fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
  • fluorescent strip — a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
  • fluvioterrestrial — (of animals) able to live in rivers and on land
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