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  • file transfer — (networking)   Copying a file from one computer to another over a computer network. See also File Transfer Protocol, Kermit, Network File System, rcp, uucp, XMODEM, ZMODEM.
  • flabergasting — Present participle of flabergast.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
  • fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • fool's errand — a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
  • foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • fractionalise — Alt form fractionalize.
  • fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • frise aileron — an aircraft wing control surface designed with its leading edge extending forward of its axis of rotation so that when the aileron's trailing edge is raised the leading edge extends below the bottom surface of the wing.
  • galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
  • garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • garrulousness — Garrulity.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • general costs — the general expenses of running a business
  • general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
  • general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
  • german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
  • grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • greenland sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Greenland and N of Iceland.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
  • heartlessness — The characteristic of being heartless.
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • honorableness — The property of being honorable.
  • house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
  • hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
  • hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
  • illiberalness — The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
  • impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
  • impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
  • impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
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