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  • kawasaki syndrome — a syndrome, usually afflicting children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, rashes, irritated eyes and mucous membranes, etc. with possible damage to the cardiovascular system
  • lambda expression — (mathematics)   A term in the lambda-calculus denoting an unnamed function (a "lambda abstraction"), a variable or a constant. The pure lambda-calculus has only functions and no constants.
  • lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
  • least fixed point — (mathematics)   A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
  • legal proceedings — court case
  • lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
  • livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
  • load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
  • maison de moliere — Comédie Française.
  • majority decision — a decision supported by more than half the people involved
  • make inroads into — to start to use up the supply of something
  • manganese dioxide — a blackish, crystalline or powdery substance, MnO2, that is a strong oxidizing agent, used in making batteries, matches, etc.
  • mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
  • memoised function — memo function
  • mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
  • microdensitometer — a densitometer for measuring the density of minute areas of photographic negatives.
  • microdermabrasion — A cosmetic treatment in which the face is sprayed with exfoliant crystals to remove dead epidermal cells.
  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • midterm elections — elections held halfway through the term of office of a president during which governors, etc, but not a president, are elected
  • mies van der rohe — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.
  • minas de riotinto — a town in SW Spain: copper mines.
  • misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
  • monoamine oxidase — a copper-containing enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of monoamines. Abbreviation: MAO.
  • montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
  • moon and sixpence — a novel (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham.
  • multitudinousness — The state or condition of being multitudinous.
  • nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
  • non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
  • non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
  • non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
  • northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
  • northern studfish — See under studfish.
  • not one's idea of — not what one regards as (hard work, a holiday, etc)
  • nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
  • odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
  • on someone's mind — occupying someone's thoughts
  • on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
  • on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
  • one-time password — (security)   (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
  • order of business — a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.
  • out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • passive obedience — unquestioning obedience to authority
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