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  • interpellation — a procedure in some legislative bodies of asking a government official to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
  • interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
  • interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • jarabe tapatio — a dance of Mexican origin, performed by a couple and consisting of nine figures and melodies, in which the partners often dance facing each other but not touching.
  • john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
  • lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
  • late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • laterotemporal — (anatomy) Relating to the lateral part of the temporal region of the skull.
  • lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • major prophets — theology
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • malappropriate — inappropriate
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
  • metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • metropolitical — metropolitan
  • microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
  • micropegmatite — a rock with a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • misappropriate — to put to a wrong use.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
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