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- for values of — (jargon) A common rhetorical maneuver at MIT is to use any of the canonical random numbers as placeholders for variables. "The max function takes 42 arguments, for arbitrary values of 42". "There are 69 ways to leave your lover, for 69 = 50". This is especially likely when the speaker has uttered a random number and realises that it was not recognised as such, but even "non-random" numbers are occasionally used in this fashion. A related joke is that pi equals 3 - for small values of pi and large values of 3. This usage probably derives from the programming language MAD (Michigan Algorithm Decoder), an ALGOL-like language that was the most common choice among mainstream (non-hacker) users at MIT in the mid-1960s. It had a control structure FOR VALUES OF X = 3, 7, 99 DO ... that would repeat the indicated instructions for each value in the list (unlike the usual FOR that generates an arithmetic sequence of values). MAD is long extinct, but similar for-constructs still flourish (e.g. in Unix's shell languages).
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- gulf of saros — an inlet of the Aegean in NW Turkey, north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Length: 59 km (37 miles). Width: 35 km (22 miles)
- gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
- gulf-of-saros — Gulf of, an inlet of the Aegean, N of the Gallipoli Peninsula. 37 miles (60 km) long; 22 miles (35 km) wide.
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- 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.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- inquisitorial — of or relating to an inquisitor or inquisition.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- jerusalem oak — feather geranium.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- labour unrest — unrest or dissatisfaction displayed by workers, often in the form of strikes, and sometimes violent disputes, etc, which disrupts normal business
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.