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  • curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
  • customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
  • cut your losses — If you cut your losses, you stop doing what you were doing in order to prevent the bad situation that you are in becoming worse.
  • cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • debt counsellor — a person who advises people who are in debt on how to deal with their debt and get out of it
  • decree absolute — A decree absolute is the final order made by a court in a divorce case which ends a marriage completely.
  • delta reduction — (theory)   In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
  • direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
  • disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
  • dishcloth gourd — loofah (def 1).
  • double concerto — a concerto for two solo instruments
  • drying-up cloth — a tea towel
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
  • electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
  • electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
  • eleutherococcus — a shrub, Eleutherococcus senticosus, which is found in Siberia and which is used in herbal medicine. It supposedly increases stamina and boosts the immune system
  • eleutherodactyl — (of a bird) having the hind toe free
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • fellow creature — a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
  • fork-lift truck — Also called forklift truck, fork truck. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, shipping depots, etc.
  • four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
  • fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
  • groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
  • horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
  • hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
  • indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
  • interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
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