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  • imperative language — (language)   Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform. An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
  • intangible property — intellectual property, rights ownership
  • intergalactic space — the region of physical space that exists between galaxies. The density is negligible, and close to an almost total vacuum
  • jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
  • jumping plant louse — any of numerous lice, of the family Psyllidae, that feed on plant juices and are sometimes pests of fruits and vegetables.
  • kellogg-briand pact — a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.
  • knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • late-night shopping — later opening hours of shops than usual, esp as a regular occurrence on a particular night of the week
  • load-bearing printf — (programming, humour)   The kind of bug present in a program which works correctly when producing debug output but fails when the debugging is turned off. The expression combines load-bearing wall and printf as used in debugging by printf.
  • magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
  • male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
  • manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
  • meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
  • meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
  • metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
  • napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
  • neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
  • old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
  • open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
  • operational testing — (testing)   A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
  • outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
  • paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
  • parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
  • parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
  • parthenogenetically — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • particle technology — Particle technology is knowledge and study which relates to particles, and is used in industry.
  • particular negative — a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” Symbol: O.
  • pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
  • paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
  • peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
  • persian gulf states — group of Arab sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, & United Arab Emirates
  • play to the gallery — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
  • political geography — the branch of human geography that deals with the relationship between political processes and spatial structures (regions, territories, etc)
  • popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
  • population genetics — the branch of genetics concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations.
  • preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
  • psychotechnological — of or relating to psychotechnology
  • reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
  • sexual stereotyping — the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
  • sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
  • shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
  • slugging percentage — a number expressing a player's average effectiveness in making extra-base hits, calculated by dividing the total number of bases (from all singles, doubles, triples, and home runs) by the number of official at bats
  • spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
  • splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • sun-and-planet gear — a planetary epicyclic gear train.
  • supplementary angle — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
  • talleyrand-perigord — Charles Maurice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.
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