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  • microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
  • milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  • mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
  • multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
  • multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
  • necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
  • neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
  • neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
  • neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
  • nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • nuxi problem — (data, architecture)   /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
  • oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
  • oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
  • ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
  • overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
  • parrot tulip — a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana, having variously colored, often double flowers with fringed petals.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
  • plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
  • plurilocular — possessing many cells
  • police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
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