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  • chronographically — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • chronological age — the number of years a person has lived, especially when used as a standard against which to measure behavior, intelligence, etc.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • coin of the realm — legal tender.
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
  • connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
  • contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
  • convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • correspondentship — The role or status of correspondent.
  • crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
  • cromwellian chair — an upright oaken chair, often with arms, having all pieces turned and a seat and back panel of leather or cloth attached with brass-headed nails.
  • cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • crucifixion thorn — one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.
  • cyanogen chloride — a colorless, volatile, poisonous liquid, CNCl, used chiefly in the synthesis of compounds containing the cyano group.
  • cytoarchitectonic — Of or pertaining to cytoarchitectonics (cytoarchitecture).
  • deduction theorem — the property of many formal systems that the conditional derived from a valid argument by taking the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent is true
  • dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
  • dehydrochlorinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen and chlorine atoms or ions from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
  • dehydrochlorinate — to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
  • desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • dietrich von bern — Theodoric of Verona: the name of the eastern Gothic emperor Theodoric as it appears in German legends.
  • doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
  • ehelp corporation — (company)   A vendor of Microsoft Windows application development tools such as RoboHELP and RoboDemo. EHelp were formerly (around 1997) Blue Sky Software. Address: 7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Telephone: +1-800-793-0364, +1 (619) 459 6365. Fax: +1 (619) 459 6366.
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
  • exception handler — Special code which is called when an exception occurs during the execution of a program. If the programmer does not provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion of the program run and some kind of error indication being returned to the user. Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
  • exhibition centre — a large building in which major trade fairs are held
  • first call on sth — If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.
  • florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  • fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
  • french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
  • french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
  • french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
  • further education — adult education.
  • genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
  • glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
  • haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
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