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  • feasibility study — (systems analysis)   Part of the systems develpment life cycle which aims to determine whether it is sensible to develop some system. The most popular model of feasibility study is "TELOS", standing for Technical, Economic, Legal, Operational, Schedule. Technical Feasibility: does the technology exist to implement the proposed system? Is it a practical proposition? Economic Feasibility: is the system cost-effective? Do benefits outweigh costs? Legal Feasibility: is there any conflict between the proposed system and legal requirements, e.g. the Data Protection Act? Operational Feasibility: are the current work practices and procedures adequate to support the new system? Schedule Feasibility: can the system be developed in time? After the feasibility study, the requirements analysis should be carried out.
  • fiddleback spider — brown recluse spider.
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • hard-shelled crab — a crab, esp. an edible sea crab, before it has shed its hard shell
  • hold one's breath — If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
  • in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
  • indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
  • indescribableness — The quality of being indescribable.
  • indispensableness — The characteristic of being indispensable; indispensability.
  • indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
  • interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • kendal sneck bent — a fishhook having a wide, squarish bend.
  • knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
  • lambda expression — (mathematics)   A term in the lambda-calculus denoting an unnamed function (a "lambda abstraction"), a variable or a constant. The pure lambda-calculus has only functions and no constants.
  • lambdoidal suture — the lambda-shaped seam or line of joining between the occipital and two parietal bones at the back part of the skull.
  • learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
  • least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • loose-leaf binder — a hard cover with metal rings inside which is used to hold loose pieces of paper
  • mental disability — a general or specific intellectual handicap, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • movable-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do can be transposed to the tonic of any key.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • russell, bertrand — Bertrand Russell
  • sable island pony — a variety of wild pony found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • saved by the bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • self-belay device — (in climbing) a device used to pay out a safety rope as required
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • small waved umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Horisme vitalbata, that is cryptically marked to merge with tree bark
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • subsidiary ledger — (in accounting) a ledger containing a group of detailed and related accounts the total of which is summarized in the control account.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • the last sb heard — You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
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