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  • electropositive — Electrically positive.
  • electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
  • electrothermics — the study of electricity and heat, or of electrically generated heat
  • endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
  • epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
  • escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
  • etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
  • ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
  • extension cable — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
  • ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
  • fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • file descriptor — (programming, operating system)   An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
  • first principle — any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
  • 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.
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • hemicolectomies — Plural form of hemicolectomy.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
  • imperscriptible — not supported by written authority
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
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