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  • historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
  • no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
  • organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • progress chaser — a person employed to make sure at each stage, esp of a manufacturing process, that a piece of work is on schedule and is delivered to the customer on time
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychographical — relating to psychographics
  • ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
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