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english shellcode — (security) A kind of malware that is embedded in ordinary English sentences. English shellcode attempts to avoid detection by antivirus software by making the code resemble, e.g. e-mail text or Wikipedia entries. It was first revealed by researchers at Johns Hopkins.
ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
faint-heartedness — lack of courage
feathered friends — Birds are sometimes referred to as our feathered friends.
firehose syndrome — (networking, jargon) An absence, failure or inadequacy of flow control mechanisms causing the sender to overwhelm the receiver. The implication is that, like trying to drink from a firehose, the consequenses are worse than just loss of data, e.g. the receiver may crash. See ping-flood.
french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
general discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
grid merchandiser — A grid merchandiser is a lightweight, free-standing, flexible fixture made up of moveable grids of wire and used by retailers can display large volumes of merchandise in a small space.
haitian solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Solenodon paradoxus, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
hall of residence — Halls of residence are buildings with rooms or flats, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the term.
hammer and sickle — the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.
handicap register — a list of the disabled people in its area that a local authority had a duty to compile under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
hexacosanoic acid — cerotic acid.
high-density disk — a computer storage disk capable of holding more than 720 kilobytes of data
hit the headlines — be prominently featured in the news
hodgkin's disease — a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along the blood vessels.
holistic medicine — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
hollandaise sauce — a sauce of egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasonings.
homeland security — national defence
homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
household ammonia — diluted ammonia, often having a small quantity of detergent, used in the home for cleaning.
how the land lies — the prevailing conditions or state of affairs
hydrogen sulphide — Chemistry
icosidodecahedron — A semiregular polyhedron with twelve faces that are regular pentagons and twenty that are equilateral triangles.
icositetrahedrons — Plural form of icositetrahedron.
in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
in the wilderness — If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
lanthanide series — the series of rare-earth elements of atomic numbers 57 through 71 (lanthanum through lutetium).
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
mass merchandiser — a retailer or retail store that seeks to sell large quantities of goods quickly through such means as discounting, customer self-service, or unadorned display and packaging, as in a warehouse.
mies van der rohe — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.
montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
nichiren buddhism — a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra.
nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern studfish — See under studfish.
on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy

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