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  • instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
  • instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
  • insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
  • intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
  • interstitially — In an interstitial way.
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
  • lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
  • laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • late-type star — any star with a surface temperature below that of the sun, of spectral type K, M, C, or S
  • lateral system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to the side of a channel they occupy and their relative position along that side.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
  • lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
  • leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
  • numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • people's party — a political party (1891–1904), advocating expansion of currency, state control of railroads, the placing of restrictions upon ownership of land, etc.; Populist party.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • physical layer — (networking)   Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
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