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  • ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • arrivals lounge — a waiting area for people meeting passengers
  • articles of war — the disciplinary and legal procedures by which the naval and military forces of Great Britain were bound before the 19th century
  • asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • astrobiologists — Plural form of astrobiologist.
  • astronautically — In an astronautic way.
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • at the controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
  • atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
  • athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
  • aurora borealis — the aurora seen around the North Pole
  • autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
  • autotransplants — Plural form of autotransplant.
  • aviator glasses — sunglasses that look like goggles
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • barbizon school — a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • binomial series — an infinite series obtained by expanding a binomial raised to a power that is not a positive integer.
  • biot-savart law — the law that the magnetic induction near a long, straight conductor, as wire, varies inversely as the distance from the conductor and directly as the intensity of the current in the conductor.
  • black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • blue wood aster — a composite plant, Aster cordifolius, of North America, having heart-shaped leaves and pale-blue flowers.
  • boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
  • borderline case — a person or thing that is not clearly classifiable as something
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • buffalo soldier — (formerly, especially among American Indians) a black soldier.
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • bullnose header — bull header (def 1).
  • bullnose-header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • calcareous clay — soil with high limestone content
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
  • camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
  • caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • cardinal vowels — a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language
  • cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
  • casual labourer — a person who is employed on a temporary, rather than a permanent or regular basis
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
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