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  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
  • male prostitute — man who has sex for money
  • malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
  • master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mental hospital — psychiatric institution
  • mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • metalloprotease — (enzyme) metalloproteinase.
  • metaphase plate — a plane in the equatorial region of the spindle in dividing cells, along which the chromosomes become arranged during the metaphase.
  • metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
  • mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple master — (text, tool, software)   (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
  • multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
  • multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neutral spirits — nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent, or 190 proof, obtained chiefly from grain or molasses or redistilled from brandy, rum, etc., used for blending with straight whiskies and in the making of gin, cordials, liqueurs, and the like.
  • noise pollution — unwanted or harmful noise, as from automobiles, airplanes, or industrial workplaces.
  • non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
  • office politics — power play in the workplace
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • ones complement — A system used in some computers to represent negative numbers. To negate a number, each bit of the number is inverted (zeros are replaced with ones and vice versa). This has the consequence that there are two reperesentations for zero, either all zeros or all ones. ... 000...00011 = +3 000...00010 = +2 000...00001 = +1 000...00000 = +0 111...11111 = -0 111...11110 = -1 111...11101 = -2 111...11100 = -3 ... Naive logic for ones complement addition might easily conclude that -0 + 1 = +0. The twos complement avoids this by using all ones to represent -1.
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • optical storage — optical disk drive
  • optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
  • orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
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