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  • joseph ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
  • laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
  • leptospirosis — an infectious disease of humans and of horses, dogs, swine, and other animals, caused by the spirochete Leptospira interrogans and characterized by fever, muscle pain, and jaundice, and in severe cases involving the liver and kidney.
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
  • lost property — lost and found.
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
  • magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
  • magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
  • mesi protocol — (processor)   Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
  • mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
  • metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
  • metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
  • micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
  • micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
  • misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
  • moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
  • moebius strip — Möbius strip
  • monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
  • mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
  • nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
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