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  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
  • master sergeant — Army, Air Force, Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer ranking next to the highest noncommissioned officer.
  • master's degree — a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mesometeorology — the study of atmospheric phenomena of relatively small size, as thunderstorms or tornadoes, and of the detailed structure of larger disturbances.
  • messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
  • midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
  • mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.
  • misregistration — the act of registering.
  • misrepresenting — Present participle of misrepresent.
  • mitigate a risk — If something or someone mitigates a risk, they make the effects of a loss or risk less unpleasant, harmful, or serious.
  • montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
  • network segment — (networking)   A part of an Ethernet or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include repeaters(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, collision detection or some other protocol is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a packet to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more routers.
  • nigger minstrel — a performer who puts on blackface (exaggerated negro-like make-up) usually to perform songs associated with the American South
  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • primary storage — main memory
  • programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
  • registered mail — prepaid first-class mail that has been recorded at a post office prior to delivery for safeguarding against loss, theft, or damage during transmission.
  • registered name — the official or trademark name of something such as a product or company
  • remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
  • risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • smoker's tongue — Pathology. leukoplakia in the mouth caused by irritation due to smoking.
  • smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
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