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  • hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
  • heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
  • holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
  • home-equity loan — a loan that uses equity in the borrower's home as collateral.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • hot stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
  • hot-stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • image consultant — imagemaker.
  • immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • in the long haul — in a future time
  • inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
  • institutionalise — Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
  • institutionalize — to make institutional.
  • insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • intentional foul — a foul deliberately committed by a defensive player to stop play, tactically conceding the penalty of having the fouled player attempt the awarded foul shots in return for possession of the ball.
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
  • isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
  • italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
  • joint resolution — a resolution adopted by both branches of a bicameral legislative assembly and requiring the signature of the chief executive to become law.
  • junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • language isolate — isolate (def 9).
  • laplace equation — the second-order partial differential equation indicating that the Laplace operator operating on a given function results in zero. Compare harmonic (def 4c).
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • letter of marque — license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation.
  • leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
  • lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
  • lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
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