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  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • fellow student — sb studying at same institution
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
  • fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
  • gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
  • heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
  • industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
  • intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
  • knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
  • laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
  • language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
  • langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
  • liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
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