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  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hunting ground — a section or area for hunting game.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • hybrid testing — (testing)   A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
  • hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
  • hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
  • hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.
  • hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
  • hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
  • hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
  • iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
  • ichthyological — Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Adjective form of ichthyology.
  • ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
  • ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • ignition point — autoignition point.
  • illegalization — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
  • illegitimately — born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
  • illegitimation — (obsolete) The act of making illegitimate; bastardization.
  • illegitimatize — to make illegitimate: The decree illegitimatized his heirs.
  • illegitimizing — illegitimatize.
  • illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
  • image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
  • imaginary part — the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
  • imaginary unit — the complex number i.
  • immunoblotting — The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins.
  • immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
  • immunogenicity — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
  • immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
  • imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
  • imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • in a bad light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • in league with — along with, plotting with
  • in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • in the morning — every morning
  • in the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • incapacitating — to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
  • incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
  • index register — (processor)   A register found in some CPUs, whose contents can be added to the address operand to give the effective address. Incrementing the index register then allows the program to access the next location in memory and so on, making it very useful for working with arrays or blocks of memory. Index registers first appeared around April 1949 in the Manchester Mark I. The Mark I's index register's contents were simply added to the entire instruction, thus potentially changing the opcode (see The story of Mel)!
  • indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
  • indigenization — to make indigenous.
  • indigo bunting — a North American bunting, Passerina cyanea, the male of which is indigo.
  • indoctrinating — Present participle of indoctrinate.
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