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  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
  • expansion slot — (hardware)   A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
  • exploitatively — In an exploitative manner.
  • explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
  • extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
  • extensionality — extensional equality
  • exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
  • extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
  • extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
  • extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
  • false positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
  • false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
  • false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
  • feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
  • federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
  • federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
  • fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
  • fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • file separator — (character)   (FS) ASCII character 28.
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
  • fonthill abbey — a ruined Gothic Revival mansion in Wiltshire: rebuilt (1790–1810) for William Beckford by James Wyatt; the main tower collapsed in 1800 and, after rebuilding, again in 1827
  • football field — ground where soccer is played
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
  • foxtail millet — a grass, Setaria italica, of numerous varieties, introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia, and grown chiefly for use as hay.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
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