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  • hydroxytryptamine — (organic compound) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin).
  • icositetrahedrons — Plural form of icositetrahedron.
  • ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
  • immediate version — child version
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • in/into disrepair — If something is in disrepair or is in a state of disrepair, it is broken or in bad condition.
  • in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
  • inconsiderateness — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
  • incubation period — the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
  • indian rope-trick — the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope
  • indicator species — See at indicator (def 6).
  • indirect taxation — duty paid on goods or services
  • induction furnace — a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.
  • integrated course — a course that covers several subjects
  • integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
  • integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
  • interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
  • intercommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of intercommunicate.
  • interior drainage — a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.
  • intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
  • internationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internationalize.
  • it doesn't matter — You say 'it doesn't matter' to tell someone who is apologizing to you that you are not angry or upset, and that they should not worry.
  • italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
  • job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
  • juazeiro do norte — a city in Bahia state, NE Brazil.
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • label edge router — (networking)   (LER) A device that sits at the edge of an MPLS domain, that uses routing information to assign labels to datagrams and then forwards them into the MPLS domain.
  • ladder tournament — a tournament in which the entrants are listed by name and rank, advancement being by means of challenging and defeating an entrant ranked one or two places higher.
  • lagrange's method — a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.
  • lambdoidal suture — the lambda-shaped seam or line of joining between the occipital and two parietal bones at the back part of the skull.
  • le morte d'arthur — a compilation and translation of French Arthurian romances by Sir Thomas Malory, printed by Caxton in 1485.
  • lead to the altar — to marry
  • leading indicator — A leading indicator is an economic indicator that changes before a change in the economy, and that can be used to predict future economic or financial activity.
  • least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
  • legendre equation — a differential equation of the form (1− x 2) d2y/dx2 − 2 xdy/dx + a (a + 1) y = 0, where a is an arbitrary constant.
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • liberal education — an education based primarily on the liberal arts, emphasizing the development of intellectual abilities as opposed to the acquisition of professional skills.
  • life and/or death — If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
  • liquid petrolatum — mineral oil.
  • liquid propellant — a rocket propellant in liquid form.
  • litigation friend — a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability
  • loggerhead turtle — a sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head: now greatly reduced in number.
  • madiba generation — the generation born around 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the first president of a multiracial South Africa
  • maintenance order — a court order stating that a divorced or legally separated man or woman must pay his or her former partner a regular sum in order to cover the costs of living
  • majority decision — a decision supported by more than half the people involved
  • make inroads into — to start to use up the supply of something
  • managing director — manager who oversees a project
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
  • metaperiodic acid — the crystalline compound HIO4, an oxyacid of iodine
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