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  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • linear equation — a first-order equation involving two variables: its graph is a straight line in the Cartesian coordinate system.
  • linear function — linear transformation.
  • linear momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
  • liquidity ratio — the ratio of those assets that can easily be exchanged for money to the total assets of a bank or other financial institution
  • loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
  • local authority — council, local government
  • locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
  • lord lieutenant — British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
  • lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • male prostitute — man who has sex for money
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • mountain laurel — any of various ericaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Kalmia, esp K. latifolia of E North America, which has leathery poisonous leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
  • multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • multilocational — found or operating in several locations
  • multinationally — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
  • multinucleolate — having two or more nucleoli
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multum in parvo — much in a small space
  • municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
  • name resolution — (networking)   The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
  • national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
  • national status — the status of someone as regarding their citizenship of a country
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • neuroanatomical — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
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