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  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • pin grid array — (hardware)   (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
  • pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
  • pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pyramid letter — chain letter.
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
  • record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
  • refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
  • richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
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