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- diamond district — the part of a town where diamond merchants and jewellers have their businesses
- distributed term — a term applying equally to every member of the class it designates, as doctors in no doctors are overworked
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
- district council — the local ruling body of an urban or rural district.
- district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
- distrito federal — Federal District. Abbreviation: D.F.
- electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
- electrostriction — the change in dimensions of a dielectric occurring as an elastic strain when an electric field is applied
- equidistribution — An equal distribution.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- extraterrestrial — Of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- federal district — a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
- feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
- fishing industry — the industry of catching fish
- focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
- frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
- gastro-resistant — A gastro-resistant tablet is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid.
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
- gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- get sth straight — If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- hit one's stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- infostreet, inc. — (company) An Internet consulting and development company dedicated to assisting companies in establishing an Internet presence. InfoStreet develope Internet strategies, design and create web pages, and host and maintain websites. InfoStreet, has been recognized by PC/Computing as the "Best of the Top Home Page Services" (August 1996) and has been featured in Netguide magazine and the Wiley and Son's Electronic Marketing book.
- instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
- instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
- interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
- keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
- kekulé structure — the structure of many molecules, notably benzene, suggested by Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–96), the German chemist
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- macroinstruction — macro (def 5).
- macrorestriction — In physical gene mapping, the digestion of DNA of high molecular weight with a restriction enzyme having a low number of restriction sites.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.