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  • binding-force: an internal strain within a compound semiconductor caused by actual valence values being greater or less than four although the mean value is four,the strain affecting the crystal on an atomic rather than a macroscopic scale
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • cryptorchid: pig in which one or both testicles have not descended into the scrotum
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • divorce: the legal dissolution of a marriage
    Category: Law

  • enforcement: connected with inspections by the regulatory body
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • enforcing: 1)Authority responsible for enforcing regulations.2)The autority in a
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • fibre-reinforced: a rigid concrete pavement reinforced with fibres(metal,glass-fibres,polymers,etc.)to increase the strength of the concrete
    Category: Building industry

  • force: quantitative expression of the speed of wind (wind force), or of the agitation of the sea (sea force), or of the strength of waves (wave height)
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • force: to intervene manually in a routine and change the normal sequence of computer operations
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • force: a term applied to either half of a compression mould, the top force...being the upper half of a mould and bottom force,...the lower.
    Category: General

  • force-field: a scalar or vector field with which an electron interacts,resulting in a force that causes the electron to move within a particular system
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • force-ventilated: a ventilated motor,for which the cooling air is supplied by a power source independent of its own shaft(BTM)
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • forced: to force:to hasten the rate of progress or growth of plants by bringing them to maturity out of the normal season
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • forced-air: a wood seasoning process designed to accelerate drying rates by increasing the movement of air,sometimes heated but lacking humidity control,through open stacks or loads of timber with the aid of fans
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • forced-air: a semiconductor device in which heat evolved during operation must be removed by means of a heat sink,and in which air must be blown across the heat sink by mechanical means,the forward rating of the device being a function of the air temperature and the air speed
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • forced-ventilated: ventilated motor,for which the cooling air is supplied by a power source independent of its own shaft
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • forcep: an instrument whose blades are used for holding or compressing a tissue or object,or dressing material,and which may be modified for crushing,cutting or removing tissue
    Category: Medicine

  • forcep: forceps: a surgical instrument with two opposing blades or limbs...Used to grasp, compress and hold tissue..
    Category: Medicine

  • forceps: an instrument whose blades are used for holding or compressing a tissue or object,or dressing material,and which may be modified for crushing,cutting or removing tissue
    Category: Medicine

  • Forces: forces classified as being in state of readiness 'A' or 'B' as prescribed in the appropriate Military Committee document
    Category: Defense

  • forcible: the expression referring to covers given only in case of theft following entry by forcible and violent means,thereby excluding losses consequent to entry gained by a trick,by the use of a key,or by entering through an unlocked door or window
    Category: Insurance

  • forcible: An offence in which a person by the use of force or serious threats towards another person,or after making that other person by some other means incapable of resistance,compels the other person to tolerate or to commit any indecent act other than rape.
    Category: Law

  • forcing: system of culture which increases the rate of development of plants, usually by means of fertilizers and warmth
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • full-force: the net capability of main generating units that are unavailable for load for emergency reasons
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • motorcade: a procession or parade of automobiles.....--escorte chargée de veiller à la sécurité d`un personnage.
    Category: Medicine

  • motorcycle: any two-wheeled vehicles with a maximum design speed exceeding 50 km/h or, if it is powered by an internal combustion engine, with a capacity of over 50 cm3; a side-car shall be treated in the same way as such a vehicle
    Category: Transport

  • orc: a part of the label in a signalling message which uniquely identifies,in a signalling network,the signalling originating region of the message
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • orchards: a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • orchid: a very large family of very specialized monocotyledonous plants of the order Orchidales
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • polyorchidism: the presence of more than 2 testes
    Category: Medicine

  • Porcelain: ceramic completely vitrified, and hard, impermeable (even before glazing), white or artificially coloured, translucent (except when of considerable thickness), and resonant
    Category: Domestic economy

  • porcine: brucellosis affecting swine,caused by Brucella suis and characterized by abortion,temporary or permanent sterility,orchitis,lameness,posterior paralysis,spondylitis,and occasionally,metritis and abscess formation in the extremities or other areas of the body
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • reinforced: aircraft construction in which the outer skin is reinforced by a complete frame work of structural members
    Category: Transport

  • reinforced: paper strengthened with an insert or surface layer of wire,net,fabric,tapes or foils
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • reinforced: board that has been strengthened mechanically by the incorporation of other materials such as strips of metal or plastic threads or cloth
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • reinforced: concrete that is rendered stronger (reinforced) by the inlay of steel bars or wire mesh
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • reinforced: material which is usually based on glass or asbestos fibres bonded together by a synthetic resin
    Category: The chemical industry

  • reinforcement: any portion of a machine part intended to reinforce or stiffen that part,e.g.a rib,a tie bar,or a lining
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • reinforcement: a material used to reinforce,strengthen,or give dimensional stability to another material such as the braid portion of a sheath constructed in layers
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • reinforcement: any filler for plastics materials whose primary function is to strengthen the finished product; e.g. the use of rag fillers in compression mouldings..
    Category: The chemical industry

  • reinforcement: something designed to provide additional strength (as in a weak area) (gummed --s prevent paper from tearing)
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • reinforcing: a tactical mission in which one artillery unit augments the fire of another artillery unit
    Category: Defense

  • scorch: damage, modification, discoloration or pain caused to a surface by superficial carbonisation due to flame or heat rays; Environment: extensively dried and unproductive earth due to excessive heat and insufficient rainfall
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • scorch: an injury to bark,foliage,flowers,or fruit from a)excessive heat,whether from fires or sunlight(insolation),b)hot,freezing,salt-laden,fume-laden,or unduly strong winds,or c)unbalanced nutrition or poisoning,e.g.from the misapplication of a pesticide
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • scorched: term applied to grapes spoiled by too much heat during ripening
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • scorcher: one that drives or sides at an excessive rake of speed..
    Category: Transport

  • Scorching: premature vulcanization,or setting up,of raw stock during processing.Overheating of cured rubber compound when rasping
    Category: Various industries and crafts

  • Scorching: desiccation of young shoots or bunches by high temperatures, winds and certain treatments
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • torchere: ornamental stand for a candlestick or candelebrun usually set on a tripod vase
    Category: The chemical industry

  • wind-force: The speed of wind as indicated by the appropriate number on the Beaufort Scale,which ranges from 0(calm)up to 12(hurricane).
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries



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