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  • aecidiospore: an asexual spore produced in an aecidium
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • aerospace: of or pertaining to the Earth`s atmospheric envelope and the space above it; two separate entities considered as a single realm for activity in the launching, guidance, and control of vehicles, which will travel in both entities
    Category: The cosmos

  • airspace: space in the air above the surface of the Earth,or a particular portion of such space,usually defined by the boundaries of an area on the surface,projected upward
    Category: Transport

  • airspeed: the speed(either true or indicated)of an object relative to the ambient airstream
    Category: Standards, measures and testing

  • airspeed: the speed of an airborne object relative to the atmosphere
    Category: Physics

  • amylodyspepsia: impairment or lack of the power to digest starch-containing foods
    Category: Medicine

  • angiosperm: the botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • angiosperm: the botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • angiosperm: The botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;includes dicotyledons and monocotyledons but not the conifers.
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • angiospermae: the botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • angiosperms: the botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • angiosperms: The botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary;includes dicotyledons and monocotyledons but not the conifers.
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • antiperspirant: /anhidrotique: qui diminue la sécrétion sudorale. On écrit aussi anidrotique. Syn.: antisudoral, antihidrotique. MAMED 70 1-/
    Category: Domestic economy

  • apospory: a form of apomixis in which the reproductive function of the spores is taken over by unspecialised cells
    Category: Medicine

  • application-specific: for the purposes of Standard Generalized Markup Language(SGML):a parameter of the SGML declaration that specifies information required by an application and/or its architecture
    Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

  • application-specific: an integrated circuit with application-specific design
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • ARGUS-SPAS: a space platform(SPAS)and earth observation payload(ARGUS)designed and sponsored by European Space Agency(ESA)to be launched by the space shuttle in the mid 1980`s
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • ascospore: a sexual spore produced by means of free-cell formation(nuclear fusion)in an ascus
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • asp: an indicating display which has specific information concerning the state of alarms and status in the system
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • asp: the alarm status windows located across the top of the craft workstation screen
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • asparagus: the asparagus belongs to the lily family,which also includes onions,garlic and leeks.Cultivated for centuries,it also grows wild in many parts of the world.In Europe,white asparagus is prized.To prevent the production of chlorophyll and keep the spears white,the asparagus beds are covered with mulch to keep out the sun
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • aspartate: serum aspartate aminotransferase
    Category: Medicine

  • aspartic: C4H7NO4; HO2C. CH2.CH (NH2).CO2H M.p.271 °C. The naturally occurring substance is L-aspartic acid. One of the acidic-amino-acids is obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. (1)
    Category: Medicine

  • aspect: the display or presentation of a wayside signal that provides an indication viewed from the direction of an approaching train; the appearance of a cab signal conveying an indication as viewed by an operator in the cab
    Category: Transport

  • aspect: 1)The degree of exposure that a given site presents to environmental factors; 2)In the description of terrain, the direction towards which a slope faces; Important in fires, avalanches, flooding, volcanic flow
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • aspect: the seasonal appearance of a community
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • aspect: combination of organoleptic attributes perceived visually:size,shape,colour,conformation,turbidness,cleanness,fluidness,foam and effervescence.This term is to be preferred to the term appearence
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • aspect: with reference to verbs,a categorie indicating whether the action or state denoted by the verb is viewed as completed or in progress,as instantaneous or enduring,as momentary or habitual,etc.
    Category: Language and literature

  • aspects: these are established geocentrically, like most of astrology. You draw a line from the center of the Earth to one planet and another line to another planet and measu
    Category: Religion and philosophy

  • aspergillosis: an infectious disease caused by the Aspergillus fungus.Orbital involvement is rare and is probably secondary to infection of the accessory nasal sinuses
    Category: Medicine

  • asphalt: Black mineral hydrocarbons containing bituminous substances,which are decomposition products of petroleum,found at the surface of the ground near petroleum deposits.Asphalt can also be made by distilling petroleum.It is a waterproof surface applied in two main ways,first as mastic asphalt in tanking or roofing,secondly as rolled asphalt.The distinction between asphalt and bitumen is mainly chemical.To the layman they are similar except that asphalt is reserved for solid surfacings,the term bitumen being used for liquids suitable for coating aggregates.
    Category: Building industry

  • asphalt: a natural or artificial mixture in which bitumen is intimately associated with a substantial proportion of fine solid mineral matter
    Category: Building industry

  • asphalted: a foil of paper impregnated with asphalt and used as a water proof material
    Category: The chemical industry

  • asphaltene: constituents of petroleum products having a high molecular mass and dark colour,free from wax,insoluble in n-heptane and soluble in hot benzene
    Category: Building industry

  • asphaltic: A carefully proportioned mix of coarse aggregate,fine aggregate and mineral filler,coated with bitumen.(1)
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • asphaltic: Crude oil containing little or no paraffin wax,but asphaltic matter is usually present in large proportions.It consists mainly of naphtenes and yield lubricating oils whose viscosities are more sensitive to temperature than those from paraffin-base crudes,but which can be made equivalent to the latter by special refining methods.Now often referred to as naphtene-base crude oil.
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • asphaltic: bitumen or bitumen mixed with fine mineral aggregate prepared for use as a binder
    Category: Building industry

  • asphaltic: sheet asphalts consist of --, plus fine aggregate...and a mineral filler such as limestone dust and portland cement.
    Category: The chemical industry

  • asphaltic: american term for a road surfacing of rolled asphalt.
    Category: Building industry

  • asphaltite: a bitumen of natural origin having a high softening point and containing variable quantities of insoluble products
    Category: The cosmos

  • asphyxia: 1)Suffocation of a person due to total lack of oxygen in the inhaled air or in the circulating blood; 2)Extinction of a fire due to lack of oxygen for combustion
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • asphyxia: an inability to breathe,resulting from obstruction to air-flow at the mouth and nose
    Category: Medicine

  • aspirated: a type of psychrometer having mechanical means for circulating air over dry and wet bulbs
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • aspirated: a bordered pit-pair in which the pit torus is laterally displaced so as to block one of the apertures
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • aspirated: thermometer which permits the air temperature to be mesured without a standard meteorological screen by means of special shielding and forced ventilation.
    Category: The cosmos

  • aspiration: the removal of fluids from a body or space
    Category: Mechanical engineering

  • asthenosphere: The layer or shell of the earth below the lithosphere,which is weak and in which isostatic adjustments take place,in which magmas may be generated,and in which seismic waves are strongly attenuated.
    Category: Electrical engineering and energy

  • atmosphere: the gaseous envelope, of about 60 km in height, that surrounds the earth; By extension the air over a country or territory; Physics: pressure exerted by atmosphere on the earth`s surface, taken as a unit of pressure, about 1 kg weight per cm2
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • atmosphere: the noise deliberately introduced into a recording or broadcast to disguise an unnaturally-silent interval
    Category: News-systems and communications

  • atmosphere: the gaseous envelope which is held to the earth by gravitational attraction and which,in large measure,rotates with it
    Category: The cosmos



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