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| CHLOROFLUOROCARBON | | see *cfc. | |
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| CONSCIENCESTRICKEN | | adj. (also conscience-struck) made uneasy by a bad conscience. | |
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| DEINSTITUTIONALIZE | | v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) (usu. As deinstitutionalized adj.) Remove from an institution or help recover from the effects of institutional life. deinstitutionalization n. | |
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| ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH | | n. Instrument recording the electric currents generated by a heartbeat. | |
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| INTERNALCOMBUSTION | | engine n. Engine with its motive power generated by the explosion of gases or vapour with air in a cylinder. | |
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| LIGHTNINGCONDUCTOR | | n. (also lightning-rod) metal rod or wire fixed to an exposed part of a building or to a mast to divert lightning into the earth or sea. | |
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| SELFAGGRANDIZEMENT | | n. Process of enriching oneself or making oneself powerful. self-aggrandizing adj. | |
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| SELFCONGRATULATORY | | adj. = *self-satisfied. self-congratulation n. | |
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| TRANSUBSTANTIATION | | n. Rc ch. Conversion of the eucharistic elements wholly into the body and blood of christ. [medieval latin: related to *trans-, *substance] | |
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