The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
adj. Marked by or using emissions of electrons from substances exposed to light. photoelectricity n.
- cell n. Device using the effect of light to generate current.
PHYSIOTHERAPY
n. Treatment of disease, injury, deformity, etc., by physical methods including massage, heat treatment, remedial exercise, etc. physiotherapist n. [related to *physic, *therapy]
POLIOMYELITIS
n. Infectious viral disease of the grey matter of the central nervous system with temporary or permanent paralysis. [greek polios grey, muelos marrow]
POLYCHROMATIC
adj. - many-coloured.
- (of radiation) containing more than one wavelength. polychromatism n.
POLYPROPYLENE
n. Any polymer of propylene, including thermoplastic materials used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.
POPPINGCREASE
n. Cricket line in front of and parallel to the wicket, within which the batsman stands. [from *pop1]
PRECIPITATION
n. - precipitating or being precipitated.
- rash haste.
- a rain or snow etc. Falling to the ground. B quantity of this.
PRECONCEPTION
n. Preconceived idea, prejudice.
PREMEDICATION
n. Medication to prepare for an operation etc.
PRERAPHAELITE
—n. Member of a group of 19th-c. Artists emulating italian art before the time of raphael. —adj. - of the pre-raphaelites.
- (pre-raphaelite) (esp. Of a woman) like a type painted by the pre-raphaelites (e.g. With long thick curly auburn hair).
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