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• Amorphous solid — Amorphous redirects here. For amorphousness in computational systems, see amorphous computing. For amorphousness in science fiction, see amorphous creature. For amorphousness in set theory, see amorphous set. In condensed matter physics, an… …   Wikipedia

• pregnancy — /preg neuhn see/, n., pl. pregnancies. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant. [1520 30; PREGN(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Process of human gestation that takes place in the female s body as a fetus develops, from fertilization to birth (see… …   Universalium

• strain — strain1 strainingly, adv. strainless, adj. strainlessly, adv. /strayn/, v.t. 1. to draw tight or taut, esp. to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to… …   Universalium

• strain — I. /streɪn / (say strayn) verb (t) 1. to draw tight or taut; stretch, especially to the utmost tension: to strain a rope. 2. to exert to the utmost: to strain one s ears to catch a sound. 3. to impair, injure, or weaken by stretching or… …  

• Destructor — De*struc tor, n. [L., from destruere. See {Destroy}, and cf. {Destroyer}.] 1. A destroyer. [R.] [1913 Webster] Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• refuse destructor — Destructor De*struc tor, n. [L., from destruere. See {Destroy}, and cf. {Destroyer}.] 1. A destroyer. [R.] [1913 Webster] Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. A furnace or oven for the burning or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Age of the Earth — This article is about scientific estimates of the age of the Earth. For religious and other non scientific estimates, see Dating Creation. Earth as seen from Apollo 17 The age of the Earth is 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%) …   Wikipedia

• Thermoregulation — is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when temperature surrounding is very different. This process is one aspect of homeostasis: a dynamic state of stability between an animal s internal… …   Wikipedia

• Neurasthenia and George Miller Beard —    (from 1869)    Although New York electrotherapist George Beard (1839–1883) did not coin the term neurasthenia meaning literally tired nerves he launched it on its century long worldwide trajectory. A graduate of the College of Physicians and… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• un|as|sim|i|lat|ed — «UHN uh SIHM uh LAY tihd», adjective. 1. not made to resemble; not brought into a relation of similarity. 2. Physiology. not united with and actually transformed into the fluid or solid constituents of the living body; not taken into the system… …   Useful english dictionary

• hydrosphere — /huy dreuh sfear /, n. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere. [1885 90; HYDRO 1 + SPHERE] * * * Discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth s surface. It… …   Universalium