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71Autonomous building — An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some …
72Loudspeaker — For other uses, see Loudspeaker (disambiguation). An inexpensive, low fidelity 3½ inch speaker, typically found in small radios …
73Outhouse — This article is about a type of building or structure used primarily as a toilet . For other uses, see Outhouse (disambiguation). An outhouse at Goat Peak, 6,305 ft (1,922 m) above sea level An outhouse is a small structure separate from a main… …
74Balfour Stewart — Infobox Scientist name = Balfour Stewart box width = image width = 150px caption = Balfour Stewart birth date = November 1, 1828 birth place = Edinburgh, Scotland death date = December 19, 1887 death place = Ballymagarvey, Balrath, County Meath,… …
75Jejunoileal bypass — Interventions infobox Name = Jejunoileal bypass Caption = ICD10 = ICD9 = 46.93 MeshID = D007581 OtherCodes = Jejunoileal Bypass was a surgical weight loss procedure performed from the 1950s through the 1970s in which all but 30 (12 ) to 45 (18 )… …
76absorbent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. porous, absorptive, spongy, permeable, dry, soft, pervious, pregnable, assimilative, imbibing, penetrable, receptive, retentive, spongiose, thirsty. Ant. impermeable, impervious, solid. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
77human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
78rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
79Sphagnum — Taxobox name = Peat moss image width = 240px image caption = a clump of Sphagnum , peat moss regnum = Plantae divisio = Bryophyta classis = Sphagnopsida subclassis = Sphagnidae ordo = Sphagnales familia = Sphagnaceae genus = Sphagnum genus… …
80drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… …
