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1Pickguard — A pickguard (also known as scratchplate or golpeador in Flamenco music, and uncommonly, a fingerrest [http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/General/Glossary/Fingerrest/Fingerrest.html Fingerrest in Illustrated glossary at FRETS.COM] ] ) is a piece of… …
2Ornithology — This article is about the field of zoology. For the jazz composition, see Ornithology (composition). Part of a series on Zoology …
3Hemorrhoid — Hemorrhoids (AmE), haemorrhoids (BrE), emerods, or piles are varicosities or swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and indoor anus. The anatomical term hemorrhoids technically refers to Cushions of tissue filled with blood vessels at… …
4Acer rubrum — taxobox image caption = Young specimen showing bright red fall foliage status = G5 status system = TNC status ref = Citation | last =NatureServe | contribution = Acer rubrum | title = NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version… …
5Dry suit — A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water,[1][2][3][4] and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. A dry… …
6God of the gaps — The God of the gaps refers to a view of God deriving from a theistic position in which anything that can be explained by human knowledge is not in the domain of God, so the role of God is therefore confined to the gaps in scientific explanations… …
7Gastric bypass surgery — Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term… …
8Cartan matrix — In mathematics, the term Cartan matrix has two meanings. Both of these are named after the French mathematician Élie Cartan. In an example of Stigler s law of eponymy, Cartan matrices in the context of Lie algebras were first investigated by… …
9Astringent — An astringent (also spelled adstringent) substance is a chemical that tends to shrink or constrict body tissues, usually locally after topical medicinal application. The word astringent derives from Latin adstringere , meaning to bind fast . Two… …
10Soft serve — A soft serve strawberry ice cream cone. Soft serve is a term used to describe a type of ice cream that is softer than regular ice cream and that has been sold commecially since the late 1930s.[1] Contents …
