Sufficient+quantity

  • 121Flashing — Flash ing, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; called also {flushing}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the… …

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  • 122Flashing point — Flashing Flash ing, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; called also {flushing}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge …

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  • 123flushing — Flashing Flash ing, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; called also {flushing}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge …

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  • 124Hump — Hump, v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump shaped; to hunch; often with up. The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. T. Roosvelt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence …

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  • 125Narcotic — Nar*cot ic (n[aum]r*k[o^]t [i^]k), n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in… …

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  • 126nonessential — adjective Date: 1751 1. not essential 2. being a substance synthesized by the body in sufficient quantity to satisfy dietary needs < nonessential amino acids > compare essential 2b • nonessential noun …

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  • 127quantum sufficit — foreign term Etymology: Latin as much as suffices ; a sufficient quantity used chiefly in medical prescriptions …

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  • 128Fatty acid — Not to be confused with fat. Butyric acid, a short chain fatty acid Types of fats in food Unsaturated fat Monounsaturated fat Polyun …

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