Events ("What?")

subsiding
a gradual sinking to a lower level
 
hydrometry
the measurement of specific gravity
 
job
a damaging piece of work
 
escape mechanism
a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
 
blind landing
using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
 
holdup
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
 
traveling wave
a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
 
haircut
the act of cutting the hair
 
jumping
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
 
sailing-race
a race between crews of people in yachts
 
campaign for governor
a race for election to the governorship
 
attention
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
 
procedure
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
 
waterloo
a final crushing defeat
 
split-brain technique
brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted
 
stop
a brief stay in the course of a journey
 
service
the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
 
cup tie
an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition
 
osteoclasis
treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
 
EMDA
therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
 
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