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  • Latin

    Indo-European language of the Italic branch.

  • Isosceles triangle

    Triangle with at least two sides congruent.

  • Human ecosystem

    Human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era.

  • Amusement

    Positive emotion related to humor.

  • Free and open-source software

    Freely licensed software with open code.

  • Supply and demand

    Economic model of price determination in a market.

  • Sagging (fashion)

    Manner of wearing pants.

  • Growing season

    Portion of the year in which local conditions permit normal plant growth.

  • Sexual selection in humans

    Evolutionary effects of sexual selection on humans.

  • Agility

    Ability to quickly change the quantity and direction of body speed.

  • Sustainable transport

    Transport with sustainable social and environmental impacts.

  • Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

    Idiomatic expression.

  • Dysfunctional family

    Family dynamic.

  • Collective farming

    Type of agricultural organization.

  • Planck's law

    Spectral density of light emitted by a black body.

  • Carpe diem

    Latin phrase meaning "seize the day".

  • Utopia

    Imaginary community with desirable qualities.

  • Recursion

    Process of repeating items in a self-similar way.

  • Strangling

    Compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death.

  • Paradox of tolerance

    Logical paradox in decision-making theory.

  • Independence Day (United States)

    U.S. federal holiday on July 4.

  • Culture

    Social behavior and norms of a society.

  • Biodiversity

    Variety and variability of life forms.

  • LGBTQ (term)

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.

  • Multiplication

    Arithmetical operation.

  • Automation

    Use of various control systems for operating equipment.

  • Translation

    Transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another.

  • Wall

    Vertical structure, usually solid, that defines and sometimes protects an area.

  • Women's erotica

    Erotic material that caters specifically to women.

  • Provenance

    Chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object.

  • Resentment

    Emotion consisting of a mixture of disappointment, disgust and anger.

  • Endogenous growth theory

    Economic theory.

  • Fertility testing

    Process for assessing human fertility.

  • Catering

    Commercial food service.

  • High fidelity

    High-quality reproduction of sound.

  • Company secretary

    Senior managerial position.

  • Nouvelle cuisine

    Approach to food cooking and presentation.

  • Dominance (genetics)

    One gene variant masking the effect of another in the other copy of the gene.

  • Pantheism

    Belief that God and reality are identical.

  • Bachelor's degree

    Undergraduate educational qualification.

  • General knowledge

    Type of information.

  • Collective memory

    Shared knowledge and values of a social group.

  • NotAllMen

    Hashtag and popular Internet meme.

  • Variance

    Statistical measure of how far values spread from their average.

  • Solid

    State of matter.

  • Contract

    Legally binding document establishing rights and duties between parties.

  • Tribe

    Human social group.

  • Nudge theory

    Concept in behavioral economics, political theory and behavioral sciences.

  • Criticism of capitalism

    Arguments against the economic system of capitalism.

  • Monte Carlo method

    Probabilistic problem-solving algorithm.

  • Confidence interval

    Range to estimate an unknown parameter.

  • Territorial dispute

    Boundary dispute.

  • Paradise

    Place of exceptional happiness, delight, and bliss.

  • Plate tectonics

    Movement of Earth's lithosphere.

  • Trolling

    Deliberately making offensive remarks online.

  • Sampling (music)

    Reuse of sound recording in another recording.

  • Exhibition

    Organized presentation and display of a selection of items.

  • Decree

    Edict or proclamation usually issued by a head of state.

  • Feminism

    Range of socio-political movements and ideologies.

  • Singular they

    Gender-neutral English pronoun.