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Definition of katzenjammer in English:

katzenjammer
NOUN

1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.
1.1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.

Origin
Mid 19th century from German Katzen (combining form of Katze ‘cat’) + Jammer ‘distress’; popularized by the cartoon Katzenjammer Kids, drawn by Rudolf Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring two incorrigible children.

Pronunciation
katzenjammer
/ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/
All of this criminal katzenjammer - and much, much more - was authorized at the highest levels, as top procurement brass and Pentagon officials confirmed.’
‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’
‘The war and the next war have nothing to do with liberation or terrorism or any of that katzenjammer.’‘By now, my katzenjammer had eased to the point where my head only throbbed if I made sudden movements.’

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Antarctica (antˈɑ ktɪkə)

Meaning of Antarctica in English:

Antarctica

PROPER NOUN

A continent round the South Pole, situated mainly within the Antarctic Circle and almost entirely covered by ice sheets. Its exploitation is governed by an international treaty of 1959, which was renewed in 1991.

Pronunciation /antˈɑ ktɪkə/
'I went to Antarctica'

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Microaerophilous (ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs)

Meaning of microaerophilous in English:

microaerophilous

ADJECTIVE

rare Microbiology

Requiring or having less oxygen than that of the atmosphere.

Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Jackson (1846–1927). From French microaérophile + -ous; compare -philous.

Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs/
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Suck-It-Up (Sʌk-ɪt-ʌp)

Suck-It-Up

used for saying that someone has to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation even if they do not want to
You can either suck it up and be a man, or every time you get an ache and pain you can go out of the game.
'Suck it up dude be a man and win the game'

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Namaste (ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/ˈnäməˌstā)

Definition of namaste in English:

namaste

EXCLAMATION

A respectful greeting said when giving a namaskar.

NOUN

another term for namaskar

Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit namas ‘bowing’ + te ‘to you’.

Pronunciation
namaste
/ˈnäməˌstā/ /ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/
‘The standard greeting in Fiji Hindi is ‘namaste’.’
‘The customary greeting is to press one's palms together in front of the chest and say ‘namaste’.’
‘The waiter gives the usual response, ‘Namaste, namaste,’ his hands joined in silent prayer, his head bowed in traditional deference.’
‘He stands listening quietly to another music of his own world, shyly doing a namaste or shaking hands and looking embarrassed if called upon to respond.’
‘In India or Thailand, the preferred greeting is not the handshake, but the namaste - hands with palms together under chin area (as if in prayer) with a slight bow of the head.’
‘Her hands still folded in a namaste, Lakshmi, whose husband has been out of a job for the last five years, keeps gazing down the road even after Sonia's convoy is out of sight.’
‘Or the leader you have been watching all the while on the idiot box, with his trademark election smile and hands joined in a namaste.’
‘The old stationmaster greeted her with a namaste and offered her a cup of tea.’

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Meaning of electroluminescence in English:

electroluminescence

NOUN

mass noun
Chemistry

Luminescence produced electrically, especially by the application of a voltage.

Pronunciation /ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns/
‘Much of the research into red OLEDs has been directed toward overcoming concentration-quenching problems, a decrease in electroluminescence that can occur at dopant concentrations as low as 2%.’
‘In the darkened second gallery were two book-like works involving electroluminescence or fiber-optic light.’
‘The electroluminescence wavelength is 650 to 660 nm and describes the maximum emission at the wafer center.’
‘These electroluminescence immunoassays have an analytical sensitivity of 0.01 ng/mL for cTnT.’

Electroluminescence (ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns)
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Polyunsaturated (ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd)

Meaning of polyunsaturated in English:

polyunsaturated

ADJECTIVE

Chemistry

(of an organic compound, especially a fat or oil molecule) containing several double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.

Pronunciation /ˌpɒlɪʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd/
‘Experts say the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats found largely in nuts have heart protective benefits.’
‘You can only get these from polyunsaturated fats and oils, found in high quantities in nuts, fish, avocados, seeds and vegetable oils.’
‘For example, polyunsaturated fats do much more than lower blood cholesterol levels.’
‘Autoxidation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids of flour lipids results in the formation of hydroperoxides, which are powerful oxidising agents.’

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