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archaearium

archaearium  n.— «One answer is what he calls an archaearium, a “non-building” with copper roofing and glass walls over interactive exhibits and an open floor showing the excavation of a house that was probably burned during...

C4ISR

C4ISR  n.— «The programs generally eschew big new weapon systems, focusing instead on developing software to pull together all the strands of military intelligence gathering and communications into manageable formats. In US military...

C4ISR

C4ISR  n.— «C4ISR stands for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems needed for effective battle.» —“Information Laboratory Would Link C4 Efforts US defense officials want to...

booby Jacuzzi

booby Jacuzzi  n.— «By gently warming her breast, her doctors unleashed the cell-killing compounds in the vicinity of the tumor without poisoning the rest of her body. All she had to do was lie face down on a padded table, her affected...

swirl

swirl  n.— «My kids are really swirls. Chau, from New York City, adopted the term after hearing it in discussions about being a person of mixed-race origin while she was an undergrad at Wellesley.» —“Have A Swirly Asian Pacific...