| disposable equipment | Apparatus, devices, or supplies intended for one-time or temporary use. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bard | 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. <botany> Bark stove, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. Origin: Akin to Dan. & Sw. Bark, Icel. Borkr, LG. & HG. Borke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Cannon-Bard theory | The view that the feeling aspect of emotion and the pattern of emotional behaviour are controlled by the hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asbestos liner | A layer of asbestos used to line a dental casting ring so that during the heating and expansion of the investment the compression of the liner will free the investment from the restraint of the ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavity liner | varnish (dental) |
| liner | <botany> A plant seedling grown in a long narrow tube (typically 10 inches tall and 1.5 inches in diameter) for convenient transplanting onto a revegetation site. (04 Mar 1998) |