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GLOSSARY
agenda COUNTABLE NOUN
You can refer to the issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda.
agent COUNTABLE NOUN
An agent is a chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose.
antibody COUNTABLE NOUN
Antibodies are substances that your body produces in order to fight diseases.
apprenticeship VARIABLE NOUN
Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for someone who teaches them a particular skill.
arithmetic UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that deals with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers.
atmospheric ADJECTIVE
Atmospheric is used to describe something that relates to the Earth’s atmosphere.
atom COUNTABLE NOUN
An atom is the smallest possible amount of a chemical element.
benzene UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Benzene is a clear, colourless liquid that is used to make plastics.
blacksmith COUNTABLE NOUN
A blacksmith is someone whose job is making things out of metal, for example horseshoes.
bookbinding UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
botanist COUNTABLE NOUN
A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
chemist COUNTABLE NOUN
A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry.
chlorine UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Chlorine is a gas that is used to disinfect water and to make cleaning products.
clinical ADJECTIVE
Clinical means involving or relating to the medical treatment or testing of patients.
common cold COUNTABLE NOUN
The common cold is a mild illness in which your nose is blocked or runny and you have a sore throat or a cough.
communist COUNTABLE NOUN
A communist is someone who supports a political system in which the state controls the means of production, and everyone is equal.
compound COUNTABLE NOUN
In chemistry, a compound is a substance consisting of two or more elements.
coordinate TRANSITIVE VERB
If you coordinate an activity or information, you organize it.
copper UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Copper is a soft reddish-brown metal.
crystal COUNTABLE NOUN
A crystal is a piece of a mineral that has formed naturally into a regular symmetrical shape.
damp UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Damp is slight moisture in the air or on the walls of a house.
despair UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If you feel despair, you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
diagnose TRANSITIVE VERB
If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified.
dilute TRANSITIVE VERB
If a liquid is diluted, it is mixed with water or another liquid in order to make it weaker.
disarmament UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Disarmament is the act of reducing the number of weapons that a country has.
doctorate COUNTABLE NOUN
A doctorate is the highest degree awarded by a university.
dye VARIABLE NOUN
Dye is a substance that is used to change the colour of something.
eclipse COUNTABLE NOUN
When there is an eclipse of the sun, the moon is between the Earth and the sun, so that part or all of the sun is hidden.
electrical tension VARIABLE NOUN
The electrical tension of an electrical current is its force measured in volts.
electro-magnetic induction UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Electro-magnetic induction is the process by which electricity or magnetism is passed between two objects or circuits without them touching each other.
element COUNTABLE NOUN
An element is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom.
empire COUNTABLE NOUN
An empire is a group of countries controlled by one powerful country.
enzyme COUNTABLE NOUN
An enzyme is a chemical substance that is found in living creatures which produces changes in other substances without being changed itself.
explosive VARIABLE NOUN
An explosive is a substance or device that can cause an explosion.
exposure UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Exposure to something dangerous means being in a situation where it might affect you.
findings PLURAL NOUN
Someone’s findings are the information they get as the result of an investigation.
foundation COUNTABLE NOUN
The foundation of something such as a belief or way of life is the idea or experience on which it is based.
fungus (fungi) VARIABLE NOUN
A fungus is a plant that has no flowers, leaves, or green colouring, such as a mushroom or mould.
gas chamber COUNTABLE NOUN
A gas chamber is a room that has been specially built so that it can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people.
generator COUNTABLE NOUN
A generator is a machine that produces electricity.
geologist COUNTABLE NOUN
A geologist is someone who studies the earth’s structure, surface, and origins.
gravity UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Gravity is the force which makes things fall when you drop them.
Great Depression PROPER NOUN
The Great Depression was a period in the...
