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encumber
verbRestrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
Usage examples:
She was encumbered by her heavy skirts
verbTo weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something
Usage examples:
Be encumbered with/by today, thankfully, women tennis players are not encumbered with/by long, heav…
ganglia
ˈɡaŋɡlɪən
nounA structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fibre.
Usage examples:
The two major plexuses consist of ganglia, clusters of nerve cell bodies disposed at more or less r…
Plural of ganglion specialized
incremented
verbCause a discrete increase in (a numerical quantity).
Usage examples:
The average person would think intel would just increment the family code.
nounAn increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale.
Usage examples:
All sizes from 4–30 mm in 1 mm increments
kickback
nounA sudden forceful recoil.
Usage examples:
The kickback from the gun punches your shoulder
nounPayment made to someone, esp. illegally, for providing help, a job, or a piece of business
Usage examples:
Bankhead got a contract to supply computers to the department in exchange for a kickback.
nounAn amount of money that is secretly and illegally paid to someone in exchange for their help
Usage examples:
He is accused of paying kickbacks to a district official to win contracts with the school system.
sonogram
nounA graph representing a sound, showing the distribution of energy at different frequencies.
Usage examples:
A link brings you to an informative introduction, followed by a list of six birds whose sounds are …
nounAn image, especially of a baby that is still inside the womb, that is produced by ultrasound (= sound waves)