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Expenditures for land or existing buildings, improvement of grounds, construction of buildings, additions to buildings, initial or additional equipment, and upkeep.  

In botany, the water held in the soil against the force of gravity and is the chief source of water absorbed by the roots of a plant.  

The movement of a liquid due to surface forces observable in capillary tubes.  

The process by which a sperm becomes capable of fertilizing an ovum after the sperm reaches the fallopian tube. A natural process that helps sperm cells to fertilize ova. As they travel through the female reproductive tract, the plasma membranes of sperm cells break down, exposing the acrosomes to the acidic environment surrounding the corona…

Spanish fly.  

A powder made from the bodies of dried beetles causing inflammation of the urinary tract. Dried insects of the species Cantharis vesicatoria; poisonous if taken internally in large doses. It was formerly used externally as a counterirritant and vesicant, and internally for its supposed aphrodisiac effect. It is no longer used. Cantharidin, also known as…

In research, the prediction of a criterion composed of two or more-dependent variables by two or more independent variables.  

A hollow metal or plastic tube through which materials can be aspired. A tube with a trocar or blunt needle inside, inserted into the body to introduce fluids. Flexible tube inserted into a cavity for transferring fluids or other materials into or out of it (e.g., as in amniocentesis to withdraw amniotic fluid). A hollow…

A variety of the cannabis plant that has a relatively high concentration of THC in comparison to Cannabis sativa.  

Pertaining to cancer.