HUXLEY

Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley

(noun) English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin’s theory of evolution (1825-1895)

Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley

(noun) English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley

(noun) English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

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FOREHAND

(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)


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