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latent image

Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake

Medicine

fecal occult blood; faecal occult blood; FOB

circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)

forestalling; anticipating

latency

caisson disease; the bends

diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)

Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)

Noun or verb acting prenominally

semi-submersible

(professional) licensed diver

narrow-mouthed toad (Kaloula borealis)

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

to quieten down; to fall silent

to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low; to keep a low profile

to go underground; to go into hiding

subconsciousness; the subconscious

to hide; to lie motionless in hiding

to disappear; to vanish

incubation period

nuclear submarine

antisubmarine patrol plane

periscope depth

submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM

antisubmarine