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  • nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • occidentally — In an occidental manner.
  • officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
  • pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
  • periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
  • periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
  • pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.
  • plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
  • pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
  • quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
  • quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
  • radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • ravioli code — (jargon, humour)   Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
  • recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • reclassified — to classify anew.
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • seed capital — small sum invested in new business
  • selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
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