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  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • reformulate — to formulate again.
  • refuellable — capable of being refuelled
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
  • return fare — the fare charged for a return journey; a two-way fare
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • round-faced — having a face that is round.
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
  • run a fever — have a high temperature
  • safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
  • safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
  • schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
  • self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
  • staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
  • sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
  • subaffluent — between poor and affluent
  • suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
  • suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
  • superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
  • superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • supersafety — the state of being supersafe
  • tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
  • take out of — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • telefeature — a major dramatic television film, usually of a length comparable to a theatrical feature film.
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • tuxedo sofa — an overstuffed sofa with upholstered arms, either straight or curving slightly outward, at the same height as the back.
  • ultrafilter — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
  • unaffecting — moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
  • unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
  • unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
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