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  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • sorting yard — sorting tracks.
  • spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • storage ring — a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
  • toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
  • top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
  • tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • tribological — relating to tribology
  • trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
  • unglamorized — not glamorized
  • ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
  • ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • unmoralising — not moralising
  • unmoralizing — not moralizing
  • unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
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