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  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • socialist party — a U.S. political party advocating socialism, formed about 1900 chiefly by former members of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Labor Party.
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • sparcstation 10 — (computer)   A SPARCStation with a 4-way associative data cache and a five-way associative instruction cache. The 10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a secondary cache not present on earlier SPARCStations.
  • sparcstation 20 — (computer)   A SPARCStation based on the HyperSPARC processor. The 20 is compatible with the earlier SPARCstation 10. It has a clock rate of 100MHz and delivers a SPECfp92 of 127.6. The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz SuperSPARC processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
  • trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
  • tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • typographically — of or relating to typography.
  • ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
  • unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
  • variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
  • vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
  • vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
  • weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
  • working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
  • xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
  • xylotypographic — involving or pertaining to xylotypography
  • z-zero particle — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
  • zoogeographical — Pertaining to zoogeography.
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