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  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • protoactinium — protactinium.
  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • quadratically — square.
  • quadricipital — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
  • qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
  • radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • ration coupon — a coupon that can be exchanged for a certain quantity of rationed goods
  • re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • recalculation — recount, act of computing again
  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
  • reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
  • sociocultural — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and cultural elements.
  • south african — of southern Africa.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • stercorarious — stercoraceous
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
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