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  • round tape — (storage, jargon)   Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
  • roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
  • routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
  • routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
  • rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
  • ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
  • rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
  • sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
  • sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
  • send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
  • short code — (language)   (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
  • short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
  • shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
  • shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
  • siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
  • siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
  • sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
  • sisterhood — the state of being a sister.
  • skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
  • sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
  • soricident — having shrewlike teeth
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
  • spread out — extend, splay
  • squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
  • stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
  • stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
  • stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
  • sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
  • stockrider — a cowboy.
  • stop order — an order from a customer to a broker to sell a security if the market price drops below a designated level.
  • store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
  • streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
  • street rod — an old automobile that has been well maintained and typically has been provided with a powerful, modern engine and modern interior fittings.
  • stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
  • stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
  • stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
  • sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
  • subcordate — almost heart-shaped
  • surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
  • surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
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