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  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • quindecennial — of or relating to a period of 15 years or the 15th occurrence of a series, as an anniversary.
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • radical right — the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.
  • radio control — remote control by means of radio signals from a transmitter
  • radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
  • radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
  • radiolocation — the method or process of determining the position and velocity of an object by radar.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
  • reminder call — an automated service which you can set up in advance to make a telephone call to you at a fixed time for the purpose of reminding you of something important
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • sendmail inc. — (company)   The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • spice islands — the Moluccas
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
  • tantalic acid — an acid, HTaO 3 , that forms complex salts or tantalates.
  • tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
  • telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
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