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  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
  • record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
  • record-changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
  • record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
  • recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
  • recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
  • redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
  • retrogradation — backward movement.
  • revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
  • sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
  • second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
  • self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
  • thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
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