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  • pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quickie divorce — the formal ending of a marriage by law, carried out in a faster manner than usual, esp online
  • radio announcer — someone who broadcasts or presents radio programmes
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
  • rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
  • redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
  • reduction ratio — an expression of the number of times by which an original document has been reduced in a microcopy.
  • reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • required course — an obligatory course for all students
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
  • sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • sound recordist — recordist.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
  • student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
  • studio audience — spectators on a TV set
  • subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
  • subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
  • truth-condition — the circumstances under which a statement is true
  • ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
  • un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
  • un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
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