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  • supersaturated — to increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation; saturate abnormally.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • superspectacle — an extravagant cinematic spectacle, esp the silent Italian films of the early 1900s
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • superterranean — situated, or living, on the earth's surface
  • supplementally — supplementary.
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • tape transport — transport (def 12).
  • telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • test separator — A test separator is a vessel which is used to separate and measure small amounts of oil and gas.
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the space race — competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the superior power in outer space, in terms of exploration, manned space flights, and lunar landings; it is generally considered as beginning in 1957 and ending in the mid-1970s
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
  • toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
  • torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
  • tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
  • total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
  • transparentize — to make transparent
  • transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
  • transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
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