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  • sea floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • sea-floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
  • secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • self identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
  • self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
  • sell down the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
  • semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • senatorial district — one of a fixed number of districts into which a state of the U.S. is divided, each electing one member to the state senate.
  • sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • sheet flood erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • sidereal hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the hour circle passing through the vernal equinox and the hour circle of a celestial body.
  • single edge contact — (hardware)   (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
  • slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
  • slip someone's mind — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • socialized medicine — any of various systems to provide the entire population with complete medical care through government subsidization and regularization of medical and health services.
  • solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
  • sow one's wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
  • swallow one's words — to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances
  • tall poppy syndrome — a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth
  • the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
  • threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
  • tidal power station — a power station where the energy of flowing water is converted into electricity
  • to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
  • to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
  • trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
  • transdenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
  • tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
  • under one's control — If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
  • under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
  • venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
  • wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
  • waste disposal unit — an electrically operated fitment in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it goes down the waste pipe
  • wesleyan methodists — a branch of the Methodist Church in its original form
  • withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
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