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  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic Christianity as well as the historic and catholic character of the church.
  • pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
  • pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • preview monitor — (in a television studio control room) a picture monitor used for inspecting a picture source before it is switched to transmission
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • quartz movement — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
  • readvertisement — the act or process of advertising something again
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
  • television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
  • undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
  • underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
  • venturesomeness — the quality or state of being venturesome
  • vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
  • victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
  • virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
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