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  • softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
  • softcover — paperback edition of a book
  • soften up — make softer
  • softmodem — The integration of modem controller and data pump algorithms into a single RAM-based DSP hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random-access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user.
  • sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
  • spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
  • spot fine — penalty paid immediately
  • stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
  • stoneface — living stones.
  • stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
  • stretford — an industrial town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 42 103 (2001)
  • suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
  • supersoft — exceptionally soft
  • sweat off — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • take form — be shaped
  • tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
  • taper off — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
  • team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
  • tectiform — having the shape of a roof.
  • tempelhof — a district of S West Berlin: international airport.
  • teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
  • tern foot — a foot ending in three scrolls.
  • terraform — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • terrorful — intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.
  • the flood — the flood extending over all the earth from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark. (Genesis 7–8); the Deluge
  • the force — A data parallel language by Harry Jordan <[email protected]> which extends Fortran for shared memory multiprocessors. It features parallel "case" statements and critical sections.
  • the forum — the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills
  • theftuous — (of a person) tending to commit theft
  • therefore — in consequence of that; as a result; consequently: I think; therefore I am.
  • therefrom — from that place, thing, etc.
  • threefold — comprising three parts, members, or aspects; triple: a threefold program.
  • toll-free — made, used, provided, etc., without tolls or a charge: a toll-free highway; a toll-free phone number.
  • ton-force — two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
  • tone-deaf — unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
  • top shelf — of highest quality
  • torrified — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
  • towel off — to dry oneself, as after bathing
  • town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life
  • trade off — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • trade-off — the exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, especially to effect a compromise.
  • tree frog — any of various arboreal frogs, especially of the family Hylidae, usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe.
  • tube foot — one of numerous small, tubular processes on the ventral body surface of most echinoderms, used for locomotion and grasping.
  • twiforked — having two parts like a fork; bifurcate
  • twiformed — consisting of two parts
  • two-faced — having two faces.
  • underfoot — under the foot or feet; on the ground; underneath or below: The climb was difficult because there were so many rocks underfoot.
  • unfortune — misfortune
  • waterford — a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 710 sq. mi. (1840 sq. km).
  • waterfowl — a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
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