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  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • time simulator — (simulation)   (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
  • triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
  • triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
  • trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
  • trumpet marine — an obsolete musical instrument having a long, wooden, pyramid-shaped body, characteristically with one string that is touched with the finger to produce harmonics and is bowed between the touching finger and the upper end.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.
  • turn on a dime — change direction quickly
  • ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
  • ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
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