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- oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
- optimising compiler — (programming, tool) compiler which attempts to analyse the code it produces and to produce more efficient code by performing program transformation such as branch elimination, partial evaluation, or peep-hole optimisation. Contrast pessimising compiler.
- paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
- performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
- photographic memory — total recall
- pilgrimage of grace — a rebellion in 1536 in N England against the Reformation and Henry VIII's government
- planning permission — In Britain, planning permission is official permission that you must get from the local authority before building something new or adding something to an existing building.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- proctosigmoidoscope — sigmoidoscope.
- proctosigmoidoscopy — sigmoidoscopy.
- programmed learning — a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.
- programmer's switch — (hardware) A button on the front of some Apple Macintosh computers which, when pressed, causes a command line prompt to appear. This gives access to the built-in mini-debugger, which has commands to dump memory, return to the application that was broken out, and others. A more sophisticated debugger must be installed in order to inspect breakpoints, etc.
- progressive judaism — Reform Judaism.
- projective geometry — the geometric study of projective properties.
- radiochromatography — chromatography in which radiolabeled substances on the chromatogram are determined quantitatively or qualitatively by measuring their radioactivity.
- recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
- registration number — number on vehicle licence plate
- removable cartridge — a hard disk enclosed in a case that can be removed from the disk drive, having more storage than floppy disks.
- respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
- riemannian geometry — Also called elliptic geometry. the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that in a plane every pair of distinct lines intersects. Compare hyperbolic geometry.
- ring someone's bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- rocky mountain goat — a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
- suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
- swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
- the great mentioner — the phenomenon whereby certain people are rumoured to be possible presidential or gubernatorial candidates before the rumour is denied or endorsed
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- turbo-ramjet engine — a combination engine that can be operated as a turbojet or ramjet engine.
- unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).