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  • saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
  • sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
  • sparcsystem 4 — (computer)   A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
  • spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
  • stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
  • status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
  • stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
  • stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
  • stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
  • storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
  • storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
  • sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • systemization — systematize.
  • tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
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