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  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • standard-bred — pertaining to a horse of the Standardbred breed.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • subternatural — falling below what is accepted as natural; less than natural
  • subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • table manners — etiquette when eating
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • take on board — be receptive
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • the caribbean — the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
  • the noble art — boxing
  • thereinbefore — before that
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmembrane — occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases.
  • transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
  • transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treble chance — a method of betting in football pools in which the chances of winning are related to the number of draws and the number of home and away wins forecast by the competitor
  • trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • tributariness — the state of being tributary
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
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