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- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- recordist — Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set. Compare mixer.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scorodite — a green or brownish mineral containing iron and aluminium
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- side tone — sound diverted from a telephone microphone to the earpiece so that a speaker hears his own voice at the same level and position as that of the respondent
- side-foot — In football, if a player side-foots the ball, they kick it with the side of their foot.
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- sideshoot — a minor shoot growing from the side of a plant's stem
- sixty-odd — around sixty; approximately sixty (people or things)
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- sodomitic — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- sorediate — having soredia
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
- stolidity — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- strouding — a woolly material used to make strouds or blankets
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- tediosity — tediousness
- tediously — marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- tendinous — of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.
- tidepools — tidal pool.
- toad spit — cuckoo spit (sense 1)
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- touristed — busy with tourists
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- two-sided — having two sides; bilateral.
- unit dose — A unit dose is the amount of a medication administered to a patient in a single dose.
- unstoried — without a history; not written as history or told as folklore: an unstoried island.
- vide post — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see after