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  • queens problem — eight queens puzzle
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • rainbow series — (publication)   Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
  • rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
  • random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
  • reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • roundaboutness — the characteristic of being roundabout
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • san bernardino — a city in S California.
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
  • second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
  • sobersidedness — the state or quality of being solemn or sobersided
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • sub-government — 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.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
  • to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
  • transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
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