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  • sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
  • scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • scsi initiator — (hardware)   A device that begins a SCSI transaction by issuing a command to another device (the SCSI target), giving it a task to perform. Typically a SCSI host adapter is the initiator but targets may also become initiators.
  • scsi reconnect — (hardware)   The ability of a SCSI initiator to initiate new transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task.
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
  • segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
  • senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
  • senior partner — high-ranking firm partner
  • seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
  • serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
  • sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
  • serodiscordant — pertaining to a relationship with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative partner.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • set on its ear — to cause excitement, upheaval, etc. in
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • short division — division, especially by a one-digit divisor, in which the steps of the process are performed mentally and are not written down.
  • short interest — the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole.
  • short position — the position of one who has not yet covered a short sale
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • simone martini — Simone [see-maw-ne] /siˈmɔ nɛ/ (Show IPA), 1283–1344, Italian painter.
  • simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
  • simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
  • singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
  • sinistrorsally — in a sinistrorsal manner
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
  • size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
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