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  • pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
  • pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
  • pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
  • push ahead — move sth forward
  • push aside — shove to one side
  • push media — (messaging)   A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
  • pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
  • quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
  • quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
  • quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
  • radarscope — the viewing screen of radar equipment.
  • radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
  • readership — the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
  • redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
  • rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
  • rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
  • sand perch — squirrelfish.
  • sand viper — hognose snake.
  • sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
  • sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
  • scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
  • sea spider — any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
  • seed pearl — a pearl weighing less than ¼ grain.
  • seed plant — a seed-bearing plant; spermatophyte.
  • self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
  • senna pods — the dried fruits of any of these plants, used as a cathartic and laxative
  • septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
  • sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
  • sheepshead — a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • ship-bread — hardtack.
  • shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
  • side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
  • sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
  • snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
  • soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
  • soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
  • spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
  • spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
  • spade foot — a square foot, tapering toward its bottom.
  • spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
  • spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
  • spectacled — wearing spectacles.
  • speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
  • speed dial — phone feature: calling a number automatically
  • speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
  • speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas
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