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  • steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
  • steamer basket — a gift basket of fruit, sweets, and the like, often including champagne, sent to a person departing on a trip, especially by ship.
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
  • straw mattress — bed padding filled with straw
  • stream capture — piracy (def 3).
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • summer sausage — dried or smoked sausage that keeps without refrigeration.
  • summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
  • summer theater — a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
  • sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • take away from — detract
  • tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • tell el amarna — a group of ruins and rock tombs in Upper Egypt, on the Nile below Asyut: site of the capital of Amenhotep IV, built about 1375 bc; excavated from 1891 onwards
  • telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
  • temper tantrum — tantrum.
  • temperamentful — full of temperament
  • temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
  • temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
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