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  • 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.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sorting office — postal
  • sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • staggering bob — a newborn calf.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • stanovoi range — a mountain range in SE Russia; forms part of the watershed between rivers flowing to the Arctic and the Pacific. Highest peak: Mount Skalisty, 2482 m (8143 ft)
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • starting point — place where sth begins
  • state religion — the official religion of a state as established by law.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
  • stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
  • teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
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