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  • standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
  • standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • 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
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • 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.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas rafflesSir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • thomas youngerThomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • time simulator — (simulation)   (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
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