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  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • register mark — any of several marks incorporated onto printing plates to assist in the accurate positioning of images during printing
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
  • savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
  • semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • staff meeting — company gathering of employees
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
  • stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
  • stomatologist — a person who works in stomatology
  • stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
  • synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
  • thermostating — 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.
  • timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
  • trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
  • tsutsugamushi — any of various rickettsial disease, including scrub typhus
  • unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
  • unstimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
  • visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
  • west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
  • zoomastigotes — Plural form of zoomastigote.
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