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  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
  • quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
  • quadrisonics — quadraphony.
  • quai d'orsay — the quay along the south bank of the Seine in Paris, on which are located the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other French government offices.
  • race suicide — the extinction of a racial or ethnic population that tends to result when, through the unwillingness or forbearance of its members to have children, the birthrate falls below the death rate.
  • radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
  • radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
  • radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
  • re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • red squirrel — a reddish squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, of North America.
  • redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
  • relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • ridiculously — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  • russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • saudi arabia — a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Capital: Riyadh.
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
  • side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • sinus iridum — (Bay of Rainbows) a semicircular dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon.
  • skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
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