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  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
  • returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
  • risus sardonicus — fixed contraction of the facial muscles resulting in a peculiar distorted grin, caused esp by tetanus
  • round-shouldered — having the shoulders bent forward, giving a rounded form to the upper part of the back.
  • run rings around — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
  • russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
  • sandstone quarry — a quarry from which sand is extracted
  • secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
  • secondary source — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
  • shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
  • shut the door on — to refuse to think about
  • slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • subordinationism — the doctrine that the first person of the Holy Trinity is superior to the second, and the second superior to the third.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • sun in splendour — a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • tongue depressor — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • touring bindings — specialised ski bindings with releasable locked down heels that can be used for ski touring and backcountry skiing
  • tourist industry — the people, activities, and organizations involved in providing services for people on holiday, for example hotels, restaurants, and tour guides
  • transconductance — the ratio of a small change in anode current of an electron tube at a certain level of output to the corresponding small change of control-electrode voltage, usually expressed in mhos or micromhos.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
  • under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • under one's nose — directly in front of one
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
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