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  • sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
  • space telescope — a satellite put in orbit around the earth and equipped with an extremely accurate reflecting telescope, cameras, etc.: it is designed to relay astronomical data to the earth
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • sparcstation 10 — (computer)   A SPARCStation with a 4-way associative data cache and a five-way associative instruction cache. The 10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a secondary cache not present on earlier SPARCStations.
  • sparcstation 20 — (computer)   A SPARCStation based on the HyperSPARC processor. The 20 is compatible with the earlier SPARCstation 10. It has a clock rate of 100MHz and delivers a SPECfp92 of 127.6. The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz SuperSPARC processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP.
  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • spectator sport — any sport that can be watched by spectators, as football or basketball, usually for a fee.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
  • sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • symptomatically — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • symptomological — relating to symptomology
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
  • the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • to part company — If two or more people part company, they go in different directions after going in the same direction together.
  • tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
  • top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
  • top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
  • topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
  • trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
  • tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • typographically — of or relating to typography.
  • ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
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