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  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spotted adder — milk snake.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
  • standard rose — a rose which has a long stem
  • standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
  • stone-hearted — stony-hearted.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
  • stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
  • take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
  • take on board — be receptive
  • take the road — to begin a journey or tour
  • take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
  • tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • tetartohedral — (of a crystal) having one fourth the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the gas board — any company supplying gas as a source of domestic and industrial heat
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the last word — final retort
  • the other day — several days ago
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