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  • recursive acronym — (convention)   A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms and abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms or abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called EINE ("EINE Is Not Emacs") and ZWEI ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a Scheme compiler called LIAR (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" - and a company with the name CYGNUS, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support". See also mung.
  • reduce to silence — If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  • refuse collection — the collection of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • rescue operations — operations or organized procedures to bring people or a person out of danger, attack, harm, etc
  • resurrection fern — a drought-resistant, evergreen, epiphytic fern, Polypodium polypodioides, of subtropical to tropical America, appearing to be a ball of coiled, dead leaves in the dry season but reviving with moisture.
  • revascularization — the restoration of the blood circulation of an organ or area, achieved by unblocking obstructed or disrupted blood vessels or by surgically implanting replacements.
  • rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
  • rush one's fences — to proceed with precipitate haste
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • sanctimoniousness — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
  • school counsellor — a counsellor who is based in a school
  • search and rescue — Search and rescue operations involve looking for people who are lost or in danger, for example, after a war or a natural disaster, and bringing them back safely.
  • second lieutenant — an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank. Compare ensign (def 4).
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  • self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • senatus consultum — a decree of the senate of ancient Rome.
  • sequential access — of or relating to a storage medium, as magnetic tape, in which records must be accessed by reading or writing from the beginning of the file.
  • sequential-access — of or relating to a storage medium, as magnetic tape, in which records must be accessed by reading or writing from the beginning of the file.
  • sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
  • shoot one's cuffs — to expose one's shirt cuffs beyond the coat sleeves
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • socially included — benefiting from social inclusion
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
  • spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spot announcement — a brief radio or television announcement, usually an advertisement, made by an individual station during or after a network program.
  • square centimeter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one centimeter on each side. 2 , sq. cm. Abbreviation: cm.
  • squeegee merchant — a person who attempts to make money by squeegeeing the windscreens of cars that are stopped at traffic lights and then asking for payment
  • st. vitus's dance — St. Vitus's dance.
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • stannous chloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.
  • stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
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