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Sour GumnounMWEcolumnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fallverified
Sour-Gum FamilynounMWEa family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum treesverified
Source BooknounMWEa collection of historically important documents published together as a bookverified
Source codenounMWESoftware program instructions written in a format (language) readable by humans.verified
Source of IlluminationnounMWEany device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiationverified
Source PortnounMWEThe port that a host uses to connect to a server. It is usually a number greater than or equal to 1024. It is randomly generated and is different each time a connection is made.verified
Source programnounMWEA program written in a programming language (such as C, Pascal, or COBOL). A compiler translates the source code into a machine-language object program.verified
Source routing specificationnounMWEA transmission technique where the sender of a packet can specify the route that packet should follow through the networkverified
Sourdough BreadnounMWEmade with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is activeverified
South AfricanadjectiveMWEof or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its peoplecandidate
South AmericanadjectiveMWEof or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoplescandidate
South-Seeking PolenounMWEthe pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freelyverified
Southern Arrow WoodnounMWEdeciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrowsverified
Southern BeechnounMWEany of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leavesverified
Southern Beech FernnounMWEbeech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripesverified
Southern Bog LemmingnounMWEof low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canadaverified
Southern BuckthornnounMWEshrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruitverified
Southern CypressnounMWEcommon cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at baseverified
Southern Flying SquirrelnounMWEsmall large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United Statesverified
Southern HarebellnounMWEbellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowersverified
Southern Live OaknounMWEmedium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexicoverified
Southern MagnolianounMWEevergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowersverified
Southern Red OaknounMWElarge round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaksverified
Southern White CedarnounMWEslow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United Statesverified
Southern Yellow PinenounMWElarge three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbsverified
Southwestern Lip FernnounMWElip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted frondsverified
Southwestern ToadnounMWEa uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United Statesverified
Southwestern United StatesnounMWEthe southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Coloradoverified
Sovereign ImmunitynounMWEan exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consentverified
Sow ThistlenounMWEany of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowersverified
Soya BeannounMWEerect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowersverified
Soybean FuturenounMWEsoybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future dateverified
Soybean PlantnounMWEerect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowersverified
Space BiologynounMWEthe branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial lifeverified
Space CadetnounMWEsomeone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug)verified
Space CapsulenounMWEa spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer spaceverified
Space HeaternounMWEheater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a roomverified
Space LaboratorynounMWEa manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific researchverified
Space LatticenounMWEa 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystalverified
Space MedicinenounMWEthe branch of medicine concerned with the effects of space flight on human beingsverified
Space PlatformnounMWEa manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific researchverified
Space ShuttlenounMWEa reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphereverified
Space StationnounMWEa manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific researchverified
Space-Reflection SymmetrynounMWE(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed systemverified