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Student UnionnounMWEa building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student bodyverified
Studionounworkplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recordedverified
Studio CouchnounMWEconvertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bedverified
Stuff ShotnounMWEa basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basketverified
Stuffed CabbagenounMWEparboiled head of cabbage scooped out and filled with a hash of chopped e.g. beef or ham and bakedverified
Stuffed DermanounMWE(Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suetverified
Stuffed EggnounMWEhalved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the whiteverified
Stuffed Grape LeavesnounMWEwell-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stockverified
Stuffed MushroomnounMWEmushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinachverified
Stuffed PeppersnounMWEparboiled green peppers stuffed usually with rice and meat and baked brieflyverified
Stuffernounan advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mailverified
Stuffing BoxnounMWEa small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a sealverified
Stun BatonnounMWEa weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shockverified
Stun GunnounMWEa weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shockverified
Stunt FliernounMWEa pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachutingverified
Stunt PilotnounMWEa pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachutingverified
Stupornounthe feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentallyverified
Sturm Und DrangnounMWEa state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)verified
Style SheetnounMWEa sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publicationverified
Stylomastoid VeinnounMWEa vein that drains the tympanic cavity and empties into the retromandibular veinverified
Stylostixisnountreatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skinverified
Stylus PrinternounMWEan impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styliverified
Stypsisnounthe ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluidsverified
Styptic WeednounMWEvery leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffeeverified
Styracosaurnounan unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose hornverified
Styracosaurusnounan unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose hornverified
Styraxnounany shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliageverified
Sub NetworknounMWEA separately identifiable part of a larger network that typically represents a certain limited number of host computers, the hosts in a building or geographic area, or the hosts on an individual local area network.Network
Sub-ProcessnounA subordinate process that can be included within a parent process. It can be present and/or repeated within other parent processes.Process
Subacute Bacterial EndocarditisnounMWEa chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valvesverified
Subacute Inclusion Body EncephalitisnounMWEa rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adultsverified
Subacute Sclerosing LeukoencephalitisnounMWEa rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adultsverified
Subacute Sclerosing PanencephalitisnounMWEa rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adultsverified
Subalpine FirnounMWEmedium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crownverified
Subarachnoid SpacenounMWEa space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluidverified
SubassemblynounMajor subdivision of an assembly consisting of a package of parts, elements, and circuits that perform a specific function.Physical
Subatomic ParticlenounMWEa body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensionsverified