the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
speculation
Noun
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
speculation
Noun
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing, usually with little hard evidence
speculation
Noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
speculation
Noun
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
self-contemplation
Noun
the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
self-examination
Noun
the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
soul-searching
Noun
a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
soothsaying
Noun
the art or gift of prophecy, or the pretense of prophecy, by supernatural means
straw vote
Noun
an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue
straw poll
Noun
an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue
shades of
Noun
something that reminds you of someone or something
second thought
Noun
thinking again about a choice previously made
star divination
Noun
a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
subtotal
Noun
the sum of part of a group of numbers
species
Noun
a specific kind of something
species
Noun
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
series
Noun
(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
series
Noun
a periodical that appears at scheduled times
series
Noun
a serialized set of programs
series
Noun
(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
series
Noun
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
series
Noun
a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
series
Noun
(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
scientific fact
Noun
an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)
sticking point
Noun
a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal
sorting algorithm
Noun
an algorithm for sorting a list
stochastic variable
Noun
a variable quantity that is random
stemming algorithm
Noun
an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
scalar product
Noun
a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors
sample
Noun
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
sample
Noun
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
sample
Noun
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
sample
Verb
take a sample of
strange attractor
Noun
an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
sorrow
Noun
something that causes great unhappiness
sorrow
Noun
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
sorrow
Noun
sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
sorrow
Noun
the state of being sad
sorrow
Verb
feel grief
syndrome
Noun
a complex of concurrent things
syndrome
Noun
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
safety feature
Noun
feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety
self-absorption
Noun
preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
speed trap
Noun
a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders
stimulus
Noun
any stimulating information or event
scale value
Noun
a value on some scale of measurement
style of architecture
Noun
architecture as a kind of art form
steady state theory
Noun
(cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other