7 letter word starting with s

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
sabaean	adjective & noun	Same as Sabian.
sabaism	noun	See Sabianism.
sabaoth	noun pl.	Armies; hosts., Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
sabbath	noun	A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord’s Day., The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival., Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
sabeism	noun	Same as Sabianism.
sabella	noun	A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
sabered	imp. & past participle	of Sabre
sabring		of Sabre
sabling	present participle & vb. noun	of Sable
saccade	noun	A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
saccate	adjective	Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal., Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.
saccule	noun	A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
sacculi	plural	of Sacculus
sacella	plural	of Sacellum
saciety	noun	Satiety.
sacking	present participle & vb. noun	of Sack, Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
sackage	noun	The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack.
sackbut	noun	A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; — said to be the same as the trombone.
sackful	noun	As much as a sack will hold., Bent on plunder.
sacrate	verb t.	To consecrate.
sacring		a. & n. from Sacre.
sacrist	noun	A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
saddled	imp. & past participle	of Saddle, Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
saddler	noun	One who makes saddles., A harp seal.
sadiron	noun	An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
sadness	noun	Heaviness; firmness., Seriousness; gravity; discretion., Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
safflow	noun	The safflower.
saffron	noun	A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus., The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine., An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus., Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer., To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
sagging	present participle & vb. noun	of Sag, A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
sagapen	noun	Sagapenum.
sagathy	noun	A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.
sagitta	noun	A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow., The keystone of an arch., The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; — so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string., The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes., A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
sahibah	noun	A lady; mistress.
sahidic	adjective	Same as Thebaic.
sahlite	noun	See Salite.
sailing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sail, The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage., The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
sainted	imp. & past participle	of Saint, Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious., Entered into heaven; — a euphemism for dead.
saintly	superl.	Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
saivism	noun	The worship of Siva.
sakeret	noun	The male of the saker (a).
salable	adjective	Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
saliant	adjective	Same as Salient.
salicin	noun	A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
salicyl	noun	The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
salient	verb i.	Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping., Shooting out or up; springing; projecting., Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable., Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; — opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion., Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient., A salient angle or part; a projection.
saligot	noun	The water chestnut (Trapa natans).
salique	adjective	Salic.
salival	adjective	Salivary.
salices	plural	of Salix
sallied	imp. & past participle	of Sally
sallies	plural	of Sally
salmiac	noun	Sal ammoniac. See under Sal.
salmons	plural	of Salmon
salogen	noun	A halogen.
salpian	noun	Alt. of Salpid
salpinx	noun	The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
salsafy	noun	See Salsify.
salsify	noun	See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
salsoda	noun	See Sal soda, under Sal.
salsola	noun	A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
salting	present participle & vb. noun	of Salt, The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt., A salt marsh.
saltant	verb	Leaping; jumping; dancing., In a leaping position; springing forward; — applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
saltate	verb i.	To leap or dance.
saltcat	noun	A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
saltern	noun	A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
saltier	noun	See Saltire.
saltire	verb	A St. Andrew’s cross, or cross in the form of an X, — one of the honorable ordinaries.
saltish	adjective	Somewhat salt.
saluted	imp. & past participle	of Salute
saluter	noun	One who salutes.
salvage	noun	The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea., The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril., That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved., Savage.
salving	present participle & vb. noun	of Salve
samarra	noun	See Simar.
sambuke	noun	An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
samette	noun	See Samite.
sammier	noun	A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.
samovar	noun	A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
sampler	noun	One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler., A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
samshoo	noun	Alt. of Samshu
sanable	adjective	Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
sanctum	noun	A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor’s sanctum.
sanctus	noun	A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; — called also Tersanctus., An anthem composed for these words.
sanding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sand
sanders	noun	An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
sandish	adjective	Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
sandman	noun	A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.
sandpit	noun	A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.
sangiac	noun	See Sanjak.
sanhita	noun	A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
sanicle	noun	Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.
sanious	adjective	Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer., Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.
sankhya	noun	A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
santees	noun pl.	One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.
sapping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sap
sapajou	noun	Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
saphead	noun	A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.
sapient	adjective	Wise; sage; discerning; — often in irony or contempt.
sapless	adjective	Destitute of sap; not juicy., Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
sapling	noun	A young tree.
saponin	noun	A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
saponul	noun	A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.
sappare	noun	Kyanite.
sapphic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse., Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; — said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl., A Sapphic verse.
sapsago	noun	A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.
sapwood	noun	The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; — distinguished from heartwood.
saracen	noun	Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
sarasin	noun	See Sarrasin.
sarcasm	noun	A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
sarcina	noun	A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
sarcode	noun	A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
sarcoid	adjective	Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.
sarcoma	noun	A tumor of fleshy consistence; — formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.
sarcous	adjective	Fleshy; — applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
sardine	noun	Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden., See Sardius.
sardius	noun	A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron’s breastplate.
sardoin	noun	Sard; carnelian.
sarigue	noun	A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.
sarking	noun	Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
sarment	noun	A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.
sarplar	noun	A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
sashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sash
sashery	noun	A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.
sashoon	noun	A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot.
sassaby	noun	Alt. of Sassabye
satanic	adjective	Alt. of Satanical
satchel	noun	A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag.
satiate	adjective	Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; — followed by with or of., To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense., To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut., To saturate.
satiety	noun	The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.
satinet	noun	A thin kind of satin., A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
satiric	adjective	Alt. of Satirical
satisfy	adjective	In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for., To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor., To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution., To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one’s self by inquiry., To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired., To make payment or atonement; to atone.
satrapy	noun	The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
satyric	adjective	Alt. of Satyrical
saucing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sauce
saucily	adverb	In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.
saunter	noun & verb	To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter., A sauntering, or a sauntering place.
saurian	adjective	Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria., One of the Sauria.
sauroid	adjective	Like or pertaining to the saurians., Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
sauries	plural	of Saury
sausage	noun	An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal., A saucisson. See Saucisson.
sautrie	noun	Psaltery.
savable	adjective	Capable of, or admitting of, being saved.
savanna	noun	A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, — as grass or reeds, — but destitute of trees.
savants	plural	of Savant
saveloy	noun	A kind of dried sausage.
savored	imp. & past participle	of Savor
savorly	adjective	Savory., In a savory manner.
sawbill	noun	The merganser.
sawbuck	noun	A sawhorse.
sawdust	noun	Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
sawfish	noun	Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
sawmill	noun	A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
saw-set	noun	An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; — called also saw-wrest.
saxhorn	noun	A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
saxonic	adjective	Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.
sayette	noun	A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
scabbed	imp. & past participle	of Scab, Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs., Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
scabble	verb t.	See Scapple.
scabies	noun	The itch.
scaglia	noun	A reddish variety of limestone.
scalade	noun	Alt. of Scalado
scalado	noun	See Escalade.
scalary	adjective	Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
scalded	imp. & past participle	of Scald
scalder	noun	A Scandinavian poet; a scald.
scaldic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.
scaling	present participle & vb. noun	of Scale, Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc., Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
scalene	adjective	Having the sides and angles unequal; — said of a triangle., Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone., Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles., Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles., A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
scalled	adjective	Scabby; scurfy; scall.
scallop	noun	Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2., One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell., One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell., To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2., To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
scalped	imp. & past participle	of Scalp
scalpel	noun	A small knife with a thin, keen blade, — used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
scalper	noun	One who, or that which, scalps., Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping., A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market., A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets., A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.
scamble	verb i.	To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble., To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble., To mangle.
scamell	noun	Alt. of Scammel
scammel	noun	The female bar-tailed godwit.
scamper	verb t.	To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away., A scampering; a hasty flight.
scanned	imp. & past participle	of Scan
scandal	noun	Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace., Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously., Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners., To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander., To scandalize; to offend.
scandia	noun	A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
scandic	adjective	Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
scanted	imp. & past participle	of Scant
scantle	verb i.	To be deficient; to fail., To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
scantly	adverb	In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously., Scarcely; hardly; barely.
scaping	present participle & vb. noun	of Scape
scapple	verb t.	To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry., To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
scapula	noun	The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade., One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
scarred	imp. & past participle	of Scar
scaring	present participle & vb. noun	of Scare
scarves	plural	of Scarf
scarfed	imp. & past participle	of Scarf
scarify	verb t.	To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein., To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
scarlet	noun	A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, — of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color., Cloth of a scarlet color., Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread., To dye or tinge with scarlet.
scaroid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.
scarped	imp. & past participle	of Scarp
scasely	adverb	Scarcely; hardly.
scathed	imp. & past participle	of Scath
scathly	adjective	Injurious; scathful.
scatter	verb t.	To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order., To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse., Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like., To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
scauper	noun	A tool with a semicircular edge, — used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving.
scavage	noun	A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.
scenary	noun	Scenery.
scenery	noun	Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence., Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
scented	imp. & past participle	of Scent
scepsis	noun	Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.
scepter	noun	Alt. of Sceptre, Alt. of Sceptre
sceptre	noun	A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace., Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter., To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
sceptic		Alt. of Scepticism
schelly	noun	The powan.
schemas	plural	of Schema
schemed	imp. & past participle	of Scheme
schemer	noun	One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
scherif	noun	See Sherif.
scherzo	noun	A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
schesis	noun	General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude., A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
schetic	adjective	Alt. of Schetical
schisma	noun	An interval equal to half a comma.
schizo-		A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.
schlich	noun	The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
scholar	noun	One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student., One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant., A man of books., In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
scholia	noun pl.	See Scholium., of Scholium
schorly	adjective	Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
schrode	noun	See Scrod.
sciatic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains., Sciatica.
science	noun	Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts., Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge., Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; — called also natural science, and physical science., Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind., Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles., To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
sciniph	noun	Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like.
scirrhi	plural	of Scirrhus
scissel	noun	The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations., The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
scissil	noun	See Scissel.
scissor	verb t.	To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
sciurus	noun	A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
sclavic	adjective	Same as Slavic.
scoffed	imp. & past participle	of Scoff
scoffer	noun	One who scoffs.
scolded	imp. & past participle	of Scold
scolder	noun	One who scolds., The oyster catcher; — so called from its shrill cries., The old squaw.
scollop	noun & verb	See Scallop.
scomber	noun	A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
scomfit	noun & verb	Discomfit.
sconced	imp. & past participle	of Sconce
scooped	imp. & past participle	of Scoop
scooper	noun	One who, or that which, scoops., The avocet; — so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
scopate	adjective	Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.
scoppet	verb t.	To lade or dip out.
scoptic	adjective	Alt. of Scoptical
scopula	noun	A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web., A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
scoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Score, of Scorn
scoriae	plural	of Scoria
scoriac	adjective	Scoriaceous.
scorify	verb t.	To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
scorned	imp. & past participle	of Scorn
scorner	noun	One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.
scorper	noun	Same as Scauper.
scorpio	noun	A scorpion., The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs., A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
scotale	noun	The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.
scotist	noun	A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.
scotoma	noun	Scotomy.
scotomy	noun	Dizziness with dimness of sight., Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
scoured	imp. & past participle	of Scour
scourer	noun	One who, or that which, scours., A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
scourge	noun	A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip., Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment., To whip severely; to lash., To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction., To harass or afflict severely.
scourse	verb t.	See Scorse.
scouted	imp. & past participle	of Scout
scowled	imp. & past participle	of Scowl
scraber	noun	The Manx shearwater., The black guillemot.
scraggy	superl.	Rough with irregular points; scragged., Lean and rough; scragged.
scragly	adjective	See Scraggy.
scranch	verb t.	To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
scranky	adjective	Thin; lean.
scranny	adjective	Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
scraped	imp. & past participle	of Scrape
scraper	noun	An instrument with which anything is scraped., An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it., An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc., An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship., In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression., One who scrapes., One who plays awkwardly on a violin., One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
scrappy	adjective	Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
scratch	verb t.	To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like., To write or draw hastily or awkwardly., To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; — often with out., To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow., To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches., To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game., A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision., A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch., Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy., A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head., A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke., Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
scrawny	adjective	Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
screech	verb	To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek., A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
screwed	imp. & past participle	of Screw
screwer	noun	One who, or that which, screws.
scribed	imp. & past participle	of Scribe
scriber	noun	A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.
scrimer	noun	A fencing master.
scritch	noun	A screech.
scroggy	adjective	Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.
scrotal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.
scrotum	noun	The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.
scrouge	verb t.	To crowd; to squeeze.
scroyle	noun	A mean fellow; a wretch.
scrubby	superl.	Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
scrunch	verb t. & verb i.	To scranch; to crunch.
scruple	noun	A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram., Hence, a very small quantity; a particle., Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience., To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience., To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question., To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
scudded	imp. & past participle	of Scud
scuddle	verb i.	To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
scuffed	imp. & past participle	of Scuff
scuffle	verb i.	To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion., Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard., A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters., Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight., A child’s pinafore or bib., A garden hoe.
sculker		See Skulk, Skulker.
sculled	imp. & past participle	of Scull
sculler	noun	A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars., One who sculls.
sculpin	noun	Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America., A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); — called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa., The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).
scummed	imp. & past participle	of Scum
scumber	verb i.	To void excrement., Dung.
scumble	verb t.	To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.
scummer	verb i.	To scumber., Excrement; scumber., An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
scunner	verb t.	To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at., To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance., A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.
scupper	verb	An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; — called also scupper hole.
scurrit	noun	the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).
scutage	noun	Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
scutate	adjective	Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round., Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
scuttle	noun	A broad, shallow basket., A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod., To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle., A quick pace; a short run., A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid., A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship., An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid., The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like., To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose., To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
scybala	noun pl.	Hardened masses of feces.
scyphae	plural	of Scypha
scyphus	noun	A kind of large drinking cup, — used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk., The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers., A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
scythed	adjective	Armed scythes, as a chariot.
sea ape		The thrasher shark., The sea otter.
sea-bar	noun	A tern.
sea bat		See Batfish (a).
seaboat		A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat., A chitin.
seabord	noun & adjective	See Seaboard.
sea bow		See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.
sea boy		A boy employed on shipboard.
sea bug		A chiton.
sea cat		The wolf fish., Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.
sea cob		The black-backed gull.
sea cow		The mantee., The dugong., The walrus.
sea dog		The dogfish., The common seal., An old sailor; a salt.
sea-ear	noun	Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.
sea eel		The conger eel.
sea egg		A sea urchin.
sea fan		Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
sea fir		A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.
sea fox		The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.
seagirt	adjective	Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.
sea god		A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.
sea hen		the common guillemot; — applied also to various other sea birds.
sea hog		The porpoise.
skaling	present participle & vb. noun	of Seal
seaming	present participle & vb. noun	of Seam, The act or process of forming a seam or joint., The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
seamark	noun	Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
sea mat		Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
sea maw		The sea mew.
sea mew		A gull; the mew.
sea mud		A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; — called also sea ooze.
sea-orb	noun	A globefish.
sea owl		The lumpfish.
sea pad		The puffin.
sea-pen	noun	A pennatula.
sea pie		The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus., A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, — a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.
sea pig		A porpoise or dolphin., A dugong.
seaport	noun	A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
sea pye		See 1st Sea pie.
searing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sear
sea rat		A pirate., The chimaera.
searcer	noun	One who sifts or bolts., A searce, or sieve.
seasick	adjective	Affected with seasickness.
seaside	noun	The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
seating	present participle & vb. noun	of Seat, The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience., The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
seawant	noun	The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
seawand		See Sea girdles.
seaward	adjective	Directed or situated toward the sea., Toward the sea.
seaware	noun	Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.
seaweed	noun	Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea., Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.
seawife	noun	A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).
sebacic	adjective	Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.
secancy	noun	A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another.
seceded	imp. & past participle	of Secede
seceder	noun	One who secedes., One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called.
sechium	noun	The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.
seclude	verb t.	To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others., To shut or keep out; to exclude.
secondo	noun	The second part in a concerted piece.
secrecy	noun	The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy., That which is concealed; a secret., Seclusion; privacy; retirement., The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
secrely	adverb	Secretly.
secrete	verb t.	To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one’s self., To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
sectant	noun	One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.
sectary	noun	A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
sectile	adjective	Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; — said of minerals.
section	noun	The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies., A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice., A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division., A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct., One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws., The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point., A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; — often indicated by the sign /., A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase., The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.
sectism	noun	Devotion to a sect.
sectist	noun	One devoted to a sect; a soetary.
secular	adjective	Coming or observed once in an age or a century., Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe., Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly., Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest., Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical., A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules., A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir., A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
secured	imp. & past participle	of Secure
securer	noun	One who, or that which, secures.
sedilia	noun pl.	Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
sedlitz	adjective	Same as Seidlitz.
seduced	imp. & past participle	of Seduce
seducer	noun	One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.
seeding	present participle & vb. noun	of Seed
seedbox	noun	A capsule., A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.
seedcod	noun	A seedlip.
seedlip	noun	Alt. of Seedlop
seedlop	noun	A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.
seedman	see	Seedsman.
seeking	present participle & vb. noun	of Seek
seeling	present participle & vb. noun	of Seel, The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
seelily	adverb	In a silly manner.
seeming	present participle & vb. noun	of Seem, Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth., Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness., Apprehension; judgment.
seepage	noun	Alt. of Sipage
seeress	noun	A female seer; a prophetess.
seethed	imp.	of Seethe, of Seethe
seether	noun	A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
segment	noun	One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf., A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration., A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim., A segment gear., One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation., One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome., To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.
segnity	noun	Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity.
seiches	noun pl.	Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.
seining	noun	Fishing with a seine.
seismic	adjective	Alt. of Seismal
seismal	adjective	Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
seizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Seize, The act of taking or grasping suddenly., The operation of fastening together or lashing., The cord or lashing used for such fastening.
seizure	noun	The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc., Retention within one’s grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership., That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
sejeant	adjective	Sitting, as a lion or other beast.
selenic	adjective	Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.
selfish	adjective	Caring supremely or unduly for one’s self; regarding one’s own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others., Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
selfism	noun	Concentration of one’s interests on one’s self; self-love; selfishness.
selfist	noun	A selfish person.
selling	present participle & vb. noun	of Sell
selvage	noun	Alt. of Selvedge
semilor	noun	A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.
seminal	adjective	Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid., Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue., A seed.
semined	adjective	Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds.
semiped	noun	A half foot in poetry.
semitae	plural	of Semita
semitic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
semivif	adjective	Only half alive.
semoule	noun	Same as Semolina.
semster	noun	A seamster.
senator	noun	A member of a senate., A member of the king’s council; a king’s councilor.
sending	present participle & vb. noun	of Send
senecas	noun pl.	A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations.
senecio	noun	A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
senegal	noun	Gum senegal. See under Gum.
senegin	noun	A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.
seniory	noun	Seniority.
sensate	verb t.	To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor., Alt. of Sensated
sensing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sense
sensism	noun	Same as Sensualism, 2 & 3.
sensist	noun	One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism.
sensive	adjective	Having sense or sensibility; sensitive.
sensery	noun	Same as Sensorium.
sensory	adjective	Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; — especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.
sensual	adjective	Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit., Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly., Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous., Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
sentery	noun	A sentry.
senteur	noun	Scent.
sentine	noun	A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
sepaled	adjective	Having one or more sepals.
seposit	verb t.	To set aside; to give up.
seppuku	noun	Same as Hara-kiri.
septane	noun	See Heptane.
septate	adjective	Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.
septoic	adjective	See Heptoic.
septula	plural	of Septulum
septuor	noun	A septet.
sequela	noun	One who, or that which, follows., An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents., That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion., A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
sequent	adjective	Following; succeeding; in continuance., Following as an effect; consequent., A follower., That which follows as a result; a sequence.
sequoia	noun	A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
seraphs	plural	of Seraph
serapis	noun	An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.
serfage	noun	Alt. of Serfdom
serfdom	noun	The state or condition of a serf.
serfism	noun	Serfage.
seriate	adjective	Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.
sericin	noun	A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; — called also silk gelatin.
seriema	noun	A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
serious	adjective	Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile., Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving., Important; weighty; not trifling; grave., Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
serolin	noun	A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc., A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; — called also stercorin, and stercolin.
serpens	noun	A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
serpent	noun	Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia., Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person., A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground., The constellation Serpens., A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; — so called from its form., To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander., To wind; to encircle.
serpigo	noun	A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
serpula	noun	Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
serrate	adjective	Alt. of Serrated
serried	adjective	Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together., of Serry
serrous	adjective	Like the teeth off a saw; jagged.
serrula	noun	The red-breasted merganser.
servage	noun	Serfage; slavery; servitude.
servant	noun	One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper., One in a state of subjection or bondage., A professed lover or suitor; a gallant., To subject.
serving	present participle & vb. noun	of Serve, a. & n. from Serve.
servian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe., A native or inhabitant of Servia.
service		Alt. of Service, A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries., The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another’s command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love., The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office., Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service., Hence, a musical composition for use in churches., Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier., Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail., Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed., The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass., The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment., The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc., The act of serving the ball., Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
servile	adjective	Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience., Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved., Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter., Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune., An element which forms no part of the original root; — opposed to radical.
servite	noun	One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.
sesqui-		A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.
sessile	adjective	Attached without any sensible projecting support., Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom., Permanently attached; — said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
session	noun	The act of sitting, or the state of being seated., The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business., Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
sestine	noun	See Sextain.
sestuor	noun	A sestet.
setting	present participle & vb. noun	of Set, The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current., The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter., Something set in, or inserted., That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
setback	noun	Offset, n., 4., A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy., A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
setbolt	noun	An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together., A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
setdown	noun	The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.
setfoil	noun	See Septfoil.
setiger	noun	An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
setness	noun	The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
set-off	noun	That which is set off against another thing; an offset., That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament., A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff’s demand., Same as Offset, n., 4., See Offset, 7.
settled	imp. & past participle	of Settle
settler	noun	One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc., Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England., That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest., A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
setulae	plural	of Setula
setwall	noun	A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).
seventh	adjective	Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others., Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part., One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others., The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided., An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale., A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
seventy	adjective	Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine., The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects., A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
severed	imp. &. past participle	of Sever
several	adjective	Separate; distinct; particular; single., Diverse; different; various., Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place., By itself; severally., Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual., Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many., An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
sewster	noun	A seamstress.
sexifid	adjective	Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
sexless	adjective	Having no sex.
sextain	noun	A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
sextans	noun	A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as., A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
sextant	noun	The sixth part of a circle., An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, — used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley’s quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant., The constellation Sextans.
sextary	noun	An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint., A sacristy.
sexteyn	noun	A sacristan.
sextile	adjective	Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees., The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /.
sfumato	adjective	Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; — said of a painting.
shabbed	imp. & past participle	of Shab, Shabby.
shabble	noun	Alt. of Shabble, A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
shackle	noun	Stubble., Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter., Hence, that which checks or prevents free action., A fetterlike band worn as an ornament., A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis., A link for connecting railroad cars; — called also drawlink, draglink, etc., The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple., To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain., Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber., To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
shackly	adjective	Shaky; rickety.
shading	present participle & vb. noun	of Shade, Act or process of making a shade., That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
shadily	adverb	In a shady manner.
shadoof	noun	A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
shadowy	adjective	Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow., Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim., Not brightly luminous; faintly light., Faintly representative; hence, typical., Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
shaffle	verb i.	To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
shafted	adjective	Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch., Having a shaft; — applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
shagged	imp. & past participle	of Shag, Shaggy; rough.
shaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Shake
shallon	noun	An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
shallop	noun	A boat.
shallot	noun	A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
shallow	superl.	Not deep; having little depth; shoal., Not deep in tone., Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning., A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf., The rudd., To make shallow., To become shallow, as water.
shammed	imp. & past participle	of Sham
shamble	noun	One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level., A place where butcher’s meat is sold., A place for slaughtering animals for meat., To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
shaming	present participle & vb. noun	of Shame
shammer	noun	One who shams; an impostor.
shamois	noun	Alt. of Shamoy
shampoo	verb t.	To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath., To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing., The act of shampooing.
shanked	adjective	Having a shank.
shanker	noun	See Chancre.
shaping	present participle & vb. noun	of Shape
shapely	superl.	Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical., Fit; suitable.
sharded	adjective	Having elytra, as a beetle.
sharing	present participle & vb. noun	of Share
sharked	imp. & past participle	of Shark
sharker	noun	One who lives by sharking.
sharock	noun	An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
sharped	imp. & past participle	of Sharp
sharpen	adjective	To make sharp., To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw., To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious., To make more eager; as, to sharpen men’s desires., To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease., To make biting, sarcastic, or severe., To render more shrill or piercing., To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar., To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to., To grow or become sharp.
sharper	noun	A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
sharpie	noun	A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
sharply	adverb	In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
shaster	noun	Alt. of Shastra
shastra	noun	A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
shatter	verb t.	To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning., To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered., To scatter about., To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied., A fragment of anything shattered; — used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
shaving	present participle & vb. noun	of Shave, The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor., That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.
sheaves	plural	of Sheaf
sheared	imp.	of Shear, of Shear
shearer	noun	One who shears., A reaper.
sheathe	verb t.	To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case., To fit or furnish, as with a sheath., To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper., To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
sheathy	adjective	Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
sheaved	adjective	Made of straw.
shebang	noun	A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
shebeen	noun	A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
shedder	noun	One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears., A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; — applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
sheenly	adverb	Brightly.
sheered	imp. & past participle	of Sheer
sheerly	adverb	At once; absolutely.
sheeted	imp. & past participle	of Sheet
shelves	plural	of Shelf
shelled	imp. & past participle	of Shell, Having a shell.
shellac	noun	See the Note under 2d Lac.
sheller	noun	One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
shelter	noun	That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen., One who protects; a guardian; a defender., The state of being covered and protected; protection; security., To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect., To screen or cover from notice; to disguise., To betake to cover, or to a safe place; — used reflexively., To take shelter.
sheltie	noun	Alt. of Shelty
shelved	imp. & past participle	of Shelve
shemite	noun	A descendant of Shem.
sherbet	noun	A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc., A flavored water ice., A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; — called also sherbet powder.
shereef	noun	Alt. of Sherif
sheriat	noun	The sacred law of the Turkish empire.
sheriff	noun	The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
sherris	noun	Sherry.
shifted	imp. & past participle	of Shift
shifter	noun	One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener., An assistant to the ship’s cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions., An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another., A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
shikari	noun	A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.
shimmer	verb i.	To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer., A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
shinned	imp. & past participle	of Shin
shindle	noun	A shingle; also, a slate for roofing., To cover or roof with shindles.
shining	present participle & vb. noun	of Shine, Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor., Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity., Having the surface smooth and polished; — said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc., Emission or reflection of light.
shiness	noun	See Shyness.
shingle	noun	Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere., A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, — used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below., A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one’s shingle., To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof., To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof., To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
shingly	adjective	Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
shinney	noun	The game of hockey; — so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
shipped	imp. & past participle	of Ship
shipful	noun	As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
shiplet	noun	A little ship.
shipmen	plural	of Shipman
shipman	noun	A seaman, or sailor.
shippen	noun	A stable; a cowhouse.
shipper	noun	One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
shippon	noun	A cowhouse; a shippen.
shirked	imp. & past participle	of Shirk
shirker	noun	One who shirks.
shirley	noun	The bullfinch.
shirred	adjective	Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet., Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; — said of eggs.
shirted	imp. & past participle	of Shirt
shittah	noun	Alt. of Shittah tree
shittim	noun	Alt. of Shittim wood
shittle	noun	A shuttle., Wavering; unsettled; inconstant.
shivery	adjective	Tremulous; shivering., Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
shoaled	imp. & past participle	of Shoal
shocked	imp. & past participle	of Shock
shoding		See Shoad, Shoading.
shoeing	present participle & vb. noun	of Shoe
shoggle	verb t.	To joggle.
shotten		of Shoot, Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring., Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
shooter	noun	One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner., That which shoots., A firearm; as, a five-shooter., A shooting star.
shopped	imp. & past participle	of Shop
shopboy	noun	A boy employed in a shop.
shopmen	plural	of Shopman
shopman	noun	A shopkeeper; a retailer., One who serves in a shop; a salesman., One who works in a shop or a factory.
shopper	noun	One who shops.
shorage	noun	Duty paid for goods brought on shore.
shoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Shore, The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore., A system of props; props, collectively.
shorten	adjective	To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity., To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc., To make deficient (as to); to deprive; — with of., To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like., To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
shortly	adverb	In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly., In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
shotted	imp. & past participle	of Shot, Loaded with shot., Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.
shotgun	noun	A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.
shouted	imp. & past participle	of Shout
shouter	noun	One who shouts.
shoving	present participle & vb. noun	of Shove
showing	present participle & vb. noun	of Show, Appearance; display; exhibition., Presentation of facts; statement.
showery	adjective	Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain., Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.
showily	adverb	In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
showish	adjective	Showy; ostentatious.
showmen	plural	of Showman
showman	noun	One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
shreddy	adjective	Consisting of shreds.
shrieve	noun	A sheriff., To shrive; to question.
shright		imp. & p. p. of Shriek., A shriek; shrieking.
shrilly	adverb	In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice., Somewhat shrill.
shrived	imp.	of Shrive, of Shrive
shriven	past participle	of Shrive, p. p. of Shrive.
shrivel	verb i.	To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; — often with up., To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
shriver	noun	One who shrives; a confessor.
shroudy	adjective	Affording shelter.
shrubby	superl.	Full of shrubs., Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
shucked	imp. & past participle	of Shuck
shucker	noun	One who shucks oysters or clams
shudder	verb i.	To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake., The act of shuddering, as with fear.
shuffle	verb t.	To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand., To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack., To remove or introduce by artificial confusion., To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut., To change one’s position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate., To use arts or expedients; to make shift., To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing., The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion., A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
shunned	imp. & past participle	of Shun
shunted	imp. & past participle	of Shunt
shunter	noun	A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
shutter	noun	One who shuts or closes., A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind., A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
shuttle	noun	An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp., The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch., A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal., To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
shyness	noun	The quality or state of being shy.
shyster	noun	A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
siamang	noun	A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.
siamese	adjective	Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language., A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam., The language of the Siamese.
sibbens	noun	A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.
siccate	verb t.	To dry.
siccity	noun	Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.
sikerly	adverb	Surely; securely., Alt. of Sikerness
sickish	adjective	Somewhat sick or diseased., Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.
sickled	adjective	Furnished with a sickle.
sickler	noun	One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
sideral	adjective	Relating to the stars., Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.
sidling	present participle & vb. noun	of Sidle
sienite	noun	See Syenite.
sifilet	noun	The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
sifting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sift
sighing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sigh, Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting.
sighted	imp. & past participle	of Sight, Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; — used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.
sightly	adjective	Pleasing to the sight; comely., Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
sigilla	plural	of Sigillum
sigmoid	adjective	Alt. of Sigmoidal
signing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sign
signate	verb t.	Having definite color markings.
signify	noun	To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present., To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
signior	noun	Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Seor.
signore	noun	Sir; Mr.; — a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
signora	noun	Madam; Mrs; — a title of address or respect among the Italians.
silence	noun	The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness., Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness., Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence., The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence., Absence of mention; oblivion., Be silent; — used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence., To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush., To put to rest; to quiet., To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel., To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
silenus	noun	See Wanderoo.
silesia	noun	A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia., A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
silicea	noun pl.	Same as Silicoidea.
silicic	adjective	Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.
silicle	noun	A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.
silico-		A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.
silicon	noun	A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth’s crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
siliqua	noun	Same as Silique., A weight of four grains; a carat; — a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.
silique	noun	An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.
silkmen	plural	of Silkman
silkman	noun	A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.
sillily	adverb	In a silly manner; foolishly.
sillock	noun	The pollock, or coalfish.
silting	present participle & vb. noun	of Silt
silurus	noun	A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.
silvate	noun	Same as Sylvate.
silvern	adjective	Made of silver.
silvery	adjective	Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright., Besprinkled or covered with silver., Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
simagre	noun	A grimace.
simarre		See Simar.
simblot	noun	The harness of a drawloom.
similar	adjective	Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like., Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness., Homogenous; uniform., That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
similes	plural	of Simile
similor	noun	An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
semious	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.
simitar	noun	See Scimiter.
simpler	noun	One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
simular	noun	One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender., False; specious; counterfeit.
simulty	noun	Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.
sinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Sin
sinapic	adjective	Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.
sinapis	noun	A disused generic name for mustard; — now called Brassica.
sincere	superl.	Pure; unmixed; unadulterated., Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured., Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness., Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.
sinewed	imp. & past participle	of Sinew, Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth., Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
singing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sing, a. & n. from Sing, v.
singled	imp. & past participle	of Single
singles	noun pl.	See Single, n., 2.
singlet	noun	An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; — opposed to doublet.
singult	noun	A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.
sinical	adjective	Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
sinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Sink, a. & n. from Sink.
sinless	adjective	Free from sin.
sinoper	noun	Sinople.
sinopia	noun	Alt. of Sinopis
sinopis	noun	A red pigment made from sinopite.
sinople	noun	Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow., The tincture vert; green.
siniate	adjective	Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
sinuate	verb i.	To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
sinuose	adjective	Sinuous.
sinuous	adjective	Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
sinuses	plural	of Sinus
siogoon	noun	See Shogun.
sipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sip
siphoid	noun	A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n.
si quis		A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
siredon	noun	The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
sirenia	noun pl.	An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
sirkeer	noun	Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).
sirloin	noun	A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
sirname	noun	See Surname.
sirocco	noun	An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
siruped	adjective	Alt. of Syruped
syruped	adjective	Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.
sistine	adjective	Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
sistren	noun pl.	Sisters.
sistrum		An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
sitting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sit, Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits., The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat., A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings., The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc., The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King’s Bench, or of a commission., The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc., A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
sitfast	adjective	Fixed; stationary; immovable., A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
sithens	adverb & conj.	Since. See Sith, and Sithen.
sittine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
situate	adjective	Alt. of Situated, To place.
sivvens	noun	See Sibbens.
sixfold	adjective	Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
sixteen	adjective	Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more., The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects., A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
sixthly	adverb	In the sixth place.
sixties	plural	of Sixty
sizable	adjective	Of considerable size or bulk., Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
sizzled	imp. & past participle	of Sizzle
skaddle	noun	Hurt; damage., Hurtful.
skaddon	noun	The larva of a bee.
skaldic	adjective	See Scaldic.
skating	present participle & vb. noun	of Skate
skayles	noun	[Ã159.] Skittles.
skegger	noun	The parr.
skelder	verb t. & i.	To deceive; to cheat; to trick., A vagrant; a cheat.
skellum	noun	A scoundrel.
skelter	verb i.	To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; — with away or off.
skeptic	noun	One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons., A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist., A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion., Alt. of Skeptical
sketchy	adjective	Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
skewing	present participle & vb. noun	of Skew
skidded	imp. & past participle	of Skid
skiddaw	noun	The black guillemot.
skidpan	noun	See Skid, n., 1.
skiffed	imp. & past participle	of Skiff
skilder	verb i.	To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
skilful	adjective	See Skilful.
skilled	adjective	Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; — often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
skillet	noun	A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.
skimmed	imp. & past participle	of Skim
skimmer	noun	One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed., Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill., Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
skimped	imp. & past participle	of Skimp
skinned	imp. & past participle	of Skin
skinful	noun	As much as a skin can hold.
skinked	imp. & past participle	of Skink
skinker	noun	One who serves liquor; a tapster.
skinner	noun	One who skins., One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
skipped	imp. & past participle	of Skip
skipper	noun	One who, or that which, skips., A young, thoughtless person., The saury (Scomberesox saurus)., The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese., Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; — so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight., The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel., A ship boy.
skippet	noun	A small boat; a skiff., A small round box for keeping records.
skirret	noun	An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.
skirted	imp. & past participle	of Skirt
skittle	adjective	Pertaining to the game of skittles.
skiving	noun	The act of paring or splitting leather or skins., A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
sklayre	noun	A vell.
skowitz	noun	The silver salmon.
skringe	verb i.	See Scringe.
skulked	imp. & past participle	of Skulk
skulker	noun	One who, or that which, skulks.
skulpin	noun	See Sculpin.
skylark	noun	A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; — called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
skysail	noun	The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.
skyward	adjective & adverb	Toward the sky.
slabber	verb i.	To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool., To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle., To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking., Spittle; saliva; slaver., A saw for cutting slabs from logs., A slabbing machine.
slacked	imp. & past participle	of Slacken
slacken	adjective	To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather., To be remiss or backward; to be negligent., To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks., To abate; to become less violent., To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens., To languish; to fail; to flag., To end; to cease; to desist; to slake., To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage., To neglect; to be remiss in., To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime., To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry., To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease., A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
slackly	adverb	In a slack manner.
slaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Slake
slammed	imp. & past participle	of Slam
slamkin	noun	Alt. of Slammerkin
slander	noun	A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another., Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium., Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation., To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate., To bring discredit or shame upon by one’s acts.
slanged	imp. & past participle	of Slang
slanted	imp. & past participle	of Slant
slantly	adverb	In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
slapped	imp. & past participle	of Slap
slapper	noun	One who, or that which, slaps., Anything monstrous; a whopper., Alt. of Slapping
slashed	imp. & past participle	of Slash, Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture., Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
slasher	noun	A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
slatted	imp. & past participle	of Slat
slating	present participle & vb. noun	of Slate, The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater., Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
slatter	verb i.	To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.
slaving	present participle & vb. noun	of Slave
slavery	noun	The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another., A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will., The holding of slaves.
slavish	adjective	Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
slavism	noun	The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race.
slaying	present participle & vb. noun	of Slay
sleaved	imp. & past participle	of Sleave, Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
sledded	imp. & past participle	of Sled
sledged	imp. & past participle	of Sledge
sleeked	imp. & past participle	of Sleek
sleekly	adverb	In a sleek manner; smoothly.
sleeper	noun	One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person., That which lies dormant, as a law., A sleeping car., An animal that hibernates, as the bear., A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix)., A nurse shark. See under Nurse., Something lying in a reclining posture or position., One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece., One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story., One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship’s quarter., The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
sleeted	imp. & past participle	of Sleet
sleetch	noun	Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.
sleeved	imp. & past participle	of Sleeve, Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; — often in composition; as, long-sleeved.
sleided	imp. & past participle	of Sleid
sleight	noun	Cunning; craft; artful practice., An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation., Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
slender	superl.	Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant., Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution., Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence., Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance., Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet., Uttered with a thin tone; — the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
slibber	adjective	Slippery.
slicing	present participle & vb. noun	of Slice
slicken	adjective	Sleek; smooth.
slicker	noun	That which makes smooth or sleek., A kind of burnisher for leather., A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern., A waterproof coat.
slidden		p. p. of Slide., of Slide
slidder	verb t.	To slide with interruption., Alt. of Sliddery
sliding	adjective	That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly., Slippery; elusory.
slighty	adjective	Slight.
sliming	present participle & vb. noun	of Slime
slimily	adverb	In a slimy manner.
sliness	noun	See Slyness.
slinger	noun	One who slings, or uses a sling.
slipped	imp. & past participle	of Slip
slip-on	noun	A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
slipper	noun	One who, or that which, slips., A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe., A kind of apron or pinafore for children., A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel., A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; — also called shoe, and gib., Slippery.
slitted		of Slit
slither	verb i.	To slide; to glide.
slitter	noun	One who, or that which, slits.
sloakan	noun	A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
slobber	verb t. & i.	See Slabber., See Slabber., A jellyfish., Salivation.
slocken	verb t.	To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
slopped	imp. & past participle	of Slop
sloping	present participle & vb. noun	of Slope, Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.
slotted	adjective	Having a slot.
slouchy	adjective	Slouching.
sloughy	adjective	Full of sloughs, miry., Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
slowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Slow
slubbed	imp. & past participle	of Slub
slubber	verb t.	To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely., To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly., A slubbing machine.
sludger	noun	A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.
slugged	imp. & past participle	of Slug
slugger	noun	One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
sluiced	imp. & past participle	of Sluice
slumber	verb i.	To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze., To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity., To lay to sleep., To stun; to stupefy., Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
slumped	imp. & past participle	of Slump
slurred	imp. & past participle	of Slur, Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.
slushed	imp. & past participle	of Slush
slutchy	adjective	Slushy.
slyness	noun	The quality or state of being sly.
smacked	imp. & past participle	of Smack
smaragd	noun	The emerald.
smarted	imp. & past participle	of Smart
smarten	verb t.	To make smart or spruce; — usually with up.
smartle	verb i.	To waste away.
smartly	adverb	In a smart manner.
smashed	imp. & past participle	of Smash
smasher	noun	One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces., Anything very large or extraordinary., One who passes counterfeit coin.
smatter	verb i.	To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter., To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack., To talk superficially about., To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack., Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
smeared	imp. & past participle	of Smear, Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).
smelled	imp. & past participle	of Smell
smeller	noun	One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell., The nose.
smelted	imp. & past participle	of Smelt
smelter	noun	One who, or that which, smelts.
smeltie	noun	A fish, the bib.
smerlin	noun	A small loach.
smicker	adjective	To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk., Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
smicket	noun	A woman’s under-garment; a smock.
smickly	adverb	Smugly; finically.
smiling	present participle & vb. noun	of Smile
smirked	imp. & past participle	of Smirk
smitten	past participle	of Smite, p. p. of Smite.
smiting	present participle & vb. noun	of Smite
smither	noun	Light, fine rain., Fragments; atoms; finders.
smittle	verb t.	To infect., Infection., Alt. of Smittlish
smoking	present participle & vb noun	of Smoke, a. & n. from Smoke.
smokily	adverb	In a smoky manner.
smolder	verb i.	Alt. of Smoulder, Alt. of Smoulder, Alt. of Smoulder
smoldry	adjective	Alt. of Smouldry
smother	verb t.	To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child., To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire., Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one’s displeasure., To be suffocated or stifled., To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder., Stifling smoke; thick dust., A state of suppression.
smudged	imp. & past participle	of Smudge
smugged	imp. & past participle	of Smug
smuggle	verb t.	To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace., Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely., To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
smutted	imp. & past participle	of Smut
snacket	noun	See Snecket.
snaffle	noun	A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; — called also snaffle bit., To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
snagged	imp. & past participle	of Snag, Full of snags; snaggy.
snaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Snake
snakish	adjective	Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
snapped	imp. & past participle	of Snap
snapper	noun	One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip., Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America., A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper., The green woodpecker, or yaffle., A snap beetle.
snaring	present participle & vb. noun	of Snare
snarled	imp. & past participle	of Snarl
snarler	noun	One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow., One who makes use of a snarling iron.
sneaked	imp. & past participle	of Sneak
sneaker	noun	One who sneaks., A vessel of drink.
sneathe	noun	See Snath.
snecket	noun	A door latch, or sneck.
sneered	imp. & past participle	of Sneer
sneerer	noun	One who sneers.
sneezed	imp. & past participle	of Sneeze
snicked	imp. & past participle	of Snick
snicker	verb i.	To laugh slyly; to laugh in one’s sleeve., To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter., A half suppressed, broken laugh.
sniffed	imp. & past participle	of Sniff
sniffle	verb i.	To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.
snifted	imp. & past participle	of Snift
snigger	noun	See Snicker.
sniggle	verb i.	To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places., To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.
snipped	imp. & past participle	of Snip
snipper	noun	One who snips.
snippet	noun	A small part or piece.
snively	adjective	Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
snooded	adjective	Wearing or having a snood.
snoozed	imp. & past participle	of Snooze
snoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Snore, The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
snorted	imp. & past participle	of Snort
snorter	noun	One who snorts., The wheather; — so called from its cry.
snotter	verb i.	To snivel; to cry or whine., A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
snowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Snow
snowcap	noun	A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.
snubbed	imp. & past participle	of Snub
snuffed	imp. & past participle	of Snuff
snuffer	noun	One who snuffs., The common porpoise.
snuffle	verb i.	To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound., The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed., An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy., Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
snugged	imp. & past participle	of Snug
snuggle	verb t.	To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.
soaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Soak, Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
soakage	noun	The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.
soaping	present participle & vb. noun	of Soap
soaring	present participle & vb. noun	of Soar, a. & n. from Soar.
sobbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sob, A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.
sobered	imp. & past participle	of Sober
soberly	adverb	In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously., Grave; serious; solemn; sad.
soboles	noun	A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances., A sucker, as of tree or shrub.
socager	noun	A tennant by socage; a socman.
sociate	adjective	Associated., An associate., To associate.
society	noun	The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company., Connection; participation; partnership., A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society., The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances., Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
sodding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sod
softish	adjective	Somewhat soft.
softner	noun	See Softener.
soiling	present participle & vb. noun	of Soil
soilure	noun	Stain; pollution.
sojourn	verb i.	To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry., A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
sokeman	noun	See Socman.
solaced	imp. & past participle	of Solace
solania	noun	Solanine.
solanum	noun	A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
solaria	plural	of Solarium
soldier	noun	One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants., Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer., A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; — used by way of emphasis or distinction., The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.), One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite., To serve as a soldier., To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
solicit	verb t.	To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms., To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor., To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite., To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to., To disturb; to disquiet; — a Latinism rarely used.
solidly	adverb	In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
soliped	noun	A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.
sollein	adjective	Sullen; sad.
soloist	noun	One who sings or plays a solo.
solomon	noun	One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.
soluble	adjective	Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water., Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble., Relaxed; open or readily opened.
solving	present participle & vb. noun	of Solve
solvend	noun	A substance to be dissolved.
solvent	adjective	Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid., Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent., A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc., That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
somatic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes., Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
somehow	adverb	In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.
sommeil	noun	Slumber; sleep.
somnial	adjective	Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.
somnour	noun	A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.
somonce	noun	A summons; a citation.
sonance	noun	A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance., The quality or state of being sonant.
sondeli	noun	The musk shrew. See under Musk.
songful	adjective	Disposed to sing; full of song.
songish	adjective	Consisting of songs.
sonifer	noun	A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.
sonless	adjective	Being without a son.
sonnish	adjective	Like the sun; sunny; golden.
sonnite	noun	See Sunnite.
sonship	noun	The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.
sonties	noun	Probably from “saintes” saints, or from sanctities; — used as an oath.
sooting	present participle & vb. noun	of Soot
soothed	imp. & past participle	of Soothe
soother	noun	One who, or that which, soothes.
soothly	adverb	In truth; truly; really; verily.
sootish	adjective	Sooty.
sopping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sop
sophime	noun	Sophism.
sophism	noun	The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
sophist	noun	One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt., Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.
sophora	noun	A genus of leguminous plants., A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.
soprani	plural	of Soprano
soprano	noun	The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy’s voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices., A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
sorance	noun	Soreness.
sorbate	noun	A salt of sorbic acid.
sorbent	noun	An absorbent.
sorbile	adjective	Fit to be drunk or sipped.
sorbite	noun	A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance.
sorcery	noun	Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
sordine	noun	See Damper, and 5th Mute.
soredia	noun	pl. of Soredium., of Soredium
sorehon	noun	Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
sorghum	noun	A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian)., A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
sorites	noun	An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition
sororal	adjective	Relating to a sister; sisterly.
sorosis	noun	A woman’s club; an association of women., A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.
sorrage	noun	The blades of green or barley.
sorrily	adverb	In a sorry manner; poorly.
sorting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sort
sotadic	adjective	Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades., A Sotadic verse or poem.
sothiac	adjective	Alt. of Sothic
sotilte	noun	Subtlety.
sottery	noun	Folly.
sottish	adjective	Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
souffle	noun	A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus., A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.
soulili	noun	A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.
sounded	imp. & past participle	of Sound
sounder	noun	One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound., A herd of wild hogs.
soundly	adverb	In a sound manner.
souring	present participle & vb. noun	of Sour, Any sour apple.
sourish	adjective	Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.
soursop	noun	The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.
sousing	present participle & vb. noun	of Souse
souslik	noun	See Suslik.
soutage	noun	That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.
soutane	noun	A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
southed	imp. & past participle	of South
souther	noun	A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
southly	adverb	Southerly.
sowbane	noun	The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), — said to be fatal to swine.
spacong	present participle & vb. noun	of Space
spacial	adjective	See Spatial.
spaddle	noun	A little spade.
spading	present participle & vb. noun	of Spade
spaeing	present participle & vb. noun	of Spae
spaeman	noun	A prophet; a diviner.
spanned	imp. & past participle	of Span
spancel	noun	A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow., To tie or hobble with a spancel.
spangle	noun	A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress., Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless., To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate., To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
spangly	adjective	Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
spaniel	noun	One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker., A cringing, fawning person., Cringing; fawning., To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious., To follow like a spaniel.
spanish	adjective	Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards., The language of Spain.
spanked	imp. & past participle	of Spank
spanker	noun	One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking., The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; — sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail., One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse., Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person., A small coin.
spanner	noun	One who, or that which, spans., The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself., An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose., A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
sparred	imp. & past participle	of Spar
sparada	noun	A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); — called also shiner.
sparage	noun	Alt. of Sparagrass
sparble	verb t.	To scatter; to disperse; to rout.
sparing	present participle & vb. noun	of Spare, Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
sparely	adverb	In a spare manner; sparingly.
sparger	noun	A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.
sparker	noun	A spark arrester.
sparkle	noun	A little spark; a scintillation., Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond., To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle., To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash., To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine., To emit in the form or likeness of sparks., To disperse., To scatter on or over.
sparoid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream., One of the Sparidae.
sparrow	noun	One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House., Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
sparsim	adverb	Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
spartan	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey., A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
spastic	adjective	Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
spatted	imp. & past participle	of Spat
spathae	plural	of Spatha
spathal	adjective	Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.
spathed	adjective	Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.
spathic	adjective	Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.
spatial	adjective	Of or pertaining to space.
spatter	verb t.	To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud., To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood., Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner., To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
spattle	noun	Spawl; spittle., A spatula., A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter
spatula	noun	An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
spawled	imp. & past participle	of Spawl
spawned	imp. & past participle	of Spawn
spawner	noun	A mature female fish., Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
spaying	present participle & vb. noun	of Spay
spayade	noun	A spay.
speaker	noun	One who speaks., One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker., One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives., A book of selections for declamation.
speking	noun	The act of uttering words., Public declamation; oratory.
speared	imp. & past participle	of Spear
spearer	noun	One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
special	adjective	Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort., Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon., Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon., Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study., Chief in excellence., A particular., One appointed for a special service or occasion.
species	noun	Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image., A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species., In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation., A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth., Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie., A public spectacle or exhibition., A component part of compound medicine; a simple., An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture., The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
specify	verb t.	To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
specked	imp. & past participle	of Speck
speckle	noun	A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself., To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
specter	noun	Alt. of Spectre
spectre	noun	Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom., The tarsius., A stick insect., See Specter.
spectra	plural	of Spectrum
specula	plural	of Speculum
speeded		of Speed
speeder	noun	One who, or that which, speeds., A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.
speight	noun	A woodpecker; — called also specht, spekt, spight.
spelled	imp. & past participle	of Spell, of Spell
speller	noun	One who spells., A spelling book.
spelter	noun	Zinc; — especially so called in commerce and arts.
spelunc	noun	A cavern; a cave.
spencer	noun	One who has the care of the spence, or buttery., A short jacket worn by men and by women., A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; — named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
spender	noun	One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
sperage	noun	Asperagus.
sperate	adjective	Hoped for, or to be hoped for.
spermo-		Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
spermic	adjective	Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
spewing	present participle& vb. noun	of Spew
sphacel	noun	Gangrene.
spheno-		A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.
spheral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres., Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.
sphered	imp. & past participle	of Sphere
spheric	adjective	Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body., Of or pertaining to a sphere., Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
spicate	adjective	Alt. of Spicated
spicing	past participle & vb. noun	of Spice
spicery	noun	Spices, in general., A repository of spices.
spicily	adverb	In a spicy manner.
spicose	adjective	Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.
spicous	adjective	See Spicose.
spicula	noun	A little spike; a spikelet., A pointed fleshy appendage., of Spiculum
spicule	noun	A minute, slender granule, or point., Same as Spicula., Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
spignel	noun	Same as Spickenel.
spignet	noun	An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
spiking	present participle & vb. noun	of Spike
spilled	imp. & past participle	of Spill
spiller	noun	One who, or that which, spills., A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
spilter	noun	Any one of the small branches on a stag’s head.
spinach	noun	Alt. of Spinage
spinage	noun	A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
spinate	adjective	Bearing a spine; spiniform.
spindle	noun	The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom., A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane., The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc., The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns., A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed., The fusee of a watch., A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle., A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards., A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord., Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; — called also spindle stromb., Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus., To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
spinner	noun	One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine., A spider., A goatsucker; — so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air., A spinneret.
spinney	noun	Same as Spinny.
spinose	adjective	Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.
spinous	adjective	Spinose; thorny., Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
spinule	noun	A minute spine.
spiodea	noun pl.	An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
spiraea	noun	A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
spirant	noun	A term used differently by different authorities; — by some as equivalent to fricative, — that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, — thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.
spiring	present participle & vb. noun	of Spire, Shooting up in a spire or spires.
spirtle	verb t.	To spirt in a scattering manner.
spirula	noun	A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
spitted	imp. & past participle	of Spit, Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit., Shot out long; — said of antlers., p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit.
spitbox	noun	A vessel to receive spittle.
spiting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spite
spitful	noun	A spadeful.
spitous	adjective	Having spite; spiteful.
spitter	noun	One who ejects saliva from the mouth., One who puts meat on a spit., A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
spittle	noun	See Spital., To dig or stir with a small spade., A small sort of spade., The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.
spittly	adjective	Like spittle; slimy.
splashy	adjective	Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
spleeny	adjective	Irritable; peevish; fretful., Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
spleget	noun	A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.
splenic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.
spliced	imp. & past participle	of Splice
splotch	noun	A spot; a stain; a daub.
splurge	noun	A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display., To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.
spoiled	imp. & past participle	of Spoil
spoiler	noun	One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler., One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
spoking	present participle & vb. noun	of Spoke
spondee	noun	A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
spondyl	noun	Alt. of Spondyle
sponged	imp. & past participle	of Sponge
sponger	noun	One who sponges, or uses a sponge., One employed in gathering sponges., Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
spongin	noun	The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
sponsal	adjective	Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.
sponson	noun	One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat., One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat., One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.
sponsor	noun	One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety., One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
spooled	imp. & past participle	of Spool
spooler	noun	One who, or that which, spools.
spooney	adjective	Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers., A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.
sporran	noun	A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.
sported	imp. & past participle	of Sport
sportal	adjective	Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports.
sporter	noun	One who sports; a sportsman.
sporule	noun	A small spore; a spore.
spotted	imp. & past participle	of Spot, Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
spotter	noun	One who spots.
spousal	adjective	Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments., Marriage; nuptials; espousal; — generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
spouted	imp. & past participle	of Spout
spouter	noun	One who, or that which, spouts.
spradde		imp. of Spread.
sprenge	verb t.	To sprinkle; to scatter.
spreynd		p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
spriggy	adjective	Full of sprigs or small branches.
spright	noun	Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood., A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost., A kind of short arrow., To haunt, as a spright.
springe	verb i.	A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare., To catch in a springe; to insnare., To sprinkle; to scatter.
springy	superl.	Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step., Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.
spruced	imp. & past participle	of Spruce
spuller	noun	One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
spulzie	noun	Plunder, or booty.
spuming	present participle & vb. noun	of Spume
spumous	adjective	Alt. of Spumy
spurred	imp. & past participle	of Spur, Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs., Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
spurned	imp. & past participle	of Spurn
spurner	noun	One who spurns.
spurrer	noun	One who spurs.
spurrey	noun	See Spurry.
spurted	imp. & past participle	of Spurt
spurtle	verb t.	To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
spurway	noun	A bridle path.
sputter	verb i.	To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking., To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva., To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering., To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech., Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
spyboat	noun	A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
spynace	noun	Alt. of Spyne
squabby	adjective	Short and thick; suqabbish.
squacco	noun	A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
squalid	adjective	Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
squally	adjective	Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather., Interrupted by unproductive spots; — said of a flied of turnips or grain., Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; — said of cloth.
squalor	noun	Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.
squamae	plural	of Squama
squared	imp. & past participle	of Square
squarer	noun	One who, or that which, squares., One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow.
squashy	adjective	Easily squashed; soft.
squatty	adjective	Squat; dumpy.
squaked	imp.& past participle	of Squeak
squeeze	verb t.	To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship., Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush., To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt., To press; to urge one’s way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; — often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd., The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure., A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
squelch	verb t.	To quell; to crush; to silence or put down., A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.
squiery	noun	A company of squires; the whole body of squires.
squilla	noun	Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
squinch	noun	A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; — called also sconce, and sconcheon.
squinsy	noun	See Quinsy.
squired	imp. & past participle	of Squire
squitee	noun	The squeteague; — called also squit.
stabbed	imp. & past participle	of Stab
stabber	noun	One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer., A small marline spike; a pricker.
stabled	imp. & past participle	of Stable
stabler	noun	A stable keeper.
stacked	imp. & past participle	of Stack
stacket	noun	A stockade.
staddle	verb i.	Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane., The frame of a stack of hay or grain., A row of dried or drying hay, etc., A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree., To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut., To form into staddles, as hay.
stadium	noun	A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia., Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races., A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; — also called stadia, and stadia rod.
stagely	adjective	Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.
stagery	noun	Exhibition on the stage.
stagger	noun	To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter., To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail., To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate., To cause to reel or totter., To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock., To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam., An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; — often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man., A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers., Bewilderment; perplexity.
staging	noun	A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building., The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
staidly	adverb	In a staid manner, sedately.
stained	imp. & past participle	of Stain
stainer	noun	One who stains or tarnishes., A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.
staking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stake
stalder	noun	A wooden frame to set casks on.
staling	present participle & vb. noun	of Stale
stalely	adverb	In a state stale manner., Of old; long since.
stalked	imp. & past participle	of Stalk, Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
stalker	noun	One who stalks., A kind of fishing net.
stalled	imp. & past participle	of Stall, Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted.
staller	noun	A standard bearer. obtaining
stallon	noun	A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.
stamens	plural	of Stamen
stamina	plural	of Stamen, See Stamen., The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength., Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
stammel	noun	A large, clumsy horse., A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color., A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries., Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
stammer	verb i.	To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter., To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; — sometimes with out., Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
stamped	imp. & past participle	of Stamp
stamper	noun	One who stamps., An instrument for pounding or stamping.
standel	noun	A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.
stander	noun	One who stands., Same as Standel.
staniel	noun	See Stannel.
stannel	noun	The kestrel; — called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.
stannic	adjective	Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.
stanno-		A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient.
stannum	noun	The technical name of tin. See Tin.
stanyel	noun	See Stannel.
stanzas	plural	of Stanza
stapled	imp. & past participle	of Staple
stapler	noun	A dealer in staple goods., One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
starred	imp. & past participle	of Star, Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled., Influenced in fortune by the stars.
starchy	adjective	Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
staring	present participle & vb. noun	of Stare
starkly	adverb	In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
starlit	adjective	Lighted by the stars; starlight.
starost	noun	A nobleman who possessed a starosty.
started	imp. & past participle	of Start
starter	noun	One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race., A dog that rouses game.
startle	verb t.	To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start., To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise., To deter; to cause to deviate., A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
starved	imp. & past participle	of Starve
stasmia	plural	of Stasimon
statant	adjective	In a standing position; as, a lion statant.
statary	adjective	Fixed; settled.
stating	present participle & vb. noun	of State, The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one’s opinions.
stately	superl.	Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait., Majestically; loftily.
statics	noun	That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; — distinguished from dynamics.
station	noun	The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture., A state of standing or rest; equilibrium., The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel., A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc., The headquarters of the police force of any precinct., The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying., The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat., A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely., A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty., A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)., An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc., Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment., Situation; position; location., State; rank; condition of life; social status., The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion., A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers., One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord’s passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; — called also Station of the cross., To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
statism	noun	The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
statist	noun	A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government., A statistician.
stative	adjective	Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
statued	imp. & past participle	of Statue, Adorned with statues.
stature	noun	The natural height of an animal body; — generally used of the human body.
statute	noun	An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; — used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a., An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university., An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; — called also statute fair.
staunch		Alt. of Staunchness
staving	present participle & vb. noun	of Stave, A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
staying	present participle & vb. noun	of Stay
staynil	noun	The European starling.
stealer	noun	One who steals; a thief., The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
stealth	verb t.	The act of stealing; theft., The thing stolen; stolen property., The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; — in either a good or a bad sense.
steamed	imp. & past participle	of Steam
steamer	noun	A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat., A steam fire engine. See under Steam., A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations., A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture., The steamer duck.
stearic	adjective	Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.
stearin	noun	One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
stearyl	noun	The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.
steeled	imp. & past participle	of Steel
steeler	noun	One who points, edges, or covers with steel., Same as Stealer.
steeped	imp. & past participle	of Steep
steepen	verb i.	To become steep or steeper.
steeper	noun	A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
steeple	noun	A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
steeply	adverb	In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.
steered	imp. & past participle	of Steer
steerer	noun	One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
steeved	imp. & past participle	of Steeve
stelene	adjective	Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar.
stellar	adjective	Alt. of Stellary
stelled	adjective	Firmly placed or fixed.
steller	noun	The rytina; — called also stellerine.
stemmed	imp. & past participle	of Stem
stemlet	noun	A small or young stem.
stemmer	noun	One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).
stemple	noun	A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
stemson	noun	A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship’s frame near the bow.
stenchy	adjective	Having a stench.
stencil	noun	A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate., To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
stentor	noun	A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice., Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha., A howling monkey, or howler.
stepped	imp. & past participle	of Step, Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
stepper	noun	One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
stepson	noun	A son of one’s husband or wife by a former marriage.
stereo-		A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.
sterile	adjective	Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year., Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens., Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid., Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.
sterlet	noun	A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.
sternal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
sterned	adjective	Having a stern of a particular shape; — used in composition; as, square-sterned.
sterner	noun	A director.
sternly	adverb	In a stern manner.
sterno-		A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.
sternum	noun	A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone., The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
stetted	imp. & past participle	of Stet
stethal	noun	One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
stewing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stew
steward	noun	A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like., A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain’s steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge., A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church., In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students., In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands., To manage as a steward.
stewish	adjective	Suiting a stew, or brothel.
stewpan	noun	A pan used for stewing.
stewpot	noun	A pot used for stewing.
sthenic	adjective	Strong; active; — said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.
stibial	adjective	Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
stibine	noun	Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.
stibium	noun	The technical name of antimony., Stibnite.
stichic	adjective	Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.
sticked		of Stick, Stuck.
sticker	noun	One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker., That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses., In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing., Same as Paster, 2.
stickit	adjective	Stuck; spoiled in making.
stickle	verb i.	To separate combatants by intervening., To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds., To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim., To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants., To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate., A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
stiffen	verb t.	To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch., To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste., To make torpid; to benumb., To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
stiffly	adverb	In a stiff manner.
stifled	imp. & past participle	of Stifle, Stifling.
stifler	noun	One who, or that which, stifles., See Camouflet.
stigmas	plural	of Stigma
stilled	imp. & past participle	of Still
stiller	noun	One who stills, or quiets.
stilted	imp. & past participle	of Stilt, Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
stimuli	plural	of Stimulus
stinger	noun	One who, or that which, stings.
stinker	noun	One who, or that which, stinks., Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
stinted	imp. & past participle	of Stint
stinter	noun	One who, or that which, stints.
stipend	noun	Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually., To pay by settled wages.
stipple	verb t.	To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines., To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface., Alt. of Stippling
stiptic	adjective & noun	See Styptic.
stipula	noun	A stipule., A newly sprouted feather.
stipule	noun	An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.
stirred	imp. & past participle	of Stir
stirpes	plural	of Stirps
stirrer	noun	One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer.
stirrup	verb i.	A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, — used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body., Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron., A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
stiving	present participle & vb. noun	of Stive
stocked	imp. & past participle	of Stock
stocker	noun	One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.
stoical	noun	Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines., Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.
stomata	plural	of Stoma
stomach	noun	An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric., The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef., Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire., Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness., Pride; haughtiness; arrogance., To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike., To bear without repugnance; to brook., To be angry.
stomate	noun	A stoma.
stoning	present participle & vb. noun	of Stone
stonily	adverb	In a stony manner.
stonish	adjective	Stony.
stooked	imp. & past participle	of Stook
stooped	imp. & past participle	of Stoop
stooper	noun	One who stoops.
stopped	imp. & past participle	of Stop, Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; — said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.).
stoping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stope, The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
stopper	noun	One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel., A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, — used to secure something., A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia., To close or secure with a stopper.
stopple	verb t.	That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple., To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.
storage	noun	The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse., Space for the safe keeping of goods., The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
storing	present participle & vb. noun	of Store
storial	adjective	Historical.
storied	adjective	Told in a story., Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past., Having (such or so many) stories; — chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house., of Story
storier	noun	A relater of stories; an historian.
storify	verb t.	To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
stormed	imp. & past participle	of Storm
storven		p. p. of Starve.
stories	plural	of Story
stoutly	adverb	In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
stoving	present participle & vb. noun	of Stove
stowing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stow, A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
stowage	noun	The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel., Room in which things may be stowed., The state of being stowed, or put away., Things stowed or packed., Money paid for stowing goods.
straint	noun	Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
straits	plural	of Strait
strange	superl.	Belonging to another country; foreign., Of or pertaining to others; not one’s own; not pertaining to one’s self; not domestic., Not before known, heard, or seen; new., Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer., Reserved; distant in deportment., Backward; slow., Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced., Strangely., To alienate; to estrange., To be estranged or alienated., To wonder; to be astonished.
stratum	noun	A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively., A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
stratus	noun	A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
strawed		imp. & p. p. of Straw.
strayed	imp. & past participle	of Stray
strayer	noun	One who strays; a wanderer.
streaky	adjective	Same as Streaked, 1.
streamy	adjective	Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful., Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.
streite	adverb	Narrowly; strictly; straitly.
stretch	verb t.	To reach out; to extend; to put forth., To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope., To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings., To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly., To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle., To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one’s credit., To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles., To extend or spread one’s self, or one’s limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches., To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances., To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts., To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward., Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination., A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land., The extent to which anything may be stretched., The reach or extent of a vessel’s progress on one tack; a tack or board., Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
stretto	noun	The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue., In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
strewed	imp. & past participle	of Strew
striate	adjective	To mark with striaae., Alt. of Striated
stridor	noun	A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
striges	noun pl.	The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
strigil	noun	An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
stroock		of Strike
striker	noun	One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith’s helper who wields the sledge., A harpoon; also, a harpooner., A wencher; a lewd man., A workman who is on a strike., A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
strikle	noun	See Strickle.
stringy	adjective	Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root., Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
striped	imp. & past participle	of Stripe, Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
striven	past participle	of Strive, p. p. of Strive.
strived	past participle	Striven.
striver	noun	One who strives.
stroker	noun	One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.
strophe	noun	In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
strowed	imp.	of Strow, of Strow
stubbed	imp. & past participle	of Stub, Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse., Abounding in stubs; stubby., Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged.
stubble	noun	The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
stubbly	adjective	Covered with stubble; stubbled.
stuccos	plural	of Stucco
stuckle	noun	A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
studded	imp. & past participle	of Stud
student	noun	A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student., One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
studied	adjective	Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson., Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry., Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult., Intent; inclined., of Study
studier	noun	A student.
studios	plural	of Studio
studies	plural	of Study
stuffed	imp. & past participle	of Stuff
stuffer	noun	One who, or that which, stuffs.
stummed	imp. & past participle	of Stum
stumble	verb i.	To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step., To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner., To fall into a crime or an error; to err., To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; — with on, upon, or against., To cause to stumble or trip., Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall., A trip in walking or running., A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
stumped	imp. & past participle	of Stump
stumper	noun	One who stumps., A boastful person., A puzzling or incredible story.
stunned	imp. & past participle	of Stun
stunner	noun	One who, or that which, stuns., Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence.
stunted	imp. & past participle	of Stunt, Dwarfed.
stuping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stupe
stupefy	verb t.	To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid., To deprive of material mobility.
stupify	verb t.	See Stupefy.
stupose	adjective	Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.
stuprum	noun	Stupration.
stutter	verb t. & i.	To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer., The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering., One who stutters; a stammerer.
stygial	adjective	Stygian.
stygian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.
styling	present participle & vb. noun	of Style
stylish	adjective	Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.
stylist	noun	One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.
stylite	noun	One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; — called also pillarist and pillar saint.
styloid	adjective	Styliform; as, the styloid process., Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
stylops	noun	A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.
styptic	adjective	Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent., A styptic medicine.
styrone	noun	A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; — properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol.
suasion	noun	The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
suasive	adjective	Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory.
suasory	adjective	Tending to persuade; suasive.
suavify	verb t.	To make affable or suave.
suavity	noun	Sweetness to the taste., The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.
subacid	adjective	Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices., A substance moderately acid.
subatom	noun	A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; — called also atomicule.
subdean	noun	An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
subdial	adjective	Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.
subdual	noun	Act of subduing.
subduce	verb t.	Alt. of Subduct
subduct	verb t.	To withdraw; to take away., To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
subdued	imp. & past participle	of Subdue, Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild., Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
subduer	noun	One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.
suberic	adjective	Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.
suberin	noun	A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
subfusk	adjective	Subfuscous.
subject	adjective	Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation., Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain., Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation., Obedient; submissive., That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else., Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States., That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection., That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done., The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character., That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb., That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum., Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2., The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based., The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent., To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue., To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions., To submit; to make accountable., To make subservient., To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
subjoin	verb t.	To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.
sublate	verb t.	To take or carry away; to remove.
sublime	superl.	Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty., Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; — said of persons., Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; — said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed., Elevated by joy; elate., Lofty of mien; haughty; proud., That which is sublime; — with the definite article, A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions., That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful., To raise on high., To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify., To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify., To dignify; to ennoble., To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; — said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
submiss	adjective	Submissive; humble; obsequious., Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices.
subnect	verb t.	To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath.
suboval	adjective	Somewhat oval; nearly oval.
subpena	noun & verb t.	See Subpoena.
subsalt	noun	A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.
subside	verb i.	To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees., To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink., To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.
subsidy	noun	Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power., Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war., A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
subsign	verb t.	To sign beneath; to subscribe.
subsist	verb i.	To be; to have existence; to inhere., To continue; to retain a certain state., To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live., To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one’s family.
subsoil	noun	The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil., To turn up the subsoil of.
subsume	verb t.	To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.
subtend	verb t.	To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
subtile	adjective	Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium., Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven., Acute; piercing; searching., Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle., Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.
subvene	verb i.	To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.
subvert	verb t.	To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly., To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound., To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
succade	noun	A sweetmeat., Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections.
succeed	verb t.	To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king’s eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer., To fall heir to; to inherit., To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue., To support; to prosper; to promote., To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; — often with to., Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant., To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve., To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded., To go under cover.
success	noun	Act of succeeding; succession., That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort., The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue., That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.
succise	adjective	Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.
succory	noun	A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
succuba	noun	A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
succubi	plural	of Succubus
succula	noun	A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.
succumb	verb t.	To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
sucking	present participle & vb. noun	of Suck, Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.
suckled	imp. & past participle	of Suckle
suckler	noun	An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
sucrate	noun	A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate.
sucrose	noun	A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.
suction	verb t.	The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
sudoral	adjective	Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions.
suently	adverb	Evenly; smoothly.
suffice	verb i.	To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate., To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of., To furnish; to supply adequately.
suffuse	verb t.	To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.
sugared	imp. & past participle	of Sugar, Sweetened., Also used figuratively; as, sugared kisses.
suggest	verb t.	To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects., To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty., To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt., To inform secretly., To make suggestions; to tempt.
suicide	adverb	The act of taking one’s own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one’s self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one’s own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind., One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se., Ruin of one’s own interests.
suicism	noun	Selfishness; egoism.
suingly	adverb	In succession; afterwards.
suiting	present participle & vb. noun	of Suit, Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.
sulcate	adjective	Alt. of Sulcated
sulkily	adverb	In a sulky manner.
sulkies	plural	of Sulky
sullage	noun	Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage., That which sullies or defiles., The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle., Silt; mud deposited by water.
sullied	imp. & past participle	of Sully
sullies	plural	of Sully
sulpho-		A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. Cf. Thio-.
sulphur	noun	A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96., Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
sultana	noun	The wife of a sultan; a sultaness., A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
sultany	noun	Sultanry.
summing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sum
sumless	adjective	Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable.
summary	adjective	Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts., Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance., A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
summery	adjective	Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.
summist	noun	One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.
summity	noun	The height or top of anything., The utmost degree; perfection.
summons	verb	The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty., A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like., A demand to surrender., To summon.
sumpter	noun	The driver of a pack horse., A pack; a burden., An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse., Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
sunning	present participle & vb. noun	of Sun
sunbeam	noun	A beam or ray of the sun.
sunbird	noun	Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines)., The sun bittern.
sunburn	verb t.	To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan., The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
sundart	noun	Sunbeam.
sundial	noun	An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.
sundown	noun	The setting of the sun; sunset., A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
sunfish	noun	A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail., Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish., The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner., The opah., The basking, or liver, shark., Any large jellyfish.
sunglow	noun	A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
sunless	adjective	Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.
sunlike	adjective	Like or resembling the sun.
sunniah	noun	One of the sect of Sunnites.
sunnite	noun	One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.
sunrise	noun	Alt. of Sunrising
sunsted	noun	Solstice.
sunward	adverb	Toward the sun.
sunwise	adverb	In the direction of the sun’s apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
supping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sup, The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper., That which is supped; broth.
suppage	noun	What may be supped; pottage.
suppawn	noun	See Supawn.
suppled	imp. & past participle	of Supple
support	verb t.	To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches., To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes., To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits., To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear., To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel., To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate., To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations., To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one’s own cause., To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration., A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O’Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons., The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining., That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind., That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
suppose	verb t.	To represent to one’s self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?, To imagine; to believe; to receive as true., To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight., To put by fraud in the place of another., To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion., Supposition.
suppute	verb t.	To reckon; to compute; to suppose; to impute.
supreme	adjective	Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power., Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly., Situated at the highest part or point.
surance	noun	Assurance.
surbase	noun	A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column., A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
surbate	verb t.	To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel., To harass; to fatigue.
surbeat	verb t.	Same as Surbate.
surcloy	verb t.	To surfeit.
surcoat	noun	A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer., A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.
surcrew	noun	Increase; addition; surplus.
surdiny	noun	A sardine.
surdity	noun	Deafness.
suresby	noun	One to be sure of, or to be relied on.
surface	noun	The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body., Hence, outward or external appearance., A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface., That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion., To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain., To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
surfeit	noun	Excess in eating and drinking., Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking., Disgust caused by excess; satiety., To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess., To indulge to satiety in any gratification., To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; — often reflexive; as, to surfeit one’s self with sweets., To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.
surfman	noun	One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.
surfoot	adjective	Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.
surging	present participle & vb. noun	of Surge
surgent	adjective	Rising; swelling, as a flood.
surgeon	noun	One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment., Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
surgery	noun	The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment., A surgeon’s operating room or laboratory.
suricat	noun	Same as Zenick.
surlily	adverb	In a surly manner.
surling	noun	A sour, morose fellow.
surloin	noun	A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.
surmark	noun	A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
surmise	noun	A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy., Reflection; thought., To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
surname	noun	A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name., An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen., To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
surpass	verb t.	To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
surphul	verb t.	To surfel.
surplus	noun	That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus., Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government., Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
surrein	verb t.	To override; to exhaust by riding.
surtout	noun	A man’s coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.
survene	verb t.	To supervene upon; to come as an addition to.
surview	verb t.	To survey; to make a survey of., A survey.
survise	verb t.	To look over; to supervise.
survive	verb t.	To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event., To remain alive; to continue to live.
suspect	adjective	Suspicious; inspiring distrust., Suspected; distrusted., Suspicion., One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; — formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime., To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; — commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease., To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation., To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story., To look up to; to respect., To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
suspend	noun	To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone., To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life., To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay., To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one’s judgment or opinion., To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club., To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body., To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action., To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
suspire	verb i.	To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe., A long, deep breath; a sigh.
sustain	verb t.	To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight., Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support., To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army., To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate., To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment., To suffer; to bear; to undergo., To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit., To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition., One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
susters	plural	of Sustre
sustres	plural	of Sustre
sustren	plural	of Sustre
sutling	adjective	Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.
sutural	adjective	Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam., Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de/iscence.
sutured	adjective	Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together.
swabbed	imp. & past participle	of Swab
swabber	verb t.	To swab., One who swabs a floor or desk., Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean., Same as Swobber, 2.
swaddle	noun	Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band., To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; — used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby., To beat; to cudgel.
swagged	imp. & past participle	of Swag
swaging	present participle & vb. noun	of Swage
swagger	verb i.	To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner., To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully., To bully., The act or manner of a swaggerer.
swallet	noun	Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; — so called among tin miners.
swallow	noun	Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight., Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift., The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves., To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink., To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb — usually followed by up., To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly., To engross; to appropriate; — usually with up., To occupy; to take up; to employ., To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume., To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one’s opinions., To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult., To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow., The act of swallowing., The gullet, or esophagus; the throat., Taste; relish; inclination; liking., Capacity for swallowing; voracity., As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water., That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
swamped	imp. & past participle	of Swamp
swankie	noun	Alt. of Swanky
swanpan	noun	The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
swapped	imp. & past participle	of Swap
swarded	imp. & past participle	of Sward, Covered with sward.
swarmed	imp. & past participle	of Swarm
swarthy	adjective	Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces., To make swarthy.
swashed	imp. & past participle	of Swash
swasher	noun	One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
swathed	imp. & past participle	of Swathe
swather	noun	A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.
swaying	present participle & vb. noun	of Sway, An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; — said of the backs of horses.
swayful	adjective	Able to sway.
swealed	imp. & past participle	of Sweal
swearer	noun	One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration., A profane person; one who uses profane language.
sweated		of Sweat
sweater	noun	One who sweats., One who, or that which, causes to sweat, A sudorific., A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes., An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
swedish	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants., The language of Swedes.
sweeper	noun	One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
sweeten	adjective	To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea., To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship., To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper., To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life., To soften to the eye; to make delicate., To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air., To make warm and fertile; — opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils., To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat., To become sweet.
sweetly	adverb	In a sweet manner.
swelled	imp.	of Swell, of Swell
swollen		of Swell, p. p. of Swell., Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.
swelter	verb i.	To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat., To welter; to soak., To oppress with heat., To exude, like sweat.
sweltry	verb i.	Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
swerved	imp. & past participle	of Swerve
swifter	noun	A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it., A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides., The forward shroud of a lower mast., To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
swiftly	adverb	In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
swilled	imp. & past participle	of Swill
swiller	noun	One who swills.
swimbel	noun	A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.
swimmer	noun	One who swims., A protuberance on the leg of a horse., A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
swindle	verb t.	To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property., The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
swinged	imp. & past participle	of Swinge
swingel	noun	The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
swinger	noun	One who swings or whirls., One who swinges., Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing., A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos., A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
swingle	verb i.	To dangle; to wave hanging., To swing for pleasure., To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch., To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; — said of weeds., A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; — called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.
swinish	adjective	Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.
swonken	past participle	of Swink
swinker	noun	A laborer.
swinney	noun	See Sweeny.
swiping	present participle & vb. noun	of Swipe
swipper	adjective	Nimble; quick.
swirled	imp. & past participle	of Swirl
switchy	adjective	Whisking.
switzer	noun	A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.
swizzle	verb t.	To drink; to swill., Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally.
swobber	noun	See Swabber., Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist.
swooned	imp. & past participle	of Swoon
swooped	imp. & past participle	of Swoop
sworded	adjective	Girded with a sword.
sworder	noun	One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
sycones	noun pl.	A division of calcareous sponges.
syconus	noun	A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
sycosis	noun	A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.
syenite	noun	Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite., A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
syllabe	noun	Syllable.
syllabi	plural	of Syllabus
sylphid	noun	A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
sylvate	noun	A salt of sylvic acid.
sylvine	noun	Alt. of Sylvite
sylvite	noun	Native potassium chloride.
sympode	noun	A sympodium.
symptom	noun	Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited., A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
synacme	noun	Alt. of Synacmy
synacmy	noun	Same as Synanthesis.
synapta	noun	A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
synaxis	noun	A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord’s Supper.
syncarp	noun	A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.
syncope	noun	An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne’er for never, ev’ry for every., Same as Syncopation., A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting., A pause or cessation; suspension.
synergy	noun	Combined action, the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy., An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also synergism.
synocha	noun	See Synochus.
synocil	noun	A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.
synodal	adjective	Synodical., A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration., A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
synodic	adjective	Alt. of Synodical
synonym	noun	One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
synovia	noun	A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
syntomy	noun	Brevity; conciseness.
syriasm	noun	A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
syringa	noun	A genus of plants; the lilac., The mock orange; — popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
syringe	noun	A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; — used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc., To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein., To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
systole	noun	The shortening of the long syllable., The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; — correlative to diastole.
systyle	adjective	Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; — said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation., A systyle temple or other edifice.