8 letter word starting with s

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
sabaeism	noun	Alt. of Sabaism
sabbatic	adjective	Alt. of Sabbatical
sabbaton	noun	A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
sabering	present participle & vb. noun	of Sabre
sabulose	adjective	Growing in sandy places.
sabulous	adjective	Sandy; gritty.
sacalait	noun	A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.
saccular	adjective	Like a sac; sacciform.
sacculus	noun	A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
sacellum	noun	An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity., A small monumental chapel in a church.
sackfuls	plural	of Sackful
sackless	adjective	Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
sacrific	adjective	Alt. of Sacrifical
sacristy	noun	An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
saddened	imp. & past participle	of Sadden
saddling	present participle & vb. noun	of Saddle
saddlery	noun	The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler’s shop., The trade or employment of a saddler.
sadducee	noun	One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.
safeness	noun	The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.
saffrony	adjective	Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.
safranin	noun	An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron., A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; — called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin., An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
sagacity	noun	The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
sagamore	noun	The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; — generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank., A juice used in medicine.
sageness	noun	The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.
sagenite	noun	Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.
saginate	verb t.	To make fat; to pamper.
sagittal	adjective	Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage., Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull., In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
saibling	noun	A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); — called also Bavarian charr.
sailable	adjective	Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.
sailboat	noun	A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
sailfish	noun	The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.), The basking, or liver, shark., The quillback.
sailless	adjective	Destitute of sails.
sainfoin	noun	A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder., A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
sainting	present participle & vb. noun	of Saint
saintdom	noun	The state or character of a saint.
saintess	noun	A female saint.
saintish	adjective	Somewhat saintlike; — used ironically.
saintism	noun	The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
salacity	noun	Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
salading	noun	Vegetables for salad.
salagane	noun	The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
salaried	adjective	Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office., of Salary
salaries	plural	of Salary
saleable	adverb	Alt. of Saleably
saleably	adverb	See Salable, Salably, etc.
salesmen	plural	of Salesman
salesman	noun	One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
salework	noun	Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
salience	noun	The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting., The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.
saliency	noun	Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.
salified	imp. & past participle	of Salify
salinity	noun	Salineness.
salinous	adjective	Saline.
salivant	adjective	Producing salivation., That which produces salivation.
salivary	adjective	Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
salivate	verb t.	To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury., To produce saliva, esp. in excess.
salivous	adjective	Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva.
sallying	present participle & vb. noun	of Sally
sallyman	noun	The velella; — called also saleeman.
salmonet	noun	A salmon of small size; a samlet.
salomtry	noun	Salimetry.
salpicon	noun	Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
saltbush	noun	An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
saltfoot	noun	A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
saltless	adjective	Destitute of salt; insipid.
saltness	noun	The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.
saltwort	noun	A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
salutary	adjective	Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise., Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
saluting	present participle & vb. noun	of Salute
salvable	adjective	Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
salvific	adjective	Tending to save or secure safety.
samarium	noun	A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.
samaroid	adjective	Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
sambucus	noun	A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
sameness	noun	The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like., Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
samphire	noun	A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles., The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); — called in England marsh samphire., A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
sanation	noun	The act of healing or curing.
sanative	adjective	Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
sanatory	adjective	Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
sanctify	verb t.	To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow., To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify., To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety., To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
sanction	noun	Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation., Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions., To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
sanctity	noun	The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness., Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath., A saint or holy being.
sandaled	adjective	Wearing sandals., Made like a sandal.
sandarac	noun	Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic., A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; — probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
sandever	noun	See Sandiver.
sandfish	noun	A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.
sandiver	noun	A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; — called also glass gall.
sandwich	noun	Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them., To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.
sandworm	noun	Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore., Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters., The chigoe, a species of flea.
sandwort	noun	Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)
saneness	noun	The state of being sane; sanity.
sangaree	noun	Wine and water sweetened and spiced, — a favorite West Indian drink.
sangraal	noun	Alt. of Sangreal
sangreal	noun	See Holy Grail, under Grail.
sanguify	verb t.	To produce blood from.
sanguine	adjective	Having the color of blood; red., Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament., Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper., Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success., Blood color; red., Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth., Bloodstone., Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1., To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
sanidine	noun	A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; — called also glassy feldspar.
sanitary	adjective	Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.
sanscrit	noun	See Sanskrit.
sanskrit	noun	The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda., Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.
santalic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); — used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.
santalin	noun	Santalic acid. See Santalic.
santalum	noun	A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.
santonic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
santonin	noun	A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
sapidity	noun	The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.
sapience	noun	The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
sapindus	noun	A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.
saponary	adjective	Saponaceous.
saponify	verb t.	To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.
saponite	noun	A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.
saporous	adjective	Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.
sapphire	noun	Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem., The color of the gem; bright blue., Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue., Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
sapskull	noun	A saphead.
sapucaia	noun	A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
saraband	noun	A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.
sarceled	adjective	Cut through the middle.
sarcelle	noun	The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.
sarcenet	noun	A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.
sarcocol	noun	Alt. of Sarcocolla
sarcodic	adjective	Of or pertaining to sarcode.
sarcomas	plural	of Sarcoma
sarcosin	noun	A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
sarcosis	noun	Abnormal formation of flesh., Sarcoma.
sarcotic	adjective	Producing or promoting the growth of flesh., A sarcotic medicine.
sardonic	adjective	Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; — applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety., Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
sardonyx	noun	A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.
sargasso	noun	The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
sarmatic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.
sarplier	noun	A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.
sarrasin	noun	Alt. of Sarrasine
sarsenet	noun	See Sarcenet.
sassabye	noun	A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
sassolin	noun	Alt. of Sassoline
sassorol	noun	Alt. of Sassorolla
satanism	noun	The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.
satanist	noun	A very wicked person.
sateless	adjective	Insatiable.
sathanas	noun	Satan.
satiated	imp. & past participle	of Satiate
satirist	noun	One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
satirize	verb t.	To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
satrapal	adjective	Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
saturant	adjective	Impregnating to the full; saturating., A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance., An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
saturate	verb t.	To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate., To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine., Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
saturday	noun	The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
saturity	noun	The state of being saturated; fullness of supply.
satyrion	noun	Any one of several kinds of orchids.
saucebox	noun	A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.
saucepan	noun	A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
saucisse	noun	A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc., A fascine of more than ordinary length.
saunders	noun	See Sandress.
saurioid	adjective	Same as Sauroid.
saururae	noun pl.	An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.
sauterne	noun	A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
savagely	adverb	In a savage manner.
savagery	noun	The state of being savage; savageness; savagism., An act of cruelty; barbarity., Wild growth, as of plants.
savagism	noun	The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
saveable	adjective	See Savable.
save-all	noun	Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss., A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned., A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
savement	noun	The act of saving.
savingly	adverb	In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony., So as to be finally saved from eternal death.
savoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Savor
savorily	adverb	In a savory manner.
savorous	noun	Having a savor; savory.
savoyard	noun	A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
sawbelly	noun	The alewife.
sawbones	noun	A nickname for a surgeon.
sawhorse	noun	A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew’s cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; — called also buck, and sawbuck.
sawtooth	noun	An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; — called also crab-eating seal.
saw-whet	noun	A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; — called also Acadian owl.
saw-wort	noun	Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; — so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
saxatile	adjective	Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
saxicava	noun	Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
saxonism	noun	An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
saxonist	noun	One versed in the Saxon language.
saxonite	noun	See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
sax-tuba	noun	A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
scabbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scab
scabbard	noun	The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath., To put in a scabbard.
scabbily	adverb	In a scabby manner.
scabious	adjective	Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions., Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
scabling	noun	A fragment or chip of stone.
scabrous	adjective	Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly., Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
scabwort	noun	Elecampane.
scaffold	noun	A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc., Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold., An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace., To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
scalable	adjective	Capable of being scaled.
scalaria	noun	Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
scalawag	noun	A scamp; a scapegrace.
scalding	present participle & vb. noun	of Scald
scaliola	noun	Same as Scagliola.
scallion	noun	A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot., Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
scalping	present participle & vb. noun	of Scalp, a. & n. from Scalp.
scambled	imp. & past participle	of Scamble
scambler	noun	1. One who scambles., A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
scamilli	plural	of Scamillus
scammony	noun	A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia)., An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.
scampish	adjective	Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.
scanning	present participle & vb. noun	of Scan
scandent	adjective	Climbing.
scandium	noun	A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
scansion	noun	The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
scanting	present participle & vb. noun	of Scant
scantily	adverb	In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
scantlet	noun	A small pattern; a small quantity.
scaphism	noun	An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
scaphite	noun	Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
scaphoid	adjective	Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped., The scaphoid bone.
scapulae	plural	of Scapula
scapulas	plural	of Scapula
scapular	adjective	Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder., One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back., Alt. of Scapulary
scapulet	noun	A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
scapulo-		A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.
scarring	present participle & vb. noun	of Scar, A scar; a mark.
scarabee	noun	Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum)., A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; — a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf].
scarcely	adverb	With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just., Frugally; penuriously.
scarcity	noun	The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
scarfing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scarf
scariose	adjective	Alt. of Scarious
scarious	adjective	Thin, dry, membranous, and not green.
scarless	adjective	Free from scar.
scarmage	noun	Alt. of Scarmoge
scarmoge	noun	A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
scarping	present participle & vb. noun	of Scarp
scatches	noun pl.	Stilts.
scathing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scath
scathful	adjective	Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.
scavenge	verb t.	To cleanse, as streets, from filth.
scelerat	noun	A villain; a criminal.
scenario	noun	A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
sceneful	adjective	Having much scenery.
scenemen	plural	of Sceneman
sceneman	noun	The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
scenical	adjective	Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
scenting	present participle & vb. noun	of Scent
scentful	adjective	Full of scent or odor; odorous., Of quick or keen smell.
sceptred		of Sceptre
sceptral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.
schedule	noun	A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc., To form into, or place in, a schedule.
scheelin	noun	Scheelium.
schemata	plural	of Schema
scheming	present participle & vb. noun	of Scheme, Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
schemist	noun	A schemer.
scherbet	noun	See Sherbet.
schiedam	noun	Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
schiller	noun	The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.
schistic	adjective	Schistose.
schmelze	noun	A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
schnapps	noun	Holland gin.
scholion	noun	A scholium.
scholium	noun	A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian., A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
schooled	imp. & past participle	of School
schooner	noun	Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix., A large goblet or drinking glass, — used for lager beer or ale.
sciatica	noun	Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
scienter	adverb	Knowingly; willfully.
scilicet	adverb	To wit; namely; videlicet; — often abbreviated to sc., or ss.
scillain	noun	A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.
scimiter	noun	Alt. of Scimitar
scimitar	noun	A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, — in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians., A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
scincoid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the family Scincidae, or skinks., A scincoidian.
sciolism	noun	The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.
sciolist	noun	One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
sciolous	adjective	Knowing superficially or imperfectly.
scioptic	adjective	Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.
scirrhus	noun	An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland., A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.
scissile	adjective	Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible.
scission	noun	The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
scissors	noun pl.	A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.
scissure	noun	A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
sciurine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family., A rodent of the Squirrel family.
sciuroid	adjective	Resembling the tail of a squirrel; — generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
sclavism	noun	Same as Slavism.
sclender	adjective	Slender.
sclerema	noun	Induration of the cellular tissue.
sclerite	noun	A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
scleroid	adjective	Having a hard texture, as nutshells.
scleroma	noun	Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.
sclerous	adjective	Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
scoffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scoff
scoffery	noun	The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
scolding	present participle & vb. noun	of Scold, a. & n. from Scold, v.
scoleces	plural	of Scolex
scolytid	noun	Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
scomfish	verb t. & i.	To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
sconcing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sconce
scooping	present participle & vb. noun	of Scoop
scoparin	noun	A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
scopiped	noun	Same as Scopuliped.
scopulas	plural	of Scopula
scopulae	plural	of Scopula
scorbute	noun	Scurvy.
scorched	imp. & past participle	of Scorch
scorious	adjective	Scoriaceous.
scornful	adjective	Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful., Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.
scorpene	noun	A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).
scorpion	noun	Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting., The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)., The scorpene., A painful scourge., A sign and constellation. See Scorpio., An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
scotched	imp. & past participle	of Scotch
scotsman	noun	See Scotchman.
scottish	adjective	Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
scouring	present participle & vb. noun	of Scour
scourage	noun	Refuse water after scouring.
scourged	imp. & past participle	of Scourge
scourger	noun	One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
scouting	present participle & vb. noun	of Scout
scowling	present participle & vb. noun	of Scowl
scrabble	verb t.	To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree., To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl., To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper., The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
scraffle	verb i.	To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.
scragged	adjective	Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone., Lean and rough; scraggy.
scramble	verb i.	To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks., To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired., To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth., To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking., The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering., The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
scrannel	adjective	Slight; thin; lean; poor.
scraping	present participle & vb. noun	of Scrape, The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper., Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street., Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
scratchy	adjective	Characterized by scratches.
scrawled	imp. & past participle	of Scrawl
scrawler	noun	One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
screable	adjective	Capable of being spit out.
screaked	imp. & past participle	of Screak
screamed	imp. & past participle	of Scream
screamer	noun	Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
screechy	adjective	Like a screech; shrill and harsh.
screened	imp. & past participle	of Screen
screwing	present participle & vb. noun	of Screw, a. & n. from Screw, v. t.
scribbet	noun	A painter’s pencil.
scribble	verb t.	To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine., To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter., To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing., To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl., Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
scribing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scribe
scribism	noun	The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.
scriggle	verb i.	To wriggle.
scrimped	imp. & past participle	of Scrimp
scringed	imp. & past participle	of Scrine
scrofula	noun	A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
scrolled	adjective	Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
scrubbed	imp. & past participle	of Scrub, Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
scrubber	noun	One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing., A gas washer. See under Gas.
scrupled	imp. & past participle	of Scruple
scrupler	noun	One who scruples.
scrutiny	noun	Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation., An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day., A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written., An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll., To scrutinize.
scudding	present participle & vb. noun	of Scud
scuffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Scuff
scuffled	imp. & past participle	of Scuffle
scuffler	noun	One who scuffles., An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.
sculling	present participle & vb. noun	of Scull
scullery	noun	A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen., Hence, refuse; filth; offal.
scullion	noun	A scalion., A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
sculptor	noun	One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture., Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
scumming	present participle & vb. noun	of Scum, The act of taking off scum., That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; — used chiefly in the plural.
scumbled	imp. & past participle	of Scumble
scuppaug	noun	See 2d Scup.
scurrier	noun	One who scurries.
scurrile	adjective	Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
scurvily	adverb	In a scurvy manner.
scutched	imp. & past participle	of Scutch
scutcher	noun	One who scutches., An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.
scutella	noun pl.	See Scutellum., See Scutellum, n., 2., of Scutellum
scutelle	plural	of Scutella
scutiger	noun	Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
scutiped	adjective	Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; — said of certain birds.
scuttled	imp. & past participle	of Scuttle
scyllaea	noun	A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
scyllite	noun	A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.
scymetar	noun	See Scimiter.
scythian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe., The language of the Scythians.
sea bank		The seashore., A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
sea bass		A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch., A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); — called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
seabeach	noun	A beach lying along the sea.
sea bean		Same as Florida bean.
sea bear		Any fur seal. See under Fur., The white bear.
seabeard	noun	A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
sea bird		Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
seaboard	noun	The seashore; seacoast., Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town., Toward the sea.
sea-born	adjective	Born of the sea; produced by the sea., Born at sea.
seabound	adjective	Bounded by the sea.
sea calf		The common seal.
sea card		Mariner’s card, or compass.
sea clam		Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); — called also beach clam, and surf clam.
sea coal		Coal brought by sea; — a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.
seacoast	noun	The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.
sea cock		In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel’s side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea., The black-bellied plover., A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
sea coot		A scoter duck.
sea corn		A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.
sea crow		The chough., The cormorant., The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls., The skua., The razorbill., The coot.
sea dace		The European sea perch.
sea dove		The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.
sea duck		Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.
seafarer	noun	One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
sea fern		Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.
sea foam		Foam of sea water., Meerschaum; — called also sea froth.
sea fowl		Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.
sea-gate	noun	Alt. of Sea-gait
sea-gait	noun	A long, rolling swell of the sea.
seagoing	adjective	Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; — used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.
sea gown		A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
sea gull		Any gull living on the seacoast.
sea hare		Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.
sea hawk		A jager gull.
sea holm		A small uninhabited island., Sea holly.
sea kale		See under Kale.
sea king		One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
sea lark		The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus)., Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.
sea legs		Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
sea lily		A crinoid.
sea lion		Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.
sea-maid	noun	The mermaid., A sea nymph.
sea-mail	noun	A gull; the mew.
sea-mell	noun	The sea mew.
sea mile		A geographical mile. See Mile.
seamless	adjective	Without a seam.
sea monk		See Monk seal, under Monk.
sea moss		Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
seamster	noun	One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
sea ooze		Same as Sea mud.
sea pass		A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.
sea pear		A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
seapiece	noun	A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
sea piet		See 1st Sea pie.
sea pike		The garfish., A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; — called also robalo., The merluce.
sea pink		See Thrift.
sea pool		A pool of salt water.
sea pork		An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
sea pyot		See 1st Sea pie.
seaquake	noun	A quaking of the sea.
searched	imp. & past participle	of Search
searcher	noun	One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier., Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death., An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc., An inspector of leather., An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities., An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier., An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
sea reed		The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.
sea risk		Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
sea room		Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground.
sea salt		Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
seascape	noun	A picture representing a scene at sea.
seashell	noun	The shell of any marine mollusk.
seashore	noun	The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean., All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
sea slug		A holothurian., A nudibranch mollusk.
seasoned	imp. & past participle	of Season
seasonal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the seasons.
seasoner	noun	One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.
sea star		A starfish, or brittle star.
sea tang		A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.
sea term		A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.
seatless	adjective	Having no seat.
sea toad		A sculpin., A toadfish., The angler.
sea turn		A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
sea wall		A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
sea whip		A gorgonian having a simple stem.
seawives	plural	of Seawife
sea wing		A wing shell (Avicula).
sea wolf		The wolf fish., The European sea perch., The sea elephant., A sea lion.
sebesten	noun	The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
seceding	present participle & vb. noun	of Secede
secerned	imp. & past participle	of Secern
secluded	imp. & past participle	of Seclude
seconded	imp. & past participle	of Second
seconder	noun	One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
secondly	adverb	In the second place.
secreted	imp. & past participle	of Secrete
secretly	adverb	In a secret manner.
sectator	noun	A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect.
sectoral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle.
securing	present participle & vb. noun	of Secure
securely	adverb	In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
security	noun	The condition or quality of being secure; secureness., Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty., Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness., Freedom from risk; safety., That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense., Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge., One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another’s obligation., An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
sedation	noun	The act of calming, or the state of being calm.
sedative	adjective	Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize, allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain., A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
sederunt	noun	A sitting, as of a court or other body.
sediment	noun	The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs., The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
sedition	noun	The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority., Dissension; division; schism.
seducing	present participle & vb. noun	of Seduce, Seductive.
sedulity	noun	The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
sedulous	adjective	Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.
seedcake	noun	A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.
seed-lac	noun	A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.
seedless	adjective	Without seed or seeds.
seedling	noun	A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like.
seedness	noun	Seedtime.
seedsmen	plural	of Seedsman
seedsman	noun	A sower; one who sows or scatters seed., A person who deals in seeds.
seedtime	noun	The season proper for sowing.
seemless	adjective	Unseemly.
seemlily	adverb	In a seemly manner.
seerfish	noun	A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
seerhand	noun	A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.
seership	noun	The office or quality of a seer.
seerwood	noun	Dry wood.
seesawad	imp. & past participle	of Seesaw
seething	present participle & vb. noun	of Seethe
seidlitz	adjective	Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.
seignior	noun	A lord; the lord of a manor., A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
seirfish	noun	Same as Seerfish.
seizable	adjective	That may be seized.
selachii	noun pl.	An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
selcouth	noun	Rarely known; unusual; strange.
seldseen	adjective	Seldom seen.
selected	imp. & past participle	of Select
selector	noun	One who selects.
selenate	noun	A salt of selenic acid; — formerly called also seleniate.
selenide	noun	A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
selenio-		A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
selenite	noun	A salt of selenious acid., A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
selenium	noun	A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
selfhood	noun	Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.
selfless	adjective	Having no regard to self; unselfish.
selfness	noun	Selfishness.
self-one	adjective	Secret.
selfsame	adjective	Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
selvedge	noun	The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling., The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes., A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.
selvaged	adjective	Alt. of Selvedged
selvagee	noun	A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, — used for stoppers, straps, etc.
semblant	adjective	Like; resembling., Seeming, rather than real; apparent., Show; appearance; figure; semblance., The face.
sembling	noun	The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
semiotic	adjective	Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought., Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases., Same as Semeiotic.
semester	noun	A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
semiacid	adjective	Slightly acid; subacid.
semiaxis	noun	One half of the axis of an /llipse or other figure.
semibull	noun	A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
semicope	noun	A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope.
semidome	noun	A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
semiform	noun	A half form; an imperfect form.
semilens	noun	The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
semilune	noun	The half of a lune.
semimute	noun	A semimute person.
seminary	noun	A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat., Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced., A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university., Seminal state., Fig.: A seed bed; a source., A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist., Belonging to seed; seminal.
seminate	verb t.	To sow; to spread; to propagate.
seminist	noun	A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
seminose	noun	A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
seminude	adjective	Partially nude; half naked.
semiopal	noun	A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
semioval	adjective	Half oval.
semiring	noun	One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.
semisoun	noun	A half sound; a low tone.
semitism	noun	A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
semitone	noun	Half a tone; — the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
semolina	noun	The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, — used in cookery.
semolino	noun	Same as Semolina.
sempster	noun	A seamster.
semuncia	noun	A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.
sengreen	noun	The houseleek.
senility	noun	The quality or state of being senile; old age.
sennachy	noun	See Seannachie.
sennight	noun	The space of seven nights and days; a week.
senonian	adjective	In european geology, a name given to the middle division of the Upper Cretaceous formation.
seorita	noun	A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
sensated	imp. & past participle	of Sensate, Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
senseful	adjective	Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious.
sensible	adjective	Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance., Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible., Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer., Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded., Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil., Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise., Sensation; sensibility., That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible., That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
sensibly	adverb	In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively., With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
sensific	adjective	Exciting sensation.
sensoria	plural	of Sensorium
sensuism	noun	Sensualism.
sensuous	adjective	Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense., Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.
sentence	noun	Sense; meaning; significance., An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature., A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences., In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases., A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw., A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4., To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of., To decree or announce as a sentence., To utter sententiously.
sentient	adjective	Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues., One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
sentinel	noun	One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry., Watch; guard., A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; — called also sentinel crab., To watch over like a sentinel., To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
sentires	plural	of Sentry
sepaline	adjective	Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.
sepalody	noun	The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
sepaloid	adjective	Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.
sepalous	adjective	Having, or relating to, sepals; — used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.
separate	verb t.	To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner., To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa., To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service., To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated., Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; — said of things once connected., Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; — said of things that have not been connected., Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
sepiment	noun	Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
septaria	plural	of Septarium
septette	noun	A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers., A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; — called also septuor.
septfoil	noun	A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil., An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil., A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.
septical	adjective	Having power to promote putrefaction.
septuary	noun	Something composed of seven; a week.
septulum	noun	A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.
septuple	adjective	Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold., To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.
sequelae	plural	of Sequela
sequence	noun	The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement., That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result., Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences., Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps., A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia., A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name., Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight., All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
seraglio	noun	An inclosure; a place of separation., The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem., A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.
seraphim	plural	of Seraph, The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.
seraphic	adjective	Alt. of Seraphical
serenade	noun	Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; — usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies., A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times., To entertain with a serenade., To perform a serenade.
serenata	noun	Alt. of Serenate
serenate	noun	A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.
serenely	adverb	In a serene manner; clearly., With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.
serenity	noun	The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace., Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.
serfhood	noun	Alt. of Serfism
sergeant	noun	Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery., In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc., A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; — called also serjeant at law., A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon., The cobia.
serially	adverb	In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.
seriatim	adverb	In regular order; one after the other; severally.
sericite	noun	A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
serjeant		Alt. of Serjeantcy
sermoner	noun	A preacher; a sermonizer.
sermonet	noun	A short sermon.
sermonic	adjective	Alt. of Sermonical
serosity	noun	The quality or state of being serous., A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.
serotine	noun	The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).
serpette	noun	A pruning knife with a curved blade.
serpolet	noun	Wild thyme.
serpulae	plural	of Serpula
serpulas	plural	of Serpula
serrated	adjective	Notched on the edge, like a saw., Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.
serrator	noun	The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
serrying	present participle & vb. noun	of Serry
servable	adjective	Capable of being served., Capable of being preserved.
servient	adjective	Subordinate.
servifor	noun	One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent., An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.
sesamoid	adjective	Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame., Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal., A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
sesspool	noun	Same as Cesspool.
sesterce	noun	A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, — equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
sestetto	noun	A sestet.
setewale	noun	See Cetewale.
set-fair	noun	In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.
setiform	adjective	Having the form or structure of setae.
setireme	noun	A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
settling	present participle & vb. noun	of Settle, The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one’s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc., That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
setulose	adjective	Having small bristles or setae.
seven-up	noun	The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
severing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sever
severity	noun	The quality or state of being severe., Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties., The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter., Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war., Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
sewellel	noun	A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt’l, and mountain beaver.
sewerage	noun	The construction of a sewer or sewers., The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers., The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
sexangle	noun	A hexagon.
sexenary	adjective	Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; — applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.
sextetto	noun	See Sestet.
sextolet	noun	A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
sextonry	noun	Sextonship.
sextuple	adjective	Six times as much; sixfold., Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
sexually	adverb	In a sexual manner or relation.
sforzato	adjective	Forcing or forced; — a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; — marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.
shabbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Shab
shabbily	adverb	In a shabby manner.
shabrack	noun	The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
shackled	imp. & past participle	of Shackle
shadbird	noun	The American, or Wilson’s, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad., The common European sandpiper.
shaddock	noun	A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; — called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
shadeful	adjective	Full of shade; shady.
shadowed	imp. & past participle	of Shadow
shadrach	noun	A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; — so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
shaffler	noun	A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
shafiite	noun	A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; — so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
shafting	noun	Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
shaftman	noun	Alt. of Shaftment
shagging	present participle & vb. noun	of Shag
shagbark	noun	A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory., The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
shag-rag	noun	The unkempt and ragged part of the community.
shagreen	verb t.	To chagrin., A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes., The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts., Alt. of Shagreened
shakings	noun pl.	Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.
shalloon	noun	A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.
shamming	present participle & vb. noun	of Sham
shamanic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
shambled	imp. & past participle	of Shamble
shameful	adjective	Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful., Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
shamrock	noun	A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
shanghai	verb t.	To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition., A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
shannies	plural	of Shanny
shanties	plural	of Shanty
shapable	adjective	That may be shaped., Shapely.
sharking	present participle & vb. noun	of Shark, Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
sharping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sharp
sarpened	imp. & past participle	of Sharpen
sharpsaw	noun	The great titmouse; — so called from its harsh call notes.
shattery	adjective	Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
shawfowl	noun	The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
shawnees	noun pl.	A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
sheading	verb t.	A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
shealing	noun	The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell., Same as Sheeling.
shearing	present participle & vb. noun	of Shear, The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth., The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth., Same as Shearling., The act or operation of reaping., The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates., The process of preparing shear steel; tilting., The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
shearmen	plural	of Shearman
shearman	noun	One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
sheathed	imp. & past participle	of Sheathe, Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath., Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
sheating	present participle & vb. noun	of Sheathe
sheather	noun	One who sheathes.
shedding	present participle & vb. noun	of Shed, The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood., That which is shed, or cast off.
sheeling	noun	A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
sheepcot	noun	Alt. of Sheepcote
sheepish	adjective	Of or pertaining to sheep., Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
sheering	present participle & vb. noun	of Sheer
sheeting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sheet, Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width., A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment., The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
sheetful	noun	Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
sheiling	noun	See Sheeling.
shekinah	noun	The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; — a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
shelduck	noun	The sheldrake.
shelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Shell, Groats; hulled oats.
sheltery	adjective	Affording shelter.
shelving	present participle & vb. noun	of Shelve, Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore., The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet., The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim., Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
shemitic	adjective	Alt. of Shemitish
shending	present participle & vb. noun	of Shend
shendful	adjective	Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.
shepherd	noun	A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large., The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others., To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
shepster	noun	A seamstress.
shetting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shet
shielded	imp. & past participle	of Shield
shieling	noun	A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
shifting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shift, Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles., Adapted or used for shifting anything.
shikaree	noun	Alt. of Shikari
shilling	noun	A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency., In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized., The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; — formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
shinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Shin
shindies	plural	of Shindy
shingled	imp. &. past participle	of Shingle
shingler	noun	One who shingles., A machine for shingling puddled iron.
shingles	noun	A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
shipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Ship, Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns., Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk., The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool., The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage., Navigation.
shipfuls	plural	of Shipful
shipless	adjective	Destitute of ships.
shipload	noun	The load, or cargo, of a ship.
shipmate	noun	One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
shipment	noun	The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West., That which is shipped.
shipworm	noun	Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
shipyard	noun	A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
shirking	present participle & vb. noun	of Shirk
shirting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shirt, Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.
shistose		See Shist, Schistose.
shivered	imp. & past participle	of Shiver
shoading	noun	The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
shoaling	present participle & vb. noun	of Shoal, Becoming shallow gradually.
shocking	present participle & vb. noun	of Shock, Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
shockdog	noun	See 7th Shock, 1.
shoebill	noun	A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
shoehorn	noun	Alt. of Shoeing-horn
shoeless	adjective	Destitute of shoes.
shooting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shoot, The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light., A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting., A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one’s head., Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
shopping	present participle & vb. noun	of Shop
shopbook	noun	A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts.
shopgirl	noun	A girl employed in a shop.
shoplike	adjective	Suiting a shop; vulgar.
shopmaid	noun	A shopgirl.
shoppish	adjective	Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.
shopworn	adjective	Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
shorling	noun	The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year’s shearing., A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
shortage	noun	Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.
shotting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shot
shoulder	noun	The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint., The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; — often used in the plural., Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support., That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing., The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton., The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion., An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc., To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle., To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
shouting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shout
shoveled	imp. & past participle	of Shovel
shoveler	noun	One who, or that which, shovels., A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
showered	imp. & past participle	of Shower
showroom	noun	A room or apartment where a show is exhibited., A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.
shragger	noun	One who lops; one who trims trees.
shrapnel	adjective	Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army., A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
shredded		of Shred
shrewish	adjective	having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
shrieked	imp. & past participle	of Shriek
shrieker	noun	One who utters a shriek.
shrieval	adjective	Of or pertaining to a sheriff.
shrilled	imp. & past participle	of Shrill
shrimper	noun	One who fishes for shrimps.
shrunken		of Shrink, p. p. & a. from Shrink.
shrinker	noun	One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
shriving	present participle & vb. noun	of Shrive, Shrift; confession.
shrouded	imp. & past participle	of Shroud, Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
shroving	noun	The festivity of Shrovetide.
shrugged	imp. & past participle	of Shrug
shucking	present participle & vb. noun	of Shuck
shuffled	imp. & past participle	of Shuffle
shuffler	noun	One who shuffles., Either one of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.
shunning	present participle & vb. noun	of Shun
shunless	adjective	Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
shunting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shunt
shutting	present participle & vb. noun	of Shut
siberian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter., A native or inhabitant of Siberia.
sibilant	adjective	Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds., A sibiliant letter.
sibilate	verb t. & i.	To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
sibilous	adjective	Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
sibylist	noun	One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.
sicamore	noun	See Sycamore.
siccific	adjective	Causing dryness.
sicilian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Sicily.
sickened	imp. & past participle	of Sicken
sickerly	adverb	Alt. of Sikerly
sickless	adjective	Free from sickness.
sicklied	adjective	Made sickly. See Sickly, v.
sickness	noun	The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady., Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
sidebone	noun	A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.
sidehill	noun	The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
sideling	adverb	Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew., Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
sidelong	adverb	Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side., On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong., Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
sidereal	adjective	Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy., Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
siderite	noun	Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron., A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron., An indigo-blue variety of quartz., Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone., Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
sidesmen	plural	of Sidesman
sidesman	noun	A party man; a partisan., An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
sidewalk	noun	A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
sideways	adverb	Toward the side; sidewise.
sidewise	adverb	On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
sienitic	adjective	See Syenitic.
siennese	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
sighting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sight, a. & n. from Sight, v. t.
sightful	adjective	Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.
sigillum	noun	A seal.
signable	adjective	Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.
signally	adverb	In a signal manner; eminently.
signeted	adjective	Stamped or marked with a signet.
signifer	adjective	Bearing signs.
signiory	noun	Same as Seigniory.
signpost	noun	A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.
silenced	imp. & past participle	of Silence
silently	adverb	In a silent manner.
silesian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Silesia., A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
silicate	noun	A salt of silicic acid.
silicide	noun	A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
silicify	verb t.	To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon., To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
silicium	noun	See Silicon.
silicula	noun	A silicle.
silicule	noun	A silicle.
siliquae	plural	of Siliqua
silkness	noun	Silkiness.
silkweed	noun	Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
silkworm	noun	The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
sillabub	noun	A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.
sillyhow	adjective	A caul. See Caul, n., 3.
silurian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; — a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country., The Silurian age.
siluroid	noun	Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe., A siluroid fish.
silvered	imp. & past participle	of Silver
silverly	adverb	Like silver in appearance or in sound.
similary	adjective	Similar.
similize	verb t.	To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
simmered	imp. & past participle	of Simmer
simoniac	noun	One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.
simonial	adjective	Simoniacal.
simonian	noun	One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
simonist	noun	One who practices simony.
simpered	imp. & past participle	of Simper
simperer	noun	One who simpers.
simpless	noun	Simplicity; silliness.
simplify	verb t.	To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.
simplist	noun	One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler.
simplity	noun	Simplicity.
simploce	noun	See Symploce.
simulate	adjective	Feigned; pretended., To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.
sinaitic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.
sinalbin	noun	A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
sinamine	noun	A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; — called also allyl melamine.
sinapate	noun	A salt of sinapic acid.
sinapine	noun	An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
sinapism	noun	A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.
sinciput	noun	The fore part of the head., The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
sinecure	noun	An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls., Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service., To put or place in a sinecure.
sinewing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sinew
sinewish	adjective	Sinewy.
sinewous	adjective	Sinewy.
singeing	present participle & vb. noun	of Singe
singling	present participle & vb. noun	of Single
singsong	noun	Bad singing or poetry., A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song., Drawling; monotonous., To write poor poetry.
singster	noun	A songstress.
singular	adjective	Separate or apart from others; single; distinct., Engaged in by only one on a side; single., Existing by itself; single; individual., Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular., Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; — opposed to dual and plural., Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon., Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments., Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; — often implying disapproval or consure., Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique., An individual instance; a particular., The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
sinigrin	noun	A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
sinister	adjective	On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; — opposed to dexter, or right., Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; — the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences., Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims., Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
sinology	noun	That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.
sinopite	noun	A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
sinsring	noun	Same as Banxring.
sintoism		Alt. of Sintoist
sintoist		See Shinto, etc.
sinuated	imp. & past participle	of Sinuate, Same as Sinuate.
sinusoid	noun	The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.
siphilis	noun	Syphilis.
siphonal	adjective	Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.
siphonet	noun	One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
siphonia	noun	A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc., of Siphonium
siphonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to a siphon.
sippling	adjective	Sipping often.
sirenian	noun	Any species of Sirenia.
sirenize	verb i.	To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
siriasis	noun	A sunstroke., The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
siroccos	plural	of Sirocco
sirvente	noun	A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, — often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
siscowet	noun	A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; — called also siskawet, siskiwit.
siserara	noun	Alt. of Siserary
siserary	noun	A hard blow.
siskiwit	noun	The siscowet.
sisterly	adjective	Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.
sisyphus	noun	A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
sitheman	noun	A mower.
sithence	adverb & conj.	Alt. of Sithens
siththen	adverb & conj.	See Sithen.
sitology	noun	A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.
situated	adjective	Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore., Placed; residing.
sixpence	noun	An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
sixpenny	adjective	Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
sixscore	adjective & noun	Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
sixtieth	adjective	Next in order after the fifty-ninth., Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole., The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
siziness	noun	The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.
sizzling	present participle & vb. noun	of Sizzle, a. & n. from Sizzle.
skeletal	adjective	Pertaining to the skeleton.
skeleton	noun	The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal., The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal., A very thin or lean person., The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages., The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon., Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.
skerries	plural	of Skerry
sketched	imp. & past participle	of Sketch
sketcher	noun	One who sketches.
skewbald	adjective	Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; — usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.
skewered	imp. & past participle	of Skewer
skidding	present participle & vb. noun	of Skid
skiffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Skiff
skillful	adjective	Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning., Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; — often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.
skilling	noun	A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage., A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck.
skimming	present participle & vb. noun	of Skim, The act of one who skims., That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; — chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
skimback	noun	The quillback.
skimitry	noun	See Skimmington.
skimping	present participle & vb. noun	of Skimp
skinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Skin
skinched	imp. & past participle	of Skinch
skinfuls	plural	of Skinful
skinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Skink
skinless	adjective	Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
skipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Skip
skipjack	noun	An upstart., An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle., A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc., A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
skirling	noun	A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl., A small trout or salmon; — a name used loosely.
skirmish	verb i.	To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers., A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops., A slight contest.
skirrhus	noun	See Scirrhus.
skirting	present participle & vb. noun	of Skirt, A skirting board., Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
skittish	verb t.	Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt., Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
skittles	verb t.	An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
scopster	noun	The saury.
skulking	present participle & vb. noun	of Skulk
skullcap	noun	A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection., Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised., The Lophiomys.
skunkish	adjective	Like the skunk, especially in odor.
skunktop	noun	The surf duck.
sky-blue	adjective	Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
sky-high	adverb & adjective	Very high.
skylight	noun	A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.
slabbery	adjective	Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
slabbing	adjective	Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.
slacking	present participle & vb. noun	of Slacken
slamming	present participle & vb. noun	of Slam
slanging	present participle & vb. noun	of Slang
slangous	adjective	Slangy.
slanting	present participle & vb. noun	of Slant, Oblique; sloping.
slapping	present participle & vb. noun	of Slap, Very large; monstrous; big.
slapdash	adverb	In a bold, careless manner; at random., With a slap; all at once; slap., To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
slapjack	noun	A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
slashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Slash
slatting	present participle & vb. noun	of Slat, Slats, collectively., The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.
slattern	noun	A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice., Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny., To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; — with away.
slavered	imp. & past participle	of Slaver
slaverer	noun	A driveler; an idiot.
slavonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants., Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
sleaving	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleave
sledding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sled, The act of transporting or riding on a sled., The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
sledging	present participle & vb. noun	of Sledge
sleeking	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleek
sleeping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleep, a. & n. from Sleep.
sleepful	adjective	Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
sleepily	adverb	In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
sleepish	adjective	Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
sleeting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleet
sleeving	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleeve
sleiding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sleid
sleighty	adjective	Cinning; sly.
slickens	noun	The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
slicking	noun	The act or process of smoothing., Narrow veins of ore.
sliddery	verb t.	Slippery.
slidding	present participle & vb. noun	of Slide
slighted	imp. & past participle	of Slight
slighten	verb t.	To slight.
slighter	noun	One who slights.
slightly	adverb	In a slight manner., Slightingly; negligently.
slimness	noun	The quality or state of being slim.
slinging	present participle & vb. noun	of Sling
slinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Slink
slipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Slip
slipknot	noun	knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
slippage	noun	The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.
slippery	adjective	Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery., Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise., Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away., Liable to slip; not standing firm., Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle., Uncertain in effect., Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
slipshod	adjective	Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel., Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.
slipshoe	noun	A slipper.
slipskin	adjective	Evasive.
slipslop	noun	Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
slitting	present participle & vb. noun	of Slit, a. & n. from Slit.
slivered	imp. & past participle	of Sliver
slobbery	adjective	Wet; sloppy, as land.
slocking		a. & n. from Slock.
slopping	present participle & vb. noun	of Slop
slopshop	noun	A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold.
slopwork	noun	The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
slothful	adjective	Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
slotting	noun	The act or process of making slots, or mortises.
slouched	imp. & past participle	of Slouch
sloughed	imp. & past participle	of Slough
slowenly	adjective	Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress., Characteristic of a solven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as, slovenly dress.
slovenly	adverb	a slovenly manner.
slovenry	noun	Slovenliness.
slowback	noun	A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
slowness	noun	The quality or state of being slow.
slowworm	verb t.	A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
slubbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Slub, a. & n. from Slub.
slugging	present participle & vb. noun	of Slug
slugabed	noun	One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard.
sluggard	noun	A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone., Sluggish; lazy.
sluggish	adjective	Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man., Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream., Having no power to move one’s self or itself; inert., Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
slugworm	noun	Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.
sluicing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sluice
slumbery	adjective	Sleepy.
slumming	vb. noun	Visiting slums.
slumping	present participle & vb. noun	of Slump
slurring	present participle & vb. noun	of Slur
slushing	present participle & vb. noun	of Slush
sluttery	noun	The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.
sluttish	adjective	Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
slyboots	noun	A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
smacking	present participle & vb. noun	of Smack, A sharp, quick noise; a smack., Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.
smallage	noun	A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
smallish	adjective	Somewhat small.
smallpox	noun	A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
smaltine	noun	Alt. of Smaltite
smaltite	noun	A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.
smarting	present participle & vb. noun	of Smart
smashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Smash
smearing	present participle & vb. noun	of Smear
smectite	noun	A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.
smelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Smell, The act of one who smells., The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
smelting	present participle & vb. noun	of Smelt, a. & n. from Smelt.
smeltery	noun	A house or place for smelting.
smilacin	noun	See Parrilin.
smilodon	noun	An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.
smirking	present participle & vb. noun	of Smirk
smithery	noun	The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy., Work done by a smith; smithing.
smithing	noun	The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape.
smokable	adjective	Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
smoulder	verb i.	To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion., To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud., To smother; to suffocate; to choke., Smoke; smother., See Smolder.
smouldry	adjective	Smoldering; suffocating; smothery., See Smoldry.
smoothed	imp. & past participle	of Smooth
smoothen	verb t.	To make smooth.
smoother	noun	One who, or that which, smooths.
smoothly	adverb	In a smooth manner.
smorsato	adjective	Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
smothery	adjective	Tending to smother; stifling.
smudging	present participle & vb. noun	of Smudge
smugging	present participle & vb. noun	of Smug
smuggled	imp. & past participle	of Smuggle
smuggler	noun	One who smuggles., A vessel employed in smuggling.
smugness	noun	The quality or state of being smug.
smutting	present participle & vb. noun	of Smut
smutched	imp. & past participle	of Smutch
smutchin	noun	Snuff.
smyrniot	adjective	Of or pertaining to Smyrna., A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
snaffled	imp. & past participle	of Snaffle
snagging	present participle & vb. noun	of Snag
snapping	present participle & vb. noun	of Snap, a. & n. from Snap, v.
snaphead	noun	A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.
snappish	adjective	Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur., Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
snapsack	noun	A knapsack.
snapweed	noun	See Impatiens.
snarling	present participle & vvb. noun	of Snarl, a. & n. from Snarl, v.
snatched	imp. & past participle	of Snatch
snatcher	noun	One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
snattock	noun	A chip; a alice.
sneaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Sneak, Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
sneaksby	noun	A paltry fellow; a sneak.
sneering	present participle & vb. noun	of Sneer
sneerful	adjective	Given to sneering.
sneezing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sneeze, The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
snicking	present participle & vb. noun	of Snick
sniffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sniff, A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.
snifting	present participle & vb. noun	of Snift, a. & n. from Snift.
sniggger	verb i.	See Snicker.
sniggled	imp. & past participle	of Sniggle
snipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Snip
snippack	noun	The common snipe.
snippety	adjective	Ridiculously small; petty.
sniveled	imp. & past participle	of Snivel
sniveler	noun	One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
snobbery	noun	The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.
snobbish	adjective	Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.
snobbism	noun	Snobbery.
snobling	noun	A little snob.
snoozing	present participle & vb. noun	of Snooze
snorting	present participle & vb. noun	of Snort
snottery	noun	Filth; abomination.
snowball	noun	A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass., The Guelder-rose., To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at., To throw snowballs.
snowbird	noun	An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight., Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; — called also blue snowbird. See Junco., The fieldfare.
snowdrop	noun	A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.
snowless	adjective	Destitute of snow.
snowplow	noun	Alt. of Snowplough
snowshed	noun	A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.
snowshoe	noun	A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; — used by persons for walking on soft snow.
snowslip	noun	A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
snubbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Snub
snuffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Snuff
snuffbox	noun	A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
snuffers	noun pl.	An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.
snuffled	imp. & past participle	of Snuffle
snuffler	noun	One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
snugging	present participle & vb. noun	of Snug
snuggery	noun	A snug, cozy place.
snuggled	imp. & past participle	of Snuggle
snugness	noun	The quality or state of being snug.
soapfish	noun	Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; — so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.
soaproot	noun	A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.
soapsuds	noun pl.	Suds made with soap.
soapwort	noun	A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; — so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.
sobering	present participle & vb. noun	of Sober
soberize	verb t. & i.	To sober.
sobriety	noun	Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety., Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
sociable	noun	A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable., A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.
sociably	adverb	In a sociable manner.
socially	adverb	In a social manner; sociably.
socinian	adjective	Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians., One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.
socketed	adjective	Having a socket.
sockless	adjective	Destitute of socks or shoes.
socmanry	noun	Tenure by socage.
socratic	adjective	Alt. of Socratical
sodalite	noun	A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.
sodality	noun	A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood., Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.
sodamide	noun	A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.
sodomite	noun	An inhabitant of Sodom., One guilty of sodomy.
softened	imp. & past participle	of Soften
softener	noun	One who, or that which, softens.
softling	noun	A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
softness	noun	The quality or state of being soft; — opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
soilless	adjective	Destitute of soil or mold.
solacing	present participle & vb. noun	of Solace
solander	noun	See Sallenders.
solanine	noun	A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; — called also solonia, and solanina.
solanoid	adjective	Resembling a potato; — said of a kind of cancer.
solarium	noun	An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents., Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
solarize	verb t.	To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn., To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun’s rays in the camera.
solatium	noun	Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.
soldanel	noun	A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.
soldered	imp. & past participle	of Solder
solderer	noun	One who solders.
soldiery	noun	A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military., Military service.
solecism	noun	An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax., Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
solecist	noun	One who commits a solecism.
solecize	verb i.	To commit a solecism.
solemnly	adverb	In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.
solempne	adjective	Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.
soleness	noun	The state of being sole, or alone; singleness.
solenoid	noun	An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.
soleship	noun	The state of being sole, or alone; soleness.
sol-faed	imp. & past participle	of Sol-fa
solidago	noun	A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.
solidare	noun	A small piece of money.
solidary	adjective	Having community of interests and responsibilities.
solidate	verb t.	To make solid or firm.
solidify	verb t.	To make solid or compact., To become solid; to harden.
solidism	noun	The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
solidist	noun	An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.
solidity	noun	The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, — opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, — opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, — opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness., Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; — as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions., The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
soliform	adjective	Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun.
solitary	adjective	Living or being by one’s self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely., Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life., ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place., Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert., Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example., Not associated with others of the same kind., One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
solitude	adjective	state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness., Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; — said of places; as, the solitude of a wood., solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
solleret	noun	A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor.
solpugid	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Solifugae., One of the Solifugae.
solstice	verb i.	A stopping or standing still of the sun., The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; — so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion., The time of the sun’s passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
solution	noun	The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach., The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; — used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process., The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration., The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption., release; deliverance; discharge., The termination of a disease; resolution., A crisis., A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
solutive	adjective	Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
solvable	adjective	Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution., Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations., Able to pay one’s debts; solvent.
solvency	noun	The quality or state of being solvent.
solvible	adjective	See Solvable.
somatics	noun	The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.
somatist	noun	One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.
somatome	noun	See Somite.
somberly	adverb	Alt. of Sombrely
sombrely	adverb	In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
sombrero	noun	A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.
sombrous	adjective	Gloomy; somber.
somebody	noun	A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person., A person of consideration or importance.
somedeal	adverb	In some degree; somewhat.
somerset	noun	A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
sometime	adverb	At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly., At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes., At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime., Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
somewhat	noun	More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something., A person or thing of importance; a somebody., In some degree or measure; a little.
somewhen	adverb	At some indefinite time.
somnific	adjective	Causing sleep; somniferous.
sompnour	noun	A summoner.
sonatina	noun	A short and simple sonata.
songless	adjective	Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.
songster	noun	One who sings; one skilled in singing; — not often applied to human beings., A singing bird.
sonneter	noun	A composer of sonnets.
sonority	noun	The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
sonorous	adjective	Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals., Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice., Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous., Impressive in sound; high-sounding., Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
soochong	noun	Same as Souchong.
sooshong	noun	See Souchong.
soothing	present participle & vb. noun	of Soothe, a. & n. from Soothe, v.
soothsay	verb i.	To foretell; to predict., A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy., Omen; portent. Having
sophical	adjective	Teaching wisdom.
sopition	noun	The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.
soporate	verb t.	To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
soporose	adjective	Alt. of Soporous
soporous	adjective	Causing sleep; sleepy.
sopranos	plural	of Soprano
sorcerer	noun	A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.
sordidly	noun	Sordidness., In a sordid manner.
soredium	noun	A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
sorehead	noun	One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
soreness	noun	The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.
soricine	adjective	Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).
sororize	verb i.	To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; — analogous to fraternize.
sorrance	noun	Same as Sorance.
sorrowed	imp. & past participle	of Sorrow, Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful.
sortable	adjective	Capable of being sorted., Suitable; befitting; proper.
sortably	adverb	Suitable.
sortance	verb i.	Suitableness; agreement.
sortment	noun	Assortiment.
sorweful	adjective	Sorrowful.
sotadean	adjective	Sotadic.
souchong	noun	A kind of black tea of a fine quality.
soulless	adjective	Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.
sounding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sound, Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words., The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs)., measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained., Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; — usually in the plural., The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
soundage	noun	Dues for soundings.
sourness	noun	The quality or state of being sour.
sourwood	noun	The sorrel tree.
soutache	noun	A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; — also known as Russian braid.
souterly	adjective	Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.
southing	present participle & vb. noun	of South, Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun., The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place., Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude., Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; — opposed to northing.
southern	adjective	Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south., A Southerner.
southren	adjective	Southern.
southron	noun	An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
southsay	verb i.	See Soothsay.
souvenir	noun	That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
spaceful	adjective	Wide; extensive.
spacious	noun	Extending far and wide; vast in extent., Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.
spadeful	noun	As much as a spade will hold or lift.
spadille	noun	The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
spadices	plural	of Spadix
spadixes	plural	of Spadix
spadones	plural	of Spado
spadroon	noun	A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
spaewife	noun	A female fortune teller.
spagyric	adjective	Alt. of Spagyrical, A spagyrist.
spakenet	noun	A net for catching crabs.
spalpeen	noun	A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; — often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
spanning	present participle & vb. noun	of Span
spandogs	noun pl.	A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.
spandrel	noun	The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them., A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture.
spangled	imp. & past participle	of Spangle
spangler	noun	One who, or that which, spangles.
spaniard	noun	A native or inhabitant of Spain.
spanking	present participle & vb. noun	of Spank, Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing., Large; considerable.
spanless	adjective	Incapable of being spanned.
span-new	adjective	Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
spanworm	noun	The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.
sparring	present participle & vb. noun	of Spar
sparable	noun	A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
sparagus	noun	Alt. of Sparagrass
spareful	adjective	Sparing; chary.
sparerib	noun	A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.
sparhawk	noun	The sparrow hawk.
sparkful	adjective	Lively; brisk; gay.
sparkish	adjective	Like a spark; airy; gay., Showy; well-dresed; fine.
sparkled	imp. & past participle	of Sparkle
sparkler	noun	One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person., One who, or that which, sparkles., A tiger beetle.
sparklet	noun	A small spark.
sparling	noun	The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)., A young salmon., A tern.
sparlyre	noun	The calf of the leg.
sparpoil	verb t.	To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
sparsely	adverb	In a scattered or sparse manner.
spatting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spat
spathose	adjective	See Spathic., Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.
spathous	adjective	Spathose.
spatiate	verb t.	To rove; to ramble.
spavined	adjective	Affected with spavin.
spawling	present participle & vb. noun	of Spawl, That which is spawled, or spit out.
spawning	present participle & vb. noun	of Spawn
speaking	present participle & vb. noun	of Speak, Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube., Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.
spearing	present participle & vb. noun	of Spear
spearmen	plural	of Spearman
spearman	noun	One who is armed with a spear.
specific	adjective	Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice., Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement., Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria., A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3., Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
specimen	noun	A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man’s handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one’s art.
specious	adjective	Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy., Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
specking	present participle & vb. noun	of Speck
speckled	imp. & past participle	of Speckle, Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
spectant	adjective	Looking forward.
spectral	adjective	Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty., Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
spectrum	noun	An apparition; a specter., The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope., A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.
specular	adjective	Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface., Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination., Assisting sight, as a lens or the like., Affording view.
speculum	plural	of Speculum, A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology., A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below., An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations., A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
speeding	present participle & vb. noun	of Speed
speedful	adjective	Full of speed (in any sense).
speedily	adverb	In a speedy manner.
spekboom	noun	The purslane tree of South Africa, — said to be the favorite food of elephants.
spelding	noun	A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; — called also speldron.
spelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Spell, of Spell, The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography., Of or pertaining to spelling.
spellful	adjective	Abounding in spells, or charms.
spellken	noun	A theater.
spending	present participle & vb. noun	of Spend, The act of expending; expenditure.
sperable	adjective	Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for., See Sperable.
sperling	noun	A smelt; a sparling., A young herring.
spermary	noun	An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
spermist	noun	A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
spermule	noun	A sperm cell.
spetches	noun pl.	Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.
sphagnum	noun	A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
sphenoid	adjective	Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal., Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone., A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid., The sphenoid bone.
sphering	present participle & vb. noun	of Sphere
spherics	noun	The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.
spheroid	noun	A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.
spherule	noun	A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.
sphingid	noun	A sphinx., Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
sphygmic	adjective	Of or pertaining to the pulse.
spicated	adjective	Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
spiccato	adjective	Detached; separated; — a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
spicenut		A small crisp cake, highly spiced.
spicknel	noun	An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; — called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort.
spiculae	plural	of Spicula
spicular	adjective	Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
spiculum	noun	Same as Spicule.
spidered	adjective	Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.
spikelet	noun	A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
spilikin	noun	One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikinsspilikins (pl. ) of Spilikin ), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.
spilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Spill, of Spill
spillway	noun	A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
spinning	present participle & vb. noun	of Spin, a. & n. from Spin.
spindled	imp. & past participle	of Spindle
spinelle	noun	A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
spineted	adjective	Slit; cleft.
spinneys	plural	of Spinney
spinnies	plural	of Spinny
spinster	noun	A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin., A man who spins., An unmarried or single woman; — used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname., A woman of evil life and character; — so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
spinstry	noun	The business of one who spins; spinning.
spirable	adjective	Capable of being breathed; respirable.
spiracle	noun	The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals., One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera., A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft., Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
spiraeic	adjective	Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid.
spirally	adverb	In a spiral form, manner, or direction.
spiricle	noun	One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
spirifer	noun	Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
spirited	imp. & past participle	of Spirit, Animated or possessed by a spirit., Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
spirling	noun	Sparling.
spitting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spit, of Spit
spitball	noun	Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.
spiteful	adjective	Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.
spitfire	noun	A violent, irascible, or passionate person.
spitfuls	plural	of Spitful
spittoon	noun	A spitbox; a cuspidor.
splashed	imp. & past participle	of Splash
splasher	noun	One who, or that which, splashes., One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc., A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
splatter	verb i. & t.	To spatter; to splash.
spleened	adjective	Deprived of the spleen., Angered; annoyed.
splendid	adjective	Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun., Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant., Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
splendor	noun	Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun., Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like., Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
splenial	adjective	Designating the splenial bone., Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle., The splenial bone.
splenish	adjective	Spleenish.
splenium	noun	The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; — so called in allusion to its shape.
splenius	noun	A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
splenoid	adjective	Resembling the spleen; spleenlike.
splicing	present participle & vb. noun	of Splice
splining	adjective	Of or pertaining to a spline.
splinted	imp. & past participle	of Splint
splinter	noun	To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree., To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb., To become split into long pieces., A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship’s mast rent off by a shot.
splitted		of Split
splitter	noun	One who, or that which, splits.
splotchy	adjective	Covered or marked with splotches.
splutter	verb i.	To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter., A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.
spoffish	adjective	Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
spoiling	present participle & vb. noun	of Spoil
spoilful	adjective	Wasteful; rapacious.
spoliate	verb t.	To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
spondaic	adjective	Alt. of Spondaical
spondyle	noun	A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
sponging	present participle & vb. noun	of Sponge, a. & n. from Sponge, v.
spongiae	noun pl.	The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; — called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
spongida	noun pl.	Spongiae.
spongoid	adjective	Resembling sponge; like sponge.
sponsion	noun	The act of becoming surety for another., An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority.
spontoon	noun	A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
spooling	present participle & vb. noun	of Spool
spooneye	plural	of Spooney
spoonful	noun	The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful., Hence, a small quantity.
spoonily	adverb	In a spoony manner.
sporades	noun pl.	Stars not included in any constellation; — called also informed, or unformed, stars.
sporadic	adjective	Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
sporidia	plural	of Sporidium
sporosac	noun	A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under Athecata., An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.
sporozoa	noun pl.	An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.
sporting	present participle & vb. noun	of Sport, Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
sportful	adjective	Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion., Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.
sportive	adjective	Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.
sportula	noun	A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.
sportule	noun	A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.
spotting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spot
spotless	adjective	Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
spousage	verb t.	Espousal.
spousess	noun	A wife or bride.
spouting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spout
spragged	imp. & past participle	of Sprag
sprained	imp. & past participle	of Sprain
spraints	verb t.	The dung of an otter.
sprawled	imp. & past participle	of Sprawl
spreader	noun	One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates., A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
sprigged	imp. & past participle	of Sprig, Having sprigs.
springal	adjective	Alt. of Springall, An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
springer	noun	One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game., A young plant., The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring., The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer., The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting., The grampus., A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel., A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.
springle	noun	A springe.
sprinkle	verb i.	To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc., To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand., To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify., To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles., To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles., To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles., A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling., A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
sprinted	imp. & past participle	of Sprint
sprinter	noun	One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.
spritely	adjective	See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.
sprouted	imp. & past participle	of Sprout
sprucing	present participle & vb. noun	of Spruce
spruntly	adverb	In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully.
spuilzie	noun	See Spulzie.
spumeous	adjective	Spumous.
spurring	present participle & vb. noun	of Spur
spurgall	noun	A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur., To gall or wound with a spur.
spurging	noun	A purging.
spurious	adjective	Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate., Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
spurless	adjective	Having no spurs.
spurling	noun	A tern.
spurning	present participle & vb. noun	of Spurn
spurrier	noun	One whose occupation is to make spurs.
spurting	present participle & vb. noun	of Spurt
spyglass	noun	A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
squabash	verb t.	To crush; to quash; to squash.
squabble	verb i.	To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel., To debate peevishly; to dispute., To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; — said of type that has been set up., A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
squaccos	plural	of Squacco
squadron	noun	Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square., A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men., A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
squalled	imp. & past participle	of Squall
squaller	noun	One who squalls; a screamer.
squaloid	adjective	Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
squamata	noun pl.	A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
squamate	adjective	Alt. of Squamated
squamoid	adjective	Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
squamose		Alt. of Squamous
squamous		Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale., Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
squamula	noun	One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
squamule	noun	Same as Squamula.
squander	verb t.	To scatter; to disperse., To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate., To spend lavishly; to be wasteful., To wander at random; to scatter., The act of squandering; waste.
squaring	present participle & vb. noun	of Square
squarely	adverb	In a square form or manner.
squarish	adjective	Nearly square.
squashed	imp. & past participle	of Squash
squasher	noun	One who, or that which, squashes.
squatted	imp. & past participle	of Squat
squatter	noun	One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title., See Squat snipe, under Squat.
squawked	imp. & past participle	of Squawk
squeaker	noun	One who, or that which, squeaks., The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); — so called from its note.
squealed	imp. & past participle	of Squeal
squealer	noun	One who, or that which, squeals., The European swift., The harlequin duck., The American golden plover.
squeegee	noun	Same as Squilgee.
squeezed	imp. & past participle	of Squeeze
squeezer	noun	One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer., A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; — used only in the plural., A machine of several forms for the same purpose; — used in the singular.
squibbed	imp. & past participle	of Squib
squierie	noun	Alt. of Squiery
squiggle	verb i.	To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed., To move about like an eel; to squirm.
squilgee	noun	Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel’s deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, — used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel’s deck after washing, from window panes, photographer’s plates, etc.
squillas	plural	of Squilla
squillae	plural	of Squilla
squinted	imp. & past participle	of Squint
squinter	noun	One who squints.
squinzey	noun	See Quinsy.
squiring	present participle & vb. noun	of Squire
squireen	noun	One who is half squire and half farmer; — used humorously.
squirely	adjective & adverb	Becoming a squire; like a squire.
squirmed	imp. & past participle	of Squirm
squirrel	verb i.	Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows., One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
squirted	imp. & past participle	of Squirt
squirter	noun	One who, or that which, squirts.
stabbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stab
stabling	present participle & vb. noun	of Stable, The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable., A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.
stablish	verb t.	To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.
staccato	adjective	Disconnected; separated; distinct; — a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic., Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
stacking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stack, a. & n. from Stack.
stackage	noun	Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked., A tax on things stacked.
stafette	noun	An estafet.
staffier	noun	An attendant bearing a staff.
staffish	adjective	Stiff; harsh.
staffmen	plural	of Staffman
staffman	noun	A workman employed in silk throwing.
staggard	noun	The male red deer when four years old.
stagnant	adjective	That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins., Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
stagnate	verb t.	To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room., To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates., Stagnant.
stagworm	noun	The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
stahlian	adjective	Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston., A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.
stahlism	noun	Alt. of Stahlianism
staining	present participle & vb. noun	of Stain
stairway	noun	A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
stalking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stalk
stalling	present participle & vb. noun	of Stall, Stabling.
stallage	noun	The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall., Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.
stallion	noun	A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
stallmen	plural	of Stallman
stallman	noun	One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books.
stalwart	adjective	Alt. of Stalworth
stamened	adjective	Furnished with stamens.
staminal	adjective	Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
stamping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stamp, a. & n. from Stamp, v.
stampede	verb t.	A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic., To run away in a panic; — said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies., To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
stanched	imp. & past participle	of Stanch
stanchel	noun	A stanchion.
stancher	noun	One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.
stanchly	adverb	In a stanch manner.
standing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stand, Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn., Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water., Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color., Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees., Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed)., The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand., Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing., Place to stand in; station; stand., Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
standage	noun	A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
standard	noun	A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign., That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard., That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test., The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority., A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis., The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla., An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing., An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally., The sheth of a plow., A large drinking cup., Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver., Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors., Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees., Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
stand-by	noun	One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
standish	noun	A stand, or case, for pen and ink.
stanhope	noun	A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; — so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
stannary	adjective	Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works., A tin mine; tin works.
stannate	noun	A salt of stannic acid.
stannine	noun	Alt. of Stannite
stannite	noun	A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.
stannous	adjective	Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.
stannyel	noun	Alt. of Stanyel
stanzaic	adjective	Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
stapelia	noun	An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
stapling	present participle & vb. noun	of Staple
starring	present participle & vb. noun	of Star
starched	imp. & past participle	of Starch, Stiffened with starch., Stiff; precise; formal.
starcher	noun	One who starches.
starchly	adverb	In a starched or starch manner.
starfish	noun	Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid., The dollar fish, or butterfish.
starless	adjective	Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.
starlike	adjective	Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers., Shining; bright; illustrious.
starling	noun	Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra., A California fish; the rock trout., A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; — called also sterling.
starnose	noun	A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; — called also star-nosed mole.
starosty	noun	A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
starting	present participle & vb. noun	of Start, a. & n. from Start, v.
startful	adjective	Apt to start; skittish.
startish	adjective	Apt to start; skittish; shy; — said especially of a horse.
startled	imp. & past participle	of Startle
start-up	noun	One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart., A kind of high rustic shoe., Upstart.
starving	present participle & vb. noun	of Starve
starwort	noun	Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster., A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.
stasimon	noun	In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.
statable	adjective	That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.
statedly	adverb	At stated times; regularly.
stateful	adjective	Full of state; stately.
statical	adjective	Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects., Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
statuary	noun	One who practices the art of making statues., The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture., A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
statuing	present participle & vb. noun	of Statue
statured	adjective	Arrived at full stature.
stayedly	adverb	Staidly. See Staidly.
staylace	noun	A lace for fastening stays.
stayless	adjective	Without stop or delay.
staysail	noun	Any sail extended on a stay.
stayship	noun	A remora, — fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
steadily	adverb	In a steady manner.
steading	noun	The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; — called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.
steadied	imp. & past participle	of Steady
stealing	present participle & vb. noun	of Steal, The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny., That which is stolen; stolen property; — chiefly used in the plural.
stealthy	superl.	Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
steaming	present participle & vb. noun	of Steam
steapsin	noun	An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.
stearate	noun	A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.
stearone	noun	The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.
steatite	noun	A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.
steatoma	noun	A cyst containing matter like suet.
stedfast	adverb	Alt. of Stedfastly
steeling	present participle & vb. noun	of Steel, The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
steenbok	noun	Same as Steinbock.
steening	noun	A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.
steeping	present participle & vb. noun	of Steep
steepish	adjective	Somewhat steep.
steepled	adjective	Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
steep-up	adjective	Lofty and precipitous.
steering	present participle & vb. noun	of Steer, a. & n. from Steer, v.
steerage	noun	The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship., The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm., The hinder part of a vessel; the stern., Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare., Direction; regulation; management; guidance., That by which a course is directed.
steeving	present participle & vb. noun	of Steeve, The act or practice of one who steeves., See Steeve, n. (a).
steining	noun	See Steening.
steinkle	noun	The wheater.
stellary	adjective	Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs., Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
stellate	adjective	Alt. of Stellated
stellify	verb t.	To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven.
stellion	noun	A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.
stemming	present participle & vb. noun	of Stem
stemless	adjective	Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
stemmata	plural	of Stemma
stemmery	noun	A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.
stenosis	noun	A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
stenting	noun	An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
stepping	present participle & vb. noun	of Step
stepdame	noun	A stepmother.
stercory	noun	Excrement; dung.
sterling	noun	Same as Starling, 3., Any English coin of standard value; coined money., A certain standard of quality or value for money., Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; — now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used., Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
sternage	noun	Stern.
sternite	noun	The sternum of an arthropod somite.
sternson	noun	The end of a ship’s keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; — called also stern knee.
sternums	plural	of Sternum
sternway	noun	The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
sterrink	noun	The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
stetting	present participle & vb. noun	of Stet
stibborn	adjective	Stubborn.
stibious	adjective	Antimonious.
stibnite	noun	A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; — called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
sticcado	noun	An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
stichida	plural	of Stichidium
sticking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stick, a. & n. from Stick, v.
stickful	noun	As much set type as fills a composing stick.
stickled	imp. & past participle	of Stickle
stickler	verb t.	One who stickles., One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire., One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
stiffish	adjective	Somewhat stiff.
stifling	present participle & vb. noun	of Stifle
stigmata	plural	of Stigma, pl. of Stigma.
stilbene	noun	A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; — called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
stilbite	noun	A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
stiletto	noun	A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade., A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery., A beard trimmed into a pointed form., To stab or kill with a stiletto.
stilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Still, A stillion.
stillage	noun	A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
stillion	noun	A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
stilting	present participle & vb. noun	of Stilt
stiltify	verb t.	To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
stimulus	verb t.	A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action., That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ.
stinging	present participle & vb. noun	of Sting, Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
stingily	adverb	In a stingy manner.
stinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stink, a. & n. from Stink, v.
stinkard	noun	A mean, stinking, paltry fellow., The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.
stinkpot	noun	An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, — sometimes used in boarding an enemy’s vessel., A vessel in which disinfectants are burned., The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
stinting	present participle & vb. noun	of Stint
stipites	plural	of Stipes
stippled	imp. & past participle	of Stipple
stipulas	plural	of Stipula
stipulae	plural	of Stipula
stipular	adjective	Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils.
stipuled	adjective	Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.
stirring	present participle & vb. noun	of Stir, Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
stirious	adjective	Resembling icicles.
stirless	adjective	Without stirring; very quiet; motionless.
stirrage	noun	The act of stirring; stir; commotion.
stitched	imp. & past participle	of Stitch
stitchel	noun	A kind of hairy wool.
stitcher	noun	One who stitches; a seamstress.
stoccade	noun & verb	See Stockade.
stoccado	noun	A stab; a thrust with a rapier.
stocking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stock, A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven., To dress in GBs.
stockade	verb t.	A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification., An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes., To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
stockish	adjective	Like a stock; stupid; blockish.
stockmen	plural	of Stockman
stockman	noun	A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock.
stoicism	noun	The opinions and maxims of the Stoics., A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
stoicity	noun	Stoicism.
stomachy	adjective	Obstinate; sullen; haughty.
stomapod	noun	One of the Stomapoda.
stomatic	adjective	Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma., A medicine for diseases of the mouth.
stonebow	noun	A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
stooking	present participle & vb. noun	of Stook
stooping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stoop, a. & n. from Stoop.
stopping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stop, Material for filling a cavity., A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air., A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse’s hoof to keep it moist.
stopcock	noun	A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc., The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.
stop-gap	noun	That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
stopless	adjective	Not to be stopped.
stoppage	noun	The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
stoppled	imp. & past participle	of Stopple
stopship	noun	A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
storming	present participle & vb. noun	of Storm, a. & n. from Storm, v.
stormful	adjective	Abounding with storms.
stormily	adverb	In a stormy manner.
storying	present participle & vb. noun	of Story
stoutish	adjective	Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
stowaway	noun	One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.
strabism	noun	Strabismus.
straddle	verb i.	To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart., To stand with the ends staggered; — said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub., To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse., The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart., The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle., A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a “put” and a “call,” i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.
straggle	verb t.	To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle., To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble., To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth., To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals., The act of straggling.
stragula	plural	of Stragulum
straight	adjective	A variant of Strait, a., Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber., Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve., Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush., Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing., Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight., Making no exceptions or deviations in one’s support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot., In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark., A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush., To straighten.
strained	imp. & past participle	of Strain, Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends., Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
strainer	noun	One who strains., That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
straiten	verb t.	To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine., To make tense, or tight; to tighten., To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; — used chiefly in the past participle; — as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
straitly	adverb	In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously., Closely; intimately.
stramash	verb t.	To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy., A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
stramony	noun	Stramonium.
stranded	imp. & past participle	of Strand
stranger	noun	One who is strange, foreign, or unknown., One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner., One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country., One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance., One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor., One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy., To estrange; to alienate.
strangle	verb t.	To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope., To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner., To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress., To be strangled, or suffocated.
strapped	imp. & past participle	of Strap
strapper	noun	One who uses strap., A person or thing of uncommon size.
strapple	verb t.	To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.
strategi	plural	of Strategus
strategy	noun	The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship., The use of stratagem or artifice.
stratify	verb t.	To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
stratums	plural	of Stratum
straught		imp. & p. p. of Stretch., To stretch; to make straight.
straying	present participle & vb. noun	of Stray
streaked	imp. & past participle	of Streak, Marked or variegated with stripes., Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
streamed	imp. & past participle	of Stream
streamer	noun	An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag., A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis., A searcher for stream tin.
streight	adjective, noun, & adverb	See 2nd Strait.
strelitz	noun sing. & pl.	A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
strenger		Alt. of Strengest
strength	noun	The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment., Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; — in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like., Power of resisting attacks; impregnability., That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument., One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security., Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?, Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; — said of literary work., Intensity; — said of light or color., Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; — said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids., A strong place; a stronghold., To strengthen.
strepent	adjective	Noisy; loud.
strewing	present participle & vb. noun	of Strew, The act of scattering or spreading., Anything that is, or may be, strewed; — used chiefly in the plural.
striated	imp. & past participle	of Striate, Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
striatum	noun	The corpus striatum.
stricken	past participle & adjective	Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer., Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21., Whole; entire; — said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock., of Strike
strickle	noun	An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike., An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle., An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core., A templet; a pattern., An instrument used in dressing flax.
strictly	adverb	In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
stridden	past participle	of Stride
striding	present participle & vb. noun	of Stride
strident	adjective	Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
strigate	adjective	Having transverse bands of color.
strigine	adjective	Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
strigose	adjective	Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
strigous	adjective	Strigose.
strucken		of Strike, p. p. of Strike.
striking	present participle & vb. noun	of Strike, a. & n. from Strike, v., Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
stringed		of String, Having strings; as, a stringed instrument., Produced by strings.
stringer	noun	One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows., A libertine; a wencher., A longitudinal sleeper., A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams., A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
stripped	imp. & past participle	of Strip
striping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stripe
stripper	noun	One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
strippet	noun	A small stream.
striving	present participle & vb. noun	of Strive, a. & n. from Strive.
strobila	noun	A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae., A mature tapeworm.
strobile	noun	A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3., An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, — one of the forms that occur in metagenesis., Same as Strobila.
strockle	noun	A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc.
strokeed	imp. & past participle	of Stroke
stroking	noun	The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke., The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order., See Stripping, 2.
strolled	imp. & past participle	of Stroll
stroller	noun	One who strolls; a vagrant.
stromata	plural	of Stroma
strombus	noun	A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.
strongly	adverb	In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
strontia	noun	An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
strontic	adjective	Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.
stropped	imp. & past participle	of Strop
strophes	plural	of Strophe
strophic	adjective	Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
struggle	verb i.	To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body., To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one’s life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity., To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress., A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress., Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil., Contest; contention; strife.
strummed	imp. & past participle	of Strum
strumose	adjective	Strumous., Having a struma.
strumous	adjective	Scrofulous; having struma.
strumpet	noun	A prostitute; a harlot., Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet., To debauch., To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.
strutted	imp. & past participle	of Strut
struthio	noun	A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
strutter	noun	One who struts.
struvite	noun	A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
stubbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stub
stubbled	adjective	Covered with stubble., Stubbed; as, stubbled legs.
stubborn	adjective	Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; — said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
stuccoes	plural	of Stucco
stuccoed	imp. & past participle	of Stucco
stuccoer	noun	One who stuccoes.
stuck-up	adjective	Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant.
studding	present participle & vb. noun	of Stud, Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
studbook	noun	A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
studdery	noun	A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud.
studfish	noun	Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.
studious	adjective	Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar., Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative., Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; — usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies., Planned with study; deliberate; studied., Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.
studying	present participle & vb. noun	of Study
stuffing	present participle & vb. noun	of Stuff, That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion., Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing., A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
stultify	verb t.	To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one’s self by silly reasoning or conduct., To regard as a fool, or as foolish., To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
stumming	present participle & vb. noun	of Stum
stumbled	imp. & past participle	of Stumble
stumbler	noun	One who stumbles.
stumping	present participle & vb. noun	of Stump
stumpage	noun	Timber in standing trees, — often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared., A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber.
stunning	present participle & vb. noun	of Stun, Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise., Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry.
stunsail	noun	A contraction of Studding sail.
stunting	present participle & vb. noun	of Stunt
stupeous	adjective	Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.
stuprate	verb t.	To ravish; to debauch.
sturdily	adverb	In a sturdy manner.
sturgeon	noun	Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
sturnoid	adjective	Like or pertaining to the starlings.
sturtion	noun	A corruption of Nasturtion.
stycerin	noun	A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; — called also phenyl glycerin.
styphnic	adjective	Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
styracin	noun	A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
suadible	adjective	Suasible.
suasible	adjective	Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
subacrid	adjective	Moderalely acrid or harsh.
subacute	adjective	Moderalely acute.
subagent	noun	A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.
subbasal	adjective	Near the base.
sub-base	noun	The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.
sub-bass	noun	The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.
subbreed	noun	A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
subclass	noun	One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.
subduing	present participle & vb. noun	of Subdue
subduple	adjective	Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
subdural	adjective	Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
subequal	adjective	Nearly equal.
suberate	noun	A salt of suberic acid.
suberite	noun	Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.
suberone	noun	The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid., A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.
suberose	adjective	Alt. of Suberous
suberous	adjective	Having a corky texture.
subgenus	noun	A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
subgroup	noun	A subdivision of a group, as of animals.
subimago	noun	A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.
subindex	noun	A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
subibfer	verb t. & i.	To infer from an inference already made.
subitany	adjective	Subitaneous; sudden; hasty.
sublease	noun	A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.
sublimed	imp. & past participle	of Sublime, Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified.
sublunar	adjective	Alt. of Sublunary
submenta	plural	of Submentum
submerge	verb t.	To put under water; to plunge., To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown., To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.
submerse	adjective	Submersed.
subnasal	adjective	Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
suborder	noun	A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.
suborned	imp. & past participle	of Suborn
suborner	noun	One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
subovate	adjective	Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.
suboxide	noun	An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O.
subpoena	noun	A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff’s bill., To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience.
subpolar	adjective	Situated below the poles.
subprior	noun	The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
subpubic	adjective	Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.
subrigid	adjective	Somewhat rigid or stiff.
subserve	verb t.	To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote., To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
subsided	imp. & past participle	of Subside
subsizar	noun	An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.
substant	adjective	Substantial; firm.
substile	noun	See Substyle.
substyle	noun	A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
subtense	adjective	A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc.
subtepid	adjective	Slightly tepid.
subtilty	noun	The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light., Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety., Cunning; skill; craft., Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
subtlety	noun	The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness., Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination., Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
subtonic	adjective	Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; — a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202., A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal., The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; — called also subsemitone.
subtract	verb t.	To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
subtribe	noun	A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
subtrude	verb t.	To place under; to insert.
subtutor	noun	An under tutor.
subulate	adjective	Alt. of Subulated
suburban	adjective	Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city., One who dwells in the suburbs.
suburbed	adjective	Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
subvened	imp. & past participle	of Subvene
subverse	verb t.	To subvert.
subvocal	adjective & noun	Same as Subtonic.
subzonal	adjective	Situated under a zone, or zona; — applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.
succinct	adjective	Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together., Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
succinic	adjective	Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.
succinyl	noun	A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.
succored	imp. & past participle	of Succor
succorer	noun	One who affords succor; a helper.
succubae	plural	of Succuba
succubus	noun	A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus., The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
suchwise	adverb	In a such a manner; so.
suckered	imp. & past participle	of Sucker
suckfish	noun	A sucker fish.
suckling	present participle & vb. noun	of Suckle, A young child or animal nursed at the breast., A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
suctoria	noun pl.	An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked., Same as Rhizocephala.
sudamina	noun pl	Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.
sudarium	noun	The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
sudation	noun	A sweating.
sudatory	adjective	Sweating; perspiring., A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath.
suddenty	noun	Suddenness; a sudden.
sudorous	adjective	Consisting of sweat.
suffered	imp. & past participle	of Suffer
sufferer	noun	One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea., One who permits or allows.
sufficed	imp. & past participle	of Suffice
suffixed	imp. & past participle	of Suffix
sufflate	verb t.	To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
suffrage	noun	A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote., Testimony; attestation; witness; approval., A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong., A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed., Aid; assistance., The right to vote; franchise., To vote for; to elect.
suffrago	noun	The heel joint.
suffused	imp. & past participle	of Suffuse
sugaring	present participle & vb. noun	of Sugar, The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used., The act or process of making sugar.
suicidal	adjective	Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.
suillage	noun	A drain or collection of filth.
suilline	adjective	Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae).
suitable	adjective	Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one’s station; language suitable for the subject.
suitress	noun	A female supplicant.
sulcated	adjective	Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.
sulliage	verb t.	Foulness; filth.
sullying	present participle & vb. noun	of Sully
sulphate	noun	A salt of sulphuric acid.
sulphide	noun	A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; — formerly called sulphuret.
sulphine	noun	Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium.
sulphion	noun	A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; — so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts.
sulphite	noun	A salt of sulphurous acid.
sulphone	noun	Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/.
sulphury	adjective	Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
sultanic	adjective	Pertaining to a sultan.
sultanry	noun	The dominions of a sultan.
sultryly	adverb	In a sultry manner.
sumatran	adjective	Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants., A native of Sumatra.
summered	imp. & past participle	of Summer
summoned	imp. & past participle	of Summon
summoner	verb t.	One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.
sumpitan	noun	A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, — used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.
sumption	noun	A taking., The major premise of a syllogism.
sunblink	noun	A glimpse or flash of the sun.
sunburnt		of Sunburn
sunburst	noun	A burst of sunlight.
sundered	imp. & past participle	of Sunder
sundries	noun pl.	Many different or small things; sundry things.
sundrily	adverb	In sundry ways; variously.
sunglass	noun	A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun’s rays into a focus.
sunlight	noun	The light of the sun.
sunproof	adjective	Impervious to the rays of the sun.
sunshade	noun	Anything used as a protection from the sun’s rays., A small parasol., An awning.
sunshine	noun	The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give., Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness., Sunshiny; bright.
sunshiny	adjective	Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day., Bright like the sun; resplendent., Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.
sun star		See Sun star, under Sun.
sunstone	noun	Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.
superadd	verb t.	To add over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex, as something extrinsic.
superior	adjective	More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image., Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility., Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery., Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; — with to., More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species., Above the ovary; — said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it., Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior., Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; — said of the radicle., One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English., The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
supernal	adjective	Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions., Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.
supinity	noun	Supineness.
supplace	verb t.	To replace.
supplant	noun	To trip up., To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince., To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
suppling	present participle & vb. noun	of Supple
supplely	adverb	In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
supplial	noun	The act of supplying; a supply.
supplier	noun	One who supplies.
supplied	imp. & past participle	of Supply
supplies	plural	of Supply
supposal	noun	The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
supposed	imp. & past participle	of Suppose
suppress	verb t.	To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell., To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile., To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth., To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
supprise	verb t.	To surprise.
surbased	adjective	Having a surbase, or molding above the base., Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; — said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.
surbated	imp. & past participle	of Surbate
surcease	noun	Cessation; stop; end., To cause to cease; to end., To cease.
surement	noun	A making sure; surety.
sureness	noun	The state of being sure; certainty.
sureties	plural	of Surety
surfaced	imp. & past participle	of Surface
surfacer	noun	A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
surfboat	noun	A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.
surgeful	adjective	Abounding in surges; surgy.
surgical	adjective	Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
surmisal	noun	Surmise.
surmised	imp. & past participle	of Surmise
surmiser	noun	One who surmises.
surmount	verb i.	To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop., To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles., To surpass; to exceed.
surmulot	noun	The brown, or Norway, rat.
surnamed	imp. & past participle	of Surname
suroxide	noun	A peroxide.
surplice	noun	A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
surprise	noun	The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise., The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment., Anything that causes such a state or emotion., A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents., To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack., To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me., To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; — with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity., To hold possession of; to hold.
surrebut	verb i.	To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant’s rebutter.
surround	verb t.	To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ., To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city., To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world., To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city., A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
surroyal	noun	One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.
sursolid	noun	The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.
surstyle	verb t.	To surname.
surucucu	noun	See Bush master, under Bush.
survened	imp. & past participle	of Survene
survenue	noun	A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on.
surveyed	imp. & past participle	of Survey
surveyal	noun	Survey.
surveyor	noun	One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector., One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc., One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying., An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger., In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.
survival	noun	A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving., Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
survived	imp. & past participle	of Survive
surviver	noun	One who survives; a survivor.
survivor	noun	One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing., The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.
suspense	adjective	Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding., Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt., The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury., Cessation for a time; stop; pause., A temporary cessation of one’s right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
suspiral	noun	A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct., A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
suspired	adjective	Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
susurrus	noun	The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
suwarrow	noun	The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); — so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.
suzerain	noun	A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
swabbing	present participle & vb. noun	of Swab
swaddled	imp. & past participle	of Swaddle
swaddler	noun	A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
swagging	present participle & vb. noun	of Swag
swainish	adjective	Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.
swamping	present participle & vb. noun	of Swamp
swanherd	noun	One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.
swanlike	adjective	Resembling a swan.
swanmark	noun	A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan.
swannery	noun	A place where swans are bred.
swanskin	noun	The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on., A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.
swapping	present participle & vb. noun	of Swap
swarding	present participle & vb. noun	of Sward
swarming	present participle & vb. noun	of Swarm
swartish	adjective	Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny.
swashing	present participle & vb. noun	of Swash, Swaggering; hectoring., Resounding; crushing.
swashway	noun	Same as 4th Swash, 2.
swathing	present participle & vb. noun	of Swathe
swealing	present participle & vb. noun	of Sweal
swearing	present participle & vb. noun	of Swear, a. & n. from Swear, v.
sweating	present participle & vb. noun	of Sweat, a. & n. from Sweat, v.
sweatily	adverb	In a sweaty manner.
sweeping	present participle & vb. noun	of Sweep, Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
sweepage	noun	The crop of hay got in a meadow.
sweeting	noun	A sweet apple., A darling; — a word of endearment.
sweetish	adjective	Somewhat sweet.
swelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Swell, The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride., A protuberance; a prominence, an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
swelldom	noun	People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
swellish	adjective	Dandified; stylish.
swerving	present participle & vb. noun	of Swerve
swiftlet	noun	Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird’s nest. See Illust. under Edible.
swilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Swill
swimming	present participle & vb. noun	of Swim, That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion., Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes., The act of one who swims., Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain., Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.
swindled	imp. & past participle	of Swindle
swindler	noun	One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
swineery	noun	Same as Piggery.
swinesty	noun	A sty, or pen, for swine.
swinging	present participle & vb. noun	of Swing
swingled	imp. & past participle	of Swingle
swinking	present participle & vb. noun	of Swink
swirling	present participle & vb. noun	of Swirl
switched	imp. & past participle	of Switch
switchel	noun	A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
swooning	present participle & vb. noun	of Swoon, a. & n. from Swoon, v.
swooping	present participle & vb. noun	of Swoop
swordick	noun	The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
swording	noun	Slashing with a sword.
swordmen	plural	of Swordman
swordman	noun	A swordsman.
sybarite	noun	A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.
sycamine	noun	See Sycamore.
sycamore	noun	A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture., The American plane tree, or buttonwood., A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
syconium	noun	Alt. of Syconus
syenitic	adjective	Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions., Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
syllabic	adjective	Alt. of Syllabical
syllable	noun	An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275., In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language., A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle., To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.
syllabub	noun	Same as Syllabub.
syllabus	noun	A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
sylphine	adjective	Like a sylph.
sylphish	adjective	Sylphlike.
sylvatic	adjective	Sylvan.
symbolic	adjective	See Symbolics., Alt. of Symbolical
symmetry	noun	A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole., The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical., Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower., Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
sympathy	noun	Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling., An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them., Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion., The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain., That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria., A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron., Similarity of function, use office, or the like.
symphony	noun	A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both., A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal., An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the “symphonic poems” of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental., An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.
symphyla	noun pl.	An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.
symploce	noun	The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.
sympodia	plural	of Sympodium
symposia	plural	of Symposium
synangia	plural	of Synangium
synarchy	noun	Joint rule or sovereignity.
synastry	noun	Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.
syncline	noun	A synclinal fold.
syncopal	adjective	Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.
syncitia	plural	of Syncytium
syndetic	adjective	Alt. of Syndetical
syndrome	noun	Concurrence., A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
synechia	noun	A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
synedral	adjective	Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.
syngraph	noun	A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.
synochal	adjective	Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.
synochus	noun	A continuous fever.
synodist	noun	An adherent to a synod.
synomocy	noun	Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.
synonyms	plural	of Synonym
synonyma	noun pl.	Synonyms.
synonyme	noun	Same as Synonym.
synonymy	noun	The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning., A system of synonyms., A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
synopses	plural	of Synopsis
synopsis	noun	A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
synoptic	adjective	Alt. of Synoptical, One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.
synovial	adjective	Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.
syntaxis	noun	Syntax.
syntonin	noun	A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; — formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.
syphilis	noun	The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
syracuse	noun	A red wine of Italy.
syringed	imp. & past participle	of Syringe
syringin	noun	A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; — formerly called also lilacin.
syringes	plural	of Syrinx
syrphian	adjective	Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies., A syrphus fly.
systasis	noun	A political union, confederation, or league.
systemic	adjective	Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood., Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.
systolic	adjective	Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.
syzygial	adjective	Pertaining to a syzygy.
syzygies	plural	of Syzygy