| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |