| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sabadilla | noun | A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative. |
| sabbatism | noun | Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. |
| sabellian | adjective | Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n., A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father. |
| sabelloid | adjective | Like, or related to, the genus Sabella. |
| saberbill | noun | Alt. of Sabrebill |
| sabrebill | noun | The curlew. |
| sabianism | noun | The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry. |
| sabotiere | noun | A kind of freezer for ices. |
| saccharic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc. |
| saccharin | noun | A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; — so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose). |
| saccharum | noun | A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. |
| saccholic | adjective | Saccholactic. |
| sacciform | adjective | Having the general form of a sac. |
| sachemdom | noun | The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. |
| sackcloth | noun | Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. |
| sacrament | noun | The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath., The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery., One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord’s Supper., To bind by an oath. |
| sacrarium | noun | A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity., The adytum of a temple., In a Christian church, the sanctuary. |
| sacration | noun | Consecration. |
| sacrifice | noun | The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite., Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation., Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest., A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value., To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep., Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering., To destroy; to kill., To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value., To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. |
| sacrilege | noun | The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. |
| sacristan | noun | An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton. |
| saddening | present participle & vb. noun | of Sadden |
| saddlebow | noun | The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front. |
| sadducaic | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings. |
| sadducism | noun | The tenets of the Sadducees. |
| sadducize | verb i. | To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. |
| safeguard | noun | One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection., A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property., A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct., To guard; to protect. |
| safflower | noun | An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron., The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius., A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b). |
| safranine | noun | An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type. |
| sagacious | adjective | Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail., Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. |
| sagapenum | noun | A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. |
| sagebrush | noun | A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; — called also sagebush, and wild sage. |
| sagenitic | adjective | Resembling sagenite; — applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like. |
| sagittary | noun | A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver., The Arsenal in Venice; — so called from having a figure of an archer over the door., Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow. |
| sagittate | adjective | Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward. |
| sailcloth | noun | Duck or canvas used in making sails. |
| sailmaker | noun | One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. |
| sainthood | noun | The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint., The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively. |
| saintlike | adjective | Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly. |
| saintship | noun | The character or qualities of a saint. |
| salacious | noun | Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. |
| salangana | noun | The salagane. |
| salarying | present participle & vb. noun | of Salary |
| salebrous | adjective | Rough; rugged. |
| saleratus | noun | Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks. |
| saliaunce | adjective | Salience; onslaught. |
| salicylal | noun | A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid. |
| salicylic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid. |
| salicylol | noun | Same as Salicylal. |
| saliently | adverb | In a salient manner. |
| salifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Salify |
| saligenin | noun | A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; — called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol. |
| salimeter | noun | An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution. |
| salimetry | noun | The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance. |
| saliretin | noun | A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin. |
| salivated | imp. & past participle | of Salivate |
| salleting | noun | Salad. |
| salliance | noun | Salience. |
| sallowish | adjective | Somewhat sallow. |
| salmonoid | adjective | Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon., Any fish of the family Salmonidae. |
| salometer | noun | See Salimeter. |
| saltation | noun | A leaping or jumping., Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery., An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races. |
| saltatory | adjective | Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. |
| saltmouth | noun | A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts. |
| saltpeter | noun | Alt. of Saltpetre |
| saltpetre | noun | Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. |
| salubrity | noun | The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate. |
| salvation | noun | The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity., The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness., Saving power; that which saves. |
| salvatory | noun | A place where things are preserved; a repository. |
| samaritan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine., A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria. |
| samoyedes | noun pl. | An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia. |
| sanbenito | noun | Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church., A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe. |
| sanctuary | noun | A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site., The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem., The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed., A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship., A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection. |
| sandarach | noun | Alt. of Sandarac |
| sandglass | noun | An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass. |
| sandiness | noun | The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color. |
| sandpaper | noun | Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, — used for smoothing and polishing., To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door. |
| sandpiper | noun | Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae., A small lamprey eel; the pride. |
| sandstone | noun | A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. |
| sanhedrin | noun | Alt. of Sanhedrim |
| sanhedrim | noun | the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters. |
| santonate | noun | A salt of santonic acid. |
| sapadillo | noun | See Sapodila. |
| saphenous | adjective | Manifest; — applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man., Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes. |
| sapidness | noun | Quality of being sapid; sapidity. |
| sapiently | adverb | In a sapient manner. |
| sapodilla | noun | A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. |
| sapogenin | noun | A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin. |
| saporific | adjective | Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish. |
| sappiness | noun | The quality of being sappy; juiciness. |
| sarabaite | noun | One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church. |
| saracenic | adjective | Alt. of Saracenical |
| saraswati | noun | The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry. |
| sarcastic | adjective | Alt. of Sarcastical |
| sarcocarp | noun | The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. |
| sarcocele | noun | Any solid tumor of the testicle. |
| sarcoderm | noun | Alt. of sarcoderma |
| sarcoline | adjective | Flesh-colored. |
| sarcology | noun | That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology. |
| sarcomata | plural | of Sarcoma |
| sarcoptes | noun | A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites. |
| sarcoptid | noun | Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites., Of or pertaining to the itch mites. |
| sardinian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia., A native or inhabitant of Sardinia. |
| sardonian | adjective | Sardonic. |
| sargassum | noun | A genus of algae including the gulf weed. |
| sarmatian | adjective | Alt. of Sarmatic |
| sarrasine | noun | A portcullis, or herse. |
| sartorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work., Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle. |
| sartorius | noun | A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor’s muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting. |
| sarum use | A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs. | |
| sassafras | noun | An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. |
| sassanage | noun | Stones left after sifting. |
| sassarara | noun | A word used to emphasize a statement. |
| sassenach | noun | A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. |
| sassoline | noun | Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence. |
| satanical | adjective | Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. |
| satellite | noun | An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent., A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar., Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries. |
| satiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Satiate |
| satiation | noun | Satiety. |
| satinwood | noun | The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies. |
| satirical | adjective | Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style., Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting. |
| satirized | imp. & past participle | of Satirize |
| satisfier | noun | One who satisfies. |
| satisfied | imp. & past participle | of Satisfy |
| satrapess | noun | A female satrap. |
| satrapies | plural | of Satrapy |
| saturable | adjective | Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation. |
| saturated | imp. & past participle | of Saturate, Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt., Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; — said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated. |
| saturator | noun | One who, or that which, saturates. |
| saturnian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age., Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment., Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year., Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus. |
| saturnine | adjective | Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn., Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; — the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper., Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn. |
| saturnism | noun | Plumbism. |
| saturnist | noun | A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. |
| satyrical | adjective | Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. |
| sauba ant | A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants. | |
| sauciness | noun | The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence. |
| saucisson | noun | Alt. of Saucisse |
| sauntered | imp. & past participle | of Saunter |
| saunterer | noun | One who saunters. |
| sauropoda | noun pl. | An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| sauseflem | adjective | Having a red, pimpled face. |
| savacioun | noun | Salvation. |
| savanilla | noun | The tarpum. |
| savioress | noun | A female savior. |
| savorless | adjective | Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid. |
| sawceflem | adjective | See Sauseflem. |
| saw-wrest | noun | See Saw-set. |
| saxicavas | plural | of Saxicava |
| saxicavae | plural | of Saxicava |
| saxicavid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the saxicavas., A saxicava. |
| saxifraga | noun | A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage. |
| saxifrage | noun | Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. |
| saxophone | noun | A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet. |
| saymaster | noun | A master of assay; one who tries or proves. |
| scagliola | noun | An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished. |
| scaldfish | noun | A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); — called also megrim, and smooth sole. |
| scaleback | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda. |
| scalebeam | noun | The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied., A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard. |
| scaleless | adjective | Destitute of scales. |
| scaliness | noun | The state of being scaly; roughness. |
| scalloped | imp. & past participle | of Scallop, Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop., Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2., Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. |
| scalloper | noun | One who fishes for scallops. |
| scambling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scamble |
| scamillus | noun | A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal. |
| scampavia | noun | A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century. |
| scampered | imp. & past participle | of Scamper |
| scamperer | noun | One who scampers. |
| scansores | noun pl. | An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. |
| scantling | adjective | Not plentiful; small; scanty., A fragment; a bit; a little piece., A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample., A small quantity; a little bit; not much., A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc., The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything., A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline., A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. |
| scantness | noun | The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. |
| scapegoat | noun | A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness., Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. |
| scapeless | adjective | Destitute of a scape. |
| scapement | verb | Same as Escapement, 3. |
| scaphopda | noun pl. | A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha. |
| scapiform | adjective | Resembling a scape, or flower stem. |
| scapolite | noun | A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda. |
| scapulary | noun | A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons., The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion., A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place., Same as Scapular, a., Same as 2d and 3d Scapular. |
| scaraboid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles., A scaraboid beetle. |
| scarecrow | noun | Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger., A person clad in rags and tatters., The black tern. |
| scarefire | noun | An alarm of fire., A fire causing alarm. |
| scarfskin | noun | See Epidermis. |
| scarifier | noun | One who scarifies., The instrument used for scarifying., An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. |
| scarified | imp. & past participle | of Scarify |
| scathless | adjective | Unharmed. |
| scattered | imp. & past participle | of Scatter, Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread., Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. |
| scavenger | verb | A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. |
| scelestic | adjective | Evil; wicked; atrocious. |
| scentless | adjective | Having no scent. |
| sceptered | imp. & past participle | of Sceptre |
| sceptring | of Sceptre | |
| sceptical | Alt. of Scepticism | |
| schediasm | noun | Cursory writing on a loose sheet. |
| scheelite | noun | Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization. |
| scheelium | noun | The metal tungsten. |
| schematic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema. |
| schemeful | adjective | Full of schemes or plans. |
| schetical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional. |
| schilling | noun | Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents. |
| schirrhus | noun | See Scirrhus. |
| schistose | adjective | Alt. of Schistous |
| schistous | adjective | Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist. |
| schizopod | noun | one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively., Alt. of Schizopodous |
| scholarly | adjective | Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique., In a scholarly manner. |
| scholiast | noun | A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. |
| scholiaze | verb i. | To write scholia. |
| scholical | adjective | Scholastic. |
| scholiums | plural | of Scholium |
| schooling | present participle & vb. noun | of School, Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching., Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling., Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils., Collecting or running in schools or shoals. |
| schoolboy | noun | A boy belonging to, or attending, a school. |
| schoolery | noun | Something taught; precepts; schooling. |
| schoolmen | plural | of Schoolman |
| schoolman | noun | One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity. |
| schorlous | adjective | Schorlaceous. |
| schottish | noun | Alt. of Schottische |
| schwanpan | noun | Chinese abacus. |
| sciaenoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish. |
| sciagraph | noun | An old term for a vertical section of a building; — called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section., A radiograph. |
| sciamachy | noun | See Sciomachy. |
| sciatical | adjective | Sciatic. |
| sciential | adjective | Pertaining to, or producing, science. |
| scientist | noun | One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. |
| scillitin | noun | A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances. |
| scintilla | noun | A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. |
| sciomachy | noun | A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat. |
| sciomancy | noun | Divination by means of shadows. |
| scioptics | noun | The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors. |
| scioptric | adjective | Scioptic. |
| scirrhoid | adjective | Resembling scirrhus. |
| scirrhous | adjective | Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. |
| scissible | adjective | Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. |
| sclaundre | noun | Slander. |
| sclavonic | adjective | Same as Slavonic. |
| scleritis | noun | See Sclerotitis. |
| sclerogen | noun | The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin. |
| sclerosed | adjective | Affected with sclerosis. |
| sclerosis | noun | Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue., Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. |
| sclerotal | adjective | Sclerotic., The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. |
| sclerotic | adjective | Hard; firm; indurated; — applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony., Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical., Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed., The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d)., Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye. |
| sclerotia | plural | of Sclerotium |
| scobiform | adjective | Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. |
| scolecida | noun pl. | Same as Helminthes. |
| scolecite | noun | A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype. |
| scoliosis | noun | A lateral curvature of the spine. |
| scolithus | noun | A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm. |
| scombroid | adjective | Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family., Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type. |
| sconcheon | noun | A squinch. |
| scopeline | adjective | Scopeloid. |
| scopeloid | adjective | Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent., Any fish of the family Scopelidae. |
| scopiform | adjective | Having the form of a broom or besom. |
| scops owl | Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio). | |
| scoptical | adjective | Jesting; jeering; scoffing. |
| scopulous | adjective | Full of rocks; rocky. |
| scorbutic | adjective | Alt. of Scorbutical |
| scorbutus | noun | Scurvy. |
| scorching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scorch, Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. |
| scorifier | noun | One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button. |
| scoriform | adjective | In the form of scoria. |
| scorified | imp. & past participle | of Scorify |
| scorodite | noun | A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. |
| scorpioid | adjective | Alt. of Scorpioidal |
| scotching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scotch, Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument. |
| scotchmen | plural | of Scotchman |
| scotchman | noun | A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman., A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. |
| scot-free | adjective | Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. |
| scoundrel | noun | A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue., Low; base; mean; unprincipled. |
| scourging | present participle & vb. noun | of Scourge |
| scrabbled | imp. & past participle | of Scrabble |
| scraggily | adverb | In a scraggy manner. |
| scrambled | imp. & past participle | of Scramble |
| scrambler | noun | One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours., A greedy and unceremonious contestant. |
| scranched | imp. & past participle | of Scranch |
| scrapbook | noun | A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept. |
| scrappily | adverb | In a scrappy manner; in scraps. |
| scratched | imp. & past participle | of Scratch |
| scratcher | noun | One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird. |
| scrawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrawl |
| screaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Screak |
| screaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Scream, Uttering screams; shrieking., Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp. |
| screeched | imp. & past participle | of Screech |
| screening | present participle & vb. noun | of Screen |
| scribable | adjective | Capable of being written, or of being written upon. |
| scribbled | imp. & past participle | of Scribble |
| scribbler | noun | One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack., A scribbling machine. |
| scrimmage | noun | Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle., The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play. |
| scrimping | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrimp, a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. |
| scrimshaw | verb t. | To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines., A shell, a whale’s tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed. |
| scringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrine |
| scrippage | noun | The contents of a scrip, or wallet. |
| scriptory | adjective | Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed. |
| scripture | noun | Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription., The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; — used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural., A passage from the Bible;; a text. |
| scrivener | noun | A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings., One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker., A writing master. |
| scrubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrub |
| scrummage | noun | See Scrimmage. |
| skrupling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scruple |
| scrutable | adjective | Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. |
| scrutator | noun | One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. |
| scrutoire | noun | A escritoire; a writing desk. |
| scuffling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scuffle |
| sculptile | adjective | Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. |
| sculpture | noun | The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials., Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc., To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. |
| scumbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scumble, A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing., In crayon drawing, the use of the stump., The color so laid on. Also used figuratively. |
| scutching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scutch |
| scutcheon | noun | An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield., A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4. |
| scutellum | noun | A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens., The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax., One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. |
| scutiform | adjective | Shield-shaped; scutate. |
| scuttling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scuttle |
| scythemen | plural | of Scytheman |
| scytheman | noun | One who uses a scythe; a mower. |
| sea acorn | An acorn barnacle (Balanus). | |
| sea adder | The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); — called also bismore., The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus). | |
| sea apple | The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. | |
| sea arrow | A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid. | |
| sea beast | Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean. | |
| sea blite | A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches. | |
| sea bream | Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); — called also old wife. | |
| sea brief | Same as Sea letter. | |
| sea-built | adjective | Built at, in, or by the sea. |
| sea chart | A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated. | |
| sea cocoa | A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut. | |
| sea devil | Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox., Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish., The angler. | |
| sea drake | The pewit gull. | |
| sea eagle | Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles., The eagle ray. See under Ray. | |
| seafaring | adjective | Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man. |
| sea fight | An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle. | |
| sea froth | See Sea foam, 2. | |
| sea gauge | See under Gauge, n. | |
| sea goose | A phalarope. | |
| sea grape | The gulf weed. See under Gulf., A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine., The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo). | |
| sea grass | Eelgrass. | |
| sea green | The green color of sea water. | |
| sea-green | adjective | Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings. |
| sea heath | A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe. | |
| sea holly | An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium. | |
| sea horse | A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus., The walrus., Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. | |
| sea jelly | A medusa, or jellyfish. | |
| sea laces | A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long. | |
| sea lemon | Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body. | |
| sea level | The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. | |
| sea loach | The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling. | |
| sea louse | Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes. | |
| sea marge | Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. | |
| sea mouse | A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides., The dunlin. | |
| sea onion | The officinal squill. See Squill. | |
| sea otter | An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. | |
| sea peach | A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach. | |
| sea perch | The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); — called also sea dace., The cunner., The sea bass., The name is applied also to other species of fishes. | |
| sea poker | The lyrie. | |
| sea poppy | The horn poppy. See under Horn. | |
| sea purse | The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. | |
| sea quail | The turnstone. | |
| sea raven | An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts., The cormorant. | |
| searching | present participle & vb. noun | of Search, Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. |
| searcloth | noun | Cerecloth., To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth. |
| sea robin | See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix. | |
| sea rover | One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel. | |
| sea scurf | Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc. | |
| sea snail | A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds., Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc. | |
| sea snake | Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad. | |
| sea snipe | A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin., The bellows fish. | |
| seasoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Season, The act or process by which anything is seasoned., That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment., Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. |
| seasonage | noun | A seasoning. |
| sea thief | A pirate. | |
| sea trout | Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout., The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague., A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; — called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock., A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); — called also white sea bass. | |
| seaworthy | adjective | Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship. |
| sea wrack | See Wrack. | |
| sebaceous | adjective | Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. |
| seborrhea | noun | A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea. |
| secerning | present participle & vb. noun | of Secern |
| secernent | adjective | Secreting; secretory., That which promotes secretion., A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel. |
| secession | noun | The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal., The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. |
| secluding | present participle & vb. noun | of Seclude |
| seclusion | noun | The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion. |
| seclusive | adjective | Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering. |
| seconding | present participle & vb. noun | of Second |
| secondary | adjective | Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate., Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands., Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary., Subsequent in origin; — said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes., Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird., Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright’s disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis., One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London., A secondary circle., A satellite., A secondary quill. |
| secrecies | plural | of Secrecy |
| secreness | noun | Secrecy; privacy. |
| secretage | noun | A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. |
| secretary | noun | One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets., A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual., An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc., A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire., The secretary bird. |
| secreting | present participle & vb. noun | of Secrete |
| secretion | noun | The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods., The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions., Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice. |
| secretist | noun | A dealer in secrets. |
| secretive | adjective | Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition. |
| secretory | adjective | Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves., A secretory vessel; a secernent. |
| sectarian | noun | Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices., One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state. |
| sectarism | noun | Sectarianism. |
| sectarist | noun | A sectary. |
| sectaries | plural | of Sectary |
| sectility | noun | The state or quality of being sectile. |
| sectional | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local., Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler. |
| sectorial | adjective | Adapted for cutting., A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth. |
| secularly | adverb | In a secular or worldly manner. |
| secundate | verb t. | To make prosperous. |
| secundine | noun | The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine., The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; — generally used in the plural. |
| securable | adjective | That may be secured. |
| sedentary | adjective | Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man., Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life., Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil., Caused by long sitting., Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. |
| seditious | adjective | Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words., Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens. |
| seducible | adjective | Capable of being seduced; corruptible. |
| seduction | noun | The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity., That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth. |
| seductive | adjective | Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer. |
| seediness | noun | The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion. |
| seemingly | adverb | In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly. |
| seemlyhed | noun | Comely or decent appearance. |
| seesawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Seesaw |
| segmental | adjective | Relating to, or being, a segment., Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae., Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. |
| segmented | adjective | Divided into segments or joints; articulated. |
| segnitude | noun | Alt. of Segnity |
| segregate | adjective | Separate; select., Separated from others of the same kind., To separate from others; to set apart., To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification. |
| seigniory | noun | The power or authority of a lord; dominion., The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. |
| seintuary | noun | Sanctuary. |
| selachian | noun | One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| seldshewn | adjective | Rarely shown or exhibited. |
| selecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Select |
| selection | noun | The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference., That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. |
| selective | adjective | Selecting; tending to select. |
| selectmen | plural | of Selectman |
| selectman | noun | One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town. |
| selenious | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds. |
| selenitic | adjective | Alt. of Selenitical |
| self-bern | adjective | Born or produced by one’s self. |
| self-heal | noun | A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall. |
| self-help | noun | The act of aiding one’s self, without depending on the aid of others. |
| selfishly | adverb | In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly. |
| self-life | noun | Life for one’s self; living solely or chiefly for one’s own pleasure or good. |
| self-love | noun | The love of one’s self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one’s own benefit or advantage. |
| self-made | adjective | Made by one’s self. |
| self-uned | adjective | One with itself; separate from others. |
| self-view | noun | A view if one’s self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one’s own interests |
| self-will | noun | One’s own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy. |
| seljukian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. |
| selvedged | adjective | Having a selvage. |
| semaphore | noun | A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc. |
| sematrope | noun | An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. |
| semblable | adjective | Like; similar; resembling., Likeness; representation. |
| semblably | adverb | In like manner. |
| semblance | adjective | Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form., Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. |
| semiology | noun | The science or art of signs., The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology., The art of using signs in signaling., Alt. of Semiological |
| semeiotic | adjective | Alt. of Semiotic |
| semiotics | noun | Semeiology., Same as Semeiotics. |
| semiangle | noun | The half of a given, or measuring, angle. |
| semibreve | noun | A note of half the time or duration of the breve; — now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use. |
| semibrief | noun | A semibreve. |
| semicolon | noun | The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma. |
| semifable | noun | That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. |
| semifluid | adjective | Imperfectly fluid., A semifluid substance. |
| semihoral | adjective | Half-hourly. |
| semilunar | adjective | Shaped like a half moon., The semilunar bone. |
| semimetal | noun | An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc. |
| semiimute | adjective | Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost. |
| seminated | imp. & past participle | of Seminate |
| seminific | adjective | Alt. of Semnifical |
| seminoles | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration. |
| seminymph | noun | The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state. |
| semiovate | adjective | Half ovate. |
| semipagan | adjective | Half pagan. |
| semipedal | adjective | Containing a half foot. |
| semiplume | noun | A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. |
| semiproof | noun | Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. |
| semi pupa | noun | The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa. |
| semisolid | adjective | Partially solid. |
| semisteel | noun | Puddled steel. |
| semitonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones. |
| semivocal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding. |
| semivowel | noun | A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y., The sign or letter representing such a sound. |
| semolella | noun | See Semolina. |
| senescent | adjective | Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. |
| seneschal | noun | An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. |
| seniority | noun | The quality or state of being senior. |
| seniorize | verb i. | To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. |
| senocular | adjective | Having six eyes. |
| sensating | present participle & vb. noun | of Sensate |
| sensation | noun | An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body., A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material., A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it. |
| senseless | adjective | Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable. |
| sensitive | adjective | Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul., Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected., Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales., Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays., Serving to affect the sense; sensible., Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation. |
| sensitize | verb t. | To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate. |
| sensitory | noun | See Sensory. |
| sensorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers. |
| sensorium | noun | The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations. |
| sensories | plural | of Sensery |
| sensually | adverb | In a sensual manner. |
| sentenced | imp. & past participle | of Sentence |
| sentencer | noun | One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation. |
| sentience | noun | Alt. of Sentiency |
| sentiency | noun | The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. |
| sentiment | adjective | A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression., Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one’s sentiments on a subject., A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast., Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility. |
| separable | adjective | Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. |
| separated | imp. & past participle | of Separate |
| separator | noun | One who, or that which, separates., A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it., An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue., An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc. |
| sepelible | adjective | Admitting of burial. |
| sepiolite | noun | Meerschaum. See Meerschaum. |
| septaemia | noun | Septicaemia. |
| septangle | noun | A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. |
| septarium | noun | A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals. |
| september | noun | The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days. |
| septemvir | noun | One of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| septenary | adjective | Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number., Lasting seven years; continuing seven years., The number seven. |
| septenate | adjective | Having parts in sevens; heptamerous. |
| septicity | noun | Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality. |
| septiform | adjective | Having the form of a septum. |
| septimole | noun | A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six. |
| septulate | adjective | Having imperfect or spurious septa. |
| septupled | imp. & past participle | of Septuple |
| sepulcher | noun | Alt. of Sepulchre, Alt. of Sepulchre |
| sepulchre | noun | The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb., To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. |
| sepulture | noun | The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment., A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. |
| sequacity | noun | Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness. |
| sequester | verb t. | To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate., To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one’s estate, property, etc., To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things., To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; — often used reflexively., To withdraw; to retire., To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband., Sequestration; separation., A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee., Same as Sequestrum. |
| sequestra | plural | of Sequestrum |
| sequoiene | noun | A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California “big tree” (Sequoia gigantea). |
| seraphina | noun | A seraphine. |
| seraphine | noun | A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument. |
| seraskier | noun | A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war. |
| serbonian | adjective | Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog. |
| serenaded | imp. & past participle | of Serenade |
| serenader | noun | One who serenades. |
| sergeancy | noun | The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. |
| sergeanty | noun | Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. |
| seriality | noun | The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence. |
| seriation | noun | Arrangement or position in a series. |
| sericeous | adjective | Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky., Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf., Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs. |
| sermoneer | noun | A sermonizer. |
| sermoning | noun | The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching. |
| sermonish | adjective | Resembling a sermon. |
| sermonist | noun | See Sermonizer. |
| sermonize | verb i. | To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach., To inculcate rigid rules., To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons. |
| serpented | imp. & past participle | of Serpent |
| serpentry | noun | A winding like a serpent’s., A place inhabited or infested by serpents. |
| serpulian | noun | Alt. of Serpulidan |
| serpulite | noun | A fossil serpula shell. |
| serranoid | noun | Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes., Of or pertaining to the Serranidae. |
| serration | noun | Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw., One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin. |
| serrature | noun | A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything., One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration. |
| serricorn | adjective | Having serrated antenn/., Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna. |
| serrifera | noun pl. | A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies. |
| serrulate | adjective | Alt. of Serrulated |
| servaline | adjective | Related to, or resembling, the serval. |
| servantry | noun | A body of servants; servants, collectively. |
| serviette | noun | A table napkin. |
| servilely | adverb | In a servile manner; slavishly. |
| servility | noun | The quality or state of being servile; servileness. |
| servitude | noun | The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence., Servants, collectively., A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. |
| serviture | noun | Servants, collectively. |
| servitute | noun | Servitude. |
| sessional | adjective | Of or pertaining to a session or sessions. |
| setaceous | adjective | Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail., Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf. |
| sevenfold | adjective | Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount., Seven times as much or as often. |
| seventeen | adjective | One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years., The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects., A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii. |
| seventhly | adverb | In the seventh place. |
| seventies | plural | of Seventy |
| severable | adjective | Capable of being severed. |
| severally | adverb | Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. |
| severalty | noun | A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. |
| severance | noun | The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation., The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate. |
| sexangled | adjective | Alt. of Sexangular |
| sexennial | adjective | Lasting six years, or happening once in six years., A sexennial event. |
| sextaries | plural | of Sextary |
| sextoness | noun | A female sexton; a sexton’s wife. |
| sexualist | noun | One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus. |
| sexuality | noun | The quality or state of being distinguished by sex. |
| sexualize | verb t. | To attribute sex to. |
| sforzando | adjective | Alt. of Sforzato |
| sgraffito | adjective | Scratched; — said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath. |
| shackling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shackle |
| shacklock | noun | A sort of shackle. |
| shadeless | adjective | Being without shade; not shaded. |
| shadiness | noun | Quality or state of being shady. |
| shadowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Shadow, Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading., A faint representation; an adumbration. |
| shadowish | adjective | Shadowy; vague. |
| shaftment | noun | A measure of about six inches. |
| shagebush | noun | A sackbut. |
| shakedown | noun | A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; — perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. |
| shakefork | noun | A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. |
| shakeress | noun | A female Shaker. |
| shakerism | noun | Doctrines of the Shakers. |
| shakiness | noun | Quality of being shaky. |
| shallowly | adverb | In a shallow manner. |
| shamanism | noun | The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. |
| shamanist | noun | An adherent of Shamanism. |
| shambling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shamble, Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs., An awkward, irregular gait. |
| shamefast | adjective | Modest; shamefaced. |
| shameless | adjective | Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace., Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem. |
| shamoying | noun | A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning. |
| shampooed | imp. & past participle | of Shampoo |
| shampooer | noun | One who shampoos. |
| shankbeer | noun | See Schenkbeer. |
| shapeless | adjective | Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; — opposed to shapely. |
| sharebeam | noun | The part of the plow to which the share is attached. |
| sharebone | noun | The public bone. |
| sharewort | noun | A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe. |
| sharp-cut | adjective | Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear. |
| sharpling | noun | A stickleback. |
| sharpness | noun | The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. |
| sharp-set | adjective | Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. |
| sharptail | noun | The pintail duck., The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken. |
| shathmont | noun | A shaftment. |
| shattered | imp. & past participle | of Shatter |
| shaveling | noun | A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; — used in contempt. |
| shearbill | noun | The black skimmer. See Skimmer. |
| shearling | noun | A sheep but once sheared. |
| sheartail | noun | The common tern., Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail. |
| sheatfish | noun | A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid. |
| sheathing | present participle & adjective | Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants., That which sheathes., The casing or covering of a ship’s bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing., The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general. |
| shea tree | An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree. | |
| shebander | noun | A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. |
| shechinah | noun | See Shekinah. |
| sheepback | noun | A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. — produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; — usually in the plural. |
| sheepbite | verb i. | To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts. |
| sheepcote | noun | A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold. |
| sheepfold | noun | A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined. |
| sheephook | noun | A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd’s crook. |
| sheeprack | noun | The starling. |
| sheepskin | noun | The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it., A diploma; — so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. |
| sheetfuls | plural | of Sheetful |
| sheldafle | noun | Alt. of Sheldaple |
| sheldaple | noun | A chaffinch. |
| sheldfowl | noun | The common sheldrake. |
| sheldrake | noun | Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows., Any one of the American mergansers. |
| shell-lac | noun | Alt. of Shellac |
| shellbark | noun | A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. |
| shellfish | noun | Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs. |
| shellwork | noun | Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. |
| sheltered | imp. & past participle | of Shelter |
| shemitish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic. |
| shemitism | noun | See Semitism. |
| shendship | noun | Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace. |
| sheriffry | noun | Alt. of Sheriffwick |
| shewbread | See Showbread. | |
| shielding | present participle & vb. noun | of Shield |
| shiftable | adjective | Admitting of being shifted. |
| shiftless | adjective | Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one’s own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management. |
| shillalah | noun | Alt. of Shillelah |
| shillelah | noun | An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; — so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks. |
| shimmered | imp. & past participle | of Shimmer |
| shingling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shingle, The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles., The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. |
| shintiism | noun | One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. |
| shintoist | noun | An adherent of Shintoism. |
| shipboard | noun | A ship’s side; hence, by extension, a ship; — found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard. |
| shipowner | noun | Owner of a ship or ships. |
| shipshape | adjective | Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly., In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. |
| shipwreck | noun | The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves., A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage., Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss., To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest., To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. |
| shirtless | adjective | Not having or wearing a shirt. |
| shivering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shiver |
| shoddyism | noun | The quality or state of being shoddy. |
| shoeblack | noun | One who polishes shoes. |
| shoemaker | noun | One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots., The threadfish., The runner, 12. |
| shogunate | noun | The office or dignity of a Shogun. |
| shopboard | noun | A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench. |
| shopshift | noun | The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. |
| shopwomen | plural | of Shopwoman |
| shopwoman | noun | A woman employed in a shop. |
| shoreless | adjective | Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. |
| shoreling | noun | See Shorling. |
| shoreward | adverb | Toward the shore. |
| shortcake | noun | An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. |
| shortener | noun | One who, or that which, shortens. |
| shorthand | noun | A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography. |
| shorthead | noun | A sucking whale less than one year old; — so called by sailors. |
| shorthorn | adjective | One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England. |
| shortness | noun | The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath. |
| shortstop | noun | The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases. |
| shortwing | noun | Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera. |
| shoshones | noun pl. | A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes. |
| shot-clog | noun | A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. |
| shot-free | adjective | Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof., Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free. |
| shovelled | of Shovel | |
| shoveling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shovel |
| shovelard | noun | Shoveler. |
| shovelful | noun | As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel. |
| showbread | noun | Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; — the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. |
| showering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shower |
| showerful | adjective | Full of showers. |
| showiness | noun | The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation. |
| shredding | present participle & vb. noun | of Shred, The act of cutting or tearing into shreds., That which is cut or torn off; a piece. |
| shredcook | noun | The fieldfare; — so called from its harsh cry before rain. |
| shredless | adjective | Having no shreds; without a shred. |
| shrieking | present participle & vb. noun | of Shriek |
| shrilling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shrill |
| shrinking | present participle & vb. noun | of Shrink, a. & n. from Shrink. |
| shrinkage | noun | The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement., The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc., Decrease in value; depreciation. |
| shrivalty | noun | Shrievalty. |
| shriveled | imp. & past participle | of Shrivel |
| shroffage | noun | The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. |
| shrouding | present participle & vb. noun | of Shroud, The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7. |
| shrubbery | noun | A collection of shrubs., A place where shrubs are planted. |
| shrubless | adjective | having no shrubs. |
| shrugging | present participle & vb. noun | of Shrug |
| shuddered | imp. & past participle | of Shudder |
| shuffling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shuffle, Moving with a dragging, scraping step., Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse., In a shuffling manner. |
| shuttered | adjective | Furnished with shutters. |
| shwan-pan | noun | See Schwan-pan. |
| sibilance | noun | Alt. of Sibilancy |
| sibilancy | noun | The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. |
| sibylline | adjective | Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. |
| siccation | noun | The act or process of drying. |
| siccative | adjective | Drying; causing to dry., That which promotes drying. |
| siciliano | noun | A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance. |
| sickening | present participle & vb. noun | of Sicken, Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. |
| sikerness | noun | The quality or state of being sicker, or certain., See 2d Sicker, Sickerly, etc. |
| sicklemen | plural | of Sickleman |
| sickleman | noun | One who uses a sickle; a reaper. |
| sideboard | noun | A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. |
| sidepiece | noun | The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window. |
| siderated | adjective | Planet-struck; blasted. |
| sidereous | adjective | Sidereal. |
| siderosis | noun | A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron. |
| siegework | noun | A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted. |
| sigh-born | adjective | Sorrowful; mournful. |
| sightless | adjective | Wanting sight; without sight; blind., That can not be seen; invisible., Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. |
| sightsmen | plural | of Sightsman |
| sightsman | noun | One who reads or performs music readily at first sight. |
| sigmodont | noun | Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively. |
| sigmoidal | adjective | Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /. |
| signaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Signal |
| signalist | noun | One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals. |
| signality | noun | The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. |
| signalize | adjective | To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish., To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort., To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. |
| signalman | noun | A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned. |
| signation | verb t. | Sign given; marking. |
| signatory | adjective | Relating to a seal; used in sealing., Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers., A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories. |
| signature | verb t. | A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal., Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph., An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated., A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; — supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease., The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major., A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets., The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures., That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)., To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures. |
| signboard | noun | A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like. |
| signified | imp. & past participle | of Signify |
| signorina | noun | Miss; — a title of address among the Italians. |
| silencing | present participle & vb. noun | of Silence |
| silicated | adjective | Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks. |
| siliceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. |
| silicious | adjective | See Siliceous. |
| silicited | adjective | Silicified. |
| siliquosa | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques. |
| siliquose | adjective | Alt. of Siliquous |
| siliquous | adjective | Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules. |
| silkiness | noun | The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness., Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. |
| silliness | noun | The quality or state of being silly. |
| siluridan | noun | Any fish of the family Siluridae or of the order Siluroidei. |
| silvanite | noun | See Sylvanite. |
| silvering | present participle & vb. noun | of Silver, The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum. |
| silverfin | noun | A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei). |
| silverize | verb t. | To cover with silver. |
| similarly | adverb | In a similar manner. |
| similiter | noun | The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; — called sometimes a joinder in issue. |
| simmering | present participle & vb. noun | of Simmer |
| simonious | adjective | Simoniacal. |
| simpering | present participle & vb. noun | of Simper, a. &. n. from Simper, v. |
| simpleton | noun | A person of weak intellect; a silly person. |
| simulacra | plural | of Simulacrum |
| simulated | imp. & past participle | of Simulate |
| simulator | noun | One who simulates, or feigns. |
| sinapisin | noun | A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin. |
| sincaline | noun | Choline. |
| sincerely | adverb | In a sincere manner., Purely; without alloy., Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one’s mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely. |
| sincerity | noun | The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness. |
| sinecural | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure. |
| sinewless | adjective | Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor. |
| singeress | noun | A songstress. |
| singingly | adverb | With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. |
| singleton | noun | In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton. |
| sing-sing | noun | The kob. |
| singultus | noun | Hiccough. |
| sinistrad | adverb | Toward the left side; sinistrally. |
| sinistral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; — opposed to dextral., Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; — said of certain spiral shells. |
| sinistrin | noun | A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; — so called because it is levorotatory. |
| sinneress | noun | A woman who sins. |
| sinologue | noun | A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history. |
| sinuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Sinuate |
| sinuation | noun | A winding or bending in and out. |
| sinuosity | noun | Quality or state of being sinuous., A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve. |
| siphonage | noun | The action of a siphon. |
| siphonata | noun pl. | A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug. |
| siphonate | adjective | Having a siphon or siphons., Belonging to the Siphonata. |
| siphonium | noun | A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible. |
| siphuncle | noun | The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells. |
| siraskier | noun | See Seraskier. |
| sirbonian | adjective | See Serbonian. |
| sirenical | adjective | Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive. |
| sistering | adjective | Contiguous. |
| sisyphean | adjective | Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors. |
| situation | noun | Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation., Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case., Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene., Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government. |
| sitz bath | A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath. | |
| sixpences | plural | of Sixpence |
| sixteenmo | noun | See Sextodecimo. |
| sixteenth | adjective | Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth., Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole., The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth., An interval comprising two octaves and a second. |
| sizarship | noun | The position or standing of a sizar. |
| skedaddle | verb i. | To betake one’s self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. |
| skeelduck | noun | Alt. of Skeelgoose |
| skeldrake | noun | Alt. of Skieldrake |
| skeptical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything., Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures. |
| sketching | present participle & vb. noun | of Sketch |
| sketchily | adverb | In a sketchy or incomplete manner. |
| skewering | present participle & vb. noun | of Skewer |
| skiffling | noun | Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing. |
| skinbound | adjective | Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound. |
| skinching | present participle & vb. noun | of Skinch |
| skin-deep | adjective | Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. |
| skinflint | noun | A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. |
| skirlcock | noun | The missel thrush; — so called from its harsh alarm note. |
| skolecite | noun | Alt. of Skolezite |
| skolezite | noun | See Scolecite. |
| skorodite | noun | See Scorodite. |
| skrimmage | noun | See Scrimmage. |
| skullfish | noun | A whaler’s name for a whale more than two years old. |
| skunkball | noun | The surf duck. |
| skunkhead | noun | The surf duck., A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck. |
| skunkweed | noun | Skunk cabbage. |
| skyrocket | noun | A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks. |
| slabbered | imp. & past participle | of Slabber |
| slabberer | noun | One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot. |
| slackened | of Slacken | |
| slackness | noun | The quality or state of being slack. |
| slakeless | adjective | Not capable of being slaked. |
| slam-bang | adverb | With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. |
| slandered | imp. & past participle | of Slander |
| slanderer | noun | One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. |
| slantwise | adverb | Alt. of Slantly |
| slapeface | noun | A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite. |
| slaughter | verb t. | The act of killing., The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage., The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market., To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle., To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts. |
| slaveborn | adjective | Born in slavery. |
| slavering | present participle & vb. noun | of Slaver, Drooling; defiling with saliva. |
| slaveries | plural | of Slavery |
| slavonian | adjective | Alt. of Slavonic, A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav. |
| slavophil | noun | Alt. of Slavophile |
| sleekness | noun | The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface. |
| sleepless | adjective | Having no sleep; wakeful., Having no rest; perpetually agitated. |
| sleighing | noun | The act of riding in a sleigh., The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs. |
| sleightly | adverb | Cinningly. |
| slickness | noun | The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness. |
| slidderly | verb t. | Alt. of Sliddery |
| slighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Slight, Characterized by neglect or disregard. |
| slightful | adjective | See Sleightful. |
| sliminess | noun | The quality or state of being slimy. |
| slipboard | noun | A board sliding in grooves. |
| slippered | adjective | Wearing slippers. |
| slivering | present participle & vb. noun | of Sliver |
| slobberer | noun | One who slobbers., A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor. |
| slopeness | noun | State of being slope. |
| slopewise | adverb | Obliquely. |
| slouching | present participle & vb. noun | of Slouch, Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner. |
| sloughing | present participle & vb. noun | of Slough, The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis. |
| slowhound | noun | A sleuthhound. |
| slubbered | imp. & past participle | of Slubber |
| sluggardy | noun | The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth. |
| slug-horn | adjective | An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan. |
| sluiceway | noun | An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery. |
| slumbered | imp. & past participle | of Slumber |
| slumberer | noun | One who slumbers; a sleeper. |
| slumbrous | adjective | Slumberous. |
| smallness | noun | The quality or state of being small. |
| smartness | noun | The quality or state of being smart. |
| smartweed | noun | An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender. |
| smatterer | noun | One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist. |
| smear dab | The sand fluke (b). | |
| smegmatic | adjective | Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive. |
| smileless | adjective | Not having a smile. |
| smilingly | adverb | In a smiling manner. |
| smittlish | adjective | Infectious; catching. |
| smockless | adjective | Wanting a smock. |
| smoke-dry | verb t. | To dry by or in smoke. |
| smokejack | noun | A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney. |
| smokeless | adjective | Making or having no smoke. |
| smokiness | noun | The quality or state of being smoky. |
| smoldered | imp. & past participle | of Smoulder |
| smoothing | present participle & vb. noun | of Smooth, fr. Smooth, v. |
| smorzando | adjective | Alt. of Smorsato |
| smothered | imp. & past participle | of Smother |
| smuggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Smuggle |
| smutching | present participle & vb. noun | of Smutch |
| snaffling | present participle & vb. noun | of Snaffle |
| snailfish | noun | See Sea snail (a). |
| snakebird | noun | Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills., The wryneck. |
| snakefish | noun | The band fish., The lizard fish. |
| snakehead | noun | A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car., The turtlehead., The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake’s-head, and under Guinea. |
| snakeneck | noun | The snakebird, 1. |
| snakeroot | noun | Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. |
| snakeweed | noun | A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta)., The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot. |
| snakewood | noun | An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent., An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents., Same as Trumpetwood., A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms., Same as Letterwood. |
| snaphance | noun | A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached., A trifling or second-rate thing or person. |
| snatching | present participle & vb. noun | of Snatch |
| sneak-cup | noun | One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. |
| snickered | imp. & past participle | of Snicker |
| sniggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sniggle |
| snipebill | noun | A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings., A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle. |
| snipefish | noun | The bellows fish., A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak. |
| snip-snap | noun | A tart dialogue with quick replies., Quick; short; sharp; smart. |
| snivelled | of Snivel | |
| sniveling | present participle & vb. noun | of Snivel |
| snowberry | noun | A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. |
| snowdrift | noun | A bank of drifted snow. |
| snowflake | noun | A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow., See Snowbird, 1., A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size. |
| snowfleck | noun | See Snowbird, 1. |
| snowshoer | noun | One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. |
| snowstorm | noun | A storm with falling snow. |
| snuffling | present participle & vb. noun | of Snuffle |
| snuggling | present participle & vb. noun | of Snuggle |
| soapiness | noun | Quality or state of being soapy. |
| soapstone | noun | See Steatite, and Talc. |
| soberness | noun | The quality or state of being sober. |
| sobriquet | noun | An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. |
| so-called | adjective | So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety). |
| ssociable | adjective | Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable., Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social., Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved., Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party., No longer hostile; friendly. |
| socialism | noun | A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism. |
| socialist | noun | One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism., Alt. of Socialistic |
| sociality | noun | The quality of being social; socialness. |
| socialize | verb t. | To render social., To subject to, or regulate by, socialism. |
| societary | adjective | Societarian. |
| societies | plural | of Society |
| sociology | noun | That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science. |
| socotrine | adjective | Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa., A native or inhabitant of Socotra. |
| socratism | noun | The philosophy or the method of Socrates. |
| socratist | noun | A disciple or follower of Socrates. |
| softening | present participle & vb. noun | of Soften, a. & n. from Soften, v. |
| sogginess | noun | The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness. |
| soiliness | noun | Stain; foulness. |
| sojourned | imp. & past participle | of Sojourn |
| sojourner | noun | One who sojourns. |
| sokemanry | noun | See Socmanry. |
| solacious | adjective | Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. |
| solarized | imp. & past participle | of Solarize |
| soldanrie | noun | The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan. |
| soldering | present participle & vb. noun | of Solder, a. & n. from Solder, v. t. |
| soldierly | adjective | Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike. |
| solemness | noun | Solemnness. |
| solemnity | noun | A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament., ceremony adapted to impress with awe., Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity., Hence, affected gravity or seriousness., Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey., A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. |
| solemnize | verb t. | To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms., To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate., To make grave, serious, and reverential., Solemnization. |
| solenette | noun | A small European sole (Solea minuta). |
| solenodon | noun | Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique. |
| soleplate | noun | A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine., The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket. |
| sol-faing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sol-fa |
| solfatara | noun | A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity. |
| solfeggio | noun | The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables. |
| solferino | noun | A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; — so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery. |
| solicited | imp. & past participle | of Solicit |
| solicitor | noun | One who solicits., An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; — formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney., The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury. |
| solidness | noun | State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies., Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like. |
| solifugae | noun pl. | A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; — called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides. |
| soliloquy | noun | The act of talking to one’s self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one’s self; monologue., A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself. |
| solipsism | noun | Egotism., Egoism. |
| solitaire | noun | A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit., A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone., A game which one person can play alone; — applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by “jumping,” as in draughts., A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary., Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird. |
| somatical | adjective | Somatic. |
| something | noun | Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing., A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little., A person or thing importance., In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. |
| sometimes | adverb | Formerly; sometime., At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally., Former; sometime. |
| somewhere | adverb | In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. |
| somewhile | adverb | Once; for a time. |
| sommerset | noun | See Somersault. |
| somnolent | adjective | Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. |
| somnolism | noun | The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism. |
| sommonour | noun | A summoner. |
| songcraft | noun | The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification. |
| sonneteer | noun | A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; — usually in contempt., To compose sonnets. |
| sonnetist | noun | A sonneter, or sonneteer. |
| sonnetize | verb i. | To compose sonnets. |
| sonometer | noun | An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box., An instrument for testing the hearing capacity. |
| sonorific | adjective | Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body. |
| soofeeism | Same as Sufi, Sufism. | |
| sooterkin | noun | A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme. |
| soothfast | adjective | Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful., Soothly; really; in fact. |
| soothness | noun | Truth; reality. |
| sootiness | noun | The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. |
| sophister | noun | A sophist. See Sophist., A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence., To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument. |
| sophistic | adjective | Alt. of Sophistical |
| sophistry | noun | The art or process of reasoning; logic., The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. |
| sophomore | noun | One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman. |
| soporific | adjective | Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium., A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic. |
| sopranist | noun | A treble singer. |
| sopsavine | noun | See Sops of wine, under Sop. |
| sorbition | noun | The act of drinking or sipping. |
| sorbonist | noun | A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789. |
| sorceress | noun | A female sorcerer. |
| sorcering | noun | Act or practice of using sorcery. |
| sorcerous | adjective | Of or pertaining to sorcery. |
| sorceries | plural | of Sorcery |
| sorediate | adjective | Sorediiferous. |
| soritical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites. |
| sorriness | noun | The quality or state of being sorry. |
| sorrowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sorrow |
| sorrowful | adjective | Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed., Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident. |
| sortilege | noun | The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. |
| sortilegy | noun | Sortilege. |
| sortition | noun | Selection or appointment by lot. |
| sostenuto | adjective | Sustained; — applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted. |
| soubahdar | noun | See Subahdar. |
| soubrette | noun | A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady’s maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman. |
| soundable | adjective | Capable of being sounded. |
| soundless | adjective | Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable., Having no sound; noiseless; silent. |
| soundness | noun | The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. |
| sourcrout | noun | See Sauerkraut. |
| sourkrout | noun | Same as Sauerkraut. |
| southdown | adjective | Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England., A Southdown sheep. |
| southeast | noun | The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region., Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. |
| southerly | adjective | Southern. |
| southmost | adjective | Farthest toward the south; southernmost. |
| southness | noun | A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. |
| southward | adverb | Alt. of Southwards, Toward the south., The southern regions or countries; the south. |
| southwest | noun | The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region., Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind. |
| sovereign | adjective | Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince., Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion., Princely; royal., Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount., Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy., The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor., A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86., Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. |
| spaceless | adjective | Without space. |
| spacially | adverb | See Spatially. |
| spadassin | noun | A bravo; a bully; a duelist. |
| spadebone | noun | Shoulder blade. |
| spadefish | noun | An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; — called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. |
| spadefoot | noun | Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; — called also spade toad. |
| spadefuls | plural | of Spadeful |
| spadicose | adjective | Spadiceous. |
| spaghetti | noun | A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter. |
| spagyrist | noun | A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits., One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. |
| spanaemia | noun | A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient. |
| spanaemic | adjective | Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood. |
| spanceled | imp. & past participle | of Spancel |
| spangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Spangle |
| spanpiece | noun | The collar of a roof; sparpiece. |
| sparadrap | noun | A cerecloth., Any adhesive plaster. |
| spareless | adjective | Unsparing. |
| spareness | noun | The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness. |
| spar-hung | adjective | Hung with spar, as a cave. |
| sparkling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sparkle, Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. |
| sparpiece | noun | The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. |
| sparsedly | adverb | Sparsely. |
| sparteine | noun | A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste. |
| spasmodic | adjective | Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma., Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry., A medicine for spasm. |
| spatangus | noun | A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea. |
| spatially | adverb | As regards space. |
| spattered | imp. & past participle | of Spatter |
| spatulate | adjective | Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. |
| speakable | adjective | Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken., Able to speak. |
| spearfish | noun | A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean., The carp sucker. |
| spearhead | noun | The pointed head, or end, of a spear. |
| spearmint | noun | A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha. |
| spearwood | noun | An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears. |
| spearwort | noun | A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves. |
| specially | adverb | In a special manner; particularly; especially., For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned. |
| specialty | noun | Particularity., A particular or peculiar case., A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified., That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality. |
| specified | imp. & past participle | of Specify |
| specollum | noun | See Stylet, 2. |
| speckling | present participle & vb. noun | of Speckle |
| spectacle | noun | Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock., A spy-glass; a looking-glass., An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light., Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. |
| spectator | noun | One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show. |
| speculate | verb i. | To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events., To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori., To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; — often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock., To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. |
| speculist | noun | One who observes or considers; an observer. |
| speechful | adjective | Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. |
| speechify | verb i. | To make a speech; to harangue. |
| speeching | noun | The act of making a speech. |
| speedless | adjective | Being without speed. |
| speedwell | noun | Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off. |
| spelicans | noun pl. | See Spilikin. |
| spellable | adjective | Capable of being spelt. |
| spellwork | noun | Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. |
| spermatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. |
| spermatin | noun | A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character. |
| spermatia | plural | of Spermatium |
| spermato- | Alt. of Spermo- | |
| spermatoa | plural | of Spermatoon |
| spermidia | plural | of Spermidium |
| spewiness | noun | The state of being spewy. |
| spacelate | verb i. | To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. |
| sphacelus | noun | Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough. |
| sphagnous | adjective | Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss. |
| sphenodon | noun | Same as Hatteria. |
| sphenotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone., The sphenotic bone. |
| spherical | adjective | Alt. of Spheric |
| sphericle | noun | A small sphere. |
| sphincter | noun | A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder., Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle. |
| sphragide | noun | Lemnian earth. |
| spicebush | noun | Spicewood. |
| spicewood | noun | An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; — called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush. |
| spiciform | adjective | Spike-shaped. |
| spiciness | noun | The quality or state of being spicy. |
| spicosity | noun | The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn. |
| spiculate | adjective | Covered with, or having, spicules., Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets., To sharpen to a point. |
| spigurnel | noun | Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery. |
| spikebill | noun | The hooded merganser., The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). |
| spikefish | noun | See Sailfish (a) |
| spikenard | noun | An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India., A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi. |
| spiketail | noun | The pintail duck. |
| spilikins | plural | of Spilikin |
| spillikin | noun | See Spilikin. |
| spindling | present participle & vb. noun | of Spindle, Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy. |
| spineback | noun | A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins. |
| spinebill | noun | Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters. |
| spineless | adjective | Having no spine. |
| spinetail | noun | Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines., Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds., The ruddy duck. |
| spiniform | adjective | Shaped like a spine. |
| spininess | noun | Quality of being spiny. |
| spinnaker | noun | A large triangular sail set upon a boom, — used when running before the wind. |
| spinneret | noun | One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets. |
| spinosity | noun | The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess. |
| spinozism | noun | The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. |
| spinozist | noun | A believer in Spinozism. |
| spinulose | adjective | Alt. of Spinulous |
| spinulous | adjective | Covered with small spines. |
| spirality | noun | The quality or states of being spiral. |
| spiranthy | noun | The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower. |
| spiration | noun | The act of breathing. |
| spirillum | noun | A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever. |
| spiriting | present participle & vb. noun | of Spirit |
| spiritful | adjective | Full of spirit; spirited. |
| spiritism | noun | Spiritualsm. |
| spiritist | noun | A spiritualist. |
| spiritoso | adjective & adverb | Spirited; spiritedly; — a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner. |
| spiritous | adjective | Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure., Ardent; active. |
| spiritual | adjective | Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being., Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual., Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits., Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; — opposed to carnal., Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation., A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. |
| spiroylic | adjective | Alt. of Spiroylous |
| spirulate | noun | Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally. |
| spissated | adjective | Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. |
| spit curl | A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance. | |
| spitously | adverb | Spitefully. |
| spitz dog | A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; — called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup. | |
| splandrel | noun | See Spandrel. |
| splashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Splash |
| splayfeet | plural | of Splayfoot |
| splayfoot | noun | A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot., Alt. of Splayfooted |
| spleenful | adjective | Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. |
| spleenish | adjective | Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful. |
| splenculi | plural | of Splenculus |
| splendent | adjective | Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4., Very conspicuous; illustrious. |
| splenetic | adjective | Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful., A person affected with spleen. |
| splenical | adjective | Splenic. |
| splenitis | noun | Inflammation of the spleen. |
| spleuchan | noun | A pouch, as for tobacco. |
| splinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Splint |
| splintery | adjective | Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. |
| splitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Split |
| splitfeet | noun pl. | The Fissipedia. |
| spodumene | noun | A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite. |
| spoilable | adjective | Capable of being spoiled. |
| spoilfive | noun | A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled. |
| spoilsmen | plural | of Spoilsman |
| spoilsman | noun | One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service. |
| spokesmen | plural | of Spokesman |
| spokesman | noun | One who speaks for another. |
| spoliated | imp. & past participle | of Spoliate |
| spoliator | noun | One who spoliates; a spoiler. |
| spongelet | noun | See Spongiole. |
| spongeous | adjective | Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge. |
| spongilla | noun | A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water. |
| spongiole | noun | A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; — called also spongelet. |
| spongiose | adjective | Alt. of Spongious |
| spongious | adjective | Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones. |
| sponsible | adjective | responsible; worthy of credit. |
| spnsorial | adjective | Pertaining to a sponsor. |
| spoonbill | noun | Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip., The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2., The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy., The paddlefish. |
| spoonfuls | plural | of Spoonful |
| spoonwood | noun | The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). |
| spoonworm | noun | A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis. |
| spoonwort | noun | Scurvy grass. |
| sporadial | adjective | Sporadic. |
| sporangia | plural | of Sporangium |
| sporidium | noun | A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi., A spore. |
| sporocarp | noun | A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia., A sporangium. |
| sporocyst | noun | An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia., Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation. |
| sporogony | noun | The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |
| sporozoid | noun | Same as Zoospore. |
| sportless | adjective | Without sport or mirth; joyless. |
| sportling | noun | A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play. |
| sportsmen | plural | of Sportsman |
| sportsman | noun | One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc. |
| sportulae | plural | of Sportula |
| spoutfish | noun | A marine animal that spouts water; — applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes. |
| spoutless | adjective | Having no spout. |
| spragging | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprag |
| spraining | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprain |
| sprawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprawl |
| spreading | present participle & vb. noun | of Spread |
| sprechery | noun | Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. |
| sprigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprig |
| sprightly | superl. | Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. |
| sprigtail | noun | The pintail duck; — called also sprig, and spreet-tail., The sharp-tailed grouse. |
| springing | present participle & vb. noun | of Spring, The act or process of one who, or that which, springs., Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. |
| springald | adjective | Alt. of Springall |
| springall | adjective | An active, springly young man. |
| springbok | noun | Alt. of Springbuck |
| springlet | noun | A little spring. |
| sprinkled | imp. & past participle | of Sprinkle |
| sprinkler | noun | One who sprinkles., An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot. |
| sprinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprint |
| spriteful | adjective | Alt. of Spritely |
| spritsail | noun | A sail extended by a sprit., A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard. |
| sprouting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprout |
| spuminess | noun | The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence. |
| sputation | noun | The act of spitting; expectoration. |
| sputative | adjective | Inclined to spit; spitting much. |
| sputtered | imp. & past participle | of Sputter |
| sputterer | noun | One who sputters. |
| squabbish | adjective | Thick; fat; heavy. |
| squabbled | imp. & past participle | of Squabble |
| squabbler | noun | One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler. |
| squaimous | adjective | Squeamish. |
| squalidly | adverb | In a squalid manner. |
| squalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Squall |
| squalodon | noun | A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; — so called because their are serrated, like a shark’s. |
| squamated | adjective | Same as Squamose. |
| squamduck | The American eider duck. | |
| squamella | noun | A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. |
| squamipen | noun | Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. |
| squamosal | adjective | Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone., Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone., The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal. |
| squamulae | plural | of Squamula |
| squarrose | adjective | Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged, Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; — said of a calyx or stem., Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf., Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; — said of a shell. |
| squarrous | adjective | Squarrose. |
| squashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Squash |
| squatting | present participle & vb. noun | of Squat |
| squawking | present participle & vb. noun | of Squawk |
| squawroot | noun | A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; — called also cancer root. |
| squawweed | noun | The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort. |
| squeaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Squeak |
| squealing | present participle & vb. noun | of Squeal |
| squeamish | adjective | Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. |
| squeamous | adjective | Squeamish. |
| squeezing | present participle & vb. noun | of Squeeze, The act of pressing; compression; oppression., That which is forced out by pressure; dregs., Same as Squeeze, n., 2. |
| squelched | imp. & past participle | of Squelch |
| squibbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Squib |
| squinance | noun | Alt. of Squinancy |
| squinancy | noun | The quinsy. See Quinsy., A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; — formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort. |
| squinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Squint, a. & n. from Squint, v. |
| squiralty | noun | Same as Squirarchy. |
| squirarch | noun | One who belongs to the squirarchy. |
| squirming | present participle & vb. noun | of Squirm |
| squirting | present participle & vb. noun | of Squirt |
| stability | adjective | The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution., Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability., Fixedness; — as opposed to fluidity. |
| stableboy | noun | Alt. of Stableman |
| stableman | noun | A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler. |
| stackyard | noun | A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. |
| stageplay | noun | A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. |
| stag-evil | noun | A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. |
| staggered | imp. & past participle | of Stagger |
| staghound | noun | A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct. |
| stagirite | noun | A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. |
| stagnancy | noun | State of being stagnant. |
| stagnated | imp. & past participle | of Stagnate |
| staidness | noun | The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; — the opposite of wildness, or levity. |
| stainless | adjective | Free from stain; immaculate. |
| staircase | noun | A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. |
| stairhead | noun | The head or top of a staircase. |
| staithman | noun | A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. |
| stakehead | noun | A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar. |
| stalactic | adjective | Alt. of Stalactical |
| stalemate | noun | The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved., To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand. |
| staleness | noun | The quality or state of being stale. |
| stalkless | adjective | Having no stalk. |
| stall-fed | imp. & past participle | of Stall-feed |
| stalworth | adjective | Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. |
| staminate | adjective | Furnished with stamens; producing stamens., Having stamens, but lacking pistils., To indue with stamina. |
| stamineal | adjective | Alt. of Stamineous |
| staminode | noun | A staminodium. |
| stammered | imp. & past participle | of Stammer |
| stammerer | noun | One who stammers. |
| stanching | present participle & vb. noun | of Stanch |
| stanchion | noun | A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay., Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc., A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall. |
| standgale | noun | See Stannel. |
| standpipe | noun | A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance., A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. |
| stanielry | noun | Hawking with staniels, — a base kind of falconry. |
| stannoso- | adjective | A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds. |
| stapedial | adjective | Of or pertaining to stapes. |
| starboard | verb t. | That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; — opposed to larboard, or port., Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack., To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm. |
| starching | present participle & vb. noun | of Starch |
| starcraft | noun | Astrology. |
| starfinch | noun | The European redstart. |
| stargaser | noun | One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer., Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward. |
| staringly | adverb | With a staring look. |
| starkness | noun | The quality or state of being stark. |
| starlight | noun | The light given by the stars., Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night. |
| starproof | adjective | Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. |
| star-read | noun | Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. |
| starshine | noun | The light of the stars. |
| starshoot | noun | See Nostoc. |
| starstone | noun | Asteriated sapphire. |
| startling | present participle & vb. noun | of Startle |
| startlish | adjective | Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; — said especially of a hourse. |
| starvedly | adverb | In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. |
| statarian | adjective | Fixed; settled; steady; statary. |
| statehood | noun | The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. |
| stateless | adjective | Without state or pomp. |
| statelily | adverb | In a stately manner. |
| statement | noun | The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case., That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. |
| stateroom | noun | A magnificent room in a place or great house., A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car. |
| statesmen | plural | of Statesman |
| statesman | noun | A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities., One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy., A small landholder. |
| stationed | imp. & past participle | of Station |
| stational | adjective | Of or pertaining to a station. |
| stationer | adjective | A bookseller or publisher; — formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere., One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing. |
| statistic | adjective | Alt. of Statistical |
| statuette | noun | A small statue; — usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine. |
| statutory | adjective | Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision. |
| staunchly | Alt. of Staunchness | |
| stavewood | noun | A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia. |
| staymaker | noun | One whose occupation is to make stays. |
| steadfast | adjective | Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm., Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady. |
| steadying | present participle & vb. noun | of Steady |
| steamboat | noun | A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; — generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers. |
| steamship | noun | A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer. |
| steaningp | noun | See Steening. |
| stearolic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid. |
| stearrhea | noun | seborrhea. |
| steatitic | noun | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite. |
| steedless | adjective | Having no steed; without a horse. |
| steelhead | noun | A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; — called also hardhead, and preesil., The ruddy duck. |
| steelyard | noun | A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; — very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards. |
| steenkirk | noun | Alt. of Steinkirk |
| steinkirk | noun | A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion., Same as Steenkirk. |
| steepened | imp. & past participle | of Steepen |
| steepness | noun | Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof., Height; loftiness. |
| steerable | adjective | Capable of being steered; dirigible. |
| steerless | adjective | Having no rudder. |
| steerling | noun | A young small steer. |
| steersmen | plural | of Steersman |
| steersman | noun | One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. |
| stegnosis | noun | Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts. |
| stegnotic | adjective | Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally., A stegnotic medicine; an astringent. |
| steinbock | noun | The European ibex., A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; — called also steenbok. |
| steingale | noun | The stannel. |
| stellated | adjective | Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star., Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers. |
| stellerid | noun | A starfish. |
| stellular | adjective | Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated., Marked with starlike spots of color. |
| stenciled | imp. & past participle | of Stencil |
| stenciler | noun | One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil. |
| stenoderm | noun | Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane. |
| stentorin | noun | A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2. |
| stepchild | noun | A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother., A son or daughter of one’s wife or husband by a former marriage. |
| stepstone | noun | A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house. |
| stercolin | noun | Same as Serolin (b). |
| stercorin | noun | Same as Serolin (b). |
| sterility | noun | The quality or condition of being sterile., Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores. |
| sterilize | verb t. | To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility., To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile., To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms. |
| sternebra | noun | One of the segments of the sternum. |
| sternmost | adjective | Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy. |
| sternness | noun | The quality or state of being stern. |
| sternpost | noun | A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel. |
| sternsman | noun | A steersman. |
| stevedore | noun | One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold. |
| stewardly | adverb | In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. |
| stewartry | noun | An overseer or superintendent., The office of a steward; stewardship., In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction. |
| stibiated | adjective | Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium). |
| stibonium | noun | The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; — called also antimonium. |
| stichwort | noun | A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). |
| stickfuls | plural | of Stickful |
| stick-lac | noun | See the Note under Lac. |
| stickling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stickle |
| sticktail | noun | The ruddy duck. |
| stiffened | imp. & past participle | of Stiffen |
| stiffener | noun | One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. |
| stiffness | noun | The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. |
| stifftail | noun | The ruddy duck. |
| stigmaria | noun | The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria. |
| stigmatic | noun | A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment., A person who is marked or deformed by nature., A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; — for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness., Alt. of Stigmatical |
| stilettos | plural | of Stiletto |
| stillborn | adjective | Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child., Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. |
| stillness | noun | The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity., Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. |
| stillroom | noun | A room for distilling., An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. |
| stiltbird | noun | See Stilt, n., 3. |
| stimulant | adjective | Serving to stimulate., Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts., That which stimulates, provokes, or excites., An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; — sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant. |
| stimulate | verb t. | To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory., To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. |
| stimulism | noun | The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation., The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. |
| stingaree | noun | Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray. |
| stingbull | noun | The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever. |
| stingfish | noun | The weever. |
| stingless | adjective | Having no sting. |
| stingtail | noun | A sting ray. |
| stinkball | noun | A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; — used formerly in naval warfare. |
| stinkhorn | noun | A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor. |
| stinkweed | noun | Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura. |
| stinkwood | noun | A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata. |
| stintance | noun | Restraint; stoppage. |
| stintless | adjective | Without stint or restraint. |
| stipitate | adjective | Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants. |
| stippling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stipple, A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines., A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. |
| stipulary | adjective | Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular. |
| stipulate | adjective | Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf., To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. |
| stirabout | noun | A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding. |
| stiriated | adjective | Adorned with pendants like icicles. |
| stitching | present participle & vb. noun | of Stitch, The act of one who stitches., Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively. |
| stitchery | noun | Needlework; — in contempt. |
| stockaded | imp. & past participle | of Stockade |
| stockdove | noun | A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees. |
| stockfish | noun | Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted., Young fresh cod. |
| stockinet | noun | An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made. |
| stockwork | noun | A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories., A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories. |
| stokehole | noun | The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand. |
| stolidity | noun | The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. |
| stomached | imp. & past participle | of Stomach |
| stomachal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric., Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial., A stomachic. |
| stomacher | noun | One who stomachs., An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. |
| stomachic | adjective | Alt. of Stomachical, A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action. |
| stomapoda | noun pl. | An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea. |
| stomatoda | noun pl. | A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists. |
| stomatode | adjective | Having a mouth; — applied to certain Protozoa., One of the Stomatoda. |
| stomatous | adjective | Having a stoma. |
| stonebird | noun | The yellowlegs; — called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2. |
| stonebuck | noun | See Steinbock. |
| stonechat | noun | A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); — called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith., The wheatear., The blue titmouse. |
| stonecray | noun | A distemper in hawks. |
| stonecrop | noun | A sort of tree., Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine. |
| stonegall | noun | See Stannel. |
| stoneroot | noun | A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse. |
| stoneware | noun | A species of coarse potter’s ware, glazed and baked. |
| stoneweed | noun | Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets. |
| stonework | noun | Work or wall consisting of stone; mason’s work of stone. |
| stonewort | noun | Any plant of the genus Chara; — so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara. |
| stoniness | noun | The quality or state of being stony. |
| stoolball | noun | A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women. |
| stop-over | adjective | Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i. |
| stoppered | imp. & past participle | of Stopper |
| stoppling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stopple |
| storeroom | noun | Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored. |
| storeship | noun | A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like. |
| stormcock | noun | The missel thrush., The fieldfare., The green woodpecker. |
| stormless | adjective | Without storms. |
| stormwind | noun | A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. |
| storthing | noun | The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions. |
| storybook | noun | A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false. |
| stoutness | noun | The state or quality of being stout. |
| stovepipe | noun | Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, — used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue. |
| stowboard | noun | A place into which rubbish is put. |
| straddled | imp. & past participle | of Straddle |
| straggled | imp. & past participle | of Straggle |
| straggler | noun | One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction., A roving vagabond., Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth., Something that stands alone or by itself. |
| stragulum | noun | The mantle, or pallium, of a bird. |
| straining | present participle & vb. noun | of Strain, a. & n. from Strain. |
| stranding | present participle & vb. noun | of Strand |
| strangely | adverb | As something foreign, or not one’s own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange., In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly., In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully. |
| strangled | imp. & past participle | of Strangle |
| strangler | noun | One who, or that which, strangles. |
| strangles | noun | A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. |
| strangury | noun | A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction., A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it. |
| strapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strap, Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. |
| strappado | noun | A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated., To punish or torture by the strappado. |
| strapwork | noun | A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced. |
| stratagem | noun | An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. |
| strategic | adjective | Alt. of Strategical |
| strategus | noun | The leader or commander of an army; a general. |
| stratonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an army. |
| stratotic | adjective | Warlike; military. |
| strawworm | noun | A caddice worm. |
| streaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Streak |
| streaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Stream, Sending forth streams., The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams., The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. |
| streamful | adjective | Abounding in streams, or in water. |
| streamlet | noun | A small stream; a rivulet; a rill. |
| strengest | the original compar. & superl. of Strong. | |
| strengthy | adjective | Having strength; strong. |
| strenuity | noun | Strenuousness; activity. |
| strenuous | adjective | Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. |
| stressful | adjective | Having much stress. |
| stretched | imp. & past participle | of Stretch |
| stretcher | noun | One who, or that which, stretches., A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall., A piece of timber used in building., A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet., A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped., A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons., An overstretching of the truth; a lie., One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle., An instrument for stretching boots or gloves., The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting. |
| strewment | noun | Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. |
| striating | present participle & vb. noun | of Striate |
| striation | noun | The quality or condition of being striated., A stria; as, the striations on a shell. |
| striature | noun | A stria. |
| strickler | noun | See Strickle. |
| striction | noun | The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. |
| stricture | noun | Strictness., A stroke; a glance; a touch., A touch of adverse criticism; censure., A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. |
| strifeful | adjective | Contentious; discordant. |
| strigment | noun | Scraping; that which is scraped off. |
| stringing | present participle & vb. noun | of String |
| stringent | adjective | Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. |
| stripping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strip, The act of one who strips., The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. |
| stripling | noun | A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. |
| strisores | noun pl. | A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group. |
| strobilae | plural | of Strobila |
| strokeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stroke |
| strolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stroll |
| stromatic | adjective | Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. |
| strombite | noun | A fossil shell of the genus Strombus. |
| stromboid | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus. |
| strongish | adjective | Somewhat strong. |
| strontian | noun | Strontia. |
| strontium | noun | A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3., A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years. |
| stropping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strop |
| strouding | noun | Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. |
| structure | noun | The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction., Manner of building; form; make; construction., Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence., Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure., That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice. |
| struggled | imp. & past participle | of Struggle |
| struggler | noun | One who struggles. |
| strumming | present participle & vb. noun | of Strum |
| strumatic | adjective | Scrofulous; strumous. |
| struntian | noun | A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. |
| strutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Strut, a. & n. from Strut, v. |
| struthian | adjective | Struthious. |
| strychnia | noun | Strychnine. |
| strychnic | adjective | Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning, used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid. |
| strychnos | noun | A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica. |
| stryphnic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste. |
| stuccoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stucco |
| studentry | noun | A body of students. |
| studiedly | adverb | In a studied manner. |
| stumbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stumble |
| stuntness | noun | Stuntedness; brevity. |
| stupefied | adjective | Having been made stupid., of Stupefy |
| stupefier | noun | One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent. |
| stupidity | noun | The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness., Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. |
| sturiones | noun pl. | An order of fishes including the sturgeons. |
| stuttered | imp. & past participle | of Stutter |
| stutterer | noun | One who stutters; a stammerer. |
| stylaster | noun | Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster. |
| styliform | adjective | Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid. |
| stylistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to style in language. |
| stylobate | noun | The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base. |
| stylohyal | noun | A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal. |
| styphnate | noun | A salt of styphnic acid. |
| styptical | adjective | Styptic; astringent. |
| styrolene | noun | An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; — called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene. |
| suability | noun | Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process. |
| suavified | imp. & past participle | of Suavify |
| subaction | noun | The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. |
| subaerial | adjective | Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth’s surface, as opposed to subaqueous. |
| subagency | noun | A subordinate agency. |
| subashdar | noun | A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. |
| subalpine | adjective | Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line. |
| subaltern | adjective | Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer., Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition., A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain., A subaltern proposition. |
| subapical | adjective | Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex. |
| subarctic | adjective | Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle. |
| subastral | adjective | Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. |
| subbeadle | noun | An under beadle. |
| subcaudal | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones. |
| subcostal | adjective | Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles., A subcostal muscle., One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure. |
| subdeacon | noun | One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church. |
| subdented | adjective | Indented beneath. |
| subdivide | verb t. | To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided., To be, or to become, subdivided. |
| subdivine | adjective | Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. |
| subdolous | adjective | Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. |
| subduable | adjective | Able to be subdued. |
| subdulcid | adjective | Somewhat sweet; sweetish. |
| subeditor | noun | An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal. |
| subereous | adjective | Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose. |
| subfamily | noun | One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. |
| subgenera | plural | of Subgenus |
| subinduce | verb t. | To insinuate; to offer indirectly. |
| subjacent | adjective | Lying under or below., Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys. |
| subjected | imp. & past participle | of Subject, Subjacent., Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another., Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious. |
| subjoined | imp. & past participle | of Subjoin |
| subjugate | verb t. | To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. |
| sublation | noun | The act of taking or carrying away; removal. |
| sublative | adjective | Having power, or tending, to take away. |
| sublessee | noun | A holder of a sublease. |
| sublimate | verb t. | To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor., To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate., A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained., Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. |
| subliming | present participle & vb. noun | of Sublime |
| sublimely | adverb | In a sublime manner. |
| sublimity | noun | The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective)., That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature. |
| sublingua | noun | A process or fold below the tongue in some animals. |
| sublition | noun | The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. |
| sublumbar | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column. |
| sublunary | adjective | Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly., Any worldly thing. |
| submarine | adjective | Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants., A submarine plant or animal. |
| submedial | adjective | Lying under the middle. |
| submedian | adjective | Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks. |
| submental | adjective | Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery. |
| submentum | noun | The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. |
| submerged | imp. & past participle | of Submerge |
| submersed | adjective | Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. |
| submissly | adverb | In a submissive manner; with a submission. |
| submitted | imp. & past participle | of Submit |
| submitter | noun | One who submits. |
| submonish | verb t. | To suggest; to prompt. |
| submucous | adjective | Situated under a mucous membrane. |
| subnormal | noun | That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. |
| subobtuse | adjective | Partially obtuse. |
| suboctave | adjective | Alt. of Suboctuple |
| subocular | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye. |
| suborning | present participle & vb. noun | of Suborn |
| subovated | adjective | Subovate. |
| subpoenal | adjective | Required or done under penalty. |
| subreader | noun | An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. |
| subrector | noun | An assistant restor. |
| subrogate | verb t. | To put in the place of another; to substitute. |
| subrotund | adjective | Somewhat rotund. |
| subsacral | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum. |
| subsaline | adjective | Moderately saline or salt. |
| subscribe | verb t. | To write underneath, as one’s name; to sign (one’s name) to a document., To sign with one’s own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one’s self to the terms of, by writing one’s name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond., To attest by writing one’s name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records., To promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars., To sign away; to yield; to surrender., To declare over one’s signature; to publish., To sign one’s name to a letter or other document., To give consent to something written, by signing one’s name; hence, to assent; to agree., To become surely; — with for., To yield; to admit one’s self to be inferior or in the wrong., To set one’s name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum., To enter one’s name for a newspaper, a book, etc. |
| subscript | adjective | Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex., Anything written below. |
| subsecute | verb t. | To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. |
| subsellia | plural | of Subsellium |
| subserous | adjective | Situated under a serous membrane. |
| subserved | imp. & past participle | of Subserve |
| subsiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Subside |
| subsidize | verb t. | To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. |
| subsidies | plural | of Subsidy |
| subsigned | imp. & past participle | of Subsign |
| subsisted | imp. & past participle | of Subsist |
| subsolary | adjective | Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. |
| substance | noun | That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence., The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport., Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance., Material possessions; estate; property; resources., Same as Hypostasis, 2., To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. |
| substract | verb t. | To subtract; to withdraw. |
| substrate | noun | A substratum., Having very slight furrows., To strew or lay under anything. |
| substrata | plural | of Substratum |
| substruct | verb t. | To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. |
| substylar | adjective | Pertaining to the substyle. |
| subsultus | noun | A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion. |
| subtenant | noun | One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. |
| subtended | imp. & past participle | of Subtend |
| subterete | adjective | Somewhat terete. |
| subtilism | noun | The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety. |
| subtility | noun | Subtilty. |
| subtilize | verb t. | To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse., To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments., To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. |
| subtorrid | adjective | Nearly torrid. |
| subtriple | adjective | Containing a third, or one part to three. |
| subtruded | imp. & past participle | of Subtrude |
| subulated | adjective | Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear. |
| subungual | adjective | Under the nail or hoof. |
| suburbial | adjective | Alt. of Suburbian |
| suburbian | adjective | Suburban. |
| subvening | present participle & vb. noun | of Subvene |
| subverted | imp. & past participle | of Subvert |
| subverant | adjective | Reserved. |
| subverter | noun | One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. |
| subworker | noun | A subordinate worker or helper. |
| succedane | noun | A succedaneum. |
| succeeded | imp. & past participle | of Succeed |
| succeeder | noun | A successor. |
| succentor | noun | A subchanter. |
| successor | noun | One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; — correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. |
| succinate | noun | A salt of succinic acid. |
| succinite | noun | Amber., A garnet of an amber color. |
| succinous | adjective | Succinic. |
| succision | noun | The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. |
| succoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Succor |
| succotash | noun | Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. |
| succubine | adjective | Of or pertaining to succuba. |
| succubous | adjective | Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila. |
| succulent | adjective | Full of juice; juicy. |
| succulous | adjective | Succulent; juicy. |
| succumbed | imp. & past participle | of Succumb |
| succursal | verb t. | Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. |
| suckatash | noun | See Succotash. |
| suckering | present participle & vb. noun | of Sucker |
| suctorial | adjective | Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds., Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes. |
| suctorian | noun | A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery., One of the Suctoria. |
| sudatoria | plural | of Sudatorium |
| sudorific | adjective | Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs., A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic. |
| suffering | present participle & vb. noun | of Suffer, The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs., Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. |
| sufficing | present participle & vb. noun | of Suffice, Affording enough; satisfying. |
| suffisant | adjective | Sufficient. |
| suffixing | present participle & vb. noun | of Suffix |
| suffixion | noun | The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed. |
| suffocate | adjective | Suffocated; choked., To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother., To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire., To become choked, stifled, or smothered. |
| suffragan | adjective | Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop., An assistant., A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. |
| suffrance | noun | Sufferance. |
| suffumige | noun | A medical fume. |
| suffusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Suffuse |
| suffusion | noun | The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading., That with which a thing is suffused., A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. |
| sugarless | adjective | Without sugar; free from sugar. |
| sugarplum | noun | A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks. |
| sugescent | adjective | Of or pertaining to sucking. |
| suggested | imp. & past participle | of Suggest |
| suggester | noun | One who suggests. |
| suicidism | noun | The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. |
| suigothus | noun pl. | The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths. |
| sulcation | noun | A channel or furrow. |
| sulciform | adjective | Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings. |
| sulkiness | noun | The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition. |
| sullevate | verb t. | To rouse; to excite. |
| sulphacid | noun | An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; — called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2. |
| sulphamic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts. |
| sulphatic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates. |
| sulphato- | A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate. | |
| sulphinic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid. |
| sulphonal | noun | A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone. |
| sulphonic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; — used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance. |
| sulphuret | noun | A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium. |
| sulphuric | adjective | Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell., Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. |
| sulphuryl | noun | The hypothetical radical SO2; — called also sulphon. |
| sulpician | noun | One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States. |
| sultanate | noun | The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. |
| sultaness | noun | A sultana. |
| summarily | adverb | In a summary manner. |
| summarist | noun | One who summarized. |
| summarize | verb t. | To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. |
| summaries | plural | of Summary |
| summation | verb t. | The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. |
| summering | present participle & vb. noun | of Summer |
| summerset | noun | See Somersault, Somerset. |
| summoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Summon |
| summonses | plural | of Summons |
| sumptuary | adjective | Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. |
| sumptuous | adjective | Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. |
| sunbonnet | noun | A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, — worn by women as a protection against the sun. |
| sunburned | imp. & past participle | of Sunburn |
| sundering | present participle & vb. noun | of Sunder |
| sun-dried | adjective | Dried by the heat of the sun. |
| sundrymen | plural | of Sundryman |
| sundryman | noun | One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles. |
| sunflower | noun | Any plant of the genus Helianthus; — so called probably from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is Helianthus annuus, a native of America. |
| sunniness | noun | The quality or state of being sunny. |
| sunrising | noun | The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise., Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. |
| sunsquall | noun | Any large jellyfish. |
| sunstroke | noun | Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil. |
| superable | adjective | Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. |
| superfete | verb i. | To superfetate., To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. |
| superfice | noun | A superficies. |
| superfine | adjective | Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth., Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes. |
| superflux | noun | Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. |
| superfuse | adjective | To pour (something) over or on something else. |
| superheat | verb t. | To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven., To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas., The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. |
| superhive | noun | A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super. |
| superplus | noun | Surplus. |
| superpose | verb t. | To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another., To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another. |
| supersalt | noun | An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n. |
| supersede | verb t. | To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace., To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer., To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay., To omit; to forbear. |
| supervene | verb i. | To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. |
| supervise | verb t. | To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book., To look over so as to read; to peruse., Supervision; inspection. |
| supervive | verb t. | To survive; to outlive. |
| supinator | noun | A muscle which produces the motion of supination. |
| suppliant | adjective | Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating., Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication., One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. |
| supplicat | noun | A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. |
| supplying | present participle & vb. noun | of Supply |
| supplyant | adjective | Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. |
| supported | imp. & past participle | of Support |
| supporter | noun | One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life., Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate., A knee placed under the cathead., A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures., A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ. |
| supposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Suppose |
| supposeer | noun | One who supposes. |
| supposure | noun | Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. |
| suppurant | noun | A suppurative. |
| suppurate | verb i. | To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates., To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. |
| supputate | verb t. | To suppute. |
| supremacy | noun | The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. |
| supremely | adverb | In a supreme manner. |
| supremity | noun | Supremacy. |
| suradanni | noun | A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like. |
| surbating | present participle & vb. noun | of Surbate |
| surbedded | imp. & past participle | of Surbed |
| surcharge | verb t. | To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon., To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone., To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given., An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne., The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to., The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given. |
| surcingle | noun | A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse’s back, to bind it fast., The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist. |
| surcloyed | imp. & past participle | of Surcloy |
| surculate | verb t. | To purne; to trim. |
| surculose | adjective | Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers. |
| surfacing | present participle & vb. noun | of Surface |
| surfeited | imp. & past participle | of Surfeit |
| surfeiter | noun | One who surfeits. |
| surgeless | adjective | Free from surges; smooth; calm. |
| surgeoncy | noun | The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service. |
| surgeonry | noun | Surgery. |
| surliness | noun | The quality or state of being surly. |
| surmising | present participle & vb. noun | of Surmise, a. & n. from Surmise, v. |
| surmullet | adjective | Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet. |
| surnaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Surname |
| surpassed | imp. & past participle | of Surpass |
| surpliced | adjective | Wearing a surplice. |
| surprisal | noun | The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise. |
| surprised | imp. & past participle | of Surprise |
| surpriser | noun | One who surprises. |
| surquedry | noun | Alt. of Surquidry |
| surquidry | noun | Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence. |
| surrejoin | verb i. | To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant’s rejoinder. |
| surrender | verb t. | To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one’s person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship., To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage., To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; — used reflexively; as, to surrender one’s self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep., To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion., To give up one’s self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons., The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one’s person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right., The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion., The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail., The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. |
| surrendry | noun | Surrender. |
| surrogate | noun | A deputy; a delegate; a substitute., The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses., In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates., To put in the place of another; to substitute. |
| sursanure | noun | A wound healed or healing outwardly only. |
| surseance | noun | Peace; quiet. |
| survening | present participle & vb. noun | of Survene |
| surveying | present participle & vb. noun | of Survey, That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth’s surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. |
| surviving | present participle & vb. noun | of Survive, Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. |
| susceptor | noun | One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. |
| suscitate | verb t. | To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. |
| suspected | imp. & past participle | of Suspect, Distrusted; doubted. |
| suspecter | noun | One who suspects. |
| suspended | imp. & past participle | of Suspend |
| suspender | noun | One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers. |
| suspensor | noun | A suspensory., The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo. |
| suspicion | noun | The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence., Slight degree; suggestion; hint., To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. |
| sustained | imp. & past participle | of Sustain, Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music. |
| sustainer | noun | One who, or that which, sustains. |
| sustaltic | adjective | Mournful; — said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks. |
| susurrant | adjective | Whispering. |
| susurrous | adjective | Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds. |
| sutteeism | noun | The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan. |
| suturally | adverb | In a sutural manner. |
| suturated | adjective | Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched. |
| swaddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Swaddle, a. & n. from Swaddle, v. |
| swagbelly | noun | A prominent, overhanging belly., Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous. |
| swaggered | imp. & past participle | of Swagger |
| swaggerer | noun | One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. |
| swainling | noun | A little swain. |
| swainmote | noun | A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. |
| swainship | noun | The condition of a swain. |
| swallowed | imp. & past participle | of Swallow |
| swallower | noun | One who swallows; also, a glutton. |
| swanimote | noun | See Swainmote. |
| swartback | noun | The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); — called also swarbie. |
| swarthily | adverb | In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily. |
| swartness | noun | The quality or state of being swart. |
| sweepings | noun pl. | Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street. |
| sweep-saw | noun | A bow-saw. |
| sweetened | imp. & past participle | of Sweeten |
| sweetener | noun | One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony. |
| sweetmeat | noun | Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; — usually in the plural; a confect; a confection., The paint used in making patent leather., A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. |
| sweetness | noun | The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness. |
| sweetroot | noun | Licorice. |
| sweet-sop | noun | A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard. |
| sweetweed | noun | A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family. |
| sweetwood | noun | The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.), The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees. |
| sweetwort | noun | Any plant of a sweet taste. |
| sweinmote | noun | See Swainmote. |
| swellfish | noun | Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon. |
| swelltoad | noun | A swellfish. |
| sweltered | imp. & past participle | of Swelter |
| swietenia | noun | A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree. |
| swiftfoot | adjective | Nimble; fleet., The courser. |
| swiftness | noun | The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc. |
| swillings | noun pl. | See Swill, n., 1. |
| swimmeret | noun | One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming. |
| swindling | present participle & vb. noun | of Swindle |
| swindlery | noun | Swindling; rougery. |
| swinecase | noun | A hogsty. |
| swinecote | noun | A hogsty. |
| swinecrue | noun | A hogsty. |
| swinefish | noun | The wolf fish. |
| swineherd | noun | A keeper of swine. |
| swinepipe | noun | The European redwing. |
| swine-pox | noun | A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. |
| swingeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Swinge, Huge; very large. |
| swingling | present participle & vb. noun | of Swingle, a. & n. from Swingle, v. t. |
| swingtree | noun | The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree. |
| switching | present participle & vb. noun | of Switch, a. & n. from Switch, v. |
| switchmen | plural | of Switchman |
| switchman | noun | One who tends a switch on a railway. |
| swordbill | noun | A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. |
| swordfish | noun | A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long., The gar pike., The cutlass fish., A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. |
| swordless | adjective | Destitute of a sword. |
| swordplay | noun | Fencing; a sword fight. |
| swordsmen | plural | of Swordsman |
| swordsman | noun | A soldier; a fighting man., One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. |
| swordtail | noun | The limulus., Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees. |
| sybaritic | adjective | Alt. of Sybaritical |
| sycoceric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol. |
| sycoceryl | noun | A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig. |
| sycophant | noun | An informer; a talebearer., A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men., To inform against; hence, to calumniate., To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously., To play the sycophant. |
| syllabary | noun | A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. |
| syllabify | verb t. | To form or divide into syllables. |
| syllabism | noun | The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. |
| syllabist | noun | One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this. |
| syllabize | verb t. | To syllabify. |
| syllepsis | noun | A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time., The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati. |
| sylleptic | adjective | Alt. of Sylleptical |
| syllidian | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae. |
| syllogism | noun | The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration |
| syllogize | verb i. | To reason by means of syllogisms. |
| sylphlike | adjective | Like a sylph; airy; graceful. |
| sylvanite | noun | A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. |
| sylvanium | noun | An old name for tellurium. |
| symbolics | noun | The study of ancient symbols, that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; — called also symbolic. |
| symbolism | noun | The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms., A system of symbols or representations., The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby., A combining together of parts or ingredients., The science of creeds; symbolics. |
| symbolist | noun | One who employs symbols. |
| symbolize | verb i. | To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize., To hold the same faith; to agree., To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically., To make to agree in properties or qualities., To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic., To represent by a symbol or symbols. |
| symbology | noun | The art of expressing by symbols. |
| symmetral | adjective | Commensurable; symmetrical. |
| symmetric | adjective | Symmetrical. |
| symphonic | adjective | Symphonious., Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition. |
| symphyses | plural | of Symphysis |
| symphysis | noun | An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis., The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation. |
| sympodial | adjective | Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem. |
| sympodium | noun | An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine. |
| symposiac | adjective | Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings., A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering. |
| symposion | noun | A drinking together; a symposium. |
| symposium | noun | A drinking together; a merry feast., A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; — so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks. |
| syneresis | noun | The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; — the opposite of diaeresis., Same as Synaeresis. |
| synagogue | noun | A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites., The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews., The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; — called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin., A congregation in the early Christian church., Any assembly of men. |
| synalepha | noun | A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th’ army, for the army. |
| synangium | noun | The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart. |
| synaptase | noun | A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin. |
| syncarpia | plural | of Syncarpium |
| synchrony | noun | The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. |
| synchysis | noun | A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye. |
| synclinal | adjective | Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line., Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; — opposed to anticlinal., A synclinal fold. |
| syncopate | verb t. | To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, “Gloster” is a syncopated form of “Gloucester.”, To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags. |
| syncopist | noun | One who syncopates. |
| syncopize | verb t. | To syncopate. |
| syncretic | adjective | Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. |
| syncrisis | noun | A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. |
| syncytium | noun | Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle., The ectoderm of a sponge. |
| syndicate | noun | The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics., An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds., To judge; to censure. |
| synergism | noun | The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man. |
| synergist | noun | One who holds the doctrine of synergism., A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it. |
| syngnathi | noun pl. | A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples. |
| synizesis | noun | An obliteration of the pupil of the eye., A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis. |
| synodical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms., Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet. |
| synonymal | adjective | Synonymous. |
| synonymic | noun | The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words., Alt. of Synonymical |
| synoptist | noun | Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord’s life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John’s Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings. |
| synovitis | noun | Inflammation of the synovial membrane. |
| syntactic | adjective | Alt. of Syntactical |
| syntheses | plural | of Synthesis |
| synthesis | noun | Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines., The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis., The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; — the opposite of analysis. |
| synthetic | adjective | Alt. of Synthetical |
| syphering | noun | The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead. |
| syphilide | noun | A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis. |
| syphilize | verb t. | To inoculate with syphilis. |
| syphiloid | adjective | Resembling syphilis. |
| syriacism | noun | A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism. |
| syrianism | noun | A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism. |
| syringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Syringe |
| syringeal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle. |
| systaltic | adjective | Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart. |
| systemize | verb t. | To reduce to system; to systematize. |