Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
skeletal |
adjective |
Pertaining to the skeleton. |
skeleton |
noun |
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal., The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal., A very thin or lean person., The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages., The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon., Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. |
skerries |
plural |
of Skerry |
sketched |
imp. & past participle |
of Sketch |
sketcher |
noun |
One who sketches. |
skewbald |
adjective |
Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; — usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses. |
skewered |
imp. & past participle |
of Skewer |
skidding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skid |
skiffing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skiff |
skillful |
adjective |
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning., Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; — often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing. |
skilling |
noun |
A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage., A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck. |
skimming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skim, The act of one who skims., That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; — chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth. |
skimback |
noun |
The quillback. |
skimitry |
noun |
See Skimmington. |
skimping |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skimp |
skinning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skin |
skinched |
imp. & past participle |
of Skinch |
skinfuls |
plural |
of Skinful |
skinking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skink |
skinless |
adjective |
Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit. |
skipping |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skip |
skipjack |
noun |
An upstart., An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle., A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc., A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. |
skirling |
noun |
A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl., A small trout or salmon; — a name used loosely. |
skirmish |
verb i. |
To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers., A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops., A slight contest. |
skirrhus |
noun |
See Scirrhus. |
skirting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skirt, A skirting board., Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. |
skittish |
verb t. |
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt., Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. |
skittles |
verb t. |
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins. |
skulking |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skulk |
skullcap |
noun |
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection., Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised., The Lophiomys. |
skunkish |
adjective |
Like the skunk, especially in odor. |
skunktop |
noun |
The surf duck. |
sky-blue |
adjective |
Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone. |
sky-high |
adverb & adjective |
Very high. |
skylight |
noun |
A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above. |