Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words seedcake noun A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway. seed-lac noun A species of lac. See the Note under Lac. seedless adjective Without seed or seeds. seedling noun A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like. seedness … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words selfhood noun Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality. selfless adjective Having no regard to self; unselfish. selfness noun Selfishness. self-one adjective Secret. selfsame adjective Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words shabbing present participle & vb. noun of Shab shabbily adverb In a shabby manner. shabrack noun The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse. shackled imp. & past participle of Shackle shadbird noun The American, or Wilson’s, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words shabbing present participle & vb. noun of Shab shabbily adverb In a shabby manner. shabrack noun The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse. shackled imp. & past participle of Shackle shadbird noun The American, or Wilson’s, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words sheading verb t. A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings. shealing noun The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell., Same as Sheeling. shearing present participle … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words shielded imp. & past participle of Shield shieling noun A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling. shifting present participle & vb. noun of Shift, Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles., Adapted or used for shifting anything. … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words shinning present participle & vb. noun of Shin shindies plural of Shindy shingled imp. &. past participle of Shingle shingler noun One who shingles., A machine for shingling puddled iron. shingles noun A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words rosebush noun The bush or shrub which bears roses. rose-cut adjective Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; — said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n. rosedrop noun A lozenge having a … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words shipping present participle & vb. noun of Ship, Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns., Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk., The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool., … Read more
Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words quinazol noun A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. quincunx noun An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group … Read more