+
subprior
n.
The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
+
skate
n.
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
+
saffrony
a.
Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.
+
scape
n.
Loose act of vice or lewdness.
+
setaceous
a.
Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
+
squamigerous
a.
Bearing scales.
+
strict
a.
Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
+
spannew
a.
Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
+
saltgreen
a.
Sea-green in color.
+
syenitic
a.
Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
+
series
n.
An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
+
strobila
n.
A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.
+
snakebird
n.
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.
+
structured
a.
Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
+
sachet
n.
A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.
+
standing
a.
Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
+
sycophancy
n.
False accusation; calumniation; talebearing.
+
straight
superl.
Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
+
shrunk

of Shrink
+
skirting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skirt
+
simplity
n.
Simplicity.
+
sifilet
n.
The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
+
seller
n.
One who sells.
+
slidegroat
n.
The game of shovelboard.
+
stoop
v.i.
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
+
supernaturally
adv.
In a supernatural manner.
+
subserving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subserve
+
sabbaton
n.
A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
+
sik
a.
Alt. of Sike
+
serpent
n.
A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
+
sisal hemp

The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
+
selenograph
n.
A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.
+
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.
+
scrubbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrub
+
spearman
n.
One who is armed with a spear.
+
sural
a.
Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.
+
submonition
n.
Suggestion; prompting.
+
split
v.i.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
+
swingle
v.i.
To swing for pleasure.
+
stentoronic
a.
Stentorian.
+
shell
n.
A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
+
strepitores
n.pl.
A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.
+
sacred
a.
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
+
sea wormwood

A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.
+
sauciness
n.
The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.
+
simular
n.
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
+
shant

A contraction of shall not.
+
stumbler
n.
One who stumbles.
+
stage
n.
A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.
+
sabelloid
a.
Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.
+
sanguigenous
a.
Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.
+
sap
v.i.
To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
+
shrap
n.
Alt. of Shrape
+
sublapsarianism
n.
Infralapsarianism.
+
salaam
v.i.
To make or perform a salam.
+
sentiment
a.
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.
+
shrimper
n.
One who fishes for shrimps.
+
swabber
n.
One who swabs a floor or desk.
+
stock
n.
A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
+
spadroon
n.
A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
+
sinister
a.
On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.
+
shroud
v.i.
To take shelter or harbor.
+
seigneurial
a.
Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.
+
shintiism
n.
One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes.
+
shooting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shoot
+
subversion
n.
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.
+
sassolin
n.
Alt. of Sassoline
+
subdue
v.t.
To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
+
sight
v.t.
Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
+
spare
v.i.
To desist; to stop; to refrain.
+
spinner
n.
A spider.
+
shafted
a.
Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
+
subcontraries
pl.
of Subcontrary
+
stab
v.t.
Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
+
sinister
a.
Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
+
speculatory
a.
Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight.
+
steeve
n.
The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
+
signaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Signal
+
smooch
v.t.
See Smutch.
+
stirring
a.
Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
+
slice
v.t.
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
+
sceneman
n.
The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
+
saga
pl.
of Sagum
+
scye
n.
Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment.
+
standardwing
n.
A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
+
sane
a.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.
+
singer
n.
A machine for singeing cloth.
+
saw
v.i.
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
+
shameproof
n.
Shameless.
+
snap
v.t.
Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
+
sully
v.t.
To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
+
sanctuary
n.
A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
+
spanker
n.
One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.
+
swordplayer
n.
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.
+
stand
v.t.
To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
+
subaltern
n.
A subaltern proposition.
+
stormfinch
n.
The storm petrel.
+
spot
n.
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
+
stahlian
a.
Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
+
sing
v.t.
To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
+
shock
n.
A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
+
spellwork
n.
Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.
+
secularizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Secularize
+
septemfluous
a.
Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.
+
sienitic
a.
See Syenitic.
+
scunner
v.i.
To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance.
+
skelp
v.t.
To strike; to slap.
+
santalic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.
+
stutterer
n.
One who stutters; a stammerer.
+
scholy
n.
A scholium.
+
selfkindled
a.
Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
+
sponge
n.
Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
+
salting
n.
The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.
+
savagery
n.
The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
+
sheriff
n.
The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
+
snively
a.
Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
+
seasoning
n.
Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation.
+
swelltoad
n.
A swellfish.
+
sarcologic
a.
Alt. of Sarcological
+
shoot
v.i.
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
+
septa
pl.
of Septum
+
superoxide
n.
See Peroxide.
+
sullage
n.
That which sullies or defiles.
+
skirrhus
n.
See Scirrhus.
+
subrigid
a.
Somewhat rigid or stiff.
+
sting
v.t.
A goad; incitement.
+
siphonostomata
n.pl.
An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.
+
sprinter
n.
One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.
+
stakeholder
n.
The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
+
sopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sop
+
smithsonian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.
+
speedily
adv.
In a speedy manner.
+
seed
v.t.
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
+
substance
n.
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.
+
spied
imp.|p.p.
of Spy
+
substitutive
a.
Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted.
+
split
n.
A crack, or longitudinal fissure.
+
sheepfold
n.
A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.
+
stuff
n.
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
+
scansion
n.
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
+
selion
n.
A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.
+
swanhopping
n.
A corruption of Swan-upping.
+
syracuse
n.
A red wine of Italy.
+
sacramentalist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist.
+
spignet
n.
An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
+
sack
n.
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
+
synonymy
n.
A system of synonyms.
+
six
n.
A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
+
sithe
n.
A scythe.
+
sack
v.t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
+
spicing
p.p.|vb.n.
of Spice
+
skeptical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
+
shiah
n.
Same as Shiite.
+
spermophore
n.
A spermatophore.
+
slumber
v.i.
To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
+
serve
v.t.
To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.
+
silicoidea
n.pl.
An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules.
+
sawbones
n.
A nickname for a surgeon.
+
scrupler
n.
One who scruples.
+
sure
superl.
Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
+
scapulary
n.
A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
+
stagestruck
a.
Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
+
semidiameter
n.
Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
+
serried
a.
Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.
+
steal
v.t.
To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
+
stridor
n.
A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
+
snarling
p.pr.|vvb.n.
of Snarl
+
serpent
n.
Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
+
setter
n.
One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.
+
soosoo
n.
A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.
+
sniff
v.t.
To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
+
sheaves
pl.
of Sheaf
+
shear
v.t.
A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
+
sluggish
a.
Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
+
swaddling

a. & n. from Swaddle, v.
+
stipend
v.t.
To pay by settled wages.
+
southernly
a.
Somewhat southern.
+
saturnine
a.
Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
+
semisavage
n.
One who is half savage.
+
sight
v.t.
To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
+
sense
v.t.
Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
+
slippy
a.
Slippery.
+
sensitive
a.
Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
+
sea dragon

The pegasus.
+
silvas
pl.
of Silva
+
sop
v.t.
Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
+
sarcocele
n.
Any solid tumor of the testicle.
+
skeelgoose
n.
The common European sheldrake.
+
shake
v.
To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
+
seminarist
n.
A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
+
sacrarium
n.
In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
+
solfa
n.
The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.
+
shovelard
n.
Shoveler.
+
subordinate
a.
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
+
schematist
n.
One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer.
+
soapberry tree

Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.
+
strain
a.
To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
+
saxifrage
n.
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
+
sulphurating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sulphurate
+
scissel
n.
The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
+
smoor
v.t.
To suffocate or smother.
+
style
v.t.
Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
+
steward
v.t.
To manage as a steward.
+
saccholactate
n.
A salt of saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate.
+
snap
v.i.
To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
+
sprit
v.i.
A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.
+
spill
v.t.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
+
suctoria
n.pl.
Same as Rhizocephala.
+
silicon
n.
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
+
seidlitz
a.
Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.
+
sportful
a.
Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.
+
sowdanesse
n.
A sultaness.
+
streak
n.
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
+
spitzenburgh
n.
A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.
+
sacrifice
n.
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.
+
settling
n.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
+
synangia
pl.
of Synangium
+
silicic
a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.
+
sue
v.i.
To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
+
styx
n.
The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.
+
stupefy
v.t.
To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
+
sempiternal
a.
Without beginning or end; eternal.
+
serricorn
a.
Having serrated antenn/.
+
spiculae
pl.
of Spicula
+
sekes
n.
A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.
+
singe
n.
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
+
sismograph
n.
See Seismograph.
+
stole
imp.
of Steal
+
specula
pl.
of Speculum
+
sciamachy
n.
See Sciomachy.
+
spin
v.i.
To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
+
sokemanry
n.
See Socmanry.
+
sterelmintha
n.pl.
Same as Platyelminthes.
+
sappy
superl.
Weak in intellect.
+
speed
v.t.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
+
sea star

A starfish, or brittle star.
+
sniveler
n.
One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
+
state
n.
Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
+
siderosis
n.
A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.
+
sinewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sinew
+
sputter
v.t.
To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
+
smoke
n.
Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk.
+
stoma
n.
The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.
+
souse
n.
The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
+
sign
n.
An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.
+
swingtree
n.
The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
+
sterte

p. p. of Start.
+
slide
n.
The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
+
staff
n.
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
+
stent
v.i.
To stint; to stop; to cease.
+
semeiology
n.
Alt. of Semiology
+
stretch
n.
A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
+
stuntness
n.
Stuntedness; brevity.
+
salamander
n.
A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
+
subnex
v.t.
To subjoin; to subnect.
+
stank
imp.
Stunk.
+
sicklemen
pl.
of Sickleman
+
stilbite
n.
A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
+
systole
n.
The shortening of the long syllable.
+
spirt
v.|n.
Same as Spurt.
+
sceptering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sceptre
+
syncategorematic
a.
Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.
+
slaie
n.
A weaver's reed; a sley.
+
sand
v.t.
To drive upon the sand.
+
singlet
n.
An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.
+
suffixment
n.
Suffixion.
+
stratify
v.t.
To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
+
start
v.i.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
+
score
n.
A weight of twenty pounds.
+
servitude
n.
A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
+
surcoat
n.
A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.
+
slank

imp. & p. p. of Slink.
+
skew
v.i.
To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
+
stallon
n.
A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.
+
setaceous
a.
Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
+
stifle
v.t.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
+
superstrain
v.t.
To overstrain.
+
snook
n.
The cobia.
+
swage
v.t.|i.
See Assuage.
+
scooper
n.
The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
+
scuttle
v.i.
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
+
supersubtle
a.
To subtle.
+
sippling
a.
Sipping often.
+
strip
v.t.
To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses.
+
swelling
n.
an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
+
sote
a.
Sweet.
+
schismatic
a.
Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
+
spat

imp. of Spit.
+
somewhere
adv.
In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.
+
sadh
n.
A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects.
+
spur
n.
The short wooden buttress of a post.
+
shrinkage
n.
Decrease in value; depreciation.
+
sea wolf

A sea lion.
+
sadly
adv.
Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.
+
sensualist
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
+
starcrossed
a.
Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
+
succiferous
a.
Producing or conveying sap.
+
subjugation
n.
The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
+
sneered
imp.|p.p.
of Sneer
+
shamer
n.
One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.
+
sibilation
n.
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
+
sit

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.
+
shower
n.
A copious supply bestowed.
+
subsequence
n.
Alt. of Subsequency
+
subsizar
n.
An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.
+
stray
n.
The act of wandering or going astray.
+
smoking
p.pr.|vbn.
of Smoke
+
supernaturalistic
a.
Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.
+
shied
imp.|p.p.
of Shy
+
sublime
superl.
Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
+
subtranslucent
a.
Not perfectly translucent.
+
safeguard
n.
A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
+
stencilled

of Stencil
+
synchoresis
n.
A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.
+
stenographing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stenograph
+
souter
n.
A shoemaker; a cobbler.
+
shading
n.
Act or process of making a shade.
+
sling
v.t.
A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension
+
start
v.i.
To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
+
suborbiculate
a.
Almost orbiculate or orbicular.
+
stem
v.t.
To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
+
squeasiness
n.
Queasiness.
+
smolderingness
n.
Alt. of Smoulderingness
+
stripping
n.
The act of one who strips.
+
slip
v.t.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
+
slide
n.
That on which anything moves by sliding.
+
smite
v.t.
To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
+
smelled
imp.|p.p.
of Smell
+
survenue
n.
A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on.
+
snick
n.
A small cut or mark.
+
strong
superl.
Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
+
suprahepatic
a.
Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.
+
sick
superl.
Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
+
stretch
v.t.
To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
+
safranin
n.
An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
+
sensating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sensate
+
septupled
imp.|p.p.
of Septuple
+
steppingstone
n.
Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
+
semihoral
a.
Half-hourly.
+
siliqua
n.
Same as Silique.
+
strong
superl.
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
+
synchronism
n.
The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.
+
selfactive
a.
Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
+
sublimation
n.
The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
+
surveyor
n.
One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
+
scatter
v.i.
To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
+
sea mile

A geographical mile. See Mile.
+
subvention
v.t.
To subventionize.
+
snuffbox
n.
A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
+
scabwort
n.
Elecampane.
+
sisterhood
n.
A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.
+
stereochromic
a.
Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy.
+
shriver
n.
One who shrives; a confessor.
+
snug
superl.
Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.
+
south
n.
A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.
+
sublapsarian
n.|a.
Same as Infralapsarian.
+
spiked
imp.|p.p.
of Spike
+
subject
a.
Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
+
subnarcotic
a.
Moderately narcotic.
+
spectacled
a.
Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
+
spurless
a.
Having no spurs.
+
supe
n.
A super.
+
subcylindrical
a.
Alt. of Subcylindric
+
swimmer
n.
A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
+
salimetry
n.
The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance.
+
stance
n.
A stanza.
+
squire
n.
A square; a measure; a rule.
+
smothering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smother
+
scomm
n.
A buffoon.
+
shrine
n.
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
+
serpigo
n.
A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
+
sewing
n.
That which is sewed with the needle.
+
steven
n.
Voice; speech; language.
+
sweetbreasted
a.
Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale.  Cf. Breast, n., 6.
+
scotch
v.t.
To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
+
sprint
v.i.
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
+
sea holm

Sea holly.
+
slur
n.
A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
+
sassanage
n.
Stones left after sifting.
+
slaked
imp.|p.p.
of Slake
+
spot
n.
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
+
slug
n.
A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
+
slub
v.t.
To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
+
sympathize
v.t.
To experience together.
+
submitter
n.
One who submits.
+
swelter
v.t.
To oppress with heat.
+
suffragan
a.
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
+
sleaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleave
+
significancy
n.
The quality or state of being significant.
+
strappado
n.
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.
+
sinopia
n.
Alt. of Sinopis
+
seamster
n.
One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
+
smokejack
n.
A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
+
sabre
v.t.
To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
+
simple
a.
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies.  Cf. Ultimate, a.
+
soot
a.
Alt. of Soote
+
serrate
a.
Alt. of Serrated
+
stillborn
a.
Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
+
slight
v.t.
To make even or level.
+
semaphorist
n.
One who manages or operates a semaphore.
+
spherosome
n.
The body wall of any radiate animal.
+
seawives
pl.
of Seawife
+
strain
n.
Rank; a sort.
+
salival
a.
Salivary.
+
stormily
adv.
In a stormy manner.
+
shinhopple
n.
The hobblebush.
+
spring
v.i.
That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
+
shalt

2d per. sing. of Shall.
+
seventh
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
sermonist
n.
See Sermonizer.
+
subpentangular
a.
Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.
+
splash
v.t.
To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
+
shut
a.
Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
+
staphyloma
n.
A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
+
subdominant
n.
The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
+
springle
n.
A springe.
+
spearwort
n.
A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
+
stunning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stun
+
succumbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Succumb
+
staves
pl.
pl. of Stave.
+
southing
n.
Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
+
sham
v.t.
To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
+
shearer
n.
One who shears.
+
syringotomy
n.
The operation of cutting for anal fistula.
+
sculpture
n.
Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
+
salivate
v.i.
To produce saliva, esp. in excess.
+
skinch
v.t.|i.
To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
+
selenographical
a.
Of or pertaining to selenography.
+
steinbock
n.
The European ibex.
+
smoke
v.t.
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
+
shackatory
n.
A hound.
+
sundering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sunder
+
sailmaker
n.
One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
+
scarifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scarify
+
skill
v.t.
To know; to understand.
+
septennial
a.
Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.
+
starch
a.
Stiff; precise; rigid.
+
sylleptical
a.
Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
+
sure
superl.
Betrothed; engaged to marry.
+
suck
n.
A small draught.
+
stereotypography
n.
The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.
+
speck
n.
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
+
streptobacteria
n.pl.
A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain.
+
solomon
n.
One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.
+
scanted
imp.|p.p.
of Scant
+
spattle
n.
Spawl; spittle.
+
suppressible
a.
That may be suppressed.
+
saint
v.i.
To act or live as a saint.
+
sucked
imp.|p.p.
of Suck
+
staple
n.
Unmanufactured material; raw material.
+
span
v.t.
To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
+
scamper
v.t.
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
+
spaniel
a.
Cringing; fawning.
+
supplanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supplant
+
sequela
n.
That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
+
swasher
n.
One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
+
sea turtle

The sea pigeon, or guillemot.
+
straight
superl.
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
+
speculation
n.
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
+
stress
n.
Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
+
staple
n.
A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
+
slate
v.t.
A tablet for writing upon.
+
stirps
n.
Stock; race; family.
+
synergy
n.
An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also synergism.
+
strophiolate
a.
Alt. of Strophiolated
+
squashed
imp.|p.p.
of Squash
+
summary
a.
Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.
+
stylagalmaic
a.
Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images.
+
siphonate
a.
Having a siphon or siphons.
+
spiritally
adv.
By means of the breath.
+
subscription
n.
A paper to which a signature is attached.
+
siziness
n.
The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.
+
syllable
n.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
+
succedanea
pl.
of Succedaneum
+
short
superl.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
+
stirrup
v.i.
A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.
+
stick
v.i.
To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
+
steering

a. & n. from Steer, v.
+
slumbered
imp.|p.p.
of Slumber
+
stirrup
v.i.
Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
+
satyrion
n.
Any one of several kinds of orchids.
+
sapless
a.
Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
+
superlative
a.
Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.
+
seek
a.
Sick.
+
synodal
n.
A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
+
sweet
superl.
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
+
shareholder
n.
One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.
+
society
n.
The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.
+
stimulator
n.
One who stimulates.
+
semimetallic
a.
Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
+
speculate
v.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.
+
stink
n.
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
+
swellish
a.
Dandified; stylish.
+
spur
n.
A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
+
surprise
n.
Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
+
skull
n.
The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix.
+
suture
n.
A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.
+
salamander
n.
Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
+
sounding
a.
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
+
supervise
n.
Supervision; inspection.
+
squab
adv.
With a heavy fall; plump.
+
shop

imp. of Shape. Shaped.
+
sheepcote
n.
A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.
+
symbolize
v.t.
To represent by a symbol or symbols.
+
subterfluous
a.
Running under or beneath.
+
sylph
n.
An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
+
substantiveness
n.
The quality or state of being substantive.
+
sudatories
pl.
of Sudatory
+
sulphinate
n.
A salt of a sulphinic acid.
+
spin
n.
Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
+
sunburnt

of Sunburn
+
seamen
pl.
of Seaman
+
shade
n.
The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
+
selfassured
a.
Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.
+
stamp
v.i.
To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
+
stalkless
a.
Having no stalk.
+
speak
v.i.
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
+
suckling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suckle
+
stack
a.
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
+
slashed
a.
Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
+
scrutiny
n.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
+
spectacular
a.
Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.
+
salesmen
pl.
of Salesman
+
shroud
n.
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
+
syncretistic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.
+
stonebow
n.
A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
+
shoe
n.
A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
+
stack
a.
A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
+
susurrous
a.
Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.
+
stimulation
n.
The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
+
sourkrout
n.
Same as Sauerkraut.
+
sea snipe

A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin.
+
smuggler
n.
A vessel employed in smuggling.
+
stand
v.t.
To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
+
shortbreathed
a.
Having short-breath, or quick respiration.
+
sparve
n.
The hedge sparrow.
+
selfassumed
a.
Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.
+
sacristies
pl.
of Sacristy
+
shorn

p. p. of Shear.
+
sarcodic
a.
Of or pertaining to sarcode.
+
strigine
a.
Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
+
sipper
n.
One whi sips.
+
swing
v.i.
To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
+
scolay
v.i.
See Scoley.
+
subconformable
a.
Partially conformable.
+
sensigenous
a.
Causing or exciting sensation.
+
suppute
v.t.
To reckon; to compute; to suppose; to impute.
+
scythewhet
n.
Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note.
+
sycophant
v.t.
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
+
sacrarium
n.
The adytum of a temple.
+
sprigtail
n.
The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail.
+
stereochemic
a.
Alt. of Stereo-chemical
+
sandix
n.
A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.
+
scutibranchiate
n.
One of the Scutibranchiata.
+
swale
n.
A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
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saucy
superl.
Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
+
stress
n.
Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
+
solidungulous
a.
Solipedous.
+
salify
v.t.
To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.
+
synanthous
a.
Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.
+
stabat mater

A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
+
save
conj.
Except; unless.
+
stale
a.
To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
+
solitary
n.
One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
+
sharpshooting
n.
A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.
+
semiliquid
a.
Half liquid; semifluid.
+
solicit
v.t.
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
+
suspension
n.
The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.  Cf. Retardation.
+
sternbergite
n.
A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.
+
saddened
imp.|p.p.
of Sadden
+
sepose
v.t.
To set apart.
+
spinose
a.
Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.
+
soppy
a.
Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.
+
supervened
imp.|p.p.
of Supervene
+
stage
n.
A floor or story of a house.
+
scintilla
n.
A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
+
survey
n.
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
+
saltatoria
n.pl.
A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
+
spill
n.
A little sum of money.
+
seminary
a.
Belonging to seed; seminal.
+
submit
v.i.
To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
+
shin
v.i.
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
+
soal
n.
See Sole, the fish.
+
seasoned
imp.|p.p.
of Season
+
snack
v.t.
A slight, hasty repast.
+
stylographic
a.
Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.
+
seirfish
n.
Same as Seerfish.
+
starshine
n.
The light of the stars.
+
sipy
a.
Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.
+
shank
v.
That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
+
scoppet
v.t.
To lade or dip out.
+
schade
n.
Shade; shadow.
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scissible
a.
Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.
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spiked
a.
Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
+
skeg
n.
A kind of oats.
+
shelving
n.
The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.
+
supralapsarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.
+
sifflement
n.
The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
+
sea gherkin

Alt. of Sea girkin
+
sweepwasher
n.
One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.
+
synchondroses
pl.
of Synchondrosis
+
superphosphate
n.
An acid phosphate.
+
sentient
a.
Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
+
sordid
a.
Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.
+
sulpharsenite
n.
A salt of sulpharsenious acid.
+
saith

3d pers. sing. pres. of Say.
+
subpericardial
a.
Situated under the cardiac pericardium.
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shrimp
v.
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
+
scolding

a. & n. from Scold, v.
+
seismography
n.
The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
+
sell
n.
A cell; a house.
+
schismless
a.
Free from schism.
+
susceptible
a.
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
+
sidewinder
n.
A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
+
supersensitive
a.
Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.
+
sawyer
n.
The bowfin.
+
swath
v.t.
A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
+
suspension
n.
Of labor, study, pain, etc.
+
sublimeness
n.
The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
+
scrolled
a.
Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
+
scorpionidea
n.pl.
Same as Scorpiones.
+
stylet
n.
A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.
+
sarsenet
n.
See Sarcenet.
+
sanctimonious
a.
Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
+
sasin
n.
The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.
+
skittish
v.t.
Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
+
superstruction
n.
The act of superstructing, or building upon.
+
stiffening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stiffen
+
saltless
a.
Destitute of salt; insipid.
+
siphoid
n.
A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n.
+
swinecrue
n.
A hogsty.
+
soak
v.t.
To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
+
snakeshead
n.
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
+
serin
n.
A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
+
surprise
n.
To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
+
sign
n.
A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division ÷, and the like.
+
supraprotest
n.
An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee.
+
synapta
n.
A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
supplication
n.
The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
+
swooning

a. & n. from Swoon, v.
+
saligot
n.
The water chestnut (Trapa natans).
+
secular
a.
Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.
+
secondrate
a.
Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.
+
seating
n.
The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
+
spring
v.i.
Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.
+
sighthole
n.
A hole for looking through; a peephole.
+
swounds
interj.
An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
+
saline
n.
A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
+
silversmith
n.
One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
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spitchcocked
a.
Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.
+
superficies
n.
A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.
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shrove

imp. of Shrive.
+
sise
n.
Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.
+
soothsaying
n.
The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.
+
slide
n.
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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severity
n.
The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
+
soaker
n.
One who, or that which, soaks.
+
signalling

of Signal
+
stake
v.t.
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
+
sibilance
n.
Alt. of Sibilancy
+
seeled
imp.|p.p.
of Seel
+
singular
a.
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
+
supervise
v.t.
To look over so as to read; to peruse.
+
slug
n.
A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
+
slide
v.t.
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
+
spat
n.
A light blow with something flat.
+
subsensible
a.
Deeper than the reach of the senses.
+
six
n.
The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
+
siniate
a.
Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
+
smoke
n.
Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
+
squab
a.
Fat; thick; plump; bulky.
+
saengerfest
n.
A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
+
senility
n.
The quality or state of being senile; old age.
+
swaddle
n.
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
+
spradde

imp. of Spread.
+
swansdown
n.
Alt. of Swans-down
+
salt
n.
The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
+
strong
superl.
Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
+
sliness
n.
See Slyness.
+
sick
superl.
Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
+
splinterproof
a.
Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.
+
scantling
v.t.
A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
+
skip
v.t.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
+
sunup
n.
Sunrise.
+
sizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Size
+
snuffy
a.
Sulky; angry; vexed.
+
scotching
n.
Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.
+
spiny
a.
Like a spine in shape; slender.
+
swathe
n.
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
+
spalt
a.
Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.
+
surge
n.
The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
+
slit
n.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
+
swarm
v.i.
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.
+
suberate
n.
A salt of suberic acid.
+
sagittocyst
n.
A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
+
supply
v.t.
To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
+
suscitating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suscitate
+
suborning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suborn
+
saltle
n.
The European dab.
+
stalk
n.
That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
+
snobbery
n.
The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.
+
sac
n.
See Sacs.
+
sermon
v.i.
To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
+
spekehouse
n.
The parlor or reception room of a convent.
+
sallet
n.
Alt. of Salleting
+
stir
n.
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
+
seismology
n.
The science of earthquakes.
+
secondly
adv.
In the second place.
+
shindle
n.
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing.
+
sutra
n.
A collection of such aphorisms.
+
start
n.
A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
+
sanies
n.
A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.
+
sea daffodil

A European amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum).
+
stoic
n.
Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
+
shotten
n.
Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.
+
scrimping

a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t.
+
scut
n.
The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
+
soli
n.
pl. of Solo.
+
swifter
n.
A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
+
subsequent
a.
Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.
+
shole
n.
A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.
+
spouse
n.
A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.
+
speedwell
n.
Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.
+
scrimption
n.
A small portion; a pittance; a little bit.
+
subjected
a.
Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.
+
salutatorian
n.
The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
+
saporosity
n.
The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.
+
semiquartile
n.
An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
+
stableman
n.
A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
+
salient
a.
A salient angle or part; a projection.
+
snecket
n.
A door latch, or sneck.
+
shingle
v.t.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
+
strand
v.t.
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
+
stumble
v.i.
To fall into a crime or an error; to err.
+
style
v.t.
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
+
spare
a.
To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
+
surpass
v.t.
To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
+
shoot
n.
A shoat; a young hog.
+
subverting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subvert
+
skirlcock
n.
The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.
+
snatch block

a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
+
sough
v.i.
The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
+
sacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sack
+
somnopathy
n.
Somnipathy.
+
soul
n.
Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
+
scapular
n.
Alt. of Scapulary
+
slime
n.
Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
+
ssociable
a.
Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social.
+
snite
n.
A snipe.
+
shoot
v.i.
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
+
sexdigitist
n.
One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
+
sibilant
a.
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
+
scaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scare
+
snipe
n.
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
+
salvage
a.|n.
Savage.
+
salinous
a.
Saline.
+
stintless
a.
Without stint or restraint.
+
side
a.
Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
+
shatter
v.t.
To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
+
subject
v.t.
To make subservient.
+
sleeper
n.
One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
+
squinteyed
a.
Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
+
slide
v.t.
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
+
sheet
v.t.
A sail.
+
subdued
imp.|p.p.
of Subdue
+
smolder
n.
Alt. of Smoulder
+
stigma
v.t.
Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.
+
stupendous
a.
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile.
+
soss
v.i.
To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
+
springe
v.t.
To catch in a springe; to insnare.
+
stunned
imp.|p.p.
of Stun
+
shaghaired
a.
Having shaggy hair.
+
shaft
n.
A rod at the end of a heddle.
+
spermic
a.
Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
+
sorrow
n.
To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
+
sublimate
v.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.
+
snare
n.
The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
+
sun
n.
Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
+
spiritualize
v.t.
To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.
+
swivel
a.
A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.
+
slicking
n.
Narrow veins of ore.
+
somersault
n.
Alt. of Somerset
+
scabbily
adv.
In a scabby manner.
+
sneap
v.t.
To nip; to blast; to blight.
+
sideromancy
n.
Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.
+
stackyard
n.
A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.
+
suspension
n.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
+
stumblingstone
n.
A stumbling-block.
+
swimming
a.
Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
+
spetches
n.pl.
Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.
+
stretcher
n.
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.
+
sous
pl.
of Sou
+
souring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sour
+
sanded
a.
Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.
+
sue
v.t.
To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
+
slight
v.t.
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
+
skirt
v.t.
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
+
seam
n.
The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
+
set
v.t.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
+
saim
n.
Lard; grease.
+
splenish
a.
Spleenish.
+
skun
n.|v.
See Scum.
+
sweet
n.
Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
+
skirmishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skirmish
+
soubahdar
n.
See Subahdar.
+
saluted
imp.|p.p.
of Salute
+
speculum
n.
A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
+
share
v.
Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
+
singly
adv.
Only; by one's self; alone.
+
shut
imp.|p.p.
of Shut
+
surety
n.
That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
+
syconus
n.
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.
+
sample
v.t.
To make or show something similar to; to match.
+
sustaltic
a.
Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.
+
savioress
n.
A female savior.
+
shoulder
n.
The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
+
sequester
v.i.
To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
+
steaminess
n.
The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.
+
skied
imp.|p.p.
of Sky
+
scabredity
n.
Roughness; ruggedness.
+
sheet
v.t.
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
+
spoon
v.i.
See Spoom.
+
soldierlike
a.
Like a soldier; soldierly.
+
strangulation
n.
The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
+
sprag
n.
A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
+
sea duck

Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.
+
spooler
n.
One who, or that which, spools.
+
sanbenito
n.
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.
+
staffmen
pl.
of Staffman
+
sensism
n.
Same as Sensualism, 2 & 3.
+
surface
n.
A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
+
stub
v.t.
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
+
stalworth
a.
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
+
subarytenoid
a.
Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.
+
starer
n.
One who stares, or gazes.
+
sleet
n.
The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
+
supplementing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supplement
+
sagged
imp.|p.p.
of Sag
+
sultan
n.
A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
+
subpoenaing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subpoena
+
stylus
n.
An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
+
steeplecrowned
a.
Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
+
sneed
n.
See Snath.
+
seerfish
n.
A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
+
sovereign
n.
The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
+
scotchhopper
n.
Hopscotch.
+
solicit
v.t.
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
+
shrapnel
a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
+
schoolgirl
n.
A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.
+
sonant
n.
A sonant letter.
+
saneness
n.
The state of being sane; sanity.
+
sitology
n.
A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.
+
stickle
v.t.
To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
+
solvency
n.
The quality or state of being solvent.
+
sirene
n.
See Siren, 6.
+
simultaneous
a.
Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.
+
sawer
n.
One who saws; a sawyer.
+
saponifiable
a.
Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.
+
spoonbill
n.
The paddlefish.
+
summer
n.
The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
+
silent
a.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
+
stub
n.
A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
+
syllabuses
pl.
of Syllabus
+
shillelah
n.
An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.
+
sanctuary
n.
A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
+
sandemanian
n.
A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.
+
sit
v.t.
To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
+
sperse
v.t.
To disperse.
+
shredcook
n.
The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.
+
stabbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stab
+
sign
n.
That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
+
seborrhea
n.
A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
+
shell
v.i.
To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
+
slaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slake
+
syllabication
n.
The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.
+
scene
n.
An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
+
sey

Alt. of Seyh
+
spece
n.
Species; kind.
+
satisfied
imp.|p.p.
of Satisfy
+
subpubic
a.
Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.
+
safe
superl.
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.
+
seawan
n.
Alt. of Seawant
+
sagene
n.
A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.
+
shearing
n.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
+
scatter
v.t.
To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
+
sectarism
n.
Sectarianism.
+
seal
n.
Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
+
scythe
v.t.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
+
sacrifice
n.
The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
+
spinstry
n.
The business of one who spins; spinning.
+
stipes
n.
An eyestalk.
+
statically
adv.
In a statical manner.
+
sandarac
n.
Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
+
sauce
n.
Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
+
storyteller
n.
One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.
+
stoak
v.t.
To stop; to choke.
+
sea toad

The angler.
+
suspicable
v.t.
Liable to suspicion; suspicious.
+
sanded
a.
Short-sighted.
+
spermatism
n.
The emission of sperm, or semen.
+
saxon
n.
The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
+
smirch
n.
A smutch; a dirty stain.
+
spermatophorous
a.
Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
+
saddle
n.
The clitellus of an earthworm.
+
sillyhow
a.
A caul. See Caul, n., 3.
+
screen
n.
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
+
spoil
n.
The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
+
shelvy
a.
Sloping gradually; shelving.
+
sluggard
n.
A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
+
siege
n.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
+
sucker
n.
A greenhorn; one easily gulled.
+
septula
pl.
of Septulum
+
scourge
n.
Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
+
speary
a.
Having the form of a spear.
+
sleeve
v.t.
To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
+
skew
adv.
Awry; obliquely; askew.
+
self
a.
Same; particular; very; identical.
+
summons
v.t.
To summon.
+
subcaliber
a.
Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.
+
stray
a.
Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
+
sewerage
n.
The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
+
scale
n.
The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
+
sconce
p.p.
Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
+
speculum
n.
A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
+
scouted
imp.|p.p.
of Scout
+
siring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sire
+
semidome
n.
A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
+
substantial
a.
Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
+
slep

imp. of Sleep. Slept.
+
spread
v.i.
To be made known more extensively, as news.
+
smeller
n.
The nose.
+
stem
v.i.
To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
+
scrat
v.i.
To rake; to search.
+
shift
v.t.
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
+
saurel
n.
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel.
+
spot
v.t.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
+
shiah
n.
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.
+
sternmost
a.
Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
+
smiddy
n.
A smithy.
+
squanderingly
adv.
In a squandering manner.
+
salicylate
n.
A salt of salicylic acid.
+
septarium
n.
A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
+
sheerwater
n.
The shearwater.
+
smite
v.i.
To strike; to collide; to beat.
+
speculated
imp.|p.p.
of Speculate
+
salmonoid
n.
Any fish of the family Salmonidae.
+
systemless
a.
Being without system.
+
sextuple
a.
Six times as much; sixfold.
+
stave
n.
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
+
subdecanal
a.
Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
+
samara
n.
A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
+
simpler
n.
One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
+
sommerset
n.
See Somersault.
+
splenocele
n.
Hernia formed by the spleen.
+
scrupulist
n.
A scrupler.
+
subvertebral
a.
Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
+
surangular
a.
Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.
+
sawwort
n.
Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
+
shower
n.
A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
+
sixties
pl.
of Sixty
+
scrawny
a.
Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
+
seriema
n.
A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
+
styliform
a.
Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.
+
serve
v.t.
To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.
+
soused
imp.|p.p.
of Souse
+
stopless
a.
Not to be stopped.
+
sanguine
v.t.
To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
+
slating
n.
The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.
+
sola
a.
See Solus.
+
scrap
v.t.
Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
+
spindletail
n.
The pintail duck.
+
schemer
n.
One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
+
stylohyal
n.
A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.
+
spanish
n.
The language of Spain.
+
suitable
a.
Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject.
+
stalked
a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
+
snapsack
n.
A knapsack.
+
secretary
n.
A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
+
stunt
v.t.
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.
+
solipsism
n.
Egotism.
+
sensualizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sensualize
+
smolder
v.t.
Alt. of Smoulder
+
size
v.i.
A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.
+
stockade
v.t.
A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
+
skerry
n.
A rocky isle; an insulated rock.
+
sacrificer
n.
One who sacrifices.
+
spadefuls
pl.
of Spadeful
+
sabean
a.|n.
Same as Sabian.
+
subcontrary
a.
Contrary in an inferior degree.
+
scrine
n.
A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine.
+
scarcely
adv.
With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
+
shire
n.
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
+
suicide
adv.
The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.
+
sent

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Send, for sendeth.
+
strokesman
pl.
of Strokesman
+
soundage
n.
Dues for soundings.
+
solar
a.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.
+
stilet
n.
See Stylet, 2.
+
shotten

of Shoot
+
sentimentally
adv.
In a sentimental manner.
+
skim
v.t.
Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
+
setim
n.
See Shittim.
+
seine
n.
A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.
+
sour
v.i.
To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.
+
smeeth
v.t.
To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
+
spurning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spurn
+
segge
n.
The hedge sparrow.
+
swap
n.
An exchange; a barter.
+
saccharose
n.
Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.
+
seismal
a.
Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
+
silverize
v.t.
To cover with silver.
+
spiritful
a.
Full of spirit; spirited.
+
subcartilaginous
a.
Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.
+
scoldingly
adv.
In a scolding manner.
+
strutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strut
+
squad
n.
Sloppy mud.
+
sail
v.t.
To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
+
shode
v.t.
The top of the head; the head.
+
santees
n.pl.
One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.
+
starched
imp.|p.p.
of Starch
+
subrogate
v.t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
+
shrouded
imp.|p.p.
of Shroud
+
shout
v.i.
To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
+
service

A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
+
squill
n.
A mantis.
+
steal
v.i.
To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
+
selfconceit
n.
Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
+
skull
n.
A sort of oar. See Scull.
+
swansdown
n.
A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.
+
stability
a.
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.
+
systyle
a.
Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation.
+
seguestration
n.
A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court.
+
seventeenth
n.
An interval of two octaves and a third.
+
stook
n.
A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
+
supernaculum
adv.|n.
Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail.
+
squeezed
imp.|p.p.
of Squeeze
+
smile
v.t.
To affect in a certain way with a smile.
+
signalize
a.
To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.
+
sparger
n.
A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.
+
squash
n.
Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
+
squat
n.
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
+
sideling
adv.
Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
+
supranaturalism
n.
The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.
+
sociality
n.
The quality of being social; socialness.
+
sliver
n.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
+
stretch
v.t.
To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
+
sublingua
n.
A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
+
simpleness
n.
The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.
+
solipedous
a.
Having single hoofs.
+
siliquous
a.
Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.
+
superreflection
n.
The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
+
striated
a.
Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
+
switchel
n.
A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
+
shelfa
n.
Alt. of Shilfa
+
smiler
n.
One who smiles.
+
soak
v.i.
To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
+
sadducism
n.
The tenets of the Sadducees.
+
steepled
a.
Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
+
scab
n.
A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
+
stigmatical
a.
Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
+
sonance
n.
A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance.
+
silure
n.
A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.
+
sectant
n.
One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.
+
sail
n.
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
+
slavonic
a.
Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
+
sob
n.
The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
+
supermundane
a.
Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane.
+
sentinel
n.
Watch; guard.
+
septentrional
a.
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
+
shelf
v.i.
A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
+
self
n.
The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.
+
stale
v.i.
Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
+
schizognathous
a.
Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
+
sigmas
pl.
of Sigma
+
sylvan
a.
Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
+
stagnation
n.
The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.
+
sasse
n.
A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
+
strange
v.i.
To be estranged or alienated.
+
sober
v.i.
To become sober; -- often with down.
+
selfapproving
a.
Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.
+
swelt

imp. of Swell.
+
spade
n.
One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
+
selachian
n.
One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
snift
v.i.
To snort.
+
subtilizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subtilize
+
syrtes
pl.
of Syrtis
+
sunstone
n.
Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.
+
speckling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speckle
+
sudoral
a.
Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions.
+
soften
v.t.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
+
sound
v.i.
To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
+
substract
v.t.
To subtract; to withdraw.
+
stink
v.i.
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
+
parterie
n.
Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses.
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smartness
n.
The quality or state of being smart.
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steaningp
n.
See Steening.
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strike
v.t.
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
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skeine
n.
See Skean.
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shwanpan
n.
See Schwan-pan.
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slander
v.t.
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
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squillae
pl.
of Squilla
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splittail
n.
A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family.
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subscribe
v.t.
To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.
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swerve
v.t.
To turn aside.
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salification
n.
The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.
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stagnant
a.
Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
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split
n.
Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
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sieve
n.
A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.
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sangaree
n.
Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.
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sluice
v.t.
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
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styptic
a.
Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
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selfconfident
a.
Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.
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skimmed
imp.|p.p.
of Skim
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stanch
v.i.
To cease, as the flowing of blood.
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syllogizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Syllogize
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slubberingly
adv.
In a slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner.
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silenus
n.
See Wanderoo.
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somatopleuric
a.
Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.
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schetical
a.
Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.
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swording
n.
Slashing with a sword.
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softish
a.
Somewhat soft.
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straitly
adv.
In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
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sampler
n.
A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
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supererogate
v.i.
To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.
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sacrificable
a.
Capable of being offered in sacrifice.
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spinster
n.
An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
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spermatize
v.i.
To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm.
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shag
n.
A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
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sliver
n.
Bait made of pieces of small fish.  Cf. Kibblings.
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stilted
imp.|p.p.
of Stilt
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stay
v.i.
To continue in a state.
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sedentary
a.
Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
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squillitic
a.
Of or pertaining to squills.
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suscitability
n.
Capability of being suscitated; excitability.
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selcouth
n.
Rarely known; unusual; strange.
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sarcoderma
n.
A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.
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seta
n.
One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
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synecdochically
adv.
By synecdoche.
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scour
v.t.
To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.
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stony
superl.
Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
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slide
n.
Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
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syncytium
n.
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.
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scrub
n.
A worn-out brush.
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shanghaiing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shanghai
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schizognath
n.
Any bird with a schizognathous palate.
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subterete
a.
Somewhat terete.
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sinful
a.
Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.
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savingness
n.
The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony.
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strategics
n.
Strategy.
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siphonopoda
n.pl.
A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.
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suffer
v.i.
To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
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spoon
n.
Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
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succeedant
a.
Succeeding one another; following.
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symphyla
n.pl.
An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.
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screw
v.t.
To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.
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strophes
pl.
of Strophe
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stroke
v.t.
To give a finely fluted surface to.
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stoppled
imp.|p.p.
of Stopple
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syncitia
pl.
of Syncytium
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subaqueous
a.
Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.
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stay
v.i.
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
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significant
a.
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
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string
n.
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
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swaddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swaddle
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shea tree

An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
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sinusoidal
a.
Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.
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shend
n.
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
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spiculate
a.
Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.
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squint
n.
The act or habit of squinting.
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stranding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strand
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scheme
v.i.
To form a scheme or schemes.
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semicalcined
a.
Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.
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sprigging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprig
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sightliness
n.
The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.
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several
n.
An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
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sunfish
n.
Any large jellyfish.
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strickle
n.
An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
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superstructure
n.
The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
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solution
n.
The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.
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soapy
superl.
Smeared with soap; covered with soap.
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sangu
n.
The Abyssinian ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.
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statarian
a.
Fixed; settled; steady; statary.
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slippage
n.
The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.
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sepulchred

of Sepulchre
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shell
n.
Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
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synagogical
a.
Of or pertaining to a synagogue.
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spend
v.i.
To be diffused; to spread.
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shewn

p. p. of Shew.
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strange
superl.
Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
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sensificatory
a.
Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a nervous system.
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sour
superl.
Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
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serration
n.
Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.
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surcoat
n.
A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.
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selfesteem
n.
The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
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sop
v.t.
A thing of little or no value.
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sugared
a.
Sweetened.
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spinny
n.
A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
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sofism
n.
Same as Sufism.
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sublingual
a.
Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.
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strongwater
n.
An acid.
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saltation
n.
An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
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sarcoptid
a.
Of or pertaining to the itch mites.
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sizar
n.
One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.
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slicer
n.
One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
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semisaxon
a.
Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150-1250.
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skep
n.
A beehive.
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suppuration
n.
The act or process of suppurating.
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suggesting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suggest
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selfbanished
a.
Exiled voluntarily.
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scowl
n.
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
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slave
n.
See Slav.
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suppose
v.t.
To put by fraud in the place of another.
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short
n.
Breeches; shortclothes.
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sill
n.
A young herring.
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sparrow
n.
Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
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staddle
v.i.
A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
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spissated
a.
Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.
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swingle
n.
A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.
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swabber
v.t.
To swab.
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semifable
n.
That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.
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shedding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shed
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student
n.
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
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sultanic
a.
Pertaining to a sultan.
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sillock
n.
The pollock, or coalfish.
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saphenous
a.
Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.
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sweigh
n.
Sway; movement.
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slab
n.
The slack part of a sail.
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suint
n.
A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.
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scaffolding
n.
Materials for building scaffolds.
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suspicion
v.t.
To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
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spearhead
n.
The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
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straught

imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
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stub
v.t.
To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
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sash
n.
In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
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squawberry
n.
A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry.
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sullage
n.
The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
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superexaltation
n.
Elevation above the common degree.
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set
v.t.
To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
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stumble
n.
A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
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strength
n.
Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
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sipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sip
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simarre

See Simar.
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stop
v.i.
To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
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statutory
a.
Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
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skeleton
n.
The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
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sanctimonial
a.
Sanctimonious.
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surface
v.t.
To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
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sister
n.
A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.
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sphragide
n.
Lemnian earth.
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sister
n.
One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
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seismic
a.
Alt. of Seismal
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saucer
n.
A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
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spectroscope
n.
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.
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standard
a.
Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
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survivency
n.
Survivorship.
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satisfactory
a.
Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
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spoliation
v.t.
Injury done to a document.
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sloe
n.
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
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surmiser
n.
One who surmises.
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seemlyhed
n.
Comely or decent appearance.
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sphygmophone
n.
An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
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snake
v.i.
To crawl like a snake.
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sulky
n.
Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
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septic
n.
A substance that promotes putrefaction.
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shroud
n.
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
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saury
n.
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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shoes
pl.
of Shoe
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salol
n.
A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.
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semifloret
n.
See Semifloscule.
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siskiwit
n.
The siscowet.
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salina period

The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology.
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seepy
a.
Alt. of Sipy
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statistics
n.
Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
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swing
n.
To be hanged.
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sweat
v.i.
The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
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swing
n.
The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
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sod
n.
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
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shone

imp. & p. p. of Shine.
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siemensmartin process

See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.
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selling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sell
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sond
v.t.
Alt. of Sonde
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sunny
n.
See Sunfish (b).
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synagogue
n.
A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
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spectre
n.
A stick insect.
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straightener
n.
One who, or that which, straightens.
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service
n.
The act of serving the ball.
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sufflaminate
v.t.
To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise.
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shear
v.t.
A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
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seneschalship
n.
The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal.
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shouted
imp.|p.p.
of Shout
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sentimental
a.
Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.
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slugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slug
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seton
n.
A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
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synonymic
a.
Alt. of Synonymical
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succinite
n.
Amber.
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satirizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Satirize
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scourger
n.
One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
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southwester
n.
A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
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shanny
n.
The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.
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spermatozooid
n.
A spermatozoid.
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sacrific
a.
Alt. of Sacrifical
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sombre
a.
Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
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sundown
n.
A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
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subtilize
v.t.
To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
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spurry
n.
An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.
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suffer
v.t.
To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
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sarcolemma
n.
The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
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stomachal
a.
Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.
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satisfy
a.
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
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stumpage
n.
A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber.
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spannishing
n.
The full blooming of a flower.
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seditious
a.
Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens.
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shake

obs. p. p. of Shake.
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steepdown
a.
Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.
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shillyshally
v.i.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
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slopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slop
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schmelze
n.
A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
+
shet
imp.
of Shet
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scene
n.
The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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skate
n.
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
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sharpen
a.
To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
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sphenethmoidal
a.
Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
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stalemate
v.t.
To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
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sigillarid
n.
One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.
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slunk
p.p.
of Slink
+
scream
v.i.
To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
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suspect
v.t.
To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
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scrutiny
n.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
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shirk
n.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
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stallman
n.
One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books.
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smellfeast
n.
One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
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subordination
n.
The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
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saturation
n.
The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
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scripture
n.
Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
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slacken
v.t.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
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steer
v.i.
To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
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screw
n.
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.
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samphire
n.
A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
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slipperness
n.
Slipperiness.
+
samshu
n.
A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
+
superinstitution
n.
One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another.
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scoop
n.
A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
+
sheriffship
n.
Alt. of Sheriffwick
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still
adv.
Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
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senior
a.
More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.
+
subordinate
n.
One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
+
stupidity
n.
Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction.
+
skinched
imp.|p.p.
of Skinch
+
snakehead
n.
The turtlehead.
+
surmounter
n.
One who, or that which, surmounts.
+
shearing
n.
Same as Shearling.
+
stomatic
a.
Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.
+
shamefast
a.
Modest; shamefaced.
+
sound
v.t.
To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
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swift
v.i.
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
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still
v.
A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.
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sententiary
n.
One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine.
+
sensible
a.
Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.
+
seapen
n.
A pennatula.
+
stabbed
imp.|p.p.
of Stab
+
stage
n.
An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
+
subbreed
n.
A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
+
sacramental
a.
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.
+
shet
v.t.|i.
To shut.
+
salient
v.i.
Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
+
scarf
v.t.
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
+
studbook
n.
A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
+
superfineness
n.
The state of being superfine.
+
schistaceous
a.
Of a slate color.
+
skip
v.i.
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
+
spherulite
n.
A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
+
supersede
v.t.
To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
+
stomatode
n.
One of the Stomatoda.
+
shallot
n.
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
+
staff
n.
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
+
stream
v.i.
To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
+
sabulosity
n.
The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
+
storied
imp.|p.p.
of Story
+
sylva
n.
Same as Silva.
+
smutch
v.t.
To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.
+
screed
n.
A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.
+
shortcircuiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Short-circuit
+
slaughterhouse
n.
A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
+
stream
v.t.
To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
+
shilling
n.
A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.
+
scotchman
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.
+
spasm
v.t.
An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
+
shabrack
n.
The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
+
subscapulary
a.
Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.
+
sonorous
a.
Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
+
swithe
adv.
Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
+
sightsmen
pl.
of Sightsman
+
saccharin
n.
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).
+
sagger
n.
The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
+
syenite
n.
A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
+
sicken
v.i.
To become weak; to decay; to languish.
+
shily
adv.
See Shyly.
+
screech
n.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
+
strobiline
a.
Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.
+
sangreal
n.
See Holy Grail, under Grail.
+
serve
v.t.
To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
+
seal
n.
An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
+
stooping

a. & n. from Stoop.
+
silvery
a.
Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
+
sumpter
n.
An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.
+
stretcher
n.
One who, or that which, stretches.
+
solarization
n.
Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
+
sheepcot
n.
Alt. of Sheepcote
+
spink
n.
The chaffinch.
+
stormed
imp.|p.p.
of Storm
+
shield
n.
The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.  Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
+
syngenesis
n.
A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.
+
skit
v.t.
To cast reflections on; to asperse.
+
sconce
p.p.
A squinch.
+
slandering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slander
+
shopmaid
n.
A shopgirl.
+
skunk
v.t.
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
+
starch
v.t.
To stiffen with starch.
+
subglobular
a.
Nearly globular.
+
symphonic
a.
Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition.
+
sepsin
n.
A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
+
speckled
a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
+
silverberry
n.
A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
+
sauries
pl.
of Saury
+
sheeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sheet
+
suffer
v.i.
To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
+
stuprate
v.t.
To ravish; to debauch.
+
sensualness
n.
Sensuality; fleshliness.
+
shrewd
superl.
Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
+
saut
n.
Alt. of Saute
+
squeaker
n.
The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.
+
stipe
n.
The stalk of a pistil.
+
sensual
a.
Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.
+
sauter
n.
Psalter.
+
shathmont
n.
A shaftment.
+
subministration
n.
The act of subministering.
+
see
v.t.
To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
+
selenhydric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.
+
sconce
p.p.
A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
+
skippet
n.
A small round box for keeping records.
+
slanting
a.
Oblique; sloping.
+
shell
n.
The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
+
scleroma
n.
Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.
+
shirked
imp.|p.p.
of Shirk
+
sagittal
a.
Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
+
superior
a.
More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
+
scald
v.t.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
+
subdivision
n.
A part of a thing made by subdividing.
+
sousing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Souse
+
supposititious
a.
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.
+
strip
v.t.
To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
+
speaking
a.
Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.
+
slangwhanger
n.
One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
+
strobile
n.
An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
+
shaggy
n.
Rough; rugged; jaggy.
+
sort
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
+
scoop
n.
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
+
sea lavender

See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
+
salite
n.
A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color.
+
smellfeast
n.
A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.
+
swipe
n.
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
+
saturnism
n.
Plumbism.
+
soss
n.
A heavy fall.
+
spader
n.
One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
+
sauvegarde
n.
The monitor.
+
syzygy
n.
The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
+
sesquialter
a.
Sesquialteral.
+
souffle
n.
A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
+
subobscurely
adv.
Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
+
statute
a.
An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.
+
slider
a.
See Slidder.
+
strain
a.
To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
+
strategy
n.
The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.
+
sublation
n.
The act of taking or carrying away; removal.
+
sciaenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.
+
seke
a.
Sick.
+
strategist
n.
One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
+
saturation
n.
The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
+
silicofluoride
n.
A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.
+
slide
n.
That which operates by sliding.
+
supravaginal
a.
Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
+
spoke

of Speak
+
sea corn

A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.
+
stereometric
a.
Alt. of Stereometrical
+
stale
v.t.
Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
+
septuagesimal
a.
Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.
+
soft
adv.
Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
+
sequacious
a.
Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.
+
slogan
n.
The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.
+
subclavian
a.
Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.
+
sternomastoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.
+
skate
v.i.
To move on skates.
+
stomach
v.t.
To bear without repugnance; to brook.
+
signaturist
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
+
smerk
n.|v.
See Smirk.
+
swamp
n.
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
+
strike
n.
The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
+
shadowed
imp.|p.p.
of Shadow
+
scrupled
imp.|p.p.
of Scruple
+
scaphoid
a.
Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
+
scratch
n.
A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
+
stomatous
a.
Having a stoma.
+
snowball
v.i.
To throw snowballs.
+
seventeen
a.
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
+
smegma
n.
The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.
+
saturn
n.
The metal lead.
+
snore
v.i.
To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
+
squat
v.t.
To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
+
stacket
n.
A stockade.
+
saltpetre
n.
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.
+
sledge
v.i.|t.
To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
+
stealing
n.
The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
+
smelting

a. & n. from Smelt.
+
strain
a.
To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it.
+
sundryman
n.
One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.
+
scoptical
a.
Jesting; jeering; scoffing.
+
straitening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Straiten
+
simper
v.i.
To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
+
storyteller
n.
A euphemism or child's word for
+
shape
n.
A model; a pattern; a mold.
+
saw
v.t.
Dictate; command; decree.
+
syllabicate
v.t.
To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
+
subjectmatter
n.
The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
+
stoop
n.
The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
+
snick
n.
A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
+
smothery
a.
Tending to smother; stifling.
+
side
v.i.
To lean on one side.
+
saw
v.t.
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
+
savants
pl.
of Savant
+
simmered
imp.|p.p.
of Simmer
+
spineback
n.
A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
+
sprightly
superl.
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
+
salve
n.
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
+
scarified
imp.|p.p.
of Scarify
+
stock
n.
The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
+
splenical
a.
Splenic.
+
shell
n.
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
+
sixth
a.
First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
+
shillalah
n.
Alt. of Shillelah
+
sip
v.i.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
+
staw
v.i.
To be fixed or set; to stay.
+
sororicide
n.
The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister.
+
spaniard
n.
A native or inhabitant of Spain.
+
supernumerary
a.
Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
+
shuffle
v.i.
To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.
+
startling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Startle
+
selfconsistency
n.
The quality or state of being self-consistent.
+
salaam
n.
Same as Salam.
+
summons
v.
A demand to surrender.
+
storage
n.
The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
+
snowbroth
n.
Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
+
singleness
n.
The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
+
studiedly
adv.
In a studied manner.
+
spunge
n.
A sponge.
+
swell
n.
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
+
stell
v.t.
A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing.
+
stick
v.t.
A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
+
scene
n.
The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
+
shelty
n.
A Shetland pony.
+
somonaunce
n.
Alt. of Somonce
+
skip
n.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
+
showerless
a.
Rainless; freo from showers.
+
slang

of Sling
+
stitch
v.i.
A furrow.
+
scant
n.
Scantness; scarcity.
+
snap
n.
To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
+
swanherd
n.
One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.
+
sodic
a.
Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.
+
saddler
n.
One who makes saddles.
+
synomocy
n.
Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.
+
speckled
imp.|p.p.
of Speckle
+
sesamoid
a.
Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
+
simian
n.
Any Old World monkey or ape.
+
slowed
imp.|p.p.
of Slow
+
simple
a.
Homogenous.
+
sinus
n.
A depression between adjoining lobes.
+
scirrhosity
n.
A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous.
+
sea hen

the common guillemot; -- applied also to various other sea birds.
+
submenta
pl.
of Submentum
+
silva
n.
The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
+
startled
imp.|p.p.
of Startle
+
seaear
n.
Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.
+
swoopstake
n.
See Sweepstake.
+
symphonic
a.
Symphonious.
+
stem
n.
A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
+
spring
v.i.
An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.
+
shoar
n.
A prop. See 3d Shore.
+
sappare
n.
Kyanite.
+
surrendry
n.
Surrender.
+
sea bass

A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
+
scape
n.
The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
+
stimulative
a.
Having the quality of stimulating.
+
sapan wood

A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
+
shelter
n.
The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
+
saying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Say
+
sense
v.t.
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
+
scolder
n.
The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
+
slough

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
+
supplied
imp.|p.p.
of Supply
+
shone
imp.|p.p.
of Shine
+
sling
v.t.
To throw; to hurl; to cast.
+
speed
n.
The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
+
succubous
a.
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.
+
sororize
v.i.
To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize.
+
selfadmiration
n.
Admiration of one's self.
+
saddle
v.t.
To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
+
stonedeaf
a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
+
statuesque
a.
Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.
+
sign
n.
To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
+
stringendo
a.
Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.
+
slip
n.
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
+
sonification
n.
The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.
+
setiparous
a.
Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
+
swede
n.
A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
+
sacque
n.
Same as 2d Sack, 3.
+
sappho
n.
Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.
+
suasible
a.
Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
+
summary
a.
Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance.
+
skinniness
n.
Quality of being skinny.
+
sphericle
n.
A small sphere.
+
slidder
v.t.
Alt. of Sliddery
+
sternothyroid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
+
snail
n.
The pod of the sanil clover.
+
scissorstailed
a.
Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
+
somber
a.
Alt. of Sombre
+
shell
v.t.
To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
+
sabot
n.
A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.
+
suppository
n.
A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
+
sol
n.
A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.
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saving
a.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
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savage
a.
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
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stroke
v.t.
To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
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spark
n.
A lover; a gallant; a beau.
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sciatically
adv.
With, or by means of, sciatica.
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semipelagianism
n.
The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.
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soliped
n.
A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.
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submitted
imp.|p.p.
of Submit
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soune
v.t.|i.
To sound.
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salamandrina
n.
A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
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secureness
n.
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
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smashed
imp.|p.p.
of Smash
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sicamore
n.
See Sycamore.
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stingtail
n.
A sting ray.
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saddle
v.t.
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.
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snib
n.
A reprimand; a snub.
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sabianism
n.
The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.
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stocky
a.
Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.
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stour
n.
A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
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stinker
n.
One who, or that which, stinks.
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supplejack
n.
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.
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shag
v.t.
To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
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spinetail
n.
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.
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strut
v.t.
To hold apart.  Cf. Strut, n., 3.
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straddle
v.i.
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
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sich
a.
Such.
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shin
n.
A fish plate for rails.
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sennight
n.
The space of seven nights and days; a week.
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scrubby
superl.
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
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scalaria
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
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suppage
n.
What may be supped; pottage.
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slope
v.i.
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
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stretcher
n.
The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
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saprophagan
n.
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.
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sworn
p.p.
of Swear
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supinator
n.
A muscle which produces the motion of supination.
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subhastation
n.
A public sale or auction.
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scant
superl.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
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stole
n.
A stolon.
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sephen
n.
A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.
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sol
n.
The tone itself.
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secondary
a.
Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
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spun

imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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septum
n.
A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
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side
v.t.
To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
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sheet
v.t.
In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
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stumped
imp.|p.p.
of Stump
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steerage
n.
Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
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soothingly
adv.
In a soothing manner.
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studfish
n.
Any one of several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F. catenatus.
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stag
n.
The European wren.
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sheldrake
n.
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.
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stock
n.
Same as Stock account, below.
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shy
superl.
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
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skink
v.i.
To serve or draw liquor.
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swivel
a.
A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.
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swanimote
n.
See Swainmote.
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sensibleness
n.
Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
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selfcentring
a.
Centering in one's self.
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sanation
n.
The act of healing or curing.
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shrubberies
pl.
of Shrubbery
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stunning
a.
Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry.
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struggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Struggle
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swear
v.t.
To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under oath.
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snypy
a.
Like a snipe.
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skutterudite
n.
A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.
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siege
n.
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
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selfrestraint
n.
Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
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symphony
n.
A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.
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spoil
v.t.
To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
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shuffle
v.i.
To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
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structurist
n.
One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor.
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serene
v.t.
To make serene.
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scaly
a.
Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.
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sismometer
n.
See Seismometer.
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septemvirate
n.
The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
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scyphae
pl.
of Scypha
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soft
superl.
Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
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scaleboard
n.
A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
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spoking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spoke
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seraphim
pl.
of Seraph
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scrabble
v.t.
To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
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strip
v.t.
To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
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shackle
n.
Stubble.
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sinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sin
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salt
n.
Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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season
v.t.
To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
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skew
adv.
To throw or hurl obliquely.
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speer
n.
A sphere.
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scandent
a.
Climbing.
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scalenohedron
n.
A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.
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strike
n.
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
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scalewinged
a.
Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
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selftorture
n.
The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
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stall
v.i.
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
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should
imp.
Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.
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shall
v.i.|auxiliary.
As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. "I shall go" implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, "Shall you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i. e., "Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall go".) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as "You say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or thinks, he shall go."  After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right.  Should is everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.
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sprinkle
v.i.
To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
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slamkin
n.
Alt. of Slammerkin
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syncytium
n.
The ectoderm of a sponge.
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squirarchy
n.
The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
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suadible
a.
Suasible.
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sounding
n.
Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.
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sunglasses
pl.
of Sunglass
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snail
n.
Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
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suffocate
v.t.
To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
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stope
v.t.
To excavate in the form of stopes.
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surly
a.
Arrogant; haughty.
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sinamine
n.
A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.
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surmounting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surmount
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surcrew
n.
Increase; addition; surplus.
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school
n.
A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.
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scalloper
n.
One who fishes for scallops.
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sky
v.t.
To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
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sea acorn

An acorn barnacle (Balanus).
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scribe
v.t.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
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stabling
n.
The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
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sophisticating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sophisticate
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synteresis
n.
Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.
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selfdestroyer
n.
One who destroys himself; a suicide.
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sacrilegist
n.
One guilty of sacrilege.
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store
v.t.
To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
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swab
n.
A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
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shelve
v.t.
To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
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sapodilla
n.
A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.
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sabbatarian
n.
A strict observer of the Sabbath.
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slaveholder
n.
One who holds slaves.
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stuckup
a.
Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant.
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seething
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seethe
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snowwhite
a.
White as snow; very white.
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siphonophoran
n.
One of the Siphonophora.
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scrupulous
a.
Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
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show
n.
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
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solitary
a.
Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
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swingel
n.
The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
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superregal
a.
More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king.
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speechless
a.
Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
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smack
v.i.
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
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scrid
n.
A screed; a shred; a fragment.
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sensual
a.
Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.
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seapoy
n.
See Sepoy.
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scaphopda
n.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.
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strut
n.
Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
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stateroom
n.
A magnificent room in a place or great house.
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sage
n.
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
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serpentinely
adv.
In a serpentine manner.
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sierra
n.
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
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sparteine
n.
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.
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seizin
n.
The thing possessed; property.
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small
superl.
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
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suji
n.
Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina.
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smoky
superl.
Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
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sized
a.
Adjusted according to size.
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standerby
n.
One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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square
n.
The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
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synarchy
n.
Joint rule or sovereignity.
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strikle
n.
See Strickle.
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sideling
a.
Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
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silver
a.
Bright; resplendent; white.
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supercharging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supercharge
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superfluitant
a.
Floating above or on the surface.
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statement
n.
That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
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segment
n.
One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.
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spinster
n.
A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
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scabbard
v.t.
To put in a scabbard.
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streak
v.t.
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
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scummed
imp.|p.p.
of Scum
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sombre
n.
Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
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superannuate
v.i.
To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.
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strifeful
a.
Contentious; discordant.
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spanner
n.
An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.
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stank
a.
Weak; worn out.
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savor
v.t.
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
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siccative
n.
That which promotes drying.
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surround
v.t.
To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
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synchronize
v.t.
To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.
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stipulas
pl.
of Stipula
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seaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seam
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scouring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scour
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spial
n.
A spy; a scout.
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subtilty
n.
Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
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steward
n.
In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
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staff
n.
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
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spittoon
n.
A spitbox; a cuspidor.
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several
a.
Separate; distinct; particular; single.
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shatter
n.
A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
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sotil
a.
Subtile.
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superpose
v.t.
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.
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swim
n.
A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
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strewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strew
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spragging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprag
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similitude
n.
The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.
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sympodia
pl.
of Sympodium
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stigmatization
n.
The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8.
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simper
n.
A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.
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sned
v.t.
To lop; to snathe.
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standpipe
n.
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.
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surrebound
v.i.
To give back echoes; to reecho.
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stamper
n.
One who stamps.
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slowwitted
a.
Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
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shanked
a.
Having a shank.
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set
v.t.
To value; to rate; -- with at.
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satisfy
v.i.
To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
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sybaritic
a.
Alt. of Sybaritical
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synallaxine
a.
Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.
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son
n.
Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.
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strike
v.t.
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
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sextonry
n.
Sextonship.
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sporidia
pl.
of Sporidium
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secret
a.
Separate; distinct.
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surquidry
n.
Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence.
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script
n.
Type made in imitation of handwriting.
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sardonian
a.
Sardonic.
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swelling
n.
A protuberance; a prominence
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start
v.i.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
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societarian
a.
Of or pertaining to society; social.
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stria
n.
A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
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spanker
n.
One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.
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synodal
a.
Synodical.
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symphonized
imp.|p.p.
of Symphonize
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shagbark
n.
A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
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sacrilegious
a.
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
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saraswati
n.
The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
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shortstop
n.
The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
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say
v.t.
To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
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set
v.t.
To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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soldierly
a.
Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.
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saki
n.
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
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sectionally
adv.
In a sectional manner.
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snob
n.
A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
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single
v.t.
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
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scaphism
n.
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
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sea poppy

The horn poppy. See under Horn.
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surmullet
a.
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.
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sustain
n.
One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
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slapdash
adv.
With a slap; all at once; slap.
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scenery
n.
Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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subindividual
n.
A division of that which is individual.
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scaphander
n.
The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
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staggeringly
adv.
In a staggering manner.
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saddlery
n.
The trade or employment of a saddler.
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sagely
adv.
In a sage manner; wisely.
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spattle
n.
A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter
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squirt
n.
A small, quick stream; a jet.
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surfeiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surfeit
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slab
n.
A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
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sea trout

The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
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spake

imp. of Speak.
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sargassum
n.
A genus of algae including the gulf weed.
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superfoetation
n.
Superfetation.
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scapiform
a.
Resembling a scape, or flower stem.
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signpost
n.
A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.
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spasticity
n.
A state of spasm.
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serrous
a.
Like the teeth off a saw; jagged.
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swashbuckler
n.
A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.
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stum
n.
Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must.
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spindleshaped
a.
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
+
straticulate
a.
Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.
+
stiffness
n.
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
+
speculating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speculate
+
shell
n.
A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
+
serenity
n.
Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.
+
scampish
a.
Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.
+
shelfy
a.
Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
+
shoal
n.
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
+
salicylic
a.
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.
+
subscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Subscribe
+
suffragist
n.
One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.
+
smoky
superl.
Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.
+
stolon
n.
An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.
+
shooter
n.
That which shoots.
+
sequoiene
n.
A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).
+
spiritous
a.
Ardent; active.
+
scribism
n.
The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.
+
spermatoa
pl.
of Spermatoon
+
sheepshearing
n.
A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
+
system
n.
The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
+
spermatocyte
n.
Same as Spermoblast.
+
subtilization
n.
The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.
+
snap
v.i.
To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
+
sole
n.
Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
+
syriasm
n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
+
sponson
n.
One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.
+
spray
n.
A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
+
seamanlike
a.
Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.
+
sponsion
n.
The act of becoming surety for another.
+
skipjack
n.
An upstart.
+
spook
n.
The chimaera.
+
syllogistical
a.
Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.
+
stablish
v.t.
To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.
+
swig
n.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
+
sniffed
imp.|p.p.
of Sniff
+
shank
v.
The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
+
synteresis
n.
Prophylaxis.
+
serai
n.
A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.
+
stiff
superl.
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
+
secernent
n.
That which promotes secretion.
+
sadducizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sadducize
+
surmisable
a.
Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.
+
smut
v.i.
To give off smut; to crock.
+
sabian
n.
An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.
+
spitously
adv.
Spitefully.
+
settlement
n.
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
+
sowter
n.
See Souter.
+
sagas
pl.
of Saga
+
sensationalism
n.
The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
+
sorweful
a.
Sorrowful.
+
spagyric
a.
Alt. of Spagyrical
+
simple
a.
Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
+
seat
v.t.
To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
+
set
v.t.
To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
+
surrenderor
n.
One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.
+
stave
n.
One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
+
smittlish
a.
Infectious; catching.
+
skyed
a.
Surrounded by sky.
+
semisteel
n.
Puddled steel.
+
siluroid
n.
A siluroid fish.
+
sessileeyed
a.
Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
+
shuffle
v.t.
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
+
steerer
n.
One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
+
silvery
a.
Besprinkled or covered with silver.
+
strapper
n.
A person or thing of uncommon size.
+
staurolite
n.
A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
+
spiritousness
n.
Quality of being spiritous.
+
stereoelectric
a.
Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.
+
snakeroot
n.
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.
+
scauper
n.
A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving.
+
stated
a.
Settled; established; fixed.
+
sylphish
a.
Sylphlike.
+
spiranthy
n.
The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
+
stream
n.
A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
+
semibarbarism
n.
The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
+
sabaean
a.|n.
Same as Sabian.
+
symbolical
a.
Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
+
sour
superl.
Afflictive; painful.
+
shetting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shet
+
sabled
imp.|p.p.
of Sable
+
stove
v.t.
To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
+
squeaker
n.
One who, or that which, squeaks.
+
similitude
n.
That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
+
superb
a.
Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
+
siphon
n.
A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
+
superstitious
a.
Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
+
spiculispongiae
n.pl.
A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.
+
split
v.t.
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
+
sycones
n.pl.
A division of calcareous sponges.
+
sanguine
n.
Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
+
stippled
imp.|p.p.
of Stipple
+
siderographical
a.
Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
+
stunted
a.
Dwarfed.
+
sneezewood
n.
The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.
+
skeleton
n.
The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
+
solemnly
adv.
In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.
+
shrug
v.i.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
+
sweet
adv.
Sweetly.
+
subtilism
n.
The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.
+
stamina
n.pl.
The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
+
swapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swap
+
suwarrow
n.
The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona.  Called also saguaro.
+
slur
n.
A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.
+
spatangoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea.
+
scathing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scath
+
strontian
n.
Strontia.
+
snook
v.i.
To lurk; to lie in ambush.
+
springer
n.
The grampus.
+
scapula
n.
One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
+
shying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shy
+
seizure
n.
Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
+
stagnancy
n.
State of being stagnant.
+
suspensory
n.
That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss
+
sagittate
a.
Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.
+
shifting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shift
+
sceptered
imp.|p.p.
of Sceptre
+
secret
v.t.
To keep secret.
+
savor
n.
To use the sense of taste.
+
sea coot

A scoter duck.
+
seriocomic
a.
Alt. of Serio-comical
+
stannic
a.
Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.
+
sblood
interj.
An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.
+
selfcommune
n.
Self-communion.
+
sateen
n.
A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.
+
sparkler
n.
One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
+
scaturient
a.
Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
+
smacked
imp.|p.p.
of Smack
+
stellar
a.
Alt. of Stellary
+
sprinkle
v.i.
To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
+
sovereign
a.
Princely; royal.
+
spellable
a.
Capable of being spelt.
+
serfdom
n.
The state or condition of a serf.
+
sea bear

Any fur seal. See under Fur.
+
sea boy

A boy employed on shipboard.
+
sarculation
n.
A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.
+
siderite
n.
Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
+
subjected
a.
Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.
+
smith
n.
One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
+
shunter
n.
A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
+
sarcoptid
n.
Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.
+
succorable
a.
Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
+
safe
n.
A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
+
seam
n.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
+
sublevation
n.
The act of raising on high; elevation.
+
slate
v.t.
An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
+
sea foam

Foam of sea water.
+
swim
v.t.
To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
+
sea horse

The walrus.
+
spike
n.
A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
+
spot
n.
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
+
swam

imp. of Swim.
+
supinity
n.
Supineness.
+
stew
v.t.
A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
+
saulie
n.
A hired mourner at a funeral.
+
suspense
a.
The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
+
squeamish
a.
Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties.
+
sacrifice
n.
To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
+
seepage
n.
Alt. of Sipage
+
stuffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stuff
+
sulphocyanide
n.
See Sulphocyanate.
+
shaftment
n.
A measure of about six inches.
+
sally
v.
A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
+
suspensory
n.
a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
+
shank
v.
The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
+
storify
v.t.
To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
+
shistose

See Shist, Schistose.
+
slent
n.|v.
See Slant.
+
stoicism
n.
A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
+
swizzle
n.
Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally.
+
spectrum
n.
A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.
+
stick
v.i.
To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
+
sulk
v.i.
To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate.
+
synchronology
n.
Contemporaneous chronology.
+
sentiment
a.
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.
+
southwestwardly
adv.
Toward the southwest.
+
stiltbird
n.
See Stilt, n., 3.
+
suppurate
v.t.
To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
+
sacrifice
n.
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.
+
sept
n.
A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.
+
suborn
v.t.
To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
+
sauce
v.t.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.
+
suffragating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffragate
+
silent
n.
That which is silent; a time of silence.
+
spate
n.
A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
+
sank

of Sink
+
symbol
n.
A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
+
sunsetting
n.
The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.
+
spotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spot
+
serve
v.t.
To be suitor to; to profess love to.
+
spawl
v.i.|t.
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
+
source
n.
The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
+
superannuation
n.
The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.
+
solenodon
n.
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.
+
satellite
n.
A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar.
+
sad
supperl.
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
+
scurf
n.
Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.
+
solid
a.
Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
+
steeler
n.
Same as Stealer.
+
stretcher
n.
A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
+
slimsy
a.
Flimsy; frail.
+
swietenia
n.
A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.
+
sap
v.t.
To pierce with saps.
+
scrupulous
a.
Given to making objections; captious.
+
sash
n.
A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
+
stylops
n.
A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.
+
schemas
pl.
of Schema
+
shade
v.t.
To mark with gradations of light or color.
+
skerries
pl.
of Skerry
+
sonorous
a.
Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
+
superserviceable
a.
Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.
+
sperable
n.
See Sperable.
+
safety
n.
The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
+
suspection
n.
Suspicion.
+
selfconcern
n.
Concern for one's self.
+
strepsipter
n.
Alt. of Strepsipteran
+
soliloquized
imp.|p.p.
of Soliloquize
+
sulphauric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts.
+
suppliance
n.
That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
+
split
imp.|p.p.
of Split
+
splint
v.t.
To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
+
siskin
n.
A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.
+
stook
v.t.
To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.
+
shittah tree
n.
A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
+
spot
n.
A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
+
saluter
n.
One who salutes.
+
soft
superl.
Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
+
sinewed
a.
Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.
+
splenius
n.
A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
+
scopulae
pl.
of Scopula
+
skysail
n.
The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.
+
sumatran
n.
A native of Sumatra.
+
strike
v.t.
To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
+
snorer
n.
One who snores.
+
strained
a.
Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
+
sharebeam
n.
The part of the plow to which the share is attached.
+
sequestrator
n.
One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits.
+
seamless
a.
Without a seam.
+
streighten
v.t.
See Straiten.
+
sea drake

The pewit gull.
+
sensible
a.
Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
+
speed
n.
To be expedient.
+
springbok
n.
Alt. of Springbuck
+
stupeous
a.
Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.
+
swankie
n.
Alt. of Swanky
+
scintillation
n.
A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.
+
square
a.
Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
+
staynil
n.
The European starling.
+
swim
n.
The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
+
smothered
imp.|p.p.
of Smother
+
shrill
v.i.
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
+
scalebeam
n.
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
+
sprent

p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
+
sphragistics
n.
The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
+
schistous
a.
Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
+
saccharimetry
n.
The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.
+
semicolon
n.
The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
+
schisma
n.
An interval equal to half a comma.
+
sourt
n.
A shoot; a bud.
+
supparasite
v.t.
To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.
+
saccate
a.
Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
+
swim
v.i.
To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
+
serang
n.
The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
+
skulking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skulk
+
scissile
a.
Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible.
+
separative
a.
Causing, or being to cause, separation.
+
semined
a.
Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds.
+
strychnos
n.
A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica.
+
stulp
n.
A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.
+
sauce
v.t.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
+
suppositor
n.
An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.
+
subjection
a.
The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.
+
schizopoda
n.pl.
A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
+
swain
n.
A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
+
sea
n.
One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
+
sabbatical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.
+
scorn
n.
An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
+
solemnizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solemnize
+
setee
n.
See 2d Settee.
+
spilt

imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.
+
saturate
v.t.
To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
+
sequacious
a.
Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.
+
steady
n.
Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
+
straddled
imp.|p.p.
of Straddle
+
scurviness
n.
The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
+
searcher
n.
An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
+
stamen
n.
A thread; especially, a warp thread.
+
suspend
n.
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
+
sieur
n.
Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
+
sylvan
n.
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
+
sackful
a.
Bent on plunder.
+
sphacelating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spacelate
+
sea pig

A dugong.
+
squibbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squib
+
syllogized
imp.|p.p.
of Syllogize
+
symmetry
n.
The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
+
sack
v.t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
+
sea bat

See Batfish (a).
+
salute
v.
A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
+
surrender
n.
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
+
scholiast
n.
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
+
sizer
n.
See Sizar.
+
slide
n.
An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
+
spadixes
pl.
of Spadix
+
strap
n.
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
+
sired
imp.|p.p.
of Sire
+
snipped
imp.|p.p.
of Snip
+
spurn
v.i.
To kick or toss up the heels.
+
scillitin
n.
A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances.
+
seave
n.
A rush.
+
significavit
n.
Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
+
sublobular
a.
Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver.
+
sphaeridia
pl.
of Sphaeridium
+
satyriasis
n.
Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.
+
spelunc
n.
A cavern; a cave.
+
swedish
a.
Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.
+
shy
a.
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
+
shadbird
n.
The common European sandpiper.
+
spew
n.
That which is vomited; vomit.
+
superplease
v.t.
To please exceedingly.
+
showy
a.
Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
+
sericite
n.
A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
+
stithy
n.
A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge.
+
soften
v.t.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
+
siphoniferous
a.
Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.
+
sermonize
v.i.
To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
+
spirit
n.
Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
+
sublime
v.t.
To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
+
spade
n.
An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.
+
swing
v.i.
To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.
+
stromeyerite
n.
A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.
+
storying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Story
+
spouter
n.
One who, or that which, spouts.
+
stratum
n.
A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
+
succeeding
n.
The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence.
+
sans
prep.
Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.
+
scythemen
pl.
of Scytheman
+
sail
n.
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
+
salvershaped
a.
Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.
+
scheik
n.
See Sheik.
+
sickly
superl.
Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
+
swimmeret
n.
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.
+
slumbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slumber
+
squamulae
pl.
of Squamula
+
stamp
v.i.
Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
+
squinch
n.
A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
+
slide
v.t.
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
+
stereotypery
n.
A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
+
subspherical
a.
Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.
+
saxifragaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.
+
stumble
v.t.
Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.
+
seizure
n.
That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
+
strew
v.t.
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
+
swamp
v.t.
To plunge or sink into a swamp.
+
silvae
pl.
of Silva
+
shy
superl.
Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
+
susurration
n.
A whispering; a soft murmur.
+
streaked
a.
Marked or variegated with stripes.
+
sizel
n.
Same as Scissel, 2.
+
spicule
n.
A minute, slender granule, or point.
+
sport
n.
Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
+
supposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suppose
+
shovelbill
n.
The shoveler.
+
slightly
adv.
Slightingly; negligently.
+
spinaceous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.
+
salmis
n.
A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.
+
seeming
a.
Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.
+
sagger
n.
A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
+
sabot
n.
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
+
sign
n.
A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
+
slot
n.
A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
+
spew
v.t.
To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
+
steam
n.
Any exhalation.
+
spare
n.
That which has not been used or expended.
+
sea pye

See 1st Sea pie.
+
sportsmanship
n.
The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.
+
shoebill
n.
A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
+
sophomoric
a.
Alt. of Sophomorical
+
sported
imp.|p.p.
of Sport
+
sextoness
n.
A female sexton; a sexton's wife.
+
station
n.
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
+
successless
a.
Having no success.
+
sample
n.
Example; pattern.
+
syllabize
v.t.
To syllabify.
+
seize
v.t.
To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
+
smug
a.
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
+
scouting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scout
+
sainted
a.
Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.
+
scribble
v.i.
To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
+
shaker
n.
A variety of pigeon.
+
shellwork
n.
Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.
+
sharp
superl.
High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
+
sick
v.i.
To fall sick; to sicken.
+
sunstruck
a.
Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.
+
sterlet
n.
A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.
+
spile
n.
A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
+
swath
v.t.
A band or fillet; a swathe.
+
sleeked
imp.|p.p.
of Sleek
+
splice
v.t.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
+
swinebread
n.
The truffle.
+
sicken
v.i.
To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.
+
syllabify
v.t.
To form or divide into syllables.
+
sandalwood
n.
The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
+
susters
pl.
of Sustre
+
sandwich
n.
Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.
+
spelled
imp.|p.p.
of Spell
+
sipped
imp.|p.p.
of Sip
+
stockwork
n.
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.
+
scriptural
a.
Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.
+
shortclothes
n.
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
+
spurred
a.
Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
+
shoder
n.
A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
+
sonnetist
n.
A sonneter, or sonneteer.
+
sable
n.
The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
+
specified
imp.|p.p.
of Specify
+
subtle
superl.
Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
+
sipunculoid
a.
Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.
+
salutatory
n.
A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
+
sweet
superl.
Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
+
superimpose
v.t.
To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.
+
sectarianize
v.t.
To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.
+
sabaeanism
n.
Same as Sabianism.
+
spit
n.
To eject; to throw out; to belch.
+
men
pl.
of Signalman
+
screwing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Screw
+
soliciting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solicit
+
smut
v.t.
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
+
sempstressy
n.
Seamstressy.
+
subserviency
n.
The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
+
salve
v.t.
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
+
set
a.
Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
+
spiration
n.
The act of breathing.
+
slaughtered
imp.|p.p.
of Slaughter
+
siver
v.i.
To simmer.
+
solstice
v.i.
The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
snapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snap
+
shaken
a.
Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.
+
shaft
n.
A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
+
saute
n.
An assault.
+
straw
n.
Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
+
satinwood
n.
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.
+
salsola
n.
A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
+
ship
v.t.
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
+
standard
n.
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
+
sharpen
a.
To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
+
sculptural
a.
Of or pertaining to sculpture.
+
scalawag
n.
A scamp; a scapegrace.
+
savagism
n.
The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
+
sculptor
n.
One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
+
show
n.
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
+
stoccade
n.|v.
See Stockade.
+
scamble
v.i.
To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
+
sewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sew
+
service
n.
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
+
slide
n.
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
+
sympathies
pl.
of Sympathy
+
scholastic
a.
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
+
sithens
adv.|conj.
Since. See Sith, and Sithen.
+
stilbene
n.
A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
+
same
v.i.
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
+
succedaneous
a.
Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.
+
so
adv.
In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.
+
seld
a.
Rare; uncommon; unusual.
+
spritsail
n.
A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
+
septentrionality
n.
Northerliness.
+
spencer
n.
A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
+
segment
n.
A segment gear.
+
selfdegradation
n.
The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.
+
strew
v.t.
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
+
security
n.
Freedom from risk; safety.
+
sign
n.
Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
+
sanctities
pl.
of Sanctity
+
sport
v.t.
To represent by any knd of play.
+
split
v.i.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
+
shoeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shoe
+
sow
v.t.
To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
+
saying
n.
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
+
stinger
n.
One who, or that which, stings.
+
show
v.i.
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
+
sortilegy
n.
Sortilege.
+
such
a.
Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
+
scuffle
n.
A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
+
steerage
n.
Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
+
subtlety
n.
Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
+
steatomatous
a.
Of the nature of steatoma.
+
stone
n.
To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
+
snuff
n.
The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
+
shadow
n.
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
+
sclerodermic

Alt. of Sclerodermous
+
stale
v.i.
A prostitute.
+
subconical
a.
Slightly conical.
+
sad
supperl.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
+
stichometry
n.
Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
+
shale
v.t.
To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
+
stele
n.
Same as Stela.
+
swim
v.t.
To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
+
speculative
a.
Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious.
+
straddling
a.
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
+
scourge
n.
To harass or afflict severely.
+
specialty
n.
A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
+
society
n.
The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
+
spadicose
a.
Spadiceous.
+
selfevident
a.
Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.
+
semiweekly
a.
Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip.
+
scarp
n.
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
+
sorry
a.
Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.
+
straggle
n.
The act of straggling.
+
sexed
a.
Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.
+
stayedness
n.
Staidness.
+
swartback
n.
The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.
+
sankha
n.
A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.
+
scaled
imp.|p.p.
of Scale
+
stegnosis
n.
Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.
+
stereotypist
n.
A stereotyper.
+
surmising

a. & n. from Surmise, v.
+
salvation
n.
Saving power; that which saves.
+
sphacelation
n.
The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
+
seaware
n.
Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.
+
subtilty
n.
The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.
+
secular
n.
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
+
speir
v.i.
To ask. See Spere.
+
sciential
a.
Pertaining to, or producing, science.
+
sound
v.i.
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
+
stridulatory
a.
Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.
+
supercarbonate
n.
A bicarbonate.
+
springer
n.
The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer.
+
scoff
v.t.
To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
+
slur
v.t.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
+
storming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Storm
+
squander
v.i.
To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
+
shonde
n.
Harm; disgrace; shame.
+
semicubium
n.
Alt. of Semicupium
+
systemize
v.t.
To reduce to system; to systematize.
+
square
n.
To form with four sides and four right angles.
+
spatiate
v.t.
To rove; to ramble.
+
solder
n.
A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.
+
suckering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sucker
+
shiner
n.
Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
+
schizocoele
n.
See Enterocoele.
+
seaboard
adv.
Toward the sea.
+
snap
v.t.
A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
+
seal
n.
That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
+
salivating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salivate
+
stramash
v.t.
To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
+
stratagem
n.
An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.
+
spauld
n.
The shoulder.
+
so
interj.
Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
+
scheme
v.t.
To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
+
sinaitic
a.
Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.
+
solving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solve
+
spermatozoon
n.
Same as Spermatozoid.
+
snod
a.
Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.
+
saan
n.pl.
Same as Bushmen.
+
stem
v.t.
To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
+
sculpin
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
+
specked
imp.|p.p.
of Speck
+
skrim
n.
Scum; refuse.
+
suspend
n.
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
+
saturated
a.
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.
+
singularity
n.
Anything singular, rare, or curious.
+
selfimparting
a.
Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will.
+
sting
v.t.
To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
+
scapewheel
n.
The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
+
sachel
n.
A small bag.
+
supraclavicular
a.
Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.
+
scomfit
n.|v.
Discomfit.
+
sheetfuls
pl.
of Sheetful
+
scomm
n.
A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
+
syringocoele
n.
The central canal of the spinal cord.
+
sick
n.
Sickness.
+
soonly
adv.
Soon.
+
sporogenesis
n.
reproduction by spores.
+
shampooing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shampoo
+
stout
superl.
Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
+
swash
n.
A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
+
skirr
v.t.
To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
+
soldanrie
n.
The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan.
+
succinamic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.
+
scream
n.
A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
+
selfcentred
a.
Centered in itself, or in one's self.
+
sawed
p.p.
of Saw
+
subriguous
a.
Watered or wet beneath; well-watered.
+
sublingual
a.
Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia.
+
segment
n.
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.
+
softheaded
a.
Weak in intellect.
+
sorb
n.
The fruit of these trees.
+
subjicible
a.
Capable of being subjected.
+
symptomatical
a.
Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
+
sweat
v.i.
A short run by a race horse in exercise.
+
stramony
n.
Stramonium.
+
stern
v.t.
The hinder part of anything.
+
sinless
a.
Free from sin.
+
so
adv.
Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?
+
swarm
n.
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
+
squaller
n.
One who squalls; a screamer.
+
spelicans
n.pl.
See Spilikin.
+
spot
n.
The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
+
sandish
a.
Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
+
sike
n.
A sigh.
+
septic
a.
Of the seventh degree or order.
+
serve
v.i.
To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.
+
sign
v.i.
To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
+
swallow
n.
As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
+
salt
v.i.
To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
+
sioux
n.sing.|pl.
See Dakotas.
+
stool
v.i.
To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
+
soapsuds
n.pl.
Suds made with soap.
+
sulpharsenate
n.
A salt of sulpharsenic acid.
+
suffusion
n.
The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.
+
stanch
v.t.
To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
+
sturdy
superl.
Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
+
snifting

a. & n. from Snift.
+
stalemate
n.
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.
+
spleened
a.
Deprived of the spleen.
+
squint
v.t.
To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
+
seminoles
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration.
+
scopulas
pl.
of Scopula
+
stegocephala
n.pl.
An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
+
succinyl
n.
A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.
+
siding
n.
Attaching one's self to a party.
+
sublimate
v.t.
To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
+
staves
pl.
of Staff
+
sleeky
a.
Fawning and deceitful; sly.
+
stimulant
a.
Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.
+
scapholunar
n.
The scapholunar bone.
+
swimming
a.
Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
+
suspensor
n.
A suspensory.
+
splendorous
a.
Splendid.
+
scorching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scorch
+
soporous
a.
Causing sleep; sleepy.
+
scrutinize
v.i.
To make scrutiny.
+
scorch
v.t.
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
+
slunk

imp. & p. p. of Slink.
+
sought
imp.|p.p.
of Seek
+
snakestone
n.
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
+
severalize
v.t.
To distinguish.
+
submaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.
+
start
v.t.
To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
+
shut
n.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
+
shuttle
n.
A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
+
sectile
a.
Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.
+
sharp
adv.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
+
sitting
a.
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
+
self
n.
Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
+
stewartry
n.
An overseer or superintendent.
+
souir
v.t.
To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.
+
septaemia
n.
Septicaemia.
+
sextodecimo
a.
Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
+
spring
v.i.
A youth; a springal.
+
scraping
n.
Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
+
sulphuring
n.
Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
+
superstructure
n.
all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
+
subconjunctival
a.
Situated under the conjunctiva.
+
slouch
v.i.
To droop, as the head.
+
semitone
n.
Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
+
sad
supperl.
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
+
swamp
v.i.
To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
+
strengthing
n.
A stronghold.
+
scrub
v.i.
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
+
settlement
n.
Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.
+
stultify
v.t.
To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
+
sweetener
n.
One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.
+
stubbiness
n.
The state of being stubby.
+
sheaf
n.
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
+
shadowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shadow
+
snarling

a. & n. from Snarl, v.
+
scour
n.
Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
+
skeletonizer
n.
Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.
+
sneerer
n.
One who sneers.
+
skiffling
n.
Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
+
subterraneal
a.
Subterranean.
+
seynt
n.
A gridle. See 1st Seint.
+
skinked
imp.|p.p.
of Skink
+
sensitivity
n.
The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
+
silvering
n.
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.
+
spiciform
a.
Spike-shaped.
+
single
a.
Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
+
suctorious
a.
Suctorial.
+
sea bug

A chiton.
+
subnormal
n.
That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
+
sanguine
n.
Bloodstone.
+
spelling
a.
Of or pertaining to spelling.
+
shiver
v.t.
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
+
southwestward
adv.
Alt. of Southwestwardly
+
stub
n.
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
+
shrive
v.t.
To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
+
soothsayer
n.
A mantis.
+
saline
n.
A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
+
salep
n.
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.
+
supervisive
a.
Supervisory.
+
senna
n.
The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
+
selfinterested
a.
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
+
sarcode
n.
A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
+
scolecite
n.
A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.
+
skeletonize
v.t.
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.
+
supperless
a.
Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.
+
subsidize
v.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.
+
spoonily
adv.
In a spoony manner.
+
starching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Starch
+
shoppy
a.
Abounding with shops.
+
surtout
n.
A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.
+
shopen

p. p. of Shape.
+
seljukian
a.
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.
+
suscitate
v.t.
To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
+
stanched
imp.|p.p.
of Stanch
+
seme
a.
Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.
+
spendthrift
a.
Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
+
sidebone
n.
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.
+
sputation
n.
The act of spitting; expectoration.
+
sergeant
n.
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.
+
scissorsbill
n.
See Skimmer.
+
sole
a.
Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
+
skeet
n.
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
+
sweetwood
n.
The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.)
+
scratchbrush
n.
A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
+
subtepid
a.
Slightly tepid.
+
selfsufficient
a.
Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.
+
sporid
n.
A sporidium.
+
scambler
n.
1. One who scambles.
+
sea woodcock

The bar-tailed godwit.
+
street
a.
Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.
+
siege
n.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
+
superterrene
a.
Being above ground, or above the earth.
+
stockish
a.
Like a stock; stupid; blockish.
+
shader
n.
One who, or that which, shades.
+
sprawling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprawl
+
slender
superl.
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
+
spiritualist
a.
Spiritualistic.
+
statute
a.
An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
+
sticked
imp.
Stuck.
+
spiracle
n.
Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
+
saw
n.
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
+
scena
n.
An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
+
surquedrous
a.
Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.
+
standstill
n.
A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
+
scotsman
n.
See Scotchman.
+
selfsufficing
a.
Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient.
+
subside
v.i.
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
+
stink
v.t.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
+
sicklebill
n.
A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
+
scug
v.i.
To hide.
+
stupose
a.
Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.
+
stump
n.
The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
+
swordbill
n.
A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
+
syle
n.
A young herring (Clupea harengus).
+
shelled
imp.|p.p.
of Shell
+
siciliano
n.
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.
+
surrender
v.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.
+
shave

obs. p. p. of Shave.
+
slick
a.
Sleek; smooth.
+
sympathy
n.
An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.
+
sapsago
n.
A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.
+
suffer
v.t.
To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
+
squinancy
n.
A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
+
superior
a.
Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
+
stibious
a.
Antimonious.
+
snowbird
n.
Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
+
strife
n.
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
+
swather
n.
A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.
+
step
v.i.
A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
+
stick
n.
To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
+
swinecote
n.
A hogsty.
+
sorbate
n.
A salt of sorbic acid.
+
sincere
superl.
Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.
+
sheep
n.sing.|pl.
Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
+
salad
n.
A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
+
spnsorial
a.
Pertaining to a sponsor.
+
shifty
a.
Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
+
smorsato
a.
Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
+
sennit
n.
Plaited straw or palm leaves for making hats.
+
slip
n.
Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
+
stallage
n.
Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.
+
stereotomy
n.
The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
+
scapeless
a.
Destitute of a scape.
+
scruze
v.t.
To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise.
+
syllabaria
pl.
of Syllabarium
+
sulkiness
n.
The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.
+
swarth
a.
Swart; swarthy.
+
stocky
a.
Headstrong.
+
sin
n.
An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.
+
swordfish
n.
The cutlass fish.
+
subapennine
a.
Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
+
smote
imp.
of Smite
+
sorghum
n.
A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
+
scalene
a.
Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.
+
spitvenom
n.
Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth.
+
sectionize
v.t.
To form into sections.
+
swaged
imp.|p.p.
of Swage
+
skiff
v.t.
To navigate in a skiff.
+
socketed
a.
Having a socket.
+
sao
n.
Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.
+
spurlingline
n.
The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
+
sulphovinic
a.
Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.
+
smilingly
adv.
In a smiling manner.
+
scrabbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrabble
+
sortition
n.
Selection or appointment by lot.
+
scummer
n.
An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
+
ria
pl.
of Sacrarium
+
subtenant
n.
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.
+
silencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Silence
+
scowlingly
adv.
In a scowling manner.
+
sever
v.t.
To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
+
stormful
a.
Abounding with storms.
+
scantling
a.
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
+
staggerbush
n.
An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.
+
scragged
a.
Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.
+
setwall
n.
A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).
+
strombite
n.
A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.
+
statistics
n.
The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
+
squamiform
a.
Having the shape of a scale.
+
shrink
n.
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
+
spit
n.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
+
selfaccused
a.
Accused by one's self or by one's conscience.
+
stiff
superl.
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
+
solary
a.
Solar.
+
surcharge
n.
An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
+
stamp
v.i.
To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
+
sprinkling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprinkle
+
snacket
n.
See Snecket.
+
seasick
a.
Affected with seasickness.
+
sided
a.
Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.
+
smart
v.i.
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
+
spring
v.i.
To grow; to prosper.
+
smash
n.
Hence, bankruptcy.
+
stroke
v.t.
A throb or beat, as of the heart.
+
scene
n.
The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
+
shallowly
adv.
In a shallow manner.
+
surrounding
n.
An encompassing.
+
skinner
n.
One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
+
servantry
n.
A body of servants; servants, collectively.
+
shroudlaid
a.
Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.
+
streaked
a.
Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
+
scrofula
n.
A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
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saveall
n.
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
+
shank
v.
Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
+
shammy
n.
The chamois.
+
spiny
a.
Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
+
single
a.
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
+
sinistral
a.
Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
+
solitaire
n.
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.
+
scrape
v.t.
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
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starblind
a.
Half blind.
+
sanguinity
n.
The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
+
scaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scape
+
stairhead
n.
The head or top of a staircase.
+
saibling
n.
A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.
+
scullery
n.
Hence, refuse; filth; offal.
+
subcarbureted
a.
United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion.
+
southerliness
n.
The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
+
spermathecae
pl.
of Spermatheca
+
sullage
n.
Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
+
strengthen
v.i.
To grow strong or stronger.
+
sulphostannate
n.
A salt of sulphostannic acid.
+
saleable
adv.
Alt. of Saleably
+
sag
n.
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
+
sorriness
n.
The quality or state of being sorry.
+
scale
v.t.
To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.
+
sugar
n.
Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
+
stage
n.
One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
+
sexagesima
n.
The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.
+
subgelatinous
a.
Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.
+
stop
v.t.
To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
+
squinzey
n.
See Quinsy.
+
screen
n.
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
+
span
v.t.
The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
+
saddleback
n.
The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.
+
solenostomi
n.pl.
A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
+
starnose
n.
A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.
+
spiritual
n.
A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
+
spary
a.
Sparing; parsimonious.
+
synosteosis
n.
Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.
+
surgent
a.
Rising; swelling, as a flood.
+
spellbound
a.
Bound by, or as by, a spell.
+
sea breach

A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
+
sponge
v.t.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
+
shrubbery
n.
A collection of shrubs.
+
syne
adv.
Late, -- as opposed to soon.
+
suspect
v.i.
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
+
syphilize
v.t.
To inoculate with syphilis.
+
settledness
n.
The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
+
smouch
n.
A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
+
syncope
n.
Same as Syncopation.
+
scraggy
superl.
Lean and rough; scragged.
+
shive
n.
A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
+
sightseeing
n.
The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
+
soldanel
n.
A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.
+
smack
n.
To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
+
spineted
a.
Slit; cleft.
+
spekboom
n.
The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants.
+
sepal
n.
A leaf or division of the calyx.
+
scobs
n.sing.|pl.
The dross of metals.
+
sleeve
n.
A narrow channel of water.
+
souther
n.
A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
+
single
v.i.
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
+
sociate
a.
Associated.
+
saddlebacked
a.
Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.
+
splay
a.
A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
+
steek
v.t.
Alt. of Steik
+
supportation
n.
Maintenance; support.
+
stealing
n.
That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
+
strapped
imp.|p.p.
of Strap
+
sothe
a.
Sooth.
+
speech
v.i.|t.
To make a speech; to harangue.
+
settler
n.
Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.
+
suppress
v.t.
To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
+
spheroidal
a.
Having the form of a spheroid.
+
saxicavas
pl.
of Saxicava
+
shagged
imp.|p.p.
of Shag
+
signaled  or signalled
imp.|p.p.
of Signal
+
secund
a.
Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk.
+
spilt

of Spill
+
sleaved
imp.|p.p.
of Sleave
+
subjectivity
n.
The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.
+
snooze
n.
A short sleep; a nap.
+
skunkweed
n.
Skunk cabbage.
+
sea rat

A pirate.
+
stitch
v.i.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
+
sewster
n.
A seamstress.
+
supersede
v.t.
To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.
+
spill
n.
A slender piece of anything.
+
southwester
n.
A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.
+
sponsion
n.
An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority.
+
slime
n.
Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
+
spice
v.t.
To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
+
sotilte
n.
Subtlety.
+
streamy
a.
Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.
+
stylet
n.
Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.
+
stickseed
n.
A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.
+
stock
v.t.
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
+
sluiceway
n.
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.
+
swooned
imp.|p.p.
of Swoon
+
straying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stray
+
shereef
n.
Alt. of Sherif
+
secondary
n.
A satellite.
+
setule
n.
A setula.
+
scrutiny
n.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
+
stylaster
n.
Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster.
+
swarthness
n.
Swarthiness.
+
selector
n.
One who selects.
+
surge
n.
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
+
stripping
n.
The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
+
suasory
a.
Tending to persuade; suasive.
+
salutiferous
a.
Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.
+
sequence
n.
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
+
systematical
a.
Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study.
+
screw
v.t.
Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
+
suturally
adv.
In a sutural manner.
+
scandic
a.
Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
+
stavesacre
n.
A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
+
saccoglossa
n.pl.
Same as Pellibranchiata.
+
selftaught
a.
Taught by one's own efforts.
+
somatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
+
stem
n.
That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
+
sped

imp. & p. p. of Speed.
+
sabred

of Sabre
+
sleeved
a.
Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.
+
storm
n.
A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
+
serenade
v.i.
To perform a serenade.
+
selfabuse
n.
The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
+
sea crow

The coot.
+
stay
v.i.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
+
shirk
v.t.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
+
seventeenth
a.
Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
sustain
v.t.
To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
+
sheal
n.
Same as Sheeling.
+
swift
adv.
Swiftly.
+
siege
v.t.
To besiege; to beset.
+
stylet
n.
A small poniard; a stiletto.
+
sleety
a.
Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.
+
swat

imp. of Sweat.
+
spire
n.
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
+
smelt

of Smell
+
sotto voce

Spoken low or in an undertone.
+
slapeface
n.
A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite.
+
starfinch
n.
The European redstart.
+
satiric
a.
Alt. of Satirical
+
sealer
n.
One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
+
salm
n.
Psalm.
+
scyllite
n.
A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.
+
store
v.t.
Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.
+
speak
v.t.
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
+
smeller
n.
One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.
+
shopkeeper
n.
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.
+
skeptic
a.
Alt. of Skeptical
+
safepledge
n.
A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.
+
spirituous
a.
Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
+
stuped
imp.|p.p.
of Stupe
+
serpulite
n.
A fossil serpula shell.
+
scrimped
imp.|p.p.
of Scrimp
+
scavenger
v.
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.
+
suroxide
n.
A peroxide.
+
secale
n.
A genus of cereal grasses including rye.
+
suspensive
a.
Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful.
+
syndactylic
a.
Syndactilous.
+
stylar
a.
See Stilar.
+
silesia
n.
A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
+
sent

imp. & p. p. of Send.
+
suited
imp.|p.p.
of Suit
+
scrimshaw
n.
A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
+
sink
v.t.
To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
+
stemmed
imp.|p.p.
of Stem
+
sucker
n.
The hagfish, or myxine.
+
sea lettuce

The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.
+
scantling
v.t.
A small quantity; a little bit; not much.
+
snicking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snick
+
sexton
n.
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
+
sea pad

The puffin.
+
snap
n.
To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
+
sea wood louse

A sea slater.
+
slander
v.t.
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
+
somite
n.
One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere.
+
sloth
v.i.
To be idle.
+
saddle
n.
A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
+
sweat
v.t.
To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.
+
socialist
a.
Alt. of Socialistic
+
sugarhouse
n.
A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
+
surfer
n.
The surf duck.
+
semiiannual
a.
Half-yearly.
+
soredia
pl.
of Soredium
+
sped
imp.|p.p.
of Speed
+
sleepy
n.
Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
+
sea dog

The common seal.
+
sculk

Alt. of Sculker
+
synizesis
n.
A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.
+
simulate
v.t.
To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.
+
sting
v.t.
Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
+
slang

imp. of Sling. Slung.
+
sea arrow

A squid of the genus Ommastrephes. See Squid.
+
saturnian
a.
Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.
+
soap
v.t.
To rub or wash over with soap.
+
scrobiculae
pl.
of Scrobicula
+
stageplay
n.
A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.
+
sevenfold
a.
Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
+
spile
v.t.
To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
+
soul
n.
The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
+
subterrany
n.
A subterranean place.
+
salacity
n.
Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
+
stable
v.i.
Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.
+
slaggy
a.
Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.
+
secure
v.t.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
+
scholiaze
v.i.
To write scholia.
+
scollop
n.|v.
See Scallop.
+
saic
n.
A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
+
sardachate
n.
A variety of agate containing sard.
+
surfeit
v.i.
To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.
+
squame
n.
The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
+
streaming
n.
The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
+
screwer
n.
One who, or that which, screws.
+
spicosity
n.
The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn.
+
smother
v.t.
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
+
savor
v.t.
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
+
slinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sling
+
sewin
n.
Same as Sewen.
+
sequestrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sequestrate
+
set
n.
That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
+
smooth
superl.
Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
+
socinianism
n.
The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.
+
stith
n.
An anvil; a stithy.
+
slay
v.t.
To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
+
swaying
n.
An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
+
scarped
imp.|p.p.
of Scarp
+
seawant
n.
The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
+
solarize
v.t.
To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
+
side
a.
Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
+
sley
v.t.
To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.
+
sundried
a.
Dried by the heat of the sun.
+
stealthily
adv.
In a stealthy manner.
+
superangelic
a.
Superior to the angels in nature or rank.
+
sot
n.
A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.
+
sconced
imp.|p.p.
of Sconce
+
smoke
n.
To suffer severely; to be punished.
+
smoothing
a.|n.
fr. Smooth, v.
+
shotted
a.
Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.
+
saily
a.
Like a sail.
+
solute
a.
Soluble; as, a solute salt.
+
suprahyoid
a.
Hyomental.
+
soutache
n.
A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.
+
spread

imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.
+
scummy
a.
Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.
+
semivitrified
a.
Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.
+
scorn
n.
An act or expression of extreme contempt.
+
scabbiness
n.
The quality or state of being scabby.
+
sorrel
n.
A yellowish or redish brown color.
+
stouthearted
a.
Having a brave heart; courageous.
+
scratching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scratch
+
smyrniot
a.
Of or pertaining to Smyrna.
+
sole
a.
Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
+
speak
v.t.
To address; to accost; to speak to.
+
shovelnose
n.
A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
+
soup
v.t.
To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.
+
spere
n.
A sphere.
+
swinish
a.
Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.
+
sward
v.t.|i.
To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
+
scumbling
n.
In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.
+
spondyl
n.
Alt. of Spondyle
+
suppress
v.t.
To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
+
strigate
a.
Having transverse bands of color.
+
squier
n.
A square. See 1st Squire.
+
sunblink
n.
A glimpse or flash of the sun.
+
saul
n.
Same as Sal, the tree.
+
siphonarid
n.
Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.
+
sigh
v.t.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
+
shave
v.t.
To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
+
screening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Screen
+
sleet
n.
Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
+
slutch
n.
Slush.
+
superannuate
v.t.
To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
+
slattern
v.t.
To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
+
sedged
a.
Made or composed of sedge.
+
sprechery
n.
Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation.
+
satanical
a.
Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.
+
shammed
imp.|p.p.
of Sham
+
smirch
v.t.
To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.
+
sight
v.i.
To take aim by a sight.
+
set
v.i.
To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
+
superplus
n.
Surplus.
+
subtile
a.
Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
+
serve
v.t.
Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.
+
steadied
imp.|p.p.
of Steady
+
swinesty
n.
A sty, or pen, for swine.
+
straightpight
a.
Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
+
stibborn
a.
Stubborn.
+
some
a.
About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence.
+
stridulation
n.
The noise itself.
+
sheepseye
n.
A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.
+
squalled
imp.|p.p.
of Squall
+
submissive
a.
Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
+
septuagint
n.
A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.
+
stick
v.t.
A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
+
stickit
a.
Stuck; spoiled in making.
+
syrian
a.
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.
+
shave
v.t.
A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
+
scry
v.t.
To descry.
+
spoilable
a.
Capable of being spoiled.
+
semicircle
n.
A semicircumference.
+
subbasal
a.
Near the base.
+
sacring

a. & n. from Sacre.
+
slid

of Slide
+
spin
v.t.
To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
+
sphygmoscope
n.
Same as Sphygmograph.
+
substance
n.
The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
+
seat
v.t.
To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
+
shabble
n.
A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
+
sclerema
n.
Induration of the cellular tissue.
+
searchless
a.
Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
+
siphilis
n.
Syphilis.
+
strengthening
a.
That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.
+
sleekly
adv.
In a sleek manner; smoothly.
+
spindle
n.
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
+
spliced
imp.|p.p.
of Splice
+
stre
n.
Straw.
+
shilfa
n.
The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
+
sit
v.t.
To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
+
selfadjusting
a.
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.
+
sike
n.
A sick person.
+
sentient
n.
One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
+
sludge
n.
Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.
+
sweet
v.t.
To sweeten.
+
sagacity
n.
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
+
snarl
n.
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
+
scuddle
v.i.
To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
+
scurf
n.
Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
+
smart
v.i.
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
+
squalidity
n.
The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
+
sugared
imp.|p.p.
of Sugar
+
saucealone
n.
Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
+
slung
imp.
of Sling
+
sentimentality
n.
The quality or state of being sentimental.
+
state
n.
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
+
somnambulic
a.
Somnambulistic.
+
sluice
n.
The stream flowing through a flood gate.
+
spell
n.
The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
+
sclavism
n.
Same as Slavism.
+
saltatorial
a.
Same as Saltatorious.
+
stibiated
a.
Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).
+
scrivener
n.
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
+
seeming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seem
+
suitor
n.
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
+
surtax
v.t.
To impose an additional tax on.
+
shearing
n.
The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
+
sociate
v.i.
To associate.
+
sarment
n.
A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.
+
sulphurbottom
n.
A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
+
shut
n.
A door or cover; a shutter.
+
spay
v.t.
The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
+
shebang
n.
A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
+
snout
n.
The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
+
spherobacteria
n.pl.
See the Note under Microbacteria.
+
skidded
imp.|p.p.
of Skid
+
spadassin
n.
A bravo; a bully; a duelist.
+
souse
n.
Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
+
specialties
pl.
of Specialty
+
sopor
n.
Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.
+
set
a.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
+
steening
n.
A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.
+
scumbling
n.
The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
+
sod
v.t.
To cover with sod; to turf.
+
supplace
v.t.
To replace.
+
solitariness
n.
Condition of being solitary.
+
swordtail
n.
The limulus.
+
sally
v.
An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
+
steerage
n.
The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.
+
swelter
v.i.
To welter; to soak.
+
sminthurid
n.
Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.
+
sprunt
n.
A steep ascent in a road.
+
scorpiones
pl.
of Scorpio
+
sexto
n.
A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.
+
strove

of Strive
+
strap
v.t.
To fasten or bind with a strap.
+
setting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Set
+
spiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spire
+
stub
v.t.
To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
+
selfapplying
a.
Applying to or by one's self.
+
skyish
a.
Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal.
+
stomodaeum
n.
The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
+
shroud
n.
To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
+
sprinkler
n.
An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.
+
stupify
v.t.
See Stupefy.
+
subtracting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subtract
+
steersmate
n.
One who steers; steersman.
+
snake
v.t.
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
+
syntomy
n.
Brevity; conciseness.
+
scooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scoop
+
sue
v.t.
To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
+
so
adv.
In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known.
+
squamulate
a.
Same as Squamulose.
+
saccholactic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
+
scalloped
a.
Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.
+
staid
a.
Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful.
+
squeezer
n.
A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural.
+
siredon
n.
The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
+
sawfish
n.
Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
+
sea gown

A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
+
simplification
n.
The act of simplifying.
+
smeath
n.
The smew.
+
sternebra
n.
One of the segments of the sternum.
+
school
n.
The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.
+
sondeli
n.
The musk shrew. See under Musk.
+
scutate
a.
Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
+
sea trout

A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.
+
shallowbodied
a.
Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
+
swerve
v.i.
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
+
submammary
a.
Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation.
+
sulphurwort
n.
The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
+
skelp
n.
A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
+
styphnic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
+
shaving
n.
That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.
+
scutcheon
n.
A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
+
semilunary
a.
Semilunar.
+
steep
v.t.
Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
+
sweep
v.i.
To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
+
sewe
v.i.
To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
+
scant
superl.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
+
shilling
n.
The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
+
stoop
n.
A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
+
shafting
n.
Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
+
swallow
n.
Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
+
stinking

a. & n. from Stink, v.
+
serenely
adv.
With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.
+
sunburning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sunburn
+
samovar
n.
A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
+
sickly
superl.
Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
+
scotomy
n.
Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
+
selfopinion
n.
Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.
+
stint
v.t.
To put an end to; to stop.
+
soften
v.t.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
+
sangfroid
n.
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.
+
slain
p.p.
of Slay
+
strumpet
n.
A prostitute; a harlot.
+
sumach
n.
The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
+
stock
n.
The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.
+
shoer
n.
One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.
+
stearic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.
+
stomach
n.
Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.
+
shepherd
v.t.
To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
+
siege
n.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
+
shrubless
a.
having no shrubs.
+
shiny
superl.
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
+
swallow
v.t.
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
+
sheathed
imp.|p.p.
of Sheathe
+
safe
superl.
Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
+
slipknot
n.
knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
+
slip
v.t.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
+
spatchcock
n.
See Spitchcock.
+
solemnization
n.
The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
+
sacrifice
n.
To destroy; to kill.
+
swarding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sward
+
scribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scribe
+
sward
n.
The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
+
symphyseotomy
n.
The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.
+
supple
a.
Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
+
synochus
n.
A continuous fever.
+
spend
v.t.
To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
+
stereotypic
a.
Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates.
+
sublimity
n.
That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
+
senatorian
a.
Senatorial.
+
submental
a.
Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.
+
stiffish
a.
Somewhat stiff.
+
shaft
n.
The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
+
stopgap
n.
That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
+
saucy
superl.
Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
+
sit
v.t.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
+
stagger
n.
To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
+
spatha
n.
A spathe.
+
swinger
n.
A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
+
secularist
n.
One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.
+
spend
v.i.
To break ground; to continue working.
+
shift
v.t.
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
+
skeel
n.
A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
+
set
n.
In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
+
sensorivolitional
a.
Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in sensation and volition.
+
spelt
v.t.|i.
To split; to break; to spalt.
+
settlement
n.
Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
+
suckered
imp.|p.p.
of Sucker
+
steeled
imp.|p.p.
of Steel
+
semipalmate
a.
Alt. of Semipalmated
+
slip
v.t.
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
+
step
v.i.
One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
+
spermato

Alt. of Spermo-
+
sot
n.
A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.
+
set
v.t.
To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
+
stigmatically
adv.
With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.
+
skittish
v.t.
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
+
solidarity
n.
An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
+
salad
n.
A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.
+
shrugged
imp.|p.p.
of Shrug
+
scapegallows
n.
One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
+
serpentinous
a.
Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.
+
slovenly
adv.
a slovenly manner.
+
semilunate
a.
Semilunar.
+
shaper
n.
One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.
+
sac
n.
The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
+
scarves
pl.
of Scarf
+
sweepsaw
n.
A bow-saw.
+
sack
n.
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.
+
semiflexed
a.
Half bent.
+
summerhouses
pl.
of Summerhouse
+
sate

imp. of Sit.
+
shuffle
v.i.
To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
+
shepherdia
n.
A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
+
solvend
n.
A substance to be dissolved.
+
stroke
v.t.
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
+
susceptibility
n.
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
+
sign
n.
To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.
+
skiffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skiff
+
scenographic
a.
Alt. of Scenographical
+
semiprecious
a.
Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.
+
sponsal
a.
Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.
+
sejein
v.t.
To separate.
+
souce
n.
See 1st Souse.
+
submuscular
a.
Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.
+
semitae
pl.
of Semita
+
siserara
n.
Alt. of Siserary
+
sloping
a.
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.
+
sleepiness
n.
The quality or state of being sleepy.
+
souce
v.t.|i.
See Souse.
+
surfeit
n.
Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
+
spleen
n.
A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
+
steeplecrowned
a.
Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.
+
subtraction
n.
The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
+
shirl
n.
See Schorl.
+
siphonobranchiate
a.
Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.
+
spadeful
n.
As much as a spade will hold or lift.
+
stonehorse
n.
Stallion.
+
shrug
v.t.
To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
+
scoundrel
n.
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.
+
stinkstone
n.
One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.
+
squib
a.
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
+
shade
n.
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
+
shriek
v.i.
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
+
stewardship
n.
The office of a steward.
+
succumbed
imp.|p.p.
of Succumb
+
scowl
v.t.
To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
+
sob
v.t.
To soak.
+
submarine
a.
Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
+
semolella
n.
See Semolina.
+
score
n.
The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.
+
saucebox
n.
A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.
+
snowless
a.
Destitute of snow.
+
stalworthhood
n.
Alt. of Stalworthness
+
sultanry
n.
The dominions of a sultan.
+
sprit
v.i.
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
+
scyllaea
n.
A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
+
salmagundi
n.
A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
+
springer
n.
One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.
+
stealth
v.t.
The act of stealing; theft.
+
stargaser
n.
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.
+
sea catfish

Alt. of Sea cat
+
sea cat

The wolf fish.
+
searcer
n.
One who sifts or bolts.
+
score
v.t.
To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
+
scission
n.
The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
+
shined

of Shine
+
strike
v.t.
To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
+
septupling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Septuple
+
sauroid
a.
Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
+
sphincter
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.
+
syllabicated
imp.|p.p.
of Syllabicate
+
sault
n.
A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.
+
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.
+
subsumption
n.
The act of subsuming, or of including under another.
+
sacculocochlear
a.
Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
+
spinetailed
a.
Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
+
sit
v.t.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
+
snap
n.
To project with a snap.
+
sprung
a.
Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.
+
scion
n.
Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.
+
syndrome
n.
A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
+
scambler
n.
A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
+
surprise
n.
A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
+
scotching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scotch
+
strontium
n.
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.
+
stamp
n.
The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
+
stare
n.
The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
+
subcontractor
n.
One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.
+
sanguinarily
adv.
In a sanguinary manner.
+
spright
n.
A kind of short arrow.
+
stratigraphical
a.
Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence.
+
stond
n.
Stop; halt; hindrance.
+
snag
n.
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
+
saveable
a.
See Savable.
+
scene
v.t.
To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
+
sail
n.
An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
+
scorpioidal
a.
Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.
+
savagely
adv.
In a savage manner.
+
sourt
n.
Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
+
shape
n.
To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
+
stereochemical
a.
Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.
+
subatom
n.
A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule.
+
strein
v.t.
To strain.
+
saccholic
a.
Saccholactic.
+
sniffing
n.
A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.
+
snubnosed
a.
Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.
+
spandogs
n.pl.
A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.
+
strait
superl.
Close; intimate; near; familiar.
+
smockless
a.
Wanting a smock.
+
soften
v.i.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
+
stack
a.
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
+
statutably
adv.
Conformably to statute.
+
subashdary
n.
Alt. of Subashship
+
secede
v.i.
To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.
+
spumescent
a.
Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
+
start
v.t.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
+
stoical
n.
Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.
+
shape
n.
A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
+
streak
v.t.
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
+
split
v.i.
To burst with laughter.
+
superadding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superadd
+
spoliatory
a.
Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
+
sleeky
a.
Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance.
+
settle
v.i.
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
+
solecist
n.
One who commits a solecism.
+
skive
n.
The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
+
spyboat
n.
A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
+
soaky
a.
Full of moisture; wet; soppy.
+
segnitude
n.
Alt. of Segnity
+
stock
n.
A race or variety in a species.
+
sockless
a.
Destitute of socks or shoes.
+
swallowed
imp.|p.p.
of Swallow
+
souffle
n.
A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.
+
selfcomplacency
n.
The quality of being self-complacent.
+
shagreened
a.
Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
+
scotoma
n.
Scotomy.
+
symptomatic
a.
Alt. of Symptomatical
+
stationer
a.
One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.
+
shadiness
n.
Quality or state of being shady.
+
sea grape

The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo).
+
spawl
n.
Scattered or ejected spittle.
+
skep
n.
A coarse round farm basket.
+
strength
n.
Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
+
shift
v.t.
To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
+
scentless
a.
Having no scent.
+
scoter
n.
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.
+
slice
v.t.
A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
+
sanguineous
a.
Blood-red; crimson.
+
sectary
n.
A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
+
strepsiptera
n.pl.
A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.
+
seneschal
n.
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.
+
sainted
a.
Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
+
sulphonium
n.
A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines.
+
stuping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stupe
+
seize
v.t.
To take possession of by force.
+
sheather
n.
One who sheathes.
+
stubborn
a.
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
+
sevenscore
n.|a.
Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.
+
seen
p.p.
of See
+
snowball
n.
A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
+
sweetmeat
n.
Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
+
switchmen
pl.
of Switchman
+
sigillum
n.
A seal.
+
shotten
n.
Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
+
startle
v.t.
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
+
substantival
a.
Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.
+
scotograph
n.
An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing.
+
splandrel
n.
See Spandrel.
+
seal
n.
That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.
+
squamata
n.pl.
A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
+
subdivine
a.
Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
+
stonedead
a.
As dead as a stone.
+
sinuosities
pl.
of Sinuosity
+
stayer
n.
One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.
+
scorse
v.i.
To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.
+
strike
v.t.
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
+
savoriness
n.
The quality of being savory.
+
sophism
n.
The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
+
seal
v.t.
Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
+
strumstrum
n.
A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern.
+
squamula
n.
One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
+
semihistorical
a.
Half or party historical.
+
supratrochlear
a.
Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
+
shiver
n.
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.
+
secretary
n.
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.
+
sulphonal
n.
A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.
+
steen
v.t.
To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.
+
squitee
n.
The squeteague; -- called also squit.
+
slimy
superl.
Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
+
splashy
a.
Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
+
slip
n.
To err; to fall into error or fault.
+
sea ooze

Same as Sea mud.
+
shroudy
a.
Affording shelter.
+
sniffle
v.i.
To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.
+
simulated
imp.|p.p.
of Simulate
+
scarce
superl.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
+
slew
imp.
of Slay
+
subsisted
imp.|p.p.
of Subsist
+
slabber
v.t.
To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
+
saddlebacked
a.
Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.
+
sole
n.
The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
+
scarp
n.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
+
swill
n.
To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
+
settlement
n.
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
+
sentimentalize
v.t.
To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.
+
suit
n.
The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
+
sprat
n.
A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
+
ries
pl.
of Sacramentary
+
solidness
n.
Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.
+
stab
v.t.
To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
+
sinoper
n.
Sinople.
+
stint
v.t.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
+
sudden
a.
Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.
+
sackage
n.
The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack.
+
subsisting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subsist
+
sowl
v.t.
Alt. of Sowle
+
spired
a.
Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.
+
sadda
n.
A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.
+
schoolboy
n.
A boy belonging to, or attending, a school.
+
straight
superl.
Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
+
syndetical
a.
Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary.
+
surrejoin
v.i.
To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
+
seal
v.t.
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
+
scribatious
a.
Skillful in, or fond of, writing.
+
slept
imp.|p.p.
of Sleep
+
specular
a.
Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.
+
scalp
n.
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
+
sheer
v.i.
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
+
syngenesia
n.pl.
A Linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.
+
study
v.t.
To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
+
sporophore
n.
That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule.  Cf. Oophore.
+
spyglass
n.
A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
+
sethen
adv.|conj.
See Since.
+
supremacy
n.
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.
+
slender
superl.
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
+
soothing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soothe
+
scalping

a. & n. from Scalp.
+
stromboid
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus.
+
sheathy
a.
Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
+
sea monk

See Monk seal, under Monk.
+
seemed
imp.|p.p.
of Seem
+
sanguinary
a.
The yarrow.
+
sweet
n.
One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
+
swoon
v.i.
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
+
subtruding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subtrude
+
shillyshally
adv.
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
+
slight
superl.
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
+
syllabically
adv.
In a syllabic manner.
+
sharp
superl.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
+
stream
n.
A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
+
sheely
n.
Same as Sheelfa.
+
sabre
n.|v.
See Saber.
+
synallagmatic
a.
Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.
+
snapped
imp.|p.p.
of Snap
+
subworker
n.
A subordinate worker or helper.
+
sour
n.
A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
+
sea spider

Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider.
+
stabling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stable
+
swan
n.
Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
+
stum
n.
Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must.
+
sort
n.
A pair; a set; a suit.
+
strum
v.t.|i.
To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
+
stoved
imp.|p.p.
of Stove
+
stave
v.i.
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
+
solid
a.
Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
+
stroking
n.
The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
+
stunsail
n.
A contraction of Studding sail.
+
silicule
n.
A silicle.
+
squirming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squirm
+
stamped
imp.|p.p.
of Stamp
+
scoliosis
n.
A lateral curvature of the spine.
+
samaritan
a.
Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.
+
spaghetti
n.
A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
+
sheep
n.sing.|pl.
A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
+
spire
n.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
+
salability
n.
The quality or condition of being salable; salableness.
+
shikaree
n.
Alt. of Shikari
+
sexisyllable
n.
A word of six syllables.
+
salubrity
n.
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.
+
statable
a.
That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.
+
sea pike

The merluce.
+
spectioneer
n.
Same as Specsioneer.
+
speckledbill
n.
The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
+
stay
n.
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
+
solicitor
n.
One who solicits.
+
surrendering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surrender
+
superimposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superimpose
+
saponifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saponify
+
smalls
n.pl.
See Small, n., 2, 3.
+
sist
n.
A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
+
stauroscope
n.
An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
+
scandalized
imp.|p.p.
of Scandalize
+
smaragdine
a.
Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.
+
soundless
a.
Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.
+
simplist
n.
One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler.
+
sworder
n.
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
+
sicilian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Sicily.
+
sex
n.
The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
+
system
n.
Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
+
sour
v.t.
To make cold and unproductive, as soil.
+
squally
a.
Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
+
swift
n.
Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
+
sea room

Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground.
+
statuaries
pl.
of Statuary
+
spicule
n.
Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
+
sofis
pl.
of Sofi
+
scuttle
n.
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
+
sematology
n.
The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs.
+
shuddered
imp.|p.p.
of Shudder
+
symbological
a.
Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.
+
storytelling
n.
The act or practice of telling stories.
+
snub
n.
A knot; a protuberance; a song.
+
spectra
pl.
of Spectrum
+
sea milkwort

A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
+
suppliant
a.
Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
+
storywriter
n.
One who writes short stories, as for magazines.
+
selffertilized
a.
Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.
+
stave
n.
To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
+
swordshaped
a.
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
+
stand
v.i.
A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
+
stone
n.
To make like stone; to harden.
+
subtilty
n.
Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
+
shaver
n.
A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
+
stonebird
n.
The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.
+
super

A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
+
slut
n.
An untidy woman; a slattern.
+
spank
v.t.
To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
+
switchman
n.
One who tends a switch on a railway.
+
skindeep
a.
Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
+
symbologist
n.
One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.
+
soliform
a.
Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun.
+
superfluous
a.
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.
+
samiot
a.|n.
Samian.
+
sodden
v.t.
To soak; to make heavy with water.
+
sub
n.
A subordinate; a subaltern.
+
sanhita
n.
A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
+
stealthlike
a.
Stealthy; sly.
+
spring
v.i.
A race; lineage.
+
slotting
n.
The act or process of making slots, or mortises.
+
solution
n.
release; deliverance; discharge.
+
schoharie grit

The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
+
stopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stop
+
sentry
n.
Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
+
switch
v.t.
To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
+
smudge
v.t.
To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
+
supercharge
v.t.
To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.
+
sea unicorn

The narwhal.
+
submerging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Submerge
+
soiled
imp.|p.p.
of Soil
+
stannous
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.
+
succinurate
n.
A salt of succinuric acid.
+
supraethmoid
a.
Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
+
swarthy
v.t.
To make swarthy.
+
skar
a.
Alt. of Skare
+
subtreasurer
n.
The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
+
supersensible
a.
Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
+
sea swallow

See Cornish chough, under Chough.
+
suety
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.
+
slubberdegullion
n.
A mean, dirty wretch.
+
separation
n.
The operation of removing water from steam.
+
square
v.i.
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
+
salices
pl.
of Salix
+
swoop
n.
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
+
scabies
n.
The itch.
+
sultryly
adv.
In a sultry manner.
+
say
n.
Essay; trial; attempt.
+
siren
n.
An enticing, dangerous woman.
+
skipper
n.
A young, thoughtless person.
+
swoop
n.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
+
stoke
v.t.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
+
sesquialtera
n.
A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
+
shagebush
n.
A sackbut.
+
stammer
n.
Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
+
surfoot
a.
Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.
+
superscribe
v.t.
To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter.
+
scuttle
v.t.
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
+
subcontrary
n.
A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
+
substantive
a.
Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
+
scent
v.i.
To have a smell.
+
spondaical
a.
Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.
+
strip
v.t.
To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
+
spell
v.i.
To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
+
steak
v.t.
A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
+
scoria
n.
The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
+
season
v.t.
To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
+
stallmen
pl.
of Stallman
+
selfrepulsive
a.
Self-repelling.
+
serpentinize
v.t.
To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
+
sea raven

An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.
+
stedfastly
adv.
See Stead, Steadfast, etc.
+
steal
v.t.
To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
+
society
n.
Connection; participation; partnership.
+
size
n.
A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
+
slip
n.
A child's pinafore.
+
sentinel
v.t.
To watch over like a sentinel.
+
shallowhearted
a.
Incapable of deep feeling.
+
subarcuated
a.
Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
+
suspensory
a.
Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.
+
subordination
n.
The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
+
scamilli
pl.
of Scamillus
+
somniloquist
n.
One who talks in his sleep.
+
sift
v.t.
To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
+
supplant
n.
To trip up.
+
softhearted
a.
Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.
+
syllabic
a.
Alt. of Syllabical
+
supernaturalize
v.t.
To treat or regard as supernatural.
+
seyen

imp. pl. & p. p. of See.
+
sarcina
n.
A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
+
square
n.
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
+
stone
n.
A precious stone; a gem.
+
sacculi
pl.
of Sacculus
+
shout
n.
A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
+
subject
a.
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
+
suberone
n.
The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid.
+
sain
p.p.
Said.
+
submediant
n.
The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
+
shelllac
n.
Alt. of Shellac
+
snobbishness
n.
Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.
+
scooper
n.
One who, or that which, scoops.
+
socratical
a.
Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.
+
stumble
v.i.
To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner.
+
soling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sole
+
sicle
n.
A shekel.
+
stomach
v.t.
To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
+
sortilegious
a.
Pertaining to sortilege.
+
sea thongs

A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
+
stiletto
n.
A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
+
sherbet
n.
A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.
+
starchwort
n.
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
+
sodio

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sodium or one of its compounds.
+
swing
n.
Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
+
stark
v.t.
To stiffen.
+
sperm whale

A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
+
spank
v.i.
To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.
+
sapwood
n.
The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.
+
stop
v.t.
To make fast; to stopper.
+
sea snipe

The bellows fish.
+
socager
n.
A tennant by socage; a socman.
+
stockade
v.t.
An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
+
somatome
n.
See Somite.
+
smearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smear
+
season
v.t.
To imbue; to tinge or taint.
+
sockdolager
n.
That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
+
slipper
n.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
+
slice
v.t.
To cut into parts; to divide.
+
some

A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
+
subtracter
n.
The subtrahend.
+
songish
a.
Consisting of songs.
+
silhouette
v.t.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
+
sodium
n.
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na  (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.
+
soland
n.
A solan goose.
+
slump
n.
The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
+
sit
v.t.
To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally.
+
scale
v.t.
To scatter; to spread.
+
snub
n.
A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
+
stock
n.
A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.
+
sea whip

A gorgonian having a simple stem.
+
sancebell
n.
Alt. of Sancte bell
+
santer
v.i.
See Saunter.
+
syllabifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Syllabify
+
slicker
n.
That which makes smooth or sleek.
+
shotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shot
+
supplicant
a.
Entreating; asking submissively.
+
spoondrift
n.
Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.
+
shortwing
n.
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.
+
strip
v.t.
To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
+
snoozing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snooze
+
sanitary
a.
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.
+
saxon
n.
A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
+
sophomore
n.
One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman.
+
stalk
v.i.
To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
+
seron
n.
Alt. of Seroon
+
socket
n.
Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
+
shendful
a.
Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.
+
sulphuration
n.
The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
+
scout
n.
A projecting rock.
+
sulpician
n.
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.
+
sallow
n.
A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
+
shine
v.i.
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
+
sulphostannic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.
+
semidiatessaron
n.
An imperfect or diminished fourth.
+
substitute
n.
a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
+
supraorbitar
a.
Situated above the orbit of the eye.
+
sheathed
a.
Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
+
stroke
v.t.
To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
+
scarfskin
n.
See Epidermis.
+
selters water

A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid.
+
squat
a.
Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
+
secant
a.
A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
+
solicitude
n.
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.
+
sleep
v.t.
To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
+
see
v.t.
To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
+
sleightful
a.
Cunning; dexterous.
+
simblot
n.
The harness of a drawloom.
+
slot
n.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
+
sandglass
n.
An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
+
shampooed
imp.|p.p.
of Shampoo
+
shard
n.
A boundary; a division.
+
sever
v.i.
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
+
stonewort
n.
Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
+
seducement
n.
The act of seducing.
+
squiny
v.i.
To squint.
+
skid
n.
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
+
sutor
n.
A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).
+
salutary
a.
Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.
+
serrulate
a.
Alt. of Serrulated
+
scapulary
n.
The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
+
socmanry
n.
Tenure by socage.
+
speak
v.t.
To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
+
sabella
n.
A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
+
sincipital
a.
Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.
+
supervenient
a.
Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
+
sea salt

Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
+
secle
n.
A century.
+
serpulidan
n.
A serpula.
+
strictured
a.
Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
+
smokable
a.
Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
+
stenography
n.
The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.
+
setbolt
n.
A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
+
salvable
a.
Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
+
sisal grass

Alt. of Sisal hemp
+
sawtoothed
a.
Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
+
subvitalized
a.
Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.
+
starred
a.
Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.
+
sparlyre
n.
The calf of the leg.
+
snail
n.
A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
+
sea adder

The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.
+
shockdog
n.
See 7th Shock, 1.
+
sonneteer
n.
A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.
+
slash
v.i.
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
+
singlebreasted
a.
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
+
sea letter

The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
+
stimulative
n.
That which stimulates.
+
strike
v.i.
To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
+
soft
superl.
Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.
+
saucer
n.
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
+
shrew
a.
To beshrew; to curse.
+
situs
n.
The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.
+
stupefied
imp.|p.p.
of Stupefy
+
swear
v.i.
To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc.
+
sorosis
n.
A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.
+
scapegoat
n.
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
+
stolen
p.p.
of Steal
+
subinduce
v.t.
To insinuate; to offer indirectly.
+
substitute
n.
To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
+
synizesis
n.
An obliteration of the pupil of the eye.
+
stroy
v.i.
To destroy.
+
shopman
n.
A shopkeeper; a retailer.
+
shedding
n.
That which is shed, or cast off.
+
sluttery
n.
The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.
+
scantling
v.t.
A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
+
subjacent
a.
Lying under or below.
+
sugar
n.
By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
+
spout
v.t.
To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch.
+
sponge
n.
Any spongelike substance.
+
standing
a.
Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
+
seclude
v.t.
To shut or keep out; to exclude.
+
solemnize
v.t.
To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.
+
satellite
a.
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.
+
scone
n.
A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.
+
sittine
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
+
stretcher
n.
A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
+
sorel
n.
A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.
+
strut
v.t.
To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
+
secrecy
n.
Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
+
skylarking
n.
The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.
+
stound
n.
Hour; time; season.
+
sycophant
n.
An informer; a talebearer.
+
sciatheric
a.
Alt. of Sciatherical
+
sad
supperl.
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
+
swiller
n.
One who swills.
+
skeed
n.
See Skid.
+
subterfuge
n.
That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.
+
slip
n.
The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
+
stenograph
n.
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
+
strive
v.i.
To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
+
sequence
n.
Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
+
spectacular
a.
Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.
+
stannel
n.
The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.
+
sky
n.
The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.
+
simitar
n.
See Scimiter.
+
sacrament
v.t.
To bind by an oath.
+
sorance
n.
Soreness.
+
silicify
v.t.
To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.
+
succise
a.
Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.
+
signature
v.t.
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.
+
swordfish
n.
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.
+
slight
v.t.
To throw heedlessly.
+
serpula
n.
Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
+
sitting
n.
The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
+
sonometer
n.
An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
+
selvedge
n.
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
+
saxifraga
n.
A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
+
strangles
n.
A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
+
shoot
n.
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
+
shoggle
v.t.
To joggle.
+
sea cow

The walrus.
+
sesterce
n.
A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
+
smithcraft
n.
The art or occupation of a smith; smithing.
+
servileness
n.
Quality of being servile; servility.
+
secretness
n.
The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed.
+
strain
n.
The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
+
seam
n.
A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
+
stroke
v.t.
Appetite.
+
skull
n.
The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
+
smoulder
v.i.
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
+
side
n.
The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
+
spiraea
n.
A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
+
sectarian
n.
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.
+
semolina
n.
The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.
+
semitransept
n.
The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
+
stomatoda
n.pl.
A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.
+
stoic
n.
Alt. of Stoical
+
specialization
n.
The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.
+
stupa
n.
See 1st Stupe.
+
suicidism
n.
The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering.
+
seven
n.
The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
+
stillness
n.
The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
+
shooter
n.
A shooting star.
+
section
n.
The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
+
stoechiology
n.
Alt. of Stoechiometry
+
serviceage
n.
Servitude.
+
seigniory
n.
The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
+
stratums
pl.
of Stratum
+
sharp
v.i.
To sing above the proper pitch.
+
scrag
n.
A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
+
somniatory
a.
Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.
+
square
a.
Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
+
stabbingly
adv.
By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.
+
soldiery
n.
A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.
+
scaled
a.
Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
+
syndesmography
n.
A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.
+
siphunculated
a.
Having a siphuncle.
+
start
n.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
+
schismatize
v.i.
To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
+
scammony
n.
An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.
+
soave
a.
Sweet.
+
spoon
n.
Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.
+
sew
v.t.
To follow; to pursue; to sue.
+
scalper
n.
A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
+
suspiral
n.
A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.
+
seor
n.
A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
+
shote
v.t.
A fish resembling the trout.
+
stabling
n.
A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.
+
stalker
n.
A kind of fishing net.
+
studios
pl.
of Studio
+
specify
v.t.
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
+
sculker

See Skulk, Skulker.
+
signboard
n.
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.
+
sarracenia
n.
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
+
serenading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Serenade
+
see
v.t.
To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
+
silkmen
pl.
of Silkman
+
stannofluoride
n.
Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.
+
suitor
n.
One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
+
stratification
n.
The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.
+
surcle
n.
A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
+
spadefoot
n.
Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.
+
striking

a. & n. from Strike, v.
+
sizing
n.
Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
+
square
n.
A pane of glass.
+
slug
n.
A ship that sails slowly.
+
sugary
a.
Fond of sugar or sweet things; as, a sugary palate.
+
stock
n.
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
+
spiculum
n.
Same as Spicule.
+
sign
v.i.
To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.
+
shackly
a.
Shaky; rickety.
+
shoulder
v.t.
To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
+
soulili
n.
A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.
+
sorbile
a.
Fit to be drunk or sipped.
+
situate
a.
Alt. of Situated
+
sourt
n.
A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
+
superscription
n.
The act of superscribing.
+
statued
a.
Adorned with statues.
+
semiconscious
a.
Half conscious; imperfectly conscious.
+
superpurgation
n.
Excessive purgation.
+
satiate
v.t.
To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.
+
senior
n.
An aged person; an older.
+
supportful
a.
Abounding with support.
+
siberian
a.
Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.
+
somnambulistic
a.
Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.
+
subtlety
n.
Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.
+
spur
v.i.
To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
+
servable
a.
Capable of being served.
+
slop
v.i.
To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
+
snag
n.
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
+
supralapsarianism
n.
The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.
+
swollen
a.
Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.
+
solitaire
n.
A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
+
surmen
pl.
of Surfman
+
shuffle
v.t.
To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.
+
siphuncular
a.
Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.
+
scull
n.
The common skua gull.
+
surrounding
a.
Inclosing; encircling.
+
seven
n.
A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
+
sheepback
n.
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
+
steely
a.
Made of steel; consisting of steel.
+
secant
a.
Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
+
strike
n.
An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
+
saturated
imp.|p.p.
of Saturate
+
snack
v.t.
A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.
+
strippet
n.
A small stream.
+
stay
n.
A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
+
stammering
n.
A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
+
sit
v.t.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
+
stylist
n.
One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.
+
sublimed
a.
Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified.
+
shingling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shingle
+
sway
n.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
+
swell
n.
Increase in height; elevation; rise.
+
surcharge
n.
The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
+
spar
n.
An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc.  It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.
+
sarcocolla
n.
A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.
+
stigmatized
imp.|p.p.
of Stigmatize
+
strong
superl.
Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
+
spriggy
a.
Full of sprigs or small branches.
+
streen
n.
See Strene.
+
submerge
v.i.
To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.
+
systyle
n.
A systyle temple or other edifice.
+
stour
a.
Tall; strong; stern.
+
sevennight
n.
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
+
superior
a.
Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
+
supple
v.t.
To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
+
superscribed
imp.|p.p.
of Superscribe
+
south
n.
The wind from the south.
+
saveloy
n.
A kind of dried sausage.
+
sauropoda
n.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.
+
semimonthly
n.
Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.
+
spoiled
imp.|p.p.
of Spoil
+
spiller
n.
A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
+
scapegoat
n.
Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
+
septum
n.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
+
sway
n.
Rule; dominion; control.
+
swinge
n.
Power; sway; influence.
+
schwenkfelder
n.
Alt. of Schwenkfeldian
+
shopshift
n.
The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
+
stud
n.
An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
+
surcingle
n.
A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
+
semitangent
n.
The tangent of half an arc.
+
sagitta
n.
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
+
seductively
adv.
In a seductive manner.
+
socialistic
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.
+
sip
n.
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
+
sedulous
a.
Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.
+
seventieth
a.
Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
+
suprapubic
a.
Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.
+
ship
v.t.
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
+
sparing
a.
Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
+
scorpiodea
n.pl.
Same as Scorpiones.
+
sea froth

See Sea foam, 2.
+
sport
n.
Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.
+
signor
n.
Alt. of Signore
+
spectral
a.
Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.
+
sacci
pl.
of Saccus
+
supernumerary
n.
A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.
+
shock
n.
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
+
scutch
v.t.
To beat or whip; to drub.
+
slanderous
a.
Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
+
spiritous
a.
Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.
+
sconce
p.p.
A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
+
scatter
v.t.
Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
+
somniloquy
n.
A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.
+
scutcheon
n.
An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
+
seed
n.
The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
+
spirit
n.
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
+
shuffler
n.
One who shuffles.
+
sanitation
n.
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
+
soul
v.i.
To afford suitable sustenance.
+
staymaker
n.
One whose occupation is to make stays.
+
selfapplause
n.
Applause of one's self.
+
stuff
n.
To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
+
skipper
n.
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
+
suburbicary
a.
Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.
+
sinisterhanded
a.
Left-handed; hence, unlucky.
+
squander
v.t.
To scatter; to disperse.
+
spurway
n.
A bridle path.
+
scalade
n.
Alt. of Scalado
+
stage
v.t.
To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.
+
surge
v.i.
To slip along a windlass.
+
smoky
superl.
Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
+
selfaction
n.
Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.
+
spheral
a.
Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.
+
sequence
n.
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
+
simper
v.i.
To glimmer; to twinkle.
+
slush
n.
A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
+
starry
a.
Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
+
sphex
n.
Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphex and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp, under Sand.
+
sympodial
a.
Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.
+
setstitched
a.
Stitched according to a formal pattern.
+
scrip
n.
Paper fractional currency.
+
serve
v.t.
To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
+
salogen
n.
A halogen.
+
smut
v.t.
Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
+
sibbens
n.
A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.
+
shipboard
n.
A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.
+
succulently
adv.
In a succulent manner.
+
saccharate
n.
In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
+
steamer
n.
A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
+
stich
n.
A row, line, or rank of trees.
+
sobbing
n.
A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.
+
shieldbearer
n.
One who, or that which, carries a shield.
+
scall
a.
Scabby; scurfy.
+
stied
imp.|p.p.
of Sty
+
submerged
imp.|p.p.
of Submerge
+
swagbelly
n.
Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous.
+
sludge
n.
Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.
+
sign
n.
An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
+
stranger
v.t.
To estrange; to alienate.
+
stench
v.i.
An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
+
shoe
n.
A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
+
scald
n.
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
+
strong
superl.
Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
+
skin
v.t.
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
+
sorted
imp.|p.p.
of Sort
+
schottische
n.
A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise.
+
shuffle
v.i.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
+
sandstone
n.
A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
+
slaver
n.
A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
+
spruced
imp.|p.p.
of Spruce
+
surcharger
n.
One who surcharges.
+
strepsorhine
n.
One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
+
scribbler
n.
One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.
+
swallow
v.t.
To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
+
suture
n.
The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.
+
suppression
n.
Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
+
shearing
n.
The act or operation of reaping.
+
sea lily

A crinoid.
+
socinian
a.
Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.
+
spewer
n.
One who spews.
+
spurting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spurt
+
stratum
n.
A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
+
serjeant

Alt. of Serjeantcy
+
scotched
imp.|p.p.
of Scotch
+
smutted
imp.|p.p.
of Smut
+
sparkle
v.t.
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
+
sensing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sense
+
smelling
n.
The act of one who smells.
+
spiritoso
a.|adv.
Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.
+
silverling
n.
A small silver coin.
+
screamer
n.
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
+
stool
n.
A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
+
seer
n.
One who sees.
+
snowshoeing
n.
Traveling on snowshoes.
+
simplified
imp.|p.p.
of Simplify
+
splurge
v.i.
To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.
+
sparadrap
n.
A cerecloth.
+
spongy
a.
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
+
stare
v.i.
To stand out; to project; to bristle.
+
seerwood
n.
Dry wood.
+
sagathy
n.
A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.
+
segmental
a.
Of or pertaining to the segmental organs.
+
seesaw
n.
A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
+
son
n.
A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.
+
sadduceeism
n.
Alt. of Sadducism
+
serricated
a.
Covered with fine silky down.
+
stumble
v.i.
To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.
+
singularize
v.t.
To make singular or single; to distinguish.
+
smudged
imp.|p.p.
of Smudge
+
storier
n.
A relater of stories; an historian.
+
solfanaria
n.
A sulphur mine.
+
scintillate
v.i.
To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
+
sapphire
a.
Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
+
stop
n.
A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
+
swingebuckler
n.
A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
+
spondee
n.
A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
+
sorehon
n.
Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
+
supplicatory
a.
Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
+
scrub
n.
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
+
sheepshearing
n.
Act of shearing sheep.
+
slipped
imp.|p.p.
of Slip
+
sawwhet
n.
A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
+
silently
adv.
In a silent manner.
+
sely
a.
Silly.
+
suppletory
n.
That which is to supply what is wanted.
+
satellitious
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.
+
spondaical
a.
Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.
+
stereotype
v.t.
To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
+
sea horse

Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.
+
sandpit
n.
A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.
+
stirabout
n.
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.
+
sortment
n.
Assortiment.
+
standard
a.
Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
+
semicrystalline
a.
Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
+
scoop
n.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
+
saturant
n.
An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
+
segmented
a.
Divided into segments or joints; articulated.
+
shoemaker
n.
The runner, 12.
+
speed
n.
One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
+
spurgall
n.
A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
+
skyey
a.
Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky.
+
scapple
v.t.
To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
+
saccharomycetes
n.pl.
A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.
+
setiform
a.
Having the form or structure of setae.
+
skeleton
n.
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
+
shelf
v.i.
A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
+
subserve
v.t.
To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.
+
soil
n.
Land; country.
+
shrieval
a.
Of or pertaining to a sheriff.
+
succor
v.t.
To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.
+
solifidian
n.
One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian.
+
sail
n.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
+
slash
n.
A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
+
seal
v.t.
Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
+
soon
a.
Speedy; quick.
+
signature
v.t.
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.
+
starblowlines
n.pl.
The men in the starboard watch.
+
swarm
v.i.
To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
+
saundersblue
n.
A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper.
+
supplicate
v.t.
To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
+
squawk
n.
Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
+
symbolism
n.
The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
+
sartorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.
+
smooth
n.
The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
+
seedy
superl.
Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
+
schist
n.
Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
+
sooth
a.
Blandishment; cajolery.
+
scourer
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
+
sea crow

The chough.
+
spriteliness
a.
Alt. of Spritely
+
steady
n.
Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
+
scintillated
imp.|p.p.
of Scintillate
+
selfreliant
a.
Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
+
seagate
n.
Alt. of Sea-gait
+
saliniferous
a.
Same as Saliferous.
+
swingdevil
n.
The European swift.
+
sanious
a.
Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.
+
shuffling
v.
In a shuffling manner.
+
saltatorial
a.
Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
+
specification
n.
A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
+
seismography
n.
A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.
+
spatterdock
n.
The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
+
stercoraceous
a.
Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.
+
semiphlogisticated
a.
Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
+
scaleboard
n.
A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture, and the like.
+
sonorific
a.
Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body.
+
seismometry
n.
The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space.
+
sacchulmin
n.
An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.
+
sedan
n.
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
+
subvert
v.t.
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
+
serpent
n.
Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
+
sing
v.i.
To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
+
soberness
n.
The quality or state of being sober.
+
sandre
n.
A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare.
+
salient
v.i.
Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
+
sarcosin
n.
A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
+
secerned
imp.|p.p.
of Secern
+
slipper
n.
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
+
sea scurf

Any bryozoan which forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.
+
sect
n.
Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
+
sandaliform
a.
Shaped like a sandal or slipper.
+
scamell
n.
Alt. of Scammel
+
sarcolactic
a.
Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.
+
starring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Star
+
strike
n.
The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
+
sellanders
n.pl.
Alt. of Sellenders
+
sunrising
n.
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.
+
striate
a.
To mark with striaae.
+
spasmodic
a.
Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.
+
scaglia
n.
A reddish variety of limestone.
+
style
v.t.
Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
+
seared
a.
Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
+
shod
imp.|p.p.
f Shoe.
+
slacken
a.
To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
+
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.
+
shining
a.
Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
+
scholical
a.
Scholastic.
+
sole
v.t.
To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
+
stibnite
n.
A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
+
spheno

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.
+
stomachic
a.
Alt. of Stomachical
+
selachostomi
n.pl.
A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.
+
speckt
n.
A woodpecker. See Speight.
+
selah
n.
A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song.
+
soc
n.
The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
+
separation
n.
Divorce.
+
still
n.
A steep hill or ascent.
+
sidesman
n.
An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
+
sharp
superl.
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
+
springing
n.
Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.
+
stocking
n.
A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
+
simplifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Simplify
+
sidewalk
n.
A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
+
subsume
v.t.
To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.
+
stilet
n.
A stiletto.
+
scroll
n.
An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
+
stagirite
n.
A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.
+
syllogization
n.
A reasoning by syllogisms.
+
skaddle
n.
Hurt; damage.
+
sum
v.t.
To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
+
solarized
imp.|p.p.
of Solarize
+
strangle
v.t.
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
+
shut
a.
Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
+
subdolous
a.
Sly; crafty; cunning; artful.
+
selfimportant
a.
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
+
sacristan
n.
An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.
+
sebate
n.
A salt of sebacic acid.
+
syringed
imp.|p.p.
of Syringe
+
supersensuous
a.
Supersensible.
+
seleniferous
a.
Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
+
sublimities
pl.
of Sublimity
+
squad
n.
A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.
+
stoker
v.t.
One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
+
six
a.
One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
+
sea perch

The sea bass.
+
substantive
a.
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
+
stelled
a.
Firmly placed or fixed.
+
sarcorhamphi
n.pl.
A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
+
sorema
n.
A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.
+
skittledog
n.
The piked dogfish.
+
suffocated
imp.|p.p.
of Suffocate
+
sharp
superl.
Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
+
selenographic
a.
Alt. of Selenographical
+
satan
n.
The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.
+
sepsis
n.
The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.
+
serpentry
n.
A winding like a serpent's.
+
sew
v.t.
To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
+
super

A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition.  Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.
+
snip
n.
A small shred; a bit cut off.
+
suggest
v.t.
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
+
silver
v.t.
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
+
structureless
a.
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
+
seigniorize
v.t.
To lord it over.
+
sage
superl.
Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
+
smut
v.t.
Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
+
sea poker

The lyrie.
+
satyrical
a.
Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.
+
spine
n.
A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
+
sharp
superl.
Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
+
syllidian
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.
+
semblable
n.
Likeness; representation.
+
swell
v.i.
To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
+
surety
n.
Hence, a substitute; a hostage.
+
soothe
a.
To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
+
stroke
v.t.
The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
+
scud
n.
The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
+
shrink
v.i.
To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
+
sibilous
a.
Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
+
sputter
v.i.
To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
+
sportulary
a.
Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
+
solitaire
n.
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.
+
station
n.
State; rank; condition of life; social status.
+
serrulation
n.
The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw.
+
stagger
n.
To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
+
scourge
n.
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
+
spang
n.
A bound or spring.
+
stoniness
n.
The quality or state of being stony.
+
scowl
n.
Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
+
slope
v.i.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
+
staleness
n.
The quality or state of being stale.
+
sleigh
a.
Sly.
+
sometime
a.
Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
+
stalactite
n.
A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
+
suck
n.
That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
+
smirk
n.
A forced or affected smile; a simper.
+
sue
v.t.
To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
+
shrilly
adv.
In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
+
stipulation
n.
That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
+
sea crow

The skua.
+
soak
v.i.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
+
salmon
v.
Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
+
suscipiency
n.
Admission.
+
shakespearean
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.
+
shattery
a.
Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
+
stigmaria
n.
The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
+
sciagraph
n.
An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.
+
sludger
n.
A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.
+
spout
v.t.
That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.
+
slidder
v.t.
To slide with interruption.
+
swingle
v.t.
To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.
+
singularity
n.
The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.
+
strap
n.
A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
+
stethoscopical
a.
Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope.
+
semi crustaceous
a.
Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.
+
selfmurderer
n.
A suicide.
+
sound
superl.
Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
+
stigma
v.t.
One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
+
sea cob

The black-backed gull.
+
saccharizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saccharize
+
stalagmite
n.
A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
+
sprinkling
n.
The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
+
severe
superl.
Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
+
suspecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suspect
+
spindlelegs
n.
A spindleshanks.
+
suingly
adv.
In succession; afterwards.
+
siscowet
n.
A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.
+
shorthanded
a.
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
+
soporific
n.
A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
+
silique
n.
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.
+
stubbedness
n.
The quality or state of being stubbed.
+
subtility
n.
Subtilty.
+
spiny
a.
Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
+
shear
v.i.
To deviate. See Sheer.
+
staphyloplasty
n.
The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.
+
scribbet
n.
A painter's pencil.
+
spleen
n.
Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
+
scorified
imp.|p.p.
of Scorify
+
sprat
n.
A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.
+
sapotaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.
+
sortes
pl.
of Sors
+
sot
a.
Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull.
+
silver
v.i.
To acquire a silvery color.
+
stigmatose
a.
Same as Stigmatic.
+
symplectic
a.
Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.
+
sorrow
n.
The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
+
selfdepraved
a.
Corrupted or depraved by one's self.
+
sham
a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
+
seen

p. p. of See.
+
sabadilla
n.
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.
+
selfworship
n.
The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
+
scup
n.
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
+
sphere
n.
The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
+
subcoracoid
a.
Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.
+
synergism
n.
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.
+
semipenniform
a.
Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
+
spayed
imp.|p.p.
of Spay
+
sanded
imp.|p.p.
of Sand
+
succedaneum
n.
a remedy used as a substitute for another.
+
sing
v.t.
To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
+
shough
interj.
See Shoo.
+
siphonostomata
n.pl.
A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.
+
severities
pl.
of Severity
+
satin
n.
A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.
+
sloth
n.
Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
+
staffman
n.
A workman employed in silk throwing.
+
struthiones
n.pl.
In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae.
+
spagyrist
n.
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.
+
square
n.
To hold a quartile position respecting.
+
schismatical
a.
Same as Schismatic.
+
selvage
n.
Alt. of Selvedge
+
sermoning
n.
The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.
+
semiopal
n.
A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
+
snowballing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snowball
+
scalp
v.t.
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
+
shiite
n.
Alt. of Shiah
+
straightforward
adv.
In a straightforward manner.
+
sunbird
n.
Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines).
+
seirospore
n.
One of several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algae of the genus Callithamnion.
+
spotter
n.
One who spots.
+
sin
n.
To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.
+
sparer
n.
One who spares.
+
stole

imp. of Steal.
+
skepticism
n.
An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
+
shoot
v.i.
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
+
smut
v.t.
To taint with mildew, as grain.
+
sacrificant
n.
One who offers a sacrifice.
+
sifter
n.
One who, or that which, sifts.
+
stereostatic
a.
Geostatic.
+
strip
v.t.
To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.
+
synonyms
pl.
of Synonym
+
silkworm
n.
The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
+
slape
a.
Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
+
salting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salt
+
scud
v.i.
To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
+
sodality
n.
Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.
+
shred
n.
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
+
substituted
imp.|p.p.
of Substitute
+
synoptical
a.
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.
+
strutting

a. & n. from Strut, v.
+
subscription
n.
That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
+
snapdragon
n.
A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
+
sea cock

A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
+
silentious
a.
Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
+
seeker
n.
One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
+
stearrhea
n.
seborrhea.
+
sign
n.
That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.
+
shack
n.
A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
+
seisin
n.
See Seizin.
+
suffice
v.t.
To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
+
step
v.t.
To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
+
snaffle
n.
A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.
+
subvening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subvene
+
spitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spit
+
stereometer
n.
An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids.
+
safeness
n.
The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.
+
smee
n.
The smew.
+
stilettoed
imp.|p.p.
of Stiletto
+
sidewise
adv.
On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
+
seynd

p. p. of Senge, to singe.
+
selfmurder
a.
Suicide.
+
shroud
n.
To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
+
shaft
n.
The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
+
sabulous
a.
Sandy; gritty.
+
sunrising
n.
Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
+
sentisection
n.
Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection.
+
subterfluent
a.
Alt. of Subterfluous
+
splutterer
n.
One who splutters.
+
secretariat
n.
Alt. of Secretariate
+
subsist
v.i.
To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.
+
sameness
n.
The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.
+
slaughtermen
pl.
of Slaughterman
+
scate
n.
See Skate, for the foot.
+
sheer
n.
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
+
shattering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shatter
+
sterculiaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.
+
sphere
v.t.
To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
+
sempervivum
n.
A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
+
stuff
v.t.
A medicine or mixture; a potion.
+
spicy
superl.
Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
+
solemness
n.
Solemnness.
+
send
v.t.
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
+
supercharge
n.
A bearing charged upon another bearing.
+
stomach
n.
The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
+
soldiership
n.
Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.
+
shave
v.t.
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
+
slug
v.t.
To strike heavily.
+
settle
v.i.
To become calm; to cease from agitation.
+
selfreproaching
a.
Reproaching one's self.
+
spumous
a.
Alt. of Spumy
+
scaly
a.
Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.
+
shot
imp.|p.p.
of Shoot
+
scabbard plane

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.
+
selfrepugnant
a.
Self-contradictory; inconsistent.
+
santalum
n.
A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.
+
suscitated
imp.|p.p.
of Suscitate
+
supersensuous
a.
Excessively sensuous.
+
solemnity
n.
A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
+
splendor
n.
Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like.
+
sharpness
n.
The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
+
sepia
n.
A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
+
salometer
n.
See Salimeter.
+
spring
v.i.
To leap; to bound; to jump.
+
sponger
n.
One employed in gathering sponges.
+
smack
v.t.
To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.
+
semiopacous
a.
Semiopaque.
+
smicker
v.
Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
+
symar
n.
Alt. of Symarr
+
samare
n.
See Simar.
+
stroam
v.i.
To wander about idly and vacantly.
+
stirt
v.i.
Started; leaped.
+
soldierwood
n.
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
+
stade
n.
A landing place or wharf.
+
smart
v.i.
Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
+
swain
n.
A servant.
+
selfsuspended
a.
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.
+
spellful
a.
Abounding in spells, or charms.
+
so
conj.
Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.
+
smote

imp. (/ rare p. p.) of Smite.
+
slugworm
n.
Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.
+
speiss
n.
A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.
+
scypha
n.
See Scyphus, 2 (b).
+
stockfish
n.
Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.
+
serried
imp.|p.p.
of Serry
+
slang
n.
Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
+
spermatorrhea
n.
Alt. of Spermatorrhoea
+
shepherded
imp.|p.p.
of Shepherd
+
spirituous
a.
Lively; gay; vivid; airy.
+
swamped
imp.|p.p.
of Swamp
+
stateliness
n.
The quality or state of being stately.
+
santalaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.
+
sorb
n.
The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.
+
scurrit
n.
the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).
+
saltern
n.
A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
+
swimmer
n.
A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
+
sulphindigotic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.
+
sporophore
n.
A placenta.
+
shoemaker
n.
One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
+
spinal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.
+
secessionist
n.
One who upholds secession.
+
squirting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squirt
+
spout
v.i.
To issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery.
+
salpas
pl.
of Salpa
+
squitch grass

Quitch grass.
+
snaphance
n.
A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
+
spermidia
pl.
of Spermidium
+
sinusoid
n.
The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.
+
sign
n.
A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
+
simperer
n.
One who simpers.
+
sea pie

The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.
+
squanderer
n.
One who squanders.
+
shiel
n.
A sheeling.
+
startlish
a.
Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse.
+
selfpraise
n.
Praise of one's self.
+
sup
n.
A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
+
sow
n.
The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
+
sapindaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.
+
stroke
v.t.
A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
+
stomapoda
n.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.
+
subulate
a.
Alt. of Subulated
+
specialism
n.
Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.
+
sanative
a.
Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
+
schizomycetes
n.pl.
An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.
+
sacramental
a.
Bound by a sacrament.
+
selfimportance
n.
An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
+
seten

obs. imp. pl. of Sit. Sat.
+
sinker
n.
One who, or that which, sinks.
+
stroke
v.t.
To make smooth by rubbing.
+
spar
v.t.
Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.
+
shapeliness
n.
The quality or state of being shapely.
+
shrived
imp.
of Shrive
+
squirt
v.t.
To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
+
shanty
a.
Jaunty; showy.
+
sandal
n.
Same as Sendal.
+
sammier
n.
A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.
+
sole
n.
A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
+
sailfish
n.
The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)
+
somedeal
adv.
In some degree; somewhat.
+
staddle
v.t.
To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.
+
stream
n.
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
+
squamduck

The American eider duck.
+
speculate
v.i.
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.
+
sea devil

Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.
+
sickliness
n.
The quality or state of being sickly.
+
skink
n.
Drink; also, pottage.
+
sinner
n.
One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
+
servility
n.
The quality or state of being servile; servileness.
+
skiey
a.
See Skyey.
+
sicker
v.i.
To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
+
spalting knife

A knife used in splitting codfish.
+
school
n.
A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.
+
spare
v.i.
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
+
solfaed
imp.|p.p.
of Sol-fa
+
seat
v.t.
To fix; to set firm.
+
saltcellar
n.
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.
+
snowdrift
n.
A bank of drifted snow.
+
skewed
imp.|p.p.
of Skew
+
splenculus
n.
A lienculus.
+
squamae
pl.
of Squama
+
studious
a.
Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.
+
starspangled
a.
Spangled or studded with stars.
+
shovelnose
n.
The common sand shark. See under Snad.
+
semi

A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
+
spartan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
+
sceptred

of Sceptre
+
semiadherent
a.
Adherent part way.
+
sporocyst
n.
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.
+
skip
n.
A basket. See Skep.
+
stout
n.
A strong malt liquor; strong porter.
+
semiannually
adv.
Every half year.
+
sledge
n.
A sleigh.
+
soapfish
n.
Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.
+
silveriness
n.
The state of being silvery.
+
sapindus
n.
A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.
+
sutler
n.
A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
+
soiree
n.
An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.
+
sciolist
n.
One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
+
stayless
a.
Without stop or delay.
+
scuffling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scuffle
+
sleeper
n.
An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
+
sneeze
n.
A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
+
subconscious
a.
Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.
+
servitorship
n.
The office, rank, or condition of a servitor.
+
subsoil
v.t.
To turn up the subsoil of.
+
scolder
n.
The old squaw.
+
scandium
n.
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
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spanker
n.
A small coin.
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stealth
v.t.
The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.
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sea sandpiper

The purple sandpiper.
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spread
v.t.
To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
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sudra
n.
The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.
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scraper
n.
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.
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succentor
n.
A subchanter.
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square
n.
Hence, a pattern or rule.
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shovelnose
n.
A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
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screaked
imp.|p.p.
of Screak
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spadebone
n.
Shoulder blade.
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sicklewort
n.
A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.
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saving
a.
Preserving; rescuing.
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slitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slit
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sham
v.t.
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
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swift
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
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sea lion

Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.
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shending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shend
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stereo

A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.
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sharpwitted
a.
Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
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syriac
a.
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch.
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spell
n.
A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
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segmentation
n.
The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.
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stannum
n.
The technical name of tin. See Tin.
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salutation
n.
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.
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sharp
adv.
Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
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succinimide
n.
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
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specific
n.
A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
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sarmentose
a.
Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.
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stave
n.
To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
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stuffer
n.
One who, or that which, stuffs.
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sea orange

A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
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sonorous
a.
Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
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slight
v.t.
To overthrow; to demolish.
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scuffle
n.
Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
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sortable
a.
Suitable; befitting; proper.
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semidiurnal
a.
Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.
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sterhydraulic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle.
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strong
superl.
Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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suspensible
a.
Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
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suspensoria
pl.
of Suspensorium
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shingler
n.
One who shingles.
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suffer
v.i.
To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
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squamule
n.
Same as Squamula.
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short circuit

A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
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scantiness
n.
Quality or condition of being scanty.
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stupe
n.
A stupid person.
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suffusing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffuse
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splash
n.
A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
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sheet
v.t.
A broad expanse of water, or the like.
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sunder
v.t.
To expose to the sun and wind.
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something
adv.
In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.
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serfhood
n.
Alt. of Serfism
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supercretaceous
a.
Same as Supracretaceous.
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steep
v.t.
To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.
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statutable
a.
Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable measures.
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squire
v.t.
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.
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suzerain
n.
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
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surmise
n.
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
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serolin
n.
A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin.
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sea jelly

A medusa, or jellyfish.
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string
v.t.
To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
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sweat
v.t.
To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.
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soften
v.t.
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
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sink
v.i.
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
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spiritualization
n.
The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.
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savingness
n.
Tendency to promote salvation.
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strobilation
n.
The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
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superior
a.
Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
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some
a.
A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man.
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spill
v.t.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
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storm
v.i.
To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.
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snakewood
n.
An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
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stemple
n.
A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
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study
v.i.
Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
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slacken
a.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
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sentinel
n.
One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry.
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simplistic
a.
Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.
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swap
v.t.
To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
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sedge
n.
A flock of herons.
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substitute
n.
One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else
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supersession
n.
The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
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shoot
v.i.
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
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sinuose
a.
Sinuous.
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seminary
n.
A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
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snivel
v.i.
Mucus from the nose; snot.
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subconcave
a.
Slightly concave.
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serene
n.
Evening air; night chill.
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starry
a.
Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
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syncopist
n.
One who syncopates.
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soapwort
n.
A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.
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schesis
n.
A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
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shinney
n.
The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
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stubby
a.
Abounding with stubs.
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stock
n.
That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
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sprout
v.t.
To shoot into ramifications.
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sisel
n.
The suslik.
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so
adv.
It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.
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subdialect
n.
A subordinate dialect.
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straggle
v.t.
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
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suffrage
n.
A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
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semitonic
a.
Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
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sea heath

A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.
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sharp
superl.
Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
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scratch
v.i.
To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
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smack
v.i.
Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.
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statesgeneral
n.
In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
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skaldic
a.
See Scaldic.
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sleeper
n.
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
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settle
v.i.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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servantess
n.
A maidservant.
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saciety
n.
Satiety.
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skeleton
n.
A very thin or lean person.
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shaft
n.
A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
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selfishly
adv.
In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
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scapulary
a.
Same as Scapular, a.
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story
n.
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
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straggle
v.t.
To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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selch
n.
A seal.
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ster

A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster.
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sutra
n.
A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
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streamer
n.
A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.
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sick
superl.
Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
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scorch
v.i.
To burn or be burnt.
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squelch
v.t.
To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
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snaillike
adv.
In the manner of a snail; slowly.
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scale
n.
An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
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striker
n.
A wencher; a lewd man.
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symmetrician
n.
Same as Symmetrian.
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solifugae
n.pl.
A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.
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signatory
n.
A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.
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split
v.t.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
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smooth
v.i.
To flatter; to use blandishment.
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spur
v.t.
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
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snip
n.
A share; a snack.
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splurge
n.
A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
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strike
v.t.
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
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surmount
v.i.
To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.
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sightless
a.
Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
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squat
n.
A small vein of ore.
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sunnud
n.
A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift.
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saraband
n.
A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.
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semiring
n.
One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.
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suturated
a.
Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.
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snarled
imp.|p.p.
of Snarl
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spinule
n.
A minute spine.
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sulphocarbonate
n.
A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate.
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spiniferous
a.
Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
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slip
n.
An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
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splanchnopleure
n.
The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.
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signalment
n.
The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
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smicker
a.
To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.
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stir
v.t.
To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
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sanatory
a.
Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
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stanza
n.
An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
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sabian
a.
Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
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semite
n.
One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
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survived
imp.|p.p.
of Survive
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salian
a.
Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.
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stereotyped
a.
Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.
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swelve
v.t.
To swallow.
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sapiential
a.
Having or affording wisdom.
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snatch
n.
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
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seraphs
pl.
of Seraph
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supraaxillary
a.
Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous.
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selfpositing
a.
The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.
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strait
v.t.
To put to difficulties.
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skirt
n.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
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sculler
n.
One who sculls.
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scurrilous
a.
Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.
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stall
v.i.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
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smelt

imp. & p. p. of Smell.
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sore
n.
A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
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spring
v.i.
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out.
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styliferous
a.
Bearing one or more styles.
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scumbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scumble
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sordet
n.
A sordine.
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secretary
n.
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.
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speech
n.
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
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security
n.
Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.
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symphony
n.
An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.
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stay
v.i.
To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
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stanch
n.
A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
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sea robin

See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.
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stag
n.
A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
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sixtieth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
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storial
a.
Historical.
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slack
superl.
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
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speciosity
n.
That which is specious.
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sempiterne
a.
Sempiternal.
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scoke
n.
Poke (Phytolacca decandra).
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sevres blue

A very light blue.
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silk
n.
That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
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slater
n.
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
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sermonish
a.
Resembling a sermon.
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skieldrake
n.
The common European sheldrake.
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shouldered
imp.|p.p.
of Shoulder
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subministrate
v.t.
To supply; to afford; to subminister.
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subsidy
n.
A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
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sansculotte
n.
A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.
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sunshine
n.
Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
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strike
v.i.
To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
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sendal
n.
A light thin stuff of silk.
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strike
v.t.
To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
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spit
imp.|p.p.
of Spit
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stroud
n.
A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.
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spongoblast
n.
One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.
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seducible
a.
Capable of being seduced; corruptible.
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snowbound
a.
Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.
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salvific
a.
Tending to save or secure safety.
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stinted
imp.|p.p.
of Stint
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suasive
a.
Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory.
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spirochaete
n.
A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.
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syncretist
n.
an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
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slaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slay
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sectional
a.
Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler.
+
salifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salify
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seemingness
n.
Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility.
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salmon
pl.
of Salmon
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spoor
n.
The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
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sextodecimos
pl.
of Sextodecimo
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serious
a.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
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star
n.
The polestar; the north star.
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set
v.i.
To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
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sounder
n.
A herd of wild hogs.
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simulachre
n.
See Simulacrum.
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salified
imp.|p.p.
of Salify
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shimmy
n.
A chemise.
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steward
n.
A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
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stock
n.
The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
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speck
n.
A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
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seapiece
n.
A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
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stenchy
a.
Having a stench.
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sombrely
adv.
In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
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solely
adv.
Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.
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swifter
n.
A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
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sultanship
n.
The office or dignity of a sultan.
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screenings
n.pl.
The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
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subastringent
a.
Somewhat astringent.
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sheeting
n.
A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
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slouch
v.i.
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
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squalor
n.
Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.
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serape
n.
A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
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submultiple
n.
A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
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swan
n.
The constellation Cygnus.
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spurred
a.
Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
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stead
n.
Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
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spice
n.
Species; kind.
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separated
imp.|p.p.
of Separate
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shape
n.
Dress for disguise; guise.
+
stope
p.p.
Alt. of Stopen
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semioval
a.
Half oval.
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systematically
adv.
In a systematic manner; methodically.
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sulphinic
a.
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.
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strut
a.
Protuberant.
+
sacre
v.t.
To consecrate; to make sacred.
+
serpentaria
a.
The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).
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sea salmon

A young pollock.
+
sinapic
a.
Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.
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subtonic
a.
Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
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stamens
pl.
of Stamen
+
swerve
v.i.
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
+
scathful
a.
Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.
+
scorch
v.t.
To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
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straggler
n.
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.
+
sword
n.
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
+
shriven

p. p. of Shrive.
+
senectitude
n.
Old age.
+
scolopacine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family.
+
slur
v.t.
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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semibarbarian
a.
Half barbarous; partially civilized.
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sallow
n.
The willow; willow twigs.
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superinduction
n.
The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced.
+
steam
v.i.
To move or travel by the agency of steam.
+
strontic
a.
Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.
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splendid
a.
Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
+
skip
v.i.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
+
stopship
n.
A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
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salvatory
n.
A place where things are preserved; a repository.
+
siphonia
pl.
of Siphonium
+
suing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sue
+
scambling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scamble
+
supplantation
n.
The act of supplanting or displacing.
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stenosis
n.
A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
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secess
n.
Retirement; retreat; secession.
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solenoid
n.
An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.
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sauks
n.pl.
Same as Sacs.
+
snicker
n.
A half suppressed, broken laugh.
+
shastra
n.
A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
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soleship
n.
The state of being sole, or alone; soleness.
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surphul
v.t.
To surfel.
+
slaughter
v.t.
The act of killing.
+
stony
superl.
Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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seethed
imp.
of Seethe
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sit
v.t.
To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
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streamer
n.
An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.
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steer
v.i.
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
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stand
n.
To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
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soreness
n.
The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.
+
slur
v.t.
To disparage; to traduce.
+
sea rat

The chimaera.
+
semicircle
n.
An instrument for measuring angles.
+
sallow
v.t.
To tinge with sallowness.
+
service
n.
Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
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subjectist
n.
One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
+
stibialism
n.
Antimonial intoxication or poisoning.
+
subtrahend
n.
The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
+
stationary
a.
Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
+
speed
n.
To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
+
scatteringly
adv.
In a scattering manner; dispersedly.
+
stager
n.
A player.
+
somewhile
adv.
Once; for a time.
+
subdeacon
n.
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.
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solace
n.
To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
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shed
v.i.
To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
+
spoke
n.
The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
+
sensoria
pl.
of Sensorium
+
similar
a.
Homogenous; uniform.
+
stood
imp.|p.p.
of Stand
+
shakerism
n.
Doctrines of the Shakers.
+
slug
n.
A hindrance; an obstruction.
+
swaggered
imp.|p.p.
of Swagger
+
satle
v.t.|i.
To settle.
+
stilt
n.
A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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sovereign
a.
Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
+
struggled
imp.|p.p.
of Struggle
+
spicer
n.
One who deals in spice.
+
subulipalp
n.
One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.
+
squinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squint
+
sensoriums
pl.
of Sensorium
+
selenographist
n.
A selenographer.
+
stippling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stipple
+
sulphuret
n.
A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium.
+
shrinking

a. & n. from Shrink.
+
sylviculture
n.
The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
+
sparling
n.
A tern.
+
scraped
imp.|p.p.
of Scrape
+
string
n.
A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
+
shipment
n.
That which is shipped.
+
slacken
a.
To languish; to fail; to flag.
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sloop
n.
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
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shod
imp.|p.p.
of Shoe
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spud
n.
A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
+
stentorophonic
a.
Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.
+
split
n.
A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
+
sulci
pl.
of Sulcus
+
spelding
n.
A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.
+
smashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smash
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stephanotis
n.
A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
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satanophany
n.
An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon.
+
swiple
n.
That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
+
solder
n.
To mend; to patch up.
+
struggle
v.i.
To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
+
sill
n.
The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
+
scoundreldom
n.
The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.
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selfcontradiction
n.
The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.
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servile
n.
An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
+
stabiliment
a.
The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.
+
superchemical
a.
Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
+
sulphantimonious
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.
+
scourer
n.
One who, or that which, scours.
+
shiftingly
adv.
In a shifting manner.
+
salpid
n.
A salpa.
+
study
v.i.
A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.
+
seesaw
v.i.
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
+
sea spider

Any pycnogonid.
+
splinter
v.i.
To become split into long pieces.
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sideroxylon
n.
A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
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shiftless
a.
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.
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superinspect
v.t.
To over see; to superintend by inspection.
+
sike
n.
A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.
+
shelduck
n.
The sheldrake.
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sergeant
n.
Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
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shamble
n.
A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
+
strength
n.
One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
+
snudge
v.i.
To lie snug or quiet.
+
spinulous
a.
Covered with small spines.
+
stram
v.t.
To dash down; to beat.
+
sheep
n.sing.|pl.
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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safflower
n.
An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.
+
shipbuilder
n.
A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
+
stahlian
n.
A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.
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sultry
superl.
Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
+
sassabye
n.
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
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strife
n.
Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
+
stillicide
n.
A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.
+
special
a.
Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.
+
survivance
n.
Alt. of Survivancy
+
stand
v.i.
A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
+
scythestone
n.
A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
+
sinistral
a.
Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.
+
shortening
n.
That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
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shock
a.
Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
+
swab
n.
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
+
sentimental
a.
Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.
+
saponify
v.t.
To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.
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swell
v.t.
To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
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solidify
v.i.
To become solid; to harden.
+
strangely
adv.
In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
+
sequela
n.
One who, or that which, follows.
+
suspicion
n.
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.
+
seek
v.i.
To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
+
steep
n.
Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
+
spirit
v.t.
To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
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straightness
n.
A variant of Straitness.
+
slimness
n.
The quality or state of being slim.
+
silvern
a.
Made of silver.
+
spiritualism
n.
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.
+
syncope
n.
An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
+
speed
n.
To go; to fare.
+
serrature
n.
One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.
+
septillion
n.
According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
+
sentires
pl.
of Sentry
+
soapiness
n.
Quality or state of being soapy.
+
squill
n.
A squilla.
+
senza
prep.
Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.
+
sin
n.
Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.
+
silly
n.
Weak; helpless; frail.
+
sardoin
n.
Sard; carnelian.
+
shrove

of Shrive
+
stew
v.t.
To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
+
summon
v.t.
To call upon to surrender, as a fort.
+
swiped
imp.|p.p.
of Swipe
+
seeing
conj.butoriginallyapresentparticiple
In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young.
+
sea coal

Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.
+
strewn

p. p. of Strew.
+
suppled
imp.|p.p.
of Supple
+
sempiternal
a.
Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end.
+
suit
v.i.
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
+
salute
v.t.
To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
+
snuffle
v.i.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
+
sorediiferous
a.
Bearing soredia; sorediate.
+
suggestress
n.
A woman who suggests.
+
sclavonic
a.
Same as Slavonic.
+
squat
a.
Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
+
selves
n.
pl. of Self.
+
senonian
a.
In european geology, a name given to the middle division of the Upper Cretaceous formation.
+
septet
n.
Alt. of Septette
+
showing
n.
Presentation of facts; statement.
+
saturnicentric
a.
Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.
+
surgeoncy
n.
The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.
+
stealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steal
+
saltate
v.i.
To leap or dance.
+
slushing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slush
+
selfopininating
a.
Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self.
+
shaken
a.
Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
+
stratarithmetry
n.
The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.
+
semisextile
n.
An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
+
separatory
n.
An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.
+
slime
n.
A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
+
sound
superl.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
+
stained
imp.|p.p.
of Stain
+
serie
n.
Series.
+
signal
n.
A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
+
sacella
pl.
of Sacellum
+
subtilty
n.
Cunning; skill; craft.
+
sepulchral
a.
Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
+
succussation
n.
A trot or trotting.
+
sclerotic
a.
Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
+
swarmspore
n.
One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore.
+
spiniispirulate
a.
Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.
+
stringy
a.
Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
+
streite
adv.
Narrowly; strictly; straitly.
+
scrim
n.
Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
+
stalactic
a.
Alt. of Stalactical
+
slumber
v.t.
To lay to sleep.
+
shut
a.
Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
+
sea pheasant

The pintail duck.
+
slitshell
n.
Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.
+
staddle
v.i.
Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.
+
sorbic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
+
swaip
v.i.
To walk proudly; to sweep along.
+
solemnizate
v.t.
To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony.
+
sphenoid
a.
Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.
+
sweatiness
n.
Quality or state of being sweaty.
+
spiroylous
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.
+
sainting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saint
+
serenade
v.t.
To entertain with a serenade.
+
slur
v.t.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
+
stairway
n.
A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
+
sandy
superl.
Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.
+
schoolbook
n.
A book used in schools for learning lessons.
+
strongylid
a.|n.
Strongyloid.
+
spruce
a.
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
+
stand
n.
To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
+
slam
v.t.
To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
+
sport
n.
That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
+
synonymal
a.
Synonymous.
+
singsong
v.i.
To write poor poetry.
+
saintsimonianism
n.
The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.
+
singular
a.
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
+
septemvirs
pl.
of Septemvir
+
scale
n.
The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
+
speak
v.i.
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
+
squint
v.i.
To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
+
short
superl.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
+
superintend
v.t.
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
+
semivitrification
n.
The quality or state of being semivitrified.
+
sockdolager
n.
A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
+
sheepsplit
n.
A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
+
slabber
n.
Spittle; saliva; slaver.
+
skirting
n.
Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
+
sensitize
v.t.
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.
+
shearing
n.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
+
shack
n.
Liberty of winter pasturage.
+
star
v.t.
To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.
+
spillet fishing

Alt. of Spilliard fishing
+
suspire
n.
A long, deep breath; a sigh.
+
sort
v.t.
To reduce to order from a confused state.
+
saunter
n.|v.
To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.
+
strut
n.
In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.
+
sesspool
n.
Same as Cesspool.
+
sweet
superl.
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
+
slave
n.
An abject person; a wretch.
+
saporous
a.
Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.
+
septfoil
n.
An ornamental foliation having seven lobes.  Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.
+
splendidous
a.
Splendid.
+
splendrous
a.
Alt. of Splendorous
+
salading
n.
Vegetables for salad.
+
saxifragant
a.
Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.
+
stratography
n.
A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
+
survive
v.t.
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
+
sea rocket

See under Rocket.
+
stomaching
n.
Resentment.
+
septinsular
a.
Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
+
sea king

One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
+
spook
n.
A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
+
screw
n.
An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
+
supererogation
n.
The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
+
suspend
v.i.
To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
+
sir
n.
An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
+
sheer
v.i.
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
+
soliitariety
n.
The state of being solitary; solitariness.
+
shewel
n.
A scarecrow.
+
swear
v.i.
To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse.
+
spirable
a.
Capable of being breathed; respirable.
+
step
a.
To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
+
schedule
n.
A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
+
slack
superl.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
+
suzerainty
n.
The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.
+
scabby
superl.
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
+
stercobilin
n.
A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.
+
scramble
n.
The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
+
stragulum
n.
The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
+
segregated
imp.|p.p.
of Segregate
+
semichaotic
a.
Partially chaotic.
+
stop
n.
A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
+
slumbery
a.
Sleepy.
+
sectist
n.
One devoted to a sect; a soetary.
+
sternums
pl.
of Sternum
+
scad
n.
The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.
+
scout
n.
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
+
stropping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strop
+
smother
v.i.
To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
+
subdue
v.t.
To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
+
sanny
n.
The sandpiper.
+
saintism
n.
The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
+
string
n.
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
+
swatte

imp. of Sweat.
+
secretiveness
n.
The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.
+
shrewmouse
n.
A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.
+
serous
a.
Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
+
seersucker
n.
A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.
+
sepulcher
n.
Alt. of Sepulchre
+
spry
superl.
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
+
scud
n.
A slight, sudden shower.
+
sequin
n.
An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
+
soullessly
adv.
In a soulless manner.
+
samoyedes
n.pl.
An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
+
suite
n.
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6.
+
spoil
v.t.
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
+
swellfish
n.
Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
+
sunbow
n.
A rainbow; an iris.
+
swordmen
pl.
of Swordman
+
strange
superl.
Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.
+
shimmering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shimmer
+
species
n.
In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
+
slanderer
n.
One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.
+
selfrepetition
n.
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
+
soil
n.
That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
+
socinianizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Socinianize
+
smacking
n.
A sharp, quick noise; a smack.
+
semeiography
n.
Alt. of Semiography
+
spheric
a.
Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.
+
spinebill
n.
Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.
+
sesqui

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.
+
slovenliness
n.
The quality or state of being slovenly.
+
skid
n.
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
+
serpulian
n.
Alt. of Serpulidan
+
steer
v.t.
A rudder or helm.
+
synthetical
a.
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
+
sen
adv.prep.|conj.
Since.
+
sharp
superl.
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
+
squarish
a.
Nearly square.
+
styan
n.
See Sty, a boil.
+
short
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
+
securely
adv.
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
+
strumose
a.
Having a struma.
+
spout
v.i.
To eject water or liquid in a jet.
+
speet
v.t.
To stab.
+
synergistic
a.
Cooperating; synergetic.
+
skied

imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t.
+
suspend
n.
To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
+
stearoptene
n.
The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; -- contrasted with elaeoptene.
+
sheartail
n.
The common tern.
+
serial
a.
Of or pertaining to rows.
+
sunstroke
n.
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.
+
silica
n.
Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
+
spectre
n.
The tarsius.
+
stale
n.
The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
+
surroyal
n.
One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.
+
sorbent
n.
An absorbent.
+
stand
n.
To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
+
sea
n.
The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
+
seventeenth
a.
Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
+
slabby
a.
Thick; viscous.
+
squawk
v.i.
To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
+
satanist
n.
A very wicked person.
+
sorus
n.
One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
+
sea cabbage

See Sea kale, under Kale.
+
stroking
n.
The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.
+
scabbed
imp.|p.p.
of Scab
+
spoke
n.
A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
+
state
n.
A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
+
spiritualistic
a.
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
+
statical
a.
Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
+
splinter
n.
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
+
sacramentary
n.
Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.
+
settlement
n.
That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
+
scratch
v.t.
To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
+
superlative
n.
That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.
+
substanceless
a.
Having no substance; unsubstantial.
+
slash
n.
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
+
sorbefacient
a.
Producing absorption.
+
sulphotungstate
n.
A salt of sulphotungstic acid.
+
sebesten
n.
The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
+
suspected
a.
Distrusted; doubted.
+
slippery
a.
Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
+
stowage
n.
Money paid for stowing goods.
+
shaw
n.
A thicket; a small wood or grove.
+
sampan
n.
A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.
+
sliminess
n.
The quality or state of being slimy.
+
swindler
n.
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
+
saw
imp.
of See
+
subindicate
v.t.
To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly.
+
stall
v.i.
To kennel, as dogs.
+
subarachnoidal
a.
Situated under the arachnoid membrane.
+
somnambulist
n.
A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
+
sintu

Alt. of Sintoist
+
standard
n.
That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
+
skim
v.i.
To hasten along with superficial attention.
+
sextant
n.
The constellation Sextans.
+
sere
n.
Claw; talon.
+
spread
v.t.
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
+
shirr
n.
A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.
+
sclerenchyme
n.
Sclerenchyma.
+
shoe
n.
An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
+
sapor
n.
Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.
+
soggy
superl.
Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
+
stigmatic
n.
A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
+
splittongued
a.
Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.
+
splanchnoskeleton
n.
That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.
+
salsoacid
a.
Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
+
shipholder
n.
A shipowner.
+
sejunction
n.
The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.
+
sulphamide
n.
Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
+
schorl
n.
Black tourmaline.
+
synarthrosis
n.
Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.
+
slough
v.t.
To cast off; to discard as refuse.
+
starkness
n.
The quality or state of being stark.
+
sereneness
n.
Serenity.
+
scout
v.t.
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
+
shopbook
n.
A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts.
+
strain
n.
A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
+
spoliative
a.
Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting.
+
species
n.
An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
+
snaky
a.
Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
+
secrely
adv.
Secretly.
+
soothsaying
n.
A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
+
skew
n.
A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
+
surance
n.
Assurance.
+
shoe
n.
A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
+
stupration
n.
Violation of chastity by force; rape.
+
shoddyism
n.
The quality or state of being shoddy.
+
sublevation
n.
An uprising; an insurrection.
+
selvedge
n.
The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
+
scorpion
n.
A painful scourge.
+
sylvatic
a.
Sylvan.
+
somber
v.t.
Alt. of Sombre
+
success
n.
The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.
+
superhive
n.
A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.
+
shepster
n.
A seamstress.
+
semiquadrate
n.
Alt. of Semiquartile
+
sobriety
n.
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
+
sadden
v.t.
To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
+
sludy
a.
Miry; slushy.
+
sceneful
a.
Having much scenery.
+
simple
a.
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
+
sacrist
n.
A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
+
set
v.t.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
+
spodomantic
a.
Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes.
+
surcloy
v.t.
To surfeit.
+
sericeous
a.
Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
+
sessile
a.
Attached without any sensible projecting support.
+
soaker
n.
A hard drinker.
+
slant
v.i.
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
+
squashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squash
+
sanability
n.
The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.
+
simar
n.
A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.
+
spurge
v.t.
To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
+
strengthless
a.
Destitute of strength.
+
spenserian
a.
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
+
sable
n.
A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
+
scurrility
n.
The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.
+
sarcomas
pl.
of Sarcoma
+
spiculate
a.
Covered with, or having, spicules.
+
surrenderee
n.
The person to whom a surrender is made.
+
splanchnapophysis
n.
Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus.
+
scholarly
a.
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
+
springiness
n.
The state or quality of being springly.
+
spill
v.i.
To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
+
scenical
a.
Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
+
supination
n.
The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.
+
spiderwort
n.
An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
+
sycophantic
a.
Alt. of Sycophantical
+
strangulated
a.
Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
+
stowce
n.
A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
+
scaffold
n.
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
+
syrupy
a.
Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
+
scald
a.
Affected with the scab; scabby.
+
salter
n.
One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.
+
sabine
a.
Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
+
spitter
n.
One who puts meat on a spit.
+
sellenders
n.pl.
See Sallenders.
+
staithman
n.
A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.
+
sermonical
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic.
+
scumming
n.
The act of taking off scum.
+
seeling
n.
The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
+
septentrionate
v.i.
To tend or point toward the north; to north.
+
scincoidian
n.
Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.
+
selfuned
a.
One with itself; separate from others.
+
seatless
a.
Having no seat.
+
studious
a.
Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
+
scrabble
v.t.
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
+
smooth
n.
That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
+
straightly
adv.
In a right line; not crookedly.
+
stoppling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stopple
+
surfaced
imp.|p.p.
of Surface
+
stalk
n.
The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
+
salisburia
n.
The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).
+
south
a.
Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
+
sprite
n.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
+
spurt
n.
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
+
septfoil
n.
A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.
+
seamstress
n.
A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
+
surplusage
n.
Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.
+
stroot
v.i.
To swell out; to strut.
+
shuffling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shuffle
+
starve
v.i.
To perish or die with cold.
+
savacioun
n.
Salvation.
+
sea fight

An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.
+
snift

of Sniff
+
scagliola
n.
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.
+
stereoscopy
n.
The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.
+
stolidity
n.
The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
+
stew
v.t.
A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
+
suck
v.i.
To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
+
scraggedness
n.
Quality or state of being scragged.
+
stibium
n.
Stibnite.
+
schizocarp
n.
A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
+
stuff
v.t.
Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
+
sirrah
n.
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.
+
semuncia
n.
A Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.
+
suburbed
a.
Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
+
shortwinded
a.
Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
+
sallow
superl.
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
+
sunglow
n.
A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
+
solute
a.
Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.
+
stag
v.i.
To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
+
sally
v.i.
To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
+
suffragant
a.|n.
Suffragan.
+
sufism
n.
A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.
+
syllabical
a.
Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
+
significative
a.
Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.
+
selfrighteous
a.
Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
+
summed
imp.|p.p.
of Sum
+
simple
a.
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
+
securing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Secure
+
surbased
a.
Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.
+
spindled
imp.|p.p.
of Spindle
+
saurian
n.
One of the Sauria.
+
shooter
n.
A firearm; as, a five-shooter.
+
surrender
n.
The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
+
swarded
a.
Covered with sward.
+
sleightly
adv.
Cinningly.
+
starshoot
n.
See Nostoc.
+
sumption
n.
The major premise of a syllogism.
+
scab
v.i.
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
+
suggest
v.t.
To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
+
smash
n.
A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
+
stigonomancy
n.
Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.
+
semiped
n.
A half foot in poetry.
+
spatterdashes
n.pl.
Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.
+
swipe
v.t.
To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
+
summary
a.
A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
+
sink
v.i.
To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.
+
sparrowgrass
n.
Asparagus.
+
spindle
n.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
+
semivowel
n.
A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.
+
shower
v.i.
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
+
subspecies
n.
A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
+
steatitic
n.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.
+
swinglebar
n.
A swingletree.
+
sponge
n.
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
+
seminary
n.
A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
+
stretch
v.t.
To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
+
scowl
v.i.
Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
+
sabbath
n.
Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
+
sap
v.t.
To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
+
specious
a.
Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
+
septemvir
n.
One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
+
spring
v.i.
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
+
swagbellied
a.
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
+
silesian
a.
Of or pertaining to Silesia.
+
superstruct
v.t.
To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
+
scale
n.
Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
+
stereographic
a.
Alt. of Stereographical
+
spitbox
n.
A vessel to receive spittle.
+
scramble
v.t.
To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.
+
superplant
n.
A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.
+
scum
v.i.
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
+
shifter
n.
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
+
shell
n.
The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
+
scabious
a.
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
+
stoke
v.t.
To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
+
succeed
v.i.
To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
+
slouch
n.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
+
sensibility
n.
That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer.
+
segment
v.i.
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.
+
spoonwort
n.
Scurvy grass.
+
swivel
v.i.
To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.
+
sapphic
n.
A Sapphic verse.
+
stolidness
n.
Same as Stolidity.
+
smilt
v.i.
To melt.
+
seaborn
a.
Born at sea.
+
short
superl.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
+
suboccipital
a.
Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.
+
sacrament
n.
The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
+
symbolistical
a.
Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
+
scrow
n.
A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
+
suffrage
n.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
+
sorediate
a.
Sorediiferous.
+
succor
v.t.
The person or thing that brings relief.
+
serve
v.t.
To lead off in delivering (the ball).
+
scrutator
n.
One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.
+
skiver
n.
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
+
supraclavicle
n.
A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.
+
seroon
n.
Same as Ceroon.
+
squawking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squawk
+
stigma
v.t.
One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
+
slatting

Slats, collectively.
+
sirenize
v.i.
To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
+
scapolite
n.
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
+
sextos
pl.
of Sexto
+
sulphurize
v.t.
To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
+
stale
v.i.
Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
+
spring
v.t.
To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.
+
spodomancy
n.
Divination by means of ashes.
+
spikebill
n.
The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
+
supply
n.
A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
+
stricken
v.t.
Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.
+
spruce
a.
Prussia leather; pruce.
+
step
v.i.
The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.
+
skipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skip
+
seak
n.
Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.
+
sandblind
a.
Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
+
studded
imp.|p.p.
of Stud
+
somniculous
a.
Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
+
superconception
n.
Superfetation.
+
serenity
n.
The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.
+
significant
n.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
+
swinepox
n.
A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox.
+
strip
v.i.
To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
+
simplicity
n.
Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
+
stente
obs.imp.
of Stent
+
scaphocerite
n.
A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.
+
scolithus
n.
A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
+
skunkball
n.
The surf duck.
+
sugariness
n.
The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.
+
scissure
n.
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
+
share
v.t.
To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
+
skinner
n.
One who skins.
+
squadron
n.
A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
+
salute
v.
The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
+
shook
v.t.
To pack, as staves, in a shook.
+
succinamate
n.
A salt of succinamic acid.
+
snubbed
imp.|p.p.
of Snub
+
sentence
n.
In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.
+
sunday
n.
The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
+
swallow
n.
The act of swallowing.
+
sappy
superl.
Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood.
+
significative
a.
Betokening or representing by an external sign.
+
sallet
n.
A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.
+
sea lawyer

The gray snapper. See under Snapper.
+
stand
n.
To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
+
stank

of Stink
+
still
adv.
Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
+
sweaty
superl.
Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
+
scopiped
n.
Same as Scopuliped.
+
spray
v.t.
A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
+
singly
adv.
Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly.
+
severally
adv.
Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.
+
stimulant
a.
Serving to stimulate.
+
sheer
v.i.
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.
+
shining
a.
Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
+
split
v.i.
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.
+
sapskull
n.
A saphead.
+
stammering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stammer
+
scuttle
n.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
+
synodical
a.
Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.
+
skin
v.i.
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
+
slue
n.
A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
+
surveyance
n.
Survey; inspection.
+
shepherdism
n.
Pastoral life or occupation.
+
statecraft
n.
The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
+
spousage
v.t.
Espousal.
+
shadowy
a.
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
+
synclinoria
pl.
of Synclinorium
+
sivatherium
n.
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.
+
symptomatology
n.
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.
+
synonymy
n.
A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
+
synchronal
a.
Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous.
+
synanthesis
n.
The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.
+
sulphide
n.
A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret.
+
systematology
n.
The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems.
+
sapphirine
n.
Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.
+
sessile
a.
Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
+
stead
n.
A farmhouse and offices.
+
stinkpot
n.
The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
+
servitute
n.
Servitude.
+
sarcenet
n.
A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.
+
sequent
n.
That which follows as a result; a sequence.
+
scunner
n.
A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.
+
stalely
adv.
In a state stale manner.
+
sow
n.
A sow bug.
+
spite
v.t.
To be angry at; to hate.
+
speechifier
n.
One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer.
+
sacs
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin.
+
slash
n.
A long cut; a cut made at random.
+
subject
v.t.
To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
+
semioccasionally
adv.
Once in a while; on rare occasions.
+
saccharifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saccharify
+
spring
v.i.
A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
+
saddlebow
n.
The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.
+
surrogate
n.
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
+
sheath
n.
A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
+
shroud
n.
A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
+
slip
n.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
+
subprehensile
a.
Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.
+
shears
n.
Anything in the form of shears.
+
squelched
imp.|p.p.
of Squelch
+
store
v.t.
To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
+
snattock
n.
A chip; a alice.
+
snick
v.t.
To hit (a ball) lightly.
+
sulphurine
a.
Sulphureous.
+
solfeggiare
v.i.
To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.
+
symbolic
a.
Alt. of Symbolical
+
soam
n.
A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.
+
subquadrate
a.
Nearly or approximately square; almost square.
+
superabound
v.i.
To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn.
+
set
v.t.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
+
sterling
a.
Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.
+
stercoranism
n.
The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
+
silverfish
n.
A white variety of the goldfish.
+
swung
imp.|p.p.
of Swing
+
spurrey
n.
See Spurry.
+
spare
v.i.
To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
+
slaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slave
+
singlestick
n.
In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
+
swab
n.
A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
+
smoke
v.t.
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
+
strene
n.
Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
+
sustain
v.t.
To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
+
shambling
n.
An awkward, irregular gait.
+
subsellium
n.
One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall.
+
sarpo
n.
A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).
+
swath
v.t.
The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.
+
spanner
n.
One who, or that which, spans.
+
scarifier
n.
The instrument used for scarifying.
+
squeak
v.i.
To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
+
slop
v.i.
A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
+
siren
n.
A mermaid.
+
squawroot
n.
A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
+
smyrniot
n.
A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
+
sober
superl.
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
+
scleroderm
n.
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
+
streaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Streak
+
securities
pl.
of Security
+
spalding knife

A spalting knife.
+
sloughing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slough
+
sublimity
n.
The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).
+
steward
n.
In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
+
sideral
a.
Relating to the stars.
+
stoop
n.
Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
+
starched
a.
Stiff; precise; formal.
+
selfsatisfying
a.
Giving satisfaction to one's self.
+
square
n.
The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
+
ssociable
a.
Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party.
+
spirillum
n.
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.
+
slink
a.
Thin; lean.
+
shark
v.i.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
+
synthesis
n.
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.
+
shelving
n.
Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
+
selfsatisfied
a.
Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.
+
shirl
a.
Shrill.
+
setback
n.
Offset, n., 4.
+
selfconjugate
a.
Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.
+
solferino
n.
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.
+
stigmatist
n.
One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.
+
signate
v.t.
Having definite color markings.
+
short
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
+
smither
n.
Fragments; atoms; finders.
+
scytodermata
n.pl.
Same as Holothurioidea.
+
stewpan
n.
A pan used for stewing.
+
setfair
n.
In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.
+
subway
n.
An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
+
sleetiness
n.
The state of being sleety.
+
skelder
n.
A vagrant; a cheat.
+
salinometer
n.
A salimeter.
+
stupefaction
n.
The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
+
sundew
n.
Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
+
saivism
n.
The worship of Siva.
+
shave
v.t.
A thin slice; a shaving.
+
shaft
n.
A pole, especially a Maypole.
+
shippon
n.
A cowhouse; a shippen.
+
superioress
n.
A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
+
stand
v.i.
A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
+
scrophularia
n.
A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
+
similize
v.t.
To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
+
sculpin
n.
A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.
+
serpent
n.
A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
+
steward
n.
A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
+
steal
n.
A handle; a stale, or stele.
+
space
n.
A short time; a while.
+
swiftfoot
n.
The courser.
+
spur
n.
A sparrow.
+
sorgne
n.
The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish.
+
stile
n.
A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.
+
stationary
n.
One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
+
skid
v.t.
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
+
stereotyped
imp.|p.p.
of Stereotype
+
storytelling
a.
Being accustomed to tell stories.
+
sufragette
n.
A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.
+
shrub
n.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
+
scuffle
n.
A garden hoe.
+
spare
v.t.
Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
+
sweep
v.i.
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
+
simploce
n.
See Symploce.
+
swearer
n.
One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
+
staminate
a.
Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
+
spring
v.t.
To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
+
satirical
a.
Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
+
soja
n.
An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.
+
settle
n.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
+
second
a.
In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
+
surcease
v.t.
To cause to cease; to end.
+
stay
v.i.
To change tack; as a ship.
+
slabbered
imp.|p.p.
of Slabber
+
spar
v.i.
To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.
+
spandrel
n.
A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture.
+
stir
n.
Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
+
succulent
a.
Full of juice; juicy.
+
sundered
imp.|p.p.
of Sunder
+
swinger
n.
One who swings or whirls.
+
spermatogenesis
n.
The development of the spermatozoids.
+
sheet
v.t.
To expand, as a sheet.
+
settle
n.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
+
season
v.t.
To copulate with; to impregnate.
+
smelt
v.i.
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
+
secretitious
a.
Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors.
+
shortdated
a.
Having little time to run from the date.
+
scenograph
n.
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
+
slipshod
a.
Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
+
shelves
pl.
of Shelf
+
spell
v.t.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
+
septisyllable
n.
A word of seven syllables.
+
spore
n.
One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
+
spoon
n.
An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
+
seabeach
n.
A beach lying along the sea.
+
siling

a. & n. from Sile to strain.
+
syncopation
n.
The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
+
silent
a.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
+
sneering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sneer
+
slow

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
+
stench
v.i.
A smell; an odor.
+
sorrowed
imp.|p.p.
of Sorrow
+
solved
imp.|p.p.
of Solve
+
specialty
n.
That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality.
+
serially
adv.
In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.
+
sham
n.
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
+
seity
n.
Something peculiar to one's self.
+
spaceful
a.
Wide; extensive.
+
shoven

p. p. of Shove.
+
stibine
n.
Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.
+
snicker
v.i.
To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
+
swallow
n.
The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
+
sequestered
imp.|p.p.
of Sequester
+
squamaceous
a.
Squamose.
+
song
n.
A trifle.
+
selfreproach
n.
The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
+
slakin
n.
Slacken.
+
silicicalcareous
a.
Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
+
shield
n.
A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
+
swatch
n.
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth.
+
sanguinary
a.
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
+
squamous

Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
+
scandalous
a.
Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
+
setback
n.
A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
+
solution
n.
The termination of a disease; resolution.
+
swob
n.|v.
See Swab.
+
stephanion
n.
The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
+
sith
prep.adv.|conj.
Since; afterwards; seeing that.
+
subbronchial
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.
+
sputter
v.i.
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
+
shode

Alt. of Shoding
+
slumber
n.
Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
+
siliciferous
a.
Producing silica; united with silica.
+
sustre
n.
Sister.
+
steepen
v.i.
To become steep or steeper.
+
skink
v.t.
To draw or serve, as drink.
+
snobocracy
n.
Snobs, collectively.
+
staffier
n.
An attendant bearing a staff.
+
strategetical
a.
Strategic.
+
substant
a.
Substantial; firm.
+
sunny
superl.
Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
+
sublimable
v.t.
Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.
+
sentenced
imp.|p.p.
of Sentence
+
snug
v.i.
To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.
+
shrubbery
n.
A place where shrubs are planted.
+
squeak
v.i.
To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
+
savingly
adv.
So as to be finally saved from eternal death.
+
sacrate
v.t.
To consecrate.
+
succulous
a.
Succulent; juicy.
+
semoule
n.
Same as Semolina.
+
strengthen
v.t.
To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.
+
smeltery
n.
A house or place for smelting.
+
striven
p.p.
of Strive
+
strook
n.
A stroke.
+
stepdame
n.
A stepmother.
+
subnotochordal
a.
Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.
+
strengthen
v.t.
To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
+
saporific
a.
Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.
+
sow
n.
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
+
sawfly
n.
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
+
smuggle
v.t.
Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
+
skelp
n.
A blow; a smart stroke.
+
stop
v.t.
To point, as a composition; to punctuate.
+
shield
n.
To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
+
shape
n.
Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
+
spatter
v.t.
To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood.
+
sea dog

An old sailor; a salt.
+
spouse
n.
A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
+
sufi
n.
A title or surname of the king of Persia.
+
swineherd
n.
A keeper of swine.
+
skyhigh
adv.|a.
Very high.
+
spiritualizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spiritualize
+
sea laces

A kind of seaweed (Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.
+
spit
v.i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
+
sedilia
n.pl.
Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.
+
siding
n.
A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
+
superinduced
imp.|p.p.
of Superinduce
+
sicklebill
n.
Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer.
+
severe
superl.
Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
+
sumptuary
a.
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
+
snowblind
a.
Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.
+
swear
v.t.
To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into office.
+
snuff
v.i.
To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
+
saddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saddle
+
span

imp. & p. p. of Spin.
+
spile
n.
A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
+
skylark
n.
A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
+
sea chickweed

A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
+
sceptic

Alt. of Scepticism
+
sleigh
n.
A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge.
+
skowitz
n.
The silver salmon.
+
strangleable
a.
Capable of being strangled.
+
squint
n.
Fig.: Looking askance.
+
spall
n.
The shoulder.
+
streek
v.t.
To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak.
+
selfcentering
a.
Alt. of Self-centring
+
stranger
n.
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
+
sterrink
n.
The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
+
saffron
n.
An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
+
setdown
n.
The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.
+
symposiac
a.
Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.
+
sleep
v.i.
To be dead; to lie in the grave.
+
side
n.
One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
+
sewage
n.
Sewerage, 2.
+
sky
n.
The wheather; the climate.
+
sweetroot
n.
Licorice.
+
swim
v.i.
To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
+
stew
n.
A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
+
scale
n.
The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
+
solidify
v.t.
To make solid or compact.
+
stumpy
a.
Short and thick; stubby.
+
succession
n.
The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.
+
summertide
n.
Summer time.
+
spright
v.t.
To haunt, as a spright.
+
sardinian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.
+
sigma
n.
The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
+
satanism
n.
The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.
+
spray
v.t.
To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
+
snakeweed
n.
The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
+
silage
n.|v.
Short for Ensilage.
+
stamp
v.t.
Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
+
seizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seize
+
silverweed
n.
A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
+
selaginella
n.
A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.
+
syriacism
n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
+
stuccos
pl.
of Stucco
+
sustained
imp.|p.p.
of Sustain
+
shirk
v.i.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
+
shuttered
a.
Furnished with shutters.
+
saber
n.
Alt. of Sabre
+
shell
v.i.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
+
scriptory
a.
Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.
+
strokesman
n.
The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest.
+
square
n.
A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
+
station
v.t.
To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
+
skirr
n.
A tern.
+
selfevidence
n.
The quality or state of being self-evident.
+
splenic
a.
Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.
+
stave
n.
To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
+
seid
n.
A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.
+
sippet
n.
A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.
+
small
superl.
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
+
seigniory
n.
The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
+
skew
v.i.
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
+
school
n.
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.
+
semicylindric
a.
Alt. of Semicylyndrical
+
survise
v.t.
To look over; to supervise.
+
sea cucumber

Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa).
+
substantialness
n.
The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.
+
slavering
a.
Drooling; defiling with saliva.
+
spikelet
n.
A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
+
shanty
n.
A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.
+
sauropterygia
n.pl.
Same as Plesiosauria.
+
shovel
v.t.
An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
+
statistic
a.
Alt. of Statistical
+
sullen
a.
Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
+
sesquitertial
a.
Sesquitertian.
+
stack
a.
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
+
synod
n.
A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
+
square
n.
To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
+
syllable
v.t.
To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.
+
sui generis

Of his or its own kind.
+
shy
superl.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
+
sentence
n.
A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.
+
seposition
n.
The act of setting aside, or of giving up.
+
subsolary
a.
Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane.
+
soldier
n.
The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
+
sill
n.
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
+
slur
v.t.
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
+
syderolite
n.
A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.
+
spicous
a.
See Spicose.
+
separatistic
a.
Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.
+
spinous
a.
Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
+
stabber
n.
A small marline spike; a pricker.
+
squibbed
imp.|p.p.
of Squib
+
stevedore
n.
One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
+
searce
n.
A fine sieve.
+
sparkled
imp.|p.p.
of Sparkle
+
summer
v.t.
To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.
+
sapless
a.
Destitute of sap; not juicy.
+
stop
n.
The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
+
sillily
adv.
In a silly manner; foolishly.
+
sour
v.t.
To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
+
state
n.
Estate, possession.
+
steeve
v.t.
To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
+
superflux
n.
Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.
+
secret
a.
Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
+
spectant
a.
Looking forward.
+
smart
v.t.
To cause a smart in.
+
sire
n.
A father; the head of a family; the husband.
+
sentery
n.
A sentry.
+
slave
n.
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.
+
shortbreathed
a.
Having short life.
+
schizogenesis
n.
Reproduction by fission.
+
siss
n.
A hissing noise.
+
sour
v.t.
To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
+
soften
v.t.
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
+
shine
v.t.
To cause to shine, as a light.
+
subtectacle
n.
A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling.
+
sortilege
n.
The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.
+
semimonthly
a.
Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.
+
smithsonian
n.
The Smithsonian Institution.
+
succession
n.
An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
+
scink
n.
A skink.
+
splenitis
n.
Inflammation of the spleen.
+
syphilitic
a.
Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.
+
snort
v.i.
To laugh out loudly.
+
saltcat
n.
A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
+
sarcomata
pl.
of Sarcoma
+
soothfast
adv.
Soothly; really; in fact.
+
sized
imp.|p.p.
of Size
+
saint
n.
One canonized by the church.
+
selfexaminant
n.
One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.
+
shack
v.t.
To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
+
senatorial
a.
Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators; as, the senatorial districts of a State.
+
succumbent
a.
Submissive; yielding.
+
sea cow

The dugong.
+
shot
n.
The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
+
stubbed
imp.|p.p.
of Stub
+
superfrontal
n.
A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.
+
strut
v.t.
To swell; to bulge out.
+
sphenoidal
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.
+
straightspoken
a.
Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
+
snuffingly
adv.
In a snuffing manner.
+
sesamoidal
a.
Sesamoid.
+
snatchingly
adv.
By snatching; abruptly.
+
stereographical
a.
Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth.
+
shiver
v.t.
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
+
sledding
n.
The act of transporting or riding on a sled.
+
shard
n.
The hard wing case of a beetle.
+
secern
v.t.
To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
+
single
n.
The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
+
shop
n.
A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
+
scabbed
a.
Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
+
sombreness
n.
The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
+
sponger
n.
Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
+
seedlop
n.
A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.
+
simoom
n.
Alt. of Simoon
+
stockman
n.
A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock.
+
sphere
n.
In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.
+
selfindulgent
a.
Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.
+
still
a.
After that; after what is stated.
+
sparker
n.
A spark arrester.
+
swedenborgian
n.
One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world, through the opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord Jesus Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the Scriptures, which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw the correspondence between natural and spiritual things.
+
sinnet
n.
See Sennit .
+
stipple
v.t.
To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
+
seye

Alt. of Seyen
+
stale
v.t.
A stalemate.
+
swarth
n.
See Swath.
+
sinecurist
n.
One who has a sinecure.
+
start
n.
The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
+
selfseeker
n.
One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
+
stroke
v.t.
The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
+
sportling
n.
A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play.
+
speculation
n.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
+
slack
n.
Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
+
stimuli
pl.
of Stimulus
+
striker
n.
A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
+
stacked
imp.|p.p.
of Stack
+
store
v.t.
To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
+
surviving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Survive
+
scarify
v.t.
To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
+
stamp
v.t.
A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
+
stick
n.
To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
+
semimonthly
adv.
In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
+
stipendiary
a.
Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.
+
scull
n.
One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.
+
solipsism
n.
Egoism.
+
samian
a.
Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.
+
semicope
n.
A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope.
+
sembling
n.
The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
+
shift
v.t.
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
+
spoil
n.
Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.
+
soever

A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
+
secco
a.
Dry.
+
stake
v.t.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
+
subcarboniferous
a.
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone.
+
spriteful
a.
Alt. of Spritely
+
spermosphere
n.
A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
+
smutch
n.
A stain; a dirty spot.
+
sabbathless
a.
Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.
+
soberly
adv.
In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
+
strophanthus
n.
A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
+
sea salmon

The spotted squeteague.
+
shadowing
n.
Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
+
scale
n.
Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.
+
shamming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sham
+
sea fox

The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.
+
sleepful
a.
Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
+
seorita
n.
A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
+
spare
a.
To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
+
sidepiece
n.
The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
+
sheer
n.
Shears See Shear.
+
subsecutive
a.
Following in a train or succession.
+
stratotic
a.
Warlike; military.
+
strumose
a.
Strumous.
+
sunshade
n.
A small parasol.
+
sagitta
n.
The keystone of an arch.
+
survivorship
n.
The state of being a survivor.
+
shaffle
v.i.
To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
+
slatch
n.
The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
+
staking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stake
+
species
n.
The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
+
sloped
imp.|p.p.
of Slope
+
stelene
a.
Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar.
+
subscript
n.
Anything written below.
+
seigniorage
n.
Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it.
+
sound
v.t.
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
+
supplementary
a.
Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
+
swish
n.
A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
+
sea grass

Eelgrass.
+
squally
a.
Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.
+
setoff
n.
That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
+
switching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Switch
+
steep
v.i.
To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.
+
set
n.
The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.
+
selfdeceived
a.
Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
+
supervisor
n.
One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.
+
shrewd
superl.
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
+
sepulchral
a.
Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice.
+
sensorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers.
+
slot
n.
A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
+
sinch
v.t.
To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.
+
share
v.i.
To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
+
smouch
v.t.
To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
+
sense
v.t.
That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
+
steadfast
a.
Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
+
spurn
v.t.
To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
+
shrood
v.t.
To trim; to lop.
+
salutiferously
adv.
Salutarily.
+
surgy
a.
Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
+
stilt
v.t.
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
+
secure
a.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
+
sweeten
a.
To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
+
swage
n.
A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge.
+
sub judice

Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration.
+
sexualize
v.t.
To attribute sex to.
+
stay
v.i.
To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
+
skrike
n.
The missel thrush.
+
strain
a.
To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle.
+
syndicate
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
+
suffumigate
v.t.
To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part.
+
slatter
v.i.
To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.
+
subdivisible
a.
Susceptible of subdivision.
+
schoolfellow
n.
One bred at the same school; an associate in school.
+
spinulescent
a.
Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
+
survey
v.t.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
+
severalty
n.
A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.
+
scrawler
n.
One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
+
surview
v.t.
To survey; to make a survey of.
+
suffocation
n.
The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.
+
sailless
a.
Destitute of sails.
+
selfwilled
a.
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
+
shrill
v.t.
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
+
saxonic
a.
Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.
+
screed
n.
An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
+
sufficing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffice
+
soft
superl.
Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
+
sphenography
n.
The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.
+
shake
v.
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
+
sitz bath

A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.
+
sharer
n.
One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.
+
serine
n.
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.
+
salivant
a.
Producing salivation.
+
scarred
imp.|p.p.
of Scar
+
standage
n.
A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
+
spurt
v.t.
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
+
sarmatian
a.
Alt. of Sarmatic
+
salina
a.
Salt works.
+
squinter
n.
One who squints.
+
slide
v.t.
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
+
scolopendra
n.
A sea fish.
+
snarer
n.
One who lays snares, or entraps.
+
solitarian
n.
A hermit; a solitary.
+
sewed
imp.
of Sew
+
seemer
n.
One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.
+
smug
v.t.
To make smug, or spruce.
+
sumption
n.
A taking.
+
suggest
v.i.
To make suggestions; to tempt.
+
scruff
n.
The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.
+
spasm
v.t.
A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.
+
subverse
v.t.
To subvert.
+
splutter
n.
A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.
+
scutelliplantar
a.
Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
+
silt
v.i.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
+
spurted
imp.|p.p.
of Spurt
+
sea crayfish

Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
+
salver
n.
One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.
+
severe
superl.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
+
systemless
a.
Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.
+
skunktop
n.
The surf duck.
+
spirit
n.
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
+
stackage
n.
A tax on things stacked.
+
subdividing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subdivide
+
shendship
n.
Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace.
+
skipper
n.
A ship boy.
+
soiliness
n.
Stain; foulness.
+
strapping
a.
Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow.
+
soporose
a.
Alt. of Soporous
+
satiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Satiate
+
stealingly
adv.
By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion.
+
slaughter
v.t.
To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
+
spell
v.t.
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
+
sparse
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
+
shivery
a.
Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
+
swing
n.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
+
spar
n.
A contest at sparring or boxing.
+
sundry
v.t.
Separate; diverse.
+
sagebrush
n.
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.
+
sous
n.
Alt. of Souse
+
shingle
n.
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
+
sleeper
n.
One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
+
solitary
a.
Not associated with others of the same kind.
+
southdown
n.
A Southdown sheep.
+
semblance
a.
Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
+
smittle
a.
Alt. of Smittlish
+
sip
v.i.
See Seep.
+
stereochemistry
n.
Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.
+
sample
n.
A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
+
sturt
v.i.
To vex; to annoy; to startle.
+
seizure
n.
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. 
+
schottish
n.
Alt. of Schottische
+
stroboscope
n.
An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.
+
shama
n.
A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
+
shut
v.t.
To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
+
sea bank

The seashore.
+
schene
n.
An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
+
silverless
a.
Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.
+
stage
n.
A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
+
sift
v.t.
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
+
saliretin
n.
A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.
+
scientific
a.
Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
+
sphrigosis
n.
A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.
+
sphere
n.
Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
+
stanch
v.t.
To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
+
smutching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smutch
+
stet
subj.dpers.sing.
Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
+
symbolism
n.
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.
+
sarcophagous
a.
Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
+
stercorianism
n.
The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
+
shortly
adv.
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
+
strap
v.t.
To beat or chastise with a strap.
+
sambuke
n.
An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
+
sphenogram
n.
A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.
+
squamosal
a.
Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
+
sheer
v.i.
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
+
sarigue
n.
A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.
+
shakeress
n.
A female Shaker.
+
shame
n.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
+
sanctificate
v.t.
To sanctify.
+
spotted
a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
+
sell
v.t.
To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
+
spinelle
n.
A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
+
spite
v.t.
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
+
slive
v.i.
To sneak.
+
speciality
n.
See Specialty, 3.
+
snet
v.t.
The clear of mucus; to blow.
+
summerhouse
n.
A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer.
+
skrupling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scruple
+
seat
v.t.
To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
+
succotash
n.
Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
+
supersensual
a.
Supersensible.
+
sleighing
n.
The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
+
shampoo
v.t.
To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.
+
sheathing
n.
The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
+
stetting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stet
+
substylar
a.
Pertaining to the substyle.
+
set
v.i.
To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
+
slue
v.t.
In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.
+
saltatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.
+
supravisor
n.
A supervisor.
+
symbology
n.
The art of expressing by symbols.
+
supper
v.i.
To take supper; to sup.
+
show
v.t.
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
+
stradometrical
a.
Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.
+
susurrant
a.
Whispering.
+
strengthful
a.
Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong.
+
sequester
n.
Sequestration; separation.
+
southwest
a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
+
stigma
v.t.
A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
+
synagogue
n.
The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
+
sump
n.
A pond of water for salt works.
+
shank
v.
The body of a type.
+
sewel
n.
A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
+
signifer
a.
Bearing signs.
+
stiver
n.
A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
+
sweat
v.i.
To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
+
stroke
v.t.
The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
+
shortcake
n.
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
+
spotty
a.
Full of spots; marked with spots.
+
spark
n.
That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
+
shook
imp.
of Shake
+
swashing
a.
Resounding; crushing.
+
sathanas
n.
Satan.
+
sumbul
n.
The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.
+
semination
n.
The act of sowing or spreading.
+
skedaddled
imp.|p.p.
of Skedaddle
+
shapable
a.
That may be shaped.
+
swansdown
n.
The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
+
sprawl
v.i.
To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
+
scent
n.
That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
+
snap
n.
To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
+
scobiform
a.
Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.
+
sweep
n.
The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
+
sciomancy
n.
Divination by means of shadows.
+
stove
n.
An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
+
sucker
n.
A pipe through which anything is drawn.
+
sulphurous
a.
Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
+
sciatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.
+
skirting
n.
A skirting board.
+
subvertible
a.
That may be subverted.
+
stir
v.i.
To rise, or be up, in the morning.
+
situation
n.
Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.
+
suppress
v.t.
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
+
stopper
n.
One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
+
scrip
n.
A small bag; a wallet; a satchel.
+
seventy
n.
A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
+
scratch
n.
A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
+
spread
v.t.
To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.
+
sliver
v.t.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
+
splasher
n.
A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
+
sepulchering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sepulchre
+
shell
n.
The hard covering of an egg.
+
slickens
n.
The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
+
station
n.
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
+
shola
n.
See Sola.
+
stamping

a. & n. from Stamp, v.
+
scrimmage
n.
The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
+
scarf
n.
A scarf joint.
+
sider
n.
One who takes a side.
+
sclerotal
n.
The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye.
+
star
v.i.
To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.
+
skulked
imp.|p.p.
of Skulk
+
subhepatic
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
+
school
v.t.
To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to train.
+
synchronical
a.
Happening at the same time; synchronous.
+
sneak
n.
A mean, sneaking fellow.
+
servifor
n.
An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.
+
spiral
a.
Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
+
seam
n.
A denomination of weight or measure.
+
squiery
n.
A company of squires; the whole body of squires.
+
sithence
adv.|conj.
Alt. of Sithens
+
saberbill
n.
Alt. of Sabrebill
+
showiness
n.
The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
+
swiveleyed
a.
Squint-eyed.
+
small
n.
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
+
settle
n.
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
+
scent
v.t.
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
+
sederunt
n.
A sitting, as of a court or other body.
+
soyned
a.
Filled with care; anxious.
+
sarcoptes
n.
A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.
+
selfdetermining
a.
Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.
+
sardinian
a.
Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.
+
shark
v.i.
To live by shifts and stratagems.
+
skeletal
a.
Pertaining to the skeleton.
+
sever
v.t.
To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
+
snaky
a.
Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
+
scale
n.
The sign or constellation Libra.
+
skin
n.
The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
+
semifloscule
n.
A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
+
summaries
pl.
of Summary
+
smouldering
a.
Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
+
staple
n.
A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
+
sharp
superl.
Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
+
simpleton
n.
A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
+
storage
n.
The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
+
sharp
superl.
So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
+
shutter
n.
One who shuts or closes.
+
satanic
a.
Alt. of Satanical
+
subalternating
a.
Subalternate; successive.
+
sauria
n.pl.
A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
+
shield
n.
In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
+
syndactylous
a.
Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.
+
stope
v.t.
To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
+
scald
n.
Scurf on the head. See Scall.
+
sciatherical
a.
Belonging to a sundial.
+
survivor
n.
The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.
+
shriek
n.
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
+
stipes
n.
The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
+
stipula
n.
A newly sprouted feather.
+
sauterne
n.
A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
+
scroyle
n.
A mean fellow; a wretch.
+
shelving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shelve
+
s

A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.
+
sizer
n.
An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.
+
skimmer
n.
Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
+
saffron
a.
Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
+
sweetened
imp.|p.p.
of Sweeten
+
sea pass

A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.
+
slobberer
n.
One who slobbers.
+
subside
v.i.
To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.
+
sleeve
n.
See Sleave, untwisted thread.
+
sea cock

The black-bellied plover.
+
sharpening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sharpen
+
splice
n.
A junction or joining made by splicing.
+
sensationalist
n.
An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.
+
scallop
n.
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
+
septoic
a.
See Heptoic.
+
swang
n.
A swamp.
+
spear
v.i.
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
+
subashdar
n.
A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.
+
sprung

imp. & p. p. of Spring.
+
skrimp
v.t.
See Scrimp.
+
smooth
a.
To free from harshness; to make flowing.
+
serve
v.i.
To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.
+
sling
v.t.
To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
+
seminal
a.
Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
+
scruple
n.
Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
+
share
v.
The pubes; the sharebone.
+
suggestion
n.
Charge; complaint; accusation.
+
screed
n.
A fragment; a portion; a shred.
+
siphonal
a.
Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.
+
sawtooth
n.
An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.
+
shallow
n.
The rudd.
+
skirmisher
n.
Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
+
stare
v.i.
To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
+
sac
n.
See 2d Sack.
+
slice
v.t.
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
+
smallsword
n.
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
+
sojourned
imp.|p.p.
of Sojourn
+
submit
v.i.
To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
+
stomachless
a.
Having no appetite.
+
stroma
n.
The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
+
simagre
n.
A grimace.
+
solert
a.
Skillful; clever; crafty.
+
symposion
n.
A drinking together; a symposium.
+
slackly
adv.
In a slack manner.
+
servile
a.
Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
+
screaming
a.
Uttering screams; shrieking.
+
schorlous
a.
Schorlaceous.
+
splenetical
a.
Splenetic.
+
shaded
imp.|p.p.
of Shade
+
slip
n.
A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
+
scirrhus
n.
A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.
+
stigmas
pl.
of Stigma
+
stellulate
a.
Minutely stellate.
+
seawalled
a.
Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall.
+
spurgewort
n.
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
+
superfecundation
n.
Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition.
+
service
n.
The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.
+
sere
a.
Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
+
sledding
n.
The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
+
stir
v.i.
To move; to change one's position.
+
subterrestrial
a.
Subterranean.
+
saccharone
n.
An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
+
spire
n.
A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
+
semiotics
n.
Semeiology.
+
scuffle
v.i.
Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
+
splanchnography
n.
Splanchnology.
+
smudge
n.
A suffocating smoke.
+
sturnoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the starlings.
+
sparkling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sparkle
+
supraocular
a.
Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.
+
splash
v.t.
To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
+
shaver
n.
A tool or machine for shaving.
+
strengthy
a.
Having strength; strong.
+
sparkler
n.
One who, or that which, sparkles.
+
stacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stack
+
stock
n.
The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
+
sanded
a.
Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.
+
strike
n.
Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
+
shawl
v.t.
To wrap in a shawl.
+
summering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Summer
+
season
n.
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
+
spencer
n.
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
+
stud
v.t.
To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
+
splittail
n.
The pintail duck.
+
science
n.
Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
+
speculation
n.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
+
solenoconcha
n.pl.
Same as Scaphopoda.
+
soundly
adv.
In a sound manner.
+
straining

a. & n. from Strain.
+
sleek
superl.
Not rough or harsh.
+
sundries
n.pl.
Many different or small things; sundry things.
+
steining
n.
See Steening.
+
sightless
a.
Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains.
+
similor
n.
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
+
seam
n.
Grease; tallow; lard.
+
serve
v.t.
To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
+
shealing
n.
The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
+
swell
v.t.
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
+
schooling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of School
+
sith
n.
Alt. of Sithe
+
submersion
n.
The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
+
slab
n.
That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.
+
steal
v.i.
To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
+
sandbagger
n.
An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.
+
suckfish
n.
A sucker fish.
+
synod
n.
An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
+
subjecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subject
+
sicken
v.t.
To impair; to weaken.
+
snug
v.t.
To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.
+
scenemen
pl.
of Sceneman
+
scoff
n.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
+
selfjustifier
n.
One who excuses or justifies himself.
+
serenitude
n.
Serenity.
+
shouting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shout
+
sensible
a.
Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance.
+
superannuated
imp.|p.p.
of Superannuate
+
slicking
n.
The act or process of smoothing.
+
signify
n.
To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
+
scoat
v.t.
To prop; to scotch.
+
sixth
n.
The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
+
sanitarist
n.
A sanitarian.
+
shine
n.
A liking for a person; a fancy.
+
stalworthness
n.
The quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring.
+
storm
v.t.
To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.
+
stock
n.
Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.
+
security
n.
The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
+
strepsorhina
n.pl.
Same as Lemuroidea.
+
squirmed
imp.|p.p.
of Squirm
+
sacramentarian
n.
A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
+
sphacelated
imp.|p.p.
of Spacelate
+
suffragator
n.
One who assists or favors by his vote.
+
saturnalian
a.
Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.
+
solivagant
a.
Wandering alone.
+
seyh

imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of See.
+
sensitive
a.
Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
+
scarp
n.
A steep descent or declivity.
+
selfreverence
n.
A reverent respect for one's self.
+
subdeaconry
n.
Alt. of Subdeaconship
+
secretion
n.
The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
+
squabbish
a.
Thick; fat; heavy.
+
stamp
v.t.
A half-penny.
+
shield
n.
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
+
seawife
n.
A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).
+
septennially
adv.
Once in seven years.
+
sophora
n.
A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.
+
spitful
n.
A spadeful.
+
scythian
a.
Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
+
stepper
n.
One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
+
salary
v.t.
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
+
stormwind
n.
A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm.
+
saur
n.
Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
+
scorpio
n.
A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
+
stimulant
n.
That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.
+
strength
n.
Intensity; -- said of light or color.
+
segment
n.
One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome.
+
sulphantimonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid.
+
swinge
v.|n.
See Singe.
+
switch
n.
A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
+
subrector
n.
An assistant restor.
+
steatopyga
n.
A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.
+
sickly
adv.
In a sick manner or condition; ill.
+
superphysical
a.
Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
+
show
n.
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
+
symphonious
a.
Symphonic.
+
solidungular
a.
Solipedous.
+
squire
n.
A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
+
sortal
a.
Pertaining to a sort.
+
subjoined
imp.|p.p.
of Subjoin
+
superinducement
n.
Superinduction.
+
spirit
n.
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
+
spokesman
n.
One who speaks for another.
+
syker
a.|adv.
See Sicker.
+
severed
imp.|.p.p.
of Sever
+
sea holly

An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
+
strain
n.
Turn; tendency; inborn disposition.  Cf. 1st Strain.
+
synteretics
n.
That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
+
sora
n.
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto.
+
scoffed
imp.|p.p.
of Scoff
+
scribe
v.t.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
+
shahin
n.
A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
+
shed
v.t.
To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
+
stere
n.
A rudder. See 5th Steer.
+
subsecute
v.t.
To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.
+
sphenographist
n.
A sphenographer.
+
spongeous
a.
Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
+
siamese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.
+
seed
n.
Race; generation; birth.
+
spurn
n.
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
+
south
n.
That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
+
sheepberry
n.
The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.
+
stor
a.
Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious.
+
sulphuric
a.
Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
+
size
v.i.
To take greater size; to increase in size.
+
serenade
n.
A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.
+
spayade
n.
A spay.
+
shallop
n.
A boat.
+
sell
v.t.
To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money.
+
shot
v.t.
A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
+
stepmother
n.
The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
+
schizognathae
n.pl.
The schizognathous birds.
+
senator
n.
A member of a senate.
+
sanidine
n.
A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.
+
sallenders
n.pl.
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse.
+
screw
n.
A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
+
supporter
n.
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.
+
solemn
a.
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.
+
skittles
v.t.
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
+
scringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrine
+
superstition
n.
An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.
+
safflower
n.
The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.
+
sclerodermous

Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates.
+
spouseless
a.
Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.
+
stick
n.
To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
+
sevenfold
adv.
Seven times as much or as often.
+
splay
v.t.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.
+
selfabased
a.
Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.
+
sprout
v.t.
To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
+
slow
adv.
Slowly.
+
spangle
v.i.
To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
+
shright
n.
A shriek; shrieking.
+
spent
imp.|p.p.
of Spend
+
sciscitation
n.
The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
+
sustres
pl.
of Sustre
+
so
adv.
Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
+
scioptric
a.
Scioptic.
+
syngraph
n.
A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.
+
scamp
a.
To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
+
sclerotitis
n.
Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.
+
spicae
pl.
of Spica
+
seminific
a.
Alt. of Semnifical
+
stoppered
imp.|p.p.
of Stopper
+
superconsequence
n.
Remote consequence.
+
seaming
n.
The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
+
sentinelled

of Sentinel
+
slacken
a.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
+
serrulated
a.
Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.
+
secularize
v.t.
To make worldly or unspiritual.
+
strength
n.
The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
+
subscribe
v.t.
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.
+
study
v.i.
A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
+
shopboard
n.
A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.
+
syringa
n.
The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
+
scombroid
n.
Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
+
singleminded
a.
Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
+
sovereignly
adv.
In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
+
savoyard
n.
A native or inhabitant of Savoy.
+
stud
n.
A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
+
stoop
v.i.
To sink when on the wing; to alight.
+
sepulchre
v.t.
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
+
surrejoinder
n.
The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
+
semispheroidal
a.
Formed like a half spheroid.
+
skipper
n.
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
+
solubility
n.
The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
+
sheathe
v.t.
To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
+
scutibranch
a.
Scutibranchiate.
+
stigmatic
n.
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.
+
sail
v.t.
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
+
substractor
n.
One who subtracts.
+
scummer
v.i.
To scumber.
+
subopercular
n.
The suboperculum.
+
skimmerton
n.
See Skimmington.
+
skater
n.
Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
+
stultify
v.t.
To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.
+
size
n.
A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.
+
scumbling
n.
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.
+
such
a.
Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better.
+
schizopodous
a.
Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
+
senegin
n.
A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.
+
strass
n.
A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.  Cf. Glass.
+
scrutable
a.
Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.
+
sporozoid
n.
Same as Zoospore.
+
shekel
n.
A jocose term for money.
+
scapular
a.
Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.
+
salience
n.
The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
+
systematical
a.
Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
+
stirps
n.
A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
+
seignior
n.
A lord; the lord of a manor.
+
spading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spade
+
sensualized
imp.|p.p.
of Sensualize
+
sware

imp. of Swear.
+
string
n.
Same as Stringcourse.
+
subtransparent
a.
Not perfectly transparent.
+
subjoin
v.t.
To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.
+
strutted
imp.|p.p.
of Strut
+
swabber
n.
Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.
+
splendent
a.
Very conspicuous; illustrious.
+
spar
v.t.
A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
+
seedtime
n.
The season proper for sowing.
+
soften
v.t.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
+
sprig
v.t.
To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.
+
solidified
imp.|p.p.
of Solidify
+
squaccos
pl.
of Squacco
+
slicker
n.
A waterproof coat.
+
scratch coat

The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
+
shell
n.
The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
+
sagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sag
+
steatopygous
a.
Having fat buttocks.
+
shemitic
a.
Alt. of Shemitish
+
superintendency
n.
The act of superintending; superintendence.
+
serpentigenous
a.
Bred of a serpent.
+
snipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snip
+
syringes
pl.
of Syrinx
+
sauseflem
a.
Having a red, pimpled face.
+
simple
a.
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
+
soaking
a.
Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
+
semibarbarous
a.
Half barbarous.
+
stramineous
a.
Strawy; consisting of straw.
+
suppress
v.t.
To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
+
statuesquely
adv.
In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.
+
swell
v.t.
To aggravate; to heighten.
+
shelling
n.
Groats; hulled oats.
+
septentrion
a.
Alt. of Septentrional
+
sporadical
a.
Sporadic.
+
skilful
a.
See Skilful.
+
sess
n.
A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
+
sis
n.
A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.
+
sexenary
a.
Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.
+
stammering
a.
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
+
scholastic
a.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
+
swartiness
n.
Swarthiness.
+
scarn
n.
Dung.
+
sentinel
n.
A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
+
suboctave
a.
Alt. of Suboctuple
+
stayship
n.
A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
+
steik
v.t.
To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten.
+
sea ape

The thrasher shark.
+
singingly
adv.
With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.
+
sniggled
imp.|p.p.
of Sniggle
+
social
a.
Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
+
suffice
v.t.
To furnish; to supply adequately.
+
shelter
v.i.
To take shelter.
+
stale
v.i.
Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
+
slunk
imp.
of Slink
+
sclerotical
a.
Sclerotic.
+
subtilization
n.
The act of making subtile.
+
scribbling
n.
The act of writing hastily or idly.
+
seminose
n.
A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
+
shepherdess
n.
A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
+
sulphophosphite
n.
A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
+
speechmaker
n.
One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
+
smell
v.i.
To exercise sagacity.
+
seductress
n.
A woman who seduces.
+
subalternation
n.
The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
+
sell
v.t.
To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
+
straggling

a. & n. from Straggle, v.
+
sanitarian
n.
An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.
+
sanguineless
a.
Destitute of blood; pale.
+
sea blite

A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.
+
strident
a.
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
+
struggle
n.
A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
+
sublime
n.
That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
+
smock
n.
A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
+
stall
v.t.
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
+
sesquipedal
a.
Alt. of Sesquipedalian
+
saintologist
n.
One who writes the lives of saints.
+
social
a.
Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.
+
swingled
imp.|p.p.
of Swingle
+
scattering
a.
Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.
+
served
imp.|p.p.
of Serve
+
stone
n.
Something made of stone. Specifically: -
+
spheromere
n.
Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal.
+
scenography
n.
The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.
+
state
a.
Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
+
sergeant
n.
The cobia.
+
signality
n.
The quality or state of being signal or remarkable.
+
section
n.
A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase.
+
sufficient
a.
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
+
seaward
adv.
Toward the sea.
+
sextant
n.
The sixth part of a circle.
+
simmer
v.i.
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
+
southernwood
n.
A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
+
selfreproached
a.
Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
+
superfice
n.
A superficies.
+
sickerly
adv.
Alt. of Sikerly
+
stigma
v.t.
A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
+
selfacting
a.
Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
+
stragula
pl.
of Stragulum
+
slubber
n.
A slubbing machine.
+
shagged
a.
Shaggy; rough.
+
schesis
n.
General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
+
squirr
v.t.
See Squir.
+
sea canary

The beluga, or white whale.
+
sciagraph
n.
A radiograph.
+
steel
n.
An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
+
strike
v.t.
To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
+
son
n.
The produce of anything.
+
syzygial
a.
Pertaining to a syzygy.
+
symmetral
a.
Commensurable; symmetrical.
+
shipping
n.
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
+
scope
n.
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
+
stereography
n.
The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.
+
seaworthiness
n.
The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.
+
selection
n.
That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
+
sort
v.t.
To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
+
skunkhead
n.
The surf duck.
+
scarecrow
n.
A person clad in rags and tatters.
+
stackage
n.
Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.
+
spill
v.i.
To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
+
subincusation
n.
A slight charge or accusation.
+
spessartite
n.
A manganesian variety of garnet.
+
sweep
v.i.
To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes.
+
semisoun
n.
A half sound; a low tone.
+
subsequent
a.
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.
+
split
v.i.
To separate into parties or factions.
+
settle
v.i.
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
+
swimmer
n.
One who swims.
+
sawceflem
a.
See Sauseflem.
+
shide
n.
A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
+
shepherdly
a.
Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
+
symmetrian
n.
One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
+
seance
n.
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
+
september
n.
The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.
+
sophis
pl.
of Sophi
+
saveall
n.
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
+
secrete
v.t.
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
+
spynace
n.
Alt. of Spyne
+
seizing
n.
The act of taking or grasping suddenly.
+
subduction
n.
The act of subducting or taking away.
+
sea surgeon

A surgeon fish.
+
syncopate
v.t.
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.
+
suricat
n.
Same as Zenick.
+
straint
n.
Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
+
supplyment
n.
A supplying or furnishing; supply.
+
satisfier
n.
One who satisfies.
+
saturant
a.
Impregnating to the full; saturating.
+
seizin
n.
Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.
+
sighted
a.
Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.
+
sauced
imp.|p.p.
of Sauce
+
surquedry
n.
Alt. of Surquidry
+
sweep
v.i.
To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.
+
speckle
n.
A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
+
striker
n.
A workman who is on a strike.
+
subscription
n.
That which is subscribed.
+
sixtieth
n.
The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
+
secreted
imp.|p.p.
of Secrete
+
sashery
n.
A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.
+
servile
a.
Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
+
symmetrizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Symmetrize
+
spiritualist
n.
One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
+
strike
v.i.
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
+
shiff
v.i.
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
+
sooted
imp.|p.p.
of Soot
+
shovelnose
n.
A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
+
saxon
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
+
secularly
adv.
In a secular or worldly manner.
+
slit
n.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
+
subject
a.
That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.
+
spongiae
n.pl.
The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
+
slee
v.t.
To slay.
+
sweetening
n.
That which sweetens.
+
spying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spy
+
steeler
n.
One who points, edges, or covers with steel.
+
skin
n.
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
+
surefooted
a.
Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.
+
sepaled
a.
Having one or more sepals.
+
sale
v.t.
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
+
shrouding
n.
The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
+
selfconvicted
a.
Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.
+
saffron
n.
A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
+
supporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Support
+
summit
n.
The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.
+
sublinguae
pl.
of Sublingua
+
siliquose
a.
Alt. of Siliquous
+
surcloyed
imp.|p.p.
of Surcloy
+
sharp
n.
A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
+
solempne
a.
Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.
+
slow
superl.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
+
strale
n.
Pupil of the eye.
+
scant
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
+
stenciler
n.
One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.
+
simple
a.
Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
+
swallow
v.t.
To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
+
star
n.
One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.
+
summery
a.
Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.
+
soldier
v.i.
To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
+
superincumbency
n.
The quality or state of being superincumbent.
+
snipefish
n.
The bellows fish.
+
soote
a.
Sweet.
+
spirituousness
n.
The quality or state of being spirituous.
+
soil
n.
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
+
shipman
n.
A seaman, or sailor.
+
school
n.
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school.
+
stokey
a.
Close; sultry.
+
scary
a.
Causing fright; alarming.
+
snaphead
n.
A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.
+
share
v.
A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
+
stank
n.
A dam or mound to stop water.
+
stithy
n.
An anvil.
+
sative
a.
Sown; propagated by seed.
+
smeary
a.
Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous.
+
superfetate
v.i.
To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
+
sile
v.t.
To strain, as fresh milk.
+
soar
a.
See Sore, reddish brown.
+
sort
v.t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
+
smokehouse
n.
A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
+
sanguinariness
n.
The quality or state of being sanguinary.
+
serratirostral
a.
Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.
+
shindy
n.
An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
+
stunner
n.
One who, or that which, stuns.
+
stamp
v.t.
Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
+
suctorial
a.
Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.
+
screw
v.t.
To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
+
scientific
a.
Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
+
sometimes
adv.
At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally.
+
shirley
n.
The bullfinch.
+
skulk
n.
Alt. of Skulker
+
stalactical
a.
Stalactic.
+
sabbath
n.
A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
+
stretto
n.
The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue.
+
sneb
v.t.
To reprimand; to sneap.
+
superstition
n.
Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
+
snuggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snuggle
+
stop
n.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
+
snatch
n.
To seize and transport away; to rap.
+
stigma
v.t.
Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
+
sleepyhead
n.
A sleepy person.
+
sacculoutricular
a.
Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
+
station
n.
The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.
+
slink
v.t.
To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
+
substance
n.
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
+
softa
n.
Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.
+
stipple
n.
Alt. of Stippling
+
sustentate
v.t.
To sustain.
+
soothly
adv.
In truth; truly; really; verily.
+
sound
n.
A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
+
smockfaced
a.
Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
+
surmise
n.
Reflection; thought.
+
scarify
v.t.
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
+
splicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Splice
+
sliding
a.
Slippery; elusory.
+
storge
n.
Parental affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.
+
siphon
v.t.
To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.
+
still
v.t.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
+
shipwreck
n.
Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
+
soutage
n.
That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.
+
snippet
n.
A small part or piece.
+
semblance
a.
Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
+
shot
a.
Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
+
shrouding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shroud
+
shortcoming
n.
The act of falling, or coming short
+
scutiger
n.
Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
+
strabismus
n.
An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.
+
scab
n.
The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
+
spancelled

of Spancel
+
slatt
n.
A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
+
sortably
adv.
Suitable.
+
swag
n.
A swaying, irregular motion.
+
sir
n.
A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
+
strumpet
v.t.
To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.
+
sleid
v.t.
To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
+
shaft
n.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
+
stalled
imp.|p.p.
of Stall
+
suscitation
n.
The act of raising or exciting.
+
spitball
n.
Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.
+
signal
n.
A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
+
stroke
v.t.
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
+
stain
n.
A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
+
shatter
v.t.
To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.
+
shellfish
n.
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.
+
scolex
n.
The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus.
+
style
v.t.
A pen; an author's pen.
+
saddening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sadden
+
scholar
n.
A man of books.
+
shorling
n.
A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
+
snithy
a.
Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind.
+
sequence
n.
Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.
+
stage
n.
The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
+
sgraffito
a.
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.
+
sponge
v.i.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
+
sanskrit
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
+
supernumerary
a.
Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
+
spoliate
v.t.
To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
+
sponson
n.
One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
+
selfist
n.
A selfish person.
+
sadducee
n.
One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.
+
sieva
n.
A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
+
sand
n.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
+
sheen
v.t.
Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
+
semipedal
a.
Containing a half foot.
+
sonneter
n.
A composer of sonnets.
+
soapy
superl.
Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
+
slug
v.i.
To move slowly; to lie idle.
+
stall
v.i.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
+
spot
v.i.
To become stained with spots.
+
snacot
n.
A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
+
scurff
n.
The bull trout.
+
snippety
a.
Ridiculously small; petty.
+
safely
adv.
In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences.
+
shipshape
adv.
In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
+
sauce
n.
Sauciness; impertinence.
+
scowled
imp.|p.p.
of Scowl
+
subquintuple
a.
Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.
+
submissness
n.
Submissiveness.
+
spank
n.
A blow with the open hand; a slap.
+
sidewinder
n.
See Horned rattler, under Horned.
+
sickleman
n.
One who uses a sickle; a reaper.
+
submedian
a.
Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.
+
smugly
adv.
In a smug manner.
+
somnolency
n.
Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
+
sanctifyingly
adv.
In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.
+
steve
v.t.
To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.
+
stage
n.
The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
+
substantially
adv.
In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.
+
spawn
v.t.
The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
+
shambled
imp.|p.p.
of Shamble
+
scented
imp.|p.p.
of Scent
+
subject
a.
Obedient; submissive.
+
studious
a.
Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
+
sparerib
n.
A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.
+
solano

A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
+
slink
n.
A thievish fellow; a sneak.
+
shealing
n.
Same as Sheeling.
+
superficialize
v.t.
To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way.
+
spindle
n.
The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
+
spring
v.t.
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
+
siegework
n.
A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
+
strap
n.
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
+
solid
a.
Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
+
slim
superl.
Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.
+
silicious
a.
See Siliceous.
+
stived
imp.|p.p.
of Stive
+
salian
n.
A Salian Frank.
+
scalded
imp.|p.p.
of Scald
+
surplus
n.
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
+
staging
n.
The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
+
strike
v.t.
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
+
semble
a.
Like; resembling.
+
stree
n.
Straw.
+
sling
v.t.
A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
+
suffused
imp.|p.p.
of Suffuse
+
stay
v.i.
To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
+
strathspey
n.
A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
+
sesquipedalism
n.
Sesquipedality.
+
smugged
imp.|p.p.
of Smug
+
sea eel

The conger eel.
+
shinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shin
+
scepterellate
a.
Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
+
substantiating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Substantiate
+
sunned
imp.|p.p.
of Sun
+
solution
n.
The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.
+
sea purslane

See under Purslane.
+
slightness
n.
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
+
square
v.i.
To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
+
semivowel
n.
The sign or letter representing such a sound.
+
scapular
n.
One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
+
solenette
n.
A small European sole (Solea minuta).
+
set
v.t.
To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
+
scalp
v.t.
To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
+
sixpence
n.
An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
+
salineness
n.
The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
+
serpent
n.
The constellation Serpens.
+
slipper
n.
One who, or that which, slips.
+
sough
v.i.
A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
+
shears
n.
A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
+
sectism
n.
Devotion to a sect.
+
stylomastoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.
+
syrianism
n.
A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.
+
sapajo
n.
The sapajou.
+
squamosal
n.
The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal.
+
shoal
a.
Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
+
stenciled
imp.|p.p.
of Stencil
+
shipmaster
n.
The captain, master, or commander of a ship.
+
swimming
a.
That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.
+
stretch
v.i.
To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
+
soudan
n.
A sultan.
+
shirt
n.
A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.
+
supply
n.
The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.
+
scrat
n.
An hermaphrodite.
+
shoat
n.
A young hog. Same as Shote.
+
semiflosculous
a.
Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
+
sorrowless
a.
Free from sorrow.
+
saynd

p. p. of Senge, to singe.
+
smoke
n.
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
+
soldieress
n.
A female soldier.
+
sexualist
n.
One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus.
+
salute
v.t.
To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
+
supervening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supervene
+
steinbock
n.
A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok.
+
statesmanship
n.
The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
+
skolezite
n.
See Scolecite.
+
shed
n.
That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
+
sea adder

The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
+
singular
n.
An individual instance; a particular.
+
shock
n.
A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
+
shirking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shirk
+
seasoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Season
+
spy
n.
A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.
+
swingletail
n.
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
+
saccharine
a.
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
+
shogunate
n.
The office or dignity of a Shogun.
+
scillain
n.
A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.
+
system
n.
Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
+
satirize
v.t.
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
+
skeptic
n.
A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist.
+
sailor
n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
+
standardbred
a.
Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.
+
silicatization
n.
Silicification.
+
stroock

of Strike
+
sedition
n.
The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.
+
stun
v.t.
To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
+
security
n.
That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
+
salework
n.
Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
+
snare
n.
Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
+
seel
v.i.
To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
+
sublibrarian
n.
An under or assistant librarian.
+
suprasternal
a.
Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
+
shoe
n.
The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
+
scalder
n.
A Scandinavian poet; a scald.
+
septuple
v.t.
To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.
+
superintending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superintend
+
scomfish
v.t.|i.
To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
+
searing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sear
+
swagger
v.t.
To bully.
+
stomatogastric
a.
Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.
+
squamipennes
pl.
of Squamipen
+
sprag
v.t.
To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
+
steelhead
n.
A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.
+
steen
n.
A vessel of clay or stone.
+
stoicism
n.
The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
+
stalked
imp.|p.p.
of Stalk
+
sustain
v.t.
To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
+
snick
n.|v.t.
See Sneck.
+
sircar
n.
A district or province; a circar.
+
sea pike

A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
+
semiformed
a.
Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
+
species
n.
Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
+
smickering
n.
Amorous glance or inclination.
+
spell
v.t.
To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
+
second
a.
To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
+
staple
n.
The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
+
stenting
n.
An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
+
suburban
n.
One who dwells in the suburbs.
+
septenate
a.
Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.
+
subpedunculate
a.
Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.
+
smuggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smuggle
+
solidago
n.
A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.
+
storkbilled
a.
Having a bill like that of the stork.
+
scherif
n.
See Sherif.
+
singlehearted
a.
Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
+
strained
imp.|p.p.
of Strain
+
sarcastic
a.
Alt. of Sarcastical
+
superethical
a.
More than ethical; above ethics.
+
sissoo
n.
A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.
+
stimulant
n.
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.
+
subjugate
v.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.
+
skated
imp.|p.p.
of Skate
+
set
v.t.
To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
+
sea feather

Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.
+
sustained
a.
Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.
+
soc
n.
Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
+
surrogate
n.
In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
+
span
v.t.
A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
+
surplice
n.
A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
+
sess
v.t.
To lay a tax upon; to assess.
+
salina
a.
A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
+
saprophagous
a.
Feeding on carrion.
+
suburbicarian
a.
Alt. of Suburbicary
+
syphiloid
a.
Resembling syphilis.
+
scarifier
n.
One who scarifies.
+
sea peach

A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe peach.
+
stringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of String
+
smore
v.t.
To smother. See Smoor.
+
sunbonnet
n.
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.
+
scalloped
n.
Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.
+
scrunch
v.t.|v.i.
To scranch; to crunch.
+
stunt
n.
A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
+
seg
n.
The gladen, and other species of Iris.
+
shrinkage
n.
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
+
subtartarean
a.
Being or living under Tartarus; infernal.
+
sacramentarian
n.
One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
+
spheric
a.
Of or pertaining to a sphere.
+
swine
n.
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.
+
sylph
n.
Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
+
saltish
a.
Somewhat salt.
+
schizocoelous
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.
+
scyphophori
n.pl.
An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.
+
simpered
imp.|p.p.
of Simper
+
sound
superl.
heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
+
sound
n.
The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
+
sage
superl.
Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
+
stercorin
n.
Same as Serolin (b).
+
suasion
n.
The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
+
stupor
n.
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
+
square
n.
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
+
saga
n.
A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.
+
stroker
n.
One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.
+
smithereens
n.pl.
Fragments; atoms; smithers.
+
state
n.
The principal persons in a government.
+
sofa
n.
A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.
+
smoulder
v.t.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
+
subpurchaser
n.
A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.
+
sighting

a. & n. from Sight, v. t.
+
snakestone
n.
An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.
+
sharpen
a.
To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
+
sturtion
n.
A corruption of Nasturtion.
+
shopman
n.
One who works in a shop or a factory.
+
storekeeper
n.
One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3.
+
stele
n.
A stale, or handle; a stalk.
+
songless
a.
Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.
+
suggest
v.t.
To inform secretly.
+
strain
a.
To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
+
semidouble
a.
Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
+
spinney
n.
Same as Spinny.
+
sojourn
v.i.
To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
+
steganophthalmata
n.pl.
The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.
+
scraber
n.
The Manx shearwater.
+
sufficiency
n.
Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
+
shellapple
n.
See Sheldafle.
+
seaboard
a.
Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.
+
starboard
a.
Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.
+
stave
n.
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
+
sucker
n.
A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything.
+
selfdefence
n.
See Self-defense.
+
shrieker
n.
One who utters a shriek.
+
shining
n.
Emission or reflection of light.
+
sanguine
a.
Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
+
suleah fish

A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.
+
scandal
v.t.
To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.
+
stage
n.
A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
+
scraping
n.
The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
+
sylvanium
n.
An old name for tellurium.
+
sedentariness
n.
Quality of being sedentary.
+
spell
n.
A story; a tale.
+
sterling
n.
A certain standard of quality or value for money.
+
splatterdash
n.
Uproar.
+
sunless
a.
Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.
+
sile
v.i.
To drop; to flow; to fall.
+
shine
v.i.
To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
+
sitter
n.
A bird that sits or incubates.
+
slidding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slide
+
seedman
see
Seedsman.
+
slanginess
n.
Quality of being slangy.
+
sheriat
n.
The sacred law of the Turkish empire.
+
swardcutter
n.
A lawn mower.
+
shumac
n.
Sumac.
+
situate
v.t.
To place.
+
severity
n.
Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
+
suppose
v.t.
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
+
short
superl.
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
+
subtense
a.
A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc.
+
semicompact
a.
Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
+
stent
v.t.
To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
+
stela
n.
A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
+
shoeinghorn
n.
Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
+
spiegeleisen
n.
See Spiegel iron.
+
scotch
v.t.
To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
+
searching
a.
Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye.
+
send
v.i.
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
+
scutcheoned
a.
Emblazoned on or as a shield.
+
straight
superl.
Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
+
sylvestrian
a.
Sylvan.
+
sensibleness
n.
The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.
+
service
n.
Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
+
sea bean

Same as Florida bean.
+
short
v.t.
To shorten.
+
sanction
n.
Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
+
stitch
v.t.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
+
suchwise
adv.
In a such a manner; so.
+
swop
v.|n.
Same as Swap.
+
stocker
n.
One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.
+
slamming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slam
+
snorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snort
+
strang
a.
Strong.
+
subject
n.
The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
+
sew
n.
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
+
successionist
n.
A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
+
sergeant
n.
In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.
+
sacrament
n.
The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
+
sedentary
a.
Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
+
swift
n.
The current of a stream.
+
shamanism
n.
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.
+
srawls
n.pl.
Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.
+
secularize
v.t.
To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property.
+
solemnize
n.
Solemnization.
+
say
n.
A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
+
superior
a.
Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
+
subcrustaceous
a.
Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.
+
scup
n.
A swing.
+
sortance
v.i.
Suitableness; agreement.
+
sula
n.
A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.
+
spare
v.t.
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
+
speculation
n.
Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
+
saccharinate
n.
A salt of saccharine.
+
stuttered
imp.|p.p.
of Stutter
+
shortlived
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
+
swagger
v.i.
To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
+
staller
n.
A standard bearer. obtaining
+
subibfer
v.t.|i.
To infer from an inference already made.
+
serpette
n.
A pruning knife with a curved blade.
+
see
v.t.
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
+
stomachical
a.
Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.
+
shortspoken
a.
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
+
shabbiness
n.
The quality or state of being sghabby.
+
suspense
a.
Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
+
skillless
a.
Wanting skill.
+
salve
interj.
Hail!
+
sternutatory
n.
A sternutatory substance or medicine.
+
sea snail

Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.
+
solivagous
a.
Solivagant.
+
skin
n.
The external membranous integument of an animal.
+
splasher
n.
One who, or that which, splashes.
+
schooling
n.
Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
+
surcingle
n.
The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
+
saunter
n.
A sauntering, or a sauntering place.
+
scintillating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scintillate
+
sublimatory
a.
Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels.
+
symmetric
a.
Symmetrical.
+
sagitta
n.
A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
+
stropped
imp.|p.p.
of Strop
+
shudder
v.i.
To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
+
sailer
n.
A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.
+
sacrifice
v.i.
To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.
+
sue
v.t.
To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
+
scale
v.t.
To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
+
swelled
imp.
of Swell
+
shrubby
superl.
Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
+
sequential
a.
Succeeding or following in order.
+
sorry
a.
Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.
+
senteur
n.
Scent.
+
serve
v.i.
To lead off in delivering the ball.
+
slipcoat cheese

A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.
+
schoolroom
n.
A room in which pupils are taught.
+
selfenjoyment
n.
Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.
+
scrimpingly
adv.
In a scrimping manner.
+
stiltify
v.t.
To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
+
sisyphean
a.
Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
+
saiga
n.
An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
+
superstructive
a.
Built or erected on something else.
+
subverted
imp.|p.p.
of Subvert
+
sitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sit
+
syndesmology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.
+
sit
v.t.
To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
+
staylace
n.
A lace for fastening stays.
+
stoup
n.
A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.
+
showed

of Show
+
selfdevouring
a.
Devouring one's self or itself.
+
stingless
a.
Having no sting.
+
smasher
n.
One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.
+
starve
v.i.
To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
+
shellless
a.
Having no shell.
+
seventies
pl.
of Seventy
+
sportulae
pl.
of Sportula
+
stifftailed
a.
Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
+
stentorin
n.
A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2.
+
stereographically
adv.
In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
+
slaveries
pl.
of Slavery
+
sensational
a.
Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
+
squat
n.
A sudden or crushing fall.
+
substantive
v.t.
To substantivize.
+
scent
v.t.
To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
+
saikyr
n.
Same as Saker.
+
swordick
n.
The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
+
spiritless
a.
Having no breath; extinct; dead.
+
savine
n.
A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.
+
synclinal
a.
Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
+
spinning

a. & n. from Spin.
+
slapped
imp.|p.p.
of Slap
+
screw
n.
An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
+
soil
n.
To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
+
solar
a.
A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.
+
stamp
n.
The act of stamping, as with the foot.
+
single
a.
Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
+
shovel
v.t.
To gather up as with a shovel.
+
sile
n.
A sieve with fine meshes.
+
spermophytic
a.
Capable of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.
+
selectedly
adv.
With care and selection.
+
stomach
n.
Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
+
sluggish
a.
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
+
seignior
n.
A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
+
skiddaw
n.
The black guillemot.
+
slug
n.
An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
+
snickered
imp.|p.p.
of Snicker
+
square
n.
To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
+
suspired
a.
Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
+
spongida
n.pl.
Spongiae.
+
seedness
n.
Seedtime.
+
solen
n.
Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.
+
stot
n.
A young bull or ox, especially one three years old.
+
scutellum
n.
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.
+
soli
pl.
of Solo
+
sherbet
n.
A flavored water ice.
+
stilt
n.
A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.
+
showing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Show
+
succorer
n.
One who affords succor; a helper.
+
scizorhinal
a.
Having the nasal bones separate.
+
supplicate
v.i.
To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
+
shako
n.
A kind of military cap or headdress.
+
sphacelate
v.t.
To affect with gangrene.
+
simia
n.
A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
+
servilely
adv.
In a servile manner; slavishly.
+
somebody
n.
A person of consideration or importance.
+
show
n.
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
+
soprani
pl.
of Soprano
+
shadowing
n.
A faint representation; an adumbration.
+
stripe
n.
A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
+
swish
v.t.
To flog; to lash.
+
sign
n.
Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
+
skillet
n.
A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.
+
storied
a.
Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.
+
substitution
n.
The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.
+
shrieking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shriek
+
snig
v.i.
To sneak.
+
soil
n.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
+
severy
n.
A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
+
sweetmeat
n.
The paint used in making patent leather.
+
something
n.
A person or thing importance.
+
straight
n.
A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
+
spicy
superl.
Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
+
southren
a.
Southern.
+
staggard
n.
The male red deer when four years old.
+
syphilologist
n.
One skilled in syphilology.
+
seigniorial
a.
Same as Seigneurial.
+
sight
v.t.
The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
+
supererogated
imp.|p.p.
of Supererogate
+
situation
n.
Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
+
sway
v.i.
To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
+
slake
v.i.
To abate; to become less decided.
+
seaside
n.
The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
+
smite
v.t.
To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.
+
scytheman
n.
One who uses a scythe; a mower.
+
sectionalism
n.
A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
+
stingo
n.
Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.
+
sauce
v.t.
To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.
+
smoothbore
a.
Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.
+
scug
n.
A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.
+
surrein
v.t.
To override; to exhaust by riding.
+
scorn
n.
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
+
shamble
v.i.
To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
+
shrimp
v.t.
To contract; to shrink.
+
stumming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stum
+
sinuses
pl.
of Sinus
+
sneeze
v.i.
To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
+
shiff
v.i.
To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
+
sunken

of Sink
+
selfinterest
n.
Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
+
suffix
n.
A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.
+
schah
n.
See Shah.
+
station
n.
A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
+
silkness
n.
Silkiness.
+
spindlelegged
a.
Having long, slender legs.
+
sutteeism
n.
The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
+
scourging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scourge
+
sontag
n.
A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
+
squeeze
v.i.
To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
+
shears
n.
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle.
+
speciality
n.
An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
+
sybarite
n.
A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.
+
suffruticose
a.
Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.
+
seducer
n.
One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.
+
sclerenchyma
n.
The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
+
slipperwort
n.
See Calceolaria.
+
sea beast

Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.
+
something
n.
A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.
+
stop
n.
In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.
+
stud
n.
An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
+
smart
v.i.
Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.
+
scutelliform
a.
Having the form of a scutellum.
+
shrapnel
n.
A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
+
stander
n.
One who stands.
+
splendid
a.
Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
+
shaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shave
+
separator
n.
One who, or that which, separates.
+
singular
a.
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
+
shadowy
a.
Faintly representative; hence, typical.
+
save
a.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
+
serricorn
n.
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.
+
supraorbital
a.
Alt. of Supraorbitar
+
splining
a.
Of or pertaining to a spline.
+
stereotype
n.
A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
+
sham
v.t.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
+
stoutness
n.
The state or quality of being stout.
+
sailcloth
n.
Duck or canvas used in making sails.
+
simulation
n.
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
+
shadow
n.
To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
+
sloggy
a.
Sluggish.
+
settle
n.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
+
sagittated
a.
Sagittal; sagittate.
+
squire
n.
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
+
subcaudal
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.
+
scar
v.t.
To mark with a scar or scars.
+
sleek
adv.
With ease and dexterity.
+
speech
n.
Talk; mention; common saying.
+
sheepfaced
a.
Over-bashful; sheepish.
+
settle
n.
A seat of any kind.
+
sickled
a.
Furnished with a sickle.
+
skepticize
v.i.
To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
+
seabar
n.
A tern.
+
sweater
n.
An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
+
snead
n.
A snath.
+
soncy
a.
Alt. of Sonsy
+
strout
v.t.
To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
+
slippery
a.
Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
+
supererogating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supererogate
+
squiring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squire
+
smacking
a.
Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.
+
shrink
v.i.
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
+
sensualistic
a.
Sensual.
+
seamanship
n.
The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
+
scorned
imp.|p.p.
of Scorn
+
succeed
v.i.
To go under cover.
+
steam
n.
The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
+
sense
v.t.
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
+
surveillant
a.
Overseeing; watchful.
+
seel
n.
Alt. of Seeling
+
squeak
n.
A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
+
sirbonian
a.
See Serbonian.
+
sew
v.t.
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
+
systematize
v.t.
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.
+
skue
a.|n.
See Skew.
+
sponge
v.t.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
+
sensual
a.
Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
+
stridulation
n.
The act of stridulating.
+
stand
n.
To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
+
skene
n.
See Skean.
+
shiver
n.
A spindle.
+
state
n.
The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
+
sensitory
n.
See Sensory.
+
shading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shade
+
scintillant
a.
Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.
+
square
n.
An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
+
savageness
n.
The state or quality of being savage.
+
salmiac
n.
Sal ammoniac. See under Sal.
+
shroud
n.
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
+
scleriasis
n.
Induration of any part, including scleroderma.
+
sillabub
n.
A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.
+
speedful
a.
Full of speed (in any sense).
+
swinck
v.|n.
See Swink.
+
sanga
n.
Alt. of Sangu
+
trixes
pl.
of Separatrix
+
socage
n.
A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.
+
samaritan
n.
A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
+
scrimp
a.
Short; scanty; curtailed.
+
shooi
n.
The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.
+
sassy bark

The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.
+
seashore
n.
The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
+
subfusk
a.
Subfuscous.
+
sureness
n.
The state of being sure; certainty.
+
salt
n.
Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
+
starless
a.
Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.
+
scuffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scuff
+
short
superl.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
+
supraesophageal
a.
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea.
+
swart
a.
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
+
spleeny
a.
Irritable; peevish; fretful.
+
spumy
a.
Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.
+
stopover
a.
Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.
+
squabbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squabble
+
snap
v.t.
A snap beetle.
+
sympathy
n.
The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.
+
supposition
n.
The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
+
sonority
n.
The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
+
subliming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sublime
+
strobilae
pl.
of Strobila
+
soporiferous
a.
Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific.
+
stork
n.
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
+
sandiness
n.
The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.
+
strata
pl.
of Stratum
+
scorpiones
n.pl.
A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
+
spirit
n.
Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
+
sterile
a.
Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
+
stadium
n.
A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.
+
society
n.
Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
+
splendiferous
a.
Splendor-bearing; splendid.
+
sheltering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shelter
+
sea ape

The sea otter.
+
slatternliness
n.
The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.
+
subsannation
n.
Derision; mockery.
+
sibyl
n.
A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
+
shape
n.
To image; to conceive; to body forth.
+
surged
imp.|p.p.
of Surge
+
swirled
imp.|p.p.
of Swirl
+
sequestrated
imp.|p.p.
of Sequestrate
+
somehow
adv.
In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.
+
snapweed
n.
See Impatiens.
+
sate
v.t.
To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.
+
sip
v.t.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
+
swallow
v.t.
To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
+
stricture
n.
Strictness.
+
s

the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris.  With the letter h it forms the digraph sh.  See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
+
septicaemia
n.
A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning.  It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
+
supercrescent
a.
Growing on some other growing thing.
+
scale
v.t.
To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
+
stiacciato
n.
The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
+
sheriffalty
n.
Alt. of Sheriffwick
+
sigillaria
n.pl.
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
+
sear
a.
To wither; to dry up.
+
scotoscope
n.
An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
+
salade
n.
A helmet. See Sallet.
+
singultous
a.
Relating to, or affected with, hiccough.
+
salmon
v.
A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
+
slopewise
adv.
Obliquely.
+
stool
n.
A stool pigeon, or decoy bird.
+
sediment
n.
The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
+
seership
n.
The office or quality of a seer.
+
search
v.t.
To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
+
seethed
p.p.
of Seethe
+
ship
n.
A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
+
stool
n.
A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
+
stainer
n.
A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.
+
stromatology
n.
The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
+
samite
a.
A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
+
swordman
n.
A swordsman.
+
singular
a.
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
+
setter
n.
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
+
synantherous
a.
Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.
+
slobberer
n.
A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor.
+
soubriquet
n.
See Sobriquet.
+
spiny
n.
See Spinny.
+
serrula
n.
The red-breasted merganser.
+
salvation
n.
The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
+
supplicatingly
adv.
In a supplicating manner.
+
submersed
a.
Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.
+
selfcomplacent
a.
Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.
+
stay
v.i.
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
+
shoal
v.i.
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
+
sluggardy
n.
The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.
+
starf
imp.
Starved.
+
shiningness
n.
Brightness.
+
spathed
a.
Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.
+
spiciness
n.
The quality or state of being spicy.
+
spider web

Alt. of Spider's web
+
steem
n.|v.
See Esteem.
+
sessional
a.
Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.
+
subcorneous
a.
Partially horny.
+
sinuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sinuate
+
strombus
n.
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.
+
syrinx
n.
A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.
+
souse
v.t.
To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.
+
section
n.
A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.
+
swiftly
adv.
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
+
snag
v.t.
To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
+
spermatium
n.
One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
+
suffuse
v.t.
To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.
+
sludge
n.
See Slime,  4.
+
sejant
a.
Alt. of Sejeant
+
shutter
n.
A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
+
syphilization
n.
Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.
+
sidelong
a.
Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
+
superintendence
n.
The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
+
sufferable
a.
Able to suffer or endure; patient.
+
suborbitar
a.
Situated under or below the orbit.
+
scioptic
a.
Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball.
+
sump
n.
The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
+
shove
v.i.
To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.
+
spermatogenous
a.
Sperm-producing.
+
sclerotic
n.
The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).
+
sweet
superl.
Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
+
sonata
n.
An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.
+
suavifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suavify
+
supply
v.t.
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
+
safeconduct
n.
a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety.
+
stump
n.
To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
+
substantialized
imp.|p.p.
of Substantialize
+
spicated
a.
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
+
stail

imp. & p. p. of Stay.
+
stag
v.t.
To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
+
sweating

a. & n. from Sweat, v.
+
stomapod
n.
One of the Stomapoda.
+
sharpen
a.
To make sharp.
+
scathless
a.
Unharmed.
+
stain
n.
A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
+
stride
n.
The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
+
scringed
imp.|p.p.
of Scrine
+
swallowwort
n.
A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.
+
severity
n.
Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
+
sheet
v.t.
A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
+
selfseeking
n.
The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
+
spawling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spawl
+
swardy
a.
Covered with sward or grass.
+
sunder
v.t.
A separation into parts; a division or severance.
+
subpodophyllous
a.
Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.
+
shaman
n.
A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
+
stricken
p.p.|a.
Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
+
slice
v.t.
To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
+
sibilant
n.
A sibiliant letter.
+
salicylal
n.
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.
+
saltigrade
n.
One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
+
splenial
a.
Designating the splenial bone.
+
spike
n.
An ear of corn or grain.
+
sinopite
n.
A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
+
soprano
n.
The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.
+
strike
n.
The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
+
sibylline
a.
Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
+
supplement
v.t.
That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.
+
semiamplexicaul
a.
Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
+
scampering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scamper
+
scrambler
n.
A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
+
stall
v.i.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
+
stupidity
n.
The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
+
spyne
n.
See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).
+
scutella
n.
See Scutellum, n., 2.
+
shy
v.t.
To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
+
scant
v.t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
+
scolded
imp.|p.p.
of Scold
+
skirt
n.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
+
sounding
n.
The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
+
stultifier
n.
One who stultifies.
+
sclerotium
n.
A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
+
syllabical
a.
Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.
+
sculpture
v.t.
To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
+
sarsaparilla
n.
The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
+
savorily
adv.
In a savory manner.
+
sway
v.i.
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
+
slot
v.t.
To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
+
suprafoliaceous
a.
Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.
+
slavering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slaver
+
semele
n.
A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
+
spermatia
pl.
of Spermatium
+
strawboard
n.
Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
+
stop
v.t.
To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
+
sicken
v.t.
To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
+
sheepy
a.
Resembling sheep; sheepish.
+
springhalt
n.
A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.
+
slowenly
a.
Characteristic of a solven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as, slovenly dress.
+
specific
a.
Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
+
squaretoes
n.
A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.
+
sickening
a.
Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.
+
smother
v.t.
A state of suppression.
+
sixtyfourth
a.
Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
+
selenonium
n.
A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.
+
sterling
a.
Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
+
superscribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superscribe
+
sircar
n.
A Hindoo clerk or accountant.
+
save
a.
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
+
scorpion
n.
The scorpene.
+
spruce
v.t.
To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
+
scentingly
adv.
By scent.
+
siphorhinian
n.
A siphorhinal bird.
+
stipulaceous
a.
Alt. of Stipular
+
sly
v.t.
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
+
sullen
a.
Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
+
snowslip
n.
A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
+
subterranean
a.
Alt. of Subterraneous
+
sensed
imp.|p.p.
of Sense
+
steel
n.
To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.
+
sappan wood

Sapan wood.
+
sepiostare
n.
The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.
+
skipjack
n.
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.
+
spongy
a.
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
+
stretcher
n.
A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
+
sulphury
a.
Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
+
sinus
n.
A dilated vessel or canal.
+
silico

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.
+
sensibility
n.
Experience of sensation; actual feeling.
+
sledded
imp.|p.p.
of Sled
+
spread
v.t.
To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.
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stern
superl.
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
+
spacial
a.
See Spatial.
+
stythy
n.|v.
See Stithy.
+
superior
a.
Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
+
synclinorium
n.
A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.
+
stand
n.
To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
+
sickler
n.
One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
+
songstress
n.
A woman who sings; a female singing bird.
+
suit
v.t.
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
+
ries
pl.
of Signatory
+
scumming
n.
That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
steeving
n.
See Steeve, n. (a).
+
struthiones
pl.
of Struthio
+
stubbled
a.
Stubbed; as, stubbled legs.
+
scorse
v.t.
To barter or exchange.
+
stopping
n.
A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
+
singe
v.t.
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
+
sporran
n.
A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.
+
suckling
v.t.
A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
+
sigh
v.i.
Hence, to lament; to grieve.
+
scarification
n.
The act of scarifying.
+
seismological
a.
Of or pertaining to seismology.
+
sabal
n.
A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.
+
side
v.t.
To suit; to pair; to match.
+
shiver
v.i.
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
+
surstyle
v.t.
To surname.
+
skainsmate
n.
A messmate; a companion.
+
saucisse
n.
A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
+
synangium
n.
The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
+
scissel
n.
The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
+
sinew
v.t.
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
+
solemn
a.
Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
+
striver
n.
One who strives.
+
sapientize
v.t.
To make sapient.
+
spill
v.t.
To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.
+
spectator
n.
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.
+
sawtry
n.
A psaltery.
+
statical
a.
Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
+
snag
n.
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
+
sparsedly
adv.
Sparsely.
+
stir
v.t.
To change the place of in any manner; to move.
+
shiner
n.
A luminary.
+
spermoplasma
n.
The protoplasm of the sperm cell.
+
slatch
n.
An interval of fair weather.
+
sulphurate
a.
Sulphureous.
+
sug
n.
A kind of worm or larva.
+
signature
v.t.
An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
+
sinew
n.
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
+
snifted
imp.|p.p.
of Snift
+
sound
v.t.
To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
+
sodalite
n.
A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive.  It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.
+
sea clam

Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
+
solute
v.t.
To absolve; as, to solute sin.
+
sear
n.
The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
+
sack
n.
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
+
slaver
n.
A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.
+
slime
n.
Bitumen.
+
selfabasement
n.
Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.
+
sweltering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swelter
+
showeriness
n.
Quality of being showery.
+
spurtle
v.t.
To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
+
steerage
n.
The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
+
startup
n.
A kind of high rustic shoe.
+
sideration
n.
The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.
+
silence
v.t.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
+
sift
v.t.
To separate or part as if with a sieve.
+
sowed

of Sow
+
slowenly
a.
Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress.
+
sneer
v.i.
To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
+
straight
superl.
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
+
stereopticon
n.
An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.
+
serosity
n.
A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.
+
scortatory
a.
Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.
+
snowbird
n.
The fieldfare.
+
sabaoth
n.pl.
Armies; hosts.
+
support
v.t.
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
+
sheeted
imp.|p.p.
of Sheet
+
superheat
v.t.
To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
+
savanna
n.
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
+
score
n.
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
+
screw
n.
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.
+
silurian
a.
Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country.
+
set
n.
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
+
significant
a.
Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
+
steenkirk
n.
Alt. of Steinkirk
+
skinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skin
+
siraskierate
n.
See Seraskierate.
+
sinew
n.
Muscle; nerve.
+
snapping

a. & n. from Snap, v.
+
swearing

a. & n. from Swear, v.
+
slight
superl.
Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
+
stench
v.t.
To stanch.
+
spoon
v.i.
To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.
+
siennese
a.
Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
+
sing
v.t.
To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
+
striae
pl.
of Stria
+
saleably
adv.
See Salable, Salably, etc.
+
suspect
a.
Suspected; distrusted.
+
swannery
n.
A place where swans are bred.
+
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.
+
sign
n.
The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
+
style
v.t.
A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
+
supplicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supplicate
+
salangana
n.
The salagane.
+
sinologue
n.
A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.
+
silicified
imp.|p.p.
of Silicify
+
stalk
n.
The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
+
sakeret
n.
The male of the saker (a).
+
sicer
n.
A strong drink; cider.
+
soil
v.t.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
+
supracondyloid
a.
Situated above a condyle or condyles.
+
spoor
v.i.
To follow a spoor or trail.
+
sugar
v.t.
To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
+
sitten

of Sit
+
sculleries
pl.
of Scullery
+
silkensides
n.
Same as Slickensides.
+
sandwiching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sandwich
+
since
conj.
Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.
+
stratigraphic
a.
Alt. of Stratigraphical
+
spousess
n.
A wife or bride.
+
saccharized
imp.|p.p.
of Saccharize
+
seconding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Second
+
sleepmarken
n.
See 1st Hag, 4.
+
siding
n.
The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.
+
salic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
+
swap
v.i.
To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
+
sight
v.t.
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
+
summitless
a.
Having no summit.
+
search
v.t.
To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
+
splent
n.
See Splent.
+
softshell
a.
Alt. of Soft-shelled
+
stripper
n.
One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
+
signora
n.
Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.
+
stingy
superl.
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
+
saucily
adv.
In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.
+
secondary
a.
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.
+
spaeman
n.
A prophet; a diviner.
+
special
a.
Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.
+
subumbonal
a.
Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
+
scrub
n.
One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
+
stock
n.
The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
+
solitary
a.
Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
+
sphalerite
n.
Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).
+
surfeit
n.
Excess in eating and drinking.
+
spectatress
n.
Alt. of Spectatrix
+
stucco
n.
Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
+
sufflaminate
v.t.
Hence, to stop; to impede.
+
staple
n.
The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.
+
sea god

A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.
+
sternage
n.
Stern.
+
slate
v.t.
A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
+
solid
a.
Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
+
shadow
n.
To conceal; to hide; to screen.
+
septuagenary
n.
A septuagenarian.
+
scuta
n.pl.
See Scutum.
+
selfassertion
n.
The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.
+
sequestrate
v.t.
To sequester.
+
stilliform
a.
Having the form of a drop.
+
sin
n.
An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
+
solecism
n.
Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
+
speeching
n.
The act of making a speech.
+
studied
a.
Intent; inclined.
+
sannop
n.
Same as Sannup.
+
surrender
v.t.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
+
serye
n.
A series.
+
sponsorship
n.
State of being a sponsor.
+
sophister
n.
A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.
+
spongiolite
n.
One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.
+
symploce
n.
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.
+
smallness
n.
The quality or state of being small.
+
sycoceric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.
+
squeaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squeak
+
sit
v.t.
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
+
suggestion
n.
The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.
+
spattlingpoppy
n.
A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
+
springer
n.
The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.
+
separable
a.
Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.
+
sake
n.
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
+
secure
a.
Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
+
schemeful
a.
Full of schemes or plans.
+
squire
n.
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
+
spirituality
n.
An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
+
sheil
n.
Alt. of Sheiling
+
sheard
n.
See Shard.
+
semopermanent
n.
Half or partly permanent.
+
supersolar
a.
Above the sun.
+
survening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Survene
+
safeconduct
n.
a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country
+
sound
superl.
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
+
stonecrop
n.
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.
+
smiter
n.
One who smites.
+
sanguifluous
a.
Flowing or running with blood.
+
sea flewer

A sea anemone, or any related anthozoan.
+
semibreve
n.
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.
+
simpering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Simper
+
saponification
n.
The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.
+
stamp
v.t.
A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
+
spur
n.
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
+
scrape
n.
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
+
sermon
n.
Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.
+
somonce
n.
A summons; a citation.
+
signable
a.
Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.
+
salam
n.
A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
+
straightedge
n.
A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.
+
selfsufficiency
n.
The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
+
scrofulous
a.
Diseased or affected with scrofula.
+
selachii
n.pl.
An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
+
succor
v.t.
Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
+
shyly
adv.
In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.
+
signal
v.t.
To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
+
spray
n.
A small shoot or branch; a twig.
+
sciolistic
a.
Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a sciolist.
+
swollen

of Swell
+
stay
n.
A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
+
skinny
a.
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
+
secure
v.t.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
+
sericin
n.
A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
+
sleepily
adv.
In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
+
scamillus
n.
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.
+
ries
pl.
of Stillatory
+
semicircle
n.
The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.
+
simulty
n.
Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.
+
salebrous
a.
Rough; rugged.
+
stall
v.i.
To be tired of eating, as cattle.
+
shafiite
n.
A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
+
sniggle
v.i.
To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
+
strain
a.
To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
+
stuff
v.t.
Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
+
subglottic
a.
Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.
+
savely
adv.
Safely.
+
spoke
imp.
of Speak
+
smash
v.t.
To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
+
staphyline
a.
Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
+
smatterer
n.
One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.
+
stoichiology
n.
The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought.
+
substrate
v.t.
To strew or lay under anything.
+
subversive
a.
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
+
snuffle
n.
The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
+
strait
superl.
Tight; close; closely fitting.
+
simple
v.i.
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
+
styracin
n.
A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
+
stigmatic
n.
A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
+
shooting
n.
A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.
+
syringing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Syringe
+
stichomancy
n.
Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.
+
scribbling
a.
Writing hastily or poorly.
+
sodaic
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, soda.
+
sheepsfoot
n.
A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
+
sorbefacient
n.
A medicine or substance which produces absorption.
+
southward
n.
The southern regions or countries; the south.
+
steal
v.t.
To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
+
straighten
v.t.
A variant of Straiten.
+
saccharize
v.t.
To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
+
succoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Succor
+
submission
n.
The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
+
spell
n.
A spelk, or splinter.
+
spring
v.i.
Elastic power or force.
+
sturdy
superl.
Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism.
+
shift
v.t.
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
+
sneeringly
adv.
In a sneering manner.
+
signified
imp.|p.p.
of Signify
+
sevenup
n.
The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
+
shortsighted
a.
Having little regard for the future; heedless.
+
symbranchii
n.pl.
An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.
+
sedition
n.
Dissension; division; schism.
+
surname
n.
An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
+
snip
v.t.
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
+
subdivision
n.
The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
+
schwanns white substance

The substance of the medullary sheath.
+
shank
v.
A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.
+
schoolmaster
n.
One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.
+
splutter
v.i.
To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
+
strepent
a.
Noisy; loud.
+
stand
n.
To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
+
structure
n.
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
+
sacrilege
n.
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.
+
spermatheca
n.
A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
+
sheepshead
n.
A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.
+
sledding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sled
+
straitlaced
a.
Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
+
selfindignation
n.
Indignation at one's own character or actions.
+
swartish
a.
Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny.
+
sweet
superl.
Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
+
swamp
v.i.
To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
+
spider
n.
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
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stint
v.t.
To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
+
smoothen
v.t.
To make smooth.
+
stythe
n.
Choke damp.
+
sizzling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sizzle
+
swaddled
imp.|p.p.
of Swaddle
+
syphon
n.
See Syphon.
+
secreness
n.
Secrecy; privacy.
+
sparkler
n.
A tiger beetle.
+
stacte
n.
One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.
+
surveyor
n.
In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.
+
sixth
a.
Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
smallish
a.
Somewhat small.
+
subscript
a.
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.
+
sty
v.i.
A place of bestial debauchery.
+
share
n.
The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
+
swelter
v.t.
To exude, like sweat.
+
semicubical
a.
Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.
+
suffocating

a. & n. from Suffocate, v.
+
subtile
a.
Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.
+
sextans
n.
A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
+
sphering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sphere
+
stiletto
n.
A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
+
splayfoot
n.
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
+
salifiable
a.
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.
+
solenoglyph
a.
Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia.
+
satiate
v.t.
To saturate.
+
seta
n.
Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.
+
shuttle
n.
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
+
shufflecap
n.
A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
+
sticked

of Stick
+
shetland pony

One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.
+
saltire
v.
A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.
+
shearbill
n.
The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
+
stereoplasm
n.
The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm.
+
snipebill
n.
A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
+
slake
a.
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.
+
solubility
n.
The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.
+
sharewort
n.
A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.
+
southsayer
n.
See Soothsayer.
+
seguestration
n.
Disunion; disjunction.
+
stultify
v.t.
To regard as a fool, or as foolish.
+
siliceous
a.
Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.
+
squint
n.
A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
+
simonious
a.
Simoniacal.
+
subjunction
n.
Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence.
+
silverizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Silverize
+
sucking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suck
+
serpens
n.
A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
+
slurring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slur
+
splenitive
a.
Splenetic.
+
suture
n.
The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.
+
shine
v.i.
Shining; sheen.
+
sybaritism
n.
Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.
+
sneaking
a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
+
scovel
n.
A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.
+
selfaggrandizement
n.
The aggrandizement of one's self.
+
smoke
v.t.
To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
+
sternutation
n.
The act of sneezing.
+
smirky
a.
Smirk; smirking.
+
sumatran
a.
Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants.
+
speculative
a.
Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration.
+
simulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Simulate
+
scant
v.t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
+
snug
superl.
Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.
+
slip
n.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
+
softspoken
a.
Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.
+
siliqyiform
a.
Having the form of a silique.
+
speculatorial
a.
Speculatory; speculative.
+
sever
v.t.
To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
+
stool
n.
A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
+
squib
a.
A writer of lampoons.
+
sematrope
n.
An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.
+
seaorb
n.
A globefish.
+
syb
a.
See Sib.
+
sulphaurate
n.
A salt of sulphauric acid.
+
settle
n.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
+
spat
v.i.|t.
To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
+
sixteenth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
+
superficial
a.
Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.
+
shandrydan
n.
A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle.
+
saxon
a.
Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
+
shafted
a.
Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
+
squesy
a.
Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous.
+
solan goose

The common gannet.
+
setoff
n.
A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
+
station
n.
The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
+
skeg
n.
The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
+
surculation
n.
Act of purning.
+
solutive
a.
Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
+
spiking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spike
+
sanctuary
n.
The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
+
steller
n.
The rytina; -- called also stellerine.
+
sabered
imp.|p.p.
of Sabre
+
sadness
n.
Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
+
sternite
n.
The sternum of an arthropod somite.
+
silky
superl.
Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
+
scintillate
v.i.
To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
+
sprig
n.
A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
+
sable
n.
A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
+
see
n.
Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
+
struggle
n.
Contest; contention; strife.
+
spirant
n.
A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.
+
statuary
n.
A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
+
semiarian
n.
A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
+
syringotome
n.
A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.
+
shape
n.
A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
+
syringe
v.t.
To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
+
sensitive
a.
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.
+
shame
v.t.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
+
sneap
n.
A reprimand; a rebuke.
+
streak
n.
The rung or round of a ladder.
+
shameful
a.
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
+
sturdy
n.
A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
+
sporades
n.pl.
Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars.
+
somnambulation
n.
The act of walking in sleep.
+
shorthead
n.
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
+
sinister
a.
Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
+
stool
n.
A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
+
sweep
n.
In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.
+
strange
superl.
Reserved; distant in deportment.
+
service

Alt. of Service
+
squash
n.
A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
+
satisfy
a.
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
+
sincere
superl.
Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
+
sharped
imp.|p.p.
of Sharp
+
spongiole
n.
A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.
+
salivated
imp.|p.p.
of Salivate
+
sanguinaria
n.
The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
+
serrying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Serry
+
sinistrously
adv.
In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
+
straight
adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
+
sequent
n.
A follower.
+
stem
n.
A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
+
skewer
n.
A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
+
stream
v.t.
To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
+
shawfowl
n.
The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
+
syneresis
n.
The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis.
+
steik
v.t.
See Steek.
+
spectroscopical
a.
Of or pertaining to a spectroscope, or spectroscopy.
+
selfreliance
n.
Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
+
seraphic
a.
Alt. of Seraphical
+
satsuma ware

A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.
+
sarcoderma
n.
A sarcocarp.
+
skipped
imp.|p.p.
of Skip
+
scene
n.
So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
+
sough
v.i.
Hence, a vague rumor or flying report.
+
scrotal
a.
Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.
+
scandal
n.
Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
+
suspect
v.t.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
+
stromb
n.
Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.
+
scarab
n.
Alt. of Scarabee
+
such
a.
The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed.
+
sappodilla
n.
See Sapodilla.
+
squamellate
a.
Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.
+
sprew
n.
Thrush.
+
sarcoseptum
n.
One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.
+
sticker
n.
One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
+
stapedial
a.
Of or pertaining to stapes.
+
spot
n.
A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
+
sherris
n.
Sherry.
+
sain
v.t.
To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
+
shower
v.t.
To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.
+
sauce
n.
A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
+
sarmentous
a.
Sarmentose.
+
scallop
n.
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
+
soothfast
a.
Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.
+
smell
n.
To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
+
submiss
a.
Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices.
+
spirality
n.
The quality or states of being spiral.
+
shivery
a.
Tremulous; shivering.
+
saccus
n.
A sac.
+
sea hawk

A jager gull.
+
sleepatnoon
n.
A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
+
ssociable
a.
No longer hostile; friendly.
+
screeching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Screech
+
stringed
a.
Having strings; as, a stringed instrument.
+
savage
n.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
+
salaried
imp.|p.p.
of Salary
+
sensories
pl.
of Sensery
+
subpoenaed
imp.|p.p.
of Subpoena
+
sprunt
n.
Anything short and stiff.
+
selfasserting
a.
asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.
+
snap
v.t.
A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
+
scale
n.
A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
+
scutiped
a.
Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
+
sympathetical
a.
Sympathetic.
+
standpoint
n.
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
+
surinam toad

A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.
+
swinger
n.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
+
soly
adv.
Solely.
+
swinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swink
+
stutter
v.t.|i.
To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
+
sure
superl.
Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
+
seaborn
a.
Born of the sea; produced by the sea.
+
seawand

See Sea girdles.
+
season
v.t.
To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
+
swallower
n.
One who swallows; also, a glutton.
+
smell
v.i.
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
+
spring
v.i.
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
+
sutlership
n.
The condition or occupation of a sutler.
+
sustenance
n.
The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
+
snapdragon
n.
A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.
+
selfrepellency
n.
The quality or state of being self-repelling.
+
spousal
n.
Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.
+
snuff
v.t.
The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
+
supercilious
a.
Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
+
speculative
a.
Given to speculation; contemplative.
+
stichometry
n.
Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
+
swift
n.
A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
sterilize
v.t.
To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.
+
setter
n.
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
+
semious
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.
+
stringer
n.
A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
+
smoothtongued
a.
Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
+
slating
n.
Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
+
senge
v.t.
To singe.
+
sexangle
n.
A hexagon.
+
smilingness
n.
Quality or state of being smiling.
+
swinge
n.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
+
subaxillary
a.
Situated under the axilla, or armpit.
+
surmounted
a.
Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.
+
skeleton
a.
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.
+
scoop
n.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
+
stalagmitical
a.
Having the form or structure of stalagmites.
+
simonist
n.
One who practices simony.
+
selfcommunicative
a.
Imparting or communicating by its own powers.
+
skippet
n.
A small boat; a skiff.
+
stampede
v.i.
To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
+
soothe
a.
To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
+
shot
pl.
of Shot
+
slavery
n.
A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.
+
scotia
n.
A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
+
streak
n.
A strake.
+
selfslaughter
n.
Suicide.
+
subscription
n.
Consent or attestation by underwriting the name.
+
striker
n.
A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
+
shiprigged
a.
Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
+
siker
adv.
Surely; certainly.
+
sixteen
n.
A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
+
store
a.
Accumulated; hoarded.
+
summation
v.t.
The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.
+
sergeancies
pl.
of Sergeancy
+
scarious
a.
Thin, dry, membranous, and not green.
+
simple
a.
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
+
swallow
n.
Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
+
sternly
adv.
In a stern manner.
+
souse
v.t.
To steep in pickle; to pickle.
+
stickler
v.t.
One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
+
snaffled
imp.|p.p.
of Snaffle
+
sulphurate
v.t.
To sulphurize.
+
schistose
a.
Alt. of Schistous
+
superadvenient
a.
Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something.
+
suborner
n.
One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
+
sitheman
n.
A mower.
+
suckled
imp.|p.p.
of Suckle
+
scoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Score
+
sedative
a.
Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
+
spend
v.i.
To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
+
scarceness
n.
Alt. of Scarcity
+
severe
superl.
Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
+
sidereal
a.
Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
+
stonegall
n.
See Stannel.
+
sharpling
n.
A stickleback.
+
simular
a.
False; specious; counterfeit.
+
seditionary
n.
An inciter or promoter of sedition.
+
solicitous
v.t.
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
+
scat
n.
A shower of rain.
+
scheme
n.
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
+
subtegulaneous
a.
Under the roof or eaves; within doors.
+
standard
a.
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
+
seaweed
n.
Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.
+
sepelition
n.
Burial.
+
subduce
v.t.
Alt. of Subduct
+
scull
v.i.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
+
southwardly
adv.
In a southern direction.
+
shab
v.t.
To scratch; to rub.
+
sahibah
n.
A lady; mistress.
+
stockaded
imp.|p.p.
of Stockade
+
sunk
p.p.
of Sink
+
simply
adv.
Plainly; without art or subtlety.
+
swapped
imp.|p.p.
of Swap
+
spending
n.
The act of expending; expenditure.
+
seasonal
a.
Of or pertaining to the seasons.
+
small
adv.
Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
+
simulacrum
n.
A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.
+
slow
superl.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
+
scotch
n.
Collectively, the people of Scotland.
+
suspense
a.
Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
+
sterve
v.t.|i.
To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.
+
sayer
n.
One who says; an utterer.
+
spat
v.i.
To dispute.
+
score
n.
A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
+
simulator
n.
One who simulates, or feigns.
+
strangely
adv.
As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange.
+
shovelled

of Shovel
+
spend
v.t.
To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
+
spastic
a.
Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
+
subarcuate
a.
Alt. of Subarcuated
+
surrounded
imp.|p.p.
of Surround
+
spewed
imp.|p.p.
of Spew
+
stang
n.
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
+
senate
n.
The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
+
sextic
n.
A quantic of the sixth degree.
+
scry
n.
A cry or shout.
+
splenotomy
n.
Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.
+
subdecuple
a.
Containing one part of ten.
+
swinge
v.t.
To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
+
subsidiaries
pl.
of Subsidiary
+
scour
v.t.
To purge; as, to scour a horse.
+
seabord
n.|a.
See Seaboard.
+
seamstressy
n.
The business of a seamstress.
+
shooty
a.
Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
+
semichristianized
a.
Half Christianized.
+
souvenir
n.
That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
+
striped
imp.|p.p.
of Stripe
+
stapler
n.
One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
+
spaddle
n.
A little spade.
+
selfsame
a.
Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
+
splint
v.t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
+
safety
n.
Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
+
sued
imp.|p.p.
of Sue
+
signally
adv.
In a signal manner; eminently.
+
summity
n.
The height or top of anything.
+
spawn
v.i.
To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
+
subpoena
v.t.
To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience.
+
smolder
v.i.
Alt. of Smoulder
+
spicenut

A small crisp cake, highly spiced.
+
sandpaper
v.t.
To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.
+
shed
n.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
+
spectrophotometer
n.
An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the spectrum.
+
septempartite
a.
Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.
+
succade
n.
Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections.
+
symposiarch
n.
The master of a feast.
+
soliloquy
n.
A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.
+
smutty
superl.
Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.
+
swum

of Swim
+
slip
n.
A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
+
sirius
n.
The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
+
surviving
a.
Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.
+
sip
v.t.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
+
sting
v.t.
To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
+
supramaxilla
n.
The upper jaw or maxilla.
+
senega
n.
Seneca root.
+
searcher
n.
One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.
+
strand
n.
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
+
stenodermine
a.
Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.
+
spilled
imp.|p.p.
of Spill
+
steem
n.|v.
See 1st and 2nd Stem.
+
stercoration
n.
Manuring with dung.
+
sap
n.
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
+
sitting
n.
The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
+
symphony
n.
An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.
+
stridulous
a.
Making a shrill, creaking sound.
+
staccato
a.
Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
+
saul
n.
Soul.
+
shank
v.
The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
+
scute
n.
An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
+
steading
n.
The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.
+
slaw

Alt. of Slawen
+
steeplechasing
n.
The act of riding steeple chases.
+
sleeper
n.
One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
+
science
n.
Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
+
sluice
n.
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.
+
survey
v.t.
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
+
standard
n.
A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
+
septenary
n.
The number seven.
+
sepulchered
imp.|p.p.
of Sepulchre
+
short
superl.
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
+
substruct
v.t.
To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
+
stagely
a.
Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.
+
scleroskeleton
n.
That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
+
stool
n.
Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
+
spectroscopist
n.
One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.
+
siker
n.
Alt. of Sikerness
+
slaughtering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slaughter
+
stoping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stope
+
sputative
a.
Inclined to spit; spitting much.
+
spikenard
n.
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.
+
scutella
n.pl.
See Scutellum.
+
stickle
v.i.
To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
+
satrapal
a.
Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
+
singe
v.t.
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
+
stelleridean
n.
A starfish, or brittle star.
+
social
a.
Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
+
sheldafle
n.
Alt. of Sheldaple
+
scandalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scandalize
+
soul
n.
A pure or disembodied spirit.
+
seely
a.
See Silly.
+
sticker
n.
That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
+
stitch
v.i.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
+
surety
n.
Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act.
+
singularity
n.
Celibacy.
+
sanders
n.
An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
+
specie

abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
+
sisyphus
n.
A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
+
shave
v.i.
To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
+
sicken
v.i.
To become sick; to fall into disease.
+
sheaved
a.
Made of straw.
+
superterranean
a.
Being above ground.
+
sodden
p.p.
Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
+
spagyrist
n.
A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.
+
sum
n.
Height; completion; utmost degree.
+
solecism
n.
An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
+
straightlined
a.
Having straight lines.
+
swealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sweal
+
set
a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
+
scepterless
a.
Alt. of Sceptreless
+
stintedness
n.
The state of being stinted.
+
squandered
imp.|p.p.
of Squander
+
skrike
v.i.|t.
To shriek.
+
squintifego
a.
Squinting.
+
sordes
n.
Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression.
+
shoveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shovel
+
spluttered
imp.|p.p.
of Splutter
+
start
v.i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
+
smile
v.i.
A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
+
syphilodermatous
a.
Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.
+
splatter
v.i.|t.
To spatter; to splash.
+
soubrette
n.
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.
+
subaltern
n.
A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
+
salamander
n.
Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.
+
saddler
n.
A harp seal.
+
smouch
v.t.
To kiss closely.
+
sherbet
n.
A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.
+
season
n.
That which gives relish; seasoning.
+
silver
v.t.
To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
+
symbolizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Symbolize
+
suckling
v.t.
A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
+
sulphanilic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
+
synergetic
a.
Working together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles.
+
saving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Save
+
stiddy
n.
An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy.
+
sintoist

See Shinto, etc.
+
sursanure
n.
A wound healed or healing outwardly only.
+
spiral
a.
Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
+
shell
n.
An engraved copper roller used in print works.
+
shredding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shred
+
spiss
a.
Thick; crowded; compact; dense.
+
sort
v.t.
To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
+
scurfy
superl.
Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.
+
scribe
v.i.
To make a mark.
+
safekeeping
n.
The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
+
steam
v.t.
To exhale.
+
saxonist
n.
One versed in the Saxon language.
+
shopgirl
n.
A girl employed in a shop.
+
slide
v.t.
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
+
sneer
v.t.
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
+
slime
v.t.
To smear with slime.
+
strain
n.
Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
+
sulphotungstic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.
+
sugar
v.t.
To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with.
+
sapphire
n.
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
+
siphuncle
n.
The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.
+
shete
v.t.|i.
To shoot.
+
stiffen
v.t.
To make torpid; to benumb.
+
sextary
n.
A sacristy.
+
selfheal
n.
A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.
+
sing
v.i.
Ti cry out; to complain.
+
selection
n.
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
+
strip
v.t.
To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.
+
sympiesometer
n.
A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.
+
strait
adv.
Strictly; rigorously.
+
stingily
adv.
In a stingy manner.
+
shipment
n.
The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
+
spinal
a.
Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.
+
sing
v.i.
To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
+
scrap
v.t.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
+
smack
v.i.
A loud kiss; a buss.
+
sklere
v.t.
To shelter; to cover.
+
snuff
n.
Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.
+
sealbrown
a.
Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
+
snifting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snift
+
stager
n.
One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
+
scholarly
adv.
In a scholarly manner.
+
stade
n.
A stadium.
+
squail
v.i.
To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
+
semiofficial
a.
Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.
+
scrubbed
a.
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
+
spaniel
v.i.
To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.
+
shipshape
a.
Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
+
snub
v.t.
To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
+
stripe
n.
Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
+
ship
v.t.
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
+
silliness
n.
The quality or state of being silly.
+
smicket
n.
A woman's under-garment; a smock.
+
sermon
v.t.
To tutor; to lecture.
+
strenuity
n.
Strenuousness; activity.
+
scale
n.
Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.
+
specifical
a.
Specific.
+
subintestinal
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.
+
sustain
v.t.
To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
+
species
n.
A public spectacle or exhibition.
+
sextonship
n.
The office of a sexton.
+
sickbrained
a.
Disordered in the brain.
+
subordinative
a.
Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction.
+
superfete
v.i.
To superfetate.
+
sporadial
a.
Sporadic.
+
sandy
superl.
Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.
+
stintance
n.
Restraint; stoppage.
+
squabbler
n.
One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.
+
subside
v.i.
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
+
standing
a.
Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
+
slatternly
a.
Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.
+
squamosal
a.
Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.
+
scarmoge
n.
A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
+
sea dog

The dogfish.
+
scowl
v.i.
To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
+
seagreen
a.
Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
+
snore
n.
A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
+
stegosauria
n.pl.
An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.
+
schelly
n.
The powan.
+
siva
n.
One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
+
sope
n.
See Soap.
+
sonnet
n.
A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
+
steel
n.
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
+
scioptics
n.
The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors.
+
swom

imp. of Swim.
+
skedaddle
v.i.
To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.
+
sinople
n.
The tincture vert; green.
+
sextuple
a.
Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
+
sustainment
n.
The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.
+
stand
n.
To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
+
stupefacient
n.
Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
+
slur
n.
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
+
seriation
n.
Arrangement or position in a series.
+
skepticism
n.
The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.
+
stake
v.t.
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
+
soft
superl.
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
+
stem
n.
The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
+
southeastern
a.
Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
+
souterly
a.
Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.
+
sea perch

The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
+
schorly
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
+
sterling
n.
Same as Starling, 3.
+
singultus
n.
Hiccough.
+
scrub
n.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
+
spitalhouse
n.
A hospital.
+
situation
n.
Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
+
survivor
n.
One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.
+
spat
n.
A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
+
shaver
n.
One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
+
smooth
a.
To free from obstruction; to make easy.
+
spang
n.
A spangle or shining ornament.
+
seen
a.
Versed; skilled; accomplished.
+
succubae
pl.
of Succuba
+
ical
a.
See Stratographic.
+
shrubby
superl.
Full of shrubs.
+
sheaf
n.
A sheave.
+
spectacle
n.
Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
+
siphonium
n.
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.
+
skin
v.t.
To strip of money or property; to cheat.
+
smilet
n.
A little smile.
+
stricken
n.
Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
+
sensible
a.
Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.
+
scleroderm
n.
Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.
+
subsistence
n.
Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
+
systemizer
n.
One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.
+
subcordate
a.
Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
+
skinfuls
pl.
of Skinful
+
sapphic
a.
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
+
straw
n.
A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
+
stump
n.
One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
+
somnambulism
n.
A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
+
stalk
n.
A high, proud, stately step or walk.
+
suer
n.
One who sues; a suitor.
+
shave
v.t.
To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
+
sting
v.t.
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
+
shrieve
n.
A sheriff.
+
said

imp. & p. p. of Say.
+
skill
n.
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
+
sketcher
n.
One who sketches.
+
speed
v.t.
To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
+
synthetically
adv.
In a synthetic manner.
+
seamy
a.
Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.
+
striking
a.
Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
+
salutary
a.
Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
+
sink
v.t.
To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
+
semidiaphaneity
n.
Half or imperfect transparency; translucency.
+
scupper
v.
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
+
snaked
imp.|p.p.
of Snake
+
selfexplaining
a.
Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
+
scanty
a.
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
+
stent
obs.p.p.
of Stent
+
similar
n.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
+
set
n.
A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
+
smelted
imp.|p.p.
of Smelt
+
stew
n.
An artificial bed of oysters.
+
sparse
superl.
Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
+
selfdevotement
n.
Self-devotion.
+
supracostal
a.
Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.
+
semiperspicuous
a.
Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
+
solvability
n.
The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.
+
supplicate
v.t.
To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
+
stoup
n.
A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.
+
spear
n.
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
+
spoil
n.
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
+
sublime
superl.
Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
+
squab
n.
A person of a short, fat figure.
+
steppingstone
n.
A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
+
sequestra
pl.
of Sequestrum
+
shaveling
n.
A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.
+
smell
v.i.
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
+
stinkard
n.
A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.
+
surrow
n.
The thar.
+
scaphoid
n.
The scaphoid bone.
+
spirketing
n.
The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.
+
sotted

a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted.
+
southwest
n.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
+
springtime
n.
The season of spring; springtide.
+
skeptic
n.
One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.
+
septate
a.
Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.
+
shredding
n.
That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
+
showroom
n.
A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.
+
sterilize
v.t.
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.
+
starlit
a.
Lighted by the stars; starlight.
+
shopwoman
n.
A woman employed in a shop.
+
septuary
n.
Something composed of seven; a week.
+
sneezewort
n.
A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.
+
semifluid
n.
A semifluid substance.
+
separatism
n.
The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.
+
strain
a.
To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
+
subnasal
a.
Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
+
seaming
n.
The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
+
subordinancy
a.
Subordinacy; subordination.
+
superannuating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superannuate
+
sforzato
a.
Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.
+
spermoderm
n.
The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa.
+
shorage
n.
Duty paid for goods brought on shore.
+
scribbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scribble
+
sean
n.
A seine. See Seine.
+
shy
n.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
+
spurshell
n.
Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
+
sea lemon

Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.
+
swerved
imp.|p.p.
of Swerve
+
samaroid
a.
Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
+
signature
v.t.
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.
+
selfabasing
a.
Lowering or humbling one's self.
+
sutured
a.
Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together.
+
sad
v.t.
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
+
scotchmen
pl.
of Scotchman
+
sweep
v.i.
To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.
+
supputate
v.t.
To suppute.
+
second
n.
The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
+
secundogeniture
n.
A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.
+
sail
n.
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
+
saxicoline
a.
Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
+
sprocket wheel

Same as Chain wheel.
+
syncopal
a.
Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.
+
study
v.i.
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
+
superficies
n.
Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
+
solanicine
n.
An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.
+
seraphine
n.
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.
+
stipule
n.
An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.
+
scotch
n.
A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.
+
stathmograph
n.
A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
+
smoke
n.
To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
+
sirkeer
n.
Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).
+
soother
n.
One who, or that which, soothes.
+
suck
v.t.
To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.
+
smileless
a.
Not having a smile.
+
siroccos
pl.
of Sirocco
+
salicylol
n.
Same as Salicylal.
+
stab
v.i.
To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
+
snow
n.
A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
+
stow
v.t.
To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
+
swig
n.
A long draught.
+
straiten
v.t.
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
+
stoat
n.
The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
+
spiritualist
n.
One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
+
sawmill
n.
A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
+
salary
a.
Saline
+
scalding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scald
+
supple
v.t.
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
+
sixpences
pl.
of Sixpence
+
scholarlike
a.
Scholarly.
+
sheatfish
n.
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.
+
strong
superl.
Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
+
shipped
imp.|p.p.
of Ship
+
solidifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solidify
+
slut
n.
A female dog; a bitch.
+
scrape
v.i.
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
+
sparkle
v.t.
To disperse.
+
subjected
a.
Subjacent.
+
snuffle
n.
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
+
surnominal
a.
Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.
+
symbol
n.
Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
+
slaver
v.t.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
+
seed
n.
A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
+
succuba
n.
A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
+
swell
v.i.
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
+
smee
n.
The pintail duck.
+
scissil
n.
See Scissel.
+
synecdoche
n.
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
+
shell
n.
The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
+
spanceled
imp.|p.p.
of Spancel
+
siphon
n.
A siphon bottle.
+
spanked
imp.|p.p.
of Spank
+
showerful
a.
Full of showers.
+
smock
a.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
+
shots
n.pl.
The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.
+
sphacelated
a.
Affected with gangrene; mortified.
+
superexalt
v.t.
To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
+
stimulated
imp.|p.p.
of Stimulate
+
sentence
n.
An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature.
+
slab
a.
Thick; viscous.
+
sketch
n.
To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
+
sagy
a.
Full of sage; seasoned with sage.
+
sparkle
n.
A little spark; a scintillation.
+
superfecundity
n.
Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
+
score
n.
Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
+
snick
v.t.
To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
+
sparoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.
+
supination
n.
The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.
+
snowshed
n.
A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.
+
swell
v.i.
To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
+
sikerly
n.
Alt. of Sikerness
+
spermatogenetic
a.
Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
+
swab
n.
A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
+
stock
n.
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
+
sophister
v.t.
To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.
+
seminaries
pl.
of Seminary
+
stinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sting
+
syrup
n.
A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
+
slug
n.
Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
+
slate
v.t.
To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
+
scattered
imp.|p.p.
of Scatter
+
saccharometer
n.
A saccharimeter.
+
solemnized
imp.|p.p.
of Solemnize
+
show
n.
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
+
sermonize
v.t.
To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
+
site
n.
A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
+
scaffold
n.
Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
+
slight
adv.
Slightly.
+
separate
p.a.
Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
+
socialness
n.
The quality or state of being social.
+
sojourner
n.
One who sojourns.
+
shoehorn
n.
Alt. of Shoeing-horn
+
swiping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swipe
+
stadtholdership
n.
The office or position of a stadtholder.
+
sun
n.
See Sunn.
+
smallage
n.
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
+
skullcap
n.
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
+
suck
v.t.
To draw or drain.
+
sithen
adv.|conj.
Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.
+
scepter
n.
Alt. of Sceptre
+
selenio

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
+
standard
n.
A large drinking cup.
+
shriveled
imp.|p.p.
of Shrivel
+
seeking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seek
+
sistrum

An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
+
spitter
n.
One who ejects saliva from the mouth.
+
stock
v.t.
To put in the stocks.
+
singeress
n.
A songstress.
+
soar
v.i.
Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
+
stanielry
n.
Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.
+
stowce
n.
A windlass.
+
stibiconite
n.
A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.
+
shode
v.t.
The parting of the hair on the head.
+
smoked
imp.|p.p.
of Smoke
+
syncotyledonous
a.
Having united cotyledonous.
+
scraffle
v.i.
To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.
+
skimp
v.t.
To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
+
sport
n.
Play; idle jingle.
+
stamp
v.i.
To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
+
sessile
a.
Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
+
snagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snag
+
superstitionist
n.
One addicted to superstition.
+
scalper
n.
A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price.  Also, ticket scalper.
+
sleaziness
n.
Quality of being sleazy.
+
stickling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stickle
+
sconce
p.p.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
+
so
adv.
Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.
+
suberone
n.
A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.
+
setae
pl.
of Seta
+
scout
v.t.
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
+
solaced
imp.|p.p.
of Solace
+
sankhya
n.
A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
+
sprinkling
n.
A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
+
squabby
a.
Short and thick; suqabbish.
+
stratigraphic
a.
Alt. of -ical
+
secondary
n.
A secondary quill.
+
suffice
v.i.
To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.
+
sink
v.i.
To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
+
sciotheric
a.
Of or pertaining to a sundial.
+
series
n.
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
+
sarcosepta
pl.
of Sarcoseptum
+
sum
n.
The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
+
sensualism
n.
The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality.
+
scutibranchian
n.
One of the Scutibranchiata.
+
sixteenmos
pl.
of Sixteenmo
+
sardonyx
n.
A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.
+
sarcoid
a.
Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.
+
splinted
imp.|p.p.
of Splint
+
sort
n.
Manner; form of being or acting.
+
stream
v.i.
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
+
shemitism
n.
See Semitism.
+
sesqyipedality
n.
The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
+
sensibility
n.
The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.
+
set
v.t.
To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
+
singsong
n.
Bad singing or poetry.
+
scour
v.t.
To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away.
+
sclave
n.
Same as Slav.
+
seventh
a.
Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
+
sanguine
n.
Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
+
subjoining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subjoin
+
shrew
a.
Wicked; malicious.
+
sough
n.
A sow.
+
soteriology
n.
The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
+
selfestimation
n.
The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.
+
setbolt
n.
An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
+
scandalize
v.t.
To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
+
scroddled ware

Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.
+
spur
n.
Something that projects; a snag.
+
selectmen
pl.
of Selectman
+
strait
superl.
Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
+
stafette
n.
An estafet.
+
sea foam

Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth.
+
subcarboniferous
n.
The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
+
sciography
n.
See Sciagraphy.
+
sadness
n.
Heaviness; firmness.
+
susceptor
n.
One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
+
shirky
a.
Disposed to shirk.
+
suffered
imp.|p.p.
of Suffer
+
streetward
a.
Facing toward the street.
+
selfexposure
n.
The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.
+
shanghaied
imp.|p.p.
of Shanghai
+
sunburn
n.
The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
+
state
n.
Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
+
settler
n.
That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
+
serrated
a.
Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.
+
scalloping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scallop
+
snowcapped
a.
Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
+
serene
a.
Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky.
+
squeezing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squeeze
+
sanctioned
imp.|p.p.
of Sanction
+
selvedged
a.
Having a selvage.
+
suicidical
a.
Suicidal.
+
subeditor
n.
An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.
+
sweeten
a.
To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
+
season
v.i.
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
+
snick
n.
A knot or irregularity in yarn.
+
speckle
v.t.
To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
+
spirling
n.
Sparling.
+
similitudinary
a.
Involving or expressing similitude.
+
sizing
n.
The act of sorting with respect to size.
+
sit
v.t.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
+
solvent
n.
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
+
slue
v.t.
To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.
+
slip
v.t.
To omit; to loose by negligence.
+
solenaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.
+
soliloquizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soliloquize
+
sheet anchor
v.t.
Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
+
sleighty
a.
Cinning; sly.
+
sailable
a.
Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.
+
scale
n.
One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
+
scutellum
n.
One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
+
saloon
n.
A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
+
staminodium
n.
An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.
+
stationary
a.
Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
+
singular
a.
Existing by itself; single; individual.
+
shoe
n.
To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
+
scratched
imp.|p.p.
of Scratch
+
spare
n.
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
+
subtilization
n.
Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
+
semidouble
n.
An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
+
sleeving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleeve
+
scantly
adv.
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
+
salving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salve
+
sneaker
n.
One who sneaks.
+
sporogony
n.
The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.
+
scholiums
pl.
of Scholium
+
stubbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stub
+
sarcobases
pl.
of Sarcobasis
+
semiaxis
n.
One half of the axis of an /llipse or other figure.
+
scaly
a.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
+
spurner
n.
One who spurns.
+
standard
n.
The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
+
sympathizer
n.
One who sympathizes.
+
scad
n.
The friar skate.
+
supplementation
n.
The act of supplementing.
+
sesquiplicate
a.
Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::ˆb3:ˆb'3.
+
surplusage
n.
Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
+
sensational
a.
Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.
+
show
v.t.
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
+
sitfast
a.
Fixed; stationary; immovable.
+
squame
n.
A scale.
+
sparadrap
n.
Any adhesive plaster.
+
syncarpium
n.
Same as Syncarp.
+
siwin
n.
Same as Sewen.
+
stamina
n.pl.
Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
+
solid
n.
A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
+
sparkle
n.
To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
+
sacrifice
n.
A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
+
snook
n.
The garfish.
+
spread
v.t.
To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
+
snipsnap
n.
A tart dialogue with quick replies.
+
sucrate
n.
A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate.
+
saltimbanco
n.
A mountebank; a quack.
+
stipendless
a.
Having no stipend.
+
stronghand
n.
Violence; force; power.
+
stepson
n.
A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
+
scruple
v.t.
To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
+
surmising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surmise
+
surround
v.t.
To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
+
sart
n.
An assart, or clearing.
+
stylus
n.
The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
+
sustain
v.t.
To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
+
scourge
n.
To whip severely; to lash.
+
seemless
a.
Unseemly.
+
sideways
adv.
Toward the side; sidewise.
+
splaymouth
n.
A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
+
sarcous
a.
Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
+
selfcelored
a.
Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
+
simply
adv.
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
+
scard
n.
A shard or fragment.
+
stocah
n.
A menial attendant.
+
snatch
n.
A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
+
spinage
n.
A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
+
sprenge
v.t.
To sprinkle; to scatter.
+
siliciureted
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon.
+
sea anchor

See Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
+
savored
imp.|p.p.
of Savor
+
skirmished
imp.|p.p.
of Skirmish
+
schooner
n.
A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale.
+
specular
a.
Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.
+
supremely
adv.
In a supreme manner.
+
solemnness
n.
The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.
+
seemly
v.i.
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
+
spoke

imp. of Speak.
+
sheared
p.p.
of Shear
+
scuttle
n.
A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
+
soft
interj.
Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
+
server
n.
A tray for dishes; a salver.
+
snowcap
n.
A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.
+
swink
n.
Labor; toil; drudgery.
+
sycophancy
n.
Obsequious flattery; servility.
+
slip
n.
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
+
sulphophosphorous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.
+
spell
n.
A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
+
streaked
imp.|p.p.
of Streak
+
selfperplexed
a.
Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
+
slide
n.
A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
+
styptical
a.
Styptic; astringent.
+
swaddler
n.
A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
+
sign
n.
Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
+
sinsring
n.
Same as Banxring.
+
scarce
superl.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
+
superpraise
v.t.
To praise to excess.
+
score
v.t.
To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
+
steal
v.t.
To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
+
sad
supperl.
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
+
stem
n.
Alt. of Steem
+
swelter
v.i.
To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
+
segregate
v.i.
To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.
+
shoot
n.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
+
slit
imp.|p.p.
of Slit
+
spew
v.t.
To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
+
stamp
v.i.
To strike the foot forcibly downward.
+
skewbald
a.
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.
+
spell
n.
One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
+
slop
v.i.
Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock.
+
spume
v.i.
To froth; to foam.
+
swearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swear
+
snowball
n.
The Guelder-rose.
+
suppressed
imp.|p.p.
of Suppress
+
smoking

a. & n. from Smoke.
+
spilth
n.
Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.
+
split
v.i.
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
+
slave
v.t.
To enslave.
+
splotchy
a.
Covered or marked with splotches.
+
spooney
a.
Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.
+
spottedness
n.
State or quality of being spotted.
+
synchronism
n.
The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.
+
skidpan
n.
See Skid, n., 1.
+
since
adv.
When or that.
+
script
n.
Written characters; style of writing.
+
smoke
n.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
+
sating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sate
+
spindle
n.
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
+
saxatile
a.
Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
+
solvableness
n.
Quality of being solvable.
+
sniffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sniff
+
suite
n.
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
+
sounder
n.
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
+
subtonic
n.
A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
+
suppurate
v.i.
To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
+
skill
n.
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
+
stimulism
n.
The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
+
slanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slant
+
sumpter
n.
A pack; a burden.
+
secreting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Secrete
+
supervised
imp.|p.p.
of Supervise
+
strike
v.i.
To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
+
septicity
n.
Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.
+
skillful
a.
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.
+
seed
v.t.
To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
+
sundial
n.
An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.
+
sciolism
n.
The knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.
+
shred
n.
To lop; to prune; to trim.
+
shelving
a.
Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.
+
strange
adv.
Strangely.
+
sublimed
imp.|p.p.
of Sublime
+
sternocoracoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.
+
syncretist
n.
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;
+
scorpio
n.
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
+
shotted
a.
Loaded with shot.
+
stress
v.t.
To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
+
sponge
v.i.
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
+
slump
v.t.
To lump; to throw into a mess.
+
serve
v.t.
To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.
+
straitly
adv.
Closely; intimately.
+
stannaries
pl.
of Stannary
+
stanchless
a.
Unquenchable; insatiable.
+
sumner
n.
A summoner.
+
skimitry
n.
See Skimmington.
+
sheerly
adv.
At once; absolutely.
+
sonifer
n.
A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.
+
saltigrade
a.
Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
+
sternohyoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
+
scholastically
adv.
In a scholastic manner.
+
stiving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stive
+
spear
n.
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
+
scyphomeduse
n.pl.
Same as Acraspeda, or Discophora.
+
supernatural
a.
Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
+
seek
v.t.
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
+
sithe
n.
Time.
+
shoulder
n.
That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
+
smartly
adv.
In a smart manner.
+
subarachnoid
a.
Alt. of Subarachnoidal
+
senile
a.
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
+
subcutaneous
a.
Situated under the skin; hypodermic.
+
setose
a.
Alt. of Setous
+
stray
a.
To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
+
strike
v.t.
To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
+
slugs
n.pl.
Half-roasted ore.
+
spermophile
n.
Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.
+
scalene
n.
A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
+
shown
p.p.
of Show
+
sweeten
a.
To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
+
swerd
n.|v.
See Sward, n. & v.
+
scuttle
n.
A quick pace; a short run.
+
slickensides
n.
A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
+
sentiment
a.
A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast.
+
semble
a.
To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
+
stonecutting
n.
Hewing or dressing stone.
+
spread
n.
Extent; compass.
+
sinciput
n.
The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
+
spattered
imp.|p.p.
of Spatter
+
systolic
a.
Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.
+
spitted

p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit.
+
struthian
a.
Struthious.
+
sloughed
imp.|p.p.
of Slough
+
setback
n.
A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
+
strike
v.t.
To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
+
shent
imp.|p.p.
of Shend
+
sickless
a.
Free from sickness.
+
serjeantcy

See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.
+
starveling
a.
Hungry; lean; pining with want.
+
scutibranchia
n.pl.
Same as Scutibranchiata.
+
sizing
n.
The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
+
slip
n.
An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
+
spleenwort
n.
Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.
+
special
a.
Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.
+
sen
n.
A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent.
+
smattering
n.
A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.
+
slughorn
a.
An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.
+
trices
pl.
of Separatrix
+
soar
v.i.
To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
+
superficial
a.
Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.
+
shockhead
a.
Shock-headed.
+
strontia
n.
An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
+
scirrhuses
pl.
of Scirrhus
+
seasonable
a.
Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain.
+
spice
n.
A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
+
sublapsary
a.
Sublapsarian.
+
squabchick
n.
A young chicken before it is fully fledged.
+
sark
v.t.
To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
+
subdivide
v.i.
To be, or to become, subdivided.
+
skipjack
n.
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
+
summer
v.i.
To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.
+
scat
n.
Alt. of Scatt
+
spire
v.i.
To breathe.
+
strike
v.t.
To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
+
sadder
n.
Same as Sadda.
+
saw palmetto

See under Palmetto.
+
snig
v.t.
To chop off; to cut.
+
stalk
n.
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
+
ship
n.
Pay; reward.
+
spelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spell
+
silvas
n.pl.
Alt. of Selvas
+
sodomite
n.
One guilty of sodomy.
+
sewer
n.
A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
+
sculptile
a.
Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images.
+
supercharged
imp.|p.p.
of Supercharge
+
supporter
n.
A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.
+
spurrer
n.
One who spurs.
+
standish
n.
A stand, or case, for pen and ink.
+
spitter
n.
A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
+
subtleness
n.
The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
+
stillage
n.
A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
+
superstructor
n.
One who builds a superstructure.
+
search
v.t.
To examine; to try; to put to the test.
+
sagittary
n.
The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
+
surround
v.t.
To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
+
sovereign
a.
Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
+
straw
n.
The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
+
stylommata
n.pl.
Same as Stylommatophora.
+
suspire
v.i.
To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
+
splendidious
a.
Splendid.
+
submerse
a.
Submersed.
+
strange
superl.
Belonging to another country; foreign.
+
scazon
n.
A choliamb.
+
scythian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.
+
superessential
a.
Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
+
stentor
n.
A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
+
suit
n.
One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
+
sprawl
v.i.
To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
+
stylohyoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.
+
soutane
n.
A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
+
suspense
a.
Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
+
stateroom
n.
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.
+
strutter
n.
One who struts.
+
subadvocate
n.
An under or subordinate advocate.
+
supermaterial
a.
Being above, or superior to, matter.
+
shady
superl.
Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
+
scoparin
n.
A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
+
skittle
a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles.
+
sandwiched
imp.|p.p.
of Sandwich
+
slop
v.i.
Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
+
scabbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scab
+
spur
n.
One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
+
skive
v.t.
To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
+
scutibranchiate
a.
Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.
+
subsidiarily
adv.
In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
+
sunflower
n.
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.
+
sneck
v.t.
To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door.
+
salue
v.t.
To salute.
+
starlight
n.
The light given by the stars.
+
superstatum
n.
A stratum, or layer, above another.
+
siphonobranchiate
n.
One of the Siphonobranchiata.
+
salleting
n.
Salad.
+
stepfather
n.
The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
+
synonym
n.
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
+
sink
v.i.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
+
sherd
n.
A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.
+
scorpion
n.
An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
+
suffering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffer
+
sweep
v.i.
To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
+
shoad
n.
A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.
+
shoeblack
n.
One who polishes shoes.
+
seining
n.
Fishing with a seine.
+
straitjacket
n.
A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.
+
starmonger
n.
A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.
+
segmental
a.
Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae.
+
shut
v.t.
To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
+
safeguard
v.t.
To guard; to protect.
+
skulk
v.i.
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
+
sensor
a.
Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
+
sourwood
n.
The sorrel tree.
+
slippery
a.
Liable to slip; not standing firm.
+
siphonifer
n.
Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.
+
species
n.
A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
+
snobbish
a.
Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.
+
swank
imp.
of Swink
+
sublimatory
n.
A vessel used for sublimation.
+
sunproof
a.
Impervious to the rays of the sun.
+
snub
v.t.
To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
+
sorting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sort
+
sura
n.
One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.
+
sea colewort

Sea cabbage.
+
spitous
a.
Having spite; spiteful.
+
scribble
v.t.
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
+
spread
n.
Expansion of parts.
+
seventieth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
+
suberite
n.
Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.
+
sneaky
n.
Like a sneak; sneaking.
+
slate
v.t.
Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
+
scroll
n.
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
+
surety
v.t.
To act as surety for.
+
septuor
n.
A septet.
+
swindling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swindle
+
spin
v.t.
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
+
synthermal
a.
Having the same degree of heat.
+
suavify
v.t.
To make affable or suave.
+
stiletto
n.
A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
+
sheathwinged
a.
Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.
+
sullied
imp.|p.p.
of Sully
+
semaphorical
a.
Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
+
spouted
imp.|p.p.
of Spout
+
sordiferous
a.
Alt. of Sorediiferous
+
segregate
v.t.
To separate from others; to set apart.
+
spear
n.
Fig.: A spearman.
+
sedentarily
adv.
In a sedentary manner.
+
sharp
superl.
Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
+
sprong

imp. of Spring. Sprung.
+
scheelite
n.
Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.
+
sea pigeon

The common guillemot.
+
sailing
n.
The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
+
subduct
v.t.
To withdraw; to take away.
+
spongy
a.
Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
+
shuffling
a.
Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
+
scaling
a.
Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
+
smatter
v.i.
To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
+
scotch
n.
The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
+
spright
n.
A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
+
saufly
adv.
Safely.
+
shack
v.t.
To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
+
squiralty
n.
Same as Squirarchy.
+
sharpen
a.
To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
+
strive
v.i.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
+
seducement
n.
The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting.
+
speculate
v.i.
To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
+
spy
v.i.
To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
+
sentence
v.t.
To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
+
snouty
a.
Resembling a beast's snout.
+
slue
n.
See Sloough, 2.
+
sap
v.t.
To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
+
snuff
n.
Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
+
superexcellent
a.
Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
+
salaried
a.
Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.
+
sprinkle
v.i.
To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
+
seraphicism
n.
The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.
+
say
n.
Tried quality; temper; proof.
+
snaggy
a.
Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.
+
sweetbrier
n.
A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.
+
spark
n.
A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
+
sylvan
a.
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
+
spaky
a.
Specky.
+
squierie
n.
Alt. of Squiery
+
strangle
v.t.
To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
+
secrete
v.t.
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
+
suspension
n.
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
+
strobilaceous
a.
Producing strobiles.
+
stonehenge
n.
An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
+
situation
n.
Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
+
snowflake
n.
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.
+
send
v.t.
To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
+
sirenian
n.
Any species of Sirenia.
+
shriving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shrive
+
scrub
a.
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
+
siamang
n.
A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.
+
saccharoidal
a.
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
+
sycamine
n.
See Sycamore.
+
sajene
n.
Same as Sagene.
+
species
n.
Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
+
sceptreless
a.
Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.
+
soldier
n.
One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
+
somnolence
n.
Alt. of Somnolency
+
sharp
superl.
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
+
shirtless
a.
Not having or wearing a shirt.
+
slacken
v.t.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
+
setter
n.
An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
+
spheroidic
a.
Alt. of Spheroidical
+
strawberry
n.
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.
+
singing

a. & n. from Sing, v.
+
suicidal
a.
Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.
+
stepparent
n.
Stepfather or stepmother.
+
scandal
n.
Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.
+
sovereignty
n.
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.
+
searoving
a.
Cruising at random on the ocean.
+
swash
n.
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
+
sign
n.
To mark; to make distinguishable.
+
sublimate
a.
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
+
stoolball
n.
A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women.
+
show
v.i.
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
+
sennit
n.
A braided cord or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff.
+
scuttle
n.
A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
+
stringed
a.
Produced by strings.
+
scaliola
n.
Same as Scagliola.
+
scripturalist
n.
One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.
+
slanged
imp.|p.p.
of Slang
+
subopercular
a.
Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
+
slush
v.t.
To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
+
steganography
n.
The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.
+
seizin
n.
The act of taking possession.
+
skeletonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skeletonize
+
sergeancy
n.
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
+
scape
n.
The apophyge of a shaft.
+
savant
a.
A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
+
steamboating
n.
The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.
+
superposing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superpose
+
savor
a.
Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
+
slavs
pl.
of Slav
+
scrambler
n.
One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.
+
sadducaic
a.
Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.
+
stay
v.i.
To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
+
saleswomen
pl.
of Saleswoman
+
smatter
v.i.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
+
seedlip
n.
Alt. of Seedlop
+
systemized
imp.|p.p.
of Systemize
+
sporosac
n.
A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under Athecata.
+
stodgy
a.
Wet.
+
speechifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speechify
+
shattered
imp.|p.p.
of Shatter
+
stimulate
v.t.
To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
+
skain
n.
See Skein.
+
sheldfowl
n.
The common sheldrake.
+
southeaster
n.
A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
+
subduct
v.t.
To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
+
spline
n.
A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
+
shoved
imp.|p.p.
of Shove
+
scandalously
adv.
With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
+
stall
v.i.
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
+
secrecy
n.
The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.
+
stipple
v.t.
To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
+
stamin
n.
A kind of woolen cloth.
+
symphyses
pl.
of Symphysis
+
skinflint
n.
A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
+
shear
v.t.
To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
+
shot
n.
A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
+
shoop

imp. of Shape. Shaped.
+
slant
v.t.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
+
streamed
imp.|p.p.
of Stream
+
sundrily
adv.
In sundry ways; variously.
+
suburbial
a.
Alt. of Suburbian
+
salvo
n.
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
+
shopwalker
n.
One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director.  Cf. Floorwalker.
+
skewered
imp.|p.p.
of Skewer
+
snowdrop
n.
A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.
+
sea ginger

A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.
+
stud
n.
A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
+
shoe
n.
An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
+
spanker
n.
The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail.
+
stump
v.i.
To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
+
sickening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sicken
+
stinkpot
n.
A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
+
siesta
n.
A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
+
sophistic
a.
Alt. of Sophistical
+
scythe
n.
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
+
snowplough
n.
An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
+
solacious
a.
Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.
+
snort
v.t.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
+
scantling
v.t.
A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
+
subsumption
n.
That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
+
steer
n.
To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
+
semicylyndrical
a.
Half cylindrical.
+
successful
a.
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
+
shelly
a.
Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
+
scape
v.t.|i.
To escape.
+
surbate
v.t.
To harass; to fatigue.
+
selfpropagating
a.
Propagating by one's self or by itself.
+
statistics
n.
The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
+
sanguinivorous
a.
Subsisting on blood.
+
sea needle

See Garfish (a).
+
supportress
n.
A female supporter.
+
spirit
n.
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
+
sweep
n.
A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
+
swing
v.i.
To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
+
stee
n.
A ladder.
+
scarus
n.
A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.
+
subcontracted
a.
Contracted after a former contract.
+
solanoid
a.
Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
+
shroff
n.
A banker, or changer of money.
+
soodra

Same as Sudra.
+
sextans
n.
A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
+
sound
n.
The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
+
spinstress
n.
A woman who spins.
+
semitransparent
a.
Half or imperfectly transparent.
+
sleep
v.i.
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
+
sinistrorse
a.
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
+
shibboleth
n.
Also in an extended sense.
+
surceaseance
n.
Cessation.
+
singing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sing
+
subnuvolar
a.
Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy.
+
solanum
n.
A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
+
seck
a.
Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.
+
suburb
n.
Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.
+
swashy
a.
Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
+
stock
n.
A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
+
subscribe
v.t.
To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
+
saturnist
n.
A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.
+
selvas
n.pl.
Vast woodland plains of South America.
+
solifidianism
n.
The state of Solifidians.
+
surmark
n.
A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
+
seed
n.
Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
+
sovran
a.
A variant of Sovereign.
+
slashy
a.
Wet and dirty; slushy.
+
shrine
n.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
+
slushy
a.
Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.
+
sauce
n.
A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
+
surpassing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surpass
+
splendid
a.
Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
+
selfreprovingly
adv.
In a self-reproving way.
+
show
v.t.
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
+
subnotation
n.
A rescript.
+
step
v.i.
Walk; passage.
+
swarm
v.i.
To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
+
seabordering
a.
Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea.
+
smoothness
n.
Quality or state of being smooth.
+
shoaliness
n.
The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
+
sore
superl.
Criminal; wrong; evil.
+
staple
n.
A small pit.
+
saponin
n.
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
+
stealthy
superl.
Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
+
supervention
n.
The act of supervening.
+
spiring
a.
Shooting up in a spire or spires.
+
sound
v.t.
To signify; to import; to denote.
+
seguestration
n.
The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
+
sper
v.t.
Alt. of Sperre
+
sufferance
n.
Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
+
saving
participle
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
+
southward
a.
Toward the south.
+
sycite
n.
A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.
+
steerage
n.
The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.
+
shrilltongued
a.
Having a shrill voice.
+
spherosiderite
n.
Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.
+
saxifragant
n.
That which breaks or destroys stones.
+
stickle
v.i.
To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
+
sociological
a.
Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.
+
surety
n.
One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.
+
slaveborn
a.
Born in slavery.
+
senate
n.
A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.
+
suing
n.
The process of soaking through anything.
+
shecklaton
n.
A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
+
soporific
a.
Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
+
sychnocarpous
a.
Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.
+
sepawn
n.
See Supawn. 
+
syndrome
n.
Concurrence.
+
spinneys
pl.
of Spinney
+
slighten
v.t.
To slight.
+
sarplar
n.
A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
+
stapler
n.
A dealer in staple goods.
+
spend
v.i.
To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
+
shaft
n.
That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
+
sarcle
v.t.
To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe.
+
stalwartly
adv.
In a stalwart manner.
+
server
n.
One who serves.
+
suresby
n.
One to be sure of, or to be relied on.
+
skua
n.
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
+
sporulation
n.
The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b.
+
septum
n.
One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
+
slewed
a.
Somewhat drunk.
+
sun
n.
The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
+
supplyant
a.
Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.
+
supramaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.
+
surveyor
n.
One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
+
sower
n.
One who, or that which, sows.
+
strange
superl.
Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
+
sterilization
n.
The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
+
syringa
n.
A genus of plants; the lilac.
+
solenacean
n.
Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.
+
sledge
v.t.
A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.
+
suckle
v.t.
To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
+
straightly
adv.
A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
+
secant
a.
A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
+
shirting
n.
Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.
+
stereochromy
n.
A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).
+
sweet
superl.
Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
+
soloist
n.
One who sings or plays a solo.
+
stableness
n.
The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
+
sucker
n.
A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
+
skipjack
n.
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
+
superstruction
n.
That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
+
stormy
superl.
Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
+
subesophageal
a.
Situated beneath the esophagus.
+
shaper
n.
That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.
+
speking
n.
The act of uttering words.
+
scumbled
imp.|p.p.
of Scumble
+
subzigomatic
a.
Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
+
specifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Specify
+
scarcement
n.
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
+
subhornblendic
a.
Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.
+
strongyloid
n.
A strongyloid worm.
+
shapoo
n.
The oorial.
+
snatch
v.i.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
+
suspensation
n.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
+
soak
v.t.
To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
+
subquadruple
a.
Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion.
+
sengreen
n.
The houseleek.
+
sotadean
a.
Sotadic.
+
stet
v.t.
To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
+
seriatim
adv.
In regular order; one after the other; severally.
+
sparkle
n.
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
+
stepped
a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
+
sphenotic
n.
The sphenotic bone.
+
stubbed
a.
Abounding in stubs; stubby.
+
stock
n.
Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.
+
slope
v.i.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
+
squiggle
v.i.
To move about like an eel; to squirm.
+
sleeking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleek
+
several
adv.
By itself; severally.
+
slouchy
a.
Slouching.
+
sire
n.
A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
+
scanned
imp.|p.p.
of Scan
+
sanctifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sanctify
+
scape
n.
An escape.
+
slowhound
n.
A sleuthhound.
+
scholarity
n.
Scholarship.
+
stowage
n.
The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.
+
stinkball
n.
A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.
+
stir
n.
The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
+
staidly
adv.
In a staid manner, sedately.
+
sauf
a.
Safe.
+
supraciliary
a.
Superciliary.
+
sleeve
n.
A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
+
shoving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shove
+
shag
n.
A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
+
stylommatophorous
a.
Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.
+
shent

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth.
+
severing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sever
+
startle
v.t.
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
+
setter
n.
A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
+
stipulary
a.
Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.
+
stang
v.i.
To shoot with pain.
+
skulk
n.
A number of foxes together.
+
sulks
n.pl.
The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.
+
sheet
v.t.
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
+
stonecold
a.
Cold as a stone.
+
stenographist
n.
A stenographer.
+
spring
v.t.
To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
+
selfdefensive
a.
Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
+
subsumptive
a.
Relating to, or containing, a subsumption.
+
southron
n.
An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
+
skilder
v.i.
To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
+
sleepless
a.
Having no rest; perpetually agitated.
+
save
a.
Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
+
shearer
n.
A reaper.
+
sign
n.
To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.
+
scud
v.t.
To pass over quickly.
+
serve
v.t.
To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.
+
saltatorious
a.
Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
+
sex
n.
The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
+
stoichiometry
n.
The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds.
+
sight
v.t.
A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
+
sevres ware

Porcelain manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.
+
swarmed
imp.|p.p.
of Swarm
+
singled
imp.|p.p.
of Single
+
streit
a.
Close; narrow; strict.
+
stead
v.t.
To fill place of.
+
stound
v.i.
To be in pain or sorrow.
+
speculative
a.
Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.
+
stinging
a.
Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
+
smoker
n.
One who dries or preserves by smoke.
+
stang

imp. of Sting.
+
sunshine
n.
The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
+
song
n.
More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
+
silken
a.
Dressed in silk.
+
semiditone
n.
A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
+
sartorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.
+
spurnwater
n.
A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
+
southmost
a.
Farthest toward the south; southernmost.
+
spill
n.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
+
stallation
n.
Installation.
+
stith
a.
Strong; stiff; rigid.
+
scoley
v.i.
To go to school; to study.
+
strengest

the original compar. & superl. of Strong.
+
strainably
adv.
Violently.
+
sike
a.
Such. See Such.
+
sounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sound
+
shave
v.t.
To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
+
stimulatress
n.
A woman who stimulates.
+
syncopation
n.
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
+
satire
a.
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
+
subtractive
a.
Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
+
signification
n.
The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
+
seesaw
a.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
+
supply
n.
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
+
sidereal
a.
Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
+
shunt
v.i.
To go aside; to turn off.
+
suprachoroidal
a.
Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.
+
suppurating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suppurate
+
sometimes
adv.
Formerly; sometime.
+
sterilized
imp.|p.p.
of Sterilize
+
snowy
a.
Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
+
share
v.t.
To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
+
speech
n.
ny declaration of thoughts.
+
scrutiny
n.
Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
+
smoky
superl.
Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
+
sneak
v.i.
To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
+
staffs
pl.
of Staff
+
scripture
n.
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.
+
scab
n.
The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
+
spicebush
n.
Spicewood.
+
selfabasement
n.
Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
+
subvert
v.i.
To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
+
submedial
a.
Lying under the middle.
+
stackstand
n.
A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
+
standpipe
n.
A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.
+
squired
imp.|p.p.
of Squire
+
squat
v.t.
To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
+
stonestill
a.
As still as a stone.
+
swell
v.i.
To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
+
spent
a.
Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
+
splenetically
adv.
In a splenetical manner.
+
stepbrother
n.
A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
+
synteretic
a.
Preserving health; prophylactic.
+
say
v.t.
A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
+
staple
v.t.
To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
+
sheldaple
n.
A chaffinch.
+
square
a.
Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
+
syrinx
n.
The lower larynx in birds.
+
synthetize
v.t.
To combine; to unite in regular structure.
+
seraphim
n.
The Hebrew plural of Seraph.  Cf. Cherubim.
+
serve
v.t.
To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
+
suffering
a.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
+
staffish
a.
Stiff; harsh.
+
stying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sty
+
shadow
n.
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
+
several
n.
Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
+
sprained
imp.|p.p.
of Sprain
+
separating
a.
Designed or employed to separate.
+
seld
adv.
Rarely; seldom.
+
scare
v.t.
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
+
saintly
superl.
Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
+
strike
v.t.
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
+
smaltine
n.
Alt. of Smaltite
+
sea
n.
A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
+
stripe
n.
The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
+
sofi
n.
Same as Sufi.
+
struck
p.p.
of Strike
+
slab
n.
The wryneck.
+
sirup
n.
Alt. of Syrup
+
stemmy
a.
Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.
+
shock
n.
A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
+
stound
n.
A sudden, severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.
+
swab
n.
An epaulet.
+
septentrionally
adv.
Northerly.
+
stand
v.i.
A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
+
surety
n.
The state of being sure; certainty; security.
+
silicium
n.
See Silicon.
+
sanguisuge
n.
A bloodsucker, or leech.
+
snakefish
n.
The band fish.
+
symbolized
imp.|p.p.
of Symbolize
+
shake
v.
To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
+
shears
n.
A pair of wings.
+
shist

Alt. of Shistose
+
spermalist
n.
See Spermist.
+
stopper
n.
A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
+
sling
v.t.
A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
+
sill
n.
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
+
sororal
a.
Relating to a sister; sisterly.
+
stylography
n.
A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.
+
sounst
a.
Soused. See Souse.
+
syconium
n.
Alt. of Syconus
+
sale
n.
See 1st Sallow.
+
salt
v.t.
To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
+
selenite
n.
A salt of selenious acid.
+
spunky
superl.
Full of spunk; quick; spirited.
+
semipelagian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
+
setulose
a.
Having small bristles or setae.
+
speechified
imp.|p.p.
of Speechify
+
semeiotics
n.
Alt. of Semiotics
+
sternsman
n.
A steersman.
+
slide
n.
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
+
strombuliform
a.
Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
+
staining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stain
+
solos
pl.
of Solo
+
spur
n.
A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
+
southed
imp.|p.p.
of South
+
soberminded
a.
Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
+
strewing
n.
Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
shaken
p.p.
of Shake
+
sang

of Sing
+
sentry
n.
A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
+
spare
n.
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
+
suprailium
n.
The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.
+
spawn
v.t.
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
+
subaction
n.
The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely.
+
slinky
a.
Thin; lank.
+
swiftness
n.
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.
+
scrabble
n.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
+
sullying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sully
+
spray
v.t.
Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.
+
scamper
n.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
+
sureties
pl.
of Surety
+
skyblue
a.
Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
+
sillimanite
n.
Same as Fibrolite.
+
syzygy
n.
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
+
sward
n.
Skin; covering.
+
sea brief

Same as Sea letter.
+
sectionalize
v.t.
To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.
+
shock
n.
A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
+
squeezing
n.
The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
+
syndesmosis
n.
An articulation formed by means of ligaments.
+
steingale
n.
The stannel.
+
spiracular
a.
Of or pertaining to a spiracle.
+
southern
a.
Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
+
sours
n.
Source. See Source.
+
semiopaque
a.
Half opaque; only half transparent.
+
shearing
n.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
+
spectral
a.
Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
+
shin
v.t.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
+
serry
v.t.
To crowd; to press together.
+
slime
n.
Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.
+
sullen
a.
Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
+
saltbush
n.
An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
+
subacid
a.
Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices.
+
sinistrous
a.
Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
+
scrip
n.
A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc.  When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.
+
sodden
v.i.
To be seethed; to become sodden.
+
slimly
adv.
In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
+
spitted
a.
Shot out long; -- said of antlers.
+
shrink
v.t.
To draw back; to withdraw.
+
sparseness
n.
The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
+
stucco
v.t.
To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
+
stomachal
a.
Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
+
serein
n.
A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset.
+
sheen
n.
Brightness; splendor; glitter.
+
slip
n.
The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
+
smoker
n.
A smoking car or compartment.
+
stellated
a.
Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.
+
steeve
v.i.
To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
+
stirred
imp.|p.p.
of Stir
+
stellionate
n.
Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.
+
subornation
n.
The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury.
+
stickiness
n.
The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
+
seah
n.
A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.
+
saturn
n.
One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
+
spelt

of Spell
+
selfregistering
a.
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
+
silkiness
n.
The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
+
sulky
a.
A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
+
stew
v.t.
A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
+
secularity
n.
Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
+
seam
n.
The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
+
subact
v.t.
To reduce; to subdue.
+
slowh

imp. of Slee,to slay.
+
systematic
a.
Alt. of Systematical
+
sombre
a.
Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.
+
scantly
adv.
Scarcely; hardly; barely.
+
sarcophaguses
pl.
of Sarcophagus
+
sigmoidal
a.
Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /.
+
scrimp
v.t.
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
+
sin
n.
A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
+
scissorstail
n.
A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
+
scincoid
n.
A scincoidian.
+
stock
n.
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
+
sashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sash
+
seint
n.
A saint.
+
sailed
imp.|p.p.
of Sail
+
supradecompound
a.
More than decompound; divided many times.
+
subordinacy
n.
The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason.
+
souse
n.
Pickle made with salt.
+
spermatogonium
n.
A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
+
stockdove
n.
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.
+
spoonbill
n.
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.
+
specter
n.
Alt. of Spectre
+
surround
v.t.
To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
+
swelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swell
+
slily
adv.
See Slyly.
+
shortwited
a.
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
+
stanch
v.t.
Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
+
santonate
n.
A salt of santonic acid.
+
silence
n.
The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
+
screw
v.i.
To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
+
salty
a.
Somewhat salt; saltish.
+
spondyle
n.
A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
+
suicide
adv.
Ruin of one's own interests.
+
slash
v.t.
To crack or snap, as a whip.
+
spontaneity
n.
The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force.
+
shaped
imp.
of Shape
+
scarecrow
n.
The black tern.
+
sarsen
n.
One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
+
scorn
v.i.
To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
+
slip
n.
A particular quantity of yarn.
+
subtiliate
v.t.
To make thin or rare.
+
simple
a.
A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
+
southern
n.
A Southerner.
+
subingression
n.
Secret entrance.
+
storm
n.
A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
+
scroll
n.
A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal.
+
splanchnapophyses
pl.
of Splanchnapophysis
+
salique
a.
Salic.
+
springal
a.
Alt. of Springall
+
subundation
n.
A flood; a deluge.
+
sphincter
n.
A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.
+
satinet
n.
A thin kind of satin.
+
slipon
n.
A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
+
supralapsary
n.
A Supralapsarian.
+
supervisory
a.
Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
+
stiff
superl.
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
+
squatter
n.
One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
+
sandyx
n.
See Sandix.
+
step
v.i.
A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
+
striation
n.
A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
+
stuke
n.
Stucco.
+
stated
imp.|p.p.
of State
+
slipperiness
n.
The quality of being slippery.
+
supersulphurize
v.t.
To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
+
stoppage
n.
The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
+
section
n.
A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /.
+
scopiferous
a.
Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
+
scab
n.
A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike.
+
salsuginous
a.
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
+
skirmish
v.i.
A slight contest.
+
stumpiness
n.
The state of being stumpy.
+
shoulder
n.
The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
+
sigh
v.i.
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
+
skew
a.
Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
+
synclastic
a.
Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic.
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state
n.
Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain.  Cf. Estate, n., 6.
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stringhalt
n.
An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.
+
slipskin
a.
Evasive.
+
supernatation
n.
The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.
+
somniloquence
n.
The act of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism.
+
spinnies
pl.
of Spinny
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susceptible
a.
Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
+
slider
n.
The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
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supersulphate
n.
An acid sulphate.
+
slip
n.
A fish, the sole.
+
scutella
pl.
of Scutellum
+
stopple
v.t.
To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.
+
shew
v.t.|i.
See Show.
+
stegosaurus
n.
A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.
+
scribed
imp.|p.p.
of Scribe
+
shouter
n.
One who shouts.
+
subdiaconate
a.
Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.
+
synodic
a.
Alt. of Synodical
+
sarpened
imp.|p.p.
of Sharpen
+
surdal
a.
Same as Surd, a., 3.
+
sesquitertianal
a.
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
+
sortes
n.
pl. of Sors.
+
sickness
n.
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
+
submerge
v.t.
To put under water; to plunge.
+
sens
adv.
Since.
+
styphnate
n.
A salt of styphnic acid.
+
stoma
n.
One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
+
seeknofurther
n.
A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further.
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suprachoroid
a.
Alt. of Suprachoroidal
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selfluminous
a.
Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.
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snuffler
n.
One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
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systematizer
n.
One who systematizes.
+
socome
n.
A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.
+
songster
n.
A singing bird.
+
sheol
n.
The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.
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sepia
n.
The common European cuttlefish.
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solid
a.
Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
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sophisticator
n.
One who sophisticates.
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suit
n.
Regular order; succession.
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stick
v.i.
To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
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sacrarium
n.
A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
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staminiferous
a.
Bearing or having stamens.
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stag
n.
One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
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stick
v.t.
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
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slow
v.t.
To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
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stockholder
n.
One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.
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shortsighted
a.
Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
+
scholiastic
a.
Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits.
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supporter
n.
One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
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seize
v.t.
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
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showery
a.
Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.
+
strap
n.
A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
+
scottering
n.
The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
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sagination
n.
The act of fattening or pampering.
+
spud
n.
A dagger.
+
shiff
v.i.
To practice indirect or evasive methods.
+
shadow
n.
An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
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somniloquous
a.
Apt to talk in sleep.
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skimping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skimp
+
symmetry
n.
Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
+
stem
n.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
+
savage
n.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
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streptoneura
n.pl.
An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.
+
suffraginous
a.
Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.
+
smooth
a.
To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
+
sloping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slope
+
somatist
n.
One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.
+
stem
v.t.
To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
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slaughter
v.t.
The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
+
sinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sink
+
steepup
a.
Lofty and precipitous.
+
sleeveless
a.
Having no sleeves.
+
set
v.i.
To fit music to words.
+
silence
v.t.
To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
+
separator
n.
A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
+
scutiferous
a.
Carrying a shield or buckler.
+
sea slug

A holothurian.
+
slopy
a.
Sloping; inclined.
+
snip
n.
Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
+
slaved
imp.|p.p.
of Slave
+
satisfaction
n.
That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
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supple
v.i.
To become soft and pliant.
+
sniff
v.t.
To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
+
stricture
n.
A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
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splint
v.t.
A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
+
showish
a.
Showy; ostentatious.
+
sawder
n.
A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
+
slish
n.
A cut; as, slish and slash.
+
seether
n.
A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
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suitor
n.
Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
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stock
n.
The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.
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safeconduct
v.t.
To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.
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strike
n.
A bushel; four pecks.
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strike
v.t.
To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
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struck
imp.
of Strike
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shedding
n.
The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
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sheathe
v.t.
To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
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squall
n.
A loud scream; a harsh cry.
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suave
a.
Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
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supermaxilla
n.
The supermaxilla.
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spiracle
n.
One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
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substantively
adv.
In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
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shale
n.
A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
+
slice
v.t.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
+
station
n.
The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
+
strategi
pl.
of Strategus
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second
a.
Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
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sweep
v.i.
To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.
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strapwork
n.
A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
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snot
n.
Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.
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sine
n.
The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.
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swallow
v.t.
To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
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strike
n.
An old measure of four bushels.
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septuple
a.
Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.
+
squab
n.
A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
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sylphid
n.
A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
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sense
v.t.
To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
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swinepipe
n.
The European redwing.
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suboxide
n.
An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O.
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superciliary
a.
Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
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submergence
n.
The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
+
strobilaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.
+
squib
a.
A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
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sharp
superl.
Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
+
swill
v.i.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
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spuming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spume
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scandalous
a.
Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
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startup
a.
Upstart.
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skimming
n.
That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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smack
v.t.
To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.
+
substrata
pl.
of Substratum
+
safeconduct
n.
That which gives a safe passage
+
schematism
n.
Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.
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shiftable
a.
Admitting of being shifted.
+
strappado
v.t.
To punish or torture by the strappado.
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semicupium
n.
A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.
+
sundart
n.
Sunbeam.
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subcranial
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.
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sigher
n.
One who sighs.
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sacrifice
n.
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.
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scoriform
a.
In the form of scoria.
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sickly
superl.
Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
+
saddle
n.
A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.
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smooth
superl.
Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
+
suffrage
n.
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
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survival
n.
Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
+
smokily
adv.
In a smoky manner.
+
sow
n.
A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
+
substructure
n.
An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
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squarrous
a.
Squarrose.
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silicate
n.
A salt of silicic acid.
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syllabification
n.
Same as Syllabication.
+
shaft
n.
A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
+
stalky
a.
Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
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starfish
n.
Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.
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sedative
a.
allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
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smoky
superl.
Suspicious; open to suspicion.
+
strawcutter
n.
An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
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spiral
a.
Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.
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serose
a.
Serous.
+
subtile
a.
Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
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surplus
a.
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
+
sausage
n.
An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.
+
sighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sight
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sepia
a.
Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
+
shed
v.t.
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
+
stank
n.
Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.
+
superiority
n.
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
+
soken
n.
A toll. See Soc, n., 2.
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scrapbook
n.
A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
+
southing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of South
+
sufficiently
adv.
To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
+
smeeth
v.t.
To smooth.
+
saddleback
n.
Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.
+
squadron
n.
A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
+
spiritualizer
n.
One who spiritualizes.
+
superparticular
a.
Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4.
+
steep
a.
Bright; glittering; fiery.
+
slobber
n.
Salivation.
+
squamulose
a.
Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate.
+
spheroidity
n.
The quality or state of being spheroidal.
+
sir
n.
A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
+
solitude
a.
solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
+
stale
v.t.
A stalking-horse.
+
sandal
n.
A kind of slipper.
+
spit
n.
A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
+
sink
n.
A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
+
shamble
n.
A place where butcher's meat is sold.
+
stemless
a.
Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
+
skimmer
n.
One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
+
scutum
n.
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
+
skinbound
a.
Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
+
sensated
a.
Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
+
sulphatic
a.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.
+
scroggy
a.
Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.
+
steganopodes
n.pl.
A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
+
sponging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sponge
+
strangled
imp.|p.p.
of Strangle
+
scottish
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
+
simpai
n.
A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.
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sterling
n.
Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
+
shipbuilding
n.
Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
+
sorghum
n.
A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).
+
studio
n.
The working room of an artist.
+
saver
n.
One who saves.
+
speech
n.
formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
+
slum
n.
A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
+
substitution
n.
The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.
+
surview
n.
A survey.
+
shifting
a.
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
+
salubrious
a.
Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.
+
still
a.
To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
+
scurfiness
n.
Scurf.
+
sue
v.i.
To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
+
slit
n.
To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.
+
skull
n.
A school, company, or shoal.
+
swiftfoot
a.
Nimble; fleet.
+
sortable
a.
Capable of being sorted.
+
sarcelle
n.
The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.
+
sericulture
n.
The raising of silkworms.
+
shut
v.t.
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
+
stiffnecked
a.
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
+
serenaded
imp.|p.p.
of Serenade
+
strainable
a.
Violent in action.
+
sweltry
v.i.
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
+
salarying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salary
+
saxon
a.
Anglo-Saxon.
+
stichida
pl.
of Stichidium
+
supernumerary
n.
A person or thing beyond the number stated.
+
scrip
n.
A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
+
shawnees
n.pl.
A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
+
sacre
n.
See Saker.
+
seabound
a.
Bounded by the sea.
+
sarcophagi
pl.
of Sarcophagus
+
saxhorn
n.
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
+
spell
v.i.
To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
+
seel
n.
Time; season; as, hay seel.
+
scibboleth
n.
Shibboleth.
+
sagamore
n.
The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.
+
sometime
adv.
At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
+
synergy
n.
the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.
+
shoddy
a.
Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
+
solvable
a.
Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
+
spa
n.
A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
+
sour
v.t.
To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.
+
surrebuter
n.
The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
+
somatology
n.
A treatise on the human body; anatomy.
+
slush
n.
Soft mud.
+
sew
v.t.
To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
+
slush
n.
A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
+
sauerkraut
n.
Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.
+
squarely
adv.
In a square form or manner.
+
shrinkingly
adv.
In a shrinking manner.
+
sice
n.
The number six at dice.
+
sycophantical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.
+
shortage
n.
Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.
+
sleepyhead
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
scarry
a.
Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
+
stuffy
a.
Angry and obstinate; sulky.
+
sever
v.i.
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
+
saturate
p.a.
Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
+
surprising
a.
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.
+
shorer
n.
One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
+
sheetful
n.
Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
+
starry
a.
Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
+
speakable
a.
Able to speak.
+
scissor
v.t.
To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
+
scrawl
n.
Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
+
snowfleck
n.
See Snowbird, 1.
+
sited
a.
Having a site; situated.
+
scud
n.
Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
+
skilling
n.
A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
+
sensationalism
n.
The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.
+
scaldfish
n.
A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.
+
smack
n.
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
+
sensualize
v.t.
To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.
+
staghound
n.
A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
+
stretch
n.
The extent to which anything may be stretched.
+
sound
v.t.
To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
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superfine
a.
Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.
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steelyard
n.
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.
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stale
v.t.
To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
+
synthesize
v.t.
To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.
+
stive
n.
The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
+
sorbite
n.
A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance.
+
stretch
v.i.
To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
+
spreader
n.
One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.
+
siliqua
n.
A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.
+
slipboard
n.
A board sliding in grooves.
+
seltzogene
n.
A gazogene.
+
servifor
n.
One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent.
+
style
v.t.
An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
+
sloppiness
n.
The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.
+
sea apple

The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea.
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sperage
n.
Asperagus.
+
salute
v.t.
To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
+
sciagraphy
n.
Same as Sciagraph.
+
surging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surge
+
soboles
n.
A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.
+
speciosity
n.
The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
+
score
n.
To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
+
sealer
n.
A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
+
small
v.t.
To make little or less.
+
sleeper
n.
A sleeping car.
+
sublease
n.
A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.
+
sticker
n.
Same as Paster, 2.
+
speared
imp.|p.p.
of Spear
+
surly
a.
Rough; dark; tempestuous.
+
syllabism
n.
The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
+
synergist
n.
A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it.
+
sweltered
imp.|p.p.
of Swelter
+
skimblescamble
a.
Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
+
smaltblue
a.
Deep blue, like smalt.
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siege
n.
The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
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sleeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleet
+
scattered
a.
Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.
+
shop
n.
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
+
sedentary
a.
Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
+
sorrance
n.
Same as Sorance.
+
stone
n.
To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
+
supremity
n.
Supremacy.
+
scabble
v.t.
See Scapple.
+
supertuberation
n.
The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.
+
stiptic
a.|n.
See Styptic.
+
spawned
imp.|p.p.
of Spawn
+
switch
v.t.
To trim, as, a hedge.
+
satrapies
pl.
of Satrapy
+
sandaled
a.
Wearing sandals.
+
succeed
v.t.
To support; to prosper; to promote.
+
supernumeraries
pl.
of Supernumerary
+
smart
v.i.
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
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stram
v.t.
To spring or recoil with violence.
+
shade
n.
Shadow.
+
saurian
a.
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.
+
swashed
imp.|p.p.
of Swash
+
symphonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Symphonize
+
storehouse
n.
A mass or quality laid up.
+
speck
n.
A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.
+
strude
n.
A stock of breeding mares.
+
shut
v.i.
To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
+
saccharified
imp.|p.p.
of Saccharify
+
subumbrella
n.
The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
+
siderolite
n.
A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.
+
stasis
n.
A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
+
sub

A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
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simmering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Simmer
+
spring
v.i.
A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
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sesban
n.
A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.
+
sloakan
n.
A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
+
stellerida
n.pl.
An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.
+
subtilized
imp.|p.p.
of Subtilize
+
stingy
a.
Stinging; able to sting.
+
state
n.
A person of high rank.
+
semaphoric
a.
Alt. of Semaphorical
+
scarificator
n.
An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.
+
set
n.
That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
+
shanty
v.i.
To inhabit a shanty.
+
silverspot
n.
Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
+
seminude
a.
Partially nude; half naked.
+
sprinkle
n.
A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
+
softly
adv.
In a soft manner.
+
smite
v.t.
To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
+
slurred
imp.|p.p.
of Slur
+
stolae
pl.
of Stola
+
surrounding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surround
+
starve
v.t.
To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
+
suently
adv.
Evenly; smoothly.
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succussive
a.
Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.
+
service
n.
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
+
saponary
a.
Saponaceous.
+
shoot
v.i.
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
+
steady
v.i.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
+
slabbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slabber
+
sway
v.i.
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
+
saddlecloth
n.
A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
+
sensualist
n.
One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness.
+
septum
n.
A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
+
strike
v.i.
To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
+
selfreproof
n.
The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
+
stalk
v.t.
To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
+
seamen
pl.
of Seaman
+
sold
n.
Solary; military pay.
+
surbedded
imp.|p.p.
of Surbed
+
strickler
n.
See Strickle.
+
semblant
n.
Show; appearance; figure; semblance.
+
sand
v.t.
To sprinkle or cover with sand.
+
shell
v.i.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
+
statocracy
n.
Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power.
+
scout
v.t.
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
+
snap
v.t.
A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
strap
n.
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.
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starlike
a.
Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.
+
spoke
n.
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
+
stronghold
n.
A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
+
storer
n.
One who lays up or forms a store.
+
shawl
n.
A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
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shakedown
n.
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.
+
squeezing
n.
That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
+
slide
n.
A slide valve.
+
socle
n.
A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.
+
smelt
n.
Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
+
socialize
v.t.
To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
+
spherule
n.
A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.
+
sewer
n.
One who sews, or stitches.
+
surreptitious
a.
Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods.
+
shunt
v.t.
A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
+
scrimping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrimp
+
silicispongiae
n.pl.
Same as Silicoidea.
+
sponge
n.
Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
+
saxonite
n.
See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
+
shrank
imp.
of Shrink
+
service
n.
The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.
+
sphere
n.
The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
+
spindle
n.
A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
+
somatical
a.
Somatic.
+
strange
v.t.
To alienate; to estrange.
+
spoil
v.i.
To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
+
smarted
imp.|p.p.
of Smart
+
sciuromorpha
n.pl.
A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
+
serenade
n.
Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
+
subpena
n.|v.t.
See Subpoena.
+
spermaceti
n.
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases.  The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.
+
silicify
v.i.
To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
+
spoil
n.
The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
+
scuttling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scuttle
+
sensiferous
a.
Exciting sensation; conveying sensation.
+
sport
v.t.
To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.
+
sorter
n.
One who, or that which, sorts.
+
slaughter
v.t.
To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
+
shining
a.
Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.
+
scapulas
pl.
of Scapula
+
sucker
n.
The lumpfish.
+
snicker
v.i.
To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
+
story
n.
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
+
sluthhound
n.
Sleuthhound.
+
sector
n.
A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
+
sedimental
a.
Sedimentary.
+
solemn
a.
Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
+
shindies
pl.
of Shindy
+
still
adv.
Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
+
schetic
a.
Alt. of Schetical
+
squarrose
a.
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.
+
spiral
a.
Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical.
+
strengthening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strengthen
+
stalker
n.
One who stalks.
+
security
n.
Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
+
solecize
v.i.
To commit a solecism.
+
shopped
imp.|p.p.
of Shop
+
swig
n.
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
+
shoemaking
n.
The business of a shoemaker.
+
solid
a.
Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
+
supereminency
n.
The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman.
+
stockwork
n.
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.
+
studding
n.
Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
+
settle
n.
A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
+
sally lunn

A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.
+
syncretism
n.
Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
+
sassorol
n.
Alt. of Sassorolla
+
squib
v.i.
To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
+
stain
n.
Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
+
sled
n.
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
+
slipperily
adv.
In a slippery manner.
+
stadium
n.
A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.
+
subsist
v.i.
To be; to have existence; to inhere.
+
soho
interj.
Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
+
signature
v.t.
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.
+
sexavalent
a.
See Sexivalent.
+
should
imp.
of Shall
+
suspect
a.
Suspicion.
+
scarlet
a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
+
stomate
n.
A stoma.
+
sabre
n.
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
+
signation
v.t.
Sign given; marking.
+
subscribe
v.t.
To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
+
sporidium
n.
A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
+
sheet anchor
v.t.
A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
+
stainer
n.
One who stains or tarnishes.
+
squawweed
n.
The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.
+
state
n.
Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
+
sough
v.i.
To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
+
stigmatization
n.
The act of stigmatizing.
+
sometime
adv.
At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
+
socotrine
n.
A native or inhabitant of Socotra.
+
starve
v.t.
To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air.
+
sicca
n.
A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
+
string
n.
The line or cord of a bow.
+
shelter
n.
That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
+
spore
n.
A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.
+
stelliferous
a.
Having, or abounding with, stars.
+
slab
n.
An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
+
smoothbore
n.
A smoothbore firearm.
+
sprout
v.i.
Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
+
strode

imp. of Stride.
+
subsultory
a.
Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
+
sibilate
v.t.|i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
+
smock
v.t.
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
+
swonk

of Swink
+
stunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stunt
+
shale
n.
A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
+
selfrepelling
a.
Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
+
spite
v.t.
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
+
sustain
v.t.
To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
+
saintlike
a.
Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.
+
spire
n.
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
+
stang

of Sting
+
spikenard
n.
A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.
+
shudderingly
adv.
In a shuddering manner.
+
sublime
superl.
Elevated by joy; elate.
+
studier
n.
A student.
+
stramonium
n.
A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.
+
set
v.t.
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
+
sopra
adv.
Above; before; over; upon.
+
spleenish
a.
Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.
+
strengthener
n.
One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
+
secure
v.t.
To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
+
saccharonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.
+
separate
p.a.
Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
+
sheer
n.
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
+
succubine
a.
Of or pertaining to succuba.
+
speeded

of Speed
+
shutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shut
+
spang
v.t.
To spangle.
+
southwards
adv.
Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.
+
swallowtail
n.
A species of willow.
+
sarcasmous
a.
Sarcastic.
+
strop
v.t.
To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
+
subgeneric
a.
Of or pertaining to a subgenus.
+
snarl
v.i.
To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
+
soon
adv.
In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
+
skid
n.
Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
+
sansculottism
n.
Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.
+
studied
a.
Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.
+
sublime
v.t.
To dignify; to ennoble.
+
shuttlecock
v.t.
To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
+
sheathed
a.
Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
+
sea leopard

Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.
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salt
n.
Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
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storm
v.i.
To raise a tempest.
+
sepalody
n.
The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
+
surmounted
imp.|p.p.
of Surmount
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sylvine
n.
Alt. of Sylvite
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seldshewn
a.
Rarely shown or exhibited.
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saltpetrous
a.
Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
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salvo
n.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
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semidiaphanous
a.
Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
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swink
v.i.
To labor; to toil; to salve.
+
smelter
n.
One who, or that which, smelts.
+
straitwaistcoat
n.
Same as Strait-jacket.
+
selfhood
n.
Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.
+
sprucing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spruce
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saker
n.
The peregrine falcon.
+
squamoid
a.
Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
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sestet
n.
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.
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synovial
a.
Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.
+
scathe
v.t.
Alt. of Scath
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shallowwaisted
a.
Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
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stating
n.
The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.
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selfignorant
a.
Ignorant of one's self.
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segregate
a.
Separate; select.
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strike
v.i.
To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
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slangous
a.
Slangy.
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suppression
n.
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
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scirrhi
pl.
of Scirrhus
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scallop
v.t.
To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.
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stayedly
adv.
Staidly. See Staidly.
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shade
n.
That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
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smoothing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smooth
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squabble
v.t.
To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.
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statesmanlike
a.
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
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shrievalty
n.
The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.
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selectman
n.
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.
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sphyraenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.
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semiweekly
n.
That which comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical.
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several
a.
Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
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silver
a.
Precious; costly.
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sensive
a.
Having sense or sensibility; sensitive.
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sulphydric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
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snap
v.t.
A greedy fellow.
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sejeant
a.
Sitting, as a lion or other beast.
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steamer
n.
A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
+
scute
n.
A small shield.
+
square
n.
One hundred superficial feet.
+
set
v.i.
To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
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snift
v.i.
To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
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shanties
pl.
of Shanty
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smith
n.
To beat into shape; to forge.
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succedaneum
n.
One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute
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succinct
a.
Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
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subtlety
n.
The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.
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supposal
n.
The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
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stamineous
a.
Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.
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singletree
n.
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
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stair
n.
A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.
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slutchy
a.
Slushy.
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sting
v.t.
A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
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swad
n.
A clown; a country bumpkin.
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semaphore
n.
A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
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stack
a.
Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
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stanhope
n.
A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
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suffrage
n.
The right to vote; franchise.
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snet
n.
The fat of a deer.
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sabrebill
n.
The curlew.
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suspectless
a.
Not suspected; not mistrusted.
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subulicornes
n.pl.
A division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.
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sotto voce

With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone.
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spoutless
a.
Having no spout.
+
secundate
v.t.
To make prosperous.
+
shab
n.
The itch in animals; also, a scab.
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sprengel pump

A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor.
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snowflake
n.
A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
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stickler
v.t.
One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
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sucker
n.
A suckling; a sucking animal.
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shove

p. p. of Shove.
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seminality
n.
The quality or state of being seminal.
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substance
n.
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.
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stultified
imp.|p.p.
of Stultify
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sphere
n.
Rank; order of society; social positions.
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spit
n.
To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
+
styloglossal
a.
Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
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sonship
n.
The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.
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subaduncate
a.
Somewhat hooked or curved.
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suade
v.t.
To persuade.
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summer
n.
A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
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squall
n.
A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
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searcer
n.
A searce, or sieve.
+
square
n.
A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
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sternutatory
a.
Sternutative.
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subendocardial
a.
Situated under the endocardium.
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support
v.t.
To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
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stalking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stalk
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sythe
n.
Scythe.
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sulphydrate
n.
A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.
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solace
v.t.
Rest; relaxation; ease.
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slue
v.i.
To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
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suffumigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffumigate
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syrup
a.
Alt. of Syrupy
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sternum
n.
A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
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stick
v.t.
Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
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sophist
n.
Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.
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sweetscented
a.
Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.
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sum
v.t.
To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
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swamping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swamp
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substructure
n.
Same as Substruction.
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sepidaceous
a.
Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.
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stall
v.t.
To keep close; to keep secret.
+
sleepwalker
n.
One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
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stave
n.
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
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sapiently
adv.
In a sapient manner.
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slaveocracy
n.
See Slavocracy.
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scenario
n.
A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
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solubleness
n.
Quality or state of being soluble.
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septiform
a.
Having the form of a septum.
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silicea
n.pl.
Same as Silicoidea.
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slider
n.
One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
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strucken

of Strike
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spuller
n.
One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
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stahlianism
n.
The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.
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sea perch

The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace.
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sarcomatous
a.
Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma.
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stuffing
n.
A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
+
scriptoria
pl.
of Scriptorium
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significate
n.
One of several things signified by a common term.
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shipful
n.
As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
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symbolize
v.i.
To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
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swagger
n.
The act or manner of a swaggerer.
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strength
n.
A strong place; a stronghold.
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sequent
a.
Following as an effect; consequent.
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salamandrine
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
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superheated
imp.|p.p.
of Superheat
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sinus
n.
A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.
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survey
n.
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.
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sweeny
n.
An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses.
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slope
v.t.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
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sucre
n.
A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
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sadden
v.t.
To make sad.
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subdiversify
v.t.
To diversify aggain what is already diversified.
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stapled
imp.|p.p.
of Staple
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silk
n.
Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
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sted
adv.
Alt. of Stedfastly
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stem
v.i.
Alt. of Steem
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slack
n.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
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said
a.
Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.
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sighborn
a.
Sorrowful; mournful.
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stoled
a.
Having or wearing a stole.
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shoveler
n.
One who, or that which, shovels.
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sinisterly
adv.
In a sinister manner.
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sulk
n.
A furrow.
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synodal
n.
A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
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stalactitiform
a.
Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.
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slapjack
n.
A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
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sunbeam
n.
A beam or ray of the sun.
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suroxidate
v.t.
To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.
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succorless
a.
Destitute of succor.
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staked
imp.|p.p.
of Stake
+
standgale
n.
See Stannel.
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sixteenth
a.
Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
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socratically
adv.
In the Socratic method.
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sinople
n.
Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
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steem
v.i.
To gleam.
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semivocal
a.
Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
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stipulate
a.
Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
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snored
imp.|p.p.
of Snore
+
smit

of Smite
+
shucker
n.
One who shucks oysters or clams
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soe
n.
A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
+
sea pudding

Any large holothurian.
+
soun
n.|v.
Sound.
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savement
n.
The act of saving.
+
sneaked
imp.|p.p.
of Sneak
+
stamper
n.
An instrument for pounding or stamping.
+
sin
n.
To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against.
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sycoceryl
n.
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.
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sylvate
n.
A salt of sylvic acid.
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styloid
a.
Styliform; as, the styloid process.
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spread
n.
A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
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seethe
n.
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.
+
suffrage
n.
Aid; assistance.
+
suiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suit
+
suck
v.i.
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
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singly
adv.
Singularly; peculiarly.
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spinous
a.
Spinose; thorny.
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spin
v.i.
To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
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summoner
v.t.
One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.
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shamefaced
n.
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
+
strange
superl.
Backward; slow.
+
size
n.
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.
+
spirometry
n.
The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.
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stylographic
a.
Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.
+
suitability
n.
The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.
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stir
v.t.
To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
+
scar
n.
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
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sophistical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
+
sit
v.t.
To suit (well / ill); to become.
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samarskite
a.
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
+
shift
v.t.
To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
+
spur
n.
Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
+
stable
v.i.
Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.
+
spermatin
n.
A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.
+
surprisal
n.
The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
+
support
v.t.
To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
+
scuff
v.i.
To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
+
subdue
v.t.
To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
+
suine
n.
A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine.
+
shear
v.t.
To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
+
sententiarist
n.
A sententiary.
+
spooneye
pl.
of Spooney
+
sanguinaria
n.
A genus of plants of the Poppy family.
+
snipefish
n.
A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.
+
semen
n.
The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.
+
synagogue
n.
A congregation in the early Christian church.
+
semiterete
a.
Half terete.
+
sea pincushion

A sea purse.
+
scleroderma
n.
A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
+
shotproof
a.
Impenetrable by shot.
+
scuttled
imp.|p.p.
of Scuttle
+
siderographist
n.
One skilled in siderography.
+
slop
n.
Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
+
splint
v.t.
To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
+
smerlin
n.
A small loach.
+
snare
v.t.
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
+
skipper
n.
One who, or that which, skips.
+
span
v.t.
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
+
supercargo
n.
An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.
+
sportal
a.
Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports.
+
selfish
a.
Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
+
scabbed
a.
Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
+
sell
v.i.
To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
+
subclass
n.
One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.
+
summing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sum
+
secerning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Secern
+
swanskin
n.
The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.
+
shell
n.
A pod.
+
seminification
n.
Propagation from seed.
+
shindy
n.
A fancy or liking.
+
spermatogemma
n.
Same as Spermosphere.
+
shorten
a.
To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
+
slackness
n.
The quality or state of being slack.
+
shette

of Shet
+
sanhedrim
n.
the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
+
sailing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sail
+
something
n.
Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
+
stuff
n.
To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
+
seasonless
a.
Without succession of the seasons.
+
straithanded
a.
Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
+
scrap
v.t.
Same as Scrap iron, below.
+
solstice
v.i.
The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion.
+
scratching
adv.
With the action of scratching.
+
substituted
a.
Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia.
+
somewhat
n.
More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
+
salpian
n.
Alt. of Salpid
+
stuttering
n.
The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering.
+
snappish
a.
Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
+
spiritist
n.
A spiritualist.
+
spiritless
a.
Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
+
sambucus
n.
A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
+
solacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solace
+
sycophantcy
n.
Sycophancy.
+
soap
v.t.
To flatter; to wheedle.
+
septemviri
pl.
of Septemvir
+
sectaries
pl.
of Sectary
+
stem
n.
The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
+
stipulation
n.
A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
+
sphenographer
n.
One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.
+
sopition
n.
The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.
+
sedulity
n.
The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
+
stringy
a.
Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
+
selfexamination
n.
An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.
+
syneresis
n.
Same as Synaeresis.
+
sound
superl.
Firm; strong; safe.
+
surd
n.
A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
+
shook

of Shake
+
sponginess
n.
The quality or state of being spongy.
+
scripturist
n.
One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.
+
sustainer
n.
One who, or that which, sustains.
+
season
v.i.
To give token; to savor.
+
skolecite
n.
Alt. of Skolezite
+
steamboat
n.
A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
+
spillway
n.
A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
+
sublet
imp.|p.p.
of Sublet
+
surcharge
v.t.
To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
+
spight
n.
A woodpecker. See Speight.
+
summarist
n.
One who summarized.
+
semester
n.
A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
+
stale
v.i.
Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
+
streit
a.
Drawn.
+
squarrosodentate
a.
Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.
+
shack
v.t.
To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
+
sweating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sweat
+
sneerful
a.
Given to sneering.
+
shrew
a.
Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
+
start
v.i.
The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
+
solfeggio
n.
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.
+
synthesize
v.t.
To combine by synthesis; to unite.
+
saltation
n.
Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
+
soapstone
n.
See Steatite, and Talc.
+
scasely
adv.
Scarcely; hardly.
+
sooterkin
n.
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.
+
swanskin
n.
A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.
+
scald
v.t.
To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.
+
shail
v.i.
To walk sidewise.
+
stead
v.t.
To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
+
steer
v.i.
To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
+
strange
superl.
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
+
southeast
n.
The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
+
squirt
v.i.
To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
+
statuelike
a.
Like a statue; motionless.
+
sailing
n.
The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
+
samoan
n.
An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
+
scapholunar
a.
Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
+
syrt
n.
A quicksand; a bog.
+
swarm
v.i.
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.
+
swash
n.
Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
+
straddle
n.
The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
+
stanch
v.t.
Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
+
shredding
n.
The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
+
suiting
n.
Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.
+
serpentry
n.
A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
+
shelter
n.
One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
+
stowaway
n.
One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.
+
snowy
a.
Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
+
supraoccipital
n.
The supraoccipital bone.
+
spot
n.
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
+
symphysis
n.
An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
+
spearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spear
+
scorny
a.
Deserving scorn; paltry.
+
sparble
v.t.
To scatter; to disperse; to rout.
+
salivary
a.
Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
+
sharp
n.
An expert.
+
southing
n.
Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.
+
seminated
imp.|p.p.
of Seminate
+
sackless
a.
Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
+
spiritualminded
a.
Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections.
+
saxicavid
n.
A saxicava.
+
supposable
a.
Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
+
shipwreck
n.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
+
shiplet
n.
A little ship.
+
snakewood
n.
An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.
+
secular
n.
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
+
straught
v.t.
To stretch; to make straight.
+
scyphi
pl.
of Scyphus
+
swamp
v.t.
To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
+
semiology
n.
The science or art of signs.
+
sistine
a.
Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
+
stiff
superl.
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
+
stickle
v.i.
To separate combatants by intervening.
+
superstition
n.
The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.
+
sylph
n.
Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
+
stibium
n.
The technical name of antimony.
+
sipple
v.i.
To sip often.
+
scamblingly
adv.
In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.
+
sit
v.t.
To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
+
scapulo

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.
+
stound
n.
A vessel for holding small beer.
+
sphenethmoid
a.
Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
+
setting
n.
Something set in, or inserted.
+
surprisement
n.
Surprisal.
+
swoop
v.i.
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
+
spleen
n.
A fit of anger; choler.
+
seat
n.
That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.
+
simple
a.
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
+
stickful
n.
As much set type as fills a composing stick.
+
scammoniate
a.
Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.
+
sanguineous
a.
Abounding with blood; sanguine.
+
shillishalli
adv.
Alt. of Shilly-shally
+
sucker
n.
The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
+
skelp
n.
A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.
+
severalities
pl.
of Severality
+
shear
v.t.
To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.
+
ssociable
a.
Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.
+
shiff
v.i.
To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
+
simple
a.
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
+
subtle
superl.
Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
+
sidesman
n.
A party man; a partisan.
+
species
n.
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.
+
subject
a.
That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
+
sponsible
a.
responsible; worthy of credit.
+
secern
v.t.
To separate; to distinguish.
+
scheme
n.
Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
+
statesgeneral
n.
In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
+
superchery
n.
Deceit; fraud; imposition.
+
soritical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.
+
slubbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slubber
+
stately
superl.
Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.
+
seabeard
n.
A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
+
supplant
n.
To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
+
slacken
n.
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
+
swallowtail
n.
A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
+
scarlet
v.t.
To dye or tinge with scarlet.
+
saute

p. p. of Sauter.
+
superinducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superinduce
+
subsidizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subsidize
+
shire
n.
A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
+
syncope
n.
A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.
+
stillatitious
a.
Falling in drops; drawn by a still.
+
speaker
n.
One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
+
season
v.t.
Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
+
shred
n.
To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
+
scowl
v.t.
To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
+
settlement
n.
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
+
springhead
n.
A fountain or source.
+
swindled
imp.|p.p.
of Swindle
+
shorthorn
a.
One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.
+
snap
v.i.
To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
+
spoil
n.
That which is gained by strength or effort.
+
softening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soften
+
shuck
n.
The shell of an oyster or clam.
+
seam
n.
Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
+
simple
a.
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
+
solidungulate
n.
Same as Soliped.
+
schoolmaam
n.
A schoolmistress.
+
stethometer
n.
An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.
+
soared
imp.|p.p.
of Soar
+
staving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stave
+
swimming
n.
The act of one who swims.
+
sarmatic
a.
Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.
+
sawset
n.
An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.
+
sagapen
n.
Sagapenum.
+
sad
supperl.
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
+
swinger
n.
A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos.
+
swilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swill
+
shall
v.i.|auxiliary.
To owe; to be under obligation for.
+
squire
v.t.
To attend as a squire.
+
surrender
v.t.
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.
+
scutcher
n.
One who scutches.
+
strick
n.
A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
+
sweat
v.i.
To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.
+
selfcommunion
n.
Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.
+
spectrally
adv.
In the form or manner of a specter.
+
sympathized
imp.|p.p.
of Sympathize
+
sprag
n.
A young salmon.
+
salve
n.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
+
septenary
a.
Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number.
+
supralapsary
a.
Supralapsarian.
+
silky
superl.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
+
soursop
n.
The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.
+
sightly
a.
Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
+
sickle
n.
A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge.  Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.
+
skying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sky
+
sowans
n.pl.
See Sowens.
+
sluggish
a.
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
+
sundry
v.t.
Several; divers; more than one or two; various.
+
scandal
v.t.
To scandalize; to offend.
+
stuttering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stutter
+
sparhawk
n.
The sparrow hawk.
+
seeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of See
+
shamanist
n.
An adherent of Shamanism.
+
scandinavian
a.
Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
+
satisfaction
n.
The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
+
selfishness
n.
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.
+
surcharge
n.
The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
+
sea pie

A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.
+
stationer
a.
A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.
+
spring
v.t.
To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
+
small
superl.
Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
+
springy
superl.
Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.
+
scrape
v.t.
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
+
slumped
imp.|p.p.
of Slump
+
supernaturalism
n.
The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.
+
scyphus
n.
A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
+
spence
n.
The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.
+
sphere
v.t.
To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
+
sea widgeon

The scaup duck.
+
shun
v.t.
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
+
searcloth
n.
Cerecloth.
+
sinapism
n.
A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.
+
spool
v.t.
To wind on a spool or spools.
+
spontaneity
n.
The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment.
+
simplicity
n.
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
+
sheldrake
n.
Any one of the American mergansers.
+
shunt
v.t.
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
+
seeder
n.
One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.
+
supportable
a.
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
+
sprigged
imp.|p.p.
of Sprig
+
snowstorm
n.
A storm with falling snow.
+
speculation
n.
A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
+
sterrometal
n.
Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made.
+
statued
imp.|p.p.
of Statue
+
soda
n.
Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.
+
slade
n.
The sole of a plow.
+
stopcock
n.
A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.
+
spine
n.
Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
+
strapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strap
+
sorcery
n.
Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
+
seventieth
a.
Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
+
seal
v.t.
To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
+
sperable
a.
Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for.
+
sport
v.i.
To play; to frolic; to wanton.
+
statics
n.
That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.
+
siphonic
a.
Of or pertaining to a siphon.
+
sextetto
n.
See Sestet.
+
suppawn
n.
See Supawn.
+
stretch
n.
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
+
sharp
n.
A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
+
solemnize
v.t.
To make grave, serious, and reverential.
+
spin
v.i.
To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
+
sorbin
n.
An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar.
+
secretemetory
a.
Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.
+
splay
v.t.
To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
+
stanchion
n.
Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
+
sensist
n.
One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism.
+
sotel
a.
Alt. of Sotil
+
stiffneckedness
n.
The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
+
suffer
v.t.
To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
+
seagait
n.
A long, rolling swell of the sea.
+
strabotomy
n.
The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.
+
secluding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seclude
+
stemmata
pl.
of Stemma
+
skill
n.
Knowledge; understanding.
+
scarless
a.
Free from scar.
+
succeed
v.i.
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
+
support
v.t.
To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
+
sagitta
n.
The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
+
stove

of Stave
+
signatory
a.
Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
+
soaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soar
+
scutate
a.
Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
+
spur
n.
Ergotized rye or other grain.
+
spanking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spank
+
sulcated
a.
Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.
+
soft
superl.
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
+
symphonies
pl.
of Symphony
+
scyphobranchii
n.pl.
An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families.
+
spirited
imp.|p.p.
of Spirit
+
section
n.
A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division.
+
strolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stroll
+
sheeny
a.
Bright; shining; radiant; sheen.
+
spinach
n.
Alt. of Spinage
+
saree
n.
The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.
+
septane
n.
See Heptane.
+
snowshoe
n.
A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.
+
subject
a.
The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
+
superficialist
n.
One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.
+
survey
v.t.
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
+
sacrosanct
a.
Sacred; inviolable.
+
shittlecock
n.
A shuttlecock.
+
sharing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Share
+
scow
v.t.
To transport in a scow.
+
sonnish
a.
Like the sun; sunny; golden.
+
sesquitertian
a.
Alt. of Sesquitertianal
+
superposition
n.
The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry.
+
syenite
n.
Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
+
shifter
n.
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
+
stemma
n.
One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
+
snake
v.t.
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
+
superinpregnation
n.
The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior impregnation; superfetation.
+
sudoriferous
a.
Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.
+
spigurnel
n.
Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
+
sanguinaceous
n.
Of a blood-red color; sanguine.
+
settler
n.
One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
+
stalling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stall
+
sotadic
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades.
+
swimming
n.
Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.
+
stagger
n.
Bewilderment; perplexity.
+
serrirostres
n.pl.
Same as Lamellirostres.
+
scaup
n.
A scaup duck. See below.
+
stonecrop
n.
A sort of tree.
+
splent
n.
See Splent coal, below.
+
sciot
a.
Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).
+
snappy
a.
Snappish.
+
soal
n.
The sole of a shoe.
+
soporate
v.t.
To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
+
solution
n.
The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
+
selenide
n.
A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
+
stiriated
a.
Adorned with pendants like icicles.
+
structure
n.
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
+
scaphocephaly
n.
A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.
+
stultiloquy
n.
Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling.
+
secrecy
n.
The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
+
stereotypy
n.
The art or process of making stereotype plates.
+
soliloquies
pl.
of Soliloquy
+
strow
v.t.
Same as Strew.
+
sanitarium
n.
A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.
+
saxtuba
n.
A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
+
siphonage
n.
The action of a siphon.
+
steganographist
n.
One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.
+
secernment
n.
The act or process of secreting.
+
streel
v.i.
To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
+
singed
imp.|p.p.
of Singe
+
saccharomyces
n.
A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
+
stigmatic
a.
Alt. of Stigmatical
+
sclerosis
n.
Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
+
sack
n.
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
+
subepiglottic
a.
Situated under the epiglottis.
+
stadium
n.
Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
+
scrophulariaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.
+
statism
n.
The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
+
stonerunner
n.
The dotterel.
+
sluggardize
v.t.
To make lazy.
+
short
superl.
Brittle.
+
setfoil
n.
See Septfoil.
+
status quo

The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.
+
spider
n.
A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
+
subtypical
a.
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
+
spoke
n.
A rung, or round, of a ladder.
+
setting
n.
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
+
shed
v.t.
To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.
+
sylvite
n.
Native potassium chloride.
+
sober
superl.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
+
snap
n.
To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
+
salvability
n.
The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness.
+
sleek
n.
That which makes smooth; varnish.
+
seal
v.t.
To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
+
suffocate
v.i.
To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
+
subsacral
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.
+
socinianize
v.t.
To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.
+
slumberer
n.
One who slumbers; a sleeper.
+
sheathe
v.t.
To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
+
stutter
n.
The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
+
sanskrit
a.
Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.
+
strength
n.
Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
+
spiritualness
n.
The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.
+
smack
adv.
As if with a smack or slap.
+
seta
n.
One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form.
+
spacious
n.
Extending far and wide; vast in extent.
+
swallow
v.t.
To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
+
suffragan
a.
An assistant.
+
sigaultian
a.
Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.
+
sponk
n.
See Spunk.
+
sozzle
n.
A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.
+
slurred
a.
Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.
+
subservience
n.
Alt. of Subserviency
+
scorpion
n.
Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
+
sublet
v.t.
To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.
+
spyism
n.
Act or business of spying.
+
spandrel
n.
The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
+
sabretasche
n.
A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt.
+
speeder
n.
One who, or that which, speeds.
+
strix
n.
One of the flutings of a column.
+
silt
n.
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
+
strout
v.i.
To swell; to puff out; to project.
+
surcharged
imp.|p.p.
of Surcharge
+
set
v.t.
To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
+
sythe
prep.adv.conj.|n.
See Sith, Sithe.
+
scutellation
n.
the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
+
snatched
imp.|p.p.
of Snatch
+
sweated

of Sweat
+
sego
n.
A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.
+
swoop
n.
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
+
scutch grass

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
+
strived
p.p.
Striven.
+
stoutly
adv.
In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
+
ssociable
a.
Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
+
separator
n.
An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
+
stagger
n.
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
+
symmetrical
a.
Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.
+
sicilian
a.
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
+
sclerosed
a.
Affected with sclerosis.
+
statute
n.
An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a.
+
slender
superl.
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
+
still
v.t.
To cause to fall by drops.
+
scaraboid
n.
A scaraboid beetle.
+
strait
a.
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
+
seamail
n.
A gull; the mew.
+
shrillgorged
a.
Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
+
selfneglecting
n.
A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.
+
scalloped
a.
Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2.
+
sapadillo
n.
See Sapodila.
+
shudder
n.
The act of shuddering, as with fear.
+
surangular
n.
The surangular bone.
+
snotty
a.
Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.
+
spatangoidea
n.pl.
An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
+
stomatopodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda.
+
splotch
n.
A spot; a stain; a daub.
+
seventeenth
n.
The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
+
squab
a.
Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
+
steam engine

An engine moved by steam.
+
savagery
n.
Wild growth, as of plants.
+
slide
v.t.
To pass inadvertently.
+
scalae
pl.
of Scala
+
stilar
a.
Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.
+
scraping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrape
+
soak
v.t.
Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
+
saddleshaped
a.
Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.
+
synthesis
n.
Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
+
stump
n.
The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
+
seceded
imp.|p.p.
of Secede
+
squandering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squander
+
stupe
v.t.
To foment with a stupe.
+
shad
n.sing.|pl.
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.
+
selfdenial
n.
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
+
sporadic
a.
Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
+
surbase
n.
A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.
+
style
v.t.
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
+
south
v.i.
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
+
stipellate
a.
Having stipels.
+
singeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Singe
+
sideral
a.
Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.
+
shoot
v.i.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
+
surgeon
n.
One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
+
spark
n.
A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
+
squeeze
v.t.
To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
+
shekel
n.
An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
+
selfconscious
a.
Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.
+
signify
n.
To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.
+
square
a.
At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
+
soothsay
n.
Omen; portent. Having
+
stalwart
a.
Alt. of Stalworth
+
syngenesious
a.
Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.
+
shooter
n.
One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
+
steepy
a.
Steep; precipitous.
+
stater
n.
One who states.
+
stricken

of Strike
+
sectarian
n.
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.
+
sentimentalism
n.
The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.
+
sportula
n.
A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.
+
sesquiduplicate
a.
Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
+
semiarian
a.
Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
+
slavophile
n.
One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.
+
sociably
adv.
In a sociable manner.
+
snowbird
n.
An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
+
slip
n.
To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
+
splay
v.t.
To display; to spread.
+
siccity
n.
Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.
+
stone
n.
The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
+
strigose
a.
Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
+
sweaty
superl.
Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.
+
suffossion
n.
A digging under; an undermining.
+
selfelective
a.
Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
+
sketching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sketch
+
scenographical
a.
Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.
+
sacro

A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.
+
scud
n.
A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
+
straightjoint
a.
Having straight joints.
+
symbol
v.t.
To symbolize.
+
soboliferous
a.
Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
+
slow
superl.
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
+
slide
n.
A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
+
sparklet
n.
A small spark.
+
selfregulated
a.
Regulated by one's self or by itself.
+
slang
v.t.
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
+
skare
a.
Wild; timid; shy.
+
sawwrest
n.
See Saw-set.
+
slender
superl.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
+
smoothspoken
a.
Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
+
swifter
v.t.
To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
+
scientifical
a.
Scientific.
+
subfibrous
a.
Somewhat fibrous.
+
sightfulness
n.
The state of being sightful; perspicuity.
+
sate

of Sit
+
sesame
n.
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
+
shepherd
n.
A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
+
superposable
a.
Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.
+
strong
superl.
Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
+
staple
n.
The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
+
sustention
n.
Sustentation.
+
seditious
a.
Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.
+
somber
n.
Alt. of Sombre
+
stench
n.
To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.
+
synonymized
imp.|p.p.
of Synonymize
+
supparasitation
n.
The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.
+
sea loach

The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.
+
stager
n.
A horse used in drawing a stage.
+
strip
v.t.
To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.
+
staid

of Stay
+
spat
n.
Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
+
safeguard
n.
A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct.
+
strangury
n.
A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
+
surcharge
v.t.
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
+
shift
v.t.
The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
+
subdivide
v.t.
To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.
+
sudatoria
pl.
of Sudatorium
+
spell
v.t.
To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
+
stance
n.
A station; a position; a site.
+
selfmoving
a.
Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
+
superintendent
a.
Overseeing; superintending.
+
slouch
v.t.
To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
+
subjectivism
n.
Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.
+
swelled
p.p.
of Swell
+
speechify
v.i.
To make a speech; to harangue.
+
selfconceited
a.
Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.
+
strake
n.
An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.
+
subagency
n.
A subordinate agency.
+
studies
pl.
of Study
+
slubbed
imp.|p.p.
of Slub
+
sequel
n.
That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.
+
sown

p. p. of Sow.
+
softner
n.
See Softener.
+
sortie
n.
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
+
sure
superl.
Free from danger; safe; secure.
+
segmental
a.
Relating to, or being, a segment.
+
samaj
n.
A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.
+
subtended
imp.|p.p.
of Subtend
+
scrawl
v.i.
See Crawl.
+
sender
n.
One who sends.
+
substitutionary
a.
Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.
+
spared
imp.|p.p.
of Spare
+
selvagee
n.
A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
+
sequester
n.
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.
+
swollen

p. p. of Swell.
+
saurobatrachia
n.pl.
The Urodela.
+
skip
n.
An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
+
snowballed
imp.|p.p.
of Snowball
+
skirl
n.
A shrill cry or sound.
+
steerling
n.
A young small steer.
+
societary
a.
Societarian.
+
synthetic
a.
Alt. of Synthetical
+
sort
n.
Chance; lot; destiny.
+
subscription
n.
The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.
+
surmount
v.i.
To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
+
sump
n.
A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
+
saccharimeter
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts.
+
spleen
n.
A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
+
survival
n.
A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
+
solid
a.
Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
+
slav
n.
One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.
+
somnambular
a.
Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.
+
screw
n.
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
+
steapsin
n.
An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.
+
shagreen
v.t.
To chagrin.
+
scholarship
n.
Literary education.
+
sensuosity
n.
The quality or state of being sensuous; sensuousness.
+
sell
n.
A saddle for a horse.
+
swarve
v.i.
To climb.
+
slubber
v.t.
To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.
+
salpa
n.
A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
solfaing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sol-fa
+
snift
n.
Slight snow; sleet.
+
stripe
n.
A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
+
surge
v.i.
To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
+
sudden
a.
Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
+
sheltery
a.
Affording shelter.
+
synonyma
n.pl.
Synonyms.
+
sore
n.
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
+
steadily
adv.
In a steady manner.
+
sublime
n.
A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
+
scarifier
n.
An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface.
+
sportsman
n.
One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc.
+
stall
v.t.
To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
+
soberize
v.t.|i.
To sober.
+
stowed
imp.|p.p.
of Stow
+
sechium
n.
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.
+
smegma
n.
The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.
+
southernliness
n.
Southerliness.
+
skimback
n.
The quillback.
+
subaquaneous
a.
Subaqueous.
+
singsing
n.
The kob.
+
surprise
n.
To hold possession of; to hold.
+
sauger
n.
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
+
scoundrel
a.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
+
swash
n.
A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
+
spado
n.
An impotent person.
+
seismometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions.
+
straddle
v.i.
To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
+
slipper
n.
A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
+
series
n.
A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
+
shopper
n.
One who shops.
+
stamened
a.
Furnished with stamens.
+
scud
v.i.
To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
+
stiff
superl.
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
+
sock
n.
A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
+
setto
n.
A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
+
sweeten
a.
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
+
skill
v.i.
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
+
snow
n.
Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
+
splay
a.
Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.
+
swell
n.
Gradual increase.
+
symphyseal
a.
Of or pertaining to to symphysis.
+
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).
+
stanchly
adv.
In a stanch manner.
+
strong
superl.
Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
+
stump
v.t.
To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
+
subserous
a.
Situated under a serous membrane.
+
scribblingly
adv.
In a scribbling manner.
+
sympathetic
a.
Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
+
starvation
n.
The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
+
scion
n.
A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
+
spindling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spindle
+
sequence
n.
A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
+
samshoo
n.
Alt. of Samshu
+
sully
n.
Soil; tarnish; stain.
+
sufferer
n.
One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
+
spoonful
n.
The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
+
sagoin
n.
A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.
+
sciurine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family.
+
shucking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shuck
+
shuttlewise
adv.
Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
+
shiness
n.
See Shyness.
+
sheriffry
n.
Alt. of Sheriffwick
+
selfgratulation
n.
Gratulation of one's self.
+
semi pupa
n.
The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
+
skid
n.
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
+
soot
v.t.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
+
shoal
v.t.
To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.
+
stereograph
n.
Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.
+
shepherding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shepherd
+
sciatica
n.
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
+
sole
n.
The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
+
snigg
n.
A small eel.
+
sponge
n.
Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
+
sea captain

The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
+
sleetch
n.
Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.
+
shake
n.
The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
+
spurred
imp.|p.p.
of Spur
+
simnel
n.
A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.
+
squander
n.
The act of squandering; waste.
+
shaker
n.
A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
+
slatterpouch
n.
A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.
+
skimp
a.
Scanty.
+
siphonostome
n.
A siphonostomatous shell.
+
shoding

See Shoad, Shoading.
+
signalize
a.
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
+
salsify
n.
See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
+
sour
superl.
Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
+
sojourn
v.i.
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
+
sorel
n.
A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck.
+
strontitic
a.
Strontic.
+
swarmspore
n.
One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.
+
sea owl

The lumpfish.
+
sanitarian
a.
Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
+
shittim wood
n.
The wood of the shittah tree.
+
squab
v.i.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
+
sheer
n.
A turn or change in a course.
+
soundboard
n.
A sounding-board.
+
solemnity
n.
A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.
+
sentiment
a.
Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.
+
set
n.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
+
spindle
n.
The fusee of a watch.
+
sugaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sugar
+
steersman
n.
One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
+
sterquilinous
a.
Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry.
+
superinfuse
v.t.
To infuse over.
+
slawen

p. p. of Slee, to slay.
+
siphon
n.
A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.
+
soul
v.t.
To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
+
swingletree
v.i.
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
+
selfsufficient
a.
Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.
+
superadd
v.t.
To add over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex, as something extrinsic.
+
supreme
a.
Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.
+
settle
n.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
+
sprag
a.
See Sprack, a.
+
sergeantry
n.
See Sergeanty.
+
sivan
n.
The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
+
steelhead
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
salmagundi
n.
Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
+
stay
n.
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
+
sty
v.i.
A pen or inclosure for swine.
+
stepsister
n.
A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
+
stellion
n.
A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.
+
scincoidea
n.pl.
A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.
+
swipe
n.
Poor, weak beer; small beer.
+
smutched
imp.|p.p.
of Smutch
+
stilettos
pl.
of Stiletto
+
sackful
n.
As much as a sack will hold.
+
superior
a.
More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
+
shoeless
a.
Destitute of shoes.
+
sharpen
a.
To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
+
stagecoach
n.
A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
+
surmountable
a.
Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
+
sententiosity
n.
The quality or state of being sententious.
+
surprise
n.
The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
+
sat
p.p.
of Sit
+
specksioneer
n.
The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.
+
swipper
a.
Nimble; quick.
+
squat
v.t.
To bruise or make flat by a fall.
+
sufficiency
n.
The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
+
specificalness
n.
The quality of being specific.
+
slanted
imp.|p.p.
of Slant
+
strewing
n.
The act of scattering or spreading.
+
spar
v.t.
To bolt; to bar.
+
sea goose

A phalarope.
+
spermule
n.
A sperm cell.
+
semimute
n.
A semimute person.
+
settle
v.i.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
+
stag
n.
An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
+
smerky
a.
Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a.
+
several
n.
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
+
supraloral
a.
Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird.
+
sentineling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sentinel
+
sequestering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sequester
+
supra
adv.
Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.
+
sea poacher

Alt. of Sea poker
+
sark
n.
A shirt.
+
slavic
n.
The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.
+
secession
n.
The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
+
selenitic
a.
Alt. of Selenitical
+
speculum
n.
A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
+
swordsmen
pl.
of Swordsman
+
streperous
a.
Loud; boisterous.
+
snailpaced
a.
Slow-moving, like a snail.
+
skag
n.
An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.
+
sporangia
pl.
of Sporangium
+
suppleness
n.
The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
+
sigh
v.t.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
+
sclavic
a.
Same as Slavic.
+
salt
n.
Marshes flooded by the tide.
+
selfcontrol
n.
Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
+
swingeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swinge
+
scorse
v.t.
To chase.
+
sharp
n.
A sharp tone or note.
+
satisfying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Satisfy
+
stanniferous
a.
Containing or affording tin.
+
stage
n.
A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
+
spoken
a.
Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.
+
seignioralty
n.
The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.
+
stack
a.
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
+
snort
v.i.
To snore.
+
section
n.
A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct.
+
spue
v.t.|i.
See Spew.
+
sacration
n.
Consecration.
+
saddleback
n.
The harp seal.
+
sarrasine
n.
A portcullis, or herse.
+
staidness
n.
The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.
+
sea dragon

A dragonet, or sculpin.
+
straggler
n.
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
+
sewed
p.p.
of Sew
+
stabled
imp.|p.p.
of Stable
+
short
v.i.
To fail; to decrease.
+
shiftiness
n.
The quality or state of being shifty.
+
string
v.t.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
+
silken
a.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
+
stuck
imp.|p.p.
of Stick
+
sigh
v.t.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
+
snipsnap
a.
Quick; short; sharp; smart.
+
severity
n.
The quality or state of being severe.
+
strategetics
n.
Strategy.
+
syne
conj.
Since; seeing.
+
sima
n.
A cyma.
+
somali
n.
Alt. of Somal
+
secular
a.
Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To become surely; -- with for.
+
sepulcher
v.t.
Alt. of Sepulchre
+
sepoy
n.
A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.
+
supputation
n.
Reckoning; account.
+
selfactivity
n.
The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.
+
stewartry
n.
The office of a steward; stewardship.
+
staniel
n.
See Stannel.
+
scalpel
n.
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
+
separatist
n.
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
+
squeeze
n.
A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
+
spall
v.t.
To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.
+
stormy
superl.
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week.
+
sirdar
n.
A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.
+
shackle
n.
Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
+
sindon
n.
A wrapper.
+
somebody
n.
A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
+
stoichiometric
a.
Alt. of Stoichiometrical
+
souslik
n.
See Suslik.
+
screen
n.
Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
+
stomp
v.i.
To stamp with the foot.
+
speculation
n.
Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
+
slat
v.t.
To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
+
sensery
n.
Same as Sensorium.
+
set
v.t.
To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
+
scrutinous
a.
Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict.
+
shell
n.
A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
+
syrphus fly

Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.
+
supervacaneous
a.
Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.
+
spirit
n.
Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
+
scapulae
pl.
of Scapula
+
serpentize
v.i.
To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.
+
sal
n.
Salt.
+
shears
n.
An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.
+
sprain
n.
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
+
sarum use

A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.
+
saintsimonian
n.
A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.
+
solpugid
n.
One of the Solifugae.
+
spruce
n.
Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
+
slate
v.t.
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
+
seeds
pl.
of Seed
+
streamer
n.
A searcher for stream tin.
+
sterilize
v.t.
To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
+
spiralozooid
n.
One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.
+
slumberous
a.
Inviting slumber; soporiferous.
+
sanctioning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sanction
+
sea wall

A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
+
seldem
superl
Rarely; not often; not frequently.
+
sterility
n.
The quality or condition of being sterile.
+
selfview
n.
A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests
+
shirk
v.t.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
+
spewy
a.
Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.
+
snapper
n.
A snap beetle.
+
solstitial
a.
Of or pertaining to a solstice.
+
spur
n.
A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
+
stont

3d pers. sing. present of Stand.
+
sirname
n.
See Surname.
+
snippersnaper
n.
A small, insignificant fellow.
+
sea moss

Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
+
swim
v.i.
To be overflowed or drenched.
+
swich
a.
Such.
+
song
n.
An object of derision; a laughingstock.
+
skepticism
n.
A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
+
slocken
v.t.
To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
+
strangler
n.
One who, or that which, strangles.
+
sunsted
n.
Solstice.
+
selfmotion
n.
Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion.
+
scraw
n.
A turf.
+
speaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speak
+
slam
v.t.
To strike down; to slaughter.
+
siphonostomatous
a.
Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.
+
semblative
a.
Resembling.
+
shuffle
v.t.
To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
+
steadying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steady
+
synchrony
n.
The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
+
spermatozoa
pl.
of Spermatozoon
+
saltirewise
adv.
In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
+
settlement
n.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
+
striking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strike
+
sclerogen
n.
The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
+
stramineous
a.
Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.
+
stealthiness
n.
The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.
+
sage
n.
The sagebrush.
+
strode
imp.
of Stride
+
swagger
v.i.
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
+
subderivative
n.
A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative, being derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."
+
stout
superl.
Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
+
sejungible
a.
Capable of being disjoined.
+
sallyman
n.
The velella; -- called also saleeman.
+
statua
n.
A statue.
+
scalled
a.
Scabby; scurfy; scall.
+
shocking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shock
+
shatterbrained
a.
Alt. of Shatter-pated
+
synonymy
n.
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
+
stahlism
n.
Alt. of Stahlianism
+
surbased
a.
Having a surbase, or molding above the base.
+
smear
n.
To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
+
singleacting
a.
Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
+
sifted
imp.|p.p.
of Sift
+
sory
n.
Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it.
+
sustain
v.t.
Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
+
stillclosing
a.
Ever closing.
+
stillburn
p.pr.|vb.n.
To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
+
sastra
n.
Same as Shaster.
+
seduce
v.t.
Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.
+
sensate
v.t.
To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor.
+
soldering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solder
+
scoop
n.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
+
snood
v.t.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
+
solecistic
a.
Solecistical.
+
solicitor
n.
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.
+
sakti
n.
The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.
+
setula
n.
A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.
+
stay
v.i.
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
+
scholarship
n.
Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
+
silt
v.t.
To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
+
solfa
v.i.
To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
+
sea snail

A small fish of the genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.
+
sea trumpet

Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.
+
securer
n.
One who, or that which, secures.
+
sleuth
n.
The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.
+
spread
n.
A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
+
swim
v.i.
To be filled with swimming animals.
+
shame
n.
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
+
sportule
n.
A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.
+
snails
interj.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).
+
shook
n.
A set of boards for a sugar box.
+
support
v.t.
To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
+
subimago
n.
A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.
+
speed
v.t.
To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
+
skirt
v.t.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
+
soleness
n.
The state of being sole, or alone; singleness.
+
simple
a.
Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
+
smithing
n.
The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape.
+
some
a.
Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
+
shagreen
n.
A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
+
swallow
n.
Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
+
sweeten
a.
To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
+
stiffbacked
a.
Obstinate.
+
spore
n.
An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.
+
saussurite
n.
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.
+
subacute
a.
Moderalely acute.
+
still
adv.
Constant; continual.
+
say
v.t.
To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
+
spermococcus
n.
The nucleus of the sperm cell.
+
sciolous
a.
Knowing superficially or imperfectly.
+
scientist
n.
One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.
+
seared
imp.|p.p.
of Sear
+
smuggled
imp.|p.p.
of Smuggle
+
surfman
n.
One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.
+
statistician
n.
One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
+
shed
v.t.
To separate; to divide.
+
stove
v.t.
To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
+
sapling
n.
A young tree.
+
supranaturalistic
a.
Of or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.
+
stola
n.
A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.
+
sentiently
adv.
In a sentient or perceptive way.
+
sothic
a.
Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.
+
systemic
a.
Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.
+
show
n.
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
+
sinecure
n.
An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
+
standard
a.
Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
+
sneezeweed
n.
A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.
+
sexennial
n.
A sexennial event.
+
sear
a.
To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
+
scabrous
a.
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
+
sagittarius
n.
The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
+
squelch
n.
A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.
+
shape
n.
To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
+
subtly
adv.
In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
+
spermophyta
n.pl.
Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.
+
spasmodical
a.
Same as Spasmodic, a. 
+
shram
v.t.
To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.
+
somner
n.
A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
+
shent
v.t.
To shend.
+
saxicolous
a.
Growing on rocks.
+
sagacious
a.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
+
spanaemic
a.
Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
+
skimmer
n.
Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.
+
spongiform
a.
Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.
+
sort
v.t.
To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
+
scutelliform
a.
Scutellate.
+
staunchness

See Stanch, Stanchly, etc.
+
strobiliform
a.
Shaped like a strobile.
+
sprint
n.
The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
+
soboles
n.
A sucker, as of tree or shrub.
+
scarce
superl.
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
+
sustenance
n.
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.
+
selfrighteousness
n.
The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
+
stole
n.
A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions.
+
subventitious
a.
Helping; aiding; supporting.
+
speculator
n.
One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
+
steersmen
pl.
of Steersman
+
sugaring
n.
The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used.
+
shovel
v.t.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
+
square
a.
Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
+
shank
v.
A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
+
salacious
n.
Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
+
smiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smile
+
secondary
a.
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.
+
sap
n.
A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop.
+
seventh
a.
Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
+
stratagemical
a.
Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle.
+
shunt
v.t.
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
+
sulphocyanogen
n.
See Persulphocyanogen.
+
spiritual
a.
Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
+
saunterer
n.
One who saunters.
+
spatterdashed
a.
Wearing spatterdashes.
+
slightly
adv.
In a slight manner.
+
spalpeen
n.
A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
+
snot
n.
A mean, insignificant fellow.
+
sperrylite
n.
An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature.
+
semisolid
a.
Partially solid.
+
suavified
imp.|p.p.
of Suavify
+
spiculiform
a.
Having the shape of a spicule.
+
swashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swash
+
sheriffdom
n.
Alt. of Sheriffwick
+
springer
n.
The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring.
+
setiger
n.
An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.
+
scarabee
n.
A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman,  and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones.  Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf].
+
sincerely
adv.
Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
+
screen
v.t.
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
+
stichometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.
+
streptococci
pl.
of Streptococcus
+
stemlet
n.
A small or young stem.
+
swordsmanship
n.
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.
+
spume
n.
Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.
+
story
v.t.
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
+
solstice
v.i.
A stopping or standing still of the sun.
+
starting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Start
+
signer
n.
One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.
+
shampoo
n.
The act of shampooing.
+
shawm
n.
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
+
semitism
n.
A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
+
steward
n.
A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
+
spirit
v.t.
To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
+
sense
v.t.
One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.
+
sweven
n.
A vision seen in sleep; a dream.
+
still
a.
To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.
+
scavenge
v.t.
To cleanse, as streets, from filth.
+
serranoid
n.
Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.
+
supraspinal
a.
Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.
+
surpassable
a.
That may be surpassed.
+
sallowish
a.
Somewhat sallow.
+
sequence
n.
All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
+
shelf
v.i.
A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
+
sorrowful
a.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.
+
sinecural
a.
Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.
+
swough
n.
A swoon.
+
seventh
n.
An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
+
subscribe
v.t.
To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.
+
superaddition
n.
The act of adding something in excess or something extraneous; also, something which is added in excess or extraneously.
+
surfle
v.t.
To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.
+
somnambule
n.
A somnambulist.
+
supersede
v.t.
To omit; to forbear.
+
stye
n.
See Sty, a boil.
+
shiraz
n.
A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.
+
snaffle
v.t.
To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
+
steamer
n.
The steamer duck.
+
semipellucid
a.
Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
+
spodumene
n.
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.
+
soofee

Alt. of Soofeeism
+
semipellucidity
n.
The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
+
slip
n.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
+
sucking
a.
Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.
+
stopped
a.
Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.).
+
submersion
n.
The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
+
specialize
v.t.
To supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions.
+
sheered
imp.|p.p.
of Sheer
+
started
imp.|p.p.
of Start
+
salvor
n.
One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
+
salivant
n.
That which produces salivation.
+
sanctitude
n.
Holiness; sacredness; sanctity.
+
sink
n.
A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
+
succussion
n.
The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.
+
spumid
a.
Spumous; frothy.
+
splenial
n.
The splenial bone.
+
shifter
n.
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
+
subtraction
n.
The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
+
scorpaenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.
+
shamble
n.
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
+
starthroat
n.
Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.
+
sulphureous
a.
Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.
+
swash
v.i.
To fall violently or noisily.
+
sly
adv.
Slyly.
+
sooth
a.
Augury; prognostication.
+
schistic
a.
Schistose.
+
slammed
imp.|p.p.
of Slam
+
superordination
n.
The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
+
surbate
v.t.
To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel.
+
sea willow

A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
+
save
a.
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
+
smack
v.i.
A quick, smart blow; a slap.
+
scoria
n.
Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
+
shears
n.
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.
+
sacramentarian
a.
Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
+
slipstring
n.
One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
+
south
v.i.
To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
+
sugarplum
n.
A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.
+
shearing
n.
The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
+
satiate
v.t.
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.
+
screable
a.
Capable of being spit out.
+
subdeanery
n.
Office or rank of subdean.
+
slantwise
adv.
Alt. of Slantly
+
secularism
n.
The tenets or principles of the secularists.
+
scale
v.t.
To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
+
shriving
n.
Shrift; confession.
+
spondaic
a.
Alt. of Spondaical
+
sectiuncle
n.
A little or petty sect.
+
spadiceous
a.
Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.
+
stereomonoscope
n.
An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.
+
shintoist
n.
An adherent of Shintoism.
+
sympathy
n.
Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
+
stripe
n.
A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
+
stridden
p.p.
of Stride
+
sea raven

The cormorant.
+
stamineous
a.
Consisting of stamens or threads.
+
stutter
n.
One who stutters; a stammerer.
+
semilogical
a.
Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies.
+
slug
v.i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
+
snap
v.t.
A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
+
sound
v.t.
To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
+
sawbuck
n.
A sawhorse.
+
semaphorically
adv.
By means of a semaphore.
+
suspensory
a.
Suspended; hanging; depending.
+
season
n.
Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
+
snoring
n.
The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
+
sfumato
a.
Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
+
saccharimetrical
a.
Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained by saccharimetry.
+
subsiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subside
+
sewellel
n.
A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae.  Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
+
synopses
pl.
of Synopsis
+
soothsayer
n.
One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
+
surplus
n.
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
+
sceneshifter
n.
One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
+
scab
n.
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
+
sauter
v.t.
To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.
+
stamp
v.t.
An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
+
subarration
n.
The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.
+
slip
n.
An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
+
sacred
a.
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
+
subterrane
n.
A cave or room under ground.
+
scrimp
n.
A pinching miser; a niggard.
+
shovelfuls
pl.
of Shovelful
+
some
a.
Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
+
siphonobranchiata
n.pl.
A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
+
sphenoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
+
surf
n.
The bottom of a drain.
+
smouldry
a.
Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.
+
shellac
n.
See the Note under 2d Lac.
+
skieldrake
n.
The oyster catcher.
+
shebeen
n.
A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
+
stretcher
n.
An overstretching of the truth; a lie.
+
steeped
imp.|p.p.
of Steep
+
sticker
n.
In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
+
sensitizer
n.
An agent that sensitizes.
+
spaniel
v.t.
To follow like a spaniel.
+
swelt
v.t.
To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
+
sarcology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.
+
stand
n.
To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
+
suit
n.
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
+
spade
v.t.
To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
+
sniggle
v.t.
To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.
+
splashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Splash
+
scratch
v.i.
To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
+
sarcoma
n.
A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.
+
sunburned
imp.|p.p.
of Sunburn
+
strewn
p.p.
of Strew
+
shoot
v.i.
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
+
spere
v.i.
To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
+
sulphate
n.
A salt of sulphuric acid.
+
sketched
imp.|p.p.
of Sketch
+
sagenite
n.
Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.
+
squally
a.
Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.
+
string
n.
A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
+
stethoscope
v.t.
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
+
stripe
v.t.
To strike; to lash.
+
struggle
v.i.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
+
single
a.
Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
+
screwdriver
n.
A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
+
symbolistic
a.
Alt. of Symbolistical
+
sumpter
n.
The driver of a pack horse.
+
strawcolored
a.
Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
+
spring
v.i.
To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
+
sostenuto
a.
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.
+
supportless
a.
Having no support.
+
seedcod
n.
A seedlip.
+
shrink
v.i.
To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
+
sloomy
a.
Sluggish; slow.
+
suppurant
n.
A suppurative.
+
solpugid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Solifugae.
+
sit
v.t.
To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
+
synchronous
a.
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
+
sincerely
adv.
Purely; without alloy.
+
spring
v.i.
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
+
suppalpation
n.
The act of enticing by soft words; enticement.
+
supersede
v.t.
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.
+
scaleback
n.
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.
+
smut
v.i.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
+
submucous
a.
Situated under a mucous membrane.
+
sewer
n.
Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
+
scaldic
a.
Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.
+
subsultus
n.
A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
+
sore
superl.
Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
+
scath
v.t.
To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
+
spluttering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Splutter
+
sanable
a.
Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
+
selectness
n.
The quality or state of being select.
+
short
n.
A summary account.
+
semiorbicular
a.
Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
+
shine
v.t.
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
+
steeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steel
+
scalar
n.
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
+
salver
n.
A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
+
snood
n.
A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
+
sargo
n.
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.
+
sweetness
n.
The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
+
subtreasuries
pl.
of Subtreasury
+
sneakcup
n.
One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
+
substantively
adv.
As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
+
stane
n.
A stone.
+
sod

imp. of Seethe.
+
striating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Striate
+
stung
imp.|p.p.
of Sting
+
sable
v.t.
To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
+
santonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
+
spy
v.t.
To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
+
sound
v.t.
To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
+
sleeper
n.
A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
+
stratifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stratify
+
sabbatarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
+
subacrid
a.
Moderalely acrid or harsh.
+
sunburning
n.
Sunburn; tan.
+
smirked
imp.|p.p.
of Smirk
+
star
n.
A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.
+
state
v.t.
To set; to settle; to establish.
+
sericeous
a.
Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
+
shamoying
n.
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.
+
superadded
imp.|p.p.
of Superadd
+
straightjoint
a.
In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
+
slough
n.
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
+
superstition
n.
Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
+
slow
v.i.
To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
+
samarra
n.
See Simar.
+
stave
n.
To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
+
skulpin
n.
See Sculpin.
+
sorrily
adv.
In a sorry manner; poorly.
+
shock
v.i.
To be occupied with making shocks.
+
swagbelly
n.
A prominent, overhanging belly.
+
striatum
n.
The corpus striatum.
+
sharp
v.t.
To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
+
standard
n.
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
+
sorrowed
a.
Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful.
+
submaxillary
a.
Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.
+
scotticism
n.
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.
+
stercorarian
n.
A Stercoranist.
+
suprastapedial
n.
The suprastapedial part of the columella.
+
stage
n.
A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
+
swelldom
n.
People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
+
spar
v.i.
To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
+
siphonostomatous
a.
Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.
+
semidetached
a.
Half detached; partly distinct or separate.
+
saltant
v.
Leaping; jumping; dancing.
+
sentencer
n.
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
+
sort
n.
Condition above the vulgar; rank.
+
stitch
v.t.
To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
+
shyness
n.
The quality or state of being shy.
+
slice
v.t.
That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
+
scrupulous
a.
Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
+
stress
n.
Distress.
+
sung
imp.
of Sing
+
snugness
n.
The quality or state of being snug.
+
searching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Search
+
spectroscopic
a.
Alt. of Spectroscopical
+
scrutinizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrutinize
+
success
n.
Act of succeeding; succession.
+
season
v.t.
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
+
single
v.t.
To take alone, or one by one.
+
shambling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shamble
+
shag
a.
Hairy; shaggy.
+
sweeting
n.
A sweet apple.
+
speculation
n.
The act of speculating.
+
said
imp.|p.p.
of Say
+
stockfish
n.
Young fresh cod.
+
shruff
n.
Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel.
+
suspensorium
n.
Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
+
sea holm

A small uninhabited island.
+
shower
n.
That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
+
sweater
n.
A sudorific.
+
stives
n.pl.
Stews; a brothel.
+
scarecrow
n.
Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.
+
seggar
n.
A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin.
+
sociable
n.
A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable.
+
speculum
n.
An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
+
saccharilla
n.
A kind of muslin.
+
stone
n.
A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone.
+
surprise
n.
To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
+
sue
v.t.
To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
+
satiate
a.
Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.
+
shipwreck
v.t.
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.
+
slit
n.
A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
+
steam
v.i.
To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
+
shaly
a.
Resembling shale in structure.
+
senatorially
adv.
In a senatorial manner.
+
servian
a.
Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.
+
sweeting
n.
A darling; -- a word of endearment.
+
sphere
n.
An orbit, as of a star; a socket.
+
splasher
n.
One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
+
socalled
a.
So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).
+
schoolmistress
n.
A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
+
segregation
n.
The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.
+
starling
n.
A California fish; the rock trout.
+
savagery
n.
An act of cruelty; barbarity.
+
spunk
n.
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
+
scatebrous
a.
Abounding with springs.
+
scurrier
n.
One who scurries.
+
sacra
pl.
of Sacrum
+
stipendiary
n.
One who receives a stipend.
+
sarcastical
a.
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.
+
solidifiable
a.
Capable of being solidified.
+
shred
imp.|p.p.
of Shred
+
sail
n.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
+
soothe
a.
To assent to as true.
+
sublimely
adv.
In a sublime manner.
+
sedum
n.
A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop.
+
sabotiere
n.
A kind of freezer for ices.
+
surety
n.
Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
+
subtly
adv.
Deceitfully; delusively.
+
slatch
n.
The period of a transitory breeze.
+
slinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slink
+
scorper
n.
Same as Scauper.
+
strict
a.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
+
sceptre
v.t.
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
+
sappy
superl.
Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
+
sikerly
adv.
Surely; securely.
+
stamp
v.i.
To strike; to beat; to crush.
+
scale
n.
A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.
+
strobile
n.
Same as Strobila.
+
scorifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scorify
+
sophora
n.
A genus of leguminous plants.
+
snug
n.
Same as Lug, n., 3.
+
superheat
n.
The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.
+
sconce
p.p.
A fixed seat or shelf.
+
sporule
n.
A small spore; a spore.
+
sandal
n.
A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.
+
solder
n.
anything which unites or cements.
+
stick
n.
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
+
shrank

imp. of Shrink.
+
sardan
n.
Alt. of Sardel
+
sharp
n.
Same as Middlings, 1.
+
seaworthy
a.
Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
+
starred
imp.|p.p.
of Star
+
size
n.
Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.
+
superacidulated
a.
Acidulated to excess.
+
sporosac
n.
An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.
+
soul
n.
A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
+
saxophone
n.
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
+
speeder
n.
A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.
+
sparth
n.
An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd.
+
scotfree
a.
Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
+
subpulmonary
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.
+
searcloth
v.t.
To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.
+
skip
n.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
+
stress
n.
Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
+
split
n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share.  The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
+
sum
n.
A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
+
stagecoachman
n.
One who drives a stagecoach.
+
shovelnosed
a.
Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
+
satisfactive
a.
Satisfactory.
+
serpolet
n.
Wild thyme.
+
sole
n.
The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
+
sledge
n.
A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.
+
strouding
n.
Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.
+
siderography
n.
The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.
+
springtail
n.
Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.
+
systematical
a.
Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.
+
spiry
a.
Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.
+
secondsight
n.
The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.
+
sudatorium
n.
A sudatory.
+
sparagrass
n.
Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.
+
sunk
imp.
of Sink
+
suctorian
n.
One of the Suctoria.
+
stint
n.
A phalarope.
+
splice
v.t.
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
+
schooldame
n.
A schoolmistress.
+
stomachy
a.
Obstinate; sullen; haughty.
+
sound
v.i.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
+
stifftail
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
stearone
n.
The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.
+
semblable
a.
Like; similar; resembling.
+
spun
imp.|p.p.
of Spin
+
supercurious
a.
Excessively curious or inquisitive.
+
smarting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smart
+
sabulose
a.
Growing in sandy places.
+
storm
n.
A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.
+
strike
n.
A puddler's stirrer.
+
shape
v.i.
To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
+
shelfy
a.
Full of strata of rock.
+
sea eagle

The eagle ray. See under Ray.
+
salt
n.
A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
+
simplicity
n.
Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
+
syncopated
imp.|p.p.
of Syncopate
+
slimily
adv.
In a slimy manner.
+
salient
v.i.
Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
+
supersecular
a.
Being above the world, or secular things.
+
sconce
p.p.
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
+
striving

a. & n. from Strive.
+
siluroid
n.
Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.
+
selfpreservation
n.
The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
+
syndetic
a.
Alt. of Syndetical
+
solarizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Solarize
+
sybaritical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.
+
sleight
n.
Cunning; craft; artful practice.
+
septical
a.
Having power to promote putrefaction.
+
stomachal
n.
A stomachic.
+
stanching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stanch
+
shed
v.t.
To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
+
stop
v.i.
To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.
+
strangle
v.i.
To be strangled, or suffocated.
+
sommeil
n.
Slumber; sleep.
+
sanctify
v.t.
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
+
syllabus
n.
A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
+
slighty
a.
Slight.
+
sulcation
n.
A channel or furrow.
+
schismatized
imp.|p.p.
of Schismatize
+
scold
n.
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
+
sepiae
pl.
of Sepia
+
salmons
pl.
of Salmon
+
subdivided
imp.|p.p.
of Subdivide
+
swallowtailed
a.
United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
+
shortness
n.
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.
+
scattergood
n.
One who wastes; a spendthrift.
+
sea term

A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.
+
socialize
v.t.
To render social.
+
sting
v.t.
The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
+
shopman
n.
One who serves in a shop; a salesman.
+
source
n.
That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
+
superlation
n.
Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.
+
septuagenary
a.
Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old.
+
statary
a.
Fixed; settled.
+
steal
v.t.
To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
+
straddle
n.
A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.
+
superb
a.
Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
+
spruce
n.
Sprightly; dashing.
+
stomatic
n.
A medicine for diseases of the mouth.
+
secularness
n.
The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.
+
sea wing

A wing shell (Avicula).
+
solidate
v.t.
To make solid or firm.
+
salve
n.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
+
slam
v.t.
To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
+
shave
v.t.
The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
+
sputum
n.
That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
+
sandarach
n.
Alt. of Sandarac
+
stirless
a.
Without stirring; very quiet; motionless.
+
syncline
n.
A synclinal fold.
+
sennet
n.
A signal call on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage.
+
setterwort
n.
The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
+
sozzle
v.t.
To heap up in confusion.
+
silver
v.t.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
+
seal
v.t.
To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
+
selfrenunciation
n.
The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
+
selfcolor
n.
A color not mixed or variegated.
+
strapper
n.
One who uses strap.
+
safe
n.
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
+
shaky
superl.
Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
+
subperiosteal
a.
Situated under the periosteum.
+
sitophobia
n.
A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.
+
sway
n.
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
+
sanctionary
a.
Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
+
semicirque
n.
A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
+
silverized
imp.|p.p.
of Silverize
+
size
v.t.
To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.
+
stem
n.
The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
+
susurringly
adv.
In the manner of a whisper.
+
shagrag
n.
The unkempt and ragged part of the community.
+
scobby
n.
The chaffinch.
+
spit
n.
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
+
skimmington
n.
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.
+
squelching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squelch
+
scantling
v.t.
A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
+
schoolteacher
n.
One who teaches or instructs a school.
+
supernaculum
adv.|n.
A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers.
+
settle
n.
To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
+
sumoom
n.
See Simoom.
+
subsign
v.t.
To sign beneath; to subscribe.
+
sunward
adv.
Toward the sun.
+
systemic
a.
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
+
saleb
n.
See Salep.
+
secular
n.
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
+
swarded
imp.|p.p.
of Sward
+
stamp
v.t.
An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
+
soredia
n.
pl. of Soredium.
+
succinous
a.
Succinic.
+
shuddering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shudder
+
sackbut
n.
A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone.
+
semidiapente
n.
An imperfect or diminished fifth.
+
stramash
n.
A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
+
skater
n.
One who skates.
+
symposium
n.
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.
+
symphonist
n.
A composer of symphonies.
+
salicyl
n.
The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
+
satiated
imp.|p.p.
of Satiate
+
settling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Settle
+
saltpeter
n.
Alt. of Saltpetre
+
schoolhouse
n.
A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.
+
still
a.
To stop, as noise; to silence.
+
sarcotic
n.
A sarcotic medicine.
+
solanidine
n.
An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.
+
snot
v.t.
To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.
+
squirehood
n.
The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
+
shoplifting
n.
Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
+
scriggle
v.i.
To wriggle.
+
spanless
a.
Incapable of being spanned.
+
stercorary
n.
A place, properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.
+
sameliness
n.
Sameness, 2.
+
sweaty
superl.
Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult.
+
station
n.
The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
+
show
v.t.
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
+
synapticulae
pl.
of Synapticula
+
siphuncled
a.
Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
+
slate
v.t.
An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
+
shug
v.i.
To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
+
sweet
n.
That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
stethograph
n.
See Pneumatograph.
+
snuggery
n.
A snug, cozy place.
+
supraspinal
a.
Situated above the vertebral column.
+
similitude
n.
The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
+
stump
n.
A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
+
sturiones
n.pl.
An order of fishes including the sturgeons.
+
shabbed
imp.|p.p.
of Shab
+
staghorned
a.
Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.
+
sirenical
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.
+
sprinkle
v.i.
To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
+
sweinmote
n.
See Swainmote.
+
signal
a.
Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
+
stroke
v.t.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
+
sout
n.
Soot.
+
structure
n.
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.
+
sacramental
n.
That which relates to a sacrament.
+
smell
n.
To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
+
sonnet
v.i.
To compose sonnets.
+
stoop
v.i.
To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
+
sharp
v.t.
To sharpen.
+
staff
n.
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
+
sow
n.
The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
+
superscript
n.
Superscription.
+
slacked
imp.|p.p.
of Slacken
+
sexennial
a.
Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.
+
sarceled
a.
Cut through the middle.
+
stich
n.
A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.
+
sowed
imp.
of Sow
+
synclinal
n.
A synclinal fold.
+
spider
n.
Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).
+
sponson
n.
One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.
+
saddled
a.
Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
+
south southerly

the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
+
semina
pl.
of Semen
+
spleened
a.
Angered; annoyed.
+
sic
adv.
Thus.
+
sullen
n.
One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
+
stibonium
n.
The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.
+
suberin
n.
A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
+
stoner
n.
One who stones; one who makes an assault with stones.
+
shortcoming
n.
Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
+
single
a.
Alone; having no companion.
+
sporocyst
n.
Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.
+
scar
n.
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.
+
sacramentally
adv.
In a sacramental manner.
+
shored
imp.|p.p.
of Shore
+
screed
n.
A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
+
speaking
a.
Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.
+
saw
v.i.
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
+
scrawled
imp.|p.p.
of Scrawl
+
slight
superl.
Not stout or heavy; slender.
+
scrobicular
a.
Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles.
+
suspicious
a.
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
+
sacred
a.
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
+
straitened
imp.|p.p.
of Straiten
+
savage
a.
Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
+
sinewish
a.
Sinewy.
+
scanting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scant
+
scrotocele
n.
A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
+
scrimer
n.
A fencing master.
+
suffraganship
n.
The office of a suffragan.
+
scammony
n.
A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).
+
slaughterous
a.
Destructive; murderous.
+
supplement
v.t.
The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.
+
seedbox
n.
A capsule.
+
solidare
n.
A small piece of money.
+
struthionine
a.
Struthious.
+
swell
v.i.
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
+
slugged
imp.|p.p.
of Slug
+
sourcrout
n.
See Sauerkraut.
+
start
v.i.
A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
+
sustentative
a.
Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.
+
spottiness
n.
The state or quality of being spotty.
+
sense
v.t.
Moral perception or appreciation.
+
salite
v.t.
To season with salt; to salt.
+
slam
v.t.
To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
+
swinefish
n.
The wolf fish.
+
smoke
n.
To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
+
square
a.
Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
+
scarf
v.t.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
+
snib
v.t.
To check; to sneap; to sneb.
+
subash
n.
A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.
+
sinking

a. & n. from Sink.
+
spindleshaped
a.
Having the shape of a spindle.
+
syllabified
imp.|p.p.
of Syllabify
+
stationary
a.
Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
+
semispheric
a.
Alt. of Semispherical
+
selfcontradictory
a.
Contradicting one's self or itself.
+
spidered
a.
Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.
+
santoninate
n.
A salt of santoninic acid.
+
spanworm
n.
The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.
+
sternwheeler
n.
A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
+
scirrhous
a.
Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease.
+
subvocal
a.|n.
Same as Subtonic.
+
stringpiece
n.
A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:
+
separation
n.
Chemical analysis.
+
savoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Savor
+
severality
n.
Each particular taken singly; distinction.
+
sneezing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sneeze
+
stub
n.
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
+
standardize
v.t.
To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
+
shirker
n.
One who shirks.
+
stirring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stir
+
snudge
n.
A miser; a sneaking fellow.
+
significatory
a.
Significant.
+
simple
a.
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
+
soma
n.
The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
+
secretarial
a.
Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.
+
surfy
a.
Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.
+
sociologic
a.
Alt. of Sociological
+
squalodon
n.
A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.
+
stream
n.
Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
+
sharping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sharp
+
swap
n.
Hastily.
+
spikefish
n.
See Sailfish (a)
+
stormcock
n.
The fieldfare.
+
supraesophagal
a.
Alt. of Supra-esophageal
+
scratch
a.
Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
+
sturdy
superl.
Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout.
+
splendor
n.
Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
+
salmonet
n.
A salmon of small size; a samlet.
+
subfamily
n.
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
+
shuffled
imp.|p.p.
of Shuffle
+
splint
v.t.
A piece split off; a splinter.
+
shaper
n.
A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.
+
settle
n.
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
+
shrilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shrill
+
sequester
n.
Same as Sequestrum.
+
strongyloid
a.
Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious.
+
sneer
v.t.
To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
+
salutatory
a.
Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.
+
shortsighted
a.
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.
+
shoaled
imp.|p.p.
of Shoal
+
saginate
v.t.
To make fat; to pamper.
+
sputtered
imp.|p.p.
of Sputter
+
substituting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Substitute
+
still
adv.
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
+
sentencing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sentence
+
silver
n.
The color of silver.
+
still
a.
In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
+
sheet
v.t.
the book itself.
+
scrit
n.
Writing; document; scroll.
+
slugabed
n.
One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard.
+
symphytism
n.
Coalescence; a growing into one with another word.
+
springboard
n.
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
+
scleroderm
n.
One of the Sclerodermata.
+
spanned
imp.|p.p.
of Span
+
stound
v.i.
Stunned.
+
stranded
imp.|p.p.
of Strand
+
sulphion
n.
A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts.
+
summerstir
v.t.
To summer-fallow.
+
stepchild
n.
A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
+
sahib
n.
Alt. of Saheb
+
social
a.
Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
+
sorwe
n.|v.
Sorrow.
+
shoot
v.i.
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
+
shocked
imp.|p.p.
of Shock
+
souded
a.
Alt. of Soudet
+
samboo
n.
Same as Sambur.
+
sharpcut
a.
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.
+
subminister
v.i.
To be subservient; to be useful.
+
shackle
n.
The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
+
spareness
n.
The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.
+
seg
n.
A castrated bull.
+
sparkle
v.t.
To scatter on or over.
+
shug
v.i.
Hence, to crawl; to sneak.
+
sneak
n.
A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
+
shredded

of Shred
+
servaline
a.
Related to, or resembling, the serval.
+
sough
n.
A small drain; an adit.
+
sleeve
n.
A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
+
sabicu
n.
The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.
+
synchronal
n.
A synchronal thing or event.
+
sandaled
a.
Made like a sandal.
+
superstitious
a.
Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
+
stasimon
n.
In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.
+
seminal
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
+
supracranial
a.
Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.
+
sufficing
a.
Affording enough; satisfying.
+
saponacity
n.
The quality or state of being saponaceous.
+
semiacid
a.
Slightly acid; subacid.
+
soaproot
n.
A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.
+
striated
imp.|p.p.
of Striate
+
squirter
n.
One who, or that which, squirts.
+
stringency
n.
The quality or state of being stringent.
+
shrow
n.
A shrew.
+
septennial
a.
Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
+
subduer
n.
One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.
+
saccharoid
a.
Alt. of Saccharoidal
+
selfglorious
a.
Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
+
scarping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scarp
+
scout
v.i.
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
+
suckle
v.i.
To nurse; to suck.
+
sweater
n.
A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
+
solution
n.
A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
+
syllogize
v.i.
To reason by means of syllogisms.
+
serviceable
a.
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
+
sparkliness
n.
Vivacity.
+
soldier
n.
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.
+
sprinkled
imp.|p.p.
of Sprinkle
+
shackling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shackle
+
spritely
a.
See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.
+
solidungula
n.pl.
A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.
+
smart
v.i.
Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
+
spanpiece
n.
The collar of a roof; sparpiece.
+
scalp
n.
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
+
spane
v.t.
To wean.
+
solo
a.
A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
+
sway
n.
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
+
sensible
a.
Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.
+
spar
v.t.
To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
+
sillon
n.
A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
+
scholastical
a.|n.
Scholastic.
+
serviette
n.
A table napkin.
+
superfluence
n.
Superfluity.
+
spur
n.
A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
+
snobbism
n.
Snobbery.
+
scramble
v.i.
To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
+
sort
v.i.
To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
+
smudginess
n.
The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.
+
sandersblue
n.
See Saunders-blue.
+
spanner
n.
A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
+
siderite
n.
Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.
+
sajou
n.
Same as Sapajou.
+
surveying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Survey
+
shrivel
v.i.
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
+
sipage
n.
Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
+
stewpot
n.
A pot used for stewing.
+
sharded
a.
Having elytra, as a beetle.
+
sportsmen
pl.
of Sportsman
+
sipe
v.i.
To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.
+
splenium
n.
The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.
+
semicolumnar
a.
Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
+
settle
v.i.
To make a jointure for a wife.
+
swelt
v.i.
To die; to perish.
+
stop
v.i.
To cease from any motion, or course of action.
+
scratchback
n.
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
+
serve
v.i.
To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.
+
summarize
v.t.
To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.
+
shive
n.
A slice; as, a shive of bread.
+
scrimshaw
v.t.
To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.
+
superfluity
n.
The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.
+
sunburst
n.
A burst of sunlight.
+
stinginess
n.
The quality or state of being stingy.
+
souari nut

The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut.
+
syngenesian
a.
Alt. of Syngenesious
+
synthetical
a.
Artificial.  Cf. Synthesis, 2.
+
spawner
n.
Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
+
sparely
adv.
In a spare manner; sparingly.
+
semi circumference
n.
Half of a circumference.
+
scraggily
adv.
In a scraggy manner.
+
storyteller
n.
An historian; -- in contempt.
+
sow
v.i.
To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
+
sinque
n.
See Cinque.
+
stare
v.i.
To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
+
sullen
n.
Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens.
+
spherics
n.
The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.
+
sainted
imp.|p.p.
of Saint
+
suppurative
n.
A suppurative medicine.
+
scorch
v.i.
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
+
stitch
v.i.
A contortion, or twist.
+
semilunar
n.
The semilunar bone.
+
sardel
n.
A precious stone. See Sardius.
+
silky
superl.
Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
+
solidary
a.
Having community of interests and responsibilities.
+
subdue
v.t.
To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
+
strigillose
a.
Set with stiff, slender bristles.
+
slattern
n.
A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
+
stable
v.t.
To put or keep in a stable.
+
sloth
n.
Slowness; tardiness.
+
sop
v.t.
Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
+
seablubber
n.
A jellyfish.
+
system
n.
An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
+
servile
a.
Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
+
snatching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snatch
+
stycerin
n.
A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also phenyl glycerin.
+
stock
v.t.
To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
+
steamboating
n.
The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards.
+
sharp
v.i.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
+
scutellum
n.
A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
+
sea serpent

A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured.
+
surbeat
v.t.
Same as Surbate.
+
supralunary
a.
Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty.
+
seet
imp.
Sate; sat.
+
sparred
imp.|p.p.
of Spar
+
stand
v.i.
A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
+
stupefiedness
n.
Quality of being stupid.
+
supertonic
n.
The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.
+
statesmen
pl.
of Statesman
+
slash
v.t.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
+
sperge
n.
A charge of wash for the still.
+
sot
v.t.
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
+
star
n.
A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.
+
supramaxillae
pl.
of Supramaxilla
+
seventeenth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
+
seleniuret
n.
A selenide.
+
shearman
n.
One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
+
strappadoes
pl.
of Strappado
+
suddenty
n.
Suddenness; a sudden.
+
sight
v.t.
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
+
subpolar
a.
Situated below the poles.
+
settle
n.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
+
saccharify
v.t.
To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
+
sectator
n.
A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect.
+
sleave
v.t.
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
+
stagger
v.t.
To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
+
slide
v.t.
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
+
scroll
n.
Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
+
scattered
a.
Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
+
subtile
a.
Acute; piercing; searching.
+
serpentiform
a.
Having the form of a serpent.
+
slumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slump
+
step
v.i.
In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
+
sea amenone

Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian.
+
soldo
n.
A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.
+
suck
v.t.
To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.
+
spurn
n.
A kick; a blow with the foot.
+
septically
adv.
In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
+
spindle
n.
A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
+
shard
n.
A gap in a fence.
+
spindleshanked
a.
Having long, slender legs.
+
spastically
adv.
Spasmodically.
+
schizophyte
n.
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
+
smell
v.i.
To exercise the sense of smell.
+
southing
n.
The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
+
subornation
n.
The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.
+
static
a.
Alt. of Statical
+
sloshy

See Slush, Slushy.
+
sparsely
adv.
In a scattered or sparse manner.
+
strigment
n.
Scraping; that which is scraped off.
+
set
a.
Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
+
scripturalism
n.
The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.
+
scient
a.
Knowing; skillful.
+
soilless
a.
Destitute of soil or mold.
+
solar
a.
Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
+
sucker
n.
A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant.
+
subtilizer
n.
One who subtilizes.
+
succeed
v.t.
To fall heir to; to inherit.
+
snag
n.
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
+
stay
v.i.
To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
+
selfdependent
a.
Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.
+
shimmered
imp.|p.p.
of Shimmer
+
showmen
pl.
of Showman
+
staminode
n.
A staminodium.
+
strockle
n.
A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc.
+
stagger
n.
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
+
subepithelial
a.
Situated under the epithelium.
+
spathose
a.
See Spathic.
+
spathose
a.
Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.
+
surnamed
imp.|p.p.
of Surname
+
set
v.i.
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
+
scrim
n.
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.
+
sesquitone
n.
A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
+
slavery
n.
The holding of slaves.
+
stonish
a.
Stony.
+
stipulae
pl.
of Stipula
+
subcrystalline
a.
Imperfectly crystallized.
+
scopate
a.
Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.
+
storthing
n.
The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.
+
snick
n.
A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
+
set
v.t.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
+
solidist
n.
An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.
+
sustentation
n.
The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
+
swell
n.
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
+
sprite
n.
An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
+
stert
p.p.
Started.
+
sail
n.
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
+
seventeen
n.
A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
+
sophta
n.
See Softa.
+
schoolmate
n.
A pupil who attends the same school as another.
+
selfopinioned
a.
Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.
+
supercarpal
a.
Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.
+
spiegel iron

A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.
+
shadowy
a.
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
+
septemberer
n.
A Setembrist.
+
stational
a.
Of or pertaining to a station.
+
sulphosalt
n.
A salt of a sulphacid.
+
skinker
n.
One who serves liquor; a tapster.
+
surprise
n.
The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
+
sewen
n.
A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
+
serve
v.t.
To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
+
sear
a.
Alt. of Sere
+
silk
n.
The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
+
suffocate
a.
Suffocated; choked.
+
stratographical
a.
Of or pertaining to stratography.
+
spangle
n.
Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
+
square
n.
Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
+
solid
n.
A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
+
sneck
n.
A door latch.
+
stinkpot
n.
An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.
+
smell
v.t.
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
+
scobs
n.sing.|pl.
Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
+
strive
v.i.
To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
+
sweetbread
n.
The pancreas.
+
succinct
a.
Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
+
soder
n.|v.t.
See Solder.
+
salix
n.
A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
+
serge
n.
A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.
+
solvent
a.
Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
+
sea sandwort

See Sea chickweed.
+
stent
n.
An allotted portion; a stint.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
+
stian
n.
A sty on the eye. See Styan.
+
spence
n.
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
+
speak
v.i.
To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
+
speak
v.i.
To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
+
synergy
n.
Combined action
+
strip
v.i.
To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.
+
superfuse
a.
To pour (something) over or on something else.
+
surgeful
a.
Abounding in surges; surgy.
+
sordid
a.
Filthy; foul; dirty.
+
solid
a.
United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
+
shoaly
a.
Full of shoals, or shallow places.
+
solace
v.t.
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
+
seasonage
n.
A seasoning.
+
sire
n.
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
+
snoff
n.
A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.
+
smokeless
a.
Making or having no smoke.
+
sideboard
n.
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
+
sphinx
n.
On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
+
semblably
adv.
In like manner.
+
sensibly
adv.
With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
+
stow
v.t.
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
+
sauroid
a.
Like or pertaining to the saurians.
+
subpoenal
a.
Required or done under penalty.
+
sonnetize
v.i.
To compose sonnets.
+
sponge
n.
Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
+
sola
fem.a.
Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
+
sycophant
v.i.
To play the sycophant.
+
sag
v.i.
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
+
sooty
superl.
Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.
+
superficiary
a.
Situated or built on another man's land, as a house.
+
sea card

Mariner's card, or compass.
+
surpliced
a.
Wearing a surplice.
+
shame
n.
The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
+
scragged
a.
Lean and rough; scraggy.
+
squirm
v.i.
To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
+
sist
v.t.
To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court.
+
sea swallow

The common tern.
+
silicated
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.
+
superoccipital
a.
Supraoccipital.
+
singularities
pl.
of Singularity
+
snout
n.
The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
+
scopeloid
n.
Any fish of the family Scopelidae.
+
sounding
n.
measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
+
spangling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spangle
+
scraper
n.
An instrument with which anything is scraped.
+
surmounted
a.
Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.
+
separatical
a.
Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical.
+
sponsor
n.
One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.
+
sanhedrist
n.
A member of the sanhedrin.
+
significancy
n.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
+
semiindurated
a.
Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
+
swing
v.t.
To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
+
stringent
a.
Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
+
subsemitone
n.
The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.
+
supply
n.
The act of supplying; supplial.
+
smitten

p. p. of Smite.
+
slatting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slat
+
strike
v.t.
To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
+
same
v.i.
Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
+
selfeducated
a.
Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.
+
scarf
n.
In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece.
+
sigmoid
a.
Alt. of Sigmoidal
+
stubble
n.
The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
+
sanguiferous
a.
Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.
+
sloughy
a.
Full of sloughs, miry.
+
sweet
n.
Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
+
spermospore
n.
The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore.
+
sargasso
n.
The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
+
stroboscope
n.
An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
+
shortcircuited
imp.|p.p.
of Short-circuit
+
saki
n.
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.
+
semicircular
a.
Having the form of half of a circle.
+
salvia
n.
A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.
+
syllogistic
a.
Alt. of Syllogistical
+
sect
n.
A cutting; a scion.
+
subtending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subtend
+
spout
v.t.
A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
+
subcultrated
a.
Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.
+
smelting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smelt
+
sluggish
a.
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
+
stir
v.i.
To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
+
syntax
n.
Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
+
serranoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Serranidae.
+
salicylide
n.
A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
+
specific
a.
Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
+
stud
n.
A stem; a trunk.
+
settlement
n.
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
+
succus
n.
The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.
+
severable
a.
Capable of being severed.
+
seventy
n.
The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.
+
scoffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scoff
+
statehouse
n.
The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.
+
single
n.
A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
+
scholastic
a.
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
+
scarf
n.
A cormorant.
+
shall
v.i.|auxiliary.
To be obliged; must.
+
setout
n.
A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
+
stubby
a.
Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.
+
superabundance
n.
The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
+
shake
n.
The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
+
solitude
a.
Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
+
spawn
v.i.
To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
+
shared
imp.|p.p.
of Share
+
slide
n.
A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
+
southcottian
n.
A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.
+
sext
n.
The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
+
smaragdite
n.
A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.
+
suborder
n.
A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.
+
satyr
n.
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
+
slidometer
n.
An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
+
shallowpated
a.
Shallow-brained.
+
school
n.
One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.
+
shore
n.
A sewer.
+
selfknowing
a.
Knowing of itself, without help from another.
+
scrode
n.
A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed.
+
scrawling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scrawl
+
shove
v.t.
To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.
+
size
n.
An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.
+
sienite
n.
See Syenite.
+
solvable
a.
Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations.
+
sib
n.
A blood relation.
+
seminary
n.
Fig.: A seed bed; a source.
+
scribble
v.t.
To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
+
storm
v.i.
To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
+
seat
n.
The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
+
shot

imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
+
synocha
n.
See Synochus.
+
spiller
n.
One who, or that which, spills.
+
sinewiness
n.
Quality of being sinewy.
+
steer
n.
A helmsman, a pilot.
+
suck
v.i.
To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
+
standing
a.
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
+
strength
n.
Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
+
suppositive
a.
Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
+
stilted
a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
+
salicylous
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.
+
stake
v.t.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
+
snippack
n.
The common snipe.
+
sturb
v.t.
To disturb.
+
swirl
n.
A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.
+
sodden
imp.|p.p.
of Sod
+
spellken
n.
A theater.
+
spitchcock
v.t.
To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.
+
subvened
imp.|p.p.
of Subvene
+
smegmatic
a.
Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.
+
shoe
n.
A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
+
sprightless
a.
Destitute of life; dull; sluggish.
+
stalactite
n.
In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
+
spectrological
a.
Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies or experiments.
+
stirrup
v.i.
A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
+
shooting
n.
A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
+
selfpossessed
a.
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
+
sabeism
n.
Same as Sabianism.
+
sheepbite
v.i.
To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.
+
stare
n.
The starling.
+
surcharging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surcharge
+
sesquialteral
a.
Alt. of Sesquialterate
+
shear
v.t.
An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
+
suppose
n.
Supposition.
+
soar
n.
The act of soaring; upward flight.
+
sozzle
v.t.
To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water.
+
searcher
n.
Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
+
seam
n.
The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
+
sheltie
n.
Alt. of Shelty
+
synapticula
n.
One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.
+
shell
v.t.
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
+
stuff
n.
To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
+
slide
n.
A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
+
sophisticate
a.
Alt. of Sophisticated
+
seniorize
v.i.
To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it.
+
strike
v.t.
To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
+
stegnotic
a.
Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.
+
shadowish
a.
Shadowy; vague.
+
stir
v.t.
To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
+
sutural
a.
Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam.
+
sadly
adv.
Wearily; heavily; firmly.
+
subsulphate
n.
A sulphate with an excess of the base.
+
supposeer
n.
One who supposes.
+
suggillation
n.
A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.
+
sudatory
a.
Sweating; perspiring.
+
strickle
n.
An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
+
superjacent
a.
Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.
+
supratemporal
a.
Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa.
+
shern
n.
See Shearn.
+
satirist
n.
One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
+
septuagesima
n.
The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
+
seraphical
a.
Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined.
+
scheming
a.
Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
+
stone
n.
Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
+
sea dace

The European sea perch.
+
sym

See Syn-.
+
slightingly
adv.
In a slighting manner.
+
sphere
n.
A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.
+
stem
n.
The entire central axis of a feather.
+
spine
n.
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
+
secondary
n.
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.
+
sturdily
adv.
In a sturdy manner.
+
sanctuary
n.
A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
+
shingled
imp.|.p.p.
of Shingle
+
scramble
n.
The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.
+
subacid
n.
A substance moderately acid.
+
secure
v.t.
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
+
selfdenying
a.
Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.
+
sacellum
n.
An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.
+
scooped
imp.|p.p.
of Scoop
+
squabble
v.i.
To debate peevishly; to dispute.
+
stand
n.
To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
+
single
a.
Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
+
sea piet

See 1st Sea pie.
+
success
n.
That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.
+
stringer
n.
One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
+
salver
n.
A salvor.
+
save
n.
The herb sage, or salvia.
+
squander
v.i.
To wander at random; to scatter.
+
step
v.i.
A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
+
sprinkle
v.i.
To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
+
soaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soap
+
springald
a.
Alt. of Springall
+
sea bow

See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow.
+
scree
n.
A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.
+
shallowbrained
a.
Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
+
set
v.i.
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
+
struma
n.
A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
+
secrecy
n.
That which is concealed; a secret.
+
sextodecimo
n.
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16°.
+
specialty
n.
A particular or peculiar case.
+
scrummage
n.
See Scrimmage.
+
siderographic
a.
Alt. of Siderographical
+
sportability
n.
Sportiveness.
+
seiches
n.pl.
Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.
+
startingly
adv.
By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
+
slat
v.t.
To split; to crack.
+
suit
n.
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
+
syncarpous
a.
Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.
+
sensible
a.
Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.
+
southward
adv.
Alt. of Southwards
+
scrape
v.t.
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
+
speedfully
adv.
In a speedful manner.
+
schwanns sheath

The neurilemma.
+
speediness
n.
The quality or state of being speedy.
+
solitude
a.
state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.
+
spacious
n.
Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.
+
stalkinghorse
n.
A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
+
spiniform
a.
Shaped like a spine.
+
saprophytic
a.
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
+
strap
v.t.
To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
+
sung
p.p.
of Sing
+
spur
v.t.
To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
+
superfluity
n.
Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.
+
septomaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.
+
selfpartiality
n.
That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.
+
stirp
n.
Stock; race; family.
+
smile
v.i.
The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.
+
synentognathi
n.pl.
An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.
+
sail
n.
A wing; a van.
+
suberose
a.
Alt. of Suberous
+
synod
n.
An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
+
stentorian
a.
Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs.
+
sputter
n.
Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
+
skout
n.
A guillemot.
+
sobering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sober
+
sackclothed
a.
Clothed in sackcloth.
+
scrappily
adv.
In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
+
shrugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shrug
+
superimposed
imp.|p.p.
of Superimpose
+
speakership
n.
The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
+
sarcosis
n.
Abnormal formation of flesh.
+
sanguify
v.t.
To produce blood from.
+
scrofulous
a.
Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
+
smuggle
v.i.
To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
+
suf

A form of the prefix Sub-.
+
saccular
a.
Like a sac; sacciform.
+
seamark
n.
Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
+
spectrometer
n.
A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
+
selfconsidering
a.
Considering in one's own mind; deliberating.
+
succinuric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.
+
skinless
a.
Having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
+
shopmen
pl.
of Shopman
+
set
n.
A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
+
scampered
imp.|p.p.
of Scamper
+
surface
v.t.
To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
+
socratism
n.
The philosophy or the method of Socrates.
+
sectarianism
n.
The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
+
steeple
n.
A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
+
say
n.
A kind of silk or satin.
+
snigger
n.
See Snicker.
+
seduce
v.t.
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
+
sundog
n.
A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
+
stove
n.
A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
+
scranched
imp.|p.p.
of Scranch
+
squirely
a.|adv.
Becoming a squire; like a squire.
+
slaver
v.i.
To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
+
sheaf
n.
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
+
spender
n.
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
+
substantial
a.
Corporeal; material; firm.
+
shooting
a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
+
snail
n.
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
+
surrey
n.
A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.
+
sextain
n.
A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
+
succeed
v.t.
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
+
shameless
a.
Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.
+
smeltie
n.
A fish, the bib.
+
sixth
n.
The next in order after the fifth.
+
sclerotium
n.
The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
+
stethoscopist
n.
One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.
+
scatt
n.
Tribute.
+
solstitial
a.
Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.
+
shotfree
a.
Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
+
simoniacal
a.
Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
+
springer
n.
A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
+
savor
a.
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
+
stun
v.t.
To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.
+
spoffish
a.
Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
+
sturdiness
n.
Quality of being sturdy.
+
solitaire
n.
A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone.
+
slavism
n.
The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race.
+
sculptured
imp.|p.p.
of Sculpture
+
sharpen
a.
To render more shrill or piercing.
+
snuff
v.i.
To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
+
scybala
n.pl.
Hardened masses of feces.
+
sage
n.
A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
+
spiritielle
a.
Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.
+
subnascent
a.
Growing underneath.
+
surloin
n.
A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.
+
slicken
a.
Sleek; smooth.
+
susceptive
a.
Susceptible.
+
strength
n.
That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.
+
snell
n.
A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
+
side
n.
A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
+
scheelium
n.
The metal tungsten.
+
system
n.
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
+
space
n.
Walk; track; path; course.
+
slive
v.t.
To cut; to split; to separate.
+
supererogant
a.
Supererogatory.
+
sesquisulphide
n.
A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
+
search
v.i.
To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
+
stroke
v.t.
To strike.
+
seconded
imp.|p.p.
of Second
+
sequester
v.t.
To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.
+
swap
v.i.
To strike; -- with off.
+
sewn

of Sew
+
scripturalness
n.
Quality of being scriptural.
+
subvene
v.i.
To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.
+
skaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seal
+
syntaxis
n.
Syntax.
+
strawy
a.
Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw.
+
shearling
n.
A sheep but once sheared.
+
servage
n.
Serfage; slavery; servitude.
+
sarse
v.t.
To sift through a sarse.
+
sphygmographic
a.
Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing.
+
stirrage
n.
The act of stirring; stir; commotion.
+
scurvily
adv.
In a scurvy manner.
+
snooze
v.i.
To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
+
sprung
p.p.
of Spring
+
steeliness
n.
The quality of being steely.
+
slaughterman
n.
One employed in slaughtering.
+
storekeeper
n.
A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.
+
snathe
v.t.
To lop; to prune.
+
sharpset
a.
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.
+
spring
v.t.
To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.
+
sprunt
a.
Active; lively; vigorous.
+
sucker
n.
Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel.
+
superpose
v.t.
To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
+
smatter
v.t.
To talk superficially about.
+
screaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Screak
+
scold
v.t.
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
+
scrape
v.i.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
+
sometime
adv.
At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
+
scala
n.
A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.
+
suspensor
n.
The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
+
surlily
adv.
In a surly manner.
+
sestet
n.
The last six lines of a sonnet.
+
shadow
n.
An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
+
snowshoer
n.
One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.
+
servian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Servia.
+
sciomachy
n.
A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
+
sacramentary
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
+
stopping
n.
A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
+
shilling
n.
In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.
+
scolopendrine
a.
Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
+
snug
v.t.
To place snugly.
+
scarring
n.
A scar; a mark.
+
selenitical
a.
Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
+
satrapess
n.
A female satrap.
+
scorce
n.
Barter.
+
sight
v.t.
The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
+
squaimous
a.
Squeamish.
+
shield
n.
Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
+
springal
n.
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
+
sight
v.t.
Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
+
scalariform
a.
Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.
+
speller
n.
A spelling book.
+
spumiferous
a.
Producing foam.
+
smittle
n.
Infection.
+
supersphenoidal
a.
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
+
schwenkfeldian
n.
A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.
+
scrag
n.
A rawboned person.
+
shanker
n.
See Chancre.
+
sculptor
n.
Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
+
soteriology
n.
A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.
+
scaturiginous
a.
Abounding with springs.
+
sacculus
n.
A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
+
switchy
a.
Whisking.
+
sloughing
n.
The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
+
senate
n.
In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students.
+
synonymical
a.
Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.
+
scotal
n.
Alt. of Scotale
+
shard
n.
A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
+
spare
v.t.
Slow.
+
serrated
a.
Notched on the edge, like a saw.
+
secernent
n.
A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
+
stretch
n.
Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
+
sarcasm
n.
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
+
single
n.
A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
+
sea pike

The garfish.
+
solder
n.
To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
+
strobila
n.
A mature tapeworm.
+
sea thief

A pirate.
+
sociability
n.
The quality of being sociable; sociableness.
+
silversides
n.
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
+
scrouge
v.t.
To crowd; to squeeze.
+
standard
n.
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
+
sutural
a.
Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de/iscence.
+
slub
n.
A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
+
subaquatic
a.
Alt. of Subaqueous
+
sauce
n.
Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.
+
support
v.t.
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
+
selenate
n.
A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.
+
spoilfive
n.
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.
+
saltant
v.
In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
+
spat
v.t.
To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
+
spangled
imp.|p.p.
of Spangle
+
swash
v.i.
To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
+
stannate
n.
A salt of stannic acid.
+
sinapoline
n.
A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.
+
semiovate
a.
Half ovate.
+
shoot
v.i.
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
+
swarth
n.
Sward; short grass.
+
symbolize
v.t.
To make to agree in properties or qualities.
+
swingling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swingle
+
swal
imp.
Swelled.
+
soken
n.
A district held by socage.
+
step
v.i.
An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
+
survey
v.t.
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
+
square
v.i.
To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
+
seaboat

A chitin.
+
servitude
n.
Servants, collectively.
+
spitscocked
a.
Spitchcocked.
+
suggestment
n.
Suggestion.
+
sneezed
imp.|p.p.
of Sneeze
+
sea swallow

The gannet.
+
sticktail
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
sporangium
n.
A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
+
shift
v.t.
To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
+
shill
v.t.
To shell.
+
sarcosis
n.
Sarcoma.
+
scallop
n.
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.
+
shiver
n.
A variety of blue slate.
+
semiliquidity
n.
The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.
+
subdichotomy
n.
A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.
+
silo
n.
A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
+
speciality
n.
A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.
+
secret
a.
Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
+
side
n.
Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
+
siphonata
n.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.
+
silver
a.
Sweet; gentle; peaceful.
+
stooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stoop
+
stond
v.i.
To stand.
+
subordination
n.
Place of inferior rank.
+
symptom
n.
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
+
scythian
n.
The language of the Scythians.
+
shadeful
a.
Full of shade; shady.
+
staple
n.
A district granted to an abbey.
+
stratonic
a.
Of or pertaining to an army.
+
solpugidea
n.pl.
Same as Solifugae.
+
sheath
n.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
+
specific
a.
Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
+
scansorial
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.
+
setter
n.
One who adapts words to music in composition.
+
spoken
a.
Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.
+
signeted
a.
Stamped or marked with a signet.
+
shipyard
n.
A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
+
seized
imp.|p.p.
of Seize
+
subhyaloid
a.
Situated under the hyaliod membrane.
+
sky
n.
A cloud.
+
squalidly
adv.
In a squalid manner.
+
sacar
n.
See Saker.
+
scienter
adv.
Knowingly; willfully.
+
saracen
n.
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
+
shadowy
a.
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
+
sweep
n.
The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
+
superlative
a.
Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.
+
seventh
n.
A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
+
slowworm
v.t.
A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
+
seignioral
a.
Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial.
+
suprapedal
a.
Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.
+
sahidic
a.
Same as Thebaic.
+
simplify
v.t.
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.
+
slapping
a.
Very large; monstrous; big.
+
subocular
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.
+
save
v.i.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
+
spiry
a.
Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
+
stagecoachmen
pl.
of Stagecoachman
+
scour
v.i.
To cleanse anything.
+
shield
n.
A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
+
sluice
v.t.
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.
+
sinter
n.
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
+
summoned
imp.|p.p.
of Summon
+
sinistrad
adv.
Toward the left side; sinistrally.
+
sobriquet
n.
An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
+
secretary
n.
One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
+
stall
v.i.
A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
+
squib
a.
A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
+
shoring
n.
The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
+
struma
n.
Scrofula.
+
sway
v.i.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
+
senescent
a.
Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
+
stadia
pl.
of Stadium
+
skayles
n.
[ˆ159.] Skittles.
+
sky
v.t.
To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.
+
scat
interj.
Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
+
skink
n.
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
+
service
n.
Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
+
slubbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slub
+
superlucration
n.
Excessive or extraordinary gain.
+
syndicate
v.t.
To judge; to censure.
+
stannoso
a.
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds.
+
stay
n.
Hindrance; let; check.
+
stern
a.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
+
syringe
v.t.
To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
+
snagged
imp.|p.p.
of Snag
+
seaport
n.
A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
+
superciliary
a.
Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.
+
stake
v.t.
To pierce or wound with a stake.
+
slink
n.
The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
+
stalactites
n.
A stalactite.
+
speechful
a.
Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.
+
stowre
n.
See Stour, n.
+
sowdan
n.
Sultan.
+
suit
n.
A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
+
surgical
a.
Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
+
spar
v.i.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
+
snapper
n.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
+
saw
v.t.
Something said; speech; discourse.
+
second
a.
Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
+
seemingly
adv.
In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.
+
scoot
v.i.
To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
+
slammerkin
n.
A slut; a slatternly woman.
+
spectacled
a.
Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
+
split
a.
Divided deeply; cleft.
+
scarabee
n.
Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).
+
serpulae
pl.
of Serpula
+
stuffing
n.
That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
+
spelled
imp.|p.p.
of Spell
+
sixth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
+
swinestone
n.
See Stinkstone.
+
scelestic
a.
Evil; wicked; atrocious.
+
silver
a.
Resembling silver.
+
stroll
v.i.
To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
+
say
v.i.
To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
+
suppositive
n.
A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc.
+
skaith
n.
See Scatch.
+
steerage
n.
That by which a course is directed.
+
swart
v.t.
To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
+
shamrock
n.
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
+
swept

imp. & p. p. of Sweep.
+
spick
n.
A spike or nail.
+
shipmen
pl.
of Shipman
+
statant
a.
In a standing position; as, a lion statant.
+
staling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stale
+
set
v.i.
To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
+
spencer
n.
A short jacket worn by men and by women.
+
spectroscopy
n.
The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.
+
spike
v.t.
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
+
strove
imp.
of Strive
+
shoot
v.i.
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
+
scabling
n.
A fragment or chip of stone.
+
senatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial dignity.
+
sagittal
a.
In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
+
splinter
n.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
+
slouched
imp.|p.p.
of Slouch
+
sapped
imp.|p.p.
of Sap
+
selden
adv.
Seldom.
+
secondariness
n.
The state of being secondary.
+
stretch
v.t.
To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
+
sonde
v.t.
That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.
+
stomach
n.
Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
+
spiky
a.
Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
+
superficiary
n.
One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.
+
skorodite
n.
See Scorodite.
+
slake
v.i.
To go out; to become extinct.
+
stancher
n.
One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.
+
strowed
imp.
of Strow
+
septal
a.
Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.
+
skylight
n.
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.
+
sabering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sabre
+
stylite
n.
One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.
+
superheating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superheat
+
severance
n.
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.
+
swim
v.i.
To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
+
synthesis
n.
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.
+
shipworm
n.
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
+
surfeit
v.i.
To indulge to satiety in any gratification.
+
span
v.t.
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
+
sidelong
adv.
Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
+
supercolumniation
n.
The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.
+
sprightful
a.
Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.
+
supernacular
a.
Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine.
+
sput
n.
An annular reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
+
signiorize
v.t.
To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.
+
saxicavae
pl.
of Saxicava
+
scratchwork
n.
See Scratch coat.
+
stearin
n.
One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
+
starve
v.i.
To die; to perish.
+
smirkingly
adv.
With smirking; with a smirk.
+
statoblast
n.
One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds.
+
subtle
superl.
Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
+
say
v.t.
To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
+
scrannel
a.
Slight; thin; lean; poor.
+
sware

of Swear
+
subsequently
adv.
At a later time; afterwards.
+
stopper
v.t.
To close or secure with a stopper.
+
sublative
a.
Having power, or tending, to take away.
+
subindex
n.
A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
+
scoffery
n.
The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
+
square
n.
Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
+
scenary
n.
Scenery.
+
sapphire
n.
The color of the gem; bright blue.
+
spin
v.t.
To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
+
scrambling
a.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
+
selfdevotion
n.
The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
+
squali
n.pl.
The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
+
stifler
n.
One who, or that which, stifles.
+
shameful
a.
Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
+
sustentacle
n.
Sustenance.
+
spanning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Span
+
speak
v.i.
To give sound; to sound.
+
skringe
v.i.
See Scringe.
+
schorlaceous
a.
Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.
+
sempervirent
a.
Always fresh; evergreen.
+
syrtis
n.
A quicksand.
+
schizognathism
n.
The condition of having a schizognathous palate.
+
sooshong
n.
See Souchong.
+
smelling
n.
The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
+
spoliator
n.
One who spoliates; a spoiler.
+
single
v.t.
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
+
submit
v.t.
To put or place under.
+
schizonemertea
n.pl.
A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
sunnite
n.
One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.
+
sacramentarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
+
slipper
a.
Slippery.
+
shrinker
n.
One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
+
symarr
n.
See Simar.
+
subministrant
a.
Subordinate; subservient.
+
slivered
imp.|p.p.
of Sliver
+
stenographic
a.
Alt. of Stenographical
+
specific
a.
Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
+
sporidiferous
a.
Bearing sporidia.
+
sacker
n.
One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
+
starlike
a.
Shining; bright; illustrious.
+
spherical
a.
Alt. of Spheric
+
spit
n.
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
+
stain
v.t.
To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
+
solanaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.
+
sixteen
n.
The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.
+
syrtic
a.
Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand.
+
saltness
n.
The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.
+
sea saurian
n.
Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.
+
scorification
n.
The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.
+
sensualization
n.
The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized.
+
sauntering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saunter
+
stylographical
a.
Same as Stylographic, 1.
+
surrounding
n.
The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.
+
sulpho

A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds.  Cf. Thio-.
+
subdued
a.
Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
+
supplicated
imp.|p.p.
of Supplicate
+
saccule
n.
A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
+
swound
v.|n.
See Swoon, v. & n.
+
serrifera
n.pl.
A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.
+
sweal
v.i.
To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
+
sea barrow

A sea purse.
+
spinet
n.
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
+
smash
v.i.
To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
+
square
a.
Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
+
sneer
v.i.
To show mirth awkwardly.
+
salvos
pl.
of Salvo
+
soluble
a.
Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
+
superinjection
n.
An injection succeeding another.
+
slack
superl.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
+
swingle
v.t.
To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
+
sanguinolent
a.
Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.
+
spoked
imp.|p.p.
of Spoke
+
sharebone
n.
The public bone.
+
stamp
v.t.
A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
+
stultification
n.
The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.
+
strait
a.
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
+
sterned
a.
Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.
+
superfluity
n.
A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.
+
shelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shell
+
sheltered
imp.|p.p.
of Shelter
+
sternwheel
a.
Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
+
swagged
imp.|p.p.
of Swag
+
snail
n.
Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
+
stitch
v.i.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
+
shadow
n.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
+
strength
v.t.
To strengthen.
+
settle
v.i.
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
+
sicker
adv.
Alt. of Siker
+
slidderly
v.t.
Alt. of Sliddery
+
stereoscopical
a.
Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.
+
setter
v.t.
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
+
strich
n.
An owl.
+
silly
n.
Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
+
sciatic
n.
Sciatica.
+
snod
n.
A fillet; a headband; a snood.
+
sanguine
a.
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
+
sporophoric
a.
Having the nature of a sporophore.
+
studious
a.
Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.
+
stilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Still
+
spit
v.i.
To throw out saliva from the mouth.
+
stimulation
n.
The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
+
splaymouthed
a.
Having a splaymouth.
+
screen
n.
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
+
sagittary
n.
A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
+
sparling
n.
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
+
snakestongue
n.
Same as Adder's-tongue.
+
sarkin
n.
Same as Hypoxanthin.
+
specialty
n.
Particularity.
+
sashed
imp.|p.p.
of Sash
+
stretch
v.i.
To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
+
spale
n.
A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
+
sea bass

A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
+
sinecurism
n.
The state of having a sinecure.
+
sluicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sluice
+
secretness
n.
Secretiveness; concealment.
+
smokiness
n.
The quality or state of being smoky.
+
sthenic
a.
Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.
+
sirenia
n.pl.
An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
+
siege
n.
The floor of a glass-furnace.
+
spray
v.t.
An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
+
solon
n.
A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
+
selfconsciousness
n.
The quality or state of being self-conscious.
+
sycosis
n.
A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.
+
sacred
a.
Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
+
shadowy
a.
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
+
supercelestial
a.
Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.
+
strumous
a.
Scrofulous; having struma.
+
shaft
n.
The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
+
sent
v.|n.
See Scent, v. & n.
+
spongiose
a.
Alt. of Spongious
+
substitution
n.
The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
+
semiquaver
n.
A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
+
sucker
n.
A nickname applied to a native of Illinois.
+
stain
v.i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
+
subscribable
a.
Capable of being subscribed.
+
stroking
n.
See Stripping, 2.
+
senescence
n.
The state of growing old; decay by time.
+
slippery
a.
Uncertain in effect.
+
surveyorship
n.
The office of a surveyor.
+
stirpes
pl.
of Stirps
+
sapient
a.
Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
+
santon
n.
A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
+
spiritual
a.
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
+
soso
a.
Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.
+
stalactoform
a.
Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.
+
scarfing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scarf
+
shiver
n.
The act of shivering or trembling.
+
soke
n.
One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.
+
scholar
n.
In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
+
scalene
a.
Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
+
sea
n.
Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
+
spirit
n.
Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
+
spout
v.t.
A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
+
syllepsis
n.
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.
+
sagitta
n.
A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
+
spirit
n.
A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle.  Cf. Tincture.
+
stumblingblock
n.
Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.
+
sober
superl.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
+
shack
n.
The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
+
shirk
v.i.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
+
synonymist
n.
One who collects or explains synonyms.
+
saleratus
n.
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.
+
stupefied
a.
Having been made stupid.
+
smutty
superl.
Soiled with smut; smutted.
+
surbated
imp.|p.p.
of Surbate
+
serpenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Serpent
+
superaltar
n.
A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.
+
spoiler
n.
One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
+
sting
v.t.
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
+
stayedness
n.
Solidity; weight.
+
sord
n.
See Sward.
+
specialize
v.t.
To apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.
+
stealer
n.
One who steals; a thief.
+
singlefoot
n.
An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
+
signature
v.t.
To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
+
senior
n.
One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
+
sermonizer
n.
One who sermonizes.
+
stipend
n.
Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
+
scintillous
a.
Scintillant.
+
sitting
n.
The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
+
stow
v.t.
To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
+
smite
v.t.
To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
+
stoop
n.
The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
+
staphyloraphy
n.
Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy
+
smear
n.
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
+
scoriae
pl.
of Scoria
+
spiritual
a.
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.
+
stopped
imp.|p.p.
of Stop
+
shipping
n.
Navigation.
+
scumming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scum
+
sling
v.t.
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
+
strepsipterous
a.
Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera.
+
scuffler
n.
One who scuffles.
+
somewhither
adv.
To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.
+
slam
n.
Winning all the tricks of a deal.
+
shovelboard
n.
A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
+
shatter
v.t.
To scatter about.
+
stamp
n.
The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
+
sea partridge

The gilthead (Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
+
stadtholder
n.
Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.
+
secret
a.
A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
+
settle
v.i.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
+
shellbark
n.
A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
+
sympathize
v.t.
To ansew to; to correspond to.
+
skelly
n.
A squint.
+
subsidency
n.
The act or process of subsiding.
+
sporangiophore
n.
The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.
+
side
n.
A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
+
speece
n.
Species; sort.
+
squeezer
n.
One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.
+
scalp
v.i.
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
+
strophe
n.
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
+
serpent
v.t.
To wind; to encircle.
+
spirochaeta
n.
Alt. of Spirochaete
+
scrape
v.i.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
+
slitting

a. & n. from Slit.
+
smock
n.
A blouse; a smoock frock.
+
strand
n.
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.
+
sledging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sledge
+
synartesis
n.
A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union.
+
spectation
n.
Regard; aspect; appearance.
+
spicose
a.
Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.
+
sturgeon
n.
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
+
suffixed
imp.|p.p.
of Suffix
+
silenced
imp.|p.p.
of Silence
+
seismometric
a.
Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.
+
shag
n.
Any species of cormorant.
+
shrove
v.i.
To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
+
spong
n.
An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
+
spissitude
n.
The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.
+
supranaturalist
a.
Alt. of Supranaturalistic
+
sodamide
n.
A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.
+
subordinate
v.t.
To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
+
spitted
imp.|p.p.
of Spit
+
salon
n.
An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
+
sompne
v.t.
To summon; to cite.
+
sheathfish
n.
Same as Sheatfish.
+
sacchariferous
a.
Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
+
sexagenary
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
+
showering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shower
+
scorpioid
a.
Alt. of Scorpioidal
+
schlich
n.
The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
+
supraclavicular
a.
Situated above the clavicle.
+
sputterer
n.
One who sputters.
+
sleuthhound
n.
A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
+
spit
v.i.
To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
+
subscription
n.
Submission; obedience.
+
stage
n.
A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
+
shakefork
n.
A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
+
stalk
n.
A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
+
spruce
a.
The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
+
singularly
adv.
So as to express one, or the singular number.
+
sphygmometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
+
sign
n.
Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
+
swedenborgian
a.
Of or pertaining to Swedenborg or his views.
+
septifolious
a.
Having seven leaves.
+
synneuroses
pl.
of Synneorosis
+
stagworm
n.
The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
+
superhuman
a.
Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.
+
schematic
a.
Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.
+
sultanred
a.
Having a deep red color.
+
sucker
n.
One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.
+
succiduous
a.
Ready to fall; falling.
+
saugh

Alt. of Sauh
+
scatch
n.
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
+
sanctiloquent
a.
Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
+
shipwrecked
imp.|p.p.
of Shipwreck
+
selfgovernment
n.
Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.
+
scholia
n.pl.
See Scholium.
+
sweeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sweep
+
smile
v.i.
To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
+
scutellate
a.
Alt. of Scutellated
+
stably
adv.
In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
+
sheave
v.t.
To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.
+
sconce
v.t.
To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
+
stumbling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stumble
+
strut
n.
The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
+
shin
n.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
+
spittly
a.
Like spittle; slimy.
+
sauterelle
n.
An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
+
sapajou
n.
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
+
sling
v.t.
The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
+
seedless
a.
Without seed or seeds.
+
solvible
a.
See Solvable.
+
stone
n.
Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
+
saber
v.t.
Alt. of Sabre
+
suggestion
n.
Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.
+
secular
a.
Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
+
setewale
n.
See Cetewale.
+
slang
n.
A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
+
sceptical

Alt. of Scepticism
+
sliver
n.
A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
+
steeving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steeve
+
stand
v.t.
To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
+
satisfy
a.
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
+
shet
p.pr.
of Shet
+
shuck
n.
A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
+
steam
n.
The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.
+
subtracter
n.
One who subtracts.
+
sleave
n.
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
+
stoneroot
n.
A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.
+
strait
superl.
Narrow; not broad.
+
stint
v.t.
To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.
+
shrimp
v.
In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
+
selffertilization
n.
The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.
+
shake
n.
A shook of staves and headings.
+
shrivalty
n.
Shrievalty.
+
swad
n.
A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
+
speculator
n.
One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.
+
sodomite
n.
An inhabitant of Sodom.
+
seizor
n.
One who seizes, or takes possession.
+
summonses
pl.
of Summons
+
subcostal
a.
Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.
+
synneorosis
n.
Syndesmosis.
+
subkingdom
n.
One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
+
servant
n.
One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.
+
subtriplicate
a.
Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios.
+
subaltern
a.
Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
+
sacked
imp.|p.p.
of Sack
+
stemson
n.
A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.
+
swash
v.i.
To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
+
span
v.t.
Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
+
stigmatical
a.
Impressing with infamy or reproach.
+
saturation
n.
Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
+
striker
n.
One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
+
snare
n.
An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
+
seventh
n.
One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
+
subject
a.
That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
+
silicited
a.
Silicified.
+
shelter
v.t.
To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
+
solemnities
pl.
of Solemnity
+
stumper
n.
A puzzling or incredible story.
+
streptothrix
n.
A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
+
sweep
n.
The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.
+
skirt
n.
The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
+
scape
n.
The shaft of a column.
+
seducing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seduce
+
spear
n.
The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
+
spare
v.t.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
+
sold

imp. & p. p. of Sell.
+
soft
superl.
Gentle in action or motion; easy.
+
sanding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sand
+
sackfuls
pl.
of Sackful
+
scilicet
adv.
To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss.
+
scandal
n.
Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.
+
slat
n.
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
+
sitting
n.
A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
+
synonymicon
n.
A dictionary of synonyms.
+
stunk

imp. & p. p. of Stink.
+
supramundane
a.
Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.
+
systematism
n.
The reduction of facts or principles to a system.
+
station
n.
One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
+
safflower
n.
A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).
+
storehouse
n.
A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.
+
suborn
v.t.
To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
+
shingle
n.
A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.
+
sort
n.
A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.
+
snorter
n.
The wheather; -- so called from its cry.
+
smutchin
n.
Snuff.
+
singular
n.
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
+
siege
n.
Hence, place or situation; seat.
+
spurn
v.i.
To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
+
sertularia
n.
A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.
+
sanguine
a.
Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
+
steam
v.t.
To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
+
salient
v.i.
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
+
spelt
n.
Spelter.
+
splenization
n.
A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.
+
solid
a.
Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
+
shoot
n.
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
+
sibylist
n.
One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.
+
sicklebill
n.
A curlew.
+
slur
v.t.
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
+
stalled
a.
Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted.
+
sway
v.i.
To have weight or influence.
+
seemly
superl.
In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
+
syncarpia
pl.
of Syncarpium
+
scorie
n.
The young of any gull.
+
savor
a.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
+
selfcreated
a.
Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.
+
shearmen
pl.
of Shearman
+
sapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sap
+
storing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Store
+
satyr
n.
Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.
+
sempstress
n.
A seamstress.
+
sibilancy
n.
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.
+
surquedous
a.
Alt. of Surquedrous
+
sol
n.
Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.
+
stud
v.t.
To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
+
steer
a.
A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
+
swiftlet
n.
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.
+
spontaneous
a.
Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion.
+
suspended
imp.|p.p.
of Suspend
+
sea plover

the black-bellied plover.
+
sagenitic
a.
Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
+
sulphocyanic
a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.
+
succession
n.
The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order.
+
sled
v.t.
To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
+
swarm
v.t.
To crowd or throng.
+
snugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snug
+
syriac
n.
The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
+
scattering
n.
Act of strewing about; something scattered.
+
subtorrid
a.
Nearly torrid.
+
siththen
adv.|conj.
See Sithen.
+
stoop
v.i.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
+
skin
n.
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
+
stemmery
n.
A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.
+
sheepheaded
a.
Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
+
solvable
a.
Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
+
split
v.t.
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
+
skinned
imp.|p.p.
of Skin
+
spout
v.t.
To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.
+
sent
imp.|p.p.
of Send
+
slake
a.
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
+
saintess
n.
A female saint.
+
stylograph
n.
A stylographic pen.
+
stay
n.
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
+
subtraction
n.
The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.
+
surreption
n.
The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
+
sour
superl.
Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
+
soaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soak
+
stovepipe
n.
Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.
+
south
n.
Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
+
split
n.
the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.
+
support
v.t.
To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
+
stand
n.
To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
+
straightout
a.
Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
+
sole
n.
Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
+
skilling
n.
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.
+
strangely
adv.
In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
+
syphering
n.
The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
+
seaisland
a.
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.
+
stock
n.
Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
+
sailboat
n.
A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
+
subcentral
a.
Under the center.
+
stelliform
a.
Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.
+
sun
n.
That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
+
silicification
n.
Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.
+
stoor
a.
Alt. of Stor
+
slacken
v.t.
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
+
stowing
n.
A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.
+
supplial
n.
The act of supplying; a supply.
+
surmulot
n.
The brown, or Norway, rat.
+
saiva
n.
One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.
+
sensualistic
a.
Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
+
saponite
n.
A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.
+
sadiron
n.
An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
+
sea perch

The cunner.
+
sputa
pl.
of Sputum
+
shortly
adv.
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
+
superficiality
n.
The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.
+
spoil
v.i.
To practice plunder or robbery.
+
stovehouse
n.
A hothouse.
+
sharpen
v.i.
To grow or become sharp.
+
suffruticous
a.
Suffruticose.
+
sequela
n.
A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
+
stomatoscope
n.
An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.
+
sizzled
imp.|p.p.
of Sizzle
+
spread
v.t.
To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.
+
sea louse

Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.
+
shopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shop
+
swilled
imp.|p.p.
of Swill
+
sylvanite
n.
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.
+
shingler
n.
A machine for shingling puddled iron.
+
suretyship
n.
The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.
+
sabine
n.
One of the Sabine people.
+
soph
n.
A contraction of Soph ister.
+
size
n.
Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.
+
sanctification
n.
The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
+
stoned
imp.|p.p.
of Stone
+
sextic
a.
Of the sixth degree or order.
+
shoveled
imp.|p.p.
of Shovel
+
sand
n.
Courage; pluck; grit.
+
shiver
v.i.
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
+
soundingboard
n.
A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
+
sea pyot

See 1st Sea pie.
+
sanguification
n.
The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.
+
spokeshave
n.
A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.
+
stillion
n.
A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
+
shrag
v.t.
To trim, as trees; to lop.
+
scarcity
n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
+
sdeath
interj.
An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.
+
simple
a.
Mere; not other than; being only.
+
sagus
n.
A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.
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shade
n.
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
+
sinecure
n.
Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
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swaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swage
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stoom
v.t.
To stum.
+
soddy
a.
Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.
+
scintillation
n.
The act of scintillating.
+
skip
v.t.
To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
+
sprout
v.i.
The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.
+
sphinx
n.
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
+
stiletto
v.t.
To stab or kill with a stiletto.
+
saymaster
n.
A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
+
shipfuls
pl.
of Shipful
+
statue
n.
The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
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stand
v.i.
A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
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sewerage
n.
The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
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shabby
n.
Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
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succubus
n.
The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
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subturriculate
a.
Somewhat turriculate.
+
sag
v.i.
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
+
suck
v.t.
To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
+
sensific
a.
Exciting sensation.
+
shabbed
a.
Shabby.
+
sobbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sob
+
siccific
a.
Causing dryness.
+
slide
v.t.
To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
+
siliquae
pl.
of Siliqua
+
sleeper
n.
Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
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surfboat
n.
A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.
+
spagyrical
a.
Chemical; alchemical.
+
spilt
imp.|p.p.
of Spill
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swedish
n.
The language of Swedes.
+
selecting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Select
+
stigma
v.t.
A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
+
sikerness
n.
See 2d Sicker, Sickerly, etc.
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suffrage
v.t.
To vote for; to elect.
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sewer
n.
A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
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squadroned
a.
Formed into squadrons, or squares.
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surly
a.
Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.
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septembrist
n.
An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.
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slaw
n.
Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.
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springer
n.
A young plant.
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swing
n.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
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synoptist
n.
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.
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scandalous
a.
Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
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subjective
a.
Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.
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sow
n.
A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
+
scraper
n.
One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
+
sard
n.
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
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stag
n.
The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
+
sooty
v.t.
To black or foul with soot.
+
strongwater
n.
Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
+
streak
v.t.
With it as an object: To run swiftly.
+
strictly
adv.
In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
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savorless
a.
Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
+
selfignorance
n.
Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.
+
score
n.
The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
+
sustentation
n.
The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
+
styryl
n.
A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.
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steeply
adv.
In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.
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shouldered
a.
Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man.
+
swallow
v.t.
To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
+
scalper
n.
A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.
+
superior
n.
The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
+
stiffly
adv.
In a stiff manner.
+
shake
n.
A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
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subagitation
n.
Unlawful sexual intercourse.
+
spinefinned
a.
Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
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staminate
a.
Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.
+
stifle
v.i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
+
skip
v.t.
To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
+
septfoil
n.
A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.
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subzonal
a.
Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.
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sow
v.i.
To sew. See Sew.
+
shelve
v.i.
To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
+
steedless
a.
Having no steed; without a horse.
+
supervision
n.
The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
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solaria
pl.
of Solarium
+
sole
n.
The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
+
scuppernong
n.
An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.
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spatula
n.
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc.  Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
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sweepstakes
n.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
+
swell
n.
Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
+
sociologist
n.
One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.
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shorten
v.i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
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spoom
v.i.
To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.
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selfness
n.
Selfishness.
+
swill
n.
Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
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stockblind
a.
Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
+
sightsman
n.
One who reads or performs music readily at first sight.
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sauropsida
n.pl.
A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
+
sublimation
n.
The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
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safe
superl.
Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.
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seamell
n.
The sea mew.
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shab
v.t.
To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
+
supraspinous
a.
Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
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servient
a.
Subordinate.
+
subligation
n.
The act of binding underneath.
+
strummed
imp.|p.p.
of Strum
+
stoop
v.t.
To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
+
suprabranchial
a.
Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.
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subdean
n.
An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
+
straightway
adv.
Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
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sithed
a.
Scythed.
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surrender
v.i.
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.
+
sagging
n.
A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
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swagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swag
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slaty
a.
Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.
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styling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Style
+
sink
v.t.
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
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shadow
n.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
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sigmodont
n.
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.
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surturbrand
n.
A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.
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shoal
n.
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
+
suigothus
n.pl.
The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths.
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secre
a.
Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret.
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stereotypery
n.
The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates.
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strong
superl.
Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
+
symbolize
v.i.
To hold the same faith; to agree.
+
store
v.t.
Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.
+
startful
a.
Apt to start; skittish.
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snob
n.
A journeyman shoemaker.
+
staff
n.
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
+
shew
n.
Show.
+
sinus
n.
A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
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serpulas
pl.
of Serpula
+
sheet
v.t.
A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
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skiver
n.
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
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solenoglypha
n.pl.
A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.
+
skeletology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.
+
service
n.
Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
+
savorous
n.
Having a savor; savory.
+
sporocarp
n.
A sporangium.
+
steganopod
n.
One of the Steganopodes.
+
syth
prep.adv.conj.|n.
Alt. of Sythe
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sinological
a.
Relating to the Chinese language or literature.
+
stack
a.
A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
+
shadow
n.
To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
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sextry
n.
See Sacristy.
+
skinful
n.
As much as a skin can hold.
+
spinner
n.
A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
+
subsigning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subsign
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scranch
v.t.
To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
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scabrous
a.
Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
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seventhly
adv.
In the seventh place.
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stool
n.
A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
+
sipunculacea
n.pl.
A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.
+
strokeed
imp.|p.p.
of Stroke
+
seriocomical
a.
Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
+
skee
n.
A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.
+
size
v.t.
To fix the standard of.
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stallage
n.
The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
+
smooth
superl.
Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
+
stridulate
v.t.
To make a shrill, creaking noise
+
stomatitis
n.
Inflammation of the mouth.
+
succeed
v.t.
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
+
sayman
n.
One who assays.
+
stal
imp.
Stole.
+
seriph
n.
See Ceriph.
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sun
n.
The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
+
sense
v.t.
Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
+
spawning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spawn
+
suppressor
n.
One who suppresses.
+
scientifically
adv.
In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science.
+
shady
superl.
Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
+
sacramentary
a.
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.
+
spongin
n.
The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
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slacken
v.t.
To neglect; to be remiss in.
+
stoor
v.i.
To rise in clouds, as dust.
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sulphionide
n.
A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a sulphionide.
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stringer
n.
A libertine; a wencher.
+
stitch
v.i.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
+
sycamore
n.
The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
+
scandalize
v.t.
To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
+
sacred
a.
Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
+
slander
n.
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
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sharp
superl.
Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
+
scabious
a.
Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.
+
swell
n.
A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
+
saucer
n.
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
+
steeper
n.
A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
+
subdeaconship
n.
The order or office of subdeacon.
+
sinus
n.
A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.
+
scutiform
a.
Shield-shaped; scutate.
+
seraglio
n.
A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.
+
smutting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smut
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seedy
superl.
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat.
+
salute
v.
A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
+
sudamina
n.pl
Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.
+
sank

imp. of Sink.
+
scots
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).
+
subbrachian
n.
One of the Subbrachiales.
+
speak
v.t.
To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
+
stay
n.
That which serves as a prop; a support.
+
scamble
v.i.
To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.
+
synastry
n.
Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.
+
spaw
n.
See Spa.
+
scout
n.
A fielder in a game for practice.
+
suprastapedial
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.
+
sticky
superl.
Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.
+
sparkful
a.
Lively; brisk; gay.
+
stun
v.t.
To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
+
spear
v.t.
To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
+
spermatoon
n.
A spermoblast.
+
spado
n.
Same as Spade, 2.
+
shower
n.
One who shows or exhibits.
+
stratified
imp.|p.p.
of Stratify
+
specimen
n.
A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
+
suprapubian
a.
Alt. of Suprapubic
+
starched
a.
Stiffened with starch.
+
semaeostomata
n.pl.
A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
+
sardonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
+
swallowwort
n.
See Celandine.
+
slivering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sliver
+
stoichiology
n.
The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
+
springer
n.
A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.
+
sociableness
n.
The quality of being sociable.
+
socinianized
imp.|p.p.
of Socinianize
+
squamozygomatic
a.
Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls.
+
stroke
v.t.
The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
+
superheat
v.t.
To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
+
skein
n.
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.
+
stitching
n.
The act of one who stitches.
+
sizzle
n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.
+
sting
v.t.
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
+
sexisyllabic
a.
Having six syllables.
+
slush
v.t.
To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.
+
suant
a.
Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even.
+
sapience
n.
The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
+
sigilla
pl.
of Sigillum
+
selfsatisfaction
n.
The quality or state of being self-satisfied.
+
semicalcareous
a.
Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
+
striate
a.
Alt. of Striated
+
sergeantship
n.
The office of sergeant.
+
simile
n.
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
+
snakefish
n.
The lizard fish.
+
strength
n.
Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
+
stromatic
a.
Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.
+
sparage
n.
Alt. of Sparagrass
+
sea withwind

A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.
+
sound
adv.
Soundly.
+
selfdeception
n.
Self-deceit.
+
shoot
v.i.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
+
silkiness
n.
Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.
+
spindle
n.
The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
+
squireling
n.
A petty squire.
+
stretcher
n.
A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
+
spoon
v.t.
To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
+
supposed
imp.|p.p.
of Suppose
+
scribble
v.t.
To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
+
servant
n.
One in a state of subjection or bondage.
+
studied
a.
Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.
+
skies
pl.
of Sky
+
shame
v.t.
To mock at; to deride.
+
suspending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suspend
+
stenograph
v.t.
To write or report in stenographic characters.
+
spulzie
n.
Plunder, or booty.
+
stricture
n.
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body.  Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
+
sojournment
n.
Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.
+
swarm
n.
A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
+
sari
n.
Same as Saree.
+
semiology
n.
The art of using signs in signaling.
+
scud
n.
Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
+
sleeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleep
+
stackguard
n.
A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.
+
stereotype
n.
The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
+
singster
n.
A songstress.
+
serbonian
a.
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.
+
seora
n.
A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
+
synosteoses
pl.
of Synosteosis
+
senatorship
n.
The office or dignity of a senator.
+
struvite
n.
A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
+
stegnotic
n.
A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.
+
sandhiller
n.
A nickname given to any "poor white" living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina.
+
semivitrification
n.
A substance imperfectly vitrified.
+
scimitar
n.
A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
+
screak
n.
A creaking; a screech; a shriek.
+
stichwort
n.
A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).
+
shuttlecork
n.
See Shuttlecock.
+
suillage
n.
A drain or collection of filth.
+
sequent
a.
Following; succeeding; in continuance.
+
scoop
n.
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
+
southness
n.
A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
+
spreadingly
adv.
Increasingly.
+
slip
n.
A narrow passage between buildings.
+
spheral
a.
Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.
+
smither
n.
Light, fine rain.
+
shift
v.t.
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
+
surge
n.
A spring; a fountain.
+
scum
v.
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
+
screeched
imp.|p.p.
of Screech
+
subaud
v.t.
To understand or supply in an ellipsis.
+
sack
n.
See 2d Sac, 2.
+
slapdash
v.t.
To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
+
somerset
n.
A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
+
swallow
v.i.
To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
+
soy
n.
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
+
serpet
n.
A basket.
+
sabbatism
n.
Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.
+
string
v.t.
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
+
serial
n.
A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.
+
spoke
v.t.
To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
+
spontaneity
n.
The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment.
+
stifle
n.
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
+
strike
v.i.
To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
+
sucker
v.i.
To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
+
sound
v.t.
To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
+
sung

imp. & p. p. of Sing.
+
suggestion
n.
The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.
+
splice
v.t.
To unite in marrige.
+
sprinted
imp.|p.p.
of Sprint
+
snip
n.
A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
+
supernal
a.
Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.
+
swag
v.i.
To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
+
sheepskin
n.
A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
+
slip
n.
The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
+
siphonoglyphe
n.
A gonidium.
+
swallow
n.
That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
+
slippery
a.
Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
+
stray
v.t.
To cause to stray.
+
subcontract
n.
A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
+
safety
n.
Same as Safety touchdown, below.
+
subpyriform
a.
Somewhat pyriform.
+
shoe
n.
Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
+
sub

A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc.  Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate.
+
supplely
adv.
In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
+
somnolent
a.
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
+
sapota
n.
The sapodilla.
+
seasoning
n.
That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.
+
sharpen
a.
To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
+
siraskier
n.
See Seraskier.
+
scire facias

A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated.
+
scantness
n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
+
sarlyk
n.
The yak.
+
steamer
n.
A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.
+
spring
v.i.
That which springs, or is originated, from a source;
+
semitertian
n.
An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
+
shank
n.
See Chank.
+
shove
v.t.
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
+
salt
v.t.
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
+
sanhedrin
n.
Alt. of Sanhedrim
+
subsidy
n.
Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
+
smatter
v.t.
To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
+
spadille
n.
The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
+
stem
n.
Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
+
swallow
n.
Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
+
sheephook
n.
A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.
+
spectre
n.
See Specter.
+
stalkinghorse
n.
Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
+
sill
n.
The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
+
springbuck
n.
A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer.
+
skim
v.t.
To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
+
sickly
superl.
Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
+
stonework
n.
Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
+
squarrulose
a.
Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose.
+
swingling

a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.
+
sea butterfly

A pteropod.
+
seagirt
a.
Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.
+
stole
n.
A long, loose garment reaching to the feet.
+
shotted
imp.|p.p.
of Shot
+
supraauricular
n.
A supra-auricular feather.
+
squib
a.
A paltry fellow.
+
sterre
n.
A star.
+
semiacidified
a.
Half acidified.
+
sinewshrunk
a.
Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
+
squad
n.
Hence, any small party.
+
semibull
n.
A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
+
silicified
a.
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.
+
scribble
n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
+
set
v.t.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
+
stilling
n.
A stillion.
+
slumberless
a.
Without slumber; sleepless.
+
sameness
n.
Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
+
seel
v.t.
Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
+
shelter
v.t.
To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
+
swig
v.t.
To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
+
sinalbin
n.
A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
+
slyly
adv.
In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
+
surfel
v.t.
Alt. of Surfle
+
smooth
adv.
Smoothly.
+
strany
n.
The guillemot.
+
stellular
a.
Marked with starlike spots of color.
+
savanilla
n.
The tarpum.
+
sprinkle
n.
A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
+
slip
v.t.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
+
scholium
n.
A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
+
sucker
n.
The remora.
+
samette
n.
See Samite.
+
simous
a.
Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
+
scold
v.i.
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
+
start
n.
The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.
+
survene
v.t.
To supervene upon; to come as an addition to.
+
sopsavine
n.
See Sops of wine, under Sop.
+
superponderate
v.t.
To wiegh over and above.
+
seeress
n.
A female seer; a prophetess.
+
spininess
n.
Quality of being spiny.
+
saltfoot
n.
A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
+
sweat
v.i.
The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.
+
sea mat

Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
+
sclerous
a.
Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
+
sy
imp.
Saw.
+
sled
n.
A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
+
synaeresis
n.
Alt. of Syneresis
+
stell
v.t.
To place or fix firmly or permanently.
+
salix
n.
A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.
+
samson
n.
An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
+
saadh
n.
See Sadh.
+
sighed
imp.|p.p.
of Sigh
+
skunk
n.
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
+
shaft
n.
The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
+
statesman
n.
A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
+
sumpter
a.
Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
+
sprout
v.t.
To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
+
strain
a.
To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
+
skimped
imp.|p.p.
of Skimp
+
spermatophore
n.
A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very complex.
+
sheathe
v.t.
To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
+
seguestration
n.
The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary.
+
stria
n.
A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
+
smilax
n.
A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
+
supereminent
a.
Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
+
sway
v.i.
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
+
scray
n.
A tern; the sea swallow.
+
semidiurnal
a.
Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
+
shank
v.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
+
subject
v.t.
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
+
suggestive
a.
Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.
+
skin
n.
The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
+
sashoon
n.
A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot.
+
setting
n.
The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
+
sprug
v.t.
To make smart.
+
spinosity
n.
The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.
+
sky
n.
Hence, a shadow.
+
subject
a.
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego.  Cf. Object, n., 2.
+
sharker
n.
One who lives by sharking.
+
stop
n.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
+
sanious
a.
Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer.
+
supping
n.
That which is supped; broth.
+
solute
a.
Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful.
+
stock
n.
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
+
sensitive
a.
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.
+
suffixion
n.
The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.
+
sleepish
a.
Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
+
sallowness
n.
The quality or condition of being sallow.
+
skirlcrake
n.
The turnstone.
+
ship
v.i.
To embark on a ship.
+
shading
n.
That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
+
spelling
n.
The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
+
spread
v.t.
To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
+
supernaturalness
n.
The quality or state of being supernatural.
+
sore
a.
Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
+
shiverspar
n.
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
+
skillful
a.
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
+
shapen

of Shape
+
seduced
imp.|p.p.
of Seduce
+
sand
n.
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
+
sensational
a.
Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report.
+
singer
n.
One employed to singe cloth.
+
sacrifice
n.
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.
+
solarium
n.
Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
+
swerd
n.
Sword.
+
stowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stow
+
stereoscope
n.
An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.
+
saccharate
n.
A salt of saccharic acid.
+
stable
v.i.
A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.
+
stomatopoda
n.pl.
Same as Stomapoda.
+
solidity
n.
The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
+
single
n.
A handful of gleaned grain.
+
semiography
n.
A description of the signs of disease.
+
sticking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stick
+
saddlebags
n.pl.
Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.
+
syntheses
pl.
of Synthesis
+
satisfaction
n.
Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
+
scutellated
a.
Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.
+
squid
n.
Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
+
steering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steer
+
semster
n.
A seamster.
+
southeaster
adv.
Toward the southeast.
+
scoth
v.t.
To clothe or cover up.
+
sabbat
n.
In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
+
scranny
a.
Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
+
spoliation
v.t.
A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
+
suggested
imp.|p.p.
of Suggest
+
subduple
a.
Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
+
subastral
a.
Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial.
+
shook

imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
+
supracondylar
a.
Alt. of Supracondyloid
+
shaft
n.
A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
+
synchronizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Synchronize
+
sly
v.t.
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
+
simulacher
n.
Alt. of Simulachre
+
spearmint
n.
A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.
+
sceptring

of Sceptre
+
sink
v.t.
To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
+
scale
n.
A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
+
science
n.
Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
+
sneak
v.t.
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
+
sloke
n.
See Sloakan.
+
selfdevised
a.
Devised by one's self.
+
shaft
n.
The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
+
substantial
a.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
+
screw
n.
An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
+
second
n.
One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
+
spareful
a.
Sparing; chary.
+
sewage
n.
The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers
+
scull
n.
The skull.
+
stateful
a.
Full of state; stately.
+
streamless
a.
Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.
+
shadspirit
n.
See Shadbird (a)
+
sentinelling

of Sentinel
+
starch
n.
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
+
stang
n.
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
+
snide
a.
Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.
+
spanaemia
n.
A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.
+
scrod
n.
Alt. of Scrode
+
saponifier
n.
That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.
+
shammer
n.
One who shams; an impostor.
+
sandpaper
n.
Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.
+
secretive
a.
Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.
+
sulphurated
imp.|p.p.
of Sulphurate
+
studentry
n.
A body of students.
+
stubbed
a.
Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
+
shoulder
n.
Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
+
shapable
a.
Shapely.
+
serration
n.
One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
+
spread
n.
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
+
stroke
v.t.
Power; influence.
+
shame
v.t.
To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
+
shoulder
n.
The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
+
sweep
n.
The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
+
subtend
v.t.
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
+
silverly
adv.
Like silver in appearance or in sound.
+
stigma
v.t.
One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
+
steepening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steepen
+
saliniform
a.
Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.
+
striature
n.
A stria.
+
soiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soil
+
sexagenarian
n.
A person who is sixty years old.
+
stagnate
v.t.
To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
+
secondary
n.
A secondary circle.
+
sesquibasic
a.
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.
+
supplement
v.t.
That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.
+
sheath
n.
Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
+
smift
n.
A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.
+
suspectful
a.
Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others.
+
shell
n.
Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
+
sheiling
n.
See Sheeling.
+
sanskritic
a.
Sanskrit.
+
similar
a.
Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
+
sell
n.
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
+
shittle
n.
A shuttle.
+
shrieked
imp.|p.p.
of Shriek
+
sprag
v.t.
To prop or sustain with a sprag.
+
scurf
n.
Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
+
sperate
a.
Hoped for, or to be hoped for.
+
succumb
v.t.
To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
+
sootiness
n.
The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.
+
sincerity
n.
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.
+
sorn
v.i.
To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board.
+
shameless
a.
Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
+
shaved
imp.
of Shave
+
scramble
v.i.
To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
+
stercolin
n.
Same as Serolin (b).
+
ship
v.t.
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
+
soldier
v.i.
To serve as a soldier.
+
set
n.
A young oyster when first attached.
+
shepen
n.
A stable; a shippen.
+
surgically
adv.
By means of surgery.
+
sheave
v.
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
+
sooth
a.
Truth; reality.
+
so
adv.
In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.
+
slip
n.
A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
+
spiders web

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
+
sociology
n.
That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
+
sound
n.
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
+
staggerwort
n.
A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).
+
some
a.
Considerable in number or quality.
+
sea quail

The turnstone.
+
smasher
n.
One who passes counterfeit coin.
+
shackle
n.
A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
+
supersaturate
v.t.
To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.
+
sordidness
n.
The quality or state of being sordid.
+
scuppaug
n.
See 2d Scup.
+
shotgun
n.
A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.
+
skreen
n.|v.
See Screen.
+
sdeign
v.t.
To disdain.
+
shaven

of Shave
+
stroma
n.
The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
+
scheme
n.
A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
+
split
n.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
+
secret
a.
Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
+
shade
v.t.
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
+
suability
n.
Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
+
subdue
v.t.
To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
+
scratch
v.t.
To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
+
sea
n.
The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
+
spectacular
a.
Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
+
spawn
v.t.
To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
+
subspinous
a.
Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.
+
soft
superl.
Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
+
strangulate
a.
Strangulated.
+
selfmettle
n.
Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper.
+
suppose
v.i.
To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
+
spinnaker
n.
A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
+
sixteen
a.
Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
+
spoonbill
n.
The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.
+
subtribe
n.
A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
+
sand
n.
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
+
synonymally
adv.
Synonymously.
+
suggest
v.t.
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
+
seasickness
n.
The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.
+
sparling
n.
A young salmon.
+
steel
n.
An instrument or implement made of steel
+
softness
n.
The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
+
sprinkling
n.
Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops.
+
seaboard
n.
The seashore; seacoast.
+
sinewous
a.
Sinewy.
+
shash
n.
A sash.
+
synoptic
n.
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.
+
stub
n.
A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
+
stereotyping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stereotype
+
stretched
imp.|p.p.
of Stretch
+
seize
v.t.
To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
+
stinkwood
n.
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.
+
sarcophagus
n.
A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
+
scriptorium
n.
In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
+
squamous

Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
+
shoal
v.i.
To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
+
semicircle
n.
A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
+
stewartry
n.
In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.
+
sensual
a.
Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.
+
string
v.t.
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
+
splendor
n.
Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.
+
standing
n.
Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
+
smasher
n.
Anything very large or extraordinary.
+
secretaryship
n.
The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
+
sketch
v.i.
To make sketches, as of landscapes.
+
sell
v.i.
To practice selling commodities.
+
spinozism
n.
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.
+
senatorious
a.
Senatorial.
+
searce
v.t.
To sift; to bolt.
+
span
imp.
of Spin
+
scullionly
a.
Like a scullion; base.
+
spongoid
a.
Resembling sponge; like sponge.
+
shie
v.t.
See Shy, to throw.
+
split
n.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
+
singularly
adv.
Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
+
sound
superl.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
+
scale
v.i.
To separate; to scatter.
+
statueless
a.
Without a statue.
+
study
v.i.
A piece for special practice. See Etude.
+
stride
v.t.
To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
+
singularity
n.
Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
+
shedder
n.
One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.
+
summist
n.
One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.
+
stond
n.
A stand; a post; a station.
+
stapling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Staple
+
seedy
superl.
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy.
+
skip
n.
A beehive; a skep.
+
slip
n.
A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
+
snailfish
n.
See Sea snail (a).
+
sprayboard
n.
See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).
+
sallies
pl.
of Sally
+
semiimute
a.
Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
+
sea salmon

See Sea bass (b).
+
safe
v.t.
To render safe; to make right.
+
southerly
a.
Southern.
+
solidly
adv.
In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
+
scincoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
+
schrode
n.
See Scrod.
+
suffusion
n.
That with which a thing is suffused.
+
silurus
n.
A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.
+
saddletree
n.
The frame of a saddle.
+
spindling
a.
Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.
+
sleevefish
n.
A squid.
+
seventieth
n.
One next in order after the sixty-ninth.
+
segno
n.
A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.
+
suradanni
n.
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.
+
spicily
adv.
In a spicy manner.
+
squilgee
n.
Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.
+
shriven
p.p.
of Shrive
+
squinting

a. & n. from Squint, v.
+
skart
n.
The shag.
+
salve
n.
A soothing remedy or antidote.
+
side
v.i.
To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
+
scum
v.t.
To sweep or range over the surface of.
+
shagbark
n.
The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
+
scalebeam
n.
A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
+
stipulation
n.
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
+
spermoblast
n.
One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.
+
statist
n.
A statistician.
+
skirt
n.
A petticoat.
+
sharp
n.
A sharp tool or weapon.
+
saccharone
n.
A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.
+
swink
v.t.
To acquire by labor.
+
sonorous
a.
Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
+
sympathize
v.i.
To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
+
solute
v.t.
To dissolve; to resolve.
+
stanchness
n.
The quality or state of being stanch.
+
suppose
v.t.
To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?
+
sclerosis
n.
Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
+
serpented
imp.|p.p.
of Serpent
+
shelled
a.
Having a shell.
+
subsistent
a.
Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.
+
shingle
n.
A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.
+
slicing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slice
+
sore
a.
Greatly; violently; deeply.
+
southsay
v.i.
See Soothsay.
+
scullion
n.
A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
+
sweep
n.
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
+
shrinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shrink
+
supersacral
a.
Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.
+
seed
n.
The principle of production.
+
sicklied
a.
Made sickly. See Sickly, v.
+
saw
v.t.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
+
seiner
n.
One who fishes with a seine.
+
stelleridan
n.
Alt. of Stelleridean
+
sweat
v.i.
Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
+
shortjointed
a.
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
+
shute
n.
Same as Chute, or Shoot.
+
stigmatize
v.t.
To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.
+
stethoscopy
n.
The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.
+
statarianly
adv.
Fixedly; steadly.
+
satisfactory
a.
Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
+
sonnet
n.
A short poem, -- usually amatory.
+
stercorate
n.
Excrement; dung.
+
separation
n.
The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
+
safranin
n.
A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
+
somatocyst
n.
A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
+
snob
n.
A townsman.
+
similary
a.
Similar.
+
seismoscope
n.
A seismometer.
+
square
n.
The corner, or angle, of a figure.
+
spur
v.t.
To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
+
startle
v.t.
To deter; to cause to deviate.
+
slip
n.
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
+
sale
v.t.
The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
+
solatium
n.
Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.
+
scaramouch
n.
A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.
+
sadducize
v.i.
To adopt the principles of the Sadducees.
+
soulless
a.
Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.
+
sufficiency
n.
Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
+
shittleness
n.
Instability; inconstancy.
+
steven
n.
An outcry; a loud call; a clamor.
+
streaminess
n.
The state of being streamy; a trailing.
+
serow
n.
Alt. of Surrow
+
slouching
a.
Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.
+
squeal
n.
A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.
+
seint
n.
A girdle.
+
sull
n.
A plow.
+
strenuous
a.
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.
+
squealer
n.
The American golden plover.
+
sustentacular
a.
Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.
+
sassenach
n.
A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.
+
scallion
n.
A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
+
squaloid
a.
Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
+
separatrix
n.
The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.
+
stomatiferous
a.
Having or producing stomata.
+
son
n.
A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
+
sunbird
n.
The sun bittern.
+
stuccoer
n.
One who stuccoes.
+
squabbled
imp.|p.p.
of Squabble
+
subglacial
a.
Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams.
+
summons
v.
A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
+
subtle
superl.
Smooth and deceptive.
+
superlunar
a.
Alt. of Superlunary
+
subreligion
n.
A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration.
+
stigmatize
v.t.
To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
+
statuary
n.
The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
+
swatch
n.
A swath.
+
sanctum
n.
A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
+
schemist
n.
A schemer.
+
size
n.
Six.
+
secessionist
n.
One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
+
saxon
n.
Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
+
stannotype
n.
A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.
+
surrogateship
n.
The office of a surrogate.
+
spurned
imp.|p.p.
of Spurn
+
sitting
n.
A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
+
sida
n.
A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.
+
suspected
imp.|p.p.
of Suspect
+
steam
v.i.
To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
+
subacromial
a.
Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.
+
solar
a.
Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
+
sea pear

A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
+
sagapenum
n.
A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with.
+
succession
n.
A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
+
sebacic
a.
Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.
+
saliaunce
a.
Salience; onslaught.
+
shore
v.t.
The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
+
slashed
a.
Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.
+
scraper
n.
One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
+
sempster
n.
A seamster.
+
sesquialterate
a.
Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.
+
spicule
n.
Same as Spicula.
+
sandal
n.
Sandalwood.
+
stitching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stitch
+
springy
superl.
Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.
+
slant
n.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
+
shingly
a.
Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
+
spare
n.
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
+
servant
v.t.
To subject.
+
savor
v.t.
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
+
squirted
imp.|p.p.
of Squirt
+
strelitz
n.sing.|pl.
A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
+
supersedure
n.
The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury.
+
struthious
a.
Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
+
squinted
imp.|p.p.
of Squint
+
slighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slight
+
spud
n.
Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
+
sea lark

Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.
+
shortcircuit
v.t.
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
+
snoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snore
+
saliferous
a.
Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
+
swim
v.t.
To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
+
spoken
p.p.
of Speak
+
stasmia
pl.
of Stasimon
+
school
n.
An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.
+
sitter
n.
One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
+
sunshine
a.
Sunshiny; bright.
+
semilens
n.
The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
+
spathaceous
a.
Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.
+
souse
v.t.
To pounce upon.
+
streak
n.
The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
+
scaffolding
n.
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
+
scruple
n.
A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
+
slip
n.
A loose garment worn by a woman.
+
swang

imp. of Swing.
+
sandman
n.
A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.
+
sympathy
n.
A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.
+
state
n.
A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
+
stipulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stipulate
+
steg
n.
A gander.
+
sobriety
n.
Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
+
sclerotal
a.
Sclerotic.
+
span
v.i.
To be matched, as horses.
+
siderite
n.
A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.
+
surbating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surbate
+
sea gudgeon

The European black goby (Gobius niger).
+
so
adv.
About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.
+
scad
n.
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.
+
schooner
n.
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
sportful
a.
Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion.
+
sardine
n.
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
+
say
n.
Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
+
shoppy
a.
Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.
+
stowage
n.
Things stowed or packed.
+
spur
n.
That which goads to action; an incitement.
+
souse
adv.
With a sudden swoop; violently.
+
siderite
n.
Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron.
+
sloom
n.
Slumber.
+
stinter
n.
One who, or that which, stints.
+
spirula
n.
A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
+
separate
v.i.
To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
+
sundrymen
pl.
of Sundryman
+
sexteyn
n.
A sacristan.
+
submit
v.t.
To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
+
squat
n.
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
+
selfmoved
a.
Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
+
soothsay
n.
A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.
+
spatter
v.t.
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.
+
surchargement
n.
The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus.
+
seraskierate
n.
The office or authority of a seraskier.
+
snaky
a.
Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.
+
sanicle
n.
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.
+
sermoneer
n.
A sermonizer.
+
stab
n.
The thrust of a pointed weapon.
+
subalternate
a.
Succeeding by turns; successive.
+
specialization
n.
The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function.
+
strychnia
n.
Strychnine.
+
sheet
v.t.
A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
+
sea risk

Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
+
shoreward
adv.
Toward the shore.
+
searchable
a.
Capable of being searched.
+
stabilitate
v.t.
To make stable; to establish.
+
schiller
n.
The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.
+
sleeve
n.
The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
+
scythe
n.
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
+
sermon
v.t.
To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
+
sharp
superl.
Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
+
snotter
v.i.
To snivel; to cry or whine.
+
siphon
n.
The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.
+
skim
v.t.
To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
+
stor
a.
See Stoor.
+
scrub
n.
Something small and mean.
+
sluice
n.
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
+
sickish
a.
Somewhat sick or diseased.
+
silvan
n.
See Sylvanium.
+
slew

imp. of Slay.
+
stockbroker
n.
A broker who deals in stocks.
+
stabler
n.
A stable keeper.
+
spider
n.
An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.
+
sea crow

The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls.
+
subbeadle
n.
An under beadle.
+
suspectless
a.
Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
+
styptic
n.
A styptic medicine.
+
study
n.
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
+
semitransparency
n.
Imperfect or partial transparency.
+
semioxygenated
a.
Combined with oxygen only in part.
+
snugged
imp.|p.p.
of Snug
+
sermoner
n.
A preacher; a sermonizer.
+
sleer
n.
A slayer.
+
spangler
n.
One who, or that which, spangles.
+
siderostat
n.
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
+
subdiaconate
n.
The office or rank of a subdeacon.
+
syllabi
pl.
of Syllabus
+
sincere
superl.
Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.
+
selfhelp
n.
The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.
+
sultry
superl.
Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
+
shrivel
v.t.
To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
+
sunshade
n.
An awning.
+
sphaerulite
n.
Same as Spherulite.
+
sphingid
a.
Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
+
sketchily
adv.
In a sketchy or incomplete manner.
+
spermatical
a.
Spermatic.
+
striges
n.pl.
The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
+
stay
n.
Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
+
spongiozoa
n.pl.
See Sponglae.
+
superficiary
a.
Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial.
+
surplusage
n.
A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
+
shark
v.t.|i.
A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
+
subsphenoidal
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
+
sarrasin
n.
Alt. of Sarrasine
+
steepness
n.
Height; loftiness.
+
scorching
a.
Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
+
sea elephant

A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
+
slabbing
a.
Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.
+
subventionize
v.t.
To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
+
succored
imp.|p.p.
of Succor
+
sties
pl.
of Sty
+
s

The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
+
sacramentary
n.
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
+
shrouded
a.
Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
+
she
obj.
A woman; a female; -- used substantively.
+
semiparabola
n.
One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
+
struthio
n.
A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
+
stabulation
n.
A place for lodging beasts; a stable.
+
spindle
n.
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
+
sacrificing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sacrifice
+
scarlet
n.
Cloth of a scarlet color.
+
sportless
a.
Without sport or mirth; joyless.
+
scapple
v.t.
To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
+
scarlatina
n.
Scarlet fever.
+
sophistry
n.
The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
+
sectarist
n.
A sectary.
+
statesman
n.
A small landholder.
+
sacrament
n.
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.
+
smeared
imp.|p.p.
of Smear
+
shackle
n.
Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
+
suffragist
n.
One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist.
+
square
a.
Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
+
soft
superl.
Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
+
swough
n.
A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
+
spareless
a.
Unsparing.
+
strip
n.
A trough for washing ore.
+
superabundant
a.
Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal.
+
swipe
v.t.
To pluck; to snatch; to steal.
+
sea grape

The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
+
solicited
imp.|p.p.
of Solicit
+
smilax
n.
A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla.
+
scour
v.i.
To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.
+
snap
v.i.
To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
+
sensitive
a.
Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
+
spathic
a.
Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.
+
spleeny
a.
Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
+
swarth
n.
An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
+
stone
n.
To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
+
spike
v.t.
To set or furnish with spikes.
+
specht
n.
A woodpecker.
+
spur
n.
Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
+
spheroconic
n.
A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone.
+
staurotide
n.
Staurolite.
+
stammer
v.i.
To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
+
sulphacid
n.
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.
+
shamois
n.
Alt. of Shamoy
+
sheet
v.t.
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
+
sharper
n.
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
+
sovereign
a.
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
+
starchly
adv.
In a starched or starch manner.
+
smellless
a.
Destitute of smell; having no odor.
+
sinaic
a.
Alt. of Sinaitic
+
sunniah
n.
One of the sect of Sunnites.
+
smolt
n.
A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
+
sintoism

Alt. of Sintoist
+
satyric
a.
Alt. of Satyrical
+
strike
v.i.
To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
+
section
n.
The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.
+
subdial
a.
Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.
+
spittle
n.
A small sort of spade.
+
subdeposit
n.
That which is deposited beneath something else.
+
solicit
v.t.
To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
+
sty
v.i.
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
+
square
n.
A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
+
sphere
n.
Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence.
+
sanguineness
n.
The quality of being sanguine.
+
shifting
a.
Adapted or used for shifting anything.
+
sepelible
a.
Admitting of burial.
+
suspensely
adv.
In suspense.
+
sunn
n.
An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp.
+
salt rheum

A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.
+
selfindulgence
n.
Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
+
shore

of Shear
+
salt
n.
The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
+
sixthly
adv.
In the sixth place.
+
side
n.
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
+
syllepsis
n.
A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
+
shorten
a.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
+
salsamentarious
a.
Salt; salted; saline.
+
scrappy
a.
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
+
superb
a.
Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
+
sorbition
n.
The act of drinking or sipping.
+
settle
n.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
+
shriek
v.t.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
+
squab
n.
A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
+
sursolid
n.
The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.
+
sphinx
n.
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
+
schoolery
n.
Something taught; precepts; schooling.
+
sericeous
a.
Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
+
shore
n.
A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
+
snapper
n.
One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
+
sickness
n.
The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.
+
squid
n.
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
+
storeship
n.
A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.
+
stock
a.
Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon.
+
supereminence
n.
Alt. of Supereminency
+
schism
n.
Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause.
+
subindication
n.
The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication.
+
suck
v.t.
To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.
+
slide
n.
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
+
snowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snow
+
sarcobasis
n.
A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.
+
sexual
a.
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
+
secondarily
adv.
Secondly; in the second place.
+
slovenness
n.
Slovenliness.
+
stick
v.i.
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
+
shave
v.t.
An exorbitant discount on a note.
+
strake

imp. of Strike.
+
suicism
n.
Selfishness; egoism.
+
semiannular
a.
Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle.
+
supply
v.t.
To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
+
swell
n.
Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
+
squamate
a.
Alt. of Squamated
+
style
v.t.
The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
+
squealer
n.
The European swift.
+
swink
v.t.
To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
+
susceptivity
n.
Capacity for receiving; susceptibility.
+
selfdeceit
n.
The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.
+
starkly
adv.
In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
+
stair
n.
One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
+
suspension
n.
A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
+
seal
v.t.
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
+
scenic
a.
Alt. of Scenical
+
subordinance
a.
Alt. of Subordinancy
+
shank
v.i.
To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.
+
smoke
v.t.
To ridicule to the face; to quiz.
+
sigillative
a.
Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.
+
shinto
n.
Alt. of Shintiism
+
subdented
a.
Indented beneath.
+
sham
v.i.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
+
spiodea
n.pl.
An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
+
saving
a.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
+
sloam
n.
A layer of earth between coal seams.
+
slice
v.t.
A salver, platter, or tray.
+
solarium
n.
An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.
+
sopranist
n.
A treble singer.
+
sleek
v.t.
To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
+
stub
n.
The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
+
saw
v.i.
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
+
servite
n.
One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.
+
sea mud

A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.
+
spire
n.
A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
+
slot
n.
The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
+
skew
adv.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
+
sicilienne
n.
A kind of rich poplin.
+
surd
a.
Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
+
submission
n.
An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.
+
subcolumnar
a.
Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
+
stereometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.
+
severance
n.
The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
+
scrotiform
a.
Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
+
sometimes
a.
Former; sometime.
+
shote
v.t.
A young hog; a shoat.
+
strengthened
imp.|p.p.
of Strengthen
+
synclinical
a.
Synclinal.
+
survey
v.t.
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
+
shuffler
n.
Either one of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.
+
swashing
a.
Swaggering; hectoring.
+
scentful
a.
Full of scent or odor; odorous.
+
selfdevoted
a.
Devoted in person, or by one's own will.
+
strike
v.t.
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
+
ship
n.
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
+
splitted

of Split
+
sawyer
n.
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
+
scrobiculate
a.
Alt. of Scrobiculated
+
sodomy
n.
Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.
+
sleepy
n.
Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
+
smee
n.
The poachard.
+
seal
n.
An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
+
starosty
n.
A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
+
stitched
imp.|p.p.
of Stitch
+
storminess
n.
The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
+
scorer
n.
One who, or that which, scores.
+
scrutation
n.
Search; scrutiny.
+
suppliant
n.
One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
+
shabbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shab
+
squash
n.
An American animal allied to the weasel.
+
skirmisher
n.
One who skirmishes.
+
stalk
n.
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
+
scotist
n.
A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.
+
sprad

p. p. of Spread.
+
shright

imp. & p. p. of Shriek.
+
social
a.
Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.
+
stammel
n.
A large, clumsy horse.
+
suavity
n.
The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.
+
sea devil

The angler.
+
scoleces
pl.
of Scolex
+
sidled
imp.|p.p.
of Sidle
+
simpless
n.
Simplicity; silliness.
+
spin
v.t.
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
+
stay
v.i.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
+
strong
superl.
Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
+
seeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seed
+
struse
n.
A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
+
sinus
n.
A cavity; a depression.
+
siamese
a.
Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.
+
staves
n.
pl. of Staff.
+
surface
n.
That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
+
syncretistic
a.
Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
+
sectoral
a.
Of or pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle.
+
sunning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sun
+
string
n.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
+
slap
n.
A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.
+
spicer
n.
One who seasons with spice.
+
subreader
n.
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.
+
scuttle
v.t.
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
+
scene
n.
A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
+
stroke
v.t.
A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
+
skin
v.i.
To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
+
soal
n.
A dirty pond.
+
sharked
imp.|p.p.
of Shark
+
saturnalian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
+
squamozygomatic
n.
A squamozygomatic bone.
+
swing
n.
Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
+
stroke
v.t.
A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
+
sitting
n.
The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
+
seesawad
imp.|p.p.
of Seesaw
+
synonymize
v.t.
To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.
+
spur
n.
A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
+
segregate
a.
Separated from others of the same kind.
+
stocked
imp.|p.p.
of Stock
+
strict
a.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
+
slewth
n.
Sloth; idleness.
+
stereoscopist
n.
One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.
+
swede
n.
A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
+
sufflate
v.t.
To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
+
sarong
n.
A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
+
samphire
n.
The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.
+
slopeness
n.
State of being slope.
+
subtile
a.
Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
+
spectatorship
n.
The act of beholding.
+
suffering
n.
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.
+
straitlaced
a.
Bound with stays.
+
selfposited
a.
Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
+
spherulate
a.
Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles.
+
stake
v.t.
A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
+
subtracted
imp.|p.p.
of Subtract
+
skirt
v.t.
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
+
scurvy
n.
A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
+
spiritually
adv.
In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.
+
sincereness
n.
Same as Sincerity.
+
selfconviction
n.
The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.
+
soubah
n.
See Subah.
+
skim
a.
Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
+
spiral
a.
A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole.  Cf. Helix.
+
syrphian
n.
A syrphus fly.
+
simony
n.
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
+
springing
n.
The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.
+
suppuration
n.
The matter produced by suppuration; pus.
+
signalist
n.
One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.
+
sill
n.
The shaft or thill of a carriage.
+
shopwomen
pl.
of Shopwoman
+
sterilizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sterilize
+
shielding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shield
+
subcartilaginous
a.
Partially cartilaginous.
+
speaker
n.
A book of selections for declamation.
+
sophime
n.
Sophism.
+
seigniorage
n.
A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.
+
sunglass
n.
A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
+
synpelmous
a.
Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.
+
sarsaparilla
n.
Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax.
+
stomatopod
n.
One of the Stomatopoda.
+
supplying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supply
+
sorites
n.
An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition
+
spring
v.i.
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
+
schismatic
n.
One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.
+
stowre
a.
See Stour, a.
+
surveillants
pl.
of Surveillant
+
stromata
pl.
of Stroma
+
sock
n.
The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
+
shred
n.
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
+
school
v.t.
To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.
+
spill
v.t.
To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
+
stamp
v.i.
To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
+
secretly
adv.
In a secret manner.
+
shrill
n.
A shrill sound.
+
sophisticated
a.
Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
+
selfcentered
a.
Alt. of Self-centred
+
slacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slacken
+
swashway
n.
Same as 4th Swash, 2.
+
sacalait
n.
A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.
+
speak
v.i.
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
+
sport
v.i.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.
+
stool
n.
A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
+
since
prep.
From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.
+
scudi
pl.
of Scudo
+
snuffy
a.
Soiled with snuff.
+
sigh
v.i.
To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
+
shunt
v.t.
A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
+
sinewed
a.
Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
+
samian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Samos.
+
selftormentor
n.
One who torments himself.
+
subscription
n.
Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
+
script
n.
An original instrument or document.
+
souvenance
n.
Alt. of Sovenaunce
+
stump
n.
To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.
+
string
n.
A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
+
silty
a.
Full of silt; resembling silt.
+
sclerometer
n.
An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
+
slighter
n.
One who slights.
+
stillroom
n.
A room for distilling.
+
sluggard
a.
Sluggish; lazy.
+
stuccowork
n.
Work done in stucco.
+
staddle
v.i.
The frame of a stack of hay or grain.
+
ties
pl.
of Subvariety
+
sycee
n.
Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.
+
slovenry
n.
Slovenliness.
+
sunny
superl.
Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill.
+
sheafy
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
+
scrofulide
n.
Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula.
+
show
v.t.
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
+
surgery
n.
A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
+
stanch
v.t.
Close; secret; private.
+
starveling
n.
One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.
+
sea porcupine

Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.
+
ship
n.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
+
septuagenarian
n.
A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
+
slate
v.t.
A prepared piece of such stone.
+
stumper
n.
A boastful person.
+
surname
v.t.
To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
+
spline
n.
A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
+
speculatory
a.
Exercising speculation; speculative.
+
scope
n.
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
+
seckel
n.
A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.
+
still
v.i.
To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.
+
slanderous
a.
Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
+
sabbatic
a.
Alt. of Sabbatical
+
sailer
n.
A sailor.
+
succoteague
n.
The squeteague.
+
substitution
n.
The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
+
settle
n.
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
+
scraping
a.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
+
shoddy
v.t.
A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
+
sandworm
n.
Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
+
samiel
n.
A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
+
stiffening
n.
Act or process of making stiff.
+
sackcloth
n.
Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
+
sagittal
a.
Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.
+
selfassertive
a.
Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
+
scald
a.
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
+
serviture
n.
Servants, collectively.
+
spoonbilled
a.
Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
+
spiriting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spirit
+
selfcontained
a.
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
+
sequacious
a.
Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.
+
soldiering
n.
The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.
+
speculum
pl.
of Speculum
+
scrog
n.
A stunted shrub, bush, or branch.
+
spalt
a.
To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.
+
supercelestial
a.
Higher than celestial; superangelic.
+
stamina
pl.
of Stamen
+
stewardly
adv.
In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.
+
stooper
n.
One who stoops.
+
sweetweed
n.
A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.
+
slock
v.t.
Alt. of Slocken
+
showman
n.
One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
+
subdelegate
v.t.
To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.
+
silly
n.
Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
+
shearwater
n.
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
+
squamellae
pl.
of Squamella
+
sulphonic
a.
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.
+
stonechat
n.
A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.
+
speedless
a.
Being without speed.
+
shearing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shear
+
sacrificed
imp.|p.p.
of Sacrifice
+
storywriter
n.
An historian; a chronicler.
+
swig
v.t.
To suck.
+
subsumable
a.
Capable of being subsumed.
+
stray
a.
To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
+
swinged
imp.|p.p.
of Swinge
+
sulphamic
a.
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.
+
spinster
n.
A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
+
soochong
n.
Same as Souchong.
+
septifarious
a.
Turned in seven different ways.
+
supply
v.t.
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
+
scolecomorpha
n.pl.
Same as Scolecida.
+
stumblingly
adv.
In a stumbling manner.
+
scantily
adv.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
+
suppressive
a.
Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
+
starstone
n.
Asteriated sapphire.
+
starving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Starve
+
spasmatical
a.
Spasmodic.
+
sleek
superl.
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
+
stippling
n.
A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.
+
supersaturation
n.
The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.
+
substruction
n.
Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.
+
shrewish
a.
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
+
square
n.
The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
+
servile
a.
Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
+
swiss
n.sing.|pl.
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
+
scorch
v.t.
To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
+
seed
n.
That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
+
standing
n.
Place to stand in; station; stand.
+
supervive
v.t.
To survive; to outlive.
+
squarerigged
a.
Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
+
straighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Straighten
+
starch
n.
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
+
spoilful
a.
Wasteful; rapacious.
+
speculation
n.
Examination by the eye; view.
+
smew
n.
small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.
+
stipulation
n.
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
+
swordfish
n.
The gar pike.
+
scary
a.
Subject to sudden alarm.
+
sudation
n.
A sweating.
+
sponge
n.
A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
+
siphonophoran
a.
Belonging to the Siphonophora.
+
sublition
n.
The act or process of laying the ground in a painting.
+
sport
n.
That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
+
sifting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sift
+
segar
n.
See Cigar.
+
soil
v.t.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
+
stuff
n.
To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
+
sanctity
n.
The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
+
stand
v.i.
A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
+
sclerotia
pl.
of Sclerotium
+
sal
n.
An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
+
salimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.
+
sacciform
a.
Having the general form of a sac.
+
spare
a.
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
+
space
n.
Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.
+
strainer
n.
That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
+
sarlac
n.
Alt. of Sarlyk
+
slepez
n.
A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.
+
squared
imp.|p.p.
of Square
+
sop
v.t.
To steep or dip in any liquid.
+
shimmer
n.
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
+
seat
v.t.
To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
+
scorse
n.
Barter; exchange; trade.
+
set
v.t.
To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
+
stridulator
n.
That which stridulates.
+
sty
v.t.
To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
+
stetted
imp.|p.p.
of Stet
+
score
v.t.
Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
+
shield
n.
To ward off; to keep off or out.
+
sarsaparillin
n.
See Parillin.
+
squander
v.t.
To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
+
sidesmen
pl.
of Sidesman
+
sciatical
a.
Sciatic.
+
scutellated
a.
Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
+
sulphinide
n.
A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates).
+
suffrage
n.
A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
+
sericterium
n.
A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
+
subreptive
a.
Surreptitious.
+
spunk
n.
An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
+
streptococcus
n.
A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.
+
subgovernor
n.
A subordinate or assistant governor.
+
scribbled
imp.|p.p.
of Scribble
+
shake
n.
A fissure in rock or earth.
+
stain
n.
A tincture; a tinge.
+
surfeit
v.t.
To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.
+
subsist
v.i.
To continue; to retain a certain state.
+
shallow
n.
A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
+
straighten
v.t.
To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
+
stationariness
n.
The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
+
spectre
n.
Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
+
swayful
a.
Able to sway.
+
surseance
n.
Peace; quiet.
+
studying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Study
+
slope
adv.
In a sloping manner.
+
strong
superl.
Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
+
scoriaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.
+
spirulate
n.
Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
+
sleep

imp. of Sleep. Slept.
+
sensualism
n.
The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism.
+
sanscrit
n.
See Sanskrit.
+
sulpharsenious
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts.
+
spiracle
n.
The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.
+
superiorly
adv.
In a superior position or manner.
+
star
n.
That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
+
semiotic
a.
Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
+
superscription
n.
That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /.
+
stonehearted
a.
Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
+
straightness
n.
The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
+
subsalt
n.
A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.
+
share
n.
The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
+
slaver
v.i.
To be besmeared with saliva.
+
scolder
n.
One who scolds.
+
selenite
n.
A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
+
siaga
n.
The ahu, or jairou.
+
slich
n.
Alt. of Slick
+
signiory
n.
Same as Seigniory.
+
supplication
n.
A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
+
socky
a.
Wet; soaky.
+
slubbing

a. & n. from Slub.
+
spend
v.t.
To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
+
secrecies
pl.
of Secrecy
+
sensitive
a.
Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
+
subtly
adv.
Nicely; delicately.
+
sokeman
n.
See Socman.
+
straightforward
a.
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
+
slip
n.
Any covering easily slipped on.
+
shrive
v.t.
To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
+
sea pool

A pool of salt water.
+
sea trumpet

A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long.
+
shorlaceous
a.
See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
+
shoddy
v.t.
A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
+
shadow
n.
To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
+
squalling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squall
+
spendthrifty
a.
Spendthrift; prodigal.
+
sotadic
n.
A Sotadic verse or poem.
+
styrolene
n.
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.
+
seamed
imp.|p.p.
of Seam
+
sea nettle

A jellyfish, or medusa.
+
skeptic
n.
A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion.
+
selfmade
a.
Made by one's self.
+
splenetic
n.
A person affected with spleen.
+
swayed
a.
Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse.
+
seaman
n.
One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.
+
shamoy
n.
See Shammy.
+
sequestrator
n.
One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
+
stonebuck
n.
See Steinbock.
+
statement
n.
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
+
savory
n.
An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.
+
salinity
n.
Salineness.
+
slidden
p.p.
of Slide
+
staringly
adv.
With a staring look.
+
solertiousness
n.
The quality or state of being solert.
+
supercarbureted
a.
Bicarbureted.
+
slickensides
n.
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
+
swish
n.
Light driven spray.
+
struggle
v.i.
To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
+
short
superl.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
+
savingly
adv.
In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.
+
scorched
imp.|p.p.
of Scorch
+
sarking
n.
Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
+
spheniscan
n.
Any species of penguin.
+
spurt
v.i.
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
+
substantiate
v.t.
To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
+
strong
superl.
Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
+
sheer
v.t.
To shear.
+
salt
n.
The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
+
shot
n.
A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
+
 a  or an  pcp  it is presumably an older spelling of scanned  

Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.
+
spired
imp.|p.p.
of Spire
+
stiller
n.
One who stills, or quiets.
+
slash
v.t.
To lash; to ply the whip to.
+
similative
a.
Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
+
subdued
a.
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
+
scotch
n.
A slight cut or incision; a score.
+
sea legs

Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
+
storage
n.
Space for the safe keeping of goods.
+
squeal
v.i.
To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
+
stover
n.
Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
+
supernal
a.
Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.
+
straighthorn
n.
An orthoceras.
+
salvation
n.
The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
+
sensuism
n.
Sensualism.
+
seedsmen
pl.
of Seedsman
+
sinker
n.
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
+
sufficient
a.
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
+
spirit
n.
Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
+
swanupping
n.
A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping.
+
subversionary
a.
Promoting destruction.
+
snivelled

of Snivel
+
scar
n.
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
+
starost
n.
A nobleman who possessed a starosty.
+
stacking

a. & n. from Stack.
+
scribable
a.
Capable of being written, or of being written upon.
+
secondhand
a.
Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
+
supine
a.
Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
+
shannies
pl.
of Shanny
+
spurious
a.
Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
+
ship
v.t.
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
+
sinew
n.
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
+
stagger
v.t.
To cause to reel or totter.
+
ship
v.t.
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
+
spy
v.t.
To discover by close search or examination.
+
sensuous
a.
Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense.
+
sheal
v.t.
To put under a sheal or shelter.
+
soon
adv.
Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
+
smock frock

A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers.
+
synthesist
n.
One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.
+
springe
v.i.
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.
+
stream
n.
A beam or ray of light.
+
small
n.
Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
+
snaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snake
+
symmetry
n.
Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
+
sought

imp. & p. p. of Seek.
+
scyllarian
n.
One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively.
+
seppuku
n.
Same as Hara-kiri.
+
sunday
a.
Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.
+
sempiternity
n.
Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.
+
snakehead
n.
The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
+
saint
v.t.
To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
+
subcompressed
a.
Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
+
spragged
imp.|p.p.
of Sprag
+
spray
n.
A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
+
sachem
n.
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
+
superable
a.
Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
+
sprite
n.
A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.
+
sling
v.t.
An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.
+
slumpy
a.
Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
+
shippen
n.
A stable; a cowhouse.
+
set
v.t.
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
+
shoeinghorn
n.
A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
+
sustaining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sustain
+
splenography
n.
A description of the spleen.
+
sepulchring

of Sepulchre
+
shed
n.
The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.
+
sequence
n.
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
+
slacken
a.
To abate; to become less violent.
+
savoy
n.
A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.
+
struntian
n.
A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad.
+
sum
n.
A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
+
sapid
a.
Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.
+
semiverticillate
a.
Partially verticillate.
+
sermocination
n.
The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
+
swathe
n.
A bandage; a band; a swath.
+
shave
v.t.
A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
+
speech
n.
A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
+
serenate
n.
A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.
+
shell
v.t.
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
+
speciality
n.
The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
+
stretch
v.t.
To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
+
sternocostal
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
+
sist
v.t.
To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
+
stigmata
n.
pl. of Stigma.
+
stooped
imp.|p.p.
of Stoop
+
scamble
v.t.
To mangle.
+
scornful
a.
Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.
+
snobling
n.
A little snob.
+
skilts
n.pl.
A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.
+
shardborne
a.
Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.
+
stinkingly
adv.
In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
+
slump
n.
The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
+
seek
v.t.
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
+
sewing
n.
The act or occupation of one who sews.
+
sphenotic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
+
sebiferous
a.
Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.
+
sunset
n.
Alt. of Sunsetting
+
sequel
n.
Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.
+
soddenwitted
a.
Heavy; dull.
+
scribe
n.
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
+
subjugator
n.
One who subjugates; a conqueror.
+
state
v.t.
To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
+
solemnity
n.
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.
+
stepstone
n.
A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
+
scirrhus
n.
An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland.
+
stifling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stifle
+
sagum
n.
The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
+
shelterless
a.
Destitute of shelter or protection.
+
sling
v.t.
To throw with a sling.
+
sweep
n.
A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
+
secular
a.
Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
+
strain
a.
To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship.
+
spilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spill
+
stammel
a.
Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
+
south
adv.
Toward the south; southward.
+
shallow
superl.
Not deep in tone.
+
sheal
v.t.
To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.
+
swardcutter
n.
A plow for turning up grass land.
+
slip
n.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
+
splintered
imp.|p.p.
of Splinter
+
spurgall
v.t.
To gall or wound with a spur.
+
southing
n.
Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.
+
spin
n.
The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
+
sophisticated
imp.|p.p.
of Sophisticate
+
syndactyle
n.
Any bird having syndactilous feet.
+
sidesaddle
n.
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.
+
secondary
a.
Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
+
striven

p. p. of Strive.
+
sparhung
a.
Hung with spar, as a cave.
+
single
a.
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
+
smoke
n.
That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
+
synchysis
n.
A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.
+
stateswomen
pl.
of Stateswoman
+
sheepskin
n.
The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
+
squasher
n.
One who, or that which, squashes.
+
sash
n.
The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
+
swarm
v.i.
To breed multitudes.
+
swaybracing
n.
The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying.
+
sculling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scull
+
special
n.
One appointed for a special service or occasion.
+
swear
v.t.
To declare or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend.
+
shaver
n.
One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
+
swonken
p.p.
of Swink
+
stewish
a.
Suiting a stew, or brothel.
+
sincere
superl.
Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured.
+
stake
v.t.
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
+
spiraeic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid.
+
sea level

The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
+
servitude
n.
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.
+
sump
n.
A puddle or dirty pool.
+
saracenic
a.
Alt. of Saracenical
+
shard
n.
A plant; chard.
+
scenery
n.
Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
+
seminary
n.
Seminal state.
+
shuffle
n.
A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
+
straitlaced
a.
Restricted; stiff; constrained.
+
scour
v.i.
To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
+
saddleback
a.
Same as Saddle-backed.
+
securiform
a.
Having the form of an ax hatchet.
+
scombroid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.
+
syllabary
n.
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.
+
seldomness
n.
Rareness.
+
seleniureted
a.
Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
+
shuck
v.t.
To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
+
state
n.
A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
+
surement
n.
A making sure; surety.
+
stitch
v.i.
To practice stitching, or needlework.
+
sulkily
adv.
In a sulky manner.
+
spoonful
n.
Hence, a small quantity.
+
semichorus
n.
A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
+
schiedam
n.
Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
+
syntax
n.
That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.
+
scrivener
n.
A writing master.
+
spruce
v.i.
To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
+
syllogizer
n.
One who syllogizes.
+
spew
v.i.
To vomit.
+
sheth
n.
The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.
+
silence
v.t.
To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
+
scragly
a.
See Scraggy.
+
smuggler
n.
One who smuggles.
+
sham
n.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
+
siphon
n.
The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.
+
subsistence
n.
Same as Hypostasis, 2.
+
scot
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
+
simple
a.
A drawloom.
+
stroke
imp.
Struck.
+
syncopize
v.t.
To syncopate.
+
stringer
n.
A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
+
suspect
a.
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
+
sulker
n.
One who sulks.
+
sumph
n.
A dunce; a blockhead.
+
subereous
a.
Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.
+
sea chart

A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.
+
security
n.
One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
+
scalene
a.
Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.
+
shotclog
n.
A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
+
stearolic
a.
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.
+
sexagenary
n.
A sexagenarian.
+
scalloped
imp.|p.p.
of Scallop
+
scumber
n.
Dung.
+
synonymous
a.
Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.
+
supraoesophagal
a.
See Supra-esophagal.
+
subtilize
v.i.
To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
+
screened
imp.|p.p.
of Screen
+
seceding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Secede
+
secretion
n.
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.
+
scale
n.
One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
+
searchableness
n.
Quality of being searchable.
+
subrogation
n.
The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor.
+
spermatorrhoea
n.
Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.
+
shewer
n.
One who shews. See Shower.
+
sabbatarianism
n.
The tenets of Sabbatarians.
+
syrma
n.
A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
+
storming

a. & n. from Storm, v.
+
sour
superl.
Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
+
seedsman
n.
A person who deals in seeds.
+
spacong
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Space
+
spiciferous
a.
Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate.
+
sea fern

Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.
+
stank
v.i.
To sigh.
+
secure
a.
Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
+
supersalt
n.
An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.
+
spindleworm
n.
The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
+
satisfy
a.
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.
+
steadiness
n.
The quality or state of being steady.
+
strangulated
a.
Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
+
springlet
n.
A little spring.
+
swam
imp.
of Swim
+
skirted
imp.|p.p.
of Skirt
+
smear
n.
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
+
smacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smack
+
savorly
adv.
In a savory manner.
+
ship
v.i.
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
+
stave
n.
To furnish with staves or rundles.
+
seacoast
n.
The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.
+
scabby
superl.
Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
+
scaroid
a.
Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.
+
selfexaltation
n.
The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
+
squatting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squat
+
somewhat
adv.
In some degree or measure; a little.
+
scarring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scar
+
style
v.t.
A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
+
sponsional
a.
Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible.
+
stargasing
n.
The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy.
+
smithery
n.
Work done by a smith; smithing.
+
staying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stay
+
spectatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a spectator.
+
search
v.t.
To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
+
scaler
n.
One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
+
scatterbrained
a.
Giddy; thoughtless.
+
skiving
n.
A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
+
sterile
a.
Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.
+
stub
n.
A log; a block; a blockhead.
+
shark
v.t.|i.
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
+
spartan
a.
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
+
socinian
n.
One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.
+
smee
n.
The widgeon.
+
swobber
n.
Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist.
+
swirl
n.
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
+
schema
n.
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
+
source
n.
The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
+
spirituality
n.
The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
+
sett
n.
See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
+
scripture
n.
A passage from the Bible;; a text.
+
sollar
n.
A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft.
+
spleen
v.t.
To dislke.
+
squireship
n.
Squirehood.
+
seeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seel
+
solemnity
n.
Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
+
saponul
n.
A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.
+
scutch
n.
A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
+
slangy
a.
Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
+
songcraft
n.
The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.
+
scutage
n.
Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
+
snap
v.t.
A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
+
sedentary
a.
Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
+
sorrento work

Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.
+
seigneurial
a.
Vested with large powers; independent.
+
sheared
imp.
of Shear
+
sluice
v.t.
To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
+
senate
n.
An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
+
soonee
n.
See Sunnite.
+
sassoline
n.
Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence.
+
stannary
n.
A tin mine; tin works.
+
speke
v.i.|t.
To speak.
+
spiced
imp.|p.p.
of Spice
+
shortening
n.
The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
+
steadfast
a.
Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
+
shunt
v.t.
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
+
spread
v.i.
To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.
+
steadfastness
n.
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.
+
salamander
n.
A large poker.
+
stock
n.
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
+
strontium
n.
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.
+
slapper
a.
Alt. of Slapping
+
subverant
a.
Reserved.
+
spirtle
v.t.
To spirt in a scattering manner.
+
surnaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surname
+
sneath
n.
Alt. of Sneathe
+
steady
v.t.
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
+
synovitis
n.
Inflammation of the synovial membrane.
+
scymetar
n.
See Scimiter.
+
supernaturalism
n.
The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case.
+
scuffle
n.
A child's pinafore or bib.
+
spirobacteria
n.pl.
See the Note under Microbacteria.
+
selfbegetten
a.
Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.
+
sight
v.t.
To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
+
substitution
n.
The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.
+
sclerenchymatous
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
+
shaik
n.
See Sheik.
+
stoneweed
n.
Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.
+
seannachie
n.
A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.
+
sorrowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sorrow
+
saturday
n.
The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
+
scolding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scold
+
surveillance
n.
Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
+
stab
n.
A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
+
strychnic
a.
used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.
+
sugescent
a.
Of or pertaining to sucking.
+
stative
a.
Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
+
strychnic
a.
Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning
+
suicide
adv.
One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
+
senocular
a.
Having six eyes.
+
scaly
a.
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
+
scantle
v.t.
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
+
suslik
n.
A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches.
+
sphygmic
a.
Of or pertaining to the pulse.
+
stenostome
a.
Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws.
+
semivitreous
a.
Partially vitreous.
+
scalp
v.t.
To remove the skin of.
+
saccharous
a.
Saccharine.
+
stike
n.
Stanza.
+
sepulture
n.
The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
+
stillborn
a.
Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.
+
shieling
n.
A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
+
swirling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swirl
+
succedane
n.
A succedaneum.
+
scepticism

etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
+
shaky
superl.
Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.
+
sabling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sable
+
strook

imp. of Strike.
+
scurvy
n.
Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
+
symposium
n.
A drinking together; a merry feast.
+
skipper
n.
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
+
sextaries
pl.
of Sextary
+
stripe
n.
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
+
squama
n.
A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
+
skippingly
adv.
In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
+
stiffhearted
a.
Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
+
standby
n.
One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.
+
sidetaking
n.
A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.
+
subtonic
n.
The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
+
spirifer
n.
Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
+
school
n.
Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience.
+
subglumaceous
a.
Somewhat glumaceous.
+
smack
v.i.
A small quantity; a taste.
+
sententially
adv.
In a sentential manner.
+
sable
n.
The fur of the sable.
+
splash
v.i.
To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
+
suburbian
a.
Suburban.
+
sappy
a.
Musty; tainted.
+
slump
n.
A boggy place.
+
shrivelled

of Shrivel
+
soldiering
n.
The act of feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2.
+
swarty
a.
Swarthy; tawny.
+
self
n.
Personification; embodiment.
+
symmetrist
n.
One eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
+
spancel
v.t.
To tie or hobble with a spancel.
+
scruple
v.t.
To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
+
stuff
n.
To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
+
sweetly
adv.
In a sweet manner.
+
scrotum
n.
The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.
+
semidiapason
n.
An imperfect octave.
+
successively
adv.
In a successive manner.
+
scurry
n.
Act of scurring; hurried movement.
+
spurge
n.
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
+
spinner
n.
A spinneret.
+
shrunken

of Shrink
+
seashore
n.
All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
+
sowens
n.pl.
A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.
+
styrax
n.
A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.
+
symptom
n.
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.
+
slowback
n.
A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
+
squatter
n.
See Squat snipe, under Squat.
+
strobile
n.
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.
+
stumpage
n.
Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared.
+
sinuation
n.
A winding or bending in and out.
+
stack
n.
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
+
sprigtail
n.
The sharp-tailed grouse.
+
stag
n.
The male of certain other species of large deer.
+
scorpio
n.
A scorpion.
+
singe
v.t.
To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.
+
syncarp
n.
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.
+
swobber
n.
See Swabber.
+
subserviently
adv.
In a subservient manner.
+
spice
n.
Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
+
saddle
n.
A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
+
stiffen
v.i.
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
+
sneathe
n.
See Snath.
+
stoneblind
a.
As blind as a stone; completely blind.
+
sunfish
n.
The basking, or liver, shark.
+
selfabuse
n.
Self-deception; delusion.
+
shibboleth
n.
Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.
+
shrub
n.
A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
+
spitchcock
n.
An eel split and broiled.
+
shortened 
imp.|p.p.
of Shorten
+
stretto
n.
In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
+
scavage
n.
A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.
+
susurrus
n.
The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
+
splint
v.t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
+
sixty
a.
Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
+
siamese
n.sing.|pl.
The language of the Siamese.
+
sumless
a.
Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable.
+
sharpshooter
n.
One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
+
swa
adv.
So.
+
syllabicating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Syllabicate
+
stant
dpers.sing.pres.
Alt. of Stont
+
seem
a.
To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as.
+
sleeveless
a.
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
+
sprain
v.t.
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
+
subcontrary
a.
Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
+
shardy
a.
Having, or consisting of, shards.
+
selfism
n.
Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
+
synsepalous
a.
Having united sepals; gamosepalous.
+
spill
v.t.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
+
strictness
n.
Quality or state of being strict.
+
seriality
n.
The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence.
+
steamed
imp.|p.p.
of Steam
+
snow
v.i.
To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.
+
salt
n.
Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
+
silene
n.
A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.
+
shrewd
superl.
Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
+
synergist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of synergism.
+
scale
v.t.
To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
+
sleeping

a. & n. from Sleep.
+
stock
n.
An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
+
sarcel
n.
One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk.
+
saturnalia
n.pl.
The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
+
serolin
n.
A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
+
sulphonate
n.
A salt of sulphonic acid.
+
scrutoire
n.
A escritoire; a writing desk.
+
superpartient
a.
Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.
+
specially
adv.
For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.
+
sigla
n.pl.
The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
+
sapidity
n.
The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.
+
syphilide
n.
A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.
+
scampavia
n.
A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
+
subthalamic
a.
Situated under the optic thalamus.
+
stroke
v.t.
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
+
sublunary
a.
Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.
+
swaddle
v.t.
To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
+
sexifid
a.
Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
+
slopseller
n.
One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
+
spadefish
n.
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
+
strown
p.p.
of Strow
+
stand
n.
To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
+
seldseen
a.
Seldom seen.
+
scrimpness
n.
The state of being scrimp.
+
sesquialterous
a.
Sesquialteral.
+
stature
n.
The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
+
sponge
n.
The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
+
soojee
n.
Same as Suji.
+
seamaid
n.
The mermaid.
+
scratch
n.
Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
+
staminodia
pl.
of Staminodium
+
stoke
v.i.
To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
+
spoonfuls
pl.
of Spoonful
+
snook
n.
A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
+
say
v.t.
To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.
+
suspension
n.
Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
+
shrieve
v.t.
To shrive; to question.
+
saloop
n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.
+
sheenly
adv.
Brightly.
+
spicula
pl.
of Spiculum
+
strong
superl.
Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
+
shepherdias
pl.
of Shepherdia
+
select
a.
Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
+
snell
a.
Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.
+
slink
a.
To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
+
supplejack
n.
A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.
+
stultifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stultify
+
speed
n.
Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
+
sacrificial
a.
Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.
+
stagnating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stagnate
+
squealer
n.
The harlequin duck.
+
stilting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stilt
+
striction
n.
The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
+
stock
n.
Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
+
spiroscope
n.
A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
+
synergistic
a.
Of or pertaining to synergism.
+
sharking
n.
Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
+
sanction
v.t.
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
+
sea toad

A sculpin.
+
shillyshally
n.
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
+
sustainable
a.
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
+
second
n.
An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
+
stem
n.
The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
+
stored
imp.|p.p.
of Store
+
spathulate
a.
See Spatulate.
+
shieldtail
n.
Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.
+
statue
n.
A portrait.
+
secure
a.
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
+
striding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stride
+
supersedeas
n.
A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ.
+
sue
v.i.
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
+
suppliance
n.
Supplication; entreaty.
+
scimiter
n.
Alt. of Scimitar
+
simonian
n.
One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
+
sea bear

The white bear.
+
set
imp.|p.p.
of Set
+
shuffle
n.
The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.
+
stand
v.i.
A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
+
spot
v.t.
To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.
+
soundingboard
n.
A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
+
superpolitic
a.
More than politic; above or exceeding policy.
+
singlestick
n.
The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
+
shallow
v.i.
To become shallow, as water.
+
spade
n.
A hart or stag three years old.
+
swaybacked
a.
Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.
+
symphysis
n.
The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw.  Cf. Articulation.
+
statuing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Statue
+
statistically
adv.
In the way of statistics.
+
somniative
a.
Somnial; somniatory.
+
set
n.
A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
+
selfpossession
n.
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
+
spleuchan
n.
A pouch, as for tobacco.
+
sexuality
n.
The quality or state of being distinguished by sex.
+
sexennially
adv.
Once in six years.
+
stile
n.
Mode of composition. See Style.
+
schilerization
n.
The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.
+
screaming
a.
Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
+
sense
v.t.
Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
+
surcingled
a.
Bound with the surcingle.
+
strumousness
n.
The state of being strumous.
+
swinger
n.
One who swinges.
+
stark
adv.
Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.
+
sounding
n.
The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
+
superstrata
pl.
of Superstatum
+
sprang

imp. of Spring.
+
sisterinlaw
n.
The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
+
salience
n.
The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.
+
scutelle
pl.
of Scutella
+
soundingboard
n.
See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
+
spark
v.i.
To play the spark, beau, or lover.
+
sight
v.t.
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
+
subchanter
n.
An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
+
semble
a.
It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
+
soord
n.
Skin of bacon.
+
survivancy
n.
Survivorship.
+
sarcophagus
n.
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
+
scoffingly
adv.
In a scoffing manner.
+
sonties
n.
Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath.
+
scise
v.i.
To cut; to penetrate.
+
subsidized
imp.|p.p.
of Subsidize
+
stomachless
a.
Being without a stomach.
+
sinopis
n.
A red pigment made from sinopite.
+
stern
v.t.
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
+
strewed
imp.|p.p.
of Strew
+
slender
superl.
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
+
sis
n.
Six. See Sise.
+
subdelegate
n.
A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
+
second
a.
Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
+
sheller
n.
One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
+
speculator
n.
One who forms theories; a theorist.
+
sweatily
adv.
In a sweaty manner.
+
septiferous
a.
Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
+
sanity
n.
The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.
+
split
a.
Divided; cleft.
+
star
n.
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
+
sublime
v.i.
To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
+
suprarenal
a.
Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys.
+
sceptral
a.
Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.
+
semitertian
a.
Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.
+
sentence
n.
A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.
+
stereotype
v.t.
Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
+
strew
v.t.
To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.
+
stranger
n.
One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
+
schilling
n.
Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.
+
surprise
n.
To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
+
sleiding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sleid
+
steepness
n.
Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
+
supravulgar
a.
Being above the vulgar or common people.
+
sneer
n.
A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.
+
stot
n.
A horse.
+
spilliard fishing

A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
+
sanssouci
adv.
Without care; free and easy.
+
spurn
v.t.
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
+
style
v.t.
To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
+
swing
n.
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
+
serr
v.t.
To crowd, press, or drive together.
+
skimp
v.i.
To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
+
slice
v.t.
A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
+
suspensory
a.
Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
+
soften
v.t.
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
+
stomachful
a.
Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
+
steely
a.
Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
+
stagnantly
adv.
In a stagnant manner.
+
sundown
n.
The setting of the sun; sunset.
+
spewiness
n.
The state of being spewy.
+
stranger
n.
One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
+
soundable
a.
Capable of being sounded.
+
scum
v.
refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
+
sompnour
n.
A summoner.
+
sneap
v.t.
To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
+
set
v.t.
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
+
shipping
a.
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
+
slide
n.
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
+
scrag
n.
Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
+
species
n.
A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
+
seat
n.
A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.
+
spray
v.t.
To let fall in the form of spray.
+
strict
a.
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
+
scleragogy
n.
Severe discipline.
+
seam
v.t.
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
+
sporuliferous
a.
Producing sporules.
+
soyle
n.
Prey.
+
synchronism
n.
A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.
+
spread
n.
A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.
+
splint
v.t.
A splint bone.
+
sacerdotalism
m.
The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
+
spur
n.
A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
+
staphylinid
n.
Any rove beetle.
+
synchondrosis
n.
An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.
+
slippery
a.
Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
+
sanatorium
n.
An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.
+
shadwaiter
n.
A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
+
separate
v.t.
To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
+
stichidium
n.
A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.
+
soaked
imp.|p.p.
of Soak
+
squashy
a.
Easily squashed; soft.
+
scimitar
n.
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
+
shuffleboard
n.
See Shovelboard.
+
sleekness
n.
The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.
+
showily
adv.
In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
+
sugared
a.
Also used figuratively; as, sugared kisses.
+
silver
n.
A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc.  Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
+
sweetmeat
n.
A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
+
squabble
v.i.
To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
+
squeezing
n.
Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
+
stateprison

See under State, n.
+
stab
n.
Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
+
soothing

a. & n. from Soothe, v.
+
skin
n.
The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
+
stall
v.i.
In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
+
suggestion
n.
That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.
+
sneakiness
n.
The quality of being sneaky.
+
sack
n.
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
+
shrine
v.t.
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
+
sculpture
n.
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.
+
scarefire
n.
An alarm of fire.
+
stifle
v.t.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
+
sum
v.t.
To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
+
stump
v.t.
To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
+
sprinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprint
+
sinch
n.
A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass.
+
sharply
adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
+
sage
superl.
Grave; serious; solemn.
+
spiritualized
imp.|p.p.
of Spiritualize
+
suitor
n.
One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
+
size
v.i.
To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
+
siddow
a.
Soft; pulpy.
+
sash
v.t.
To adorn with a sash or scarf.
+
suspicion
n.
Slight degree; suggestion; hint.
+
suspicious
a.
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
+
semicastrate
v.t.
To deprive of one testicle.
+
sexfid
a.
Alt. of Sexifid
+
sternpost
n.
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.
+
soricine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).
+
sail
v.t.
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
+
splitter
n.
One who, or that which, splits.
+
salesman
n.
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
+
saurioid
a.
Same as Sauroid.
+
senseful
a.
Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious.
+
supple
a.
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
+
study
n.
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
+
scab
n.
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.
+
subungual
a.
Under the nail or hoof.
+
snapdragon
n.
Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.
+
sphacel
n.
Gangrene.
+
stomacher
n.
One who stomachs.
+
skelter
v.i.
To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
+
steam
v.i.
To emit steam or vapor.
+
subjective
a.
Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
+
sea cat

Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America.
+
saccharic
a.
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.
+
shabble
n.
Alt. of Shabble
+
skyrocket
n.
A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
+
sea kale

See under Kale.
+
stereotomical
a.
Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy.
+
scaphite
n.
Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
+
semiology
n.
The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
+
seal
n.
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
+
sonnite
n.
See Sunnite.
+
syrupy
a.
Same as Sirup, Sirupy.
+
sea hog

The porpoise.
+
scope

A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
+
shakiness
n.
Quality of being shaky.
+
swear
v.i.
To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner.
+
signifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Signify
+
sojourning
n.
The act or state of one who sojourns.
+
schoolward
adv.
Toward school.
+
shoe
n.
To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
+
stale
v.i.
Urine, esp. that of beasts.
+
superior
a.
Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
+
semitic
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
+
sophi
n.
See Sufi.
+
sodality
n.
A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.
+
steaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steam
+
sforzando
a.
Alt. of Sforzato
+
size
v.t.
To cover with size; to prepare with size.
+
scantling
v.t.
The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
+
smack
n.
To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
+
strid

of Stride
+
suberic
a.
Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.
+
sciopticon
n.
A kind of magic lantern.
+
screw
n.
An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
+
simpleminded
a.
Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
+
scylla
n.
A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
+
spout
v.i.
To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
+
shut
n.
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
+
swinge
v.t.
To move as a lash; to lash.
+
stately
adv.
Majestically; loftily.
+
stunning
a.
Overpowering consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of hearing; confounding with noise.
+
sutra
n.
A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
+
somaj
n.
Alt. of Samaj
+
salve
v.t.|i.
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
+
state
a.
Stately.
+
siliculose
a.
Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky.
+
sufferance
n.
A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
+
sleaved
a.
Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
+
spectrum
n.
An apparition; a specter.
+
solution
n.
A crisis.
+
snuffled
imp.|p.p.
of Snuffle
+
swearer
n.
A profane person; one who uses profane language.
+
sternal
a.
Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
+
score
v.t.
To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
+
syzygy
n.
The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.
+
sally
v.
A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
+
sublimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sublimate
+
subsesqui

A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.
+
stepladder
n.
A portable set of steps.
+
step
v.t.
To set, as the foot.
+
stuccoes
pl.
of Stucco
+
snuggled
imp.|p.p.
of Snuggle
+
suckle
n.
A teat.
+
start
v.t.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
+
snout
v.t.
To furnish with a nozzle or point.
+
superseding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supersede
+
swainish
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.
+
sinupalliate
a.
Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.
+
spet
v.t.
To spit; to throw out.
+
sedation
n.
The act of calming, or the state of being calm.
+
straightforth
adv.
Straightway.
+
scuffled
imp.|p.p.
of Scuffle
+
stupor
n.
Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
+
starchness
n.
Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
+
sketchy
a.
Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
+
sternum
n.
The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
+
sparpiece
n.
The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.
+
squeeze
v.t.
Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.
+
spoliation
v.t.
The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
+
shag
n.
Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
+
scissiparity
n.
Reproduction by fission.
+
slung
p.p.
of Sling
+
slumberingly
adv.
In a slumbering manner.
+
strain
a.
To squeeze; to press closely.
+
sixty
n.
The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.
+
sum
n.
The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
+
snip
n.
A tailor.
+
starcraft
n.
Astrology.
+
storm
n.
A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
+
surrogation
n.
The act of substituting one person in the place of another.
+
stenographed
imp.|p.p.
of Stenograph
+
slavocracy
n.
The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
+
scraper
n.
One who scrapes.
+
suilline
a.
Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae).
+
shaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shape
+
shuttle
n.
An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
+
spleen
n.
Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
+
spined
a.
Furnished with spines; spiny.
+
silverbill
n.
An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.
+
scourage
n.
Refuse water after scouring.
+
severity
n.
Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
+
slatted
imp.|p.p.
of Slat
+
silesian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
+
subduction
n.
Arithmetical subtraction.
+
soke
n.
See Soc.
+
scandia
n.
A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
+
scowling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scowl
+
screwing

a. & n. from Screw, v. t.
+
shallowness
n.
Quality or state of being shallow.
+
short
n.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
+
sweepy
a.
Moving with a sweeping motion.
+
stichic
a.
Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.
+
sea purse

The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.
+
stipula
n.
A stipule.
+
societies
pl.
of Society
+
sutling
a.
Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.
+
spillikin
n.
See Spilikin.
+
sharking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shark
+
surrogate
v.t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
+
siphoniata
n.pl.
Same as Siphonata.
+
syntactical
a.
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.
+
swaddlebill
n.
The shoveler.
+
sloo
n.
Alt. of Slue
+
sponge
v.i.
To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
+
solemn
a.
Stately; ceremonious; grand.
+
skim
v.i.
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
+
syssarcosis
n.
The junction of bones by intervening muscles.
+
securipalp
n.
One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.
+
spill
n.
A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
+
scrap
v.t.
Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
+
strategetic
a.
Alt. of Strategetical
+
selfdestructive
a.
Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
+
selfregulative
a.
Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.
+
son
n.
Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.
+
spectatrix
n.
A female beholder or looker-on.
+
sandworm
n.
The chigoe, a species of flea.
+
somnambulate
v.i.|t.
To walk when /sleep.
+
separate
p.a.
Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
+
suppletive
a.
Alt. of Suppletory
+
spooney
n.
A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.
+
shrimp
v.
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
+
semicentennial
n.
A fiftieth anniversary.
+
sperm
n.
The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
+
scull
v.t.
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
+
swealed
imp.|p.p.
of Sweal
+
seize
v.t.
To fasten; to fix.
+
sphered
imp.|p.p.
of Sphere
+
slopped
imp.|p.p.
of Slop
+
sperling
n.
A smelt; a sparling.
+
scath
v.
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
+
strain
v.i.
To make violent efforts.
+
siphonia
n.
A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.
+
snatch
n.
A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
+
salute
v.t.
Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
+
scamp
n.
A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
+
stuff
n.
To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
+
sink
v.i.
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
+
satisfyingly
adv.
So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
+
snag
v.t.
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
+
strigil
n.
An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
+
spancelling

of Spancel
+
stretcher
n.
An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
+
step

A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.
+
salliance
n.
Salience.
+
stick
v.t.
Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
+
subcultrate
a.
Alt. of Subcultrated
+
satinet
n.
A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
+
stalactitic
a.
Alt. of Stalactitical
+
sportingly
adv.
In sport; sportively.
+
selfhealing
a.
Having the power or property of healing itself.
+
skid
v.t.
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
+
squint
v.i.
To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
+
slate
v.t.
A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
+
sea egg

A sea urchin.
+
sooth
superl.
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
+
shaker
n.
One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
+
sulphur
n.
Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
+
seed
n.
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
+
shade
n.
Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
+
slattern
a.
Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny.
+
survive
v.i.
To remain alive; to continue to live.
+
symbolics
n.
that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.
+
stumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stump
+
sweat
v.t.
To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
+
sesquisalt
n.
A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
+
slipshod
a.
Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.
+
switch
v.i.
To walk with a jerk.
+
spay
v.t.
To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
+
sleevehand
n.
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
+
scrubber
n.
One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.
+
sedent
a.
Sitting; inactive; quiet.
+
surpassed
imp.|p.p.
of Surpass
+
seedlac
n.
A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.
+
solitary
a.
Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
+
somal
n.
A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.
+
stope
v.i.
A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
+
sol
n.
A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
+
sphenographic
a.
Of or pertaining to sphenography.
+
scelet
n.
A mummy; a skeleton.
+
sea green

The green color of sea water.
+
slating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slate
+
stannine
n.
Alt. of Stannite
+
scalenohedral
a.
Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.
+
spumed
imp.|p.p.
of Spume
+
sny
n.
An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
+
swag
n.
A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
+
slotted
a.
Having a slot.
+
stickleback
v.t.
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.
+
seerhand
n.
A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.
+
sawarra nut

See Souari nut.
+
substrate
a.
Having very slight furrows.
+
samoan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.
+
spight
n.|v.
Spite.
+
staple
a.
Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
+
slubber
v.t.
To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.
+
striped
a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
+
sot
v.i.
To tipple to stupidity.
+
sycophantry
n.
Sycophancy.
+
satrapical
a.
Satrapal.
+
shagginess
n.
The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
+
serenata
n.
Alt. of Serenate
+
suborbital
a.
Alt. of Suborbitar
+
superstitious
a.
Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
+
stitch
v.i.
Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.
+
soon
adv.
Promptly; quickly; easily.
+
sestetto
n.
A sestet.
+
staple
n.
Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
+
solderer
n.
One who solders.
+
silicioidea
n.pl.
Same as Silicoidea.
+
slash pine

A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in "slashes."
+
staging
n.
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
+
sinapisin
n.
A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.
+
stemmer
n.
One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).
+
saffron
v.t.
To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
+
sam
a.
Together.
+
smuggle
v.t.
To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
+
sentimental
a.
Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.
+
schoolmaster
n.
The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.
+
seal
v.i.
To affix one's seal, or a seal.
+
slasher
n.
A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
+
slop
n.
Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
+
stooking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stook
+
scaraboid
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
+
spherograph
n.
An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection.
+
sleep
v.i.
A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.
+
schooling
a.
Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
+
shortcoming
n.
The failure of a crop, or the like.
+
sleepy
n.
Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
+
shadeless
a.
Being without shade; not shaded.
+
sympathize
v.i.
To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
+
scratchweed
n.
Cleavers.
+
structure
n.
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
+
silence
v.t.
To put to rest; to quiet.
+
song
n.
Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
+
sea fennel

Samphire.
+
sleighing
n.
The act of riding in a sleigh.
+
slowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slow
+
synclinal
a.
Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.
+
strode
n.
See Strude.
+
symbolize
v.i.
To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
+
spit
n.
The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
+
sit
v.t.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
+
suspiral
n.
A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
+
skelder
v.t.|i.
To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
+
susceptibility
n.
Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
+
sermocinator
n.
One who makes sermons or speeches.
+
station
n.
Situation; position; location.
+
subagent
n.
A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.
+
step
v.i.
The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
+
sweepage
n.
The crop of hay got in a meadow.
+
strokeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stroke
+
sottery
n.
Folly.
+
strike
v.t.
To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
+
sclerenchyma
n.
Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
+
sarabaite
n.
One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
+
stolon
n.
A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
+
suable
a.
Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court.
+
spavin
n.
A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
+
sarcocol
n.
Alt. of Sarcocolla
+
spherulitic
a.
Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.
+
surely
adv.
In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.
+
spaeing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spae
+
singularly
adv.
In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others.
+
subterrany
a.
Subterranean.
+
spasticity
n.
The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
+
soluble
a.
Relaxed; open or readily opened.
+
sneezing
n.
The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
+
suage
v.t.
To assuage.
+
sovereign
n.
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.
+
sixtieth
a.
Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
+
schindylesis
n.
A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
+
steatite
n.
A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.
+
seminarian
n.
Alt. of Seminarist
+
skunkhead
n.
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.
+
sculptress
n.
A female sculptor.
+
sort
n.
Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.
+
scotchman
n.
A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
+
swarve
v.i.
To swerve.
+
salaeratus
n.
See Saleratus.
+
sanctus
n.
A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.
+
shackle
v.t.
To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
+
surfeited
imp.|p.p.
of Surfeit
+
spikebill
n.
The hooded merganser.
+
surah
n.
A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.
+
saponaceous
a.
Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
+
sitfast
n.
A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
+
shackle
n.
A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
+
slapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slap
+
soorma
n.
A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.
+
sageness
n.
The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.
+
sighing
a.
Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting.
+
space
n.
To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
+
stonerunner
n.
The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel.
+
somewhat
n.
A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
+
stoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stone
+
statemonger
n.
One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.
+
supplemental
a.
Alt. of Supplementary
+
strolled
imp.|p.p.
of Stroll
+
stomodaeum
n.
A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.
+
slype
n.
A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.
+
shash
n.
The scarf of a turban.
+
snap
v.t.
Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
+
sling
v.t.
To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
+
stream
v.i.
To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.
+
salt
n.
Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
+
stryphnic
a.
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.
+
syntonin
n.
A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.
+
slicker
n.
A kind of burnisher for leather.
+
skelet
n.
A skeleton. See Scelet.
+
subconstellation
n.
A subordinate constellation.
+
speak
v.t.
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
+
strait
a.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
+
sappiness
n.
The quality of being sappy; juiciness.
+
stillroom
n.
An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept.
+
secularize
v.t.
To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
+
scourge
n.
A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
+
surrebut
v.i.
To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
+
stand
n.
To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
+
starter
n.
One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
+
sturk
n.
See Stirk.
+
spermologist
n.
One who treats of, or collects, seeds.
+
syllogism
n.
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
+
saccharinic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
+
snivel
v.i.
To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
+
scudo
n.
A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
+
stagnation
n.
The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.
+
statehood
n.
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
+
sided
imp.|p.p.
of Side
+
station
n.
A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
+
salsoda
n.
See Sal soda, under Sal.
+
specular
a.
Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.
+
sleepwaking
n.
The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
+
stilt
n.
Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
+
severe
superl.
Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
+
switch
n.
A small, flexible twig or rod.
+
shake
n.
One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
+
subequal
a.
Nearly equal.
+
suffusion
n.
A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.
+
shaved
p.p.
of Shave
+
sharpsighted
a.
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
+
sax
n.
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
+
science
v.t.
To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
+
sapidness
n.
Quality of being sapid; sapidity.
+
semispherical
a.
Having the figure of a half sphere.
+
scholia
pl.
of Scholium
+
shude
n.
The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.
+
stick
v.t.
A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.
+
solemn
a.
Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
+
sheet chain

A chain sheet cable.
+
smatch
n.
Taste; tincture; smack.
+
satirized
imp.|p.p.
of Satirize
+
swoop
v.i.
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
+
seesaw
n.
A plank or board adjusted for this play.
+
statistology
n.
See Statistics, 2.
+
sparrow
n.
One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
+
scorious
a.
Scoriaceous.
+
suspension
n.
Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
+
shoading
n.
The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
+
stimulus
v.t.
A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.
+
seesawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seesaw
+
subaqueous
a.
Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.
+
stallfeeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stall-feed
+
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.
+
sarcophaga
n.
A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.
+
sir
n.
A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
+
subsigned
imp.|p.p.
of Subsign
+
sleeper
n.
That which lies dormant, as a law.
+
stewed
imp.|p.p.
of Stew
+
spare
a.
To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
+
softened
imp.|p.p.
of Soften
+
swamp
v.t.
Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
+
strangury
n.
A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
+
shoppish
a.
Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.
+
sclerodermata
n.pl.
The stony corals; the Madreporaria.
+
squint
v.i.
To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
+
stand
n.
To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
+
salmonoid
a.
Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.
+
stipe
n.
The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
+
sinister
a.
Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
+
spade
n.
A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
+
scandalousness
n.
Quality of being scandalous.
+
snake
n.
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
+
sweetwater
n.
A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.
+
supping
n.
The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
+
stunk
imp.|p.p.
of Stink
+
stemming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stem
+
scarf
n.
An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth.
+
siss
v.i.
To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
+
sciniph
n.
Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like.
+
sesquipedalian
a.
Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.
+
strepsipteran
n.
One of the Strepsiptera.
+
summon
v.t.
To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses.
+
scaffold
n.
A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.
+
sea mantis

A squilla.
+
stupefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stupefy
+
serenely
adv.
In a serene manner; clearly.
+
shechinah
n.
See Shekinah.
+
septangular
a.
Heptagonal.
+
switch
n.
A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
+
spiritualize
v.t.
To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
+
swell
v.i.
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
+
show
n.
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
+
symptomatical
a.
According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.
+
suggester
n.
One who suggests.
+
snying
n.
A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.
+
soldier
n.
A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction.
+
sestuor
n.
A sestet.
+
subject
v.t.
To submit; to make accountable.
+
stoichiological
a.
Of or pertaining to stoichiology.
+
saw
v.t.
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
+
smack
v.t.
To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
+
saligenin
n.
A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
+
shuttlecock
n.
A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
+
skewering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skewer
+
shot
v.t.
To load with shot, as a gun.
+
smile
v.i.
To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
+
startish
a.
Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
+
stray
n.
Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.  Used also figuratively.
+
saint
n.
A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
+
splashboard
n.
A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
+
spur
n.
A tern.
+
signior
n.
Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Señor.
+
stall
v.t.
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
+
smoulder
v.i.
See Smolder.
+
setoff
n.
See Offset, 7.
+
strong
superl.
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.
+
sparkle
n.
Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
+
scull
n.
A shoal of fish.
+
sadden
v.t.
To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
+
sea turn

A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
+
split
v.t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
+
stipendiate
v.t.
To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.
+
suprarenal
n.
A suprarenal capsule.
+
similarity
n.
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
+
scrape
n.
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
+
saturnalia
n.pl.
Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
+
strumpet
a.
Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
+
siderealize
v.t.
To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.
+
scad
n.
The cigar fish, or round robin.
+
smoke
v.t.
To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.
+
staff
n.
The round of a ladder.
+
southwesterly
a.
To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
+
sunny
superl.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant.
+
surrendered
imp.|p.p.
of Surrender
+
sore
superl.
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
+
shrillness
n.
The quality or state of being shrill.
+
sing
v.i.
To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
+
scious
a.
Knowing; having knowledge.
+
selfdistrust
n.
Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.
+
spirited
a.
Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
+
superfoliation
n.
Excess of foliation.
+
sanskritist
n.
One versed in Sanskrit.
+
scaup
n.
A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.
+
system
n.
One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.
+
swipe
n.
A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
+
sip
v.t.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
+
sovenaunce
n.
Remembrance.
+
sciurus
n.
A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
+
salt
n.
Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
+
sociable
n.
A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.
+
sponger
n.
One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
+
sipid
a.
Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid.
+
sunburner
n.
A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
+
start
v.t.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
+
sod
n.
The rock dove.
+
single
a.
Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
+
scuff
n.
The back part of the neck; the scruff.
+
swarthy
a.
Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.
+
sinistrin
n.
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.
+
selfreproved
a.
Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.
+
stammel
n.
A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.
+
slowness
n.
The quality or state of being slow.
+
supply
a.
Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
+
stinkard
n.
The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.
+
sley
v.t.
A weaver's reed.
+
scull
n.
A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.
+
syngnathi
n.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.
+
southeastward
adv.
Alt. of Southeastwardly
+
sago
n.
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
+
sottish
a.
Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
+
sharpie
n.
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
+
selfish
a.
Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
+
stake
v.t.
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
+
salt
n.
Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.
+
sugar
n.
A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below.
+
scarf
v.t.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
+
substantive
a.
Depending on itself; independent.
+
speechification
n.
The act of speechifying.
+
stride
v.t.
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
+
scholion
n.
A scholium.
+
selenium
n.
A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
+
smile
v.i.
To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
+
spousebreach
n.
Adultery.
+
supermaxillary
a.
Supermaxillary.
+
specificate
v.t.
To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.
+
subserved
imp.|p.p.
of Subserve
+
selfsuspicious
a.
Suspicious or distrustful of one's self.
+
soofeeism

Same as Sufi, Sufism.
+
stupa
n.
A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
+
simplician
n.
One who is simple.
+
serum
n.
A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.
+
sowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sow
+
sesquipedalianism
n.
Alt. of Sesquipedalism
+
stragglingly
adv.
In a straggling manner.
+
subrogation
n.
The act of subrogating.
+
schirrhus
n.
See Scirrhus.
+
scout
n.
A swift sailing boat.
+
submit
v.t.
To let down; to lower.
+
scarcely
adv.
Frugally; penuriously.
+
scepsis
n.
Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.
+
scoured
imp.|p.p.
of Scour
+
shearn
n.
Dung; excrement.
+
solfatara
n.
A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.
+
skirr
v.i.
To scour; to scud; to run.
+
sarse
n.
A fine sieve; a searce.
+
scotomy
n.
Dizziness with dimness of sight.
+
sally
v.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
+
spadiceous
a.
Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
+
supposure
n.
Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture.
+
step
v.i.
Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
+
specially
adv.
In a special manner; particularly; especially.
+
syke
n.|v.
See Sike.
+
seeksorrow
n.
One who contrives to give himself vexation.
+
stillhouse
n.
A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.
+
shepherd
n.
The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
+
surviver
n.
One who survives; a survivor.
+
stint
v.i.
To stop; to cease.
+
smart
v.i.
Smart money (see below).
+
supernatant
a.
Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
+
skirl
v.t.|i.
To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.
+
salaries
pl.
of Salary
+
spiritualities
pl.
of Spirituality
+
synchronize
v.t.
To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
+
siphon
n.
One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.
+
scholarship
n.
The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
+
spae
v.i.
To foretell; to divine.
+
stile
v.i.
A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
+
sketch
n.
To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
+
surbed
v.t.
To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.
+
scorner
n.
One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.
+
submetallic
a.
Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.
+
sequester
v.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.
+
sconce
v.t.
To mulct; to fine.
+
scopuliped
n.
Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.
+
stoichiometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.
+
sanctuarize
v.t.
To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
+
synosteology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.
+
smiled
imp.|p.p.
of Smile
+
swim
v.i.
Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
+
sixscore
a.|n.
Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
+
sermonize
v.i.
To inculcate rigid rules.
+
surpassing
a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others.
+
stolen

p. p. of Steal.
+
schweitzerkase
n.
Gruyere cheese.
+
sire
n.
The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
+
standing
a.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
+
sylleptic
a.
Alt. of Sylleptical
+
stem
n.
Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
+
spend
v.t.
To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
+
shut
v.t.
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
+
splay
v.t.
To spay; to castrate.
+
spinate
a.
Bearing a spine; spiniform.
+
strongish
a.
Somewhat strong.
+
spill
v.t.
To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour.
+
slavonian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.
+
symmetrical
a.
Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry.  See Symmetry, 2.
+
spike
n.
Spike lavender. See Lavender.
+
seagoing
a.
Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.
+
spar
n.
A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
+
slibber
a.
Slippery.
+
secured
imp.|p.p.
of Secure
+
surculate
v.t.
To purne; to trim.
+
saturnian
n.
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.
+
stean
n.|v.
See Steen.
+
spiculate
v.t.
To sharpen to a point.
+
survened
imp.|p.p.
of Survene
+
subluxation
n.
An incomplete or partial dislocation.
+
spare
a.
To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
+
syren
n.
See Siren.
+
soler
n.
Alt. of Solere
+
sterna
pl.
of Sternum
+
sceptre
n.
A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
+
scholastic
n.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
+
scalper
n.
Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
+
spermist
n.
A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
+
school
n.
A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.
+
swash
n.
Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
+
stockjobbing
n.
The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.
+
sparpoil
v.t.
To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
+
starved
imp.|p.p.
of Starve
+
spurging
n.
A purging.
+
spectacle
n.
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.
+
siogoonate
n.
See Shogunate.
+
strumatic
a.
Scrofulous; strumous.
+
sinuosity
n.
Quality or state of being sinuous.
+
shielddrake
n.
A sheldrake.
+
sufficient
a.
Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
+
seek
v.t.
To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
+
syringeal
a.
Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.
+
stanzaic
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
+
strip
v.t.
To divest of clothing; to uncover.
+
syndesmoses
pl.
of Syndesmosis
+
scutch
v.t.
To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
+
straightjoint
a.
Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
+
suppression
n.
Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
+
saxicavid
a.
Of or pertaining to the saxicavas.
+
swell
a.
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
+
straggle
v.t.
To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
+
sardel
n.
A sardine.
+
sardine
n.
See Sardius.
+
shoon
n.
pl. of Shoe.
+
sensible
n.
That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
+
supplant
n.
To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
+
space
n.
One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
+
straddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Straddle
+
shrivelling

of Shrivel
+
scared
imp.|p.p.
of Scare
+
syndic
n.
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
+
shift
v.t.
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
+
supraglotic
a.
Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.
+
shoot
n.
A young branch or growth.
+
sandalwood
n.
Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
+
shipless
a.
Destitute of ships.
+
slippiness
n.
Slipperiness.
+
selfgovernment
n.
The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
+
shed
n.
A parting; a separation; a division.
+
symbolic
a.
See Symbolics.
+
scoop
n.
To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
+
starchedness
n.
The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
+
stiff
superl.
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
+
sandnecker
n.
A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker.
+
sixpenny
a.
Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
+
swimbel
n.
A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.
+
splenology
n.
The branch of science which treats of the spleen.
+
stomata
pl.
of Stoma
+
stickfuls
pl.
of Stickful
+
sudden
adv.
Suddenly; unexpectedly.
+
spritsail
n.
A sail extended by a sprit.
+
sithe
v.t.
To cut with a scythe; to scythe.
+
styrax
n.
Same as Storax.
+
singular
a.
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
+
station
n.
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
+
stratus
n.
A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
+
sentience
n.
Alt. of Sentiency
+
sinecure
v.t.
To put or place in a sinecure.
+
sup
v.t.
To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.
+
sepiment
n.
Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.
+
sore
superl.
Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
+
syllable
n.
An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275.
+
stillatory
a.
An alembic; a vessel for distillation.
+
subduement
n.
Subdual.
+
sceptre
n.
Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
+
scoff
n.
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
+
stuck

imp. & p. p. of Stick.
+
scoffer
n.
One who scoffs.
+
surname
n.
A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
+
silver
a.
Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
+
sorry
a.
Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
+
sympathist
n.
One who sympathizes; a sympathizer.
+
special
a.
Chief in excellence.
+
splanchnotomy
n.
The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.
+
southernmost
a.
Farthest south.
+
stomachous
a.
Stout; sullen; obstinate.
+
secretist
n.
A dealer in secrets.
+
spinneret
n.
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.
+
so
adv.
The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.
+
spoil
v.t.
To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
+
seizing
n.
The operation of fastening together or lashing.
+
squash
n.
A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
+
shortener
n.
One who, or that which, shortens.
+
senatusconsult
n.
A decree of the Roman senate.
+
synocil
n.
A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.
+
suprasphenoidal
a.
Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.
+
shear
v.t.
To reap, as grain.
+
sprig
n.
A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
+
supraacromial
a.
Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.
+
stipe
n.
The stem of a fungus or mushroom.
+
sanctity
n.
A saint or holy being.
+
silhouette
n.
A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
+
skit
n.
A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
+
subvention
n.
A government aid or bounty.
+
slighting
a.
Characterized by neglect or disregard.
+
selfdestruction
n.
The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
+
stigma
v.t.
A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
+
status in quo

Alt. of Status quo
+
stoop
n.
A post fixed in the earth.
+
sempre
adv.
Always; throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft.
+
squawk
n.
The American night heron. See under Night.
+
sucker
v.t.
To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
+
stallion
n.
A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
+
smile
v.t.
To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
+
spooled
imp.|p.p.
of Spool
+
scrabbed eggs

A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.
+
sausage
n.
A saucisson. See Saucisson.
+
scutum
n.
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
+
sawneb
n.
A merganser.
+
stern
v.t.
The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
+
substance
v.t.
To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
+
sandever
n.
See Sandiver.
+
sourish
a.
Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.
+
springtide
n.
The time of spring; springtime.
+
signal
a.
Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
+
soundness
n.
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.
+
spall
v.i.
To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.
+
superincumbence
n.
Alt. of Superincumbency
+
stratified
a.
Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.
+
snarler
n.
One who makes use of a snarling iron.
+
sombrous
a.
Gloomy; somber.
+
starve
v.t.
To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
+
sacciferous
a.
Bearing a sac.
+
seat
n.
A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
+
stroll
n.
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
+
staddle
v.i.
A row of dried or drying hay, etc.
+
sheer
v.i.
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
+
soidisant
a.
Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
+
spawn
v.t.
To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
+
serenader
n.
One who serenades.
+
stalk
n.
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
+
septicidal
a.
Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
+
subalpine
a.
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
+
scot
n.
A name for a horse.
+
sleave
n.
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
+
subdue
v.t.
To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
+
splanchnology
n.
That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.
+
subtreasury
n.
A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.
+
sclerodermite
n.
The hard integument of Crustacea.
+
substantiation
n.
The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
+
syncrisis
n.
A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
+
sagittary
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.
+
scape
n.
Means of escape; evasion.
+
symbolism
n.
The science of creeds; symbolics.
+
saliva
n.
The secretion from the salivary glands.
+
stableboy
n.
Alt. of Stableman
+
slobber
n.
See Slabber.
+
sapucaia
n.
A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
+
sertularian
n.
Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively.
+
sooting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Soot
+
subjection
a.
The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.
+
stick
n.
To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.
+
smear dab

The sand fluke (b).
+
suffisance
n.
Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment.
+
shroving
n.
The festivity of Shrovetide.
+
stencil
v.t.
To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
+
shed
v.i.
To fall in drops; to pour.
+
swate

imp. of Sweat.
+
stultiloquence
n.
Silly talk; babbling.
+
suture
n.
The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.
+
spaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spay
+
spill
n.
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
+
screw
n.
A small packet of tobacco.
+
suture
n.
The stitch by which the parts are united.
+
sedgy
a.
Overgrown with sedge.
+
sanguinolency
n.
The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.
+
starboard
v.t.
To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
+
subfuscous
a.
Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
+
subjectness
n.
Quality of being subject.
+
seer
a.
Sore; painful.
+
styled
imp.|p.p.
of Style
+
sue
v.i.
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
+
ies
pl.
of Seigniory
+
squarrose
a.
Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.
+
soot
n.
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.
+
saturable
a.
Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.
+
selflife
n.
Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.
+
sacramentize
v.i.
To administer the sacraments.
+
smirk
a.
Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering.
+
spheroidicity
n.
Alt. of Spheroidity
+
soleplate
n.
A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine.
+
saddlery
n.
The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
+
stipuled
a.
Furnished with stipules, or leafy appendages.
+
slat
v.t.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
+
salamander
n.
The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.
+
spoliation
v.t.
The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
+
student
n.
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.
+
slavonian
a.
Alt. of Slavonic
+
surround
n.
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
+
sensibly
adv.
In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.
+
spontoon
n.
A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
+
spicknel
n.
An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort.
+
stylommatophora
n.pl.
A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
+
scope
n.
Extended area.
+
spathae
pl.
of Spatha
+
shrilly
a.
Somewhat shrill.
+
snakewood
n.
Same as Letterwood.
+
succubus
n.
A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba.  Cf. Incubus.
+
silent
a.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
+
synthetical
a.
Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.
+
subminister
v.t.
To supply; to afford.
+
send
v.i.
To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
+
sloughy
a.
Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
+
semiotic
a.
Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
+
spine
n.
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
+
smit

of Smite
+
spaded
imp.|p.p.
of Spade
+
suspend
n.
To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
+
safety
n.
Preservation from escape; close custody.
+
styrol
n.
See Styrolene.
+
semiotic
a.
Same as Semeiotic.
+
sonant
a.
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
+
suretiship
n.
Suretyship.
+
stellify
v.t.
To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven.
+
scythed
a.
Armed scythes, as a chariot.
+
stop
n.
A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
+
secondhand
a.
Not original or primary; received from another.
+
skin
v.t.
To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
+
stereochrome
n.
Stereochromic picture.
+
scuttle
n.
A broad, shallow basket.
+
stopcock
n.
The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.
+
stock
n.
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
+
saturity
n.
The state of being saturated; fullness of supply.
+
slothful
a.
Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
+
septette
n.
A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
+
scourse
v.t.
See Scorse.
+
subtropical
a.
Nearly tropical.
+
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.
+
seemliness
n.
The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.
+
steamy
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty.
+
salient
v.i.
Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
+
serfism
n.
Serfage.
+
separability
n.
Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
+
supplanter
n.
One who supplants.
+
suffrago
n.
The heel joint.
+
sermon
n.
Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
+
streamful
a.
Abounding in streams, or in water.
+
subcontrary
a.
Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.
+
sambo
n.
A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
+
shiloh
n.
A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the city "Shiloh," or as "Rest."
+
sport
v.t.
To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.
+
symbol
n.
An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
+
second
a.
To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
+
ies
pl.
of Smithery
+
sunsquall
n.
Any large jellyfish.
+
samarium
n.
A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.
+
scoop
n.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
+
swallowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swallow
+
sleeper
n.
A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
+
smother
v.t.
To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
+
sentine
n.
A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
+
spruntly
adv.
In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully.
+
sated
imp.|p.p.
of Sate
+
sedentary
a.
Caused by long sitting.
+
subglossal
a.
Situated under the tongue; sublingual.
+
scratch
n.
A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
+
somnial
a.
Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.
+
saxifragous
a.
Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
+
sequaciousness
n.
Quality of being sequacious.
+
scrutinized
imp.|p.p.
of Scrutinize
+
stringboard
n.
Same as Stringpiece.
+
subterraneous
a.
Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage.
+
semisavage
a.
Half savage.
+
stillicidious
a.
Falling in drops.
+
steeving
n.
The act or practice of one who steeves.
+
sphericity
n.
The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.
+
sectional
a.
Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.
+
suit
v.t.
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
+
spurious
a.
Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
+
sad
supperl.
Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
+
swallowtail
n.
An arrow.
+
sphaerenchyma
n.
Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma.
+
stratification
n.
The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.
+
sinistrous
a.
Wrong; absurd; perverse.
+
scrapepenny
n.
One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
+
sleet
v.i.
To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
+
stomached
imp.|p.p.
of Stomach
+
smart
v.i.
To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.
+
sea pig

A porpoise or dolphin.
+
squireen
n.
One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.
+
stalely
adv.
Of old; long since.
+
strip
n.
A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
+
skall
v.t.
To scale; to mount.
+
saccade
n.
A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
+
somnour
n.
A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.
+
space
n.
To walk; to rove; to roam.
+
springing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spring
+
scaled
a.
Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.
+
smoulder
n.
Smoke; smother.
+
scala
n.
A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
+
sennachy
n.
See Seannachie.
+
sinker
n.
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
+
spaed
imp.|p.p.
of Spae
+
stampede
v.t.
A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
+
stigma
v.t.
That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
+
scriber
n.
A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.
+
scunner
v.t.
To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.
+
scaped
imp.|p.p.
of Scape
+
succeeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Succeed
+
sine
n.
The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.
+
soss
n.
A lazy fellow.
+
surrender
n.
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
+
spear
n.
A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
+
stepped
imp.|p.p.
of Step
+
stripped
imp.|p.p.
of Strip
+
stormy
superl.
Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.
+
silurian
n.
The Silurian age.
+
shine
n.
Caper; antic; row.
+
sinneress
n.
A woman who sins.
+
stories
pl.
of Story
+
sheathing
n.
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.
+
story
n.
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
+
spectrum
n.
The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.
+
sullies
pl.
of Sully
+
sdan
v.|n.
Disdain.
+
shrovetide
n.
The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.
+
stomaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stomach
+
stenciling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stencil
+
suspiration
n.
The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
+
shoot
v.i.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
+
spilikin
n.
One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins<P><B>spilikins</B> (<I>pl. </I>) of Spilikin
+
slumberous
a.
Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
+
sedlitz
a.
Same as Seidlitz.
+
stuccoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stucco
+
sail
n.
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
+
subito
adv.
In haste; quickly; rapidly.
+
stormglass
n.
A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.
+
stringless
a.
Having no strings.
+
steenbok
n.
Same as Steinbock.
+
spigot
n.
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
+
surbase
n.
A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
+
station
n.
The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
+
slaughter
v.t.
The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
+
shoe
n.
An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
+
snew
v.i.
To snow; to abound.
+
squinteye
n.
An eye that squints.
+
selfconsuming
a.
Consuming one's self or itself.
+
splinter
n.
To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
+
speech
n.
he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
+
stanchion
n.
A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
+
sterner
n.
A director.
+
sepaline
a.
Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.
+
stout
superl.
Large; bulky; corpulent.
+
sanction
n.
Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
+
showbread
n.
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.
+
smite
v.t.
To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
+
savorly
a.
Savory.
+
shaft
n.
A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
+
sackwinged
a.
Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
+
stonebrearer
n.
A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
+
sprig
n.
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
+
snapper
n.
A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
+
sledged
imp.|p.p.
of Sledge
+
strond
n.
Strand; beach.
+
spool
n.
A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
+
seelily
adv.
In a silly manner.
+
slatecolor

A dark bluish gray color.
+
summerset
n.
See Somersault, Somerset.
+
supraauricular
a.
Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
+
saline
a.
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
+
sweep
n.
Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
+
siphon
n.
The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.
+
sycock
n.
The missel thrush.
+
seclude
v.t.
To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
+
stowage
n.
Room in which things may be stowed.
+
springall
a.
An active, springly young man.
+
seesaw
v.t.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
+
stuttering
a.
Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering.
+
stock
n.
The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
+
stowboard
n.
A place into which rubbish is put.
+
sepia
n.
A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia.  Cf. India ink, under India.
+
scrutinizer
n.
One who scrutinizes.
+
scatterbrain
n.
A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
+
stercory
n.
Excrement; dung.
+
sublunar
a.
Alt. of Sublunary
+
steinkle
n.
The wheater.
+
sultanate
n.
The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship.
+
steadfastly
adv.
In a steadfast manner; firmly.
+
staghorn fern

See under Stag.
+
shorthand
n.
A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
+
selfcontained
a.
Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
+
silverboom
n.
See Leucadendron.
+
softfinned
a.
Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.
+
stoping
n.
The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
+
synarthrodia
n.
Synarthrosis.
+
scratcher
n.
One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
+
shatter
v.i.
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
+
sweal
v.t.
To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
+
stinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stint
+
scorn
n.
To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
+
shimmering
n.
A gleam or glimmering.
+
sea calf

The common seal.
+
stadimeter
n.
A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.
+
swathed
imp.|p.p.
of Swathe
+
spilter
n.
Any one of the small branches on a stag's head.
+
scattering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scatter
+
sandworm
n.
Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters.
+
subbrachial
a.
Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.
+
silence
n.
Absence of mention; oblivion.
+
sketchiness
n.
The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.
+
sergeantcy
n.
Same as Sergeancy.
+
sublimated
a.
Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
+
sherif
n.
A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
+
slug
n.
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.
+
stargasing
n.
Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
+
skonce
n.
See Sconce.
+
simple
a.
Something not mixed or compounded.
+
septennate
n.
A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.
+
soften
v.t.
To make soft or more soft.
+
streight
a.n.|adv.
See 2nd Strait.
+
slabber
n.
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
+
sateless
a.
Insatiable.
+
size
v.i.
Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.
+
sparse
v.t.
To scatter; to disperse.
+
synodically
adv.
In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
+
sea urchin

Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.
+
skaddle
a.
Hurtful.
+
sacred
a.
Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
+
stylus
n.
That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle.  The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.
+
shoemaker
n.
The threadfish.
+
selenography
n.
The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
+
seniory
n.
Seniority.
+
stump
n.
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
+
salalberry
n.
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.
+
scrutineer
n.
A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.
+
stalk
v.i.
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
+
squealed
imp.|p.p.
of Squeal
+
skipper
n.
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
+
staunch

Alt. of Staunchness
+
scruple
n.
Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
+
soy
n.
The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.
+
surreption
n.
A coming unperceived or suddenly.
+
subsist
v.t.
To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.
+
septic
a.
Alt. of Septical
+
spicery
n.
Spices, in general.
+
subspinous
a.
Subvertebral.
+
sconce
p.p.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
+
supratemporal
n.
A supratemporal bone.
+
slant
n.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
+
science
n.
Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
+
signature
v.t.
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).
+
stingfish
n.
The weever.
+
sodomitical
a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.
+
showing
n.
Appearance; display; exhibition.
+
sacrum
n.
That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.
+
set
v.t.
To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
+
straightways
adv.
Straightway.
+
squill
n.
Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
+
spongious
a.
Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones.
+
salted
imp.|p.p.
of Salt
+
swift
n.
The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
+
secluded
imp.|p.p.
of Seclude
+
seaweed
n.
Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
+
save
a.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
+
subbrachiales
n.pl.
A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.
+
sedimentary
a.
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided.
+
sporting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sport
+
sway
v.i.
To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
+
stoneware
n.
A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.
+
shipwreck
v.t.
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.
+
sector
n.
A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
+
symphonious
a.
Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious.
+
stereobate
n.
The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.
+
smouldry
a.
See Smoldry.
+
swizzle
v.t.
To drink; to swill.
+
sartorius
n.
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.
+
selfdepending
a.
Depending on one's self.
+
sahlite
n.
See Salite.
+
sequester
v.t.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
+
sluicy
a.
Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.
+
scratch
v.t.
To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
+
sprinkler
n.
One who sprinkles.
+
sphygmogram
n.
A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
+
smoky
superl.
Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
+
syncretic
a.
Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.
+
sunken
a.
Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
+
state
n.
In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
+
synchondrotomy
n.
Symphyseotomy.
+
stallfeed
v.t.
To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.
+
slip
v.t.
To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
+
steelbow goods

Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord.
+
sponsor
n.
One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
+
swad
n.
A lump of mass; also, a crowd.
+
shell
n.
A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
+
synecdochical
a.
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
+
set
v.t.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
+
swab
n.
A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
+
sheathing
n.
That which sheathes.
+
slam
n.
The shock and noise produced in slamming.
+
stone
n.
A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
+
subobtuse
a.
Partially obtuse.
+
stimulus
v.t.
That which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific end organ.
+
squacco
n.
A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
+
stop
n.
The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
+
subjective
a.
Of or pertaining to a subject.
+
shove
v.i.
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
+
scornful
a.
Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
+
searcher
n.
An inspector of leather.
+
softling
n.
A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
+
stand
n.
To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
+
spatial
a.
Of or pertaining to space.
+
septulate
a.
Having imperfect or spurious septa.
+
shadow
n.
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
+
salivous
a.
Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva.
+
subservient
a.
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
+
sabaism
n.
See Sabianism.
+
sledge
n.
A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.
+
synecphonesis
n.
A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
+
saddle
n.
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
+
souled
a.
Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.
+
slabby
a.
Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy.
+
strip
v.t.
To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
+
strange
v.i.
To wonder; to be astonished.
+
snarl
v.t.
To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.
+
spaniel
n.
A cringing, fawning person.
+
selfculture
n.
Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.
+
stickle
v.t.|i.
A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
+
stinkhorn
n.
A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.
+
suffocating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffocate
+
superalimentation
n.
The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it.
+
sermon
n.
A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
+
score
n.
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
+
semiological

Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
+
stakehead
n.
A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
+
sluice
n.
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
+
stand
v.t.
To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
+
stand
v.i.
A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
+
soft
superl.
Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.
+
succision
n.
The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.
+
sea fan

Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.
+
starry
a.
Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
+
strophiole
n.
A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
+
sweet
n.
That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
+
slapdash
adv.
In a bold, careless manner; at random.
+
stamp
v.i.
To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
+
subalmoner
n.
An under almoner.
+
soph
n.
A contraction of Sophomore.
+
stellary
a.
Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
+
snagged
a.
Full of snags; snaggy.
+
style
v.t.
Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
+
scalado
n.
See Escalade.
+
smile
v.i.
Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.
+
sucken
n.
The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.
+
squint
v.t.
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
+
sniveled
imp.|p.p.
of Snivel
+
salpae
pl.
of Salpa
+
straggle
v.t.
To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
+
sylvan
a.
Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
+
slip
n.
A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
+
stricture
n.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.
+
snipe
n.
A fool; a blockhead.
+
snead
n.
A line or cord; a string.
+
selflove
n.
The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.
+
sanctity
n.
Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
+
smut
v.t.
An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
+
scar
v.i.
To form a scar.
+
special
a.
Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.
+
slur
v.t.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
+
strung

imp. & p. p. of String.
+
sown
p.p.
of Sow
+
subscription
n.
The act of subscribing.
+
silver
a.
Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.
+
scrubstone
n.
A species of calciferous sandstone.
+
sorrowful
a.
Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
+
sizarship
n.
The position or standing of a sizar.
+
smart
v.i.
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
+
spagyric
n.
A spagyrist.
+
style
v.t.
Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
+
strap
n.
The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
+
smile
v.i.
To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
+
sternson
n.
The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
+
sophical
a.
Teaching wisdom.
+
sterno

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.
+
spring
v.i.
A leap; a bound; a jump.
+
sinology
n.
That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.
+
sodding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sod
+
swineery
n.
Same as Piggery.
+
sourness
n.
The quality or state of being sour.
+
softening

a. & n. from Soften, v.
+
sixtieth
a.
Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
+
shieldless
a.
Destitute of a shield, or of protection.
+
saltatory
a.
Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
+
sparge
v.t.
To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
+
surdity
n.
Deafness.
+
strayer
n.
One who strays; a wanderer.
+
scariose
a.
Alt. of Scarious
+
sustren
pl.
of Sustre
+
scullion
n.
A scalion.
+
shanghai
n.
A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
+
solitary
a.
ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
+
supranaturalist
n.
A supernaturalist.
+
scur
v.i.
To move hastily; to scour.
+
searcher
n.
An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
+
station
n.
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
+
stratographic
a.
Alt. of Stratographical
+
sputtering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sputter
+
slitter
n.
One who, or that which, slits.
+
shory
a.
Lying near the shore.
+
surfacer
n.
A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
+
southernly
adv.
In a southerly manner or course; southward.
+
sorcerer
n.
A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.
+
scopula
n.
A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.
+
sinus
pl.
of Sinus
+
sawhorse
n.
A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
+
ship
n.
Any large seagoing vessel.
+
stagnate
v.t.
To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
+
steganopodous
a.
Having all four toes webbed together.
+
suburb
n.
An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.
+
spang
v.i.
To spring; to bound; to leap.
+
spica
n.
A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
+
scrawl
v.i.
To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
+
sentence
v.t.
To utter sententiously.
+
spheroid
n.
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.
+
sink
v.t.
To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
+
smatch
v.i.
To smack.
+
save
a.
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
+
semilunar
a.
Shaped like a half moon.
+
sizing
n.
Act of covering or treating with size.
+
stretching

a. & n. from Stretch, v.
+
sluing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slue
+
sogginess
n.
The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.
+
snub
v.t.
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
+
sufficient
a.
Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
+
shaft
n.
The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
+
sowins
n.pl.
See Sowens.
+
scentful
a.
Of quick or keen smell.
+
sulphite
n.
A salt of sulphurous acid.
+
somne
v.t.
To summon.
+
squirt
v.i.
Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
+
superficies
n.
The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
+
sympathetic
a.
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
+
spermatoblast
n.
Same as Spermoblast.
+
shoveboard
n.
Alt. of Shovegroat
+
sling
v.t.
A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
+
stockmen
pl.
of Stockman
+
superfete
v.t.
To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.
+
stuff
n.
To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
+
stepping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Step
+
syringe
n.
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
+
supporter
n.
Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
+
swartness
n.
The quality or state of being swart.
+
selfinvolution
n.
Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
+
squabble
n.
A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
+
serving

a. & n. from Serve.
+
shog
n.
A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
+
schemed
imp.|p.p.
of Scheme
+
slate
v.t.
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
+
swill
v.t.
To wash; to drench.
+
singles
n.pl.
See Single, n., 2.
+
supersaliency
n.
The act of leaping on anything.
+
systematized
imp.|p.p.
of Systematize
+
salicylite
n.
A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
+
sowle
v.t.
To pull by the ears; to drag about.
+
serve
v.t.
To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.
+
small
adv.
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
+
skegger
n.
The parr.
+
snite
v.t.
To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.
+
shipper
n.
One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
+
screwcutting
a.
Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
+
sconcheon
n.
A squinch.
+
sectorial
a.
Adapted for cutting.
+
simian
a.
Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
+
stercoranist
n.
A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.
+
seventy
a.
Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.
+
soninlaw
n.
The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
+
secretary
n.
The secretary bird.
+
superexcellence
n.
Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.
+
scarfs
pl.
of Scarf
+
shilf
n.
Straw.
+
snipebill
n.
A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.
+
semolino
n.
Same as Semolina.
+
scruff
n.
Scurf.
+
stream
v.i.
To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
+
spelt

imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.
+
scapulary
n.
A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
+
song
n.
A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
+
straw
v.t.
To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
+
sunburn
v.t.
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
+
sling
n.
A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
+
standard
n.
That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
+
scrubboard
n.
A baseboard; a mopboard.
+
sea scorpion

A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.
+
sheath
n.
One of the elytra of an insect.
+
sassafras
n.
An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste.
+
shamed
imp.|p.p.
of Shame
+
squalid
a.
Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
+
spermatic
a.
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.
+
swung

imp. & p. p. of Swing.
+
sethic
a.
See Sothic.
+
sigmoidally
adv.
In a sigmoidal manner.
+
spanner
n.
The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
+
suit
n.
Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
+
squeegee
n.
Same as Squilgee.
+
symposia
pl.
of Symposium
+
streetwalker
n.
A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
+
sation
n.
A sowing or planting.
+
skirmish
v.i.
To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
+
superorder
n.
A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
+
shade
v.t.
To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
+
saururae
n.pl.
An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.
+
scatches
n.pl.
Stilts.
+
serotinous
a.
Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.
+
shift
v.t.
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
+
sintoc
n.
A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum.
+
stint
v.t.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
+
shoot
v.i.
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
+
strenger

Alt. of Strengest
+
slippery
a.
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
+
sepias
pl.
of Sepia
+
swaddle
v.t.
To beat; to cudgel.
+
surfeit
n.
Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
+
stuff
v.t.
Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
+
scurry
v.i.
To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
+
stibic
a.
Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.
+
slander
n.
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
+
scabbedness
n.
Scabbiness.
+
stereometrical
a.
Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry.
+
stockinet
n.
An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
+
scherzo
n.
A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
+
stumper
n.
One who stumps.
+
stopen
p.p.
Stepped; gone; advanced.
+
scritch
n.
A screech.
+
stability
a.
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.
+
stay
v.i.
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
+
sicker
a.
Alt. of Siker
+
sectorial
n.
A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.
+
shock
v.
To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
+
stive
v.t.
To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.
+
semilapidified
a.
Imperfectly changed into stone.
+
surcharge
v.t.
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.
+
superexalting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Superexalt
+
sickle
n.
A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.
+
scraper
n.
In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.
+
smell
v.t.
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
+
sivvens
n.
See Sibbens.
+
scutcher
n.
An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.
+
shiver
n.
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
+
spondulics
n.
Money.
+
sacchulmic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.
+
spiritualty
n.
An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.
+
strategus
n.
The leader or commander of an army; a general.
+
sapful
a.
Abounding in sap; sappy.
+
sycophantish
a.
Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
+
saucer
n.
A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
+
soko
n.
An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.
+
scrape
v.t.
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.
+
saprophyte
n.
Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
+
summersault
n.
Alt. of Summerset
+
sheik
n.
The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.
+
slop
n.
Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.
+
screech
v.
To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.
+
selfless
a.
Having no regard to self; unselfish.
+
sell
n.
A sill.
+
stellate
a.
Alt. of Stellated
+
soluble
a.
Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
+
symmetrical
a.
Having corresponding parts or relations.
+
socially
adv.
In a social manner; sociably.
+
sturt
n.
Disturbance; annoyance; care.
+
stencil
n.
A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.
+
summertree
n.
A summer. See 2d Summer.
+
speaker
n.
One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.
+
shining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shine
+
symmetrical
a.
Having a common measure; commensurable.
+
sneaker
n.
A vessel of drink.
+
slag
v.t.
The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
+
stagger
v.t.
To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
+
soft
n.
A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
+
shook
n.
The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
+
significancy
n.
That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
+
scombriformes
n.pl.
A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
+
sori
pl.
of Sorus
+
snout
n.
The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
+
staple
a.
Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
+
shy
n.
A side throw; a throw; a fling.
+
spermary
n.
An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
+
say
imp.
Saw.
+
sangraal
n.
Alt. of Sangreal
+
stereotomic
a.
Alt. of Stereotomical
+
skelly
v.i.
To squint.
+
snoozed
imp.|p.p.
of Snooze
+
swap
v.t.
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
+
saddleshaped
a.
Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
+
skimming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skim
+
sunk

imp. & p. p. of Sink.
+
salvo
n.
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
+
sully
v.i.
To become soiled or tarnished.
+
secretariate
n.
The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.
+
smew
n.
The hooded merganser.
+
selfannihilated
a.
Annihilated by one's self.
+
stipulated
imp.|p.p.
of Stipulate
+
sinus
n.
An opening; a hollow; a bending.
+
serval
n.
An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.
+
subcylindric
a.
Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.
+
sapphic
a.
Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
+
sclerotic
a.
Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
+
sarsa
n.
Sarsaparilla.
+
subaltern
a.
Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
+
sublimated
imp.|p.p.
of Sublimate
+
solleret
n.
A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor.
+
surfeiter
n.
One who surfeits.
+
sanctified
a.
Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
+
sandwort
n.
Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)
+
subinfeudation
n.
The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure.
+
superexcination
n.
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
+
substituent
n.
Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
+
subcommittee
n.
An under committee; a part or division of a committee.
+
slobber
n.
A jellyfish.
+
spirituous
a.
Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
+
spare
v.t.
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
+
seigh

obs. imp. sing. of See. Saw.
+
security
n.
An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
+
scoptic
a.
Alt. of Scoptical
+
slobber
v.t.|i.
See Slabber.
+
sculpturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sculpture
+
souke
v.t.|i.
To suck.
+
supplication
n.
A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.
+
suffumigated
imp.|p.p.
of Suffumigate
+
simplicity
n.
Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
+
sauh

imp. sing. of See.
+
stanyel
n.
See Stannel.
+
saturating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saturate
+
scaphocephalic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
+
still
a.
To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
+
spearmen
pl.
of Spearman
+
shackle
v.t.
Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
+
sarcotic
a.
Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.
+
stumpy
a.
Full of stumps; hard; strong.
+
skill
n.
Any particular art.
+
spongilla
n.
A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
+
shade
v.t.
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
+
screwed
imp.|p.p.
of Screw
+
serene
n.
Serenity; clearness; calmness.
+
subelongate
a.
Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.
+
sightless
a.
That can not be seen; invisible.
+
scrumptious
a.
Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.
+
sicken
v.t.
To make sick; to disease.
+
sixshooter
n.
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.
+
sabbatarian
n.
One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
+
scutch
n.
The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
+
subjunction
n.
Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.
+
sunder
v.t.
To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.
+
sphenoethmoidal
a.
Sphenethmoid.
+
shadily
adv.
In a shady manner.
+
saddle
n.
The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
+
shadow
n.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
+
shoot
v.i.
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
+
seintuary
n.
Sanctuary.
+
sachemship
n.
Office or condition of a sachem.
+
swabber
n.
Same as Swobber, 2.
+
sanctified
imp.|p.p.
of Sanctify
+
sperre
v.t.
To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.
+
spoilsmen
pl.
of Spoilsman
+
sconce
p.p.
Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
+
strike
v.t.
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
+
stick
n.
To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
+
sequestrable
a.
Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
+
shut
a.
Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
+
subsistence
n.
That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
+
strong
superl.
Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
+
sassarara
n.
A word used to emphasize a statement.
+
seemlily
adv.
In a seemly manner.
+
shreddy
a.
Consisting of shreds.
+
sacral
a.
Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
+
stealthful
a.
Given to stealth; stealthy.
+
starcher
n.
One who starches.
+
substraction
n.
See Subtraction, 3.
+
sadly
adv.
Seriously; soberly; gravely.
+
sweeten
a.
To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
+
saltly
adv.
With taste of salt; in a salt manner.
+
siliquosa
n.pl.
A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.
+
stew
v.i.
To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
+
starvedly
adv.
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
+
sistren
n.pl.
Sisters.
+
sister
v.t.
To be sister to; to resemble closely.
+
seek
v.t.
To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
+
seascape
n.
A picture representing a scene at sea.
+
steed
n.
A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose.
+
spasmodic
a.
Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.
+
sciurine
n.
A rodent of the Squirrel family.
+
simplicity
n.
Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
+
smectite
n.
A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.
+
smallclothes
n.pl.
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
+
salicaceous
a.
Belonging or relating to the willow.
+
sovereign
n.
Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
+
sidling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sidle
+
swindlery
n.
Swindling; rougery.
+
shipping
n.
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
+
soaring

a. & n. from Soar.
+
shelving
n.
The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
+
steel
n.
A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.
+
sheepshearer
n.
One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
+
sacrosciatic
a.
Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.
+
starwort
n.
A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.
+
subsinnation
n.
The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation.
+
subcontracted
a.
Betrothed for the second time.
+
spinigerous
a.
Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.
+
swordless
a.
Destitute of a sword.
+
selftrust
n.
Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
+
stoloniferous
a.
Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
+
solemnizer
n.
One who solemnizes.
+
spoliated
imp.|p.p.
of Spoliate
+
scumble
v.t.
To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.
+
santoninic
a.
Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.
+
sebiferous
a.
Producing vegetable tallow.
+
sigh
v.i.
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
+
spawn
v.t.
Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
+
swill
n.
To inebriate; to fill with drink.
+
strike
v.i.
To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
+
specifically
adv.
In a specific manner.
+
study
v.t.
To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.
+
scyphistomae
pl.
of Scyphistoma
+
savor
n.
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
+
sclerotic
a.
Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
+
sliced
imp.|p.p.
of Slice
+
supernaturality
n.
The quality or state of being supernatural.
+
seam
v.t.
To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
+
sea titling

The rock pipit.
+
springe
v.t.
To sprinkle; to scatter.
+
scouse
n.
A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse.
+
scullery
n.
A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
+
sculpin
n.
The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).
+
squat
v.t.
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
+
sympathize
v.i.
To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
+
sutras
pl.
of Sutra
+
scalpriform
a.
Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.
+
solemn
a.
Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
+
short
superl.
Not distant in time; near at hand.
+
sarcastically
adv.
In a sarcastic manner.
+
stuff
v.t.
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
+
skeletonized
imp.|p.p.
of Skeletonize
+
string
n.
The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
+
store
v.t.
A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
+
suspend
n.
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.
+
strainer
n.
One who strains.
+
syzygy
n.
Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.
+
stock
n.
The beater of a fulling mill.
+
semita
n.
A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
+
staple
a.
Fit to be sold; marketable.
+
stop
v.t.
To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
+
syllogistically
adv.
In a syllogistic manner.
+
succade
n.
A sweetmeat.
+
somatology
n.
The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.
+
square
n.
To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
+
scope
n.
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
+
seavy
a.
Overgrown with rushes.
+
sawdust
n.
Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
+
stain
n.
Cause of reproach; shame.
+
strid

of Stride
+
sexangled
a.
Alt. of Sexangular
+
strap
n.
The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
+
snuffle
n.
An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
+
scorn
n.
To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
+
stanza
n.
A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
+
shot
n.
The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
+
sabaeism
n.
Alt. of Sabaism
+
staple
n.
A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
+
syphilology
n.
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.
+
stockinger
n.
A stocking weaver.
+
spade
n.
A castrated man or beast.
+
stagger
n.
To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
+
shelve
v.t.
To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.
+
stringiness
n.
Quality of being stringy.
+
sallying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sally
+
sulphophosphoric
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.
+
skim
v.i.
To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
+
subscapular
a.
Alt. of Subscapulary
+
snowl
n.
The hooded merganser.
+
shittle
a.
Wavering; unsettled; inconstant.
+
stipitate
a.
Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.
+
sheaf
v.t.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
+
strict
a.
Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
+
snarler
n.
One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.
+
sweater
n.
One who, or that which, causes to sweat
+
sluiced
imp.|p.p.
of Sluice
+
sinewy
a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
+
simulate
a.
Feigned; pretended.
+
s

An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
+
suffrance
n.
Sufferance.
+
stale
v.t.
A laughingstock; a dupe.
+
sensuality
n.
The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness.
+
strip
v.t.
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
+
solvent
a.
Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
+
stinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stink
+
speller
n.
One who spells.
+
stime
n.
A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.
+
strip
n.
The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
+
syphilis
n.
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
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set
n.
A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
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spearfish
n.
The carp sucker.
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sash
v.t.
To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
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sudorific
n.
A sudorific medicine.  Cf. Diaphoretic.
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sugar
v.i.
In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off.
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studious
a.
Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
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scanning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scan
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stearyl
n.
The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.
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saturant
n.
A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
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slouching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slouch
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subordinated
imp.|p.p.
of Subordinate
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sea wolf

The wolf fish.
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sphenoidal
a.
Sphenoid.
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summity
n.
The utmost degree; perfection.
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subitaneous
a.
Sudden; hasty.
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shoshones
n.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.
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sworded
a.
Girded with a sword.
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sleight
n.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
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stellated
a.
Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.
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seaward
a.
Directed or situated toward the sea.
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superreward
v.t.
To reward to an excessive degree.
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spin
v.t.
To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
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subuliform
a.
Subulate.
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spend
v.t.
To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
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substantiated
imp.|p.p.
of Substantiate
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support
n.
The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
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stylo

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.
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stayed
imp.|p.p.
of Stay
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slipes
v.
Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
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splintering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Splinter
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shufflewing
n.
The hedg sparrow.
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shiner
n.
That which shines.
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star
n.
Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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screw
n.
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
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since
adv.
From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.
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spaniel
n.
One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.
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ries
pl.
of Stationary
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stand
v.i.
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
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spleenful
a.
Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy.
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syncopating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Syncopate
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slide
v.t.
To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
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smorzando
a.
Alt. of Smorsato
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strata
n.
pl. of Stratum.
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scorbutus
n.
Scurvy.
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sophister
n.
A sophist. See Sophist.
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subdilated
a.
Partially dilated.
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strand
v.i.
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
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spiculigenous
a.
Producing or containing spicules.
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sestine
n.
See Sextain.
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spirituality
n.
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
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shop
v.i.
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
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sadr
n.
A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).
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solisequious
a.
Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants.
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skating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skate
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still
a.
In the future as now and before.
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saveall
n.
Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
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shiver
n.
A thin slice; a shive.
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simulatory
a.
Simulated, or capable of being simulated.
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sympathy
n.
That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.
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sansculotte
n.
Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.
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solvability
n.
The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.
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shemitish
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.
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smooth
a.
To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
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son
n.
A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
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stanchless
a.
Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.
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sexagesimal
n.
A sexagesimal fraction.
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spies
pl.
of Spy
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stringer
n.
A longitudinal sleeper.
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squaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Square
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strong
superl.
Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
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surucucu
n.
See Bush master, under Bush.
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synacme
n.
Alt. of Synacmy
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sticktight
n.
Beggar's ticks.
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stern
v.t.
Fig.: The post of management or direction.
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scathed
imp.|p.p.
of Scath
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south
adv.
From the south; as, the wind blows south.
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senseless
a.
Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.
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surface
n.
Hence, outward or external appearance.
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septifragal
a.
Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.
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scout
n.
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
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sturionian
n.
One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.
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scalywinged
a.
Scale-winged.
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sore
a.
A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
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strophic
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
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serf
v.t.
A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.
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season
v.i.
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
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stubbed
a.
Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged.
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staith
n.
A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
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stupefy
v.t.
To deprive of material mobility.
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slade
n.
A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
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sexangular
a.
Having six angles; hexagonal.
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subtleties
pl.
of Subtlety
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singleness
n.
Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
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soil
v.i.
To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
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skiving
n.
The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
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surely
adv.
Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
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serve
v.t.
To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
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skip
n.
A light leap or bound.
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somatotropism
n.
A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
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subduplicate
a.
Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.
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spurt
v.i.
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
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subsidiary
a.
Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.
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sizer
n.
An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
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souchong
n.
A kind of black tea of a fine quality.
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society
n.
A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.
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shepherdling
n.
A little shepherd.
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sphenodon
n.
Same as Hatteria.
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synochal
a.
Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.
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standel
n.
A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.
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substantial
a.
Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
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squillas
pl.
of Squilla
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strong
superl.
Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
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synovia
n.
A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
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story
v.t.
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
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siren
n.
One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
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shark
v.t.|i.
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
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shivering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shiver
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scent
n.
The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
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strong
superl.
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.
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strelitzia
n.
A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
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synaxis
n.
A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper.
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shaving
n.
The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
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shunting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shunt
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strongminded
a.
Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women.
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satiety
n.
The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.
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size
v.t.
To swell; to increase the bulk of.
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succursal
v.t.
Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.
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sanjak
n.
A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
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spanking breeze

a strong breeze.
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shagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shag
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sexually
adv.
In a sexual manner or relation.
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sere
a.
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. ˆ152.  Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
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substratum
n.
The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance.
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satyr
n.
The orang-outang.
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superbiate
v.t.
To make (a person) haughty.
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soredium
n.
A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
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sizable
a.
Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
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scarce
adv.
Alt. of Scarcely
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secularism
n.
The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
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sinapis
n.
A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
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spindleshanks
n.
A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
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seventeen
n.
The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
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spall
v.t.
To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.
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strop
n.
A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
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sweepstakes
sing.pl.
The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.
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safflow
n.
The safflower.
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siphonet
n.
One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
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slush
n.
The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
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stumble
v.i.
To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against.
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sliding
a.
That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
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sway
v.i.
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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splint
v.t.
A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.
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skurry
n.|v.
See Scurry.
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shave
v.t.
To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
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sore
n.
Reddish brown; sorrel.
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scansorial
a.
Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
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speed
v.t.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
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startup
n.
One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
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sullen
a.
Lonely; solitary; desolate.
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shift
v.t.
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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stifle
v.t.
To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
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sequel
n.
Conclusion; inference.
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sea dove

The little auk, or rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.
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scopiform
a.
Having the form of a broom or besom.
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singular
a.
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
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spadices
pl.
of Spadix
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superintended
imp.|p.p.
of Superintend
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separate
v.t.
To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
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sweet
superl.
Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
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serve
v.t.
To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.
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sullen
a.
Obstinate; intractable.
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smudging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smudge
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subulated
a.
Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.
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spheroidical
a.
See Spheroidal.
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short
superl.
Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
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slope
a.
Sloping.
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saliently
adv.
In a salient manner.
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stertorous
a.
Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
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sheeting
n.
The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
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squarer
n.
One who, or that which, squares.
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siogoon
n.
See Shogun.
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slipslop
n.
Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
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second
n.
The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
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singer
n.
One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
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southeast
a.
Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.
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sanguinary
a.
Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
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storax
n.
Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.
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sabellian
a.
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
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sainthood
n.
The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively.
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sumac
n.
Alt. of Sumach
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schreibersite
n.
A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.
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shape
n.
Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.
+
symplectic
n.
The symplectic bone.
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subalternate
a.
Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
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schoolmaid
n.
A schoolgirl.
+
sized
a.
Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.
+
share
v.t.
To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
+
sunrise
n.
Alt. of Sunrising
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scarmage
n.
Alt. of Scarmoge
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swampy
a.
Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
+
slabsided
a.
Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank.
+
skull
n.
A covering for the head; a skullcap.
+
scudded
imp.|p.p.
of Scud
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scratch
v.t.
To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
+
sounded
imp.|p.p.
of Sound
+
strategy
n.
The use of stratagem or artifice.
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solve
v.t.
To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.
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sow
v.t.
To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
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swordtail
n.
Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.
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stockstill
a.
Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
+
still
adv.
Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
+
spirit
n.
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
+
swerving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swerve
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supple
a.
Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
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squirrel
v.i.
Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
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sike
v.i.
To sigh.
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scheelin
n.
Scheelium.
+
stich
n.
A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.
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swordsman
n.
A soldier; a fighting man.
+
sinologist
n.
A sinologue.
+
stuffed
imp.|p.p.
of Stuff
+
subhumerate
v.t.
To place the shoulders under; to bear.
+
soft
superl.
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.
+
scabbard
n.
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
+
sithe
v.i.
To sigh.
+
sapper
n.
One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.
+
satchel
n.
A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag.
+
standard
n.
The sheth of a plow.
+
sea pork

An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.
+
sell
n.
Self.
+
slick
n.
A wide paring chisel.
+
sponged
imp.|p.p.
of Sponge
+
space
n.
The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
+
subjectivist
n.
One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.
+
surbet
v.t.
Same as Surbate.
+
squint
a.
Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
+
screechers
n.pl.
The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.
+
scurrility
n.
That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
+
siding
n.
The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.
+
specking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speck
+
slazy
a.
See Sleazy.
+
scrawl
v.t.
To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.
+
slyness
n.
The quality or state of being sly.
+
senate
n.
In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.
+
sloppy
superl.
Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.
+
shelter
v.t.
To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
+
spermidium
n.
An achenium.
+
sedimentation
n.
The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
+
sombrero
n.
A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.
+
sizzle
v.i.
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
+
skill
v.i.
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
+
supernaturalist
n.
One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.
+
scragnecked
a.
Having a scraggy neck.
+
subject
a.
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
+
shanghai
v.t.
To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
+
successive
a.
Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer.
+
shrived

of Shrive
+
spite
n.
Vexation; chargrin; mortification.
+
sansculottic
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
+
strangle
v.t.
To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
+
scyphistomata
pl.
of Scyphistoma
+
serviceable
a.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
+
swainling
n.
A little swain.
+
securement
n.
The act of securing; protection.
+
soldier
n.
Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
+
sanableness
n.
The quality of being sanable.
+
stuckle
n.
A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
+
stop
n.
The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
+
smoulderingness
n.
The state of smoldering.
+
swarthiness
n.
The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
+
starting

a. & n. from Start, v.
+
shaggy
n.
Rough with long hair or wool.
+
sphenoid
n.
A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
+
sarcophile
n.
A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.
+
snub
v.i.
To sob with convulsions.
+
straighten
v.t.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
+
suctorian
n.
A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.
+
shoulder
n.
The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
+
slavery
n.
The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.
+
selfsacrifice
n.
The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
+
slight
n.
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
+
steeve
n.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
+
subjected
imp.|p.p.
of Subject
+
sound
v.t.
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
+
shied

imp. & p. p. of Shy.
+
spawner
n.
A mature female fish.
+
saffron
n.
The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
+
see
n.
A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
+
souple
n.
That part of a flail which strikes the grain.
+
see
v.i.
To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.
+
spirited
a.
Animated or possessed by a spirit.
+
sultana
n.
A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
+
seashell
n.
The shell of any marine mollusk.
+
stroam
v.i.
To take long strides in walking.
+
snithe
a.
Alt. of Snithy
+
stripe
n.
A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
+
semiform
n.
A half form; an imperfect form.
+
shragger
n.
One who lops; one who trims trees.
+
stylopodia
pl.
of Stylopodium
+
shiner
n.
A bright piece of money.
+
sentinel
v.t.
To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
+
stroller
n.
One who strolls; a vagrant.
+
splintery
a.
Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
+
stammer
v.t.
To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
+
sunshiny
a.
Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.
+
secondclass
a.
Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.
+
stonecray
n.
A distemper in hawks.
+
slipthrift
n.
A spendthrift.
+
stressful
a.
Having much stress.
+
scleroid
a.
Having a hard texture, as nutshells.
+
swanky
n.
An active and clever young fellow.
+
slicker
n.
A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
+
scrape
n.
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
+
saccate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.
+
southerner
n.
An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.
+
stephanite
n.
A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore.
+
stony
superl.
Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
+
sightseer
n.
One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
+
sooty
superl.
Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
+
stopping
n.
Material for filling a cavity.
+
stroke
v.t.
The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
+
salutatorily
adv.
By way of salutation.
+
spring
v.i.
To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
+
spill
n.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
+
swinecase
n.
A hogsty.
+
slouch
n.
An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
+
sick
superl.
Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
+
surfeitwater
n.
Water for the cure of surfeits.
+
sequestered
a.
Retired; secluded.
+
shank
v.
The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
+
salved
imp.|p.p.
of Salve
+
spontaneous
a.
Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.
+
steep
n.
A rennet bag.
+
sweetening
n.
The act of making sweet.
+
specification
n.
The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
+
stylopodium
n.
An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.
+
spherometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.
+
saliency
n.
Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.
+
shed
v.t.
To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
+
stunted
imp.|p.p.
of Stunt
+
speckledbelly
n.
The gadwall.
+
spaewife
n.
A female fortune teller.
+
steeling
n.
The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
+
sparkish
a.
Like a spark; airy; gay.
+
sporadically
adv.
In a sporadic manner.
+
sea toad

A toadfish.
+
soon
adv.
Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
+
slackening

of Slacken
+
seduction
n.
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
+
stull
n.
A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones.
+
sacramentalism
n.
The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.
+
spit
n.
To spade; to dig.
+
scotia
n.
Scotland
+
strowl
v.i.
To stroll.
+
scopster
n.
The saury.
+
siccate
v.t.
To dry.
+
synarthroses
pl.
of Synarthrosis
+
scrimmage
n.
Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
+
sonometer
n.
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.
+
safranine
n.
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.
+
stultiloquent
a.
Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.
+
serious
a.
Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
+
subordinate
v.t.
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.
+
sinewy
a.
Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
+
spritefully
a.
Alt. of Spritely
+
sextet
n.
Alt. of Sextetto
+
saker
n.
A small piece of artillery.
+
soldiery
n.
Military service.
+
superannuate
v.t.
To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
+
sweet
n.
That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
+
sport
v.t.
To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.
+
sulphurator
n.
An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
+
shutter
n.
A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
+
sulpharsenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts.
+
strumming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strum
+
strangeness
n.
The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).
+
sextile
a.
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
+
sea crow

The cormorant.
+
sanguine
n.
Blood color; red.
+
subterranity
n.
A place under ground; a subterrany.
+
scaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scale
+
spinet
n.
A spinny.
+
spicery
n.
A repository of spices.
+
seconder
n.
One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
+
sheepmaster
n.
A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.
+
sile
n.
Filth; sediment.
+
saltier
n.
See Saltire.
+
schematism
n.
Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.
+
staff
n.
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
+
side
n.
Long; large; extensive.
+
stipel
n.
The stipule of a leaflet.
+
spraining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprain
+
syphilitically
adv.
In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.
+
silly
n.
Happy; fortunate; blessed.
+
site
n.
The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.
+
sign
v.i.
To be a sign or omen.
+
strive
n.
Strife; contention.
+
stammel
n.
A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.
+
snatch
n.
A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
+
superexalted
imp.|p.p.
of Superexalt
+
splanchnic
a.
Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.
+
sleepwaker
n.
On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
+
sonorous
a.
Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
+
stochastic
a.
Conjectural; able to conjecture.
+
signalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Signalize
+
slam
v.i.
To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.
+
shroud
n.
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
+
string
v.t.
To make tense; to strengthen.
+
soothsay
v.i.
To foretell; to predict.
+
shacklock
n.
A sort of shackle.
+
showery
a.
Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
+
sciagraphy
n.
The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
+
snowed
imp.|p.p.
of Snow
+
secretory
n.
A secretory vessel; a secernent.
+
serapis
n.
An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.
+
subgenus
n.
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
+
statutable
a.
Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.
+
strull
n.
A bar so placed as to resist weight.
+
steel
n.
To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.
+
spinny
a.
Thin and long; slim; slender.
+
shapely
superl.
Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
+
sang

imp. of Sing.
+
scorbute
n.
Scurvy.
+
smithy
n.
The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy.
+
spadix
n.
A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
+
stint
n.
Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
+
shrowd
v.t.
See Shrood.
+
silentiary
n.
One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.
+
sisterly
a.
Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.
+
sun star

See Sun star, under Sun.
+
standard
n.
An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
+
shrink
v.t.
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
+
sibyl
n.
A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.
+
spraints
v.t.
The dung of an otter.
+
snap
n.
To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
+
stipulate
v.i.
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.
+
scapulary
n.
Same as 2d and 3d Scapular.
+
suffocative
a.
Tending or able to choke or stifle.
+
schoolship
n.
A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
+
sandwich
v.t.
To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.
+
stretch
v.t.
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
+
scrambled
imp.|p.p.
of Scramble
+
silverfin
n.
A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
+
share
v.
Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
+
stylobate
n.
The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.
+
shed
imp.|p.p.
of Shed
+
sapogenin
n.
A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
+
squiggle
v.i.
To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
+
stannite
n.
A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.
+
seize
v.t.
To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
+
swooning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swoon
+
summerliness
n.
The quality or state of being like summer.
+
stampede
v.t.
To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
+
shah
n.
The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
+
simoniac
n.
One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.
+
spanish
a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
+
smart
v.i.
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
+
stop
v.t.
To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
+
staminal
a.
Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
+
stall
v.i.
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
+
spurwinged
a.
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
+
suppletories
pl.
of Suppletory
+
spectacle
n.
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.
+
salvage
n.
The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
+
saw

imp. of See.
+
spathe
n.
A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
+
suture
n.
The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
+
slid

imp. & p. p. of Slide.
+
shelf
v.i.
A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
+
settee
n.
A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
+
slickness
n.
The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
+
spanking
a.
Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.
+
sepon
n.
See Supawn.
+
saturate
v.t.
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
+
sober
superl.
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
+
scheeles green

See under Green.
+
stead
n.
A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
+
shroud
n.
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
+
sialogogue
n.
An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
+
sufflation
n.
The act of blowing up or inflating.
+
strewment
n.
Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration.
+
spaced
imp.|p.p.
of Space
+
saphenous
a.
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.
+
shoon
pl.
of Shoe
+
separate
v.t.
To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
+
selfseeking
a.
Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
+
slip
n.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
+
squeamous
a.
Squeamish.
+
swart
a.
Gloomy; malignant.
+
speeding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Speed
+
sclerogenous
a.
Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
+
sufficiency
n.
Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
+
saving
n.
Exception; reservation.
+
splenial
a.
Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
+
stud
n.
An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.
+
synoptic
a.
Alt. of Synoptical
+
secular
a.
Coming or observed once in an age or a century.
+
spoiler
n.
One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
+
steep
v.t.
Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.
+
silicula
n.
A silicle.
+
strop
n.
A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.
+
strap
n.
A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
+
sea rover

One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
+
spent
a.
Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
+
stock
n.
A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
+
sley
v.t.
A guideway in a knitting machine.
+
splenetic
a.
Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
+
strawed

imp. & p. p. of Straw.
+
stey
n.
See Stee.
+
subvention
n.
The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.
+
soavemente
adv.
Sweetly.
+
solenogastra
n.pl.
An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.
+
sternness
n.
The quality or state of being stern.
+
sharptail
n.
The pintail duck.
+
shade
n.
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
+
scribe
v.t.
To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
+
sufi
n.
One of a certain order of religious men in Persia.
+
she
obj.
This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
+
superinduce
v.t.
To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.
+
sat
imp.
of Sit
+
sweep
v.i.
To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
+
silicide
n.
A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
+
secre
n.
A secret.
+
spearfish
n.
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.
+
sorbonical
a.
Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist.
+
spica
n.
A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
+
spinster
n.
A man who spins.
+
setting
n.
That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
+
swordfish
n.
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
+
solution
n.
The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
+
side
v.t.
To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
+
sesqyipedality
n.
The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
+
sniff
v.t.
To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
+
substantial
a.
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
+
strunt
n.
Spirituous liquor.
+
slake
v.i.
To slacken; to become relaxed.
+
spawl
n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
+
sigil
n.
A seal; a signature.
+
sympathy
n.
Similarity of function, use office, or the like.
+
sombre
v.t.
To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
+
sultany
n.
Sultanry.
+
sociate
n.
An associate.
+
swim
n.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
+
spewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spew
+
snob
n.
A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.
+
sulphur
n.
A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
+
simplicity
n.
The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
+
stored
a.
Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity.
+
saturator
n.
One who, or that which, saturates.
+
statuminate
v.t.
To prop or support.
+
sensation
n.
A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
+
speight
n.
A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight.
+
sold
imp.|p.p.
of Sell
+
sire
v.t.
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
+
soft
superl.
Somewhat weak in intellect.
+
shankbeer
n.
See Schenkbeer.
+
shingling
n.
The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
+
sulciform
a.
Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings.
+
steel
n.
A chalybeate medicine.
+
sympetalous
a.
Having the petals united; gamopetalous.
+
save
a.
To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
+
sabrina work

A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc.
+
steep
n.
A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
+
spancel
n.
A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.
+
stein
n.|v.
See Steen.
+
superlative
n.
The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives.
+
smiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smite
+
subaid
v.t.
To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.
+
sophisticate
v.t.
To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.
+
silverback
n.
The knot.
+
scenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scent
+
sle
v.t.
To slay.
+
slabberer
n.
One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
+
submiss
a.
Submissive; humble; obsequious.
+
sken
v.i.
To squint.
+
swash
v.t.
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
+
sea language

The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.
+
supplicat
n.
A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.
+
sour
v.t.
To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
+
samlet
n.
The parr.
+
spet
n.
Spittle.
+
skaddon
n.
The larva of a bee.
+
sulphurous
a.
Of or pertaining to sulphur.
+
stakedriver
n.
The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
+
supawn
n.
Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.
+
siller
n.
Silver.
+
shoot
v.i.
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
+
sweat
v.i.
The sweating sickness.
+
stable
v.i.
To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.
+
scyphus
n.
The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
+
showroom
n.
A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.
+
slow
n.
A moth.
+
snorter
n.
One who snorts.
+
scatterling
n.
One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.
+
settlement
n.
The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
+
steerable
a.
Capable of being steered; dirigible.
+
saltmouth
n.
A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.
+
soothness
n.
Truth; reality.
+
sowar
n.
In India, a mounted soldier.
+
spread
v.i.
To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
+
stock
n.
The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
+
stadtholderate
n.
Alt. of Stadtholdership
+
stoutish
a.
Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
+
slackened

of Slacken
+
subashship
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.
+
sprang
imp.
of Spring
+
semipalmated
a.
Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
+
secretaries
pl.
of Secretary
+
swerve
v.i.
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
+
sprightliness
n.
The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
+
steepened
imp.|p.p.
of Steepen
+
subtractive
a.
Tending, or having power, to subtract.
+
slow
superl.
Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
+
strisores
n.pl.
A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.
+
stirte

imp. of Start, v. i. & t.
+
seel
v.t.
To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
+
staphylorrhaphy
n.
The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
+
seke
v.t.|i.
To seek.
+
subangular
a.
Slightly angular.
+
securable
a.
That may be secured.
+
surmise
v.t.
To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
+
slave
n.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
+
silvanite
n.
See Sylvanite.
+
synodist
n.
An adherent to a synod.
+
spargefaction
n.
The act of sprinkling.
+
saving
a.
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
+
spangle
n.
A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
+
screw
v.t.
To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
+
snap
v.t.
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
+
shackled
imp.|p.p.
of Shackle
+
sullage
n.
Silt; mud deposited by water.
+
stuff
v.t.
The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
+
shape
n.
That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
+
stumbled
imp.|p.p.
of Stumble
+
squaterole
n.
The black-bellied plover.
+
spinner
n.
One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
+
stain
v.t.
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
+
steel
n.
Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
+
shine
n.
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
+
suist
n.
One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
+
swell
n.
A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
+
snivelling

of Snivel
+
sleight
n.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
+
snapper
n.
Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.
+
sea goddess

A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.
+
silvered
imp.|p.p.
of Silver
+
sport
n.
A sportsman; a gambler.
+
sorceries
pl.
of Sorcery
+
surrender
v.t.
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.
+
size
v.t.
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
+
spalt
a.
Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
+
snow
v.t.
To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
+
stung

imp. & p. p. of Sting.
+
scyphistoma
n.
The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
+
specular
a.
Affording view.
+
stalagmitic
a.
Alt. of Stalagmitical
+
slake
v.i.
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
+
sheathless
a.
Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
+
snuffer
n.
One who snuffs.
+
subcircular
a.
Nearly circular.
+
set
v.t.
To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
+
sardius
n.
A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.
+
spoilsman
n.
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.
+
sylvicoline
a.
Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.
+
septentrial
a.
Septentrional.
+
suck
n.
Juice; succulence.
+
sapientious
a.
Sapiential.
+
shirting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shirt
+
stormbeat
a.
Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms.
+
scalene
a.
Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.
+
sedate
a.
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
+
suffocate
v.t.
To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
+
sorrel
n.
One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
+
stubbled
a.
Covered with stubble.
+
settle
v.i.
To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
+
scolex
n.
One of the Scolecida.
+
sea wolf

The European sea perch.
+
stiffen
v.t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
+
scolytid
n.
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
+
sparada
n.
A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.
+
stand
n.
To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
+
store
v.t.
That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
+
strike
v.i.
To make an attack; to aim a blow.
+
sphagnicolous
a.
Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.
+
sod

of Seethe
+
suffixing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suffix
+
synchronistic
a.
Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.
+
sublime
v.t.
To raise on high.
+
sententious
a.
Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
+
sea mouse

A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides.
+
sphacelus
n.
Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
+
sea marge

Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
+
sire
n.
A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
+
sanctuaries
pl.
of Sanctuary
+
septifluous
a.
Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.
+
simial
a.
Simian; apelike.
+
skiff
n.
A small, light boat.
+
sweep
n.
Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
+
suppositional
a.
Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.
+
smugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smug
+
shackle
v.t.
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
+
straggled
imp.|p.p.
of Straggle
+
shingling
n.
The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
+
siphon
n.
A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.
+
seesaw
n.
A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
+
similiter
n.
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.
+
soldered
imp.|p.p.
of Solder
+
swill
n.
The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.
+
stripping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strip
+
shore
v.t.
To set on shore.
+
subjectless
a.
Having no subject.
+
slick
n.
See Schlich.
+
siroc
n.
See Sirocco.
+
sorely
adv.
In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
+
substitutional
a.
Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted.
+
sock
n.
A warm inner sole for a shoe.
+
speakable
a.
Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken.
+
subdititious
a.
Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.
+
subhyoidean
a.
Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.
+
saxonism
n.
An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
+
sulphureted
a.
Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.
+
scumber
v.i.
To void excrement.
+
sennet
n.
The barracuda.
+
silted
imp.|p.p.
of Silt
+
slum
n.
Same as Slimes.
+
sprigged
a.
Having sprigs.
+
scrape
v.i.
To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
+
shooting
n.
The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.
+
swayed
imp.|p.p.
of Sway
+
steinkirk
n.
A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
+
subdual
n.
Act of subduing.
+
sightful
a.
Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.
+
spatangoid
n.
One of the Spatangoidea.
+
sycophant
v.t.
To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
+
sirvente
n.
A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
+
shoring
n.
A system of props; props, collectively.
+
segregation
n.
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
+
serpenttongued
a.
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
+
stearate
n.
A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.
+
stormcock
n.
The missel thrush.
+
stowage
n.
The state of being stowed, or put away.
+
stepchild
n.
A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
+
sonant
a.
Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
+
sallied
imp.|p.p.
of Sally
+
swear
v.t.
To appeal to by an oath.
+
stere
n.
Helmsman. See 6th Steer.
+
simply
adv.
Weakly; foolishly.
+
shade
n.
The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
+
subjoinder
n.
An additional remark.
+
subduable
a.
Able to be subdued.
+
spiroylic
a.
Alt. of Spiroylous
+
snooded
a.
Wearing or having a snood.
+
silvering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Silver
+
strangling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strangle
+
stroke
v.t.
Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
+
sheepish
a.
Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
+
cies
pl.
of Superintendency
+
similes
pl.
of Simile
+
satrap
n.
The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
+
stupefacient
a.
Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.
+
slink
a.
To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
+
superroyal
a.
Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
+
shibboleth
n.
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
+
satisfy
v.i.
To make payment or atonement; to atone.
+
sovereign
a.
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
+
span
v.t.
To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
+
scatter
v.t.
To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
+
sphacelate
a.
Alt. of Sphacelated
+
significatory
n.
That which is significatory.
+
sinuated
a.
Same as Sinuate.
+
splendidness
n.
The quality of being splendid.
+
smitt
v.t.
Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
+
swerve
v.i.
To bend; to incline.
+
stomachic
n.
A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.
+
spreynd

p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.
+
solidity
n.
Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
+
settle
v.i.
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.
+
semeiotic
a.
Alt. of Semiotic
+
subgenera
pl.
of Subgenus
+
section
n.
The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.
+
surling
n.
A sour, morose fellow.
+
subglobose
a.
Not quite globose.
+
sistering
a.
Contiguous.
+
strike
v.i.
To steal money.
+
strontianite
n.
Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.
+
slantly
adv.
In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
+
substrate
n.
A substratum.
+
stufa
n.
A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.
+
shear
v.t.
A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
+
snarl
n.
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
+
sultaness
n.
A sultana.
+
scary
n.
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
+
smart
v.i.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
+
smilodon
n.
An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.
+
skirling
n.
A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
+
syphiloderm
n.
A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.
+
stomacher
n.
An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated.
+
subindices
pl.
of Subindex
+
styloid
a.
Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
+
sparing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spare
+
somnipathy
n.
Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.
+
snaillike
a.
Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
+
spanceling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spancel
+
side
v.t.
To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
+
subepidermal
a.
Situated immediately below the epidermis.
+
stokehole
n.
The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.
+
struggler
n.
One who struggles.
+
sconce
p.p.
A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
+
sopper
n.
One who sops.
+
suaviloquy
n.
Sweetness of speech.
+
sunshiny
a.
Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.
+
seaquake
n.
A quaking of the sea.
+
significance
n.
Alt. of Significancy
+
sanctification
n.
The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
+
sesquioxide
n.
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.
+
sclerotome
n.
One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes.
+
signore
n.
Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
+
seldom
a.
Rare; infrequent.
+
snape
v.t.
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
+
strickle
n.
A templet; a pattern.
+
subjunctive
n.
The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood.
+
stylometer
n.
An instrument for measuring columns.
+
square
n.
Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
+
spleenless
a.
Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild.
+
stain
v.t.
To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
+
shoplike
a.
Suiting a shop; vulgar.
+
swimming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swim
+
screw
v.i.
To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
+
slowly
adv.
In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
+
stigmatical
a.
Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
+
structure
n.
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.
+
saurognathous
a.
Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici).
+
spore
n.
One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.
+
scantlet
n.
A small pattern; a small quantity.
+
substantialize
v.t.
To make substantial.
+
spontaneities
pl.
of Spontaneity
+
semifluid
a.
Imperfectly fluid.
+
shellproof
a.
Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
+
subject
a.
That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
+
stifled
imp.|p.p.
of Stifle
+
stirrer
n.
One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer.
+
scourged
imp.|p.p.
of Scourge
+
scarry
a.
Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars.
+
sentimentalize
v.i.
To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility.
+
squeeze
n.
The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
+
surpriser
n.
One who surprises.
+
sextile
n.
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /.
+
secretion
n.
Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.
+
selve
a.
Self; same.
+
silly
n.
Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
+
somatics
n.
The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.
+
stay
v.i.
To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
+
shock
v.
To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
+
stell
v.t.
A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle.
+
spark
n.
A brisk, showy, gay man.
+
strickle
n.
An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
+
subjugated
imp.|p.p.
of Subjugate
+
subjugating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subjugate
+
sneaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sneak
+
shovelling

of Shovel
+
spike
v.t.
To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
+
slack
adv.
Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
+
secancy
n.
A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another.
+
styca
n.
An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing.
+
spayad
n.
Alt. of Spayade
+
spectacle
n.
A spy-glass; a looking-glass.
+
stoop
v.t.
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
+
systematist
n.
One who adheres to a system.
+
smooth
superl.
Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
+
stirk
n.
A young bullock or heifer.
+
satrapy
n.
The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
+
sowbane
n.
The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.
+
surf
n.
The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
+
simplehearted
a.
Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
+
shine
n.
Sunshine; fair weather.
+
silicle
n.
A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.
+
sparoid
n.
One of the Sparidae.
+
slaughterer
n.
One who slaughters.
+
subscribe
v.i.
To sign one's name to a letter or other document.
+
supercrescence
n.
That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.
+
storven

p. p. of Starve.
+
susception
n.
The act of taking; reception.
+
secondary
a.
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.
+
sea dotterel

The turnstone.
+
sconcing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sconce
+
sexangularly
adv.
Hexagonally.
+
seraph
n.
One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.
+
shade
n.
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
+
session
n.
Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
+
slough
v.i.
To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.
+
sensationalist
n.
One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
+
stablishment
n.
Establishment.
+
slatting
n.
The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.
+
shower
n.
That which shows; a mirror.
+
sidehill
n.
The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
+
slipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slip
+
stoicity
n.
Stoicism.
+
syllable
n.
In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.
+
somnolism
n.
The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism.
+
stulty
a.
Foolish; silly.
+
sclerodermite
n.
Sclerenchyma.
+
spread
imp.|p.p.
of Spread
+
selenious
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.
+
smittle
v.t.
To infect.
+
shock
n.
A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.
+
sifac
n.
The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.
+
sublime
v.t.
To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.
+
significator
n.
One who, or that which, signifies.
+
sleepy
n.
Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
+
saved
imp.|p.p.
of Save
+
syntactic
a.
Alt. of Syntactical
+
sinistrously
adv.
With a tendency to use the left hand.
+
stipendiarian
a.
Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.
+
splinting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Splint
+
snowy
a.
White like snow.
+
splitfeet
n.pl.
The Fissipedia.
+
slur
n.
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
+
swang
archaicimp.
of Swing
+
stemma
n.
One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
+
sacellum
n.
A small monumental chapel in a church.
+
scandalum magnatum

A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
+
slam
n.
The act of one who, or that which, slams.
+
sloth
n.
Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws.  Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.
+
sublittoral
a.
Under the shore.
+
snakish
a.
Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
+
serum
n.
The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
+
suite
n.
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.
+
spicewood
n.
An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.
+
swinker
n.
A laborer.
+
shatterpated
a.
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild.
+
stream
v.t.
To unfurl.
+
stroma
n.
A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
+
sinto

Alt. of Sintoist
+
squabash
v.t.
To crush; to quash; to squash.
+
swell
v.i.
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
+
subbase
n.
The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.
+
spell
n.
The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
+
sister
n.
A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
+
slavish
a.
Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
+
silken
a.
Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
+
syrian
n.
A native of Syria.
+
singleton
n.
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.
+
stenoderm
n.
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.
+
slice
v.t.
A removable sliding bottom to galley.
+
spreadeagle
a.
Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
+
snakeneck
n.
The snakebird, 1.
+
snow
n.
Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.
+
sublunary
n.
Any worldly thing.
+
spermatozoid
n.
The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
+
sea onion

The officinal squill. See Squill.
+
sixfold
a.
Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
+
sinical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
+
step
v.i.
Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
+
strike
v.t.
To punish; to afflict; to smite.
+
sharpsaw
n.
The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
+
supplanted
imp.|p.p.
of Supplant
+
soliloquy
n.
The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
+
strain
n.
A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
+
sea mouse

The dunlin.
+
sollein
a.
Sullen; sad.
+
stage
n.
A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
+
sarasin
n.
See Sarrasin.
+
steepiness
n.
Steepness.
+
suboval
a.
Somewhat oval; nearly oval.
+
shell
n.
An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
+
stagehouse
n.
A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
+
sabine
n.
See Savin.
+
sequester
v.t.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
+
syllabarium
n.
A syllabary.
+
sluggy
a.
Sluggish.
+
summer
v.
One who sums; one who casts up an account.
+
sadden
v.t.
To render heavy or cohesive.
+
stateless
a.
Without state or pomp.
+
sanctuary
n.
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.
+
stretcher
n.
A piece of timber used in building.
+
strung
imp.
of String
+
sise
n.
An assize.
+
selfabnegation
n.
Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
+
submonish
v.t.
To suggest; to prompt.
+
spring
v.i.
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
+
somnipathist
n.
A person in a state of somniapathy.
+
strainable
a.
Capable of being strained.
+
shook
n.
A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
+
sty
v.i.
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
+
stulm
n.
A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.
+
sudary
n.
A napkin or handkerchief.
+
suffrutescent
a.
Slightly woody at the base.
+
suborned
imp.|p.p.
of Suborn
+
saimir
n.
The squirrel monkey.
+
splaymouths
pl.
of Splaymouth
+
savable
a.
Capable of, or admitting of, being saved.
+
smaltite
n.
A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.
+
swore
imp.
of Swear
+
swanpan
n.
The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
+
shittim
n.
Alt. of Shittim wood
+
syrup
n.
A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
+
smoldering
a.
Alt. of Smouldering
+
smooth
a.
To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
+
salify
v.t.
To combine or impregnate with a salt.
+
sclaundre
n.
Slander.
+
stark
n.
Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
+
stalkeyed
a.
Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
+
suboperculum
n.
The lower opercular bone in fishes.
+
sweep
n.
The almond furnace.
+
saturnian
a.
Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
+
sinapoleic
a.
Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.
+
stibial
a.
Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
+
scorpion
n.
The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
+
speking
n.
Public declamation; oratory.
+
stand
n.
To appear in court.
+
superstructure
n.
Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
+
strike
n.
The act of striking.
+
spoil
v.t.
To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
+
scutch
v.t.
To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
+
sup
v.t.
To treat with supper.
+
stavewood
n.
A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
+
sweeping
a.
Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.
+
shout
v.t.
To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
+
scold
n.
A scolding; a brawl.
+
shallow
superl.
Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
+
swelt
v.i.
To faint; to swoon.
+
slinger
n.
One who slings, or uses a sling.
+
separator
n.
An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
+
stuck
n.
A thrust.
+
siruped
a.
Alt. of Syruped
+
structural
a.
Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.
+
shoo
interj.
Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
+
subletting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sublet
+
stalwartness
n.
The quality of being stalwart.
+
sculled
imp.|p.p.
of Scull
+
selfreproving
a.
Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.
+
sulphantimonite
n.
A salt of sulphantimonious acid.
+
stoop
v.i.
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
+
semiology

Alt. of Semiological
+
scapulet
n.
A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
suck
n.
The act of drawing with the mouth.
+
schwanpan
n.
Chinese abacus.
+
satisfiable
a.
That may be satisfied.
+
sirupy
a.
Alt. of Syrupy
+
spreading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spread
+
souring
n.
Any sour apple.
+
slocking

a. & n. from Slock.
+
sterile
a.
Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
+
survey
n.
The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
+
scurfiness
n.
Quality or state of being scurfy.
+
systemization
n.
The act or process of systematizing; systematization.
+
starfish
n.
The dollar fish, or butterfish.
+
supplechapped
a.
Having a limber tongue.
+
shots
pl.
of Shot
+
suttle
v.i.
To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
+
stopper
n.
A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
+
staircase
n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
+
shagreen
a.
Alt. of Shagreened
+
silverfish
n.
The tarpum.
+
sand
v.t.
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
+
square
n.
An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
+
situated
a.
Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
+
smaragd
n.
The emerald.
+
singly
adv.
Honestly; sincerely; simply.
+
security
n.
Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.
+
shrubbiness
n.
Quality of being shrubby.
+
sanguivorous
a.
Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.
+
syndic
n.
An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.
+
silverware
n.
Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
+
sangiac
n.
See Sanjak.
+
splash
n.
Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
+
sphagnum
n.
A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
+
smoothly
adv.
In a smooth manner.
+
stoppering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stopper
+
spignel
n.
Same as Spickenel.
+
subject
a.
Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
+
strid
n.
A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
+
stupid
a.
Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.
+
sordidly
adv.
In a sordid manner.
+
solarize
v.i.
To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
+
scranky
a.
Thin; lean.
+
stridulate
v.t.
to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
+
stithy
v.t.
To forge on an anvil.
+
sordidly
n.
Sordidness.
+
selenecentric
a.
As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.
+
scantle
v.i.
To be deficient; to fail.
+
secundation
n.
Prosperity.
+
semination
n.
Natural dispersion of seeds.
+
supermundial
a.
Supermundane.
+
sufficed
imp.|p.p.
of Suffice
+
sunlike
a.
Like or resembling the sun.
+
semiography

Alt. of Semiological
+
speedy
superl.
Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
+
selfwrong
n.
Wrong done by a person himself.
+
seat
v.t.
To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
+
seraskier
n.
A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.
+
serrature
n.
A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
+
stopple
v.t.
That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
+
soda
n.
Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
+
shuttle
v.i.
To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
+
spute
v.t.
To dispute; to discuss.
+
stillhunt
n.
A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.
+
scraggy
superl.
Rough with irregular points; scragged.
+
starproof
a.
Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.
+
sabring

of Sabre
+
savor
a.
That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
+
sinciput
n.
The fore part of the head.
+
stanno

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient.
+
selfevolution
n.
Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.
+
sikhs
n.pl.
A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th century.
+
soupy
a.
Resembling soup; souplike.
+
survivorship
n.
The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other.
+
scapement
v.
Same as Escapement, 3.
+
subscription
n.
A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.
+
sail
n.
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
+
shrift
n.
Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
+
swallow
v.t.
To occupy; to take up; to employ.
+
sensually
adv.
In a sensual manner.
+
solicitress
n.
A woman who solicits.
+
soft
superl.
Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
+
shakings
n.pl.
Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.
+
settlement
n.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
+
stating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of State
+
subsequency
n.
The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.
+
strabismometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.
+
siriasis
n.
The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
+
spatter
v.i.
To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
+
subreption
n.
The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
+
stringed

of String
+
shill
v.t.
To put under cover; to sheal.
+
shog
v.i.
To jog; to move on.
+
sirloin
n.
A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
+
spinetail
n.
The ruddy duck.
+
starchy
a.
Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
+
sublime
n.
That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
+
sex
n.
One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
+
sea scorpion

The scorpene.
+
sparry
a.
Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.
+
shuffling
a.
Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse.
+
strake
n.
One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.
+
snakewood
n.
A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
+
spale
n.
A strengthening cross timber.
+
stormcock
n.
The green woodpecker.
+
speckledness
n.
The quality of being speckled.
+
sperling
n.
A young herring.
+
set
v.t.
Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
+
succession
n.
The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.
+
seedcake
n.
A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.
+
shield
n.
A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
+
serpentine
n.
A kind of ancient cannon.
+
sport
v.i.
To trifle.
+
slumming
vb.n.
Visiting slums.
+
shindle
v.t.
To cover or roof with shindles.
+
soil
n.
Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
+
senior
n.
A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.
+
scutching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scutch
+
seamed
a.
Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
+
selfimposture
n.
Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
+
soprano
n.
A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
+
sipunculoidea
n.pl.
Same as Gephyrea.
+
satirical
a.
Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
+
sou
n.
An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou.
+
shadow
n.
A small degree; a shade.
+
symmetrical
a.
Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.
+
sorcerous
a.
Of or pertaining to sorcery.
+
shunning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shun
+
spendthrift
n.
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
+
stark
n.
Strong; vigorous; powerful.
+
sorner
n.
One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.
+
smoterlich
a.
Dirty; foul.
+
seraglio
n.
An inclosure; a place of separation.
+
shears
n.
A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.
+
seedsman
n.
A sower; one who sows or scatters seed.
+
siccation
n.
The act or process of drying.
+
smut
v.t.
To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
+
swifter
n.
The forward shroud of a lower mast.
+
sadness
n.
Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
+
socmen
pl.
of Socman
+
slavophil
n.
Alt. of Slavophile
+
scaffoldage
n.
A scaffold.
+
sextant
n.
An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.
+
sourde
v.i.
To have origin or source; to rise; to spring.
+
spring
v.i.
A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
+
slaverer
n.
A driveler; an idiot.
+
scheme
n.
A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
+
solanine
n.
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.
+
somniloquism
n.
The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.
+
septentrion
n.
The north or northern regions.
+
silence
n.
Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
+
sightproof
a.
Undiscoverable to sight.
+
scleriasis
n.
A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid.
+
sea bank

A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
+
superheater
n.
An apparatus for superheating steam.
+
standing
n.
Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
+
staled
imp.|p.p.
of Stale
+
scale
n.
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.
+
saithe
n.
The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock.
+
symbolics
n.
The study of ancient symbols
+
sphaerospore
n.
One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.
+
scotch
a.
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
+
smart
v.i.
Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
+
succi
pl.
of Succus
+
sphery
a.
Round; spherical; starlike.
+
sergeant
n.
A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
+
successiveness
n.
The quality or state of being successive.
+
swindle
v.t.
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.
+
spongiopilin
n.
A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.
+
spine
n.
A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
+
snugly
adv.
In a snug manner; closely; safely.
+
solacement
n.
The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.
+
spineless
a.
Having no spine.
+
sink
v.t.
Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
+
study
v.i.
A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
+
siderite
n.
An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
+
sig
v.t.
Urine.
+
stiffened
imp.|p.p.
of Stiffen
+
sweetwood
n.
The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.
+
shank
v.
That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
+
subbass
n.
The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.
+
sober
superl.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
+
scitamineous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
+
sheepshank
n.
A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
+
secret
a.
Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
+
spurling
n.
A tern.
+
see
v.i.
Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
+
scored
imp.|p.p.
of Score
+
stress
v.t.
To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
+
saucepan
n.
A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
+
strive
n.
An effort; a striving.
+
stone
n.
A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.
+
sudden
a.
Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
+
still
a.
Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
+
silesia
n.
A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
+
signed
imp.|p.p.
of Sign
+
sporting
a.
Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
+
spitted
a.
Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.
+
stitching
n.
Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively.
+
scale
v.i.
To lead up by steps; to ascend.
+
shallon
n.
An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
+
softener
n.
One who, or that which, softens.
+
shemite
n.
A descendant of Shem.
+
shaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shame
+
sweat
v.i.
Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
+
squash
n.
Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
+
sentimentalist
n.
One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling.
+
shepherdish
n.
Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
+
skeldrake
n.
Alt. of Skieldrake
+
substratum
n.
That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.
+
scheming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scheme
+
striping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stripe
+
sort
v.i.
To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
+
servant
n.
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
+
sulphato

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate.
+
stomachical
a.
Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial.
+
service
n.
Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
+
sublimification
n.
The act of making sublime, or state of being made sublime.
+
schediasm
n.
Cursory writing on a loose sheet.
+
symbolism
n.
A combining together of parts or ingredients.
+
sprit
v.t.
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
+
soundless
a.
Having no sound; noiseless; silent.
+
stalk
v.i.
To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
+
steeping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Steep
+
stanchel
n.
A stanchion.
+
savior
v.
One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
+
substantials
n.pl.
Essential parts.
+
sudarium
n.
The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
+
suppedaneous
a.
Being under the feet.
+
stringpiece
n.
One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
+
slabber
v.t.
To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.
+
saxicava
n.
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
+
sprinkle
v.i.
To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
+
surveyal
n.
Survey.
+
stay
v.i.
To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
+
straiten
v.t.
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
+
stout
superl.
Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
+
sag
v.i.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
+
sabbath
n.
The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
+
swarm
v.i.
To abound; to be filled (with).
+
simulacra
pl.
of Simulacrum
+
startle
n.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
+
shortwaisted
a.
Having a short waist.
+
sea gull

Any gull living on the seacoast.
+
stertorious
a.
Stertorous.
+
serpentinian
n.
See 2d Ophite.
+
sherryvallies
n.pl.
Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.
+
soled
imp.|p.p.
of Sole
+
secretage
n.
A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
+
stoic
n.
A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
+
scrupulosity
n.
The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.
+
substantiate
v.t.
To make to exist; to make real.
+
saintship
n.
The character or qualities of a saint.
+
soul
n.
The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.
+
strove

imp. of Strive.
+
sipunculoidea
n.pl.
In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.
+
scherbet
n.
See Sherbet.
+
solen
n.
A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
+
sanguine
a.
Having the color of blood; red.
+
syrphian
a.
Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.
+
shoulder
v.t.
To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
+
snift
n.
A moment.
+
silver
n.
Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
+
steepish
a.
Somewhat steep.
+
skirmish
v.i.
A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
+
spoony
a.|n.
Same as Spooney.
+
skain
n.
See Skean.
+
swanmark
n.
A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan.
+
swash
v.t.
An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
+
statesman
n.
One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.
+
studied
a.
Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult.
+
scragginess
n.
The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness.
+
spangly
a.
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
+
strayed
imp.|p.p.
of Stray
+
stupefactive
a.|n.
Same as Stupefacient.
+
step
a.
To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
+
sunfish
n.
The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
+
speer
v.t.
To ask.
+
stemwinding
a.
Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.
+
scribe
n.
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
+
scranching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scranch
+
stimulism
n.
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.
+
stenophyllous
a.
Having narrow leaves.
+
silentness
n.
State of being silent; silence.
+
sink
v.t.
To conseal and appropriate.
+
shame
n.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
+
stabber
n.
One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
+
sacchulmate
n.
A salt of sacchulmic acid.
+
singular
a.
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
+
scolecida
n.pl.
Same as Helminthes.
+
shiff
v.i.
To divide; to distribute.
+
stripling
n.
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
+
speculatist
n.
One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.
+
slug
v.t.
To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
+
see
v.t.
To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
+
spicula
n.
A little spike; a spikelet.
+
sap
n.
The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
+
sprod
n.
A salmon in its second year.
+
spring
v.i.
A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
+
squarer
n.
One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow.
+
smirk
v.i.
To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
+
sea fir

A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.
+
slaver
n.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.
+
septiferous
a.
Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
+
spiritualist
n.
One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
+
supply
n.
That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
+
scaling
a.
Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
+
storey
n.
See Story.
+
sergeanty
n.
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.
+
shrift
n.
The act of shriving.
+
snarl
v.t.
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
+
shrine
n.
Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
+
stonily
adv.
In a stony manner.
+
spiketail
n.
The pintail duck.
+
sleeved
imp.|p.p.
of Sleeve
+
steel
n.
To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
+
stoical
n.
Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
+
sympathetic
a.
Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.
+
seam
v.i.
To become ridgy; to crack open.
+
smickly
adv.
Smugly; finically.
+
significantly
adv.
In a significant manner.
+
sweep
v.i.
To strike with a long stroke.
+
subcuticular
a.
Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin.
+
sowne
v.t.|i.
To sound.
+
sorrage
n.
The blades of green or barley.
+
scandinavian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
+
subterrene
a.
Subterraneous.
+
swinney
n.
See Sweeny.
+
skullcap
n.
The Lophiomys.
+
spotted
imp.|p.p.
of Spot
+
singly
adv.
Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good.
+
seducing
a.
Seductive.
+
serve
v.i.
To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.
+
suspension
n.
The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
+
shipowner
n.
Owner of a ship or ships.
+
salicin
n.
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
+
sawbelly
n.
The alewife.
+
sidelong
adv.
On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
+
spited
imp.|p.p.
of Spite
+
sphinx
n.
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
+
sonance
n.
The quality or state of being sonant.
+
skute
n.
A boat; a small vessel.
+
shoe
n.
The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
+
session
n.
The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
+
soil
n.
The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
+
swaggy
a.
Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight.
+
skeg
n.
A sort of wild plum.
+
sphigmometer
n.
See Sphygmometer.
+
sheen
v.i.
To shine; to glisten.
+
subscriber
n.
One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.
+
secondo
n.
The second part in a concerted piece.
+
seguestration
n.
A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with.
+
synaloepha
n.
Same as Synalepha.
+
supersubstantial
a.
More than substantial; spiritual.
+
sally
v.
A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
+
shabbily
adv.
In a shabby manner.
+
solemnity
n.
ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
+
streaming
n.
The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
+
sonsy
a.
See Soncy.
+
spiritual
a.
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
+
shown

p. p. of Show.
+
shittah
n.
Alt. of Shittah tree
+
starboard
v.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.
+
scribbling
n.
The act or process of carding coarsely.
+
surprising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surprise
+
sap
n.
The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
+
scripturally
adv.
In a scriptural manner.
+
shirted
imp.|p.p.
of Shirt
+
studhorse
n.
A stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.
+
slushed
imp.|p.p.
of Slush
+
stammered
imp.|p.p.
of Stammer
+
semibrief
n.
A semibreve.
+
swaying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sway
+
sublime
superl.
Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
+
snuggle
v.t.
To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.
+
suent
a.
Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant.
+
stonechat
n.
The blue titmouse.
+
shadow
n.
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
+
steeve
v.t.
To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
+
scrobiculated
a.
Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
+
succeed
v.i.
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
+
strapshaped
a.
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
+
staffs
pl.
of Staff
+
slim
superl.
Worthless; bad.
+
serotine
n.
The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).
+
spright
n.
Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
+
succeeder
n.
A successor.
+
sport
n.
A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting.
+
slighted
imp.|p.p.
of Slight
+
soft
superl.
Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
+
success
n.
That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
+
scantling
v.t.
A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
+
siphorhinal
a.
Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.
+
subdural
a.
Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
+
spuilzie
n.
See Spulzie.
+
saturated
a.
Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
+
synostosis
n.
Same as Synosteosis.
+
suppurative
a.
Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
+
solecistically
adv.
In a solecistic manner.
+
sending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Send
+
sycophant
n.
A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
+
selfconfidence
n.
The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.
+
saltarello
n.
A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.
+
stipular
a.
Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular tendrils.
+
suspicious
a.
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
+
sayette
n.
A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
+
sponge
v.t.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
+
stand
v.t.
To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
+
stop
v.t.
To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.
+
stitchery
n.
Needlework; -- in contempt.
+
saint
n.
One of the blessed in heaven.
+
sensible
n.
Sensation; sensibility.
+
sympodium
n.
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.
+
snotter
n.
A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
+
shiver
n.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
+
studied
imp.|p.p.
of Study
+
scapula
n.
The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
+
shears
n.
A cutting instrument.
+
supine
a.
Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
+
sunfish
n.
A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail.
+
semeniferous
a.
Seminiferous.
+
square
n.
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
+
sputter
v.i.
To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
+
sicklewort
n.
The healall (Brunella vulgaris).
+
snort
v.i.
To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
+
several
a.
Diverse; different; various.
+
surdiny
n.
A sardine.
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stubbly
a.
Covered with stubble; stubbled.
+
sponging

a. & n. from Sponge, v.
+
scraper
n.
An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
+
slew
v.t.
See Slue.
+
squilla
n.
Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
+
saltarella
n.
See Saltarello.
+
sanctimony
n.
Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
+
skim
v.t.
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
+
silkman
n.
A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.
+
strait
superl.
Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
+
studding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stud
+
semipagan
a.
Half pagan.
+
sorgo
n.
Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.
+
solecistical
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.
+
season
n.
A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
+
sudden
n.
An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
+
sinewed
imp.|p.p.
of Sinew
+
socket
n.
An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
+
sappy
superl.
Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
+
sphagnous
a.
Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
+
still
n.
Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
+
shroud
n.
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
+
shame
n.
To be ashamed; to feel shame.
+
sordine
n.
See Damper, and 5th Mute.
+
saros
n.
A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years.
+
signal
v.t.
To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
+
southwestern
a.
Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
+
scuffed
imp.|p.p.
of Scuff
+
scomber
n.
A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
+
stab
v.i.
To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
+
stand
v.i.
Rank; post; station; standing.
+
seche
v.t.|i.
To seek.
+
sheading
v.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.
+
serene
a.
Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul.
+
shrug
n.
A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt.
+
sing
v.i.
To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
+
scrubbed
imp.|p.p.
of Scrub
+
soss
v.t.
To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
+
streaky
a.
Same as Streaked, 1.
+
sarcoderm
n.
Alt. of sarcoderma
+
stranger
n.
One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
+
stemwinder
n.
A stem-winding watch.
+
snuffers
n.pl.
An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.
+
sublessee
n.
A holder of a sublease.
+
stupid
a.
Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
+
singhalese
n.|a.
Same as Cingalese.
+
spoonwood
n.
The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).
+
scale
v.i.
To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.
+
selfwilledness
n.
Obstinacy.
+
scrobicula
n.
One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.
+
selective
a.
Selecting; tending to select.
+
secondaries
pl.
of Secondary
+
shaken
n.
Impaired, as by a shock.
+
stalling
n.
Stabling.
+
stoichiology
n.
That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues.
+
sore
a.
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
+
sunniness
n.
The quality or state of being sunny.
+
spontaneous
a.
Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.
+
separating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Separate
+
straddle
v.t.
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
+
shinty
n.
A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.
+
seminal
n.
A seed.
+
seaboat

A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.
+
suffisant
a.
Sufficient.
+
screak
v.
To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.
+
sympode
n.
A sympodium.
+
stick
n.
To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
+
stable
v.i.
Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
+
stitchwort
n.
See Stichwort.
+
sinigrin
n.
A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
+
stockading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stockade
+
sulphine
n.
Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH.  Cf. Sulphonium.
+
slacken
a.
To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
+
shock
v.t.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
+
surveillant
n.
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
+
stun
n.
The condition of being stunned.
+
smear
n.
A fat, oily substance; oinment.
+
stem
n.
A branch of a family.
+
smally
adv.
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness.
+
soliloquize
v.i.
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
+
subtrude
v.t.
To place under; to insert.
+
strophiolated
a.
Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it.
+
spreader
n.
A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
+
stote
n.
See Stoat.
+
snuff
v.i.
To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
+
slate
v.t.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
+
sorceress
n.
A female sorcerer.
+
sandpiper
n.
A small lamprey eel; the pride.
+
slyboots
n.
A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
+
subarctic
a.
Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.
+
saw
v.t.
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
+
start
v.i.
To leap; to jump.
+
scaphognathite
n.
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
+
slippered
a.
Wearing slippers.
+
soecificness
n.
The quality or state of being specific.
+
squinteyed
a.
Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
+
sprouting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sprout
+
stilettoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stiletto
+
swaggering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swagger
+
sympathetically
adv.
In a sympathetic manner.
+
scramble
v.t.
To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.
+
schematize
v.i.
To form a scheme or schemes.
+
scalp
n.
A bed of oysters or mussels.
+
sixfooter
n.
One who is six feet tall.
+
shock
n.
The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
+
seeker
n.
One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.
+
shaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shake
+
stuff
v.i.
To feed gluttonously; to cram.
+
saltigradae
n.pl.
A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
+
shinned
imp.|p.p.
of Shin
+
sonless
a.
Being without a son.
+
stayed
a.
Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
+
such
a.
Having the particular quality or character specified.
+
synodical
a.
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.
+
sienna
n.
Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
+
spoiling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spoil
+
seguestration
n.
The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy.
+
smugness
n.
The quality or state of being smug.
+
scathly
a.
Injurious; scathful.
+
squealer
n.
One who, or that which, squeals.
+
suit
n.
That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
+
sperm
n.
Spermaceti.
+
stere
v.t.|i.
To stir.
+
seedling
n.
A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like.
+
screw
v.t.
To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
+
sparsim
adv.
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
+
sadden
v.i.
To become, or be made, sad.
+
switch
v.t.
To shift to another circuit.
+
speculate
v.t.
To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
+
send
v.t.
To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
+
sulphocarbonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.
+
seasoning
n.
The act or process by which anything is seasoned.
+
shadd
n.
Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.
+
subtangent
n.
The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
+
support
v.t.
To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
+
sportive
a.
Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.
+
sycamore
n.
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig.  It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.
+
stentorious
a.
Stentorian.
+
smite
n.
The act of smiting; a blow.
+
succeed
v.i.
Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
+
set
v.i.
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
+
synonymic
n.
The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.
+
scape
n.
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
+
senna
n.
The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
+
systematical
a.
Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
+
shredless
a.
Having no shreds; without a shred.
+
squat
n.
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
+
sodden

of Seethe
+
spiritualism
n.
A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.
+
smotheringly
adv.
In a smothering manner.
+
screaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scream
+
stir
v.i.
To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
+
slabber
n.
A slabbing machine.
+
santal
n.
A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.
+
santalin
n.
Santalic acid. See Santalic.
+
shine
v.i.
To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
+
serpentine
v.i.
To serpentize.
+
sanctus
n.
An anthem composed for these words.
+
spoonworm
n.
A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis.
+
synepy
n.
The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.
+
shiveringly
adv.
In a shivering manner.
+
snary
a.
Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.
+
scent
v.i.
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
+
semilune
n.
The half of a lune.
+
siluroidei
n.pl.
An order of fishes, the Nematognathi.
+
squashiness
n.
The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
+
seizable
a.
That may be seized.
+
striation
n.
The quality or condition of being striated.
+
stop
n.
Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.
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snare
n.
A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
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sarn
n.
A pavement or stepping-stone.
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structural
a.
Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
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suggil
v.t.
To defame.
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sorehead
n.
One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
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strongly
adv.
In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
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supralunar
a.
Alt. of Supralunary
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substantiality
n.
The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.
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settlement
n.
The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
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some
a.
A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
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schooled
imp.|p.p.
of School
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sex

A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.
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scrabble
v.t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
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sagacious
a.
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.
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shed
n.
The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
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sphenethmoid
n.
The sphenethmoid bone.
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stramazoun
n.
A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.
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sufferer
n.
One who permits or allows.
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sainfoin
n.
A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.
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stand
n.
To measure when erect on the feet.
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shrilled
imp.|p.p.
of Shrill
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spooling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spool
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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.
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spurrier
n.
One whose occupation is to make spurs.
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speaker
n.
One who speaks.
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sincerely
adv.
In a sincere manner.
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smarten
v.t.
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up.
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scammel
n.
The female bar-tailed godwit.
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sixteenth
n.
The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
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shorn

of Shear
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stuffy
a.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
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swimmingness
n.
Act or state of swimming; suffusion.
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slandered
imp.|p.p.
of Slander
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succula
n.
A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.
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spuminess
n.
The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.
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saccharinate
n.
A salt of saccharinic acid.
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serious
a.
Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
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seated
imp.|p.p.
of Seat
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spindle
n.
Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
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septette
n.
A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
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stationery
a.
Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.
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solicitant
n.
One who solicits.
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slow
superl.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
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stitcher
n.
One who stitches; a seamstress.
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shingle
v.t.
To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
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sand
n.
A single particle of such stone.
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spaad
n.
A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.
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suffumigation
n.
The operation of suffumigating.
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slavic
a.
Slavonic.
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slush
n.
A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
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suboctuple
a.
Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight.
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solidness
n.
State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.
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sib
a.
Related by blood; akin.
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sigh
v.i.
To make a sound like sighing.
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starve
v.t.
To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
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sycophantize
v.i.
To play the sycophant.
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sea lark

The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus).
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score
n.
A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
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stilpnomelane
n.
A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.
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suffumige
n.
A medical fume.
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superintendent
n.
One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.
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stain
v.t.
To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
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snaring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snare
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siluridan
n.
Any fish of the family Siluridae or of the order Siluroidei.
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sterile
a.
Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.
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seeth

imp. of Seethe.
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stamping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stamp
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sauntered
imp.|p.p.
of Saunter
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sextillion
n.
According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
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slabber
v.i.
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.
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strombuliform
a.
Formed or shaped like a top.
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shady
superl.
Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.
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stock
n.
The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
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spike
v.t.
To fix on a spike.
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specifiable
a.
Admitting specification; capable of being specified.
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suction
v.t.
The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
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slit

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
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sequence
n.
Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
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stuffy
a.
Ill-ventilated; close.
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shade
v.t.
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
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stomach
v.i.
To be angry.
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shrill
v.i.
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
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straggler
n.
Something that stands alone or by itself.
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stonechat
n.
The wheatear.
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sugarless
a.
Without sugar; free from sugar.
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spatially
adv.
As regards space.
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sugary
a.
Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.
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semicolumn
n.
A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.
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solemn
a.
Real; earnest; downright.
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spinetail
n.
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.
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statelily
adv.
In a stately manner.
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suburethral
a.
Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
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starve
v.t.
To destroy with cold.
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senecas
n.pl.
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations.
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scandalously
adv.
In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
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swap
n.
A blow; a stroke.
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sublime
superl.
Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
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strike
v.t.
To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
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sweep
n.
One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
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squirrel
v.i.
One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
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shoal
n.
A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
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scaliness
n.
The state of being scaly; roughness.
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shebander
n.
A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.
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shoulder
n.
An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
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shoot
v.i.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
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surd
a.
Unheard.
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strickle
n.
An instrument used in dressing flax.
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sack
n.
Bed.
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spinescent
a.
Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.
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short
adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
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signature
v.t.
The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
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s

The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
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slank

of Slink
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scalariform
a.
Like or pertaining to a scalaria.
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sylvic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).
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soak
v.t.
To drench; to wet thoroughly.
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sinistrorsal
a.
Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
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solid
a.
Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.
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sloat
n.
A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
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spirit
n.
Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
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solid
a.
Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
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salivate
v.t.
To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.
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setoff
n.
Same as Offset, n., 4.
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stringcourse
n.
A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.
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sporification
n.
Spore formation. See Spore formation (b), under Spore.
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semivif
a.
Only half alive.
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stuffing
n.
Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
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social
a.
Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
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subsidiary
n.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.
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sikerness
n.
The quality or state of being sicker, or certain.
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steatoma
n.
A cyst containing matter like suet.
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scholar
n.
One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.
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saucer
n.
Something resembling a saucer in shape.
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skellum
n.
A scoundrel.
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smit

imp. & p. p. of Smite.
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spaid
n.
See 1st Spade.
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slacken
a.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
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semitranslucent
a.
Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
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suit
v.t.
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
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sprawled
imp.|p.p.
of Sprawl
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sweepstakes
sing.pl.
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
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shadow
n.
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
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simperingly
adv.
In a simpering manner.
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stannyel
n.
Alt. of Stanyel
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salpingitis
n.
Inflammation of the salpinx.
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smelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smell
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shroudless
a.
Without a shroud.
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siphonophora
n.pl.
An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
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sunlit
a.
Lighted by the sun.
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scorifier
n.
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.
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suitress
n.
A female supplicant.
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spakenet
n.
A net for catching crabs.
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stirious
a.
Resembling icicles.
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sulcate
a.
Alt. of Sulcated
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sonatina
n.
A short and simple sonata.
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sequestrum
n.
A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.
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stamineal
a.
Alt. of Stamineous
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shim
n.
A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.
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stud
n.
A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
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steel
n.
A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.
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strained
a.
Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
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stomatoplastic
a.
Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
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stump
v.t.
To challenge; also, to nonplus.
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seating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seat
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scanty
a.
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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satiny
a.
Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
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salt
n.
A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.
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subcelestial
a.
Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.
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surintendant
n.
Superintendent.
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smilacin
n.
See Parrilin.
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supramaxillary
a.
Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve.
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sweat
v.t.
To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
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scull
n.
A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
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stummed
imp.|p.p.
of Stum
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scissors
n.pl.
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.
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sound
n.
Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
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sowse
n.|v.
See Souse.
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spadix
n.
A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
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subventaneous
a.
Produced by the wind.
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shake
v.i.
To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
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scorbutic
a.
Alt. of Scorbutical
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subsulphide
n.
A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal.
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shorten
a.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
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sword
n.
The military power of a country.
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stomatode
a.
Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.
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sphaeridium
n.
A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.
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simmer
v.t.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
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style
v.t.
Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
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syce
n.
A groom.
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swift
v.i.
Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
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supracretaceous
a.
Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.
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sullevate
v.t.
To rouse; to excite.
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symmetry
n.
A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.
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solver
n.
One who, or that which, solves.
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sannup
n.
A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.
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seceder
n.
One who secedes.
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sulphantimonate
n.
A salt of sulphantimonic acid.
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studentship
n.
The state of being a student.
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seven
a.
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
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simnel
n.
A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday.
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sarcological
a.
Of or pertaining to sarcology.
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swell
n.
The act of swelling.
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splenculi
pl.
of Splenculus
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skirret
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.
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snuffed
imp.|p.p.
of Snuff
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support
v.t.
A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
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stander
n.
Same as Standel.
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sarcin
n.
Same as Hypoxanthin.
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sewerage
n.
The construction of a sewer or sewers.
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snaw
n.
Snow.
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septi

A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.
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snakeweed
n.
A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
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suspend
n.
To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
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sensate
a.
Alt. of Sensated
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scab
n.
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
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subquinquefid
a.
Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.
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station
n.
A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
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shifted
imp.|p.p.
of Shift
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statedly
adv.
At stated times; regularly.
+
soily
a.
Dirty; soiled.
+
stalder
n.
A wooden frame to set casks on.
+
specialize
v.t.
To mention specially; to particularize.
+
sessa
interj.
Hurry; run.
+
speck
n.
A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
+
swythe
adv.
Quickly. See Swithe.
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spiritless
a.
Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
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solemnize
v.t.
To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
+
since
adv.
In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.
+
stock
n.
Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
+
splayfeet
pl.
of Splayfoot
+
subpeduncular
a.
Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.
+
somnifugous
a.
Driving away sleep.
+
subgranular
a.
Somewhat granular.
+
soso
adv.
Tolerably; passably.
+
substantivize
v.t.
To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective.
+
sturt
n.
A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
+
stocking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stock
+
shrub
v.t.
To lop; to prune.
+
squalidness
n.
Quality or state of being squalid.
+
sloven
n.
A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.
+
substraction
n.
Subtraction; deduction.
+
sovereignties
pl.
of Sovereignty
+
semibarbarian
n.
One partly civilized.
+
stipendiaries
pl.
of Stipendiary
+
swale
n.
A gutter in a candle.
+
squatted
imp.|p.p.
of Squat
+
stoop
v.t.
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
+
subperitoneal
a.
Situated under the peritoneal membrane.
+
slapper
n.
One who, or that which, slaps.
+
skullfish
n.
A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
+
screamed
imp.|p.p.
of Scream
+
slave
n.
A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
+
stone
n.
One of the testes; a testicle.
+
spitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spit
+
sermonic
a.
Alt. of Sermonical
+
spray
n.
A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.
+
steppe
n.
One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.
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staff
n.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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sumptuous
a.
Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
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synchronize
v.i.
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
+
sulphone
n.
Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/.
+
slimed
imp.|p.p.
of Slime
+
sarcoline
a.
Flesh-colored.
+
sporidium
n.
A spore.
+
sneak
imp.|p.p.
To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.
+
siccative
a.
Drying; causing to dry.
+
shaky
superl.
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.
+
scopula
n.
A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
+
second
n.
Aid; assistance; help.
+
sultana
n.
The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
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semiglutin
n.
A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
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suffragan
a.
A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.
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scaffold
v.t.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
+
scarefire
n.
A fire causing alarm.
+
scraper
n.
An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
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solicit
v.t.
To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
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subtutor
n.
An under tutor.
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superior
n.
One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
+
semiangle
n.
The half of a given, or measuring, angle.
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sultriness
n.
The quality or state of being sultry.
+
sharp
n.
The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
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septilateral
a.
Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
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somnific
a.
Causing sleep; somniferous.
+
shipmate
n.
One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
+
siren
n.
Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
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sarcophagus
n.
A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
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slept

imp. & p. p. of Sleep.
+
sententious
a.
Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.
+
spawling
n.
That which is spawled, or spit out.
+
stockade
v.t.
To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
+
sufferance
n.
Loss; damage; injury.
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substantive
n.
A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
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submerge
v.t.
To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
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shapely
superl.
Fit; suitable.
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spirograph
n.
An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.
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secret
a.
The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
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satire
a.
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
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squeeze
v.t.
To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
+
switch
n.
A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
+
selfdiscipline
n.
Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
+
sight
v.t.
The instrument of seeing; the eye.
+
shock
n.
A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
+
storied
a.
Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house.
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sucker
n.
A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also bagre.
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start
v.t.
To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.
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scleritis
n.
See Sclerotitis.
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saloon
n.
Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
+
speculation
n.
Power of sight.
+
soup
v.t.
To breathe out.
+
sarcophagy
n.
The practice of eating flesh.
+
summered
imp.|p.p.
of Summer
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short
n.
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
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sickish
a.
Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.
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supervise
v.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.
+
supported
imp.|p.p.
of Support
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symposiac
n.
A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.
+
stethoscope
n.
An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
+
salivation
n.
The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
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shoveler
n.
A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
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somatopleure
n.
The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.
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straiten
v.t.
To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
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spelter
n.
Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.
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stater
n.
The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
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stumble
v.t.
To cause to stumble or trip.
+
swig
v.t.
To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
+
shorling
n.
The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.
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swan
n.
Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
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swallowtailed
a.
Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
+
stocking
v.t.
To dress in GBs.
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samphire
n.
A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
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selfcconsistent
a.
Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.
+
soldan
n.
A sultan.
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summoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Summon
+
summon
v.t.
To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.
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slayer
n.
One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
+
shrunk
p.p.
of Shrink
+
snap
v.i.
To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
+
sledge
n.
A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.
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summons
v.
The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
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surveyor
n.
One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
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steel
n.
Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.
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shovegroat
n.
The same as Shovelboard.
+
screed
n.
A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
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space
n.
A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
+
storybook
n.
A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.
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score
v.t.
To engrave, as upon a shield.
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stoop
n.
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
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shove
n.
The act of shoving; a forcible push.
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spermophyte
n.
Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace ph/nogam.
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sufficiency
n.
Adequate substance or means; competence.
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snarl
v.i.
To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
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stunt
n.
Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
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sing
v.t.
To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.
+
seriate
a.
Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.
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shandygaff
n.
A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
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spied

imp. & p. p. of Spy.
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statist
n.
A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.
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supervisor
n.
A spectator; a looker-on.
+
stanch
n.
That which stanches or checks.
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strath
n.
A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.
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string
n.
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
+
supping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sup
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staff
n.
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
+
subdue
v.t.
To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.
+
schismatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Schismatize
+
striving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strive
+
shin
v.i.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
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scrupulous
a.
Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
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sternforemost
adv.
With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
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stagnated
imp.|p.p.
of Stagnate
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say
v.t.
To try; to assay.
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salvationist
n.
An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.
+
substance
n.
Same as Hypostasis, 2.
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step
v.i.
A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
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strategic
a.
Alt. of Strategical
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sequelae
pl.
of Sequela
+
stuprum
n.
Stupration.
+
savin
n.
Alt. of Savine
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scientific
a.
Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.
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sylviculturist
n.
One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.
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sensuous
a.
Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.
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steady
n.
Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
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strophulus
n.
See Red-gum, 1.
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spelt
n.
A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
+
startfulness
n.
Aptness to start.
+
subsided
imp.|p.p.
of Subside
+
syn

A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.
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snicked
imp.|p.p.
of Snick
+
stallfed
imp.|p.p.
of Stall-feed
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supervene
v.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.
+
swallet
n.
Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
+
stoving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stove
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strait
superl.
Difficult; distressful; straited.
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schizopod
a.
Alt. of Schizopodous
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shaftman
n.
Alt. of Shaftment
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strowed

of Strow
+
semilor
n.
A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.
+
souse
v.t.
To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
+
sclerobase
n.
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.
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slatternly
adv.
In a slatternly manner.
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sabaoth
n.pl.
Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
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stamen
n.
The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
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spy
n.
One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.
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sunfish
n.
Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish.
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spoliation
v.t.
Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
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smouldering

of Smoulder
+
sheet cable

The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
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sexly
a.
Pertaining to sex.
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smoothchinned
a.
Having a smooth chin; beardless.
+
sanguineous
a.
Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
+
shipwrecking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shipwreck
+
smote

of Smite
+
shaster
n.
Alt. of Shastra
+
souse
n.
The act of sousing, or swooping.
+
strife
n.
The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
+
smitten
p.p.
of Smite
+
sciot
n.
A native or inhabitant of Scio.
+
same
v.i.
Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
+
stupefier
n.
One who, or that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.
+
suborbicular
a.
Alt. of Suborbiculate
+
subalternant
n.
A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2.
+
sheating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sheathe
+
square
n.
A square piece or fragment.
+
settling
n.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
+
string
n.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
+
sudorous
a.
Consisting of sweat.
+
superfine
a.
Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.
+
sprack
a.
Quick; lively; alert.
+
sojourning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sojourn
+
sacrovertebral
a.
Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
+
sublumbar
a.
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.
+
streaming
a.
Sending forth streams.
+
song
n.
That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.
+
sauf
conj.|prep.
Save; except.
+
spell
v.t.
To tell; to relate; to teach.
+
sunsetting
n.
Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
+
subscribe
v.t.
To declare over one's signature; to publish.
+
stranger
n.
One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.
+
spanker
n.
Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.
+
summit
n.
The top; the highest point.
+
spit curl

A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.
+
scalping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scalp
+
seise
v.t.
See Seize.
+
sophistry
n.
The art or process of reasoning; logic.
+
squeakingly
adv.
In a squeaking manner.
+
scrambling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scramble
+
superstition
n.
An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.
+
synopsis
n.
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
+
stern
v.t.
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
+
sauce
v.t.
To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
+
skirling
n.
A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
+
sanctify
v.t.
To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
+
slashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slash
+
sassorolla
n.
The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.
+
supped
imp.|p.p.
of Sup
+
stigmata
pl.
of Stigma
+
shrape
n.
A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
+
seraglio
n.
The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.
+
solidism
n.
The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
+
stephanotis
n.
A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
+
skirt
n.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
+
scrat
v.t.
To scratch.
+
single
n.
A unit; one; as, to score a single.
+
sport
v.i.
To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
+
seminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Seminate
+
sulphamate
n.
A salt of sulphamic acid.
+
starling
n.
Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.
+
stamina
n.pl.
See Stamen.
+
skein
n.
A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
+
squamated
a.
Same as Squamose.
+
slant
v.i.
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
+
selachoidei
n.pl.
Same as Selachii.
+
sun
v.t.
To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
+
salp
n.
Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.
+
surgery
n.
The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.
+
stretching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stretch
+
separatory
n.
A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
+
send
v.t.
To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.
+
santonin
n.
A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
+
swingle
v.i.
To dangle; to wave hanging.
+
skald
n.
See 5th Scald.
+
smart
v.i.
Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
+
shovelhead
n.
A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.
+
starling
n.
A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
+
spicula
n.
A pointed fleshy appendage.
+
sumptuosity
n.
Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
+
syllabist
n.
One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.
+
scintillously
adv.
In a scintillant manner.
+
standing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stand
+
sock
n.
A plowshare.
+
soul
a.
Sole.
+
sourly
adv.
In a sour manner; with sourness.
+
stoma
n.
The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.
+
septaria
pl.
of Septarium
+
stinker
n.
Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
+
selfdetermination
n.
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
+
schooling
n.
Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
+
solve
n.
A solution; an explanation.
+
sluttish
a.
Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
+
stonesmickle
n.
The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch.
+
sea maw

The sea mew.
+
sarcophagan
n.
Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.
+
salsafy
n.
See Salsify.
+
skein
n.
A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
+
supposititious
a.
Suppositional; hypothetical.
+
shot
n.
Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
+
semiligneous
a.
Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
+
supine
a.
Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
+
stalk
n.
The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
+
sphinx
n.
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
+
special
n.
A particular.
+
swooping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swoop
+
surmount
v.i.
To surpass; to exceed.
+
steered
imp.|p.p.
of Steer
+
swig
v.t.
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
+
shinplaster
n.
Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.
+
sealing wax

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.
+
suppling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supple
+
spall
n.
A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.
+
sitten

p. p. of Sit, for sat.
+
shape
n.
To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
+
spice
v.t.
To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
+
sarco

A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology.
+
scirrhoid
a.
Resembling scirrhus.
+
sweepstake
n.
A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
+
sworn

p. p. of Swear.
+
silent
a.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
+
sweep
n.
Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
+
spirit
n.
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
+
surfeit
v.t.
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.
+
sandalwood
n.
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
+
sheepbiter
n.
One who practices petty thefts.
+
surcloying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surcloy
+
stethoscopic
a.
Alt. of Stethoscopical
+
subscriber
n.
One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like.
+
saltwort
n.
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
+
surrender
n.
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.
+
station
n.
A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.
+
smoker
n.
One who smokes tobacco or the like.
+
standing
n.
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
+
seep
v.i.
Alt. of Sipe
+
superfinical
a.
Extremely finical.
+
secundine
n.
The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
+
siberian
n.
A native or inhabitant of Siberia.
+
sparkling
a.
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
+
sol
n.
A sou.
+
suburban
a.
Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city.
+
selfrespect
n.
Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.
+
smell
n.
To give heed to.
+
steer
v.t.
To castrate; -- said of male calves.
+
surgeless
a.
Free from surges; smooth; calm.
+
sacculated
a.
Furnished with little sacs.
+
snubbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snub
+
subordinate
a.
Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
+
spiritualize
v.t.
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
+
strapple
v.t.
To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.
+
semiplume
n.
A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.
+
singsong
a.
Drawling; monotonous.
+
suffragated
imp.|p.p.
of Suffragate
+
spare
v.t.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
+
superdominant
n.
The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.
+
seposit
v.t.
To set aside; to give up.
+
sweeper
n.
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
+
swell
n.
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
+
skunkish
a.
Like the skunk, especially in odor.
+
supraloral
n.
A supraloral feather.
+
strickless
n.
See Strickle.
+
sizy
a.
Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.
+
splitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Split
+
suspend
n.
To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
+
stewardess
n.
A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
+
systemizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Systemize
+
speed
v.t.
To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
+
smother
v.t.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
+
stick
n.
To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
+
string
n.
The points made in a game.
+
sanctifier
n.
One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.
+
schenkbeer
n.
A mild German beer.
+
shadrach
n.
A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
+
safe
n.
A place for keeping things in safety.
+
shadde

obs. imp. of Shed.
+
spile
n.
A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
+
scallop
n.
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.
+
stoechiometry
n.
See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.
+
sarcoblast
n.
A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.
+
slough
n.
The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
+
spelk
n.
A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
+
sniggger
v.i.
See Snicker.
+
sheriffwick
n.
The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.
+
shotfree
a.
Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free.
+
scorify
v.t.
To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
+
small
superl.
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
+
subvert
v.t.
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
+
school
n.
A session of an institution of instruction.
+
shopworn
a.
Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
+
saturn
n.
One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
+
shunt
v.t.
To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
+
sebic
a.
See Sebacic.
+
shake
n.
A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
+
snorted
imp.|p.p.
of Snort
+
sectionality
n.
The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
+
sea slater

Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
+
speechless
a.
Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
+
schnapps
n.
Holland gin.
+
syllabe
n.
Syllable.
+
styrone
n.
A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol.
+
seesaw
n.
Same as Crossruff.
+
sprung

of Spring
+
starred
a.
Influenced in fortune by the stars.
+
squill
n.
A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
+
sure
adv.
In a sure manner; safely; certainly.
+
switzer
n.
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.
+
soap
n.
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
+
syruped
a.
Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.
+
stypticity
n.
The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
+
suppressing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Suppress
+
stipe
n.
The trunk of a tree.
+
softshelled
a.
Having a soft or fragile shell.
+
statuette
n.
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.
+
spiritualism
n.
The quality or state of being spiritual.
+
schizo

A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.
+
signet
n.
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
+
sequacity
n.
Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness.
+
sunlight
n.
The light of the sun.
+
sciagraphical
a.
Pertaining to sciagraphy.
+
shaft
n.
The stem or midrib of a feather.
+
semeiological
a.
Alt. of Semiologioal
+
slow
superl.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
+
septomaxillary
n.
A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
+
strigous
a.
Strigose.
+
smack
n.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.
+
strict
a.
Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
+
soss
n.
Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
+
sheering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sheer
+
slategray
a.
Of a dark gray, like slate.
+
spire
v.i.
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
+
supernatant
n.
The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation.  Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.
+
specollum
n.
See Stylet, 2.
+
subcostal
n.
One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.
+
slugger
n.
One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
+
skrimmage
n.
See Scrimmage.
+
scute
n.
A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
+
sheeting
n.
Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
+
subvaginal
a.
Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
+
shoreling
n.
See Shorling.
+
semblant
a.
Like; resembling.
+
sketchbook
n.
A book of sketches or for sketches.
+
scrutinize
v.t.
To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.
+
switch
v.t.
To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
+
stationery
n.
The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.
+
sheathbill
n.
Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.
+
supersemination
n.
The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
+
saddleshaped
a.
Shaped like a saddle.
+
suspect
v.t.
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
+
sign
n.
To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.
+
succession
n.
The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.
+
sliddery
v.t.
Slippery.
+
sacerdotally
adv.
In a sacerdotal manner.
+
skit
n.
A wanton girl; a light wench.
+
snuffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snuff
+
scepter
v.t.
Alt. of Sceptre
+
semblant
n.
The face.
+
situated
a.
Placed; residing.
+
subgroup
n.
A subdivision of a group, as of animals.
+
sighted
imp.|p.p.
of Sight
+
sepiolite
n.
Meerschaum. See Meerschaum.
+
selfrestrained
a.
Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
+
slashed
imp.|p.p.
of Slash
+
serving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Serve
+
staurolitic
a.
Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.
+
suster
n.
Alt. of Sustre
+
scurvy
n.
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
+
spinnerule
n.
One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
+
scratchy
a.
Characterized by scratches.
+
sequoia
n.
A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
+
sprawl
v.i.
To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
+
sightly
a.
Pleasing to the sight; comely.
+
shroffage
n.
The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
+
sprouted
imp.|p.p.
of Sprout
+
serosity
n.
The quality or state of being serous.
+
slavey
n.
A maidservant.
+
supersalient
a.
Leaping upon.
+
symphysotomy
n.
Symphyseotomy.
+
scallion
n.
Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
+
septulum
n.
A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.
+
scapus
n.
See 1st Scape.
+
shikari
n.
A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.
+
stood

imp. & p. p. of Stand.
+
shackle
n.
A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
+
squall
v.i.
To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
+
superscription
n.
That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
+
spanking
a.
Large; considerable.
+
slabbiness
n.
Quality of being slabby.
+
set
n.
A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
+
slough
n.
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
+
spahi
n.
Alt. of Spahee
+
swallowtail
n.
Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
+
scurrilous
a.
Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.
+
sea pink

See Thrift.
+
salination
n.
The act of washing with salt water.
+
sickened
imp.|p.p.
of Sicken
+
snig
n.
Alt. of Snigg
+
smith
n.
One who makes or effects anything.
+
scalper
n.
One who, or that which, scalps.
+
securifera
n.pl.
The Serrifera.
+
spahee
n.
An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
+
sarcophaga
n.pl.
A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.
+
scot
n.
A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
+
signatory
a.
Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
+
slakeless
a.
Not capable of being slaked.
+
sassaby
n.
Alt. of Sassabye
+
solicitor
n.
The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.
+
simpering

a. &. n. from Simper, v.
+
sane
a.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
+
syndyasmian
a.
Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
+
stumptailed
a.
Having a short, thick tail.
+
soar
a.
See 3d Sore.
+
snout
n.
The nose of a man; -- in contempt.
+
signiorship
n.
State or position of a signior.
+
sparring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spar
+
sinuated
imp.|p.p.
of Sinuate
+
sowl
v.i.
See Soul, v. i.
+
slack
superl.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
+
soup
n.
A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.
+
sidle
v.t.
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
+
sternebrae
pl.
of Sternebra
+
sleazy
a.
Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
+
suraddition
n.
Something added or appended, as to a name.
+
sporozoa
n.pl.
An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.
+
sweetish
a.
Somewhat sweet.
+
sozzle
n.
One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.
+
stick
v.i.
To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
+
sea crow

The razorbill.
+
subcorneous
a.
Situated under a horny part or layer.
+
serge
n.
A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.
+
skyed

of Sky
+
stylus
n.
A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
+
snuggeries
pl.
of Snuggery
+
sibilatory
a.
Hissing; sibilant.
+
sleepcharged
a.
Heavy with sleep.
+
signalize
a.
To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.
+
subordinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subordinate
+
summerfallow
v.t.
To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.
+
second
n.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
+
subnect
v.t.
To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath.
+
supportance
n.
Support.
+
seediness
n.
The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.
+
swaggerer
n.
One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow.
+
skullcap
n.
Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
+
symbolization
n.
The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
+
scape
n.
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
+
sleep
v.i.
To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
+
southeastwardly
adv.
Toward the southeast.
+
supervising
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Supervise
+
scarlet
n.
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
+
sorbet
n.
A kind of beverage; sherbet.
+
scole
n.
School.
+
scour
v.t.
To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
+
semiquintile
n.
An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
+
sweater
n.
One who sweats.
+
supraangular
a.
See Surangular.
+
suttee
n.
A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.
+
sea colander

A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.
+
subsultive
a.
Subsultory.
+
stut
v.i.
To stutter.
+
sea girkin

Any small holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.
+
submit
v.i.
To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
+
slightful
a.
See Sleightful.
+
stargaser
n.
One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.
+
shaddock
n.
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
+
scall
a.
A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
+
strand
v.t.
To break a strand of (a rope).
+
sideroscope
n.
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
+
suppeditate
v.t.
To supply; to furnish.
+
semifloscular
a.
Semiflosculous.
+
superintender
n.
A superintendent.
+
stew
v.t.
A prostitute.
+
succory
n.
A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
+
shorten
a.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
+
seceder
n.
One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called.
+
stagnant
a.
That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
+
sacrifical
a.
Employed in sacrifice.
+
subovated
a.
Subovate.
+
subaerial
a.
Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.
+
stone
n.
A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
+
sniggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sniggle
+
slut
n.
A servant girl; a drudge.
+
subduing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subdue
+
smartweed
n.
An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
+
sclav
n.
Alt. of Sclave
+
symbal
n.
See Cimbal.
+
sign
n.
A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
+
sentential
a.
Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.
+
syenitic
a.
Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
+
sinuous
a.
Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
+
speciocities
pl.
of Speciosity
+
surcease
n.
Cessation; stop; end.
+
serous
a.
Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids.
+
senary
a.
Of six; belonging to six; containing six.
+
saccharine
n.
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.
+
specialist
n.
One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
+
selfannihilation
n.
Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.
+
seizing
n.
The cord or lashing used for such fastening.
+
sediment
n.
The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
+
space
n.
A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.
+
snuffling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snuffle
+
sorex
n.
A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
+
streamy
a.
Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful.
+
skilled
a.
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
+
secession
n.
The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
+
spurn
n.
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
+
sexlocular
a.
Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.
+
shipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ship
+
sexdigitism
n.
The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
+
sporter
n.
One who sports; a sportsman.
+
scamperer
n.
One who scampers.
+
seeded
imp.|p.p.
of Seed
+
swelling
n.
The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.
+
si quis

A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
+
stridulation
n.
The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.
+
sight
v.t.
A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
+
supper
v.t.
To supply with supper.
+
swell
v.t.
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
+
suppliant
a.
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
+
sea compass

The mariner's compass. See under Compass.
+
sacrificatory
n.
Offering sacrifice.
+
stellation
n.
Radiation of light.
+
snaggy
a.
Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.
+
sidereous
a.
Sidereal.
+
stateswoman
n.
A woman concerned in public affairs.
+
secretiveness
n.
The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.
+
sparrowwort
n.
An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).
+
swell
v.i.
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
+
stencilling

of Stencil
+
solidity
n.
The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.
+
savage
v.t.
To make savage.
+
snatcher
n.
One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
+
scry
v.
A flock of wild fowl.
+
salable
a.
Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
+
smokestack
n.
A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
+
shipping
a.
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
+
sol
n.
The sun.
+
sext
n.
The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
+
sheepish
a.
Of or pertaining to sheep.
+
scutum
n.
The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.
+
stock
n.
The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
+
shimmer
v.i.
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
+
silken
v.t.
To render silken or silklike.
+
supplies
pl.
of Supply
+
sea cow

The mantee.
+
stall
v.t.
To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
+
supply
n.
Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
+
smoke
n.
The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke.
+
smudge
n.
That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
+
sinned
imp.|p.p.
of Sin
+
socratist
n.
A disciple or follower of Socrates.
+
salting
n.
A salt marsh.
+
sandfish
n.
A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.
+
siker
a.
Sure; certain; trusty.
+
swillings
n.pl.
See Swill, n., 1.
+
skitty
n.
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.
+
staphylomatous
a.
Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.
+
shaffler
n.
A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
+
solitary
a.
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
+
shindy
n.
Hockey; shinney.
+
synanthrose
n.
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.
+
starriness
n.
The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.
+
sudorific
a.
Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs.
+
sabellianism
n.
The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
+
seg
n.
Sedge.
+
subsistence
n.
Real being; existence.
+
shopboy
n.
A boy employed in a shop.
+
sensibilities
pl.
of Sensibility
+
scrivener
n.
One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
+
sulliage
v.t.
Foulness; filth.
+
sadducized
imp.|p.p.
of Sadducize
+
sanctimonious
a.
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
+
sly
v.t.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
+
soliitation
n.
The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
+
shadow
n.
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
+
spawn
v.t.
The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
+
sentiency
n.
The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.
+
stellular
a.
Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.
+
supportment
n.
Support.
+
slack
n.
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
+
steamer
n.
A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
+
shogun
n.
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.
+
stilly
a.
Still; quiet; calm.
+
surtax
n.
An additional or extra tax.
+
suchospondylous
a.
Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.
+
sweep
v.i.
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
+
stapelia
n.
An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
+
serpentine
n.
A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
+
suet
n.
The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
+
storied
a.
Told in a story.
+
semiweekly
adv.
At intervals of half a week each.
+
succinite
n.
A garnet of an amber color.
+
seductive
a.
Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.
+
saturnian
a.
Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
+
subtriple
a.
Containing a third, or one part to three.
+
skip
n.
A charge of sirup in the pans.
+
sevocation
n.
A calling aside.
+
subalternate
n.
A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.
+
skewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skew
+
scutum
n.
A penthouse or awning.
+
sentence
v.t.
To decree or announce as a sentence.
+
shapeless
a.
Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.
+
systematization
n.
The act or operation of systematizing.
+
seizer
n.
One who, or that which, seizes.
+
swedenborgianism
n.
The doctrines of the Swedenborgians.
+
soak
v.i.
To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
+
surface
n.
The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
+
sagamore
n.
A juice used in medicine.
+
smudge
n.
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
+
sorrel
a.
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
+
shear
v.t.
Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
+
scyphus
n.
A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
+
set
n.
The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
+
shoot
n.
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
+
submission
n.
Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
+
semiologioal
a.
Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
+
saving
n.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
+
shark
v.t.
To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
+
stive
v.i.
To be stifled or suffocated.
+
scholy
v.i.|t.
To write scholia; to annotate.
+
sob
n.
Any sorrowful cry or sound.
+
scan
v.t.
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
+
seam
v.t.
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
+
scalloping
n.
Fishing for scallops.
+
subreptitious
a.
Surreptitious.
+
swell
v.i.
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
+
sizzling

a. & n. from Sizzle.
+
synacmy
n.
Same as Synanthesis.
+
swum
p.p.
of Swim
+
soak
v.t.
To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
+
socialist
n.
One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.
+
suspension
n.
Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
+
stumble
n.
A trip in walking or running.
+
scaled
a.
Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.
+
swiss
a.
Of or pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland.
+
shore

imp. of Shear.
+
spattle
n.
A spatula.
+
sac
n.
A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
+
siren
n.
An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
+
smirking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smirk
+
straight
a.
A variant of Strait, a.
+
swainmote
n.
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.
+
subject
v.t.
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
+
staktometer
n.
A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette.
+
sailfish
n.
The basking, or liver, shark.
+
swindle
n.
The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
+
subovate
a.
Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.
+
sulkies
pl.
of Sulky
+
suffragate
a.
To vote or vote with.
+
spittle
v.t.
To dig or stir with a small spade.
+
speed
n.
To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
+
segregating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Segregate
+
stripe
v.t.
To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
+
seating
n.
The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.
+
soothsaying
n.
A true saying; truth.
+
soul
a.
Sole.
+
sepulture
n.
A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.
+
salvage
n.
The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
+
sugaring
n.
The act or process of making sugar.
+
songster
n.
One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
+
salpicon
n.
Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
+
symbol
n.
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
+
slump
v.i.
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
+
sea bird

Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
+
swape
n.
See Sweep, n., 12.
+
supporter
n.
A knee placed under the cathead.
+
shough
n.
A shockdog.
+
stellerid
n.
A starfish.
+
swore

imp. of Swear.
+
seraphina
n.
A seraphine.
+
serfage
n.
Alt. of Serfdom
+
statuary
n.
One who practices the art of making statues.
+
scudding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scud
+
subject
n.
The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
+
sanderling
n.
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
+
submarine
n.
A submarine plant or animal.
+
succulence
n.
Alt. of Succulency
+
sequestral
a.
Of or pertaining to a sequestrum.
+
stuff
v.t.
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
+
stickler
v.t.
One who stickles.
+
stainless
a.
Free from stain; immaculate.
+
smartle
v.i.
To waste away.
+
southdown
a.
Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England.
+
spark
v.i.
To sparkle.
+
suprascalpular
a.
Alt. of Suprascalpulary
+
schizopod
n.
one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
+
surculose
a.
Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.
+
sea gauge

See under Gauge, n.
+
sollar
v.t.
To cover, or provide with, a sollar.
+
settee
n.
A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
+
sycamore
n.
A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
+
set
v.t.
To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
+
smight
v.t.
To smite.
+
spat

of Spit
+
shend
n.
To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
+
skinking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skink
+
sunwise
adv.
In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
+
semirecondite
a.
Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
+
specification
n.
The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
+
scald
n.
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
+
stark
n.
Stiff; rigid.
+
soilure
n.
Stain; pollution.
+
settlement
n.
A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
+
synechia
n.
A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
+
stitchel
n.
A kind of hairy wool.
+
sunshade
n.
Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
+
semimetal
n.
An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.
+
subscribing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Subscribe
+
station
n.
A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
+
shore
v.t.
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
+
stiffening
n.
Something used to make anything stiff.
+
schoolman
n.
One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.
+
substile
n.
See Substyle.
+
satiation
n.
Satiety.
+
subpoena
n.
A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill.
+
subaxillary
a.
Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
+
sea wrack

See Wrack.
+
savory
a.
Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
+
stoma
n.
A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
+
salomtry
n.
Salimetry.
+
seaman
n.
A merman; the male of the mermaid.
+
spavined
a.
Affected with spavin.
+
sea squirt

An ascidian. See Illust. under Tunicata.
+
sur

A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.
+
stationed
imp.|p.p.
of Station
+
snug
superl.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
+
sootish
a.
Sooty.
+
selfbern
a.
Born or produced by one's self.
+
scribblement
n.
A scribble.
+
surbet
a.
Surbated; bruised.
+
soldi
pl.
of Soldo
+
siphonate
a.
Belonging to the Siphonata.
+
step
v.i.
A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
+
subsilicate
n.
A basic silicate.
+
setireme
n.
A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
+
sensifacient
a.
Converting into sensation.
+
somberness
n.
Alt. of Sombreness
+
seminary
n.
Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.
+
streamlet
n.
A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.
+
substitution
n.
The state of being substituted for another.
+
strengthner
n.
See Strengthener.
+
sufferance
n.
The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
+
saponified
imp.|p.p.
of Saponify
+
suspense
a.
A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
+
swallowtail
n.
An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form.  Called also priestcap.
+
smerk
a.
Alt. of Smerky
+
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.
+
skedaddling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skedaddle
+
stuccoed
imp.|p.p.
of Stucco
+
slither
v.i.
To slide; to glide.
+
sniveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snivel
+
sigger
v.i.
Same as
+
stamp
v.t.
Money, esp. paper money.
+
selfhomicide
n.
The act of killing one's self; suicide.
+
semiotics
n.
Same as Semeiotics.
+
selfsacrificing
a.
Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
+
shabby
n.
Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
+
stingbull
n.
The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.
+
silviculture
n.
See Sylviculture.
+
selfabhorrence
n.
Abhorrence of one's self.
+
sector
n.
An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.
+
skimmingly
adv.
In a skimming manner.
+
secernent
a.
Secreting; secretory.
+
suit
n.
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
+
sacrificator
n.
A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice.
+
sheet
v.t.
A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
+
selfabuse
n.
Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
+
snared
imp.|p.p.
of Snare
+
sure
superl.
Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
+
science
n.
Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
+
seabuilt
a.
Built at, in, or by the sea.
+
strake
n.
A streak.
+
sahui
n.
A marmoset.
+
salmon
a.
Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
+
synonyme
n.
Same as Synonym.
+
spoilsmonger
n.
One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
+
slung

imp. & p. p. of Sling.
+
sine
prep.
Without.
+
septenary
a.
Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.
+
syllabub
n.
Same as Syllabub.
+
slick
v.t.
To make sleek or smoth.
+
swerve
v.i.
To stray; to wander; to rope.
+
staminate
v.t.
To indue with stamina.
+
sword
n.
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
+
sirt
n.
A quicksand.
+
suture
n.
A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
+
stereotyped
a.
Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions.
+
some
a.
Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons.  Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
+
stickle
v.t.
To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
+
skrite
n.
The skrike.
+
sclavonian
a.|n.
Same as Slavonian.
+
sned
n.
Alt. of Sneed
+
spear
n.
A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
+
sea cock

In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.
+
stiffener
n.
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
+
soleplate
n.
The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.
+
symbolist
n.
One who employs symbols.
+
sori
n.
pl. of Sorus.
+
skeelduck
n.
Alt. of Skeelgoose
+
sherry
n.
A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.
+
showed
imp.
of Show
+
soft
superl.
Weak in character; impressible.
+
stimulating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stimulate
+
sinuate
v.i.
To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
+
shoreless
a.
Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.
+
sightseeing
a.
Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.
+
stride
v.t.
To straddle; to bestride.
+
steep
v.t.
Excessive; as, a steep price.
+
scruoulize
v.t.
To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
+
saddle
n.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.
+
strucken

p. p. of Strike.
+
so
adv.
In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
+
successary
n.
Succession.
+
sinistrally
adv.
Toward the left; in a sinistral manner.
+
sternutative
a.
Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.
+
splayfooted
a.
Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.
+
scorbutical
a.
Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms.
+
seat
n.
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
+
systemless
a.
Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.
+
swimmingly
adv.
In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.
+
surd
n.
A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, ˆ2 is a surd.
+
salary
n.
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
+
soul
n.
The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."
+
stemclasping
a.
Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
+
smart
v.i.
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
+
stickled
imp.|p.p.
of Stickle
+
surge
n.
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
+
swale
v.i.|t.
To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
+
spangle
v.t.
To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.
+
saleswoman
n.
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
+
soyle
v.t.
To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts.
+
surgeon
n.
Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
+
subinvolution
n.
Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.
+
salamandroidea
n.pl.
A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.
+
stelae
pl.
of Stela
+
subscriptive
a.
Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.
+
sagittarius
n.
A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
+
semiarianism
n.
The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
+
solicit
v.t.
To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
+
spumescence
n.
The state of being foamy; frothiness.
+
sumach
n.
Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.
+
scudo
n.
A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.
+
splendidly
adv.
In a splendid manner; magnificently.
+
sleeper
n.
One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
+
sarmentose
a.
Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.
+
sea girdles

A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.
+
swish
v.i.
To dash; to swash.
+
smelt
n.
A gull; a simpleton.
+
stoccado
n.
A stab; a thrust with a rapier.
+
subsaline
a.
Moderately saline or salt.
+
spot
n.
Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
+
struggle
n.
Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
+
symbolism
n.
A system of symbols or representations.
+
supercilium
n.
The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
+
surmised
imp.|p.p.
of Surmise
+
subseptuple
a.
Having the ratio of one to seven.
+
sunshiny
a.
Bright like the sun; resplendent.
+
swive
v.t.
To copulate with (a woman).
+
supposition
n.
That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
+
stealth
v.t.
The thing stolen; stolen property.
+
substantive
a.
Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
+
surrogate
n.
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
+
sophomorical
a.
Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation.
+
shoe
n.
A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
+
snowflake
n.
See Snowbird, 1.
+
slapper
n.
Anything monstrous; a whopper.
+
stomach
n.
An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
+
scotticize
v.t.
To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.
+
setulae
pl.
of Setula
+
suctorial
a.
Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.
+
spathous
a.
Spathose.
+
squarrose
a.
Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged
+
sulphureity
n.
The quality or state of being sulphureous.
+
sunna
n.
A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
+
seismographic
a.
Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.
+
space
n.
Place, having more or less extension; room.
+
sigillated
a.
Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.
+
saker
n.
A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
+
sixteenth
n.
An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
+
spermo

Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
+
sublimate
n.
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
+
skinching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skinch
+
slide
n.
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
+
seeming
n.
Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.
+
swoopstake
adv.
Altogether; indiscriminately.
+
sofas
pl.
of Sofa
+
some
a.
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
+
stanchion
n.
A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
+
sickerness
n.
Alt. of Sikerness
+
silvan
a.
Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
+
searedness
n.
The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
+
scopeloid
a.
Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent.
+
subtrihedral
a.
Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth.
+
stageplayer
n.
An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
+
stound
n.
Astonishment; amazement.
+
skean
n.
A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]
+
shirred
a.
Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.
+
saintish
a.
Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.
+
stail
n.
A handle, as of a mop; a stale.
+
singlehanded
a.
Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
+
statistical
a.
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.
+
shiner
n.
The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
+
scoff
n.
Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
+
slumber
v.t.
To stun; to stupefy.
+
semicentennial
a.
Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.
+
snakewood
n.
Same as Trumpetwood.
+
sympathizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sympathize
+
skew
v.i.
To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
+
sensory
a.
Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.
+
step
a.
To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
+
swarm
n.
Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive.
+
stress
n.
The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
+
staggered
imp.|p.p.
of Stagger
+
searched
imp.|p.p.
of Search
+
swordsman
n.
One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
+
subjunctive
a.
Subjoined or added to something before said or written.
+
sandiver
n.
A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall.
+
sinuosity
n.
A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve.
+
settler
n.
A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
+
septangle
n.
A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.
+
sandarac
n.
A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
+
susu
n.
See Soosoo.
+
silent
a.
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
+
sarcocarp
n.
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.
+
slag
v.t.
The scoria of a volcano.
+
siege
n.
A workman's bench.
+
silver
n.
Coin made of silver; silver money.
+
stere
n.
A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic yards.
+
shampoo
v.t.
To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
+
sollar
n.
See Solar, n.
+
shay
n.
A chaise.
+
spongelet
n.
See Spongiole.
+
strong
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
+
sheer
adv.
Clean; quite; at once.
+
sprue
n.
The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
+
spicy
superl.
Producing, or abounding with, spices.
+
sole
n.
The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
+
skewer
v.t.
To fasten with skewers.
+
stillbirth
n.
The birth of a dead fetus.
+
simoon
n.
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
+
stound
n.
A brief space of time; a moment.
+
segment
n.
A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.
+
skid
n.
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
+
successor
n.
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.
+
skye terrier

See Terrier.
+
substituted
a.
Exchanged; put in the place of another.
+
subrotund
a.
Somewhat rotund.
+
solenoglyph
n.
One of the Selenoglypha.
+
spatting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spat
+
scow
n.
A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
+
sturdy
superl.
Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak.
+
specie
n.
Coin; hard money.
+
scapegrace
n.
A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
+
solvent
n.
That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
+
scena
n.
A scene in an opera.
+
stretch
n.
The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
+
sparkish
a.
Showy; well-dresed; fine.
+
stagery
n.
Exhibition on the stage.
+
sweetening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sweeten
+
spina bifida

A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.
+
stonehatch
n.
The ring plover, or dotterel.
+
separatory
a.
Separative.
+
slow
superl.
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
+
sleeve
n.
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
+
straggler
n.
A roving vagabond.
+
spelling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spell
+
selfconscious
a.
Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.
+
slam
n.
The refuse of alum works.
+
semen
n.
The seed of plants.
+
swum

imp. & p. p. of Swim.
+
set
v.i.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
+
schizopelmous
a.
Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.
+
sixty
n.
A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
+
swarthily
adv.
In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily.
+
smoldering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Smoulder
+
selfexistent
a.
Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.
+
sticking

a. & n. from Stick, v.
+
sinapate
n.
A salt of sinapic acid.
+
seedbox
n.
A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.
+
sullen
v.t.
To make sullen or sluggish.
+
squawked
imp.|p.p.
of Squawk
+
seem
v.t.
To befit; to beseem.
+
serpent
v.i.
To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
+
scizorhinal
a.
Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
+
sight
v.t.
A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
+
surveyor
n.
An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
+
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.
+
squaked
imp.|p.p.
of Squeak
+
spire
n.
A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
+
seltzer water

See Selters water.
+
successional
a.
Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.
+
solute
a.
Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation.
+
set
n.
Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
+
stormless
a.
Without storms.
+
slothhound
n.
See Sleuthhound.
+
sufficience
n.
Sufficiently.
+
sinistrality
n.
The quality or state of being sinistral.
+
stoped
imp.|p.p.
of Stope
+
shave
v.t.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
+
skilligalee
n.
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
+
stone
n.
The glass of a mirror; a mirror.
+
stake
v.t.
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
+
spirit
n.
The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
+
smalt
v.t.
A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.
+
stipites
pl.
of Stipes
+
suppositories
pl.
of Suppository
+
sesamoid
n.
A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
+
sea reed

The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.
+
sider
n.
Cider.
+
selvaged
a.
Alt. of Selvedged
+
shuck
n.
A shock of grain.
+
snatch
n.
The handle of a scythe; a snead.
+
submit
v.t.
To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
+
sea monster

Any large sea animal.
+
semilenticular
a.
Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.
+
sketch
n.
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
+
subapical
a.
Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
+
suscipient
n.
One who takes or admits; one who receives.
+
spotless
a.
Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
+
spearwood
n.
An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.
+
shyster
n.
A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
+
stratocracy
n.
A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.
+
scar
n.
A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.
+
solicitorgeneral
n.
The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.
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suspect
a.
Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
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suprascalpulary
a.
Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.
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stone
n.
To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
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solmization
n.
The act of sol-faing.
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stirpiculture
n.
The breeding of special stocks or races.
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sand
v.t.
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
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selves
pl.
of Self
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spittle
n.
The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.
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scopeline
a.
Scopeloid.
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sindon
n.
A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
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systaltic
a.
Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
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steamship
n.
A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
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stedfast
adv.
Alt. of Stedfastly
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squash
v.i.
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
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speculist
n.
One who observes or considers; an observer.
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smutty
superl.
Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.
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semiproof
n.
Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.
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sea lamprey

The common lamprey.
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swoon
n.
A fainting fit; syncope.
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sensorium
n.
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.
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selflessness
n.
Quality or state of being selfless.
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snakebird
n.
The wryneck.
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sawn

of Saw
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solace
n.
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
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stay
v.i.
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
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study
n.
To apply the mind to books or learning.
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squamipen
n.
Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
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stanch
v.t.
To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
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sonneteer
v.i.
To compose sonnets.
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suspender
n.
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
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struthioidea
n.pl.
Same as Struthiones.
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skulkingly
adv.
In a skulking manner.
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symbolize
v.t.
To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
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smoothed
imp.|p.p.
of Smooth
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septemtrioun
n.
Septentrion.
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skatol
n.
A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo.  Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.
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swage
v.t.
To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape.
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serrator
n.
The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
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sin
adv.prep.|conj.
Old form of Since.
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screechy
a.
Like a screech; shrill and harsh.
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suspension
n.
Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
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set
v.i.
To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
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scholium
n.
A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
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slope
v.i.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
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sea hulver

Sea holly.
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safranin
n.
An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
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suffix
n.
A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.
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si

A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century.
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selfaffairs
n.pl.
One's own affairs; one's private business.
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scansores
n.pl.
An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.
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snivel
v.i.
To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
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spinel
n.
Alt. of Spinelle
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slough
n.
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
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sisterhood
n.
The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
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shampooer
n.
One who shampoos.
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shovelful
n.
As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
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suttle
n.
The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed.
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swoln

Contraction of Swollen, p. p.
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scabrousness
n.
The quality of being scabrous.
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service
n.
The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
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selenology
n.
That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.
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setoff
n.
That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
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sovereignize
v.i.
To exercise supreme authority.
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suspiciency
v.t.
Suspiciousness; suspicion.
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sacking
n.
Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
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stalactites
pl.
of Stalactite
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skimming
n.
The act of one who skims.
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shovelboard
n.
A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.
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spasmodic
n.
A medicine for spasm.
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smotheriness
n.
The quality or state of being smothery.
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stuff
n.
To fill by being pressed or packed into.
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saintdom
n.
The state or character of a saint.
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squiry
n.
The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy.
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support
v.t.
To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
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sorcering
n.
Act or practice of using sorcery.
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socratic
a.
Alt. of Socratical
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sternway
n.
The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
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sycophantism
n.
Sycophancy.
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set
v.t.
To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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scurrile
a.
Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
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starter
n.
A dog that rouses game.
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sticcado
n.
An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
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subofficer
n.
An under or subordinate officer.
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streetward
n.
An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets.
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shunt
v.t.
To shun; to move from.
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slop
v.t.
To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
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stock
v.t.
To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
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selected
imp.|p.p.
of Select
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stitch
v.t.
To form land into ridges.
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scarabaeus
n.
Same as Scarab.
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storeroom
n.
Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.
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sachemdom
n.
The government or jurisdiction of a sachem.
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sye
imp.
Saw.
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skill
n.
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
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silting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Silt
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steeved
imp.|p.p.
of Steeve
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savableness
n.
Capability of being saved.
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steerless
a.
Having no rudder.
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salt
n.
Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
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shipwright
n.
One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
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sprig
n.
A brad, or nail without a head.
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stretch
v.i.
To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
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sneaksby
n.
A paltry fellow; a sneak.
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sizable
a.
Of considerable size or bulk.
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squamose

Alt. of Squamous
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spiritism
n.
Spiritualsm.
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sermonizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sermonize
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stick
n.
To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
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submarshal
n.
An under or deputy marshal.
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superspinous
a.
Supraspinuos.
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sober
v.t.
To make sober.
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swarming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swarm
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spoutshell
n.
Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
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satellite
n.
An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.
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selenic
a.
Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.
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skyward
a.|adv.
Toward the sky.
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soft
superl.
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.
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scratch
n.
A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
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supine
n.
A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.
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sparagus
n.
Alt. of Sparagrass
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substyle
n.
A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
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spiteful
a.
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.
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spatter
v.t.
Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.
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scutibranchiata
n.pl.
An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.
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second
a.
The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
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struck

imp. & p. p. of Strike.
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stainlessly
adv.
In a stainless manner.
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setness
n.
The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
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sunfish
n.
The opah.
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sesquialter
n.
Alt. of Sesquialtera
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sealgh
n.
Alt. of Selch
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solidification
n.
Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.
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splashed
imp.|p.p.
of Splash
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swallow
n.
The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
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sidewheel
a.
Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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succinic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.
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stolid
a.
Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
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systole
n.
The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.
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shivered
imp.|p.p.
of Shiver
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slander
n.
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
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snap
v.t.
A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
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sowce
n.|v.
See Souse.
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singularist
n.
One who affects singularity.
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swabbed
imp.|p.p.
of Swab
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sautrie
n.
Psaltery.
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seclusion
n.
The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.
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sulphurous
a.
Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.
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sexagenary
n.
Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
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smut
v.t.
To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
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strait
a.
A narrow pass or passage.
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stimulate
v.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.
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shortening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shorten
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stead
n.
Place, or spot, in general.
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slambang
adv.
With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.
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swingeing
a.
Huge; very large.
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scutal
a.
Of or pertaining to a shield.
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stiff
superl.
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
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space
n.
Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
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solania
n.
Solanine.
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stentor
n.
A howling monkey, or howler.
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sile
n.
A young or small herring.
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scalable
a.
Capable of being scaled.
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spew
v.i.
To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
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sandemanianism
n.
The faith or system of the Sandemanians.
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sleep
v.t.
To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
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sweetbread
n.
Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.
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saluting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Salute
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site
n.
The posture or position of a thing.
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sup
v.i.
To eat the evening meal; to take supper.
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swarf
n.
The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
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swag
v.i.
To sink down by its weight; to sag.
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slued
imp.|p.p.
of Slue
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skeleton
n.
The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
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speechifying
n.
The act of making a speech or speeches.
+
shielded
imp.|p.p.
of Shield
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shoplifter
n.
One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
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saucisson
n.
Alt. of Saucisse
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semnifical
a.
Forming or producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.
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syncope
n.
A pause or cessation; suspension.
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swing
v.t.
To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
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smooth
superl.
Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
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slap
n.
With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
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scale
n.
A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
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silence
n.
Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
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swept
imp.|p.p.
of Sweep
+
subdue
v.t.
To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
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snout
n.
The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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slave
v.i.
To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
+
sandpiper
n.
Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.
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sleeted
imp.|p.p.
of Sleet
+
sempervive
n.
The houseleek.
+
skimp
v.t.
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
+
steerageway
n.
A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
+
surveyed
imp.|p.p.
of Survey
+
swainship
n.
The condition of a swain.
+
spatulate
a.
Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.
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screen
v.t.
To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
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soften
v.t.
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
+
sole
n.
The bottom of an embrasure.
+
shadbird
n.
The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
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superfamily
n.
A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
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selfaffrighted
a.
Frightened at or by one's self.
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squire
n.
A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
+
synoecious
a.
Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
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senior
a.
Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
+
scent
n.
Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
+
stigmatizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stigmatize
+
substractor
n.
A detractor; a slanderer.
+
selfwill
n.
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
+
shipwreck
n.
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.
+
smudge
v.t.
To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
+
see
v.t.
To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
+
supralapsarian
n.
One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall.  Cf. Infralapsarian.
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summit
n.
The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
+
ties
pl.
of Similarity
+
stoner
n.
One who walls with stones.
+
solitarily
adv.
In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone.
+
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.
+
sea tang

A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle.
+
saphead
n.
A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.
+
sonsy
a.
Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.
+
slik
a.
Such.
+
sepaloid
a.
Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.
+
spermatophore
n.
Same as Spermospore.
+
snobby
a.
Snobbish.
+
sexagesimal
a.
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
+
semibarbaric
a.
Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
+
sensibility
n.
The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural.
+
spring
v.i.
The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.
+
swad
n.
A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
+
starwort
n.
Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster.
+
siren
a.
Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
+
switching

a. & n. from Switch, v.
+
superplusage
n.
Surplusage.
+
saucisse
n.
A fascine of more than ordinary length.
+
synaptase
n.
A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds.  Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.
+
setous
a.
Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
+
selfone
a.
Secret.
+
superexcrescence
n.
Something growing superfluously.
+
stiff
superl.
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
+
shelved
imp.|p.p.
of Shelve
+
shagreened
a.
Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
+
scherzando
adv.
In a playful or sportive manner.
+
sprue
n.
Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
+
stammerer
n.
One who stammers.
+
shaper
n.
A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.
+
suspecter
n.
One who suspects.
+
supraspinate
a.
Alt. of Supraspinous
+
spicular
a.
Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
+
saccharum
n.
A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
+
superlunary
a.
Being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary.
+
submissly
adv.
In a submissive manner; with a submission.
+
somberly
adv.
Alt. of Sombrely
+
spouting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spout
+
sticklac
n.
See the Note under Lac.
+
sea fowl

Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.
+
swanny
a.
Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck.
+
spaceless
a.
Without space.
+
stove

imp. of Stave.
+
salagane
n.
The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
+
scarfed
imp.|p.p.
of Scarf
+
suckler
n.
An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
+
sharp
superl.
Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
+
spell
v.t.
To constitute; to measure.
+
sarmentaceous
a.
Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.
+
shrag
n.
A twig of a tree cut off.
+
stum
v.t.
To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
+
subtruded
imp.|p.p.
of Subtrude
+
supererogative
a.
Supererogatory.
+
studding sail

A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail.
+
spurroyal
n.
A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.
+
sigillaria
n.
A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
+
supervisal
n.
Supervision.
+
soupemaigre
n.
Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
+
sebat
n.
The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February.
+
synedral
a.
Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.
+
socman
n.
One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
+
suffer
v.t.
To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
+
sweetwort
n.
Any plant of a sweet taste.
+
sauroidichnite
n.
The fossil track of a saurian.
+
sensation
n.
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.
+
supraoccipital
a.
Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone.
+
sickly
v.t.
To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
+
sail
n.
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
+
stelography
n.
The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
+
snaphance
n.
A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
+
sea turtle

Any one of several very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.
+
stylomaxillary
a.
Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
+
sinapine
n.
An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste.  When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
+
snottery
n.
Filth; abomination.
+
syringin
n.
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin.
+
scaleless
a.
Destitute of scales.
+
subinfeudation
n.
Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.
+
sanctify
v.t.
To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
+
spin
v.i.
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
+
shog
v.t.
To shake; to shock.
+
sobbed
imp.|p.p.
of Sob
+
study
v.t.
To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
+
stray
v.i.
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
+
souse
v.t.
To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
+
staysail
n.
Any sail extended on a stay.
+
smatter
n.
Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
+
shoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shore
+
sculp
v.t.
To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.
+
stride
v.t.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
+
sprout
v.t.
To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
+
strumpet
v.t.
To debauch.
+
staunchly

Alt. of Staunchness
+
spicate
a.
Alt. of Spicated
+
sincaline
n.
Choline.
+
scarp
v.t.
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
+
sequela
n.
An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
+
scrippage
n.
The contents of a scrip, or wallet.
+
selfknowledge
n.
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
+
socotrine
a.
Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa.
+
specialities
pl.
of Speciality
+
spoutfish
n.
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.
+
sophistication
n.
The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.
+
soured
imp.|p.p.
of Sour
+
sack
n.
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
+
sword
n.
Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
+
siserary
n.
A hard blow.
+
staff
n.
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
+
sublieutenant
n.
An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.
+
scuttle
n.
An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
+
swish
v.t.
To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
+
smoulder
v.i.
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
+
shewbread

See Showbread.
+
supravision
n.
Supervision.
+
stay
v.i.
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
+
subsidy
n.
Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
+
suffix
v.t.
To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
+
sheathing
p.pr.|a.
Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
+
soup
v.t.
To sup or swallow.
+
symphonize
v.i.
To agree; to be in harmony.
+
skidding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Skid
+
statured
a.
Arrived at full stature.
+
scalped
imp.|p.p.
of Scalp
+
snuff
v.t.
To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
+
salebrosity
n.
Roughness or ruggedness.
+
selfexistence
n.
Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God.
+
sampler
n.
One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
+
spacially
adv.
See Spatially.
+
spindle
n.
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
+
stick
n.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
+
spilling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spill
+
swathing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swathe
+
scyle
v.t.
To hide; to secrete; to conceal.
+
spirit
n.
Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
+
stereometry
n.
The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.
+
sphery
a.
Of or pertaining to the spheres.
+
signalized
imp.|p.p.
of Signalize
+
semicircled
a.
Semicircular.
+
shabby
n.
Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
+
stratiform
a.
Having the form of strata.
+
squamella
n.
A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
+
stark
n.
Severe; violent; fierce.
+
singer
n.
One who, or that which, singes.
+
spoilt

of Spoil
+
scion
n.
A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
+
suppurated
imp.|p.p.
of Suppurate
+
sesamoid
a.
Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
+
shadowless
a.
Having no shadow.
+
scrutiny
v.t.
To scrutinize.
+
sentence
n.
A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.
+
see
v.i.
To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
+
submission
n.
The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
+
slice
v.t.
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
+
spree
n.
A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
+
saheb
n.
A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
+
surd
a.
Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.
+
spoonbill
n.
The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
+
siphonophore
n.
One of the Siphonophora.
+
supplemented
imp.|p.p.
of Supplement
+
senegal
n.
Gum senegal. See under Gum.
+
sea grape

A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.
+
snakehead
n.
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.
+
stipitiform
a.
Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.
+
sebaceous
a.
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.
+
strangurious
a.
Of or pertaining to strangury.
+
shunned
imp.|p.p.
of Shun
+
sweeten
a.
To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
+
shoe
n.
A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
+
selfcommand
n.
Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
+
subdepartment
n.
A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.
+
solas
n.
Solace.
+
scutibranch
n.
One of the Scutibranchiata.
+
soniferous
a.
Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.
+
sequester
v.i.
To withdraw; to retire.
+
sabian
a.
Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.
+
sharptail
n.
The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.
+
stereotypographer
n.
A stereotype printer.
+
slacken
v.t.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
+
sphene
n.
A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.
+
span
v.t.
A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
+
skiffed
imp.|p.p.
of Skiff
+
sanguinely
adv.
In a sanguine manner.
+
snaffling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snaffle
+
sprunt
n.
A leap; a spring.
+
swarf
v.i.
To grow languid; to faint.
+
septic
n.
A quantic of the seventh degree.
+
sodalities
pl.
of Sodality
+
shedder
n.
A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
+
scum
v.t.
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
+
suppletory
a.
Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
+
spatangus
n.
A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
+
scrow
n.
A scroll.
+
superincumbent
a.
Lying or resting on something else.
+
subsidiary
a.
Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.
+
subpolygonal
a.
Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.
+
selenographer
n.
One skilled in selenography.
+
schooling
n.
Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling.
+
strike
v.i.
To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
+
snarl
v.t.
To embarrass; to insnare.
+
short
superl.
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
+
seminary
n.
A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
+
spousal
a.
Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
+
sculpturesque
a.
After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.
+
spitz dog

A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.
+
stifled
a.
Stifling.
+
soffit
n.
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
+
sprunt
v.i.
To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
+
sermonized
imp.|p.p.
of Sermonize
+
slid
imp.
of Slide
+
swell
v.i.
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
+
sell
n.
A throne or lofty seat.
+
stooked
imp.|p.p.
of Stook
+
savior
v.
Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.
+
spy
v.t.
To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.
+
subpellucid
a.
Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.
+
salmi
n.
Same as Salmis.
+
stagevil
n.
A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.
+
subaudition
n.
The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied.
+
succeeded
imp.|p.p.
of Succeed
+
scraber
n.
The black guillemot.
+
shoeinghorn
n.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
+
slipper
n.
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
+
supplement
v.t.
To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.
+
slug
v.t.
To make sluggish.
+
sweep
n.
The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
+
staghorn coral

Alt. of Stag-horn fern
+
swinging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swing
+
statue
v.t.
To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
+
swart
n.
Sward.
+
spinulose
a.
Alt. of Spinulous
+
symbolizer
n.
One who symbolizes.
+
stall
v.i.
A stable; a place for cattle.
+
stint
v.t.
To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
+
seminist
n.
A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
+
smother
v.i.
To be suffocated or stifled.
+
sleepless
a.
Having no sleep; wakeful.
+
smoke
v.t.
To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.
+
summarily
adv.
In a summary manner.
+
southly
adv.
Southerly.
+
serpentine
a.
Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.
+
stont
dpers.sing.pres.
Stands.
+
subject
a.
That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
+
savage
a.
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
+
spake

of Speak
+
seafaring
a.
Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
+
stern
n.
The black tern.
+
sea wolf

The sea elephant.
+
shive
n.
A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.
+
scale
n.
The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
+
state
n.
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
+
sheet
v.t.
A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
+
smoother
n.
One who, or that which, smooths.
+
signing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sign
+
scink
n.
A slunk calf.
+
shrew
a.
Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
+
section
n.
One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.
+
scorpene
n.
A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).
+
spheric
a.
Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
+
shunted
imp.|p.p.
of Shunt
+
shalloon
n.
A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.
+
solemnity
n.
Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
+
sale
v.t.
Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
+
scrabbled
imp.|p.p.
of Scrabble
+
stygian
a.
Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.
+
support
n.
That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
+
size
v.t.
To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.
+
subcostal
n.
A subcostal muscle.
+
symbol
n.
An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc.  See the list of names and symbols under Element.
+
sooth
superl.
True; faithful; trustworthy.
+
spiccato
a.
Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
+
sarcophagan
n.
Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.
+
sweeten
a.
To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
+
spirit
n.
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
+
secessionism
n.
The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.
+
smack
n.
To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
+
slide
n.
Smooth, even passage or progress.
+
scholar
n.
One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.
+
shrinkage
n.
The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
+
stark
n.
Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.
+
scope
v.t.
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
+
seat
n.
The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
+
slows
n.
Milk sickness.
+
sporocarp
n.
A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia.
+
serve
v.t.
To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.
+
stepdaughter
n.
A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
+
scholasticism
n.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
+
stylistic
a.
Of or pertaining to style in language.
+
syndicate
n.
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.
+
spearer
n.
One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
+
suspension
n.
Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
+
strabism
n.
Strabismus.
+
sanctification
n.
the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
+
successive
a.
Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.
+
sistersinlaw
pl.
of Sister-in-law
+
silicofluoric
a.
Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides.
+
similar
a.
Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
+
scoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Scorn
+
spitfire
n.
A violent, irascible, or passionate person.
+
siliculose
a.
Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles.
+
smite
v.t.
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
+
side
n.
The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
+
septentrio
n.
The constellation Ursa Major.
+
senate
n.
The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons.
+
sorbonist
n.
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.
+
sly
v.t.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
+
sainthood
n.
The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
+
semipelagian
n.
A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
+
sympathy
n.
Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.
+
saintliness
n.
Quality of being saintly.
+
secularization
n.
The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.
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spinel
n.
Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
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socialism
n.
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.
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sag
v.t.
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
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swell
v.i.
To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
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stated
a.
Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.
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shunless
a.
Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
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sepalous
a.
Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.
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singsong
n.
A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
+
stable
v.t.
To fix; to establish.
+
scour
v.i.
To clean anything by rubbing.
+
stability
a.
Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
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sebiparous
a.
Same as Sebiferous.
+
stale
v.i.
That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
+
scrine
v.i.
To cringe.
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soudet
a.
United; consolidated; made firm; strengthened.
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skilty
n.
The water rail.
+
sklayre
n.
A vell.
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stare
v.t.
To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
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slitted

of Slit
+
settled
imp.|p.p.
of Settle
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seize
v.t.
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
+
splenotomy
n.
An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
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sulcus
n.
A furrow; a groove; a fissure.
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scoriac
a.
Scoriaceous.
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startlingly
adv.
In a startling manner.
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sucker
n.
A hard drinker; a soaker.
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secondary
a.
Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
+
shaped
p.p.
of Shape
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servable
a.
Capable of being preserved.
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scyphiform
a.
Cup-shaped.
+
shallow
v.t.
To make shallow.
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sopite
v.t.
To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.
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scern
v.t.
To discern; to perceive.
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snood
n.
The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
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suckanhock
n.
A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.
+
solar
a.
Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
+
score
n.
The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
+
sipage
n.
See Seepage.
+
scare
n.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
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solus
fem.a.
Alt. of Sola
+
singular
a.
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure.
+
straddle
n.
The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
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sweetheart
n.
A lover of mistress.
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sprit
n.
A shoot; a sprout.
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snappish
a.
Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
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stick
n.
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
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straight
superl.
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
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strain
v.i.
To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
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septimole
n.
A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.
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supprise
v.t.
To surprise.
+
subderisorious
a.
Ridiculing with moderation.
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slobbery
a.
Wet; sloppy, as land.
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smallpox
n.
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
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snowplow
n.
Alt. of Snowplough
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subordinary
n.
One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
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savine
n.
The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)
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swallowtail
n.
A swallow-tailed coat.
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sharpen
a.
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
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spiricle
n.
One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
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spoliating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spoliate
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submissive
a.
Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
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siphonostome
n.
Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.
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swift
n.
The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
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spare
n.
Parsimony; frugal use.
+
snuffer
n.
The common porpoise.
+
supreme
a.
Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.
+
spending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spend
+
super
n.
A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense  2.
+
sound
n.
A cuttlefish.
+
sixteenth
a.
Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
+
salse
n.
A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
+
squinsy
n.
See Quinsy.
+
stalactitical
a.
Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite; stalactic.
+
scale
n.
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
+
secundine
n.
The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural.
+
supertragical
a.
Tragical to excess.
+
sulphuric
a.
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.
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stilty
a.
Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.
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sepic
a.
Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.
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scanty
a.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
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shaft
n.
The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
+
sors
n.
A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots.
+
sarplier
n.
A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.
+
symposiast
n.
One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
+
strown

p. p. of Strow.
+
supreme
a.
Situated at the highest part or point.
+
sheartail
n.
Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.
+
sex
n.
One of the groups founded on this distinction.
+
style
v.t.
The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
+
spathiform
a.
Resembling spar in form.
+
sphingid
n.
A sphinx.
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semidemiquaver
n.
A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
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shriveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shrivel
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simple
a.
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
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sparkle
n.
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
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staff
n.
A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
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spout
v.t.
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
+
starread
n.
Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.
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shalli
n.
See Challis.
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supplicancy
n.
Supplication.
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squeteague
n.
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.
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secondarily
adv.
In a secondary manner or degree.
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shroud
v.t.
To lop. See Shrood.
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sew
v.i.
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
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spermatoid
a.
Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.
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scuta
pl.
of Scutum
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shaver
n.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
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switched
imp.|p.p.
of Switch
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secretory
a.
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves.
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stud
n.
A stud bolt.
+
slumbrous
a.
Slumberous.
+
scant
v.i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
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sample
v.t.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
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sailfish
n.
The quillback.
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subsidies
pl.
of Subsidy
+
set
n.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
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sharock
n.
An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
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silvergray
a.
Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
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shoot
n.
A rush of water; a rapid.
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sextolet
n.
A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
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smooth
superl.
Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
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seminiferous
a.
Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
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shout
v.t.
To treat with shouts or clamor.
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sensible
n.
That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
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stinkweed
n.
Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.
+
soothed
imp.|p.p.
of Soothe
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showered
imp.|p.p.
of Shower
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sublineation
n.
A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.
+
squint
n.
Same as Hagioscope.
+
secondsighted
a.
Having the power of second-sight.
+
seamaid
n.
A sea nymph.
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struthiones
n.pl.
A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
+
sleided
imp.|p.p.
of Sleid
+
sylvae
pl.
of Sylva
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sermonet
n.
A short sermon.
+
script
n.
A writing; a written document.
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spathal
a.
Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.
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subtriangular
a.
Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular.
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staple
a.
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
+
schemata
pl.
of Schema
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strepsorhine
a.
Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
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slam
v.t.
To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
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sinner
v.i.
To act as a sinner.
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stile
v.i.
One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.
+
streaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stream
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squatty
a.
Squat; dumpy.
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spoonmeat
n.
Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.
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straight
v.t.
To straighten.
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signalman
n.
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.
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side
n.
Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
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stonebrash
n.
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
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sucket
v.t.
A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.
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slabbery
a.
Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
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smite
v.t.
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
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sob
v.i.
To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
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stapes
n.
The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
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saxicavous
a.
Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
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smut
v.t.
To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
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sphygmograph
n.
An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.
+
sight
v.t.
A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
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seralbumen
n.
Serum albumin.
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staccato
a.
Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
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spokesmen
pl.
of Spokesman
+
surgeonry
n.
Surgery.
+
stamp
n.
that which is marked; a thing stamped.
+
start
v.i.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
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straitness
n.
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
+
sothiac
a.
Alt. of Sothic
+
schedule
v.t.
To form into, or place in, a schedule.
+
spiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spite
+
supervolute
a.
Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.
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second
a.
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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sardonic
a.
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
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spiracle
n.
A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.
+
salpinx
n.
The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
+
spinning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spin
+
squeezer
n.
A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used in the singular.
+
seat
v.i.
To rest; to lie down.
+
scale
n.
A scale insect. (See below.)
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surliness
n.
The quality or state of being surly.
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slim
superl.
Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.
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spice
v.t.
To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
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shieldbearer
n.
Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
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segnity
n.
Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity.
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spiky
a.
Like a spike; spikelike.
+
spin
v.t.
To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
+
sonsinlaw
pl.
of Son-in-law
+
snap
v.t.
A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
+
squirt
n.
An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
+
somnambulator
n.
A somnambulist.
+
superinvestiture
n.
An outer vestment or garment.
+
shade
v.t.
To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
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slang
n.
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
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synalepha
n.
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.
+
senior
n.
One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.
+
sea slug

A nudibranch mollusk.
+
superfluities
pl.
of Superfluity
+
shammy
n.
A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
+
secularized
imp.|p.p.
of Secularize
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slopwork
n.
The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
+
strake
n.
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
+
sepulchre
n.
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.
+
singult
n.
A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.
+
subconscious
a.
Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
+
scoundrelism
n.
The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.
+
souse
n.
The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
+
straits
pl.
of Strait
+
smeir
n.
A salt glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to an earthenware glaze.
+
sound
n.
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
+
selfknowing
a.
Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.
+
shrimp
v.
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
+
stelmatopoda
n.pl.
Same as Gymnolaemata.
+
squadron
n.
Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
+
sanbenito
n.
Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.
+
still
v.
A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
+
saracenical
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture.
+
sway
n.
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
+
sentence
n.
Sense; meaning; significance.
+
sordid
a.
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
+
stoker
v.t.
A fire poker.
+
staring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stare
+
switch
v.t.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
+
sanguinary
a.
The Sanguinaria.
+
skulker
n.
One who, or that which, skulks.
+
saturnine
a.
Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
+
silvery
a.
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
+
slanging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slang
+
selfcondemnation
n.
Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.
+
swanlike
a.
Resembling a swan.
+
seventyfour
n.
A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
+
sufferance
n.
Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
+
sainfoin
n.
A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
+
snowberry
n.
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.
+
squaw
n.
A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.
+
spacelate
v.i.
To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
+
sunder
v.i.
To part; to separate.
+
spike
n.
A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
+
steem
n.
A gleam of light; flame.
+
slight
n.
Sleight.
+
subverter
n.
One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower.
+
spinozist
n.
A believer in Spinozism.
+
strychnine
n.
A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
+
stannary
a.
Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.
+
spiderlike
a.
Like a spider.
+
sole
n.
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
+
sweethearting
n.
Making love.
+
strap
n.
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
+
sip
n.
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
+
spittle
n.
See Spital.
+
sawbill
n.
The merganser.
+
swooped
imp.|p.p.
of Swoop
+
saline
a.
Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
+
subtract
v.t.
To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
+
shrunken

p. p. & a. from Shrink.
+
schneiderian
a.
Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.
+
swing
v.t.
To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
+
stand
v.i.
The act of standing.
+
shoot
v.i.
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
+
sweeten
v.i.
To become sweet.
+
sufferance
n.
Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
+
sword
n.
An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
+
shekinah
n.
The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
+
solifidian
a.
Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.
+
seethe
v.i.
To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
+
swallowfish
n.
The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
+
seasoner
n.
One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.
+
supererogatory
a.
Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.
+
selfdelusion
n.
The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
+
spuke
n.
See Spook.
+
sacristy
n.
An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
+
scarf
v.t.
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
+
stagnate
a.
Stagnant.
+
simonial
a.
Simoniacal.
+
subvention
n.
The act of coming under.
+
stripleaf
n.
Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
+
size
v.t.
To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
+
suspectable
a.
That may be suspected.
+
starchamber
n.
An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.
+
sulphuryl
n.
The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon.
+
solitaire
n.
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.
+
sullen
a.
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
+
sobered
imp.|p.p.
of Sober
+
shirred
a.
Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.
+
scrubber
n.
A gas washer. See under Gas.
+
suit
v.t.
To dress; to clothe.
+
staddle
v.t.
To form into staddles, as hay.
+
silex
n.
Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.
+
syne
adv.
Afterwards; since; ago.
+
spur
n.
An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
+
sublimation
n.
That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
+
saxon
n.
One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
+
smithery
n.
The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
+
swown
v.|n.
Swoon.
+
sustain
v.t.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
+
stenographical
a.
Of or pertaining to stenography.
+
sumpitan
n.
A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.
+
serpentarius
n.
A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.
+
setiferous
a.
Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
+
soakage
n.
The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.
+
saucing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sauce
+
sheeprack
n.
The starling.
+
succubi
pl.
of Succubus
+
sheal
n.
A shell or pod.
+
slater
n.
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
+
superproportion
n.
Overplus or excess of proportion.
+
swing
n.
Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
+
sponge
v.t.
Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
+
shrive
v.i.
To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
+
subjacent
a.
Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.
+
sulphoarsenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.
+
spumeous
a.
Spumous.
+
slink
a.
Produced prematurely; as, a slink calf.
+
silva
n.
A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
+
surcease
v.i.
To cease.
+
strife
n.
That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
+
stump
v.t.
To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.
+
sycophancy
n.
The character or characteristic of a sycophant.
+
sixteenmo
n.
See Sextodecimo.
+
spar
v.t.
The bar of a gate or door.
+
sieve
n.
A kind of coarse basket.
+
snort
n.
The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
+
search
v.t.
The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
+
squinancy
n.
The quinsy. See Quinsy.
+
saccharonate
n.
A salt of saccharonic acid.
+
sheaf
v.i.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
+
sandal
n.
An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
+
smokedry
v.t.
To dry by or in smoke.
+
scurf
n.
Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
+
sea mew

A gull; the mew.
+
speiskobalt
n.
Smaltite.
+
sorosis
n.
A woman's club; an association of women.
+
soldering

a. & n. from Solder, v. t.
+
savor
n.
To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
+
supplicator
n.
One who supplicates; a supplicant.
+
safeguard
n.
One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.
+
spawled
imp.|p.p.
of Spawl
+
set
n.
A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
+
selfimposed
a.
Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.
+
stockjobber
n.
One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.
+
suggillate
v.t.
To beat livid, or black and blue.
+
settle
v.i.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
+
sensation
n.
A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.
+
sulphophosphate
n.
A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.
+
standergrass
n.
A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
+
shower
v.t.
To water with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.
+
stonecutter
n.
One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.
+
spleget
n.
A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.
+
shifter
n.
One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
+
seeming
n.
Apprehension; judgment.
+
squalodont
a.
Pertaining to Squalodon.
+
sipunculoid
n.
One of the Sipunculoidea.
+
scout
n.
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
+
stamp
v.i.
To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
+
smile
v.i.
Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
+
sawing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Saw
+
sea crawfish

Alt. of Sea crayfish
+
sculler
n.
A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars.
+
smegma
n.
The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.
+
straighted
imp.|p.p.
of Straighten
+
suberous
a.
Having a corky texture.
+
surfacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surface
+
slough
a.
Slow.
+
saturnine
a.
Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
+
sack
v.t.
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
+
sparable
n.
A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
+
siskin
n.
The American pinefinch (S. pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
+
somewhen
adv.
At some indefinite time.
+
seljuckian
n.
A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.
+
superseminate
v.t.
To sow, as seed, over something previously sown.
+
senecio
n.
A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
+
spread
v.i.
To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.
+
spring
v.t.
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
+
soberly
a.
Grave; serious; solemn; sad.
+
suspectiousness
n.
Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
+
stabulation
n.
The act of stabling or housing beasts.
+
stethal
n.
One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
+
spatted
imp.|p.p.
of Spat
+
supper
n.
A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
+
sea robber

A pirate; a sea rover.
+
sew
v.t.
To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
+
subsistent
a.
Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.
+
subendymal
a.
Situated under the endyma.
+
spectatorship
n.
The office or quality of a spectator.
+
snast
v.t.
The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.
+
septum
n.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.
+
stylish
a.
Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.
+
sound
superl.
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
+
stomatodaeum
n.
Same as Stomodaeum.
+
sweepings
n.pl.
Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
+
sancte bell
n.
See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
+
skip
n.
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
+
seed
pl.
of Seed
+
shock
v.i.
To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
+
set
a.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
+
sutile
a.
Done by stitching.
+
silicifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Silicify
+
stratigraphy
n.
That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
+
stump
n.
The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
+
serrulation
n.
One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.
+
subvariety
n.
A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
+
shield
n.
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
+
signorina
n.
Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.
+
submentum
n.
The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.
+
subserve
v.i.
To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
+
suavity
n.
Sweetness to the taste.
+
scorpion
n.
A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
+
sawyer
n.
A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
+
small
superl.
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
+
supermedial
a.
Above the middle.
+
spalt
n.
Spelter.
+
simultaneity
n.
The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
+
superseded
imp.|p.p.
of Supersede
+
signature
v.t.
A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
+
suppeditation
n.
Supply; aid afforded.
+
semideistical
a.
Half deisticsl; bordering on deism.
+
state
n.
The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
+
saliant
a.
Same as Salient.
+
shingles
n.
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
+
stoop
v.t.
To degrade.
+
staving
n.
A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
+
set
n.
Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
+
selfdelation
n.
Accusation of one's self.
+
sea widgeon

The pintail duck.
+
souterrain
n.
A grotto or cavern under ground.
+
spoil
n.
Corruption; cause of corruption.
+
sprue
n.
Same as Sprew.
+
shadowiness
n.
The quality or state of being shadowy.
+
strain
n.
Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career.
+
stoppingout
n.
A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.
+
sign
n.
A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
+
selfdefense
n.
The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.
+
succulency
n.
The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.
+
statal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.
+
susceptibilities
pl.
of Susceptibility
+
suspect
v.t.
To look up to; to respect.
+
scelerat
n.
A villain; a criminal.
+
scorodite
n.
A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron.
+
systasis
n.
A political union, confederation, or league.
+
shirt
v.t.|i.
To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
+
square
n.
To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
+
seafarer
n.
One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
+
sever
v.t.
To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
+
subsextuple
a.
Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion.
+
suds
n.pl.
Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
+
suttee
n.
The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
+
schistosity
n.
The quality or state of being schistose.
+
sifter
n.
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.
+
succinate
n.
A salt of succinic acid.
+
splenalgia
n.
Pain over the region of the spleen.
+
sexivalent
a.
Hexavalent.
+
sleepwalking
n.
Walking in one's sleep.
+
silence
interj.
Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
+
sawed
imp.
of Saw
+
substantializing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Substantialize
+
suaviloquent
a.
Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.
+
symmetrized
imp.|p.p.
of Symmetrize
+
squealing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Squeal
+
spermogonium
n.
A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.
+
slavered
imp.|p.p.
of Slaver
+
staggering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stagger
+
spectrology
n.
The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications.
+
subtilize
v.t.
To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
+
shallow
superl.
Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
+
seduction
n.
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.
+
stereogram
n.
A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph.
+
sliming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Slime
+
sic
a.
Such.
+
staphylotomy
n.
The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
+
slack
v.t.
Alt. of Slacken
+
sclender
a.
Slender.
+
skeptical
a.
Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.
+
silly
n.
Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
+
savage
a.
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
+
subsoil
n.
The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.
+
statesmanly
a.
Becoming a statesman.
+
shield
n.
A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
+
shalm
n.
See Shawm.
+
silence
n.
The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
+
sightshot
n.
Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
+
stylet
n.
An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum.
+
silicotungstic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates).
+
samp
n.
An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
+
support
n.
That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
+
strait
a.
A variant of Straight.
+
shipload
n.
The load, or cargo, of a ship.
+
slated
imp.|p.p.
of Slate
+
skeletogenous
a.
Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
+
shambling
a.
Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
+
spahee
n.
Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.
+
seminate
v.t.
To sow; to spread; to propagate.
+
stipulator
n.
One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.
+
speck
v.t.
To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.
+
seismograph
n.
An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
+
starlight
a.
Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night.
+
sea serpent

Any marine snake. See Sea snake.
+
still
a.
In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.
+
smother
v.t.
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
+
sufferable
a.
That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
+
stared
imp.|p.p.
of Stare
+
sea
n.
An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
+
stalk
n.
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
+
stunner
n.
Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence.
+
sink
n.
A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
+
stillness
n.
Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
+
scripturian
n.
A Scripturist.
+
steinkirk
n.
Same as Steenkirk.
+
squaretoed
n.
Having the toe square.
+
serial
a.
Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
+
sectility
n.
The state or quality of being sectile.
+
suspension
n.
Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
+
superterrestrial
a.
Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth.
+
spiritual
a.
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
+
status
n.
State; condition; position of affairs.
+
siser
n.
Cider. See Sicer.
+
sensated
imp.|p.p.
of Sensate
+
snipper
n.
One who snips.
+
suspension
n.
A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
+
surge
n.
A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
+
sighing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Sigh
+
sweep
n.
The act of sweeping.
+
snail
n.
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
+
squawl
v.i.
See Squall.
+
sweat
imp.|p.p.
of Sweat
+
soc
n.
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
+
stuffiness
n.
The quality of being stuffy.
+
siliginose
a.
Made of fine wheat.
+
sanguifier
n.
A producer of blood.
+
starn
n.
The European starling.
+
stave
n.
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
+
scolopendra
n.
A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
+
shucked
imp.|p.p.
of Shuck
+
surmisal
n.
Surmise.
+
scotale
n.
The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.
+
syncopate
v.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."
+
spirituosity
n.
The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
+
scutched
imp.|p.p.
of Scutch
+
scuffle
v.i.
To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
+
snowball
v.t.
To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
+
spider
n.
A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
+
synagogue
n.
Any assembly of men.
+
subpetiolar
a.
Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree.
+
saunders
n.
See Sandress.
+
sniff
n.
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
+
surprised
imp.|p.p.
of Surprise
+
sola
n.
A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.
+
scambled
imp.|p.p.
of Scamble
+
stag
n.
A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.
+
sopped
imp.|p.p.
of Sop
+
selvedge
n.
A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.
+
sheeling
n.
A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
+
sizing
n.
A weak glue used in various trades; size.
+
subpleural
a.
Situated under the pleural membrane.
+
 a  or an  pcp  it is presumably an older spelling of scanned  specifically pros to go through with as a verse marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed to show in reading the metrical structure of to recite metrically

To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
+
stellary
a.
Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.
+
souse
n.
A corrupt form of Sou.
+
straggling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Straggle
+
sedative
n.
A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
+
stilled
imp.|p.p.
of Still
+
sterility
n.
Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.
+
siderated
a.
Planet-struck; blasted.
+
stiffen
v.t.
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
+
sanctify
v.t.
To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
+
symmetrical
a.
Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
+
slop
v.t.
To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
+
service
n.
Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
+
splayfoot
a.
Alt. of Splayfooted
+
slender
superl.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
+
stygial
a.
Stygian.
+
stereotyper
n.
One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
+
siriasis
n.
A sunstroke.
+
stucco
n.
Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.
+
selfcharity
n.
Self-love.
+
stillstand
n.
A standstill.
+
sclerite
n.
A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
+
symbol
n.
Share; allotment.
+
stenographer
n.
One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
+
smoldry
a.
Alt. of Smouldry
+
synchronization
n.
The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.
+
synchronized
imp.|p.p.
of Synchronize
+
straik
n.
A strake.
+
strip
v.t.
To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
+
socle
n.
A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.
+
spattering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spatter
+
squirarch
n.
One who belongs to the squirarchy.
+
saddled
imp.|p.p.
of Saddle
+
send
n.
The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.
+
sill
n.
The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
+
symphony
n.
A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.
+
slack
a.
Alt. of Slacken
+
sleep
v.i.
To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
+
slip
n.
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
+
subsistency
n.
Subsistence.
+
shift
v.t.
The act of shifting.
+
shole
n.
See Shoal.
+
surbedding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Surbed
+
spermatospore
n.
Same as Spermospore.
+
soliitation
n.
Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses.
+
synagogue
n.
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.
+
spindle
v.i.
To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
+
snar
v.i.
To snarl.
+
stippling
n.
A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
+
spirometer
n.
An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration.  Cf. Pneumatometer.
+
songful
a.
Disposed to sing; full of song.
+
sapphire
n.
Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.
+
suctoria
n.pl.
An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.
+
sensualism
n.
The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.
+
sea trout

A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock.
+
serpiginous
a.
Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another.
+
shouldering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shoulder
+
superintellectual
a.
Being above intellect.
+
sevenshooter
n.
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
+
submultiple
a.
Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.
+
stretch
v.i.
To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
+
shear
v.i.
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
+
short
n.
Short, inferior hemp.
+
sambur
n.
An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina).
+
swabbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Swab
+
sophist
n.
One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt.
+
smit

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite.
+
silvate
n.
Same as Sylvate.
+
session
n.
The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
+
smeared
a.
Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).
+
sea hare

Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.
+
selfcentration
n.
The quality or state of being self-centered.
+
smithsonite
n.
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.
+
sign
n.
A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.
+
sicken
v.i.
To become disgusting or tedious.
+
swat

of Sweat
+
suspensibility
n.
The quality or state of being suspensible.
+
scorpionwort
n.
A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.
+
shorl
a.
Alt. of Shorlaceous
+
sable
a.
Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
+
subcentral
a.
Nearly central; not quite central.
+
spitfuls
pl.
of Spitful
+
sexless
a.
Having no sex.
+
slavonic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
+
specious
a.
Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
+
surd
a.
Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
+
supplier
n.
One who supplies.
+
shim
n.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
+
score
v.t.
To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
+
smoldered
imp.|p.p.
of Smoulder
+
sporiferous
a.
Bearing or producing spores.
+
silkweed
n.
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
+
slopshop
n.
A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold.
+
sulphocyanate
n.
A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide.
+
scalary
a.
Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
+
strategical
a.
Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.
+
settlement
n.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
+
suture
n.
The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
+
sinewless
a.
Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.
+
stifler
n.
See Camouflet.
+
senator
n.
A member of the king's council; a king's councilor.
+
spital
n.
A hospital.
+
scrub
v.t.
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
+
shank
v.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
+
sound
v.i.
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
+
selfdiffusive
a.
Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself.
+
spill
n.
A metallic rod or pin.
+
speed
n.
To make haste; to move with celerity.
+
spite
n.
Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
+
stilly
adv.
In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.
+
shingle
v.t.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.
+
stentor
n.
Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.
+
subitany
a.
Subitaneous; sudden; hasty.
+
signification
n.
That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
+
study
v.t.
To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.
+
submitting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Submit
+
sea swallow

The storm petrel.
+
stingaree
n.
Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.
+
soaped
imp.|p.p.
of Soap
+
stillatory
a.
A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed.
+
searcher
n.
An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
+
surveying
n.
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.
+
slaveholding
a.
Holding persons in slavery.
+
spouse
n.
To wed; to espouse.
+
sudoriparous
a.
Same as Sudoriferous.
+
siding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Side
+
sphenoid
n.
The sphenoid bone.
+
sommonour
n.
A summoner.
+
smouldered

of Smoulder
+
solace
v.i.
To take comfort; to be cheered.
+
siren
n.
Something which is insidious or deceptive.
+
stall
v.t.
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
+
settle
n.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
+
scoop
n.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
+
stanzas
pl.
of Stanza
+
step
a.
Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
+
sirocco
n.
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
+
sophic
a.
Alt. of Sophical
+
segment
n.
A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.
+
shake
v.
Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
+
slidden

p. p. of Slide.
+
subscription
n.
The signature attached to a paper.
+
slosh

Alt. of Sloshy
+
stupe
v.t.
Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
+
scomberoid
a.|n.
Same as Scombroid.
+
snickering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Snicker
+
salutatory
n.
The salutatory oration.
+
seclusive
a.
Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
+
strangulation
n.
Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
+
sexradiate
a.
Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.
+
seer
n.
A person who foresees events; a prophet.
+
sopranos
pl.
of Soprano
+
sneer
v.i.
To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
+
strung
p.p.
of String
+
shoot
v.i.
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
+
saline
a.
Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
+
salvage
n.
That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
+
stewing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Stew
+
solander
n.
See Sallenders.
+
stuff
v.t.
Paper stock ground ready for use.
+
shockheaded
a.
Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
+
signiorize
v.i.
To exercise dominion; to seigniorize.
+
sacerdotal
a.
Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.
+
somatic
a.
Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.
+
slubbered
imp.|p.p.
of Slubber
+
shamanic
a.
Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
+
strawworm
n.
A caddice worm.
+
sylphlike
a.
Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
+
small
n.
Smallclothes.
+
strain
n.
A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
+
squarrose
a.
Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
+
sciuroid
a.
Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
+
shoaling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Shoal
+
scopulous
a.
Full of rocks; rocky.
+
strike
v.i.
To touch; to act by appulse.
+
squinance
n.
Alt. of Squinancy
+
surrenderer
n.
One who surrenders.
+
systematizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Systematize
+
scummer
n.
Excrement; scumber.
+
stable stand

The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer.
+
schoolmen
pl.
of Schoolman
+
spike
n.
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
+
shoaling
a.
Becoming shallow gradually.
+
sublate
v.t.
To take or carry away; to remove.
+
spadones
pl.
of Spado
+
seel
n.
Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".
+
sentential
a.
Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation.
+
swordplay
n.
Fencing; a sword fight.
+
staved
imp.|p.p.
of Stave
+
spirally
adv.
In a spiral form, manner, or direction.
+
sucrose
n.
A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.
+
spleen
n.
A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.
+
synonymizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Synonymize
+
seventhirties
n.pl.
A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.
+
syphilitic
n.
A syphilitic patient.
+
sound
superl.
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
+
symmetrize
v.t.
To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
+
sircar
n.
The government; the supreme authority of the state.
+
slap
v.t.
To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.
+
scholastic
n.
See the Note under Jesuit.
+
scene
n.
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
+
stationing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Station
+
step
v.i.
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
+
sweepstake
n.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes.
+
superposed
imp.|p.p.
of Superpose
+
spot
v.t.
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
+
spurring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Spur
+
sea pincushion

A pentagonal starfish.
+
sneer
n.
The act of sneering.
+
somniferous
a.
Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion.
+
strain
n.
Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
+
singling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Single
+
smooth
a.
To ease; to regulate.
+
season
v.t.
To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
+
sweetsop
n.
A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.
+
sylphine
a.
Like a sylph.
+
seminymph
n.
The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
+
stereoscopic
a.
Alt. of Stereoscopical
+
splendent
a.
Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.
+
scribbler
n.
A scribbling machine.
+
sclerotic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
+
solicitate
a.
Solicitous.
+
studdery
n.
A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud.
+
straining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Strain
+
sea hedgehog

A sea urchin.
+
sudatory
n.
A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath.
+
scuffler
n.
An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.
+
saddleback
n.
The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).
+
select
v.t.
To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.
+
setigerous
a.
Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.
+
sextary
n.
An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
+
stew
v.t.
A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
+
sponge
n.
One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
+
succussation
n.
A shaking; succussion.
+
similarly
adv.
In a similar manner.
+
squareness
n.
The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.
+
slipshoe
n.
A slipper.
+
seniority
n.
The quality or state of being senior.
+
shaw
n.
The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
+
serious
a.
Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
+
shagreen
n.
The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
+
semblant
a.
Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
+
snuff
v.i.
To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
+
shadoof
n.
A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
+
stealer
n.
The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
+
sealed
imp.|p.p.
of Seal
+
scaur
n.
A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
+
salamandroid
a.
Like or pertaining to the salamanders.
+
sat

imp. of Sit.
+
sheld
a.
Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
+
soree
n.
Same as Sora.
+
saltation
n.
A leaping or jumping.
+
shine
v.i.
To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
+
sharebroker
n.
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.
+
systematist
n.
One who forms a system, or reduces to system.
+
shrike
v.i.
Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
+
splenoid
a.
Resembling the spleen; spleenlike.
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shocking
a.
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
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suckatash
n.
See Succotash.
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sai
n.
See Capuchin, 3 (a).
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subdulcid
a.
Somewhat sweet; sweetish.
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supplicant
n.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
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squeal
v.i.
To turn informer; to betray a secret.
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shouldershotten
a.
Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse.
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superfetation
n.
The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.
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scalp
n.
Fig.: The top; the summit.
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spermaphore
n.
That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
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suscipient
a.
Receiving; admitting.
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scruple
v.i.
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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slumber
v.i.
To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
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stranger
n.
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
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solere
n.
A loft or garret. See Solar, n.
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sedge
n.
Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
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searcher
n.
An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
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salamstone
n.
A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.
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sclerodermous

Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.
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subsidence
n.
Alt. of Subsidency
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sympathetic
a.
Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
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supertemporal
n.
That which is more than temporal; that which is eternal.
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subsellia
pl.
of Subsellium
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sentineled
imp.|p.p.
of Sentinel
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syzygies
pl.
of Syzygy
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supersulphureted
a.
Supersulphurized.
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steen
n.
A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
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siphon
n.
The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.
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suppose
v.t.
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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