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Sepal(n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.
Separable(a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided
Separate(p. a.) Disunited from the body
(v. i.) To part
(v. t.) To come between
Separation(n.) Chemical analysis.
Separatist(n.) One who withdraws or separates himself
Separative(a.) Causing, or being to cause, separation.
Separator(n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
Sepia(a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition
(n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species.
Sepiolite(n.) Meerschaum.
Sepoy(n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain
Sepsis(n.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.
Sept(n.) A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor
Sepulchral(a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead
Sepulchre(n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose
(v. t.) To bury
Sepulture(n.) A sepulcher
Sequacious(a.) Having or observing logical sequence
Sequel(n.) Conclusion
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
Sequent(a.) Following
(n.) A follower.
Sequester(n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy
(v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
(v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration
Sequestrate(v. t.) To sequester.
Sequestrum(n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.
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
Sequoia(n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S
Serac(n.) A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier
Seraglio(n.) A harem
Serape(n.) A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
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
Sere(a.)
(n.) Claw
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
Serge(n.) A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.
Serial(a.) Of or pertaining to a series
(n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part
Seriate(a.) Arranged in a series or succession
Seriatim(adv.) In regular order
Sericeous(a.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface
Sericin(n.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water
Sericulture(n.) The raising of silkworms.
Seriema(n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated
Series(n.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current
Serigraph(n.) An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk.
Serin(n.) A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
Serious(a.) Grave in manner or disposition
Sermon(n.) A discourse or address
(v. i.) To speak
(v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
Serotine(n.) The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).
Serotinous(a.) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.
Serous(a.) Of or pertaining to serum
Serpens(n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
Serpent(n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra
(v. i.) To wind like a serpent
(v. t.) To wind
Serrated(a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards
Serration(n.) Condition of being serrate
Serried(a.) Crowded
Serrulation(n.) One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.
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
Serval(n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length
Servant(n.) A professed lover or suitor
(v. t.) To subject.
Serve(v. i.) To be a servant or a slave
(v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating
Service(n.) Act of serving or covering.
Serviette(n.) A table napkin.
Servile(a.) Held in subjection
(n.) An element which forms no part of the original root
Servitude(n.) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right
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
Sesamoid(a.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages
(n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
Sesquipedalian(a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half
Sess(n.) A tax
(v. t.) To lay a tax upon
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
Sestet(n.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments
Set(a.) Adjusted
(imp. & p. p.) of Set
(n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal
(v. i.) To apply one's self
(v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Seta(n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part
Setback(n.) A backset
Setiferous(a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
Setiform(a.) Having the form or structure of setae.
Setigerous(a.) Covered with bristles
Settee(n.) A long seat with a back
Setter(n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer
(v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setting(n.) Something set in, or inserted.
Settle(n.) A bench
(v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts
Seven(a.) One more than six
(n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Sever(v. i.) To make a separation or distinction
(v. t.) To cut or break open or apart
Sew(n.) Juice
(v. i.) To practice sewing
(v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing
Sewage(n.) Sewerage, 2.
Sewellel(n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States
Sewer(n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground
Sewing(n.) That which is sewed with the needle.
Sex(n.) One of the groups founded on this distinction.
Sexagenarian(n.) A person who is sixty years old.
Sexagesima(n.) The second Sunday before Lent
Sexed(a.) Belonging to sex
Sexennial(a.) Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.
(n.) A sexennial event.
Sexivalent(a.) Hexavalent.
Sexless(a.) Having no sex.
Sext(n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
Sexual(a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes
Sfumato(a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance
Sgraffito(a.) Scratched
Shabby(n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
Shack(n.) A shiftless fellow
(v. i.) A hut
(v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
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
Shaft(n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
Shag(a.) Hairy
(n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
(v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy
Shah(n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
Shake(n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
(v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion
Shako(n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.
Shaky(superl.) Easily shaken
Shale(n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
(v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of
Shall(v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking
Sham(a.) False
(n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
(v. i.) To make false pretenses
(v. t.) To assume the manner and character of
Shandygaff(n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
Shanghai(n.) A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
(v. t.) To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
Shank(v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
(v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk
Shanny(n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head
Shanty(a.) Jaunty
(n.) A small, mean dwelling
(v. i.) To inhabit a shanty.
Shape(n.) A model
(v. i.) To suit
Shard(n.) A boundary
Share(n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow
(v.) A certain quantity
(v. i.) To have part
(v. t.) To cut
Shark(v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
(v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
(v. t. & i.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas
Sharp(adv.) Precisely
(n.) An expert.
(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
(v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining
(v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch
Shastra(n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos
Shatter(n.) A fragment of anything shattered
(v. i.) To be broken into fragments
(v. t.) To break at once into many pieces
Shave(v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard
(v. t.) A cutting of the beard
Shaving(n.) That which is shaved off
Shaw(n.) A thicket
She(obj.) A woman
Sheaf(n.) Any collection of things bound together
(v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like
(v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf
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
(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
Sheath(n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument
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
(v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves
Shebang(n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
Shebeen(n.) A low public house
Shed(n.) A covered structure for housing aircraft
(v. i.) To fall in drops
(v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating
Sheen(n.) Brightness
(v. i.) To shine
(v. t.) Bright
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
Sheer(adv.) Clean
(n.) A turn or change in a course.
(v. i.) Being only what it seems to be
(v. t.) To shear.
Sheet(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance
Sheik(n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe
Shekel(n.) A jocose term for money.
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
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
Shell(n.) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air
(v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk
(v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk
Shelter(n.) One who protects
(v. i.) To take shelter.
(v. t.) To be a shelter for
Shelve(v. i.) To incline gradually
(v. t.) To furnish with shelves
Shelving(a.) Sloping gradually
(n.) Material for shelves
Sheol(n.) The place of departed spirits
Shepherd(n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
(v. t.) To tend as a shepherd
Sherbet(n.) A flavored water ice.
Sherd(n.) A fragment
Sherif(n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima
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
Shew(n.) Show.
Shibboleth(n.) Also in an extended sense.
Shield(n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm
Shieling(n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers.
Shift(v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam
Shikari(n.) A sportsman
Shill(v. t.) To put under cover
Shim(n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
Shin(n.) A fish plate for rails.
(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
(v. t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
Ship(n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
(v. i.) To embark on a ship.
(v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance
Shiraz(n.) A kind of Persian wine
Shire(n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships
Shirk(n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks
(v. i.) To evade an obligation
(v. t.) To avoid
Shirr(n.) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings
Shirt(n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material
(v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Shittim wood(n.) The wood of the shittah tree.
Shive(n.) A slice
Shoal(a.) Having little depth
(n.) A great multitude assembled
(v. i.) To assemble in a multitude
(v. t.) To cause to become more shallow
Shoat(n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.
Shock(a.) Bushy
(n.) A dog with long hair or shag
(v.) To give a shock to
(v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
(v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks
Shod(imp. & p. p.) f Shoe.
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
Shogun(n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan
Shone(imp. & p. p.) of Shine
Shoo(interj.) Begone
Shop(n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work
(v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
Shore(n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure
(v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Shoring(n.) A system of props
Short(adv.) In a short manner
(n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
(superl.) Abrupt
(v. i.) To fail
(v. t.) To shorten.
Shot(a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured
(imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
(n.) A cast of a net.
(v. t.) A share or proportion
Should(imp.) of Shall
Shout(n.) A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like
(v. i.) To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously
(v. t.) To treat (one) to something
Shove(n.) The act of shoving
(v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat
(v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength
Show(n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor
(v. i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself
(v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person)
Shrank(imp.) of Shrink
Shrapnel(a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army
(n.) A shrapnel shell
Shred(n.) A long, narrow piece cut or torn off
Shrewd(superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs
Shrewish(a.) having the qualities of a shrew
Shriek(n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream
(v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts
(v. t.) To utter sharply and shrilly
Shrieve(n.) A sheriff.
(v. t.) To shrive
Shrift(n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
Shrike(v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip
Shrill(n.) A shrill sound.
(v. i.) Acute
(v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone
Shrimp(v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs
(v. t.) To contract
Shrine(n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint
(v. t.) To enshrine
Shrink(n.) The act shrinking
(v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it
(v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink
Shrive(v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest
(v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution
Shroff(n.) A banker, or changer of money.
Shropshire(n.) An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world
Shroud(n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den
(v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.
(v. t.) To lop.
Shrove(v. i.) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide
Shrub(n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it
(v. t.) To lop
Shrug(n.) A drawing up of the shoulders
(v. i.) To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
(v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
Shrunk(p. p.) of Shrink
Shuck(n.) A shell, husk, or pod
(v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks
Shudder(n.) The act of shuddering, as with fear.
(v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion
Shuffle(n.) A trick
(v. i.) To change one's position
(v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving
Shun(v. t.) To avoid
Shut(a.) Closed or fastened
(imp. & p. p.) of Shut
(n.) A door or cover
(v. i.) To close itself
(v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress
Shy(a.) Inadequately supplied
(n.) A side throw
(superl.) Cautious
(v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk
Sialogogue(n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Siamang(n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web
Siamese(a.) Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Siam
Sib(a.) Related by blood
(n.) A blood relation.
Sibilant(a.) Making a hissing sound
(n.) A sibiliant letter.
Sibilate(v. t. & i.) To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s
Sibyl(n.) A female fortune teller
Sic(a.) Such.
(adv.) Thus.
Siccative(a.) Drying
(n.) That which promotes drying.
Sice(n.) The number six at dice.
Siciliano(n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure
Sick(n.) Sickness.
(superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea
(v. i.) To fall sick
Side(a.) Hence, indirect
(n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another
(v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party
(v. t.) To be or stand at the side of
Siding(n.) A side track, as a railroad
(p. pr.& vb. n.) of Side
Sidle(v. t.) To go or move with one side foremost
Siege(n.) A seat
(v. t.) To besiege
Sienna(n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment
Sierra(n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline
Siesta(n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner
Sieve(n.) A kind of coarse basket.
Sift(v. t.) To examine critically or minutely
Sig(v. t.) Urine.
Sigh(v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved
(v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
Sigil(n.) A seal
Sigma(n.) The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
Sign(n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them
(v. i.) To be a sign or omen.
Sike(a.) Such.
(n.) A gutter
(v. i.) To sigh.
Silage(n. & v.) Short for Ensilage.
Silence(interj.) Be silent
(n.) Absence of mention
(v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade
Silent(a.) Free from sound or noise
(n.) That which is silent
Silesia(n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
Silex(n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones.
Silhouette(n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color
(v. t.) To represent by a silhouette
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
Siliceous(a.) Of or pertaining to silica
Silicic(a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica
Silicide(n.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
Siliciferous(a.) Producing silica
Silicify(v. i.) To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
(v. t.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.
Silicle(n.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long.
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
Silicula(n.) A silicle.
Silique(n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin
Silk(n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
Sill(n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Silo(n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture
Silt(n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
(v. i.) To flow through crevices
(v. t.) To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
Silurian(a.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures
(n.) The Silurian age.
Silva(n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Silver(a.) Bright
(n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
(v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.
(v. t.) To cover with silver
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