# dict

Words: rigor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : SEVERITY (2) : the quality of being unyielding or inflexible : STRICTNESS (3) : severity of life : AUSTERITY b : an act or instance of strictness, severity, or cruelty\n2 : a tremor caused by a chill\n3 : a condition that makes life difficult, challenging, or uncomfortable; especially : extremity of cold\n4 : strict precision : EXACTNESS <logical rigor>\n5 a obsolete : RIGIDITY, STIFFNESS b : rigidness or torpor of organs or tissue that prevents response to stimuli c : RIGOR MORTIS


Words: rill
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a very small brook\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to flow like a rill\n\n<3> noun\n: any of several long narrow valleys on the moon’s surface


Words: rim
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : BRINK b : the outer often curved or circular edge or border of something\n2 a : the outer part of a wheel joined to the hub usually by spokes b : a removable outer metal band on an automobile wheel to which the tire is attached\n3 : FRAME 4c(1)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to serve as a rim for : BORDER <cliffs rimming the camp>\n2 : to run around the rim of <putts that rim the cup>\nintransitive senses : to form or show a rim


Words: rime
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : FROST 1b\n2 : an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind\n3 : CRUST, INCRUSTATION <a rime of snow>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to cover with or as if with rime


Words: rind
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the bark of a tree\n2 : a usually hard or tough outer layer : PEEL, CRUST <grated lemon rind>


Words: ring
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a circular band for holding, connecting, hanging, pulling, packing, or sealing <a key ring> <a towel ring>\n2 : a circlet usually of precious metal worn on the finger\n3 a : a circular line, figure, or object <smoke ring> b : an encircling arrangement <a ring of suburbs> c : a circular or spiral course often used in plural in the phrase run rings around\n4 a (1) : an often circular space especially for exhibitions or competitions; especially : such a space at a circus (2) : a structure containing such a ring b : a square enclosure in which boxers or wrestlers contest\n5 : a band believed to be composed of rocky fragments revolving around a planet (as Saturn)\n6 : ANNUAL RING\n7 a : an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish and often corrupt purpose (as to control a market) <a wheat ring> b : GANG\n8 : the field of a political contest : RACE\n9 : food in the shape of a circle\n10 : an arrangement of atoms represented in formulas or models in a cyclic manner called also cycle\n11 : a set of mathematical elements that is closed under two binary operations of which the first forms a commutative group with the set and the second is associative over the set and is distributive with respect to the first operation\n12 plural a : a pair of usually rubber-covered metal rings suspended from a ceiling or crossbar to a height of approximately eight feet above the floor and used for hanging, swinging, and balancing feats in gymnastics b : an event in gymnastics competition in which the rings are used\n13 : 2BOXING <ended his ring career>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to provide with a ring\n2 : to place or form a ring around : ENCIRCLE <police ringed the building>\n3 : GIRDLE 2\n4 : to throw a ringer over (the peg) in a game (as horseshoes or quoits)\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move in a ring b : to rise in the air spirally\n2 : to form or take the shape of a ring\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to sound resonantly or sonorously <the doorbell rang> <cheers rang out>\n2 a : to be filled with a reverberating sound : RES


Words: ringer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that sounds especially by ringing\n2 a (1) : one that enters a competition under false representations (2) : IMPOSTER, FAKE b : one that strongly resembles another often used with dead <he’s a dead ringer for the senator>\n\n<2> noun\n: one that encircles or puts a ring around (as a quoit or horseshoe that lodges so as to surround the peg)


Words: ringworm
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several contagious fungal diseases of the skin, hair, or nails of humans and domestic animals that are characterized by ring-shaped discolored skin patches covered with vesicles and scales


Words: rink
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a smooth extent of ice marked off for curling or ice hockey b : a surface of ice for ice-skating; also : a building containing such a rink c : an enclosure for roller-skating\n2 : an alley for lawn bowling\n3 : a team in bowls or curling


Words: rinse
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to cleanse by flushing with liquid (as water) often used with out <rinse out the mouth>\n2 a : to cleanse (as of soap used in washing) by clear water b : to treat (hair) with a rinse\n3 : to remove (dirt or impurities) by washing lightly or in water only\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or process of rinsing\n2 a : liquid used for rinsing b : a solution that temporarily tints hair


Words: riot
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 archaic a : profligate behavior : DEBAUCHERY b : unrestrained revelry c : noise, uproar, or disturbance made by revelers\n2 a : public violence, tumult, or disorder b : a violent public disorder; specifically : a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent\n3 : a random or disorderly profusion <the woods were a riot of color>\n4 : one that is wildly amusing <the new comedy is a riot>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to indulge in revelry or wantonness\n2 : to create or engage in a riot


Words: rip
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to tear or split apart or open b : to saw or split (wood) with the grain\n2 : to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade\n3 : to hit sharply <ripped a double to left field>\n4 : to utter violently : spit out <ripped out an oath>\n5 : CRITICIZE, PUT DOWN\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become ripped : REND\n2 : to rush headlong <ripped past second base>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a rent made by ripping : TEAR\n2 : CUT 5b\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides, currents, or winds\n2 : a current of water roughened by passing over an irregular bottom\n3 : RIP CURRENT\n\n<4> noun\n: a dissolute person : LIBERTINE


Words: riparian
Meaning:
adjective\n: relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater


Words: ripe
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : fully grown and developed : MATURE\n2 : having mature knowledge, understanding, or judgment\n3 : of advanced years : LATE <lived to a ripe old age>\n4 a : SUITABLE, APPROPRIATE <the time seemed ripe for the experiment> b : fully prepared : READY <the colonies were ripe for revolution>\n5 a : brought by aging to full flavor or the best state : MELLOW <ripe cheese> b : SMELLY, STINKING\n6 : ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit\n7 : INDECENT <ripe language>


Words: ripen
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to grow or become ripe\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make ripe\n2 a : to bring to completeness or perfection b : to age or cure (cheese) to develop characteristic flavor, odor, body, texture, and color c : to improve flavor and tenderness of (beef or game) by aging under refrigeration


Words: riposte
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a fencer’s quick return thrust following a parry\n2 : a retaliatory verbal sally : RETORT\n3 : a retaliatory maneuver or measure


Words: ripple
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to become lightly ruffled or covered with small waves b : to flow in small waves c : to fall in soft undulating folds <the scarf rippled to the floor>\n2 : to flow with a light rise and fall of sound or inflection <laughter rippled over the audience>\n3 : to move with an undulating motion or so as to cause ripples <the canoe rippled through the water>\n4 : to have or produce a ripple effect : SPREAD <the news rippled outwards>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to stir up small waves on\n2 : to impart a wavy motion or appearance to <rippling his arm muscles>\n3 : to utter or play with a slight rise and fall of sound\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a shallow stretch of rough water in a stream b (1) : the ruffling of the surface of water (2) : a small wave\n2 a : RIPPLE MARK b : a sound like that of rippling water <a ripple of laughter> c : a usually slight noticeable effect or reaction


Words: rise
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 a : to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting b : to get up from sleep or from one’s bed\n2 : to return from death\n3 : to take up arms <rise in rebellion>\n4 : to respond warmly : APPLAUD usually used with to <the audience rose to her verve and wit>\n5 chiefly British : to end a session : ADJOURN\n6 : to appear above the horizon <the sun rises at six>\n7 a : to move upward : ASCEND b : to increase in height, size, or volume <the river rose after the heavy rains>\n8 : to extend above other objects <mountain peaks rose to the west>\n9 a : to become heartened or elated <his spirits rose> b : to increase in fervor or intensity <my anger rose as thought about the insult>\n10 a : to attain a higher level or rank <officers who rose from the ranks> b : to increase in quantity or number\n11 a : to take place : HAPPEN b : to come into being : ORIGINATE\n12 : to follow as a consequence : RESULT\n13 : to exert oneself to meet a challenge <rise to the occasion>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a spot higher than surrounding ground : HILLTOP b : an upward slope <a rise in the road>\n2 : an act of rising or a state of being risen: as a : a movement upward : ASCENT b : emergence (as of the sun) above the horizon c : the upward movement of a fish to seize food or bait\n3 : BEGINNING, ORIGIN <the river had its rise in the mountain>\n4 : the distance or elevation of one point above another\n5 a : an increase especially in amount, number, or volume b chiefly British : RAISE 3b c : an increase in price, value, rate, or sum <a rise in the cost of living>\n6 : an angry reaction <got a rise out of him>\n7 : the distance from the crotch to the waistline on pants


Words: riser
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that rises (as from sleep)\n2 : the upright member between two stair treads\n3 : a stage platform on which performers are placed for greater visibility\n4 : a vertical pipe (as for water or gas) or a vertical portion of an electric wiring system\n5 : one of the straps that connects a parachutist’s harness with the shroud lines


Words: risibility
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LAUGHTER\n2 : the ability or inclination to laugh often used in plural <our risibilities support us as we skim over the surface of a deep issue J. A. Pike>


Words: risible
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : capable of laughing b : disposed to laugh\n2 : arousing or provoking laughter; especially : LAUGHABLE\n3 : associated with, relating to, or used in laughter <risible muscles>


Words: risk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : possibility of loss or injury : PERIL\n2 : someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard\n3 a : the chance of loss or the perils to the subject matter of an insurance contract; also : the degree of probability of such loss b : a person or thing that is a specified hazard to an insurer <a poor risk for insurance> c : an insurance hazard from a specified cause or source <war risk>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to expose to hazard or danger <risked her life>\n2 : to incur the risk or danger of <risked breaking his neck>


Words: rite
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony b : the liturgy of a church or group of churches\n2 : a ceremonial act or action <initiation rites>\n3 : a division of the Christian church using a distinctive liturgy


Words: ritual
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or relating to rites or a ritual : CEREMONIAL <a ritual dance>\n2 : according to religious law or social custom <ritual purity>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the established form for a ceremony; specifically : the order of words prescribed for a religious ceremony\n2 a : ritual observance; specifically : a system of rites b : a ceremonial act or action c : a customarily repeated often formal act or series of acts


Words: rival
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess b : one striving for competitive advantage\n2 obsolete : COMPANION, ASSOCIATE\n3 : one that equals another in desired qualities : PEER\n\n<2> adjective\n: having the same pretensions or claims : COMPETING\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to act as a rival : COMPETE\ntransitive senses\n1 : to be in competition with\n2 : to strive to equal or excel : EMULATE\n3 : to possess qualities or aptitudes that approach or equal (those of another)


Words: rive
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : REND b : to split with force or violence <lightning rived the tree>\n2 a : to divide into pieces : SHATTER b : FRACTURE\nintransitive senses : to become split : CRACK


Words: river
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a natural stream of water of usually considerable volume b : WATERCOURSE\n2 a : something resembling a river <a river of lava> b plural : large or overwhelming quantities <drank rivers of coffee>


Words: rivet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to fasten with or as if with rivets\n2 : to upset the end or point of (as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head\n3 : to fasten firmly <they rivet these feelings tightly together Michael Novak>\n4 : to attract and hold (as the attention) completely


Words: roach
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a silver-green European freshwater cyprinid fish (Rutilus rutilus); also : any of various related fishes (as some shiners)\n2 : any of several American freshwater sunfishes (family Centrarchidae)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a curved cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing or to secure a better fit\n2 : a roll of hair brushed straight back from the forehead or side of the head\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to cut (as a horse’s mane) so that the remainder stands upright\n2 : to cause to arch; specifically : to brush (the hair) in a roach often used with up\n\n<4> noun\n1 : COCKROACH\n2 : the butt of a marijuana cigarette


Words: road
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ROADSTEAD often used in plural\n2 a : an open way for vehicles, persons, and animals; especially : one lying outside of an urban district : HIGHWAY b : ROADBED 2b\n3 : ROUTE, PATH\n4 : RAILWAY\n5 : a series of scheduled visits or appearances (as games or performances) in several locations or the travel necessary to make these visits <the team is on the road> <on tour with the musical’s road company>


Words: roadbed
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the bed on which the ties, rails, and ballast of a railroad rest b : the ballast or the upper surface of the ballast on which the ties rest\n2 a : the earth foundation of a road prepared for surfacing b : the part of the surface of a road traveled by vehicles


Words: roadster
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a horse for riding or driving on roads b : a utility saddle horse of the hackney type\n2 a : a light carriage : BUGGY b : an automobile with an open body that seats two and has a folding fabric top and a luggage compartment in the rear


Words: roadway
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the strip of land over which a road passes b : ROAD; specifically : ROADBED 2b\n2 : the part of a bridge used by vehicles


Words: roam
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go from place to place without purpose or direction : WANDER\n2 : to travel purposefully unhindered through a wide area <cattle roaming in search of water>\ntransitive senses : to range or wander over


Words: roan
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having the base color (as red, black, or brown) muted and lightened by admixture of white hairs <a roan horse> <a roan calf>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an animal (as a horse) with a roan coat usually used of a red roan when unqualified\n2 : the color of a roan horse used especially when the base color is red\n\n<3> noun\n: sheepskin tanned with sumac and colored and finished to imitate morocco


Words: roar
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to utter or emit a full loud prolonged sound b : to sing or shout with full force\n2 a : to make or emit a loud confused sound (as background reverberation or rumbling) b : to laugh loudly\n3 a : to be boisterous or disorderly b : to proceed or rush with great noise or commotion\n4 : to make a loud noise during inhalation (as that of a horse affected with roaring)\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter or proclaim with a roar\n2 : to cause to roar\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the deep cry of a wild animal\n2 : a loud deep cry (as of pain or anger)\n3 : a loud continuous confused sound <the roar of the crowd>\n4 : a boisterous outcry


Words: roast
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by surrounding with hot embers, sand, or stones <roast a potato in ashes> b : to dry and parch by exposure to heat <roast coffee>\n2 : to heat (inorganic material) with access of air and without fusing to effect change (as expulsion of volatile matter, oxidation, or removal of sulfur from sulfide ores)\n3 : to heat to excess <roasted by the summer sun>\n4 : to subject to severe criticism or ridicule <films have been roasted by most critics H. J. Seldes>\n5 : to honor (a person) at a roast\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cook food by heat\n2 : to undergo being roasted\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a piece of meat suitable for roasting\n2 : a gathering at which food is roasted before an open fire or in hot ashes or sand\n3 : an act or process of roasting; specifically : severe banter or criticism\n4 : a banquet honoring a person (as a celebrity) who is subjected to humorous tongue-in-cheek ridicule by friends\n\n<3> adjective\n: that has been roasted <roast beef>


Words: rob
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to take something away from by force : steal from (2) : to take personal property from by violence or threat b (1) : to remove valuables without right from (a place) (2) : to take the contents of (a receptacle) c : to take away as loot : STEAL <rob jewelry>\n2 a : to deprive of something due, expected, or desired b : to withhold unjustly or injuriously\nintransitive senses : to commit robbery


Words: robbery
Meaning:
noun\n: the act or practice of robbing; specifically : larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat


Words: robe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a long flowing outer garment; especially : one used for ceremonial occasions or as a symbol of office or profession b : a loose garment (as a bathrobe) for informal wear especially at home\n2 : COVERING, MANTLE <peaks on the axis of the range in their robes of snow and light John Muir \n3 : a covering of pelts or fabric for the lower body used while driving or at outdoor events\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to clothe or cover with or as if with a robe\nintransitive senses\n1 : to put on a robe\n2 : DRESS


Words: robin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a small chiefly European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) resembling a warbler and having a brownish olive back and orangish face and breast b : any of various Old World songbirds that are related to or resemble the European robin\n2 : a large No. American thrush (Turdus migratorius) with olivaceous to slate gray upperparts, blackish head and tail, black and whitish streaked throat, and dull reddish breast and underparts


Words: robot
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically\n2 : a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks\n3 : a mechanism guided by automatic controls


Words: robust
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health b : having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness <a robust debate> <a robust faith> c : strongly formed or constructed : STURDY <a robust plastic>\n2 : ROUGH, RUDE <stories laden with robust, down-home imagery Playboy>\n3 : requiring strength or vigor <robust work>\n4 : FULL-BODIED <robust coffee>; also : HEARTY <a robust dinner>\n5 : relating to, resembling, or being any of the primitive, relatively large, heavyset hominids (genus Australopithecus and especially A. robustus and A. boisei) characterized especially by heavy molars and small incisors adapted to a vegetarian diet compare GRACILE 3


Words: rock
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to move back and forth in or as if in a cradle b : to wash (placer gravel) in a cradle\n2 a : to cause to sway back and forth <a boat rocked by the waves> b (1) : to cause to shake violently (2) : to daze with or as if with a vigorous blow <a hard right rocked the contender> (3) : to astonish or disturb greatly <the scandal rocked the community>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become moved backward and forward under often violent impact; also : to move gently back and forth\n2 : to move forward at a steady pace; also : to move forward at a high speed <the train rocked through the countryside>\n3 : to sing, dance to, or play rock music\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a rocking movement\n2 : popular music usually played on electronically amplified instruments and characterized by a persistent heavily accented beat, much repetition of simple phrases, and often country, folk, and blues elements\n\n<3> noun\n1 : DISTAFF\n2 : the wool or flax on a distaff\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a large mass of stone forming a cliff, promontory, or peak\n2 : a concreted mass of stony material; also : broken pieces of such masses\n3 : consolidated or unconsolidated solid mineral matter; also : a particular mass of it\n4 a : something like a rock in firmness: (1) : FOUNDATION, SUPPORT (2) : REFUGE <a rock of independent thought in an ocean of parochialism Thomas Molnar> b : something that threatens or causes disaster often used in plural\n5 a : a flavored stick candy with color running through b : ROCK CANDY 1\n6 slang a : GEM b : DIAMOND\n7 a : a small crystallized mass of crack cocaine b : CRACK 9


Words: rocker
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : either of two curving pieces of wood or metal on which an object (as a cradle) rocks b : any of various objects (as a rocking chair or an infant’s toy having a seat placed between side pieces) that rock on rockers c : any of various objects in the form of a rocker or with parts resembling a rocker (as a skate with a curved blade) d (1) : any of the curved stripes at the lower part of a chevron worn by a noncommissioned officer above the rank of sergeant (2) : the curved stripe at the upper part of a chevron worn by a chief petty officer\n2 : any of various devices that work with a rocking motion\n3 : a rock performer, song, or enthusiast


Words: rocket
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of several plants of the mustard family: as a : ARUGULA b : DAME’S ROCKET\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a firework consisting of a case partly filled with a combustible composition fastened to a guiding stick and propelled through the air by the rearward discharge of the gases liberated by combustion b : a similar device used as an incendiary weapon or as a propelling unit (as for a lifesaving line)\n2 : a jet engine that operates on the same principle as the firework rocket, consists essentially of a combustion chamber and an exhaust nozzle, carries either liquid or solid propellants which provide the fuel and oxygen needed for combustion and thus make the engine independent of the oxygen of the air, and is used especially for the propulsion of a missile (as a bomb or shell) or a vehicle (as an airplane)\n3 : a rocket-propelled bomb, missile, or projectile\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey or propel by means of or as if by a rocket\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rise up swiftly, spectacularly, and with force\n2 : to travel rapidly in or as if in a rocket


Words: rod
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush (2) : OSIER (3) : a stick or bundle of twigs used to punish; also : PUNISHMENT (4) : a shepherd’s cudgel (5) : a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing b (1) : a slender bar (as of wood or metal) (2) : a bar or staff for measuring (3) : SCEPTER; also : a wand or staff carried as a badge of office (as of marshal)\n2 a : a unit of length see WEIGHT table b : a square rod\n3 : any of the long rod-shaped photosensitive receptors in the retina responsive to faint light compare CONE 3a\n4 : a rod-shaped bacterium\n5 slang : HANDGUN


Words: rodent
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of an order (Rodentia) of relatively small gnawing mammals (as a mouse, a squirrel, or a beaver) that have in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel-shaped edge\n2 : a small mammal (as a rabbit or a shrew) other than a true rodent


Words: rodeo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : ROUNDUP\n2 a : a public performance featuring bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and Brahma bull riding b : a contest resembling a rodeo\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to participate in a rodeo


Words: roe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: DOE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the eggs of a fish especially when still enclosed in the ovarian membrane\n2 : the eggs or ovaries of an invertebrate (as the coral of a lobster)


Words: roentgen
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: of or relating to rays <roentgen examinations>\n\n<2> noun\n: the international unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation equal to the amount of radiation that produces in one cubic centimeter of dry air at 0*C and standard atmospheric pressure ionization of either sign equal to one electrostatic unit of charge


Words: rogation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LITANY, SUPPLICATION\n2 : the religious observance of the Rogation Days often used in plural


Words: rogue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : VAGRANT, TRAMP\n2 : a dishonest or worthless person : SCOUNDREL\n3 : a mischievous person : SCAMP\n4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave\n5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field\n\n<3> adjective\n1 of an animal : being vicious and destructive\n2 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated and dangerous or uncontrollable <capsized by a rogue wave>


Words: roil
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of b : to stir up : DISTURB, DISORDER\n2 : RILE 1\nintransitive senses : to move turbulently : be in a state of turbulence or agitation


Words: roister
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : one that roisters : ROISTERER\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to engage in noisy revelry : CAROUSE


Words: role
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : a character assigned or assumed (2) : a socially expected behavior pattern usually determined by an individual’s status in a particular society b : a part played by an actor or singer\n2 : a function or part performed especially in a particular operation or process <played a major role in the negotiations>\n3 : an identifier attached to an index term to show functional relationships between terms


Words: roll
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a written document that may be rolled up : SCROLL; specifically : a document containing an official or formal record <the rolls of parliament> (2) : a manuscript book b : a list of names or related items : CATALOG c : an official list: as (1) : MUSTER ROLL (2) : a list of members of a school or class or of members of a legislative body\n2 : something that is rolled up into a cylinder or ball or rounded as if rolled: as a : a quantity (as of fabric or paper) rolled up to form a single package b : a hairdo in which some or all of the hair is rolled or curled up or under <a pageboy roll> c : any of various food preparations rolled up for cooking or serving; especially : a small piece of baked yeast dough d : a cylindrical twist of tobacco e : a flexible case (as of leather) in which articles may be rolled and fastened by straps or clasps f (1) : paper money folded or rolled into a wad (2) slang : BANKROLL\n3 : something that performs a rolling action or movement : ROLLER: as a : a wheel for making decorative lines on book covers; also : a design impressed by such a tool b : a typewriter platen\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a surface b : to cause to revolve by turning over and over on or as if on an axis c : to cause to move in a circular manner d : to form into a mass by turning over and over e : to impel forward with an easy continuous motion\n2 a : to put a wrapping around : ENFOLD, ENVELOP b : to wrap round on itself : shape into a ball or roll; also : to produce by such shaping <rolled his own cigarettes>\n3 a : to press, spread, or level with a roller : make smooth, even, or compact <hulled and rolled oats> b : to spread out : EXTEND <roll out the red carpet>\n4 a : to move on rollers or wheels b : to cause to begin operating or moving <roll the cameras>\n5 a : to sound with a full reverberating tone <rolled out the words> b : to make a continuous beating sound upon : sound a roll upon <rolled their drums> c : to utter with a trill <rolled hi


Words: roller
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a revolving cylinder over or on which something is moved or which is used to press, shape, spread, or smooth something b : a cylinder or rod on which something (as a shade) is rolled up\n2 a : a long heavy ocean wave b : a tumbler pigeon\n3 : one that rolls or performs a rolling operation\n4 : a slowly rolling ground ball\n\n<2> noun\n1 : any of numerous mostly brightly colored nonpasserine Old World birds (family Coraciidae) that perform rolling aerial dives during courtship displays\n2 : a canary having a song in which the notes are soft and run together


Words: romance
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural (2) : a prose narrative treating imaginary characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or mysterious (3) : a love story b : a class of such literature\n2 : something (as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact\n3 : an emotional attraction or aura belonging to an especially heroic era, adventure, or activity\n4 : LOVE AFFAIR\n5 capitalized : the Romance languages\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to exaggerate or invent detail or incident\n2 : to entertain romantic thoughts or ideas\ntransitive senses\n1 : to try to influence or curry favor with especially by lavishing personal attention, gifts, or flattery\n2 : to carry on a love affair with\n\n<3> noun\n: a short instrumental piece in ballad style


Words: romantic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consisting of or resembling a romance\n2 : having no basis in fact : IMAGINARY\n3 : impractical in conception or plan : VISIONARY\n4 a : marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized b often capitalized : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of romanticism c : of or relating to music of the 19th century characterized by an emphasis on subjective emotional qualities and freedom of form; also : of or relating to a composer of this music\n5 a : having an inclination for romance : responsive to the appeal of what is idealized, heroic, or adventurous b : marked by expressions of love or affection c : conducive to or suitable for lovemaking\n6 : of, relating to, or constituting the part of the hero especially in a light comedy\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a romantic person, trait, or component\n2 capitalized : a romantic writer, artist, or composer


Words: romanticism
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized a (1) : a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century, characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and an emphasis on the imagination and emotions, and marked especially in English literature by sensibility and the use of autobiographical material, an exaltation of the primitive and the common man, an appreciation of external nature, an interest in the remote, a predilection for melancholy, and the use in poetry of older verse forms (2) : an aspect of romanticism b : adherence to a romantic attitude or style\n2 : the quality or state of being romantic


Words: romp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that romps; especially : a romping girl or woman\n2 a : high-spirited, carefree, and boisterous play b : something suggestive of such play: as (1) : a light fast-paced narrative, dramatic, or musical work usually in a comic mood (2) : an episode of lovemaking\n3 : an easy winning pace; also : RUNAWAY\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to run or play in a lively, carefree, or boisterous manner\n2 : to move or proceed in a brisk, easy, or playful manner\n3 : to win a contest easily


Words: romper
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that romps\n2 : a one-piece garment especially for children with the lower part shaped like bloomers usually used in plural


Words: rood
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cross or crucifix symbolizing the cross on which Jesus Christ died; specifically : a large crucifix on a beam or screen at the entrance to the chancel of a church\n2 a : any of various units of land area; especially : a British unit equal to 14 acre b : any of various units of length; especially : a British unit equal to seven or eight yards or sometimes a rod


Words: roof
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the cover of a building (2) : material used for a roof : ROOFING b : the roof of a dwelling conventionally designating the home itself <didn’t have a roof over my head> <they share the same roof>\n2 a : the highest point : SUMMIT b : an upper limit : CEILING\n3 a : the vaulted upper boundary of the mouth b : a covering structure of any of various parts of the body <roof of the skull>\n4 : something suggesting a roof: as a : a canopy of leaves and branches b : the top over the passenger section of a vehicle\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to cover with or as if with a roof b : to provide with a particular kind of roof or roofing often used in combination <slate-roofed houses>\n2 : to constitute a roof over


Words: rooftop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: ROOF; especially : the outer surface of a usually flat roof <sunning themselves on the rooftop>\n\n<2> adjective\n: situated or taking place on a rooftop


Words: rook
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a common Old World gregarious bird (Corvus frugilegus) about the size and color of the related American crow but having a bare patch of skin at the base of the bill\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to defraud by cheating or swindling\n\n<3> noun\n: either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move along the ranks or files across any number of unoccupied squares called also castle


Words: room
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an extent of space occupied by or sufficient or available for something <in the country where there is room to run and play>\n2 a obsolete : an appropriate or designated position, post, or station b : PLACE, STEAD <in whose room am now assuming the pen Sir Walter Scott>\n3 a : a partitioned part of the inside of a building; especially : such a part used as a lodging b : the people in a room\n4 : a suitable or fit occasion or opportunity : CHANCE <left no room for doubt>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to occupy a room especially as a lodger\ntransitive senses : to accommodate with lodgings


Words: roost
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a support on which birds rest b : a place where winged animals and especially birds customarily roost\n2 : a group of birds (as fowl) roosting together\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to settle down for rest or sleep : PERCH\n2 : to settle oneself as if on a roost\ntransitive senses : to supply a roost for or put to roost


Words: rooster
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an adult male domestic fowl : COCK b : an adult male of various birds other than the domestic fowl\n2 : a cocky or vain man


Words: root
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves b : any subterranean plant part (as a true root or a bulb, tuber, rootstock, or other modified stem) especially when fleshy and edible\n2 a : the part of a tooth within the socket; also : any of the processes into which this part is often divided see TOOTH illustration b : the enlarged basal part of a hair within the skin c : the proximal end of a nerve d : the part of an organ or physical structure by which it is attached to the body <the root of the tongue>\n3 a : something that is an origin or source (as of a condition or quality) <the love of money is the root of all evil 1 Tim 6:10 (Authorized Version)> b : one or more progenitors of a group of descendants usually used in plural c : an underlying support : BASIS d : the essential core : HEART often used in the phrase at root e : close relationship with an environment : TIE usually used in plural\n4 a : a quantity taken an indicated number of times as an equal factor <2 is a fourth root of 16> b : a number that reduces an equation to an identity when it is substituted for one variable\n5 a : the lower part : BASE b : the part by which an object is attached to something else\n6 : the simple element inferred as the basis from which a word is derived by phonetic change or by extension (as composition or the addition of an affix or inflectional ending)\n7 : the lowest tone of a chord (as in a minor chord) when the tones are arranged in ascending thirds\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to furnish with or enable to develop roots b : to fix or implant by or as if by roots\n2 : to remove altogether by or as if by pulling out by the roots usually used with out <root out dissenters>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to grow roots or take root\n2 : to have an origin or base\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : t


Words: rootstock
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a rhizomatous underground part of a plant\n2 : a stock for grafting consisting of a root or a piece of root; broadly : STOCK 3b


Words: rope
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a large stout cord of strands of fibers or wire twisted or braided together b : a long slender strip of material used as rope <rawhide rope> c : a hangman’s noose d : LARIAT\n2 : a row or string consisting of things united by or as if by braiding, twining, or threading\n3 plural : special or basic techniques or procedures <show him the ropes>\n4 : LINE DRIVE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord b : to partition, separate, or divide by a rope <rope off the street> c : LASSO\n2 : to draw as if with a rope : LURE\nintransitive senses : to take the form of or twist in the manner of rope


Words: rosary
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usually five sacred mysteries during recitation of five decades of Hail Marys of which each begins with an Our Father and ends with a Gloria Patri\n2 : a string of beads used in counting prayers especially of the Roman Catholic rosary


Words: rosemary
Meaning:
noun\n: a fragrant shrubby mint (Rosmarinus officinalis) of southern Europe and Asia Minor; also : its leaves used as a seasoning


Words: rosette
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an ornament usually made of material gathered or pleated so as to resemble a rose and worn as a badge of office, as evidence of having won a decoration (as the Medal of Honor), or as trimming\n2 : a disk of foliage or a floral design usually in relief used as a decorative motif\n3 : a structure or color marking on an animal suggestive of a rosette; especially : one of the groups of spots on a leopard\n4 : a cluster of leaves in crowded circles or spirals arising basally from a crown (as in the dandelion) or apically from an axis with greatly shortened internodes (as in many tropical palms)\n5 : a food decoration or garnish in the shape of a rose <icing rosettes> <carrot rosettes>


Words: rosewood
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various tropical trees (especially genus Dalbergia) yielding valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black; also : the wood


Words: rosin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a translucent amber-colored to almost black brittle friable resin that is obtained by chemical means from the oleoresin or deadwood of pine trees or from tall oil and used especially in making varnish, paper size, soap, and soldering flux and in rosining violin bows\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to rub or treat (as the bow of a violin) with rosin


Words: roster
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a roll or list of personnel b : such a list giving the order in which a duty is to be performed <duty roster> c : the persons listed on a roster\n2 : an itemized list


Words: rostrum
Meaning:
noun\n1 Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of rostrum a : an ancient Roman platform for public orators b : a stage for public speaking c : a raised platform on a stage\n2 : the curved end of a ship’s prow; especially : the beak of a war galley\n3 : a bodily part or process suggesting a bird’s bill: as a : the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids b : the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a crayfish or lobster)


Words: rosy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of the color rose b : having a pinkish usually healthy-looking complexion : BLOOMING c : marked by blushes\n2 : characterized by or tending to promote optimism


Words: rot
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to undergo decomposition from the action of bacteria or fungi b : to become unsound or weak (as from use or chemical action)\n2 a : to go to ruin : DETERIORATE b : to become morally corrupt : DEGENERATE\ntransitive senses : to cause to decompose or deteriorate with or as if with rot\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the process of rotting : the state of being rotten : DECAY b : something rotten or rotting\n2 a archaic : a wasting putrescent disease b : any of several parasitic diseases especially of sheep marked by necrosis and wasting c : plant disease marked by breakdown of tissues and caused especially by fungi or bacteria\n3 : NONSENSE often used interjectionally\n\n<3> abbreviation\nrotating, rotation


Words: rotary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : turning on an axis like a wheel b : taking place about an axis <rotary motion>\n2 : having an important part that turns on an axis <rotary cutter>\n3 : characterized by rotation\n4 : of, relating to, or being a press in which paper is printed by rotation in contact with a curved printing surface attached to a cylinder\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a rotary machine\n2 : a road junction formed around a central circle about which traffic moves in one direction only called also circle, traffic circle


Words: rotate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel <rotate blue flowers>\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to turn about an axis or a center : REVOLVE; especially : to move in such a way that all particles follow circles with a common angular velocity about a common axis\n2 a : to perform an act, function, or operation in turn b : to pass or alternate in a series\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to turn or move about an axis or a center b : to cause (a plane region or line) to sweep out a volume or surface by moving around an axis so that each of its points remains at a constant distance from the axis <generate a torus by rotating a circle about an external line>\n2 : to cause to grow in rotation <rotate crops>\n3 : to cause to pass or act in a series : ALTERNATE\n4 : to exchange (individuals or units) with others


Words: rote
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: 3CROWD 1\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the use of memory usually with little intelligence <learn by rote>\n2 : routine or repetition carried out mechanically or unthinkingly <a joyless sense of order, rote, and commercial hustle L. L. King>\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : learned or memorized by rote\n2 : MECHANICAL 3a\n\n<4> noun\n: the noise of surf on the shore


Words: rotor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a part that revolves in a stationary part b : the rotating member of an electrical machine\n2 : a complete system of horizontal rotating blades that supplies lift for a rotorcraft


Words: rotten
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having rotted : PUTRID\n2 : morally corrupt\n3 : extremely unpleasant or inferior <a rotten day> <a rotten job>\n4 : very uncomfortable <feeling rotten>\n5 : of very poor quality : LOUSY, ABOMINABLE <a rotten show> <what rotten luck>\n\n<2> adverb\n: to an extreme degree <spoiled rotten>


Words: rotund
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : marked by roundness : ROUNDED\n2 : marked by fullness of sound or cadence : OROTUND, SONOROUS <a master of rotund phrase>\n3 : notably plump : CHUBBY


Words: rotunda
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a round building; especially : one covered by a dome\n2 a : a large round room b : a large central area (as in a hotel)


Words: rouge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red\n2 : a red powder consisting essentially of ferric oxide used in polishing glass, metal, or gems and as a pigment\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to apply rouge to\n2 : to cause to redden\nintransitive senses : to use rouge


Words: rough
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : marked by inequalities, ridges, or projections on the surface : COARSE b : covered with or made up of coarse and often shaggy hair <rough-coated collie> compare SMOOTH, WIREHAIRED c (1) : having a broken, uneven, or bumpy surface <rough terrain> (2) : difficult to travel through or penetrate : WILD <into the rough woods P. B. Shelley>\n2 a : TURBULENT, TEMPESTUOUS <rough seas> b (1) : characterized by harshness, violence, or force (2) : presenting a challenge : DIFFICULT <rough to deal with R. M. McAlmon>\n3 : coarse or rugged in character or appearance: as a : harsh to the ear b : crude in style or expression c : INDELICATE d : marked by a lack of refinement or grace : UNCOUTH\n4 a : CRUDE, UNFINISHED <rough carpentry> b : executed or ventured hastily, tentatively, or imperfectly <a rough draft> <rough estimate>; also : APPROXIMATE <this gives a rough idea>\n\n<2> adverb\n: ROUGHLY 1\n\n<3> noun\n1 : uneven ground covered with high grass, brush, and stones; specifically : such ground bordering a golf fairway\n2 : the rugged or disagreeable side or aspect <hiking-camping admirers of nature in the rough Eleanor Stirling>\n3 a : something in a crude, unfinished, or preliminary state b : broad outline : general terms <the question has been discussed in rough Manchester Guardian Weekly> c : a hasty preliminary drawing or layout\n4 : ROWDY\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : ROUGHEN\n2 a : to subject to abuse : MANHANDLE, BEAT usually used with up b : to subject to unnecessary and intentional violence in a sport\n3 : to calk or otherwise roughen (a horse’s shoes) to prevent slipping\n4 a : to shape, make, or dress in a rough or preliminary way b : to indicate the chief lines of <rough out the structure of a building>


Words: roughen
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make rough or rougher <her hands were roughened by work Ellen Glasgow>\nintransitive senses : to become rough


Words: roughhouse
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: violence or rough boisterous play\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to treat in a boisterously rough manner\nintransitive senses : to engage in roughhouse


Words: roughneck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a rough or uncouth person b : ROWDY, TOUGH\n2 : a worker of an oil-well-drilling crew other than the driller\n\n<2> adjective\n: having the characteristics of or suitable for a roughneck


Words: roughshod
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : shod with calked shoes\n2 : marked by tyrannical force <roughshod rule>\n\n<2> adverb\n: in a roughshod manner <rode roughshod over the opposition>


Words: roulette
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in\n2 a : any of various toothed wheels or disks (as for producing rows of dots on engraved plates or for making short consecutive incisions in paper to facilitate subsequent division) b : tiny slits between rows of stamps in a sheet that are made by a roulette and serve as an aid in separation compare PERFORATION\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make roulettes in


Words: round
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a (1) : having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center (2) : CYLINDRICAL <a round peg> b : approximately round <a round face>\n2 : well filled out : PLUMP, SHAPELY\n3 a : COMPLETE, FULL <a round dozen> <a round ton> b : approximately correct; especially : exact only to a specific decimal or place <use the round number 1400 for the exact figure 1411> c : substantial in amount : AMPLE <a good round price T. B. Costain>\n4 : direct in utterance : OUTSPOKEN <a round oath>\n5 : moving in or forming a circle\n6 a : brought to completion or perfection : FINISHED b : presented with lifelike fullness or vividness\n7 : delivered with a swing of the arm <a round blow>\n8 a : having full or unimpeded resonance or tone : SONOROUS b : pronounced with rounded lips : LABIALIZED\n9 : of or relating to handwriting predominantly curved rather than angular\n\n<2> adverb\n: AROUND 1, 2b, 3, 4, 5\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : something (as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round b (1) : a knot of people (2) : a circle of things\n2 : ROUND DANCE 1\n3 : a musical canon sung in unison in which each part is continuously repeated\n4 a : a rung of a ladder or a chair b : a rounded molding\n5 a : a circling or circuitous path or course b : motion in a circle or a curving path\n6 a : a route or circuit habitually covered (as by a security guard or police officer) b : a series of similar or customary calls or stops <making the rounds of his friends Current Biography>; especially : a series of regularly scheduled professional calls on hospital patients made by a doctor or nurse usually used in plural\n7 : a drink of liquor apiece served at one time to each person in a group <I’ll buy the next round>\n8 : a sequence of recurring routine or repetitive actions or events <went about my round of chores> <the newest round of talks>\n9 : a period of time that recurs in a fixed pattern <the daily round>\n10 a : one shot fired by a weapon or by each man in a military unit b : a unit of ammunition consisting of the parts necessary to fire on


Words: roundabout
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: CIRCUITOUS, INDIRECT <had to take a roundabout course>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a circuitous route : DETOUR\n2 British : MERRY-GO-ROUND\n3 : a short close-fitting jacket worn by men and boys especially in the 19th century\n4 British : ROTARY 2


Words: roundelay
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a simple song with a refrain\n2 : a poem with a refrain recurring frequently or at fixed intervals as in a rondel


Words: roundhouse
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : LOCKUP\n2 : a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives\n3 : a blow delivered with a wide swing


Words: roundup
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) : the act or process of collecting animals (as cattle) by riding around them and driving them in (2) : the cowboys and ranch personnel engaged in a cattle roundup b : a gathering in of scattered persons or things <a roundup of all suspects>\n2 : a summary of information <a roundup of the news>


Words: rouse
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to cause to break from cover\n2 a : to stir up : EXCITE <was roused to fury> b : to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose : AWAKEN\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become aroused : AWAKEN\n2 : to become stirred\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of rousing; especially : an excited stir\n\n<3> noun\n1 obsolete : DRINK, TOAST\n2 archaic : CAROUSAL


Words: roustabout
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : DECKHAND b : LONGSHOREMAN\n2 : an unskilled or semiskilled laborer especially in an oil field or refinery\n3 : a circus worker who erects and dismantles tents, cares for the grounds, and handles animals and equipment


Words: rout
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a crowd of people : THRONG; specifically : RABBLE 2b\n2 a : DISTURBANCE b archaic : FUSS\n3 : a fashionable gathering\n\n<2> intransitive verb\ndialect chiefly British : to low loudly : BELLOW used of cattle\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to poke around with the snout : ROOT <pigs routing in the earth>\n2 : to search haphazardly\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : to dig up with the snout b : to gouge out or make a furrow in (as wood or metal)\n2 a : to force out as if by digging usually used with out b : to cause to emerge especially from bed\n3 : to come up with : UNCOVER\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat\n2 a : a disastrous defeat : DEBACLE b : a precipitate flight\n\n<5> transitive verb\n1 a : to disorganize completely : DEMORALIZE b : to put to precipitate flight c : to defeat decisively or disastrously <the discomfiture of seeing their party routed at the polls A. N. Holcombe>\n2 : to drive out : DISPEL


Words: route
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a traveled way : HIGHWAY <the main route north> b : a means of access : CHANNEL <the route to social mobility T. F. O’Dea>\n2 : a line of travel : COURSE\n3 a : an established or selected course of travel or action b : an assigned territory to be systematically covered <a newspaper route>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to send by a selected route : DIRECT <was routed along the scenic shore road>\n2 : to divert in a specified direction


Words: routine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a regular course of procedure <if resort to legal action becomes a campus routine J. A. Perkins> b : habitual or mechanical performance of an established procedure <the routine of factory work>\n2 : a reiterated speech or formula <the old \n3 : a worked-out part (as of an entertainment or sports contest) that may be often repeated <a dance routine> <a gymnastic routine>; especially : a theatrical number\n4 : a sequence of computer instructions for performing a particular task\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of a commonplace or repetitious character : ORDINARY\n2 : of, relating to, or being in accordance with established procedure <routine business>


Words: rove
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to move aimlessly : ROAM\ntransitive senses : to wander through or over\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of wandering


Words: rover
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: PIRATE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a random or long-distance mark in archery usually used in plural\n2 : WANDERER, ROAMER\n3 : a player who is not assigned to a specific position on a team and who plays wherever needed\n4 : a vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial body (as the moon or Mars)


Words: row
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to propel a boat by means of oars\n2 : to move by or as if by the propulsion of oars\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to propel with or as if with oars b : to be equipped with (a specified number of oars) c (1) : to participate in (a rowing match) (2) : to compete against in rowing (3) : to pull (an oar) in a crew\n2 : to transport in an oar-propelled boat\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of rowing\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a number of objects arranged in a usually straight line <a row of bottles>; also : the line along which such objects are arranged <planted the corn in parallel rows>\n2 a : WAY, STREET b : a street or area dominated by a specific kind of enterprise or occupancy <doctors’ row>\n3 : TWELVE-TONE ROW\n4 a : a continuous strip usually running horizontally or parallel to a base line b : a horizontal arrangement of items\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to form into rows\n\n<5> noun\n: a noisy disturbance or quarrel\n\n<6> intransitive verb\n: to engage in a row : have a quarrel


Words: rowdy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: coarse or boisterous in behavior : ROUGH; also : characterized by such behavior <rowdy local bars>\n\n<2> noun\n: a rowdy person : TOUGH


Words: rowel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a revolving disk with sharp marginal points at the end of a spur\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to goad with or as if with a rowel\n2 : VEX, TROUBLE


Words: royal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of kingly ancestry <the royal family> b : of, relating to, or subject to the crown <the royal estates> c : being in the crown’s service <Royal Air Force>\n2 a : suitable for royalty : MAGNIFICENT b : requiring no exertion : EASY <there is no royal road to logic Justus Buchler>\n3 a : of superior size, magnitude, or quality <a patronage of royal dimensions J. H. Plumb> often used as an intensive <a royal pain> b : established or chartered by the crown\n4 : of, relating to, or being a part (as a mast, sail, or yard) next above the topgallant\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person of royal blood\n2 : a small sail on the royal mast immediately above the topgallant sail\n3 : a stag of 8 years or more having antlers with at least 12 points


Words: royalist
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : an adherent of a king or of monarchical government: as a : CAVALIER 3 b : TORY 4\n2 : a reactionary business tycoon


Words: royalty
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : royal status or power : SOVEREIGNTY b : a right or perquisite of a sovereign (as a percentage paid to the crown of gold or silver taken from mines)\n2 : regal character or bearing : NOBILITY\n3 a : persons of royal lineage b : a person of royal rank <how to address royalties George Santayana> c : a privileged class\n4 : a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereign\n5 a : a share of the product or profit reserved by the grantor especially of an oil or mining lease b : a payment to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each item sold under a patent


Words: rub
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move along the surface of a body with pressure : GRATE b (1) : to fret or chafe with or as if with friction (2) : to cause discontent, irritation, or anger\n2 : to continue in a situation usually with slight difficulty <in spite of financial difficulties, he is rubbing along>\n3 : to admit of being rubbed (as for erasure or obliteration)\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to subject to or as if to the action of something moving especially back and forth with pressure and friction b (1) : to cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface (2) : to treat in any of various ways by rubbing c : to bring into reciprocal back-and-forth or rotary contact\n2 : ANNOY, IRRITATE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an unevenness of surface (as of the ground in lawn bowling) b : OBSTRUCTION, DIFFICULTY <the rub is that so few of the scholars have any sense of this truth themselves Benjamin Farrington> c : something grating to the feelings (as a gibe or harsh criticism) d : something that mars serenity\n2 : the application of friction with pressure <an alcohol rub>


Words: rubber
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one that rubs b : an instrument or object (as a rubber eraser) used in rubbing, polishing, scraping, or cleaning c : something that prevents rubbing or chafing\n2 from its use in erasers a : an elastic substance that is obtained by coagulating the milky juice of any of various tropical plants (as of the genera Hevea and Ficus), is essentially a polymer of isoprene, and is prepared as sheets and then dried called also caoutchouc, india rubber b : any of various synthetic rubberlike substances c : natural or synthetic rubber modified by chemical treatment to increase its useful properties (as toughness and resistance to wear) and used especially in tires, electrical insulation, and waterproof materials\n3 : something made of or resembling rubber: as a : a rubber overshoe b (1) : a rubber tire (2) : the set of tires on a vehicle c : a rectangular slab of white rubber in the middle of a baseball infield on which a pitcher stands while pitching d : CONDOM\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a contest consisting of an odd number of games won by the side that takes a majority (as two out of three)\n2 : an odd game played to determine the winner of a tie


Words: rubbish
Meaning:
noun\n1 : useless waste or rejected matter : TRASH\n2 : something that is worthless or nonsensical <few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much rubbish survives William Bridges-Adams>


Words: rubble
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building <fortifications knocked into rubble C. S. Forester> b : a miscellaneous confused mass or group of usually broken or worthless things <lay in a pile of rubble, only this time there was more of it, additional gear having hit the deck K. M. Dodson>\n2 : waterworn or rough broken stones or bricks used in coarse masonry or in filling courses of walls\n3 : rough stone as it comes from the quarry\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to reduce to rubble


Words: rubidium
Meaning:
noun\n: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group that reacts violently with water and bursts into flame spontaneously in air see ELEMENT table


Words: rubric
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an authoritative rule; especially : a rule for conduct of a liturgical service b (1) : NAME, TITLE; specifically : the title of a statute (2) : something under which a thing is classed : CATEGORY <the sensations falling under the general rubric, \n2 : a heading of a part of a book or manuscript done or underlined in a color (as red) different from the rest\n3 : an established rule, tradition, or custom


Words: ruby
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a precious stone that is a red corundum b : something (as a watch bearing) made of ruby\n2 a : the dark red color of the ruby b : something resembling a ruby in color\n\n<2> adjective\n: of the color ruby


Words: rudder
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a flat piece or structure of wood or metal attached upright to the stern of a boat or ship so that it can be turned causing the vessel’s head to turn in the same direction\n2 : a movable auxiliary airfoil on an airplane usually attached at the rear end that serves to control direction of flight in the horizontal plane see AIRPLANE illustration\n3 : a guiding force or strategy


Words: ruddy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a healthy reddish color\n2 : RED, REDDISH\n3 British used as an intensive <bellowed like a ruddy bull when she wanted food Doreen Tovey>


Words: rude
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : being in a rough or unfinished state : CRUDE <rude line illustrations> b : NATURAL, RAW <rude cotton> c : PRIMITIVE, UNDEVELOPED <peasants use rude wooden plows Jack Raymond> d : SIMPLE, ELEMENTAL <landscape done in rude whites, blacks, deep browns Richard Harris>\n2 : lacking refinement or delicacy: a : IGNORANT, UNLEARNED b : INELEGANT, UNCOUTH c : offensive in manner or action : DISCOURTEOUS d : UNCIVILIZED, SAVAGE e : COARSE, VULGAR\n3 : marked by or suggestive of lack of training or skill : INEXPERIENCED <rude workmanship>\n4 : ROBUST, STURDY <in rude health>\n5 : occurring abruptly and disconcertingly <a rude awakening>


Words: rudiment
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill usually used in plural <teaching themselves the rudiments of rational government G. B. Galanti>\n2 a : something unformed or undeveloped : BEGINNING usually used in plural <the rudiments of a plan> b (1) : a body part so deficient in size or structure as to be entirely unable to perform its normal function (2) : an organ just beginning to develop : ANLAGE


Words: rue
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: REGRET, SORROW\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for\nintransitive senses : to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret\n\n<3> noun\n: a European strong-scented perennial woody herb (Ruta graveolens of the family Rutaceae, the rue family) that has bitter leaves used medicinally


Words: ruff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a small freshwater European perch (Acerina cernua)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a large round collar of pleated muslin or linen worn by men and women of the late 16th and early 17th centuries\n2 : a fringe or frill of long hairs or feathers growing around or on the neck\n3 : a common Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) whose male during the breeding season has a large ruff of erectile feathers on the neck\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to take a trick with a trump\ntransitive senses : to play a trump on (a card previously led or played)\n\n<4> noun\n: the act of trumping


Words: ruffle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : ROUGHEN, ABRADE b : TROUBLE, VEX <is not ruffled by such barbs Bruce Anderson>\n2 : to erect (as feathers) in or like a ruff\n3 a : to flip through (as pages) b : SHUFFLE\n4 : to make into a ruffle\nintransitive senses : to become ruffled <their dispositions ruffle perceptibly Life>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : COMMOTION, BRAWL\n2 : a state or cause of irritation\n3 a : a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge b : 2RUFF 2\n4 : an unevenness or disturbance of surface : RIPPLE\n\n<3> noun\n: a low vibrating drumbeat less loud than a roll


Words: rug
Meaning:
noun\n1 : LAP ROBE\n2 : a piece of thick heavy fabric that usually has a nap or pile and is used as a floor covering\n3 : a floor mat of an animal pelt <a bearskin rug>\n4 slang : TOUPEE 2\n5 British : a blanket for an animal (as a horse or dog)


Words: rugged
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : SHAGGY, HAIRY\n2 : having a rough uneven surface : JAGGED <rugged mountains>\n3 : TURBULENT, STORMY <rugged weather>\n4 a : seamed with wrinkles and furrows : WEATHERED used of a human face b : showing facial signs of strength <rugged good looks>\n5 a : AUSTERE, STERN b : COARSE, RUDE c : rough and strong in character\n6 a : presenting a severe test of ability, stamina, or resolution b : strongly built or constituted : ROBUST <those that survive are stalwart, rugged men L. D. Stamp>


Words: ruin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic : a falling down : COLLAPSE <from age to age the crash of ruin fitfully resounds William Wordsworth> b : physical, moral, economic, or social collapse\n2 a : the state of being ruined archaic except in plural <the city lay in ruins> b : the remains of something destroyed usually used in plural <the ruins of an ancient temple> <the ruins of his life>\n3 : a cause of destruction\n4 a : the action of destroying, laying waste, or wrecking b : DAMAGE, INJURY\n5 : a ruined building, person, or object\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to reduce to ruins : DEVASTATE\n2 a : to damage irreparably b : BANKRUPT, IMPOVERISH <ruined by stock speculation>\n3 : to subject to frustration, failure, or disaster <will ruin your chances of promotion>\nintransitive senses : to become ruined


Words: rule
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a prescribed guide for conduct or action b : the laws or regulations prescribed by the founder of a religious order for observance by its members c : an accepted procedure, custom, or habit d (1) : a usually written order or direction made by a court regulating court practice or the action of parties (2) : a legal precept or doctrine e : a regulation or bylaw governing procedure or controlling conduct\n2 a (1) : a usually valid generalization (2) : a generally prevailing quality, state, or mode <fair weather was the rule yesterday N.Y. Times> b : a standard of judgment : CRITERION c : a regulating principle d : a determinate method for performing a mathematical operation and obtaining a certain result\n3 a : the exercise of authority or control : DOMINION b : a period during which a specified ruler or government exercises control\n4 a : a strip of material marked off in units used especially for measuring : RULER 3, TAPE MEASURE b : a metal strip with a type-high face that prints a linear design; also : a linear design produced by or as if by such a strip\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to exert control, direction, or influence on <the passions that rule our minds> b : to exercise control over especially by curbing or restraining <rule a fractious horse> <ruled his appetites firmly>\n2 a : to exercise authority or power over often harshly or arbitrarily <the speaker ruled the legislature with an iron hand> b : to be preeminent in : DOMINATE\n3 : to determine and declare authoritatively; especially : to command or determine judicially\n4 a (1) : to mark with lines drawn along or as if along the straight edge of a ruler (2) : to mark (a line) on a paper with a ruler b : to arrange in a line\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to exercise supreme authority b : to be first in importance or prominence : PREDOMINATE <the physical did not rule in her nature Sherwood Anderson>\n2 : to exist in a specified state or condition\n3 : to lay down a legal rule


Words: ruler
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that rules; specifically : SOVEREIGN\n2 : a worker or a machine that rules paper\n3 : a smooth-edged strip (as of wood or metal) that is usually marked off in units (as inches) and is used as a straightedge or for measuring


Words: rum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (as molasses)\n2 : alcoholic liquor <the demon rum>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 chiefly British : QUEER, ODD <writing is a rum trade and what is all right one day is all wrong the next Angela Thirkell>\n2 chiefly British : DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS


Words: rumba
Meaning:
noun\n: a ballroom dance of Cuban origin in 24 or 44 time with a basic pattern of step-close-step and marked by a delayed transfer of weight and pronounced hip movements; also : the music for this dance


Words: rumble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a low heavy rolling sound <thunder rumbling in the distance>\n2 : to travel with a low reverberating sound <wagons rumbled into town>\n3 : to speak in a low rolling tone\n4 : to engage in a rumble\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter or emit in a low rolling voice\n2 British : to reveal or discover the true character of\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a low heavy continuous reverberating often muffled sound (as of thunder) b : low frequency noise in phonographic playback caused by the transmission of mechanical vibrations by the turntable to the pickup\n2 : a seat for servants behind the body of a carriage\n3 a : widespread expression of dissatisfaction or unrest b : a street fight especially among gangs


Words: ruminant
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a ruminant mammal\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a (1) : chewing the cud (2) : characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed b : of or relating to a suborder (Ruminantia) of even-toed hoofed mammals (as sheep, giraffes, deer, and camels) that chew the cud and have a complex usually 4-chambered stomach\n2 : given to or engaged in contemplation : MEDITATIVE <stood there with her hands clasped in this attitude of ruminant relish Thomas Wolfe>


Words: ruminate
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly\n2 : to chew repeatedly for an extended period\nintransitive senses\n1 : to a chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed : chew the cud\n2 : to engage in contemplation : REFLECT


Words: rummage
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a thorough search or investigation\n2 : to engage in an undirected or haphazard search\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a thorough search through : RANSACK <rummaged the attic>\n2 : to examine minutely and completely\n3 : to discover by searching\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a confused miscellaneous collection b : items for sale at a rummage sale\n2 : a thorough search especially among a confusion of objects


Words: rummy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: QUEER, ODD <were still feeling a little rummy from our trip up the escalator New Yorker>\n\n<2> noun\n: DRUNKARD\n\n<3> noun\n: any of several card games for two or more players in which each player tries to assemble groups of three or more cards of the same rank or suit and to be the first to meld them all


Words: rumor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source\n2 : a statement or report current without known authority for its truth\n3 archaic : talk or report of a notable person or event\n4 : a soft low indistinct sound : MURMUR\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to tell or spread by rumor


Words: rump
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the upper rounded part of the hindquarters of a quadruped mammal b : BUTTOCKS c : the sacral or dorsal part of the posterior end of a bird\n2 : a cut of meat (as beef) between the loin and round see BEEF illustration\n3 : a small or inferior remnant or offshoot; especially : a group (as a parliament) carrying on in the name of the original body after the departure or expulsion of a large number of its members


Words: rumple
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: FOLD, WRINKLE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : WRINKLE, CRUMPLE\n2 : to make unkempt : TOUSLE\nintransitive senses : to become rumpled


Words: run
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go faster than a walk; specifically : to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step b of a horse : to move at a fast gallop c : FLEE, RETREAT, ESCAPE <dropped the gun and ran> d : to utilize a running play on offense used of a football team\n2 a : to go without restraint : move freely about at will <let chickens run loose> b : to keep company : CONSORT <a ram running with ewes> <ran with a wild crowd when he was young> c : to sail before the wind in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled d : ROAM, ROVE <running about with no overcoat>\n3 a : to go rapidly or hurriedly : HASTEN <run and fetch the doctor> b : to go in urgency or distress : RESORT <runs to mother at every little difficulty> c : to make a quick, easy, or casual trip or visit <ran over to borrow some sugar>\n4 a : to contend in a race b : to enter into an election contest\n5 a : to move on or as if on wheels : GLIDE <file drawers running on ball bearings> b : to roll forward rapidly or freely c : to pass or slide freely <a rope runs through the pulley> d : to ravel lengthwise <stockings guaranteed not to run>\n6 : to sing or play a musical passage quickly <run up the scale>\n7 a : to go back and forth : PLY <the train runs between New York and Washington> b of fish : to migrate or move in considerable numbers; especially : to move up or down a river to spawn\n8 a : TURN, ROTATE <a swiftly running grindstone> b : FUNCTION, OPERATE <the engine runs on gasoline>\n9 a (1) : to continue in force, operation, or production <the contract has two more years to run> <the play ran for six months> (2) : to have a specified duration, extent, or length <the manuscript runs nearly 500 pages> b : to accompany as a valid obligation or right <a right-of-way that runs with the land> c : to continue to accrue or become payable <interest on the loan runs from July 1st>\n10 : to pass from one state to another <run into debt>\n11 a : to flow rapidly or under pressure b : MELT, FUSE c :


Words: runaround
Meaning:
noun\n1 : deceptive or delaying action especially in response to a request <tired of getting the runaround>\n2 : matter typeset in shortened measure to run around something (as a cut)


Words: runaway
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that runs away from danger, duty, or restraint : FUGITIVE\n2 : the act of running away out of control; also : something (as a horse) that is running out of control\n3 : a one-sided or overwhelming victory\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : running away : FUGITIVE b : leaving to gain special advantages (as lower wages) or avoid disadvantages (as governmental or union restrictions) <runaway shipping firms> <a runaway shop>\n2 : accomplished by elopement or during flight\n3 : won by or having a long lead <a runaway success>; also : extremely successful <a runaway best-seller>\n4 : subject to uncontrolled changes <runaway inflation>\n5 : being or operating out of control <a runaway oil well> <a runaway nuclear reactor>


Words: rundown
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a play in baseball in which a base runner who is caught off base is chased by two or more opposing players who throw the ball from one to another in an attempt to tag the runner out\n2 : a item-by-item report or review : SUMMARY


Words: rune
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3d to the 13th centuries\n2 : MYSTERY, MAGIC\n3 Finnish runo, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse rTn a : a Finnish or Old Norse poem b : POEM, SONG


Words: running
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action of running b : RACE\n2 : physical condition for running\n3 : MANAGEMENT, CARE\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : CURSIVE, FLOWING\n2 : FLUID, RUNNY\n3 a : INCESSANT, CONTINUOUS <a running battle> b : made during the course of a process or activity <a running commentary on the game>\n4 : measured in a straight line <cost of lumber per running foot>\n5 a : initiated or performed while running or with a running start <running catch> b : of, relating to, or being a football play in which the ball is advanced by running rather than by passing <their running game was off> c : designed for use by runners <a running track> <running shoes>\n6 : fitted or trained for running rather than walking, trotting, or jumping <a running horse>\n\n<3> adverb\n: in succession : CONSECUTIVELY <three days running>


Words: runny
Meaning:
adjective\n: having a tendency to run: as a : extremely or excessively soft and liquid <a runny dough> b : secreting a thin flow of mucus <a runny nose>


Words: runoff
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a final race, contest, or election to decide an earlier one that has not resulted in a decision in favor of any one competitor\n2 : the portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material


Words: runt
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly Scottish : a hardened stalk or stem of a plant\n2 : an animal unusually small of its kind; especially : the smallest of a litter of pigs\n3 : a person of small stature


Words: runway
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a beaten path made by animals b : a passageway for animals\n2 : a paved strip of ground on a landing field for the landing and takeoff of aircraft\n3 a : a narrow platform from a stage into an auditorium b : a platform along which models walk in a fashion show\n4 : RUN 10b\n5 : the area or path along which a jumper, pole vaulter, or javelin thrower runs


Words: rupture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : breach of peace or concord; specifically : open hostility or war between nations\n2 a : the tearing apart of a tissue <rupture of the heart muscle> <rupture of an intervertebral disk> b : HERNIA\n3 : a breaking apart or the state of being broken apart\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to part by violence : BREAK, BURST b : to create or induce a breach of\n2 : to produce a rupture in\nintransitive senses : to have or undergo a rupture


Words: rush
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of various monocotyledonous often tufted marsh plants (as of the genera Juncus and Scirpus of the family Juncaceae, the rush family) with cylindrical often hollow stems which are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move forward, progress, or act with haste or eagerness or without preparation\n2 : to advance a football by running plays <rushed for a total of 150 yards>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to push or impel on or forward with speed, impetuosity, or violence\n2 : to perform in a short time or at high speed\n3 : to urge to an unnatural or extreme speed <don’t rush me>\n4 : to run toward or against in attack : CHARGE\n5 a : to carry (a ball) forward in a running play b : to move in quickly on (a kicker or passer) to hinder, prevent, or block a kick or pass used especially of defensive linemen\n6 a : to lavish attention on : COURT b : to try to secure a pledge of membership (as in a fraternity) from\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a violent forward motion b : ATTACK, ONSET c : a surging of emotion\n2 a : a burst of activity, productivity, or speed b : a sudden insistent demand\n3 : a thronging of people usually to a new place in search of wealth <gold rush>\n4 a : the act of carrying a football during a game : running play b : the action or an instance of rushing a passer or kicker in football <pass rush>\n5 a : a round of attention usually involving extensive social activity b : a drive by a fraternity or sorority to recruit new members\n6 : a print of a motion-picture scene processed directly after the shooting for review by the director or producer usually used in plural\n7 a : the immediate pleasurable feeling produced by a drug (as heroin or amphetamine) called also flash b : a sudden feeling of intense pleasure or euphoria : THRILL\n\n<4> adjective\n: requiring or marked by special speed or urgency <rush orders> <the rush season> <a rush job>


Words: rusk
Meaning:
noun\n1 : hard crisp bread originally used as ship’s stores\n2 : a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp


Words: russet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : coarse homespun usually reddish brown cloth\n2 : a strong brown\n3 : any of various winter apples having russet rough skins\n4 : IDAHO\n\n<2> adjective\n: of the color russet


Words: rust
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the reddish brittle coating formed on iron especially when chemically attacked by moist air and composed essentially of hydrated ferric oxide b : a comparable coating produced on a metal other than iron by corrosion c : something resembling rust : ACCRETION\n2 : corrosive or injurious influence or effect\n3 : any of numerous destructive diseases of plants produced by fungi (order Uredinales) and characterized by usually reddish brown pustular lesions; also : a fungus causing this\n4 : a strong reddish brown\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form rust : become oxidized <iron rusts>\n2 : to degenerate especially from inaction, lack of use, or passage of time <most men would have allowed their faculties to rust T. B. Macaulay>\n3 : to become reddish brown as if with rust <the leaves slowly rusted>\n4 : to be affected with a rust fungus\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause (a metal) to form rust <keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them Shakespeare>\n2 : to impair or corrode by or as if by time, inactivity, or deleterious use\n3 : to cause to become reddish brown : turn the color of rust


Words: rustic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or suitable for the country : RURAL\n2 a : made of the rough limbs of trees <rustic furniture> b : finished by rusticating <a rustic joint in masonry>\n3 a : characteristic of or resembling country people b : lacking in social graces or polish\n4 : appropriate to the country (as in plainness or sturdiness) <heavy rustic boots>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an inhabitant of a rural area\n2 a : an awkward coarse person b : an unsophisticated rural person


Words: rusticate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly British : to suspend from school or college\n2 : to build or face with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints <a rusticated facade>\n3 a : to compel to reside in the country b : to cause to become rustic : implant rustic mannerisms in


Words: rustle
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make or cause a rustle\n2 a : to act or move with energy or speed b : to forage food\n3 : to steal cattle\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to rustle\n2 a : to obtain by one’s own exertions often used with up <able to rustle up 5,000 bail Jack McCallum> b : FORAGE\n3 : to steal (as livestock) especially from a farm or ranch\n\n<2> noun\n: a quick succession or confusion of small sounds


Words: rut
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer; broadly : sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) especially when periodic\n2 : the period during which rut normally occurs often used with the\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to be in or enter into a state of rut\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage b : a groove in which something runs c : CHANNEL, FURROW\n2 : a usual or fixed practice; especially : a monotonous routine <fall easily into a conversational rut>\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to make a rut in : FURROW


Words: ruthenium
Meaning:
noun\n: a hard brittle grayish polyvalent rare metallic element occurring in platinum ores and used in hardening platinum alloys see ELEMENT table


Words: rye
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hardy annual grass (Secale cereale) that is widely grown for grain and as a cover crop\n2 : the seeds of rye\n3 : RYE BREAD\n4 : RYE WHISKEY\n\n<2> noun\n: a male Gypsy


Words: s
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the 19th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic s\n2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter s\n3 : one designated s especially as the 19th in order or class\n4 abbreviation for satisfactory a : a grade rating a student’s work as satisfactory b : one graded or rated with an S\n5 : something shaped like the letter\n\n<2> abbreviation\nsabbath, saint, schilling, scruple, second, secondary, section, senate, series, shilling, Latin signa label; siemens, signor, sine, singular, small, smooth, snow, society, son, sou, south, southern, subject, symmetrical


Words: saber
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard\n2 a : a light fencing or dueling sword having an arched guard that covers the back of the hand and a tapering flexible blade with a full cutting edge along one side and a partial cutting edge on the back at the tip compare <P*E, FOIL b : the sport of fencing with the saber\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to strike, cut, or kill with a saber


Words: sable
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the color black b : black clothing worn in mourning usually used in plural\n2 a or plural sable (1) : a carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of the weasel family that occurs chiefly in northern Asia (2) : any of various animals related to the sable b : the fur or pelt of a sable\n3 a : the usually dark brown color of the fur of the sable b : a grayish yellowish brown\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of the color black\n2 : DARK, GLOOMY


Words: sabotage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : destruction of an employer’s property (as tools or materials) or the hindering of manufacturing by discontented workers\n2 : destructive or obstructive action carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation’s war effort\n3 a : an act or process tending to hamper or hurt b : deliberate subversion\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to practice sabotage on


Words: saccharin
Meaning:
noun\n: a crystalline compound C7H5NO3S that is unrelated to the carbohydrates, is several hundred times sweeter than cane sugar, and is used as a calorie-free sweetener


Words: saccharine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar <saccharine taste> b : yielding or containing sugar <saccharine vegetables>\n2 : overly or sickishly sweet <saccharine flavor>\n3 : ingratiatingly or affectedly agreeable or friendly\n4 : overly sentimental : MAWKISH


Words: sacerdotal
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to priests or a priesthood : PRIESTLY\n2 : of, relating to, or suggesting sacerdotalism


Words: sachem
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a No. American Indian chief; especially : the chief of a confederation of the Algonquian tribes of the No. Atlantic coast\n2 : a Tammany leader


Words: sachet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small bag or packet\n2 : a small bag containing a perfumed powder or potpourri used to scent clothes and linens


Words: sack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually rectangular-shaped bag (as of paper, burlap, or canvas)\n2 : the amount contained in a sack; especially : a fixed amount of a commodity used as a unit of measure\n3 a : a woman’s loose-fitting dress b : a short usually loose-fitting coat for women and children c : SACQUE 2\n4 : DISMISSAL\n5 a : HAMMOCK, BUNK b : BED\n6 : a base in baseball\n7 : an instance of sacking the quarterback in football\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to put in or as if in a sack\n2 : to dismiss especially summarily\n3 : to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage in football\n\n<3> noun\n: any of several white wines imported to England from Spain and the Canary Islands during the 16th and 17th centuries\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to plunder (as a town) especially after capture\n2 : to strip of valuables : LOOT\n\n<5> noun\n: the plundering of a captured town


Words: sackcloth
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a coarse cloth of goat or camel’s hair or of flax, hemp, or cotton\n2 : a garment of sackcloth worn as a sign of mourning or penitence


Words: sacrament
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a Christian rite (as baptism or the Eucharist) that is believed to have been ordained by Christ and that is held to be a means of divine grace or to be a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality b : a religious rite or observance comparable to a Christian sacrament\n2 capitalized a : COMMUNION 2a b : BLESSED SACRAMENT\n3 : something likened to a religious sacrament <saw voting as a sacrament of democracy>


Words: sacred
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity <a tree sacred to the gods> b : devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose) <a fund sacred to charity>\n2 a : worthy of religious veneration : HOLY b : entitled to reverence and respect\n3 : of or relating to religion : not secular or profane <sacred music>\n4 archaic : ACCURSED\n5 a : UNASSAILABLE, INVIOLABLE b : highly valued and important <a sacred responsibility>


Words: sacrifice
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an act of offering to a deity something precious; especially : the killing of a victim on an altar\n2 : something offered in sacrifice\n3 a : destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else b : something given up or lost <the sacrifices made by parents>\n4 : LOSS <goods sold at a sacrifice>\n5 : SACRIFICE HIT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to offer as a sacrifice\n2 : to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end\n3 : to sell at a loss\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make or perform the rites of a sacrifice\n2 : to make a sacrifice hit in baseball


Words: sacrilege
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God\n2 : gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing


Words: sacrosanct
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : most sacred or holy : INVIOLABLE\n2 : treated as if holy : immune from criticism or violation <politically sacrosanct programs>


Words: sad
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness : DOWNCAST b (1) : causing or associated with grief or unhappiness : DEPRESSING <sad news> (2) : REGRETTABLE, DEPLORABLE <a sad relaxation of morals C. W. Cunnington> c : of little worth\n2 : of a dull somber color


Words: saddle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a girthed usually padded and leather-covered seat for the rider of an animal (as a horse) (2) : a part of a driving harness comparable to a saddle that is used to keep the breeching in place b : a seat to be straddled by the rider of a vehicle (as a bicycle)\n2 : a device mounted as a support and often shaped to fit the object held\n3 a : a ridge connecting two higher elevations b : a pass in a mountain range\n4 a : both sides of the unsplit back of a carcass including both loins b : a colored marking on the back of an animal c : the rear part of a male fowl’s back extending to the tail see DUCK illustration\n5 : the central part of the backbone of the binding of a book\n6 : a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to put a saddle on\n2 a : to place under a burden or encumbrance b : to place (an onerous responsibility) on a person or group\nintransitive senses : to mount a saddled horse


Words: sadism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sexual perversion in which gratification is obtained by the infliction of physical or mental pain on others (as on a love object) compare MASOCHISM\n2 a : delight in cruelty b : excessive cruelty


Words: safe
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : free from harm or risk : UNHURT\n2 a : secure from threat of danger, harm, or loss b : successful at getting to a base in baseball without being put out\n3 : affording safety or security from danger, risk, or difficulty\n4 obsolete , of mental or moral faculties : HEALTHY, SOUND\n5 a : not threatening danger : HARMLESS b : unlikely to produce controversy or contradiction\n6 a : not likely to take risks : CAUTIOUS b : TRUSTWORTHY, RELIABLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place or receptacle to keep articles (as valuables) safe\n2 : CONDOM


Words: safeguard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : PASS, SAFE-CONDUCT b : CONVOY, ESCORT\n2 a : a precautionary measure, stipulation, or device b : a technical contrivance to prevent accident\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to provide a safeguard for\n2 : to make safe : PROTECT


Words: safety
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss\n2 : a device (as on a weapon or a machine) designed to prevent inadvertent or hazardous operation\n3 a (1) : a situation in football in which a member of the offensive team is tackled behind its own goal line that counts two points for the defensive team compare TOUCHBACK (2) : a member of a defensive backfield in football who occupies the deepest position in order to receive a kick, defend against a forward pass, or stop a ballcarrier b : a billiard shot made with no attempt to score or so as to leave the balls in an unfavorable position for the opponent c : BASE HIT\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to protect against failure, breakage, or accident <safety a rifle>


Words: saffron
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the deep orange aromatic pungent dried stigmas of a purple-flowered crocus (Crocus sativus) used to color and flavor foods and formerly as a dyestuff and in medicine b : the crocus supplying saffron\n2 : a moderate orange to orange yellow


Words: sag
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness\n2 a : to lose firmness, resiliency, or vigor <spirits sagging from overwork> b : to decline especially from a thriving state\n3 : DRIFT\n4 : to fail to stimulate or retain interest\ntransitive senses : to cause to sag : leave slack in\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a tendency to drift (as of a ship to leeward)\n2 a : a sagging part <the sag in a rope> b : a drop or depression below the surrounding area c : an instance or amount of sagging\n3 : a temporary decline (as in the price of a commodity)


Words: saga
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland\n2 : a modern heroic narrative resembling the Icelandic saga\n3 : a long detailed account <a saga of the Old South>


Words: sagacious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 obsolete : keen in sense perception\n2 a : of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : DISCERNING <sagacious judge of character> b : caused by or indicating acute discernment <sagacious purchase of stock>


Words: sage
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : wise through reflection and experience b archaic : GRAVE, SOLEMN\n2 : proceeding from or characterized by wisdom, prudence, and good judgment <sage advice>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one (as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom\n2 : a mature or venerable man of sound judgment\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a mint (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green aromatic leaves used especially in flavoring meats; broadly : SALVIA\n2 : SAGEBRUSH


Words: sagebrush
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several No. American hoary composite subshrubs (genus Artemisia); especially : one (A. tridentata) having a bitter juice and an odor resembling sage and often covering vast tracts of alkaline plains in the western U.S.


Words: sago
Meaning:
noun\n: a dry granulated or powdered starch prepared from the pith of a sago palm and used in foods and as textile stiffening


Words: sail
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : an extent of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water (2) : the sails of a ship b plural usually sail : a ship equipped with sails\n2 : an extent of fabric used in propelling a wind-driven vehicle (as an iceboat)\n3 : something that resembles a sail; especially : a streamlined conning tower on a submarine\n4 : a passage by a sailing craft : CRUISE\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to travel on water in a ship b : YACHT\n2 a : to travel on water by the action of wind upon sails or by other means b : to move or proceed easily, gracefully, nonchalantly, or without resistance <sails through all sorts of contradictions Vicki Hearne> <the bill sailed through the legislature>\n3 : to begin a water voyage <sail with the tide>\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to travel on (water) by means of motive power (as sail) b : to glide through\n2 : to direct or manage the motion of (as a ship)


Words: sailing
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the technical skill of managing a ship : NAVIGATION b : the method of determining the course to be followed to reach a given point\n2 a : the sport of handling or riding in a sailboat b : a departure from a port


Words: sailor
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : one that sails; especially : MARINER b (1) : a member of a ship’s crew (2) : SEAMAN 2b\n2 : a traveler by water\n3 : a stiff straw hat with a low flat crown and straight circular brim


Words: saint
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness\n2 a : one of the spirits of the departed in heaven b : ANGEL 1a\n3 a : one of God’s chosen and usually Christian people b capitalized : a member of any of various Christian bodies; specifically : LATTER-DAY SAINT\n4 : one eminent for piety or virtue\n5 : an illustrious predecessor\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to recognize or designate as a saint; specifically : CANONIZE


Words: sake
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : END, PURPOSE <for the sake of argument>\n2 a : the good, advantage, or enhancement of some entity (as an ideal) <free to pursue learning for its own sake M. S. Eisenhower> b : personal or social welfare, safety, or benefit\n\n<2> noun\n: a Japanese alcoholic beverage of fermented rice usually served hot


Words: salacious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination : LASCIVIOUS\n2 : LECHEROUS, LUSTFUL


Words: salad
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : green vegetables (as lettuce, endive, or romaine) and often tomatoes, cucumbers, or radishes served with dressing b : a dish of meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, fruits, or vegetables singly or in combination usually served cold with a dressing\n2 : a green vegetable or herb grown for salad; especially : LETTUCE\n3 : a usually incongruous mixture : HODGEPODGE


Words: salamander
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mythical animal having the power to endure fire without harm\n2 : an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus inhabiting fire\n3 : any of numerous amphibians (order Caudata) superficially resembling lizards but scaleless and covered with a soft moist skin and breathing by gills in the larval stage\n4 : an article used in connection with fire: as a : a cooking utensil for browning a food (as pastry or pudding) b : a portable stove c : a cooking device with an overhead heat source like a broiler


Words: sale
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act of selling; specifically : the transfer of ownership of and title to property from one person to another for a price\n2 a : opportunity of selling or being sold : DEMAND b : distribution by selling\n3 : public disposal to the highest bidder : AUCTION\n4 : a selling of goods at bargain prices\n5 plural a : operations and activities involved in promoting and selling goods or services <vice-president in charge of sales> b : gross receipts


Words: salient
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : moving by leaps or springs : JUMPING\n2 : jetting upward <a salient fountain>\n3 a : projecting beyond a line, surface, or level b : standing out conspicuously : PROMINENT; especially : of notable significance <similar to Prohibition, but there are a couple of salient differences Tony Gibbs>\n\n<2> noun\n: something (as a promontory) that projects outward or upward from its surroundings; especially : an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense


Words: saline
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : consisting of or containing salt <a saline solution>\n2 : of, relating to, or resembling salt : SALTY <a saline taste>\n3 : consisting of or relating to the salts of the alkali metals or of magnesium <a saline cathartic>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a metallic salt; especially : a salt of potassium, sodium, or magnesium with a cathartic action\n2 : a saline solution; especially : one isotonic with body fluids


Words: saliva
Meaning:
noun\n: a slightly alkaline secretion of water, mucin, protein, salts, and often a starch-splitting enzyme (as ptyalin) that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands, lubricates ingested food, and often begins the breakdown of starches


Words: sallow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark\n\n<2> adjective\n: of a grayish greenish yellow color


Words: sally
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an action of rushing or bursting forth; especially : a sortie of troops from a defensive position to attack the enemy\n2 a : a brief outbreak : OUTBURST b : a witty or imaginative saying : QUIP\n3 : a venture or excursion usually off the beaten track : JAUNT\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to leap out or burst forth suddenly\n2 : SET OUT, DEPART often used with forth


Words: salmon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a large anadromous salmonid fish (Salmo salar) of the No. Atlantic noted as a game and food fish called also Atlantic salmon b : any of various anadromous salmonid fishes other than the salmon; especially : PACIFIC SALMON c : a fish (as a barramunda) resembling a salmon\n2 : the variable color of salmon’s flesh averaging a strong yellowish pink


Words: salon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable home)\n2 : a fashionable assemblage of notables (as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person\n3 a : a hall for exhibition of art b capitalized : an annual exhibition of works of art\n4 : a stylish business establishment or shop <a beauty salon>


Words: saloon
Meaning:
noun\n1 a chiefly British : SALON 1 b chiefly British : an often elaborately decorated public hall c (1) : a usually large public cabin on a ship (as for dining) (2) : the living area on a yacht d chiefly British : SALON 4 e : BARROOM\n2 : SALON 2\n3 British a : PARLOR CAR b : SEDAN 2a called also saloon car


Words: salt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry called also common salt b : a substance (as washing soda) resembling common salt c plural (1) : a mineral or saline mixture (as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic (2) : SMELLING SALTS d : any of numerous compounds that result from replacement of part or all of the acid hydrogen of an acid by a metal or a group acting like a metal : an ionic crystalline compound\n2 : a container for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table\n3 a : an ingredient that gives savor, piquancy, or zest : FLAVOR <a people full of life, vigor, and the salt of personality Clifton Fadiman> b : sharpness of wit : PUNGENCY c : COMMON SENSE d : RESERVE, SKEPTICISM usually used in the phrases with a grain of salt and with a pinch of salt e : a dependable steadfast person or group of people usually used in the phrase salt of the earth\n4 : SAILOR <a tale worthy of an old salt>\n5 : KEEP 3 usually used in the phrase worth one’s salt\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to treat, provide, or season with common salt b : to preserve (food) with salt or in brine c : to supply (as an animal) with salt\n2 : to give flavor or piquancy to (as a story)\n3 : to enrich (as a mine) artificially by secretly placing valuable mineral in some of the working places\n4 : to sprinkle with or as if with a salt\n\n<3> adjective\n1 a : SALINE, SALTY b : being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is suggestive of seawater compare BITTER, SOUR, SWEET\n2 : cured or seasoned with salt : SALTED\n3 : overflowed with salt water <a salt pond>\n4 : SHARP, PUNGENT\n\n<4> adjective\nobsolete : LUSTFUL, LASCIVIOUS


Words: salutary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : producing a beneficial effect : REMEDIAL <salutary influences>\n2 : promoting health : CURATIVE


Words: salutation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an expression of greeting, goodwill, or courtesy by word, gesture, or ceremony b plural : REGARDS\n2 : the word or phrase of greeting (as Gentlemen or Dear Sir or Madam) that conventionally comes immediately before the body of a letter


Words: salute
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to address with expressions of kind wishes, courtesy, or honor b : to give a sign of respect, courtesy, or goodwill to : GREET\n2 : to become apparent to (one of the senses)\n3 a : to honor (as a person, nation, or event) by a conventional military or naval ceremony b : to show respect and recognition to (a military superior) by assuming a prescribed position c : to express commendation of : PRAISE\nintransitive senses : to make a salute\n\n<2> noun\n1 : GREETING, SALUTATION\n2 a : a sign, token, or ceremony expressing goodwill, compliment, or respect <the festival was a salute to the arts> b : the position (as of the hand) or the entire attitude of a person saluting a superior\n3 : FIRECRACKER


Words: salvage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck b : the act of saving or rescuing a ship or its cargo c : the act of saving or rescuing property in danger (as from fire)\n2 a : property saved from destruction in a calamity (as a wreck or fire) b : something extracted (as from rubbish) as valuable or useful\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin


Words: salvation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : deliverance from the power and effects of sin b : the agent or means that effects salvation c Christian Science : the realization of the supremacy of infinite Mind over all bringing with it the destruction of the illusion of sin, sickness, and death\n2 : liberation from ignorance or illusion\n3 a : preservation from destruction or failure b : deliverance from danger or difficulty


Words: salve
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores\n2 : a remedial or soothing influence or agency <a salve to their hurt feelings>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to remedy (as disease) with or as if with a salve\n2 : QUIET, ASSUAGE <give him a raise in salary to salve his feelings Upton Sinclair>\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: SALVAGE


Words: salvo
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns in military action or as a salute b : the release all at one time of a rack of bombs or rockets (as from an airplane) c : a series of shots by an artillery battery with each gun firing one round in turn after a prescribed interval d : the bombs or projectiles released in a salvo\n2 : something suggestive of a salvo: as a : a sudden burst <a salvo of cheers> b : a spirited attack <the first salvo of a political campaign>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to release a salvo of\nintransitive senses : to fire a salvo\n\n<3> noun\n1 : a mental reservation : PROVISO\n2 : a means of safeguarding one’s name or honor or allaying one’s conscience : SALVE


Words: samarium
Meaning:
noun\n: a pale gray lustrous metallic element used especially in alloys that form permanent magnets see ELEMENT table


Words: same
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : resembling in every relevant respect b : conforming in every respect used with as\n2 a : being one without addition, change, or discontinuance : IDENTICAL b : being the one under discussion or already referred to\n3 : corresponding so closely as to be indistinguishable\n4 : equal in size, shape, value, or importance usually used with the or a demonstrative (as that, those) in all senses\n\n<2> pronoun\n1 : something identical with or similar to another\n2 : something or someone previously mentioned or described often used with the or a demonstrative (as that, those) in both senses\n\n<3> adverb\n: in the same manner used with the or a demonstrative (as that, those)


Words: sample
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a representative part or a single item from a larger whole or group especially when presented for inspection or shown as evidence of quality : SPECIMEN\n2 : a finite part of a statistical population whose properties are studied to gain information about the whole\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to take a sample of or from; especially : to judge the quality of by a sample : TEST <sampled his output for defects> <sample a wine>\n\n<3> adjective\n: serving as an illustration or example <sample questions>


Words: sampler
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a decorative piece of needlework typically having letters or verses embroidered on it in various stitches as an example of skill\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one that collects, prepares, or examines samples\n2 : something containing representative specimens or selections <a sampler of nineteen poets K. E. Judd>; also : ASSORTMENT


Words: sanatorium
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an establishment that provides therapy combined with a regimen (as of diet and exercise) for treatment or rehabilitation\n2 a : an institution for rest and recuperation (as of convalescents) b : an establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill


Words: sanctify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : CONSECRATE\n2 : to free from sin : PURIFY\n3 a : to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to b : to give moral or social sanction to\n4 : to make productive of holiness or piety <observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it Deut 5:12 (Douay Version)>


Words: sanctimonious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : affecting piousness : hypocritically devout; also : indicative of affected piousness <the king’s sanctimonious rebuke G. B. Shaw>\n2 obsolete : possessing sanctity : HOLY


Words: sanction
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a formal decree; especially : an ecclesiastical decree\n2 a obsolete : a solemn agreement : OATH b : something that makes an oath binding\n3 : the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing the law\n4 a : a consideration, principle, or influence (as of conscience) that impels to moral action or determines moral judgment b : a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society’s standards c : explicit or official approval, permission, or ratification : APPROBATION\n5 : an economic or military coercive measure adopted usually by several nations in concert for forcing a nation violating international law to desist or yield to adjudication\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure (as ratification)\n2 : to give effective or authoritative approval or consent to


Words: sanctity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : holiness of life and character : GODLINESS\n2 a : the quality or state of being holy or sacred : INVIOLABILITY b plural : sacred objects, obligations, or rights


Words: sanctuary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a consecrated place: as a : the ancient Hebrew temple at Jerusalem or its holy of holies b (1) : the most sacred part of a religious building (as the part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed) (2) : the room in which general worship services are held (3) : a place (as a church or a temple) for worship\n2 a (1) : a place of refuge and protection (2) : a refuge for wildlife where predators are controlled and hunting is illegal b : the immunity from law attached to a sanctuary


Words: sanctum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sacred place\n2 : a place where one is free from intrusion <an editor’s sanctum> <the inner sanctums of research>


Words: sand
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt, and is used in mortar, glass, abrasives, and foundry molds b : soil containing 85 percent or more of sand and a maximum of 10 percent of clay; broadly : sandy soil\n2 a : a tract of sand : BEACH b : a sandbank or sandbar\n3 : the sand in an hourglass; also : the moments of a lifetime usually used in plural <the sands of this government run out very rapidly H. J. Laski>\n4 : an oil-producing formation of sandstone or unconsolidated sand\n5 : firm resolution\n6 : a yellowish gray color\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to sprinkle or dust with or as if with sand\n2 : to cover or fill with sand\n3 : to smooth or dress by grinding or rubbing with an abrasive (as sandpaper)


Words: sandal
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot\n2 : a low-cut shoe that fastens by an ankle strap\n3 : a strap to hold on a slipper or low shoe\n4 : a rubber overshoe cut very low


Words: sandblast
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a stream of sand projected by compressed air (as for engraving, cutting, or cleaning glass or stone)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to affect or treat with or as if with a sandblast


Words: sandpaper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: paper covered on one side with abrasive material (as sand) glued fast and used for smoothing and polishing\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to rub with or as if with sandpaper


Words: sandpiper
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous small shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) distinguished from the related plovers chiefly by the longer and soft-tipped bill


Words: sandstone
Meaning:
noun\n: a sedimentary rock consisting of usually quartz sand united by some cement (as silica or calcium carbonate)


Words: sandwich
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between b : one slice of bread covered with food\n2 : something resembling a sandwich; especially : composite structural material consisting of layers often of high-strength facings bonded to a low strength central core\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to make into or as if into a sandwich; especially : to insert or enclose between usually two things of another quality or character\n2 : to make a place for often used with in or between


Words: sane
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : proceeding from a sound mind : RATIONAL\n2 : mentally sound; especially : able to anticipate and appraise the effect of one’s actions\n3 : healthy in body


Words: sanguinary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : BLOODTHIRSTY, MURDEROUS <sanguinary hatred>\n2 : attended by bloodshed : BLOODY <this bitter and sanguinary war T. H. D. Mahoney>\n3 : consisting of blood <a sanguinary stream>


Words: sanguine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : BLOODRED\n2 a : consisting of or relating to blood b : BLOODTHIRSTY, SANGUINARY c of the complexion : RUDDY\n3 : having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also : having the bodily conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness\n4 : CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC\n\n<2> noun\n: a moderate to strong red


Words: sanitary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to health <sanitary measures>\n2 : of, relating to, or used in the disposal especially of domestic waterborne waste <sanitary sewage>\n3 : characterized by or readily kept in cleanliness <sanitary packages>


Words: sanitation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of making sanitary\n2 : the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions


Words: sanitize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make sanitary (as by cleaning or sterilizing)\n2 : to make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or undesired features <sanitize a document>


Words: sans
Meaning:
<1> preposition\n: WITHOUT <my love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw Shakespeare>\n\n<2> noun\n: SANS SERIF


Words: sap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the fluid part of a plant; specifically : a watery solution that circulates through a plant’s vascular system b (1) : a body fluid (as blood) essential to life, health, or vigor (2) : bodily health and vigor\n2 : a foolish gullible person\n3 : BLACKJACK, BLUDGEON\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to drain or deprive of sap\n2 : to knock out with a sap\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to proceed by digging a sap\ntransitive senses\n1 : to subvert by digging or eroding the substratum or foundation : UNDERMINE\n2 a : to gradually diminish the supply or intensity of <sapped her strength> b : to weaken or exhaust the energy or vitality of\n3 : to operate against or pierce by a sap\n\n<4> noun\n: the extension of a trench to a point beneath an enemy’s fortifications


Words: sapling
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a young tree; specifically : one not over four inches in diameter at breast height\n2 : YOUTH 2a


Words: sapphire
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a gem variety of corundum in transparent or translucent crystals of a color other than red; especially : one of a transparent rich blue b : a gem of such corundum\n2 : a deep purplish blue color


Words: sappy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : abounding with sap\n2 : resembling or consisting largely of sapwood\n3 a : overly sweet or sentimental b : lacking in good sense : SILLY


Words: sapsucker
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a genus (Sphyrapicus) of small No. American woodpeckers that drill holes in trees in order to obtain sap and insects for food


Words: sapwood
Meaning:
noun\n: the younger softer living or physiologically active outer portion of wood that lies between the cambium and the heartwood and is more permeable, less durable, and usually lighter in color than the heartwood


Words: sarcasm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain <tired of continual sarcasms>\n2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm <this is no time to indulge in sarcasm>


Words: sardine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several small or immature clupeid fishes; especially : the young of the European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) when of a size suitable for preserving for food\n2 : any of various small fishes (as an anchovy) resembling the true sardines or similarly preserved for food


Words: sardonic
Meaning:
adjective\n: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking <a sardonic comment> <his sardonic expression>


Words: sarsaparilla
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of various tropical American greenbriers b : the dried roots of a sarsaparilla used especially as a flavoring\n2 : any of various plants (as wild sarsaparilla) that resemble or are used as a substitute for sarsaparilla\n3 : a sweetened carbonated beverage flavored with sassafras and oil distilled from a European birch


Words: sash
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a band worn about the waist or over one shoulder and used as a dress accessory or the emblem of an honorary or military order\n\n<2> noun\n: the framework in which panes of glass are set in a window or door; also : such a framework together with its panes forming a usually movable part of a window


Words: sassafras
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an eastern No. American tree (Sassafras albidum) of the laurel family having both ovate and lobed aromatic leaves\n2 : the carcinogenic dried root bark of the sassafras used formerly as a diaphoretic or flavoring agent


Words: sassy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : IMPUDENT, SAUCY\n2 : VIGOROUS, LIVELY\n3 : distinctively smart and stylish <a sassy black-and-white bow tie Jean Stafford>


Words: satanic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of Satan or satanism <satanic pride> <satanic rites>\n2 : characterized by extreme cruelty or viciousness


Words: satellite
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a hired agent or obsequious follower : MINION, SYCOPHANT\n2 a : a celestial body orbiting another of larger size b : a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body\n3 : someone or something attendant, subordinate, or dependent; especially : a country politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country\n4 : a usually independent urban community situated near but not immediately adjacent to a large city


Words: satiate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: filled to satiety\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess


Words: satiety
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity : SURFEIT, FULLNESS\n2 : the revulsion or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess


Words: satin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a fabric (as of silk) in satin weave with lustrous face and dull back\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of or covered with satin\n2 : suggestive of satin especially in smooth lustrous appearance or sleekness to touch


Words: satinwood
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of the rue family that yields a lustrous yellowish brown wood b : a tree (as Zanthoxylum flavum of the rue family) with wood resembling true satinwood\n2 : the wood of a satinwood


Words: satire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn\n2 : trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly


Words: satisfaction
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a sin b : reparation for sin that meets the demands of divine justice\n2 a : fulfillment of a need or want b : the quality or state of being satisfied : CONTENTMENT c : a source or means of enjoyment : GRATIFICATION\n3 a : compensation for a loss or injury : ATONEMENT, RESTITUTION b : the discharge of a legal obligation or claim c : VINDICATION\n4 : convinced assurance or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the court>


Words: satisfy
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to carry out the terms of (as a contract) : DISCHARGE b : to meet a financial obligation to\n2 : to make reparation to (an injured party) : INDEMNIFY\n3 a : to make happy : PLEASE b : to gratify to the full : APPEASE\n4 a : CONVINCE b : to put an end to (doubt or uncertainty) : DISPEL\n5 a : to conform to (as specifications) : be adequate to (an end in view) b : to make true by fulfilling a condition <values that satisfy an equation> <satisfy a hypothesis>\nintransitive senses : to be adequate : SUFFICE; also : PLEASE


Words: satrap
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the governor of a province in ancient Persia\n2 a : RULER b : a subordinate official : HENCHMAN


Words: saturate
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 : to satisfy fully : SATIATE\n2 : to treat, furnish, or charge with something to the point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved, or retained <water saturated with salt>\n3 a : to fill completely with something that permeates or pervades <book is saturated with Hollywood, old and new Newgate Callendar> b : to load to capacity\n4 : to cause to combine till there is no further tendency to combine\n\n<2> adjective\n: SATURATED


Words: saturnine
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn\n2 a : cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change b : of a gloomy or surly disposition c : having a sardonic aspect <a saturnine smile>


Words: satyr
Meaning:
noun\n1 often capitalized : a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry\n2 a : a lecherous man b : one having satyriasis\n3 : any of various usually brown and gray satyrid butterflies


Words: sauce
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a condiment or relish for food; especially : a fluid dressing or topping\n2 : something that adds zest or piquancy\n3 : stewed fruit eaten with other food or as a dessert\n4 : pert or impudent language or actions\n5 slang : LIQUOR used with the\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to dress with relish or seasoning b : to cover or serve with a sauce\n2 a archaic : to modify the harsh or unpleasant characteristics of b : to give zest or piquancy to\n3 : to be rude or impudent to


Words: saucer
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a small shallow dish in which a cup is set at table\n2 : something resembling a saucer especially in shape; especially : FLYING SAUCER


Words: saucy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : served with or having the consistency of sauce\n2 a : impertinently bold and impudent b : amusingly forward and flippant : IRREPRESSIBLE\n3 : SMART, TRIM <a saucy little hat>


Words: sausage
Meaning:
noun\n: a highly seasoned minced meat (as pork) usually stuffed in casings of prepared animal intestine; also : a link or patty of sausage


Words: savage
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not domesticated or under human control : UNTAMED <savage beasts> b : lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings : FIERCE, FEROCIOUS\n2 : WILD, UNCULTIVATED <seldom have seen such savage scenery Douglas Carruthers>\n3 a : BOORISH, RUDE <the savage bad manners of most motorists M. P. O’Connor> b : MALICIOUS\n4 : lacking complex or advanced culture : UNCIVILIZED\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person belonging to a primitive society\n2 : a brutal person\n3 : a rude or unmannerly person\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to attack or treat brutally


Words: savant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a person of learning; especially : one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field (as of science or literature)\n2 : IDIOT SAVANT 1


Words: save
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to deliver from sin b : to rescue or deliver from danger or harm c : to preserve or guard from injury, destruction, or loss\n2 a : to put aside as a store or reserve : ACCUMULATE b : to spend less by <save 25>\n3 a : to make unnecessary : AVOID <it saves an hour’s driving> b (1) : to keep from being lost to an opponent (2) : to prevent an opponent from scoring or winning\n4 : MAINTAIN, PRESERVE <save appearances>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rescue or deliver someone\n2 a : to put aside money b : to avoid unnecessary waste or expense : ECONOMIZE c : to spend less money <buy now and save>\n3 : to make a save\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning\n2 : the action of a relief pitcher in baseball in successfully protecting a team’s lead\n\n<3> preposition\n: other than : BUT, EXCEPT <no hope save one>\n\n<4> conjunction\n1 : except for the fact that : ONLY used with that <of his earlier years little is known, save that he studied violin J. N. Burk>\n2 : BUT, EXCEPT used before a word often taken to be the subject of a clause <no one knows about it save she>


Words: savior
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that saves from danger or destruction\n2 : one who brings salvation; specifically capitalized : JESUS 1


Words: savor
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the taste or smell of something\n2 : a particular flavor or smell\n3 : a distinctive quality\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to have a specified smell or quality : SMACK\ntransitive senses\n1 : to give flavor to : SEASON\n2 a : to have experience of : TASTE b : to taste or smell with pleasure : RELISH c : to delight in : ENJOY


Words: saxophone
Meaning:
noun\n: one of a group of single-reed woodwind instruments ranging from soprano to bass and characterized by a conical metal tube and finger keys


Words: say
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to express in words : STATE b : to state as opinion or belief : DECLARE\n2 a : UTTER, PRONOUNCE b : RECITE, REPEAT <say your prayers>\n3 a : INDICATE, SHOW <the clock says five minutes after twelve> b : to give expression to : COMMUNICATE <a glance that said all that was necessary>\nintransitive senses : to express oneself : SPEAK\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : something that is said : STATEMENT\n2 : an expression of opinion <had my say>\n3 : a right or power to influence action or decision; especially : the authority to make final decisions\n\n<3> adverb\n1 : ABOUT, APPROXIMATELY <the property is worth, say, four million dollars>\n2 : for example : AS <if we compress any gas, say oxygen>


Words: scab
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : scabies of domestic animals\n2 : a crust of hardened blood and serum over a wound\n3 a : a contemptible person b (1) : a worker who refuses to join a labor union (2) : a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended (3) : a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike (4) : one who works for less than union wages or on nonunion terms\n4 : any of various bacterial or fungus diseases of plants characterized by crustaceous spots; also : one of the spots\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to become covered with a scab\n2 : to act as a scab


Words: scaffold
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a temporary or movable platform for workers (as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground b : a platform on which a criminal is executed (as by hanging or beheading) c : a platform at a height above ground or floor level\n2 : a supporting framework


Words: scald
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam\n2 a : to subject to the action of boiling water or steam b : to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point <scald milk>\n3 : SCORCH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to scald something\n2 : to become scalded\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an injury to the body caused by scalding\n2 : an act or process of scalding\n3 : any of various conditions or diseases of plants or fruits marked especially by a usually brownish discoloration of tissue\n\n<3> adjective\n1 archaic : SCABBY, SCURFY\n2 archaic : SHABBY, CONTEMPTIBLE


Words: scale
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : either pan or tray of a balance b : a beam that is supported freely in the center and has two pans of equal weight suspended from its ends usually used in plural\n2 : an instrument or machine for weighing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to weigh in scales\nintransitive senses : to have a specified weight on scales\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a small, flattened, rigid, and definitely circumscribed plate forming part of the external body covering especially of a fish b : a small thin plate suggesting a fish scale <scales of mica> <the scales on a moth’s wing> c : the scaly covering of a scaled animal\n2 : a small thin dry lamina shed (as in many skin diseases) from the skin\n3 : a thin coating, layer, or incrustation: a : a usually black scaly coating of oxide forming on the surface of a metal (as iron) when it is heated for processing b : a hard incrustation usually rich in sulfate of calcium that is deposited on the inside of a vessel (as a boiler) in which water is heated\n4 a : a modified leaf protecting a seed plant bud before expansion b : a thin, membranous, chaffy, or woody bract\n5 a : any of the small overlapping usually metal pieces forming the outer surface of scale armor b : SCALE ARMOR\n6 a : SCALE INSECT b : infestation with or disease caused by scale insects\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to remove the scale or scales from (as by scraping) <scale a fish>\n2 : to take off in thin layers or scales\n3 : to form scale on <hard water scales a boiler>\n4 : to throw (as a thin flat stone) so that the edge cuts the air or so that it skips on water : SKIM\nintransitive senses\n1 : to separate and come off in scales : FLAKE\n2 : to shed scales <scaling skin>\n3 : to become encrusted with scale\n\n<5> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to attack with or take by means of scaling ladders <scale a castle wall> b : to climb up or reach by means of a ladder c : to reach the highest point of : SURMOUNT\n2 a : to arrange in a graduated series <scale a test> b (1) : to measure by or as if by a scale (2) : to measure or estimate the sound


Words: scallion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SHALLOT\n2 : LEEK\n3 : an onion forming a thick basal portion without a bulb; also : GREEN ONION


Words: scallop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : any of numerous marine bivalve lamellibranch mollusks (family Pectinidae) that have a radially ribbed shell with the edge undulated and that swim by opening and closing the valves b : the adductor muscle of a scallop as an article of food\n2 a : a valve or shell of a scallop b : a baking dish shaped like a valve of a scallop\n3 : one of a continuous series of circle segments or angular projections forming a border\n4 : PATTYPAN\n5 French escalope, probably from Middle French, shell : a thin slice of boneless meat (as veal)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 from the use of a scallop shell as a baking dish : to bake in a sauce usually covered with seasoned bread or cracker crumbs <scalloped potatoes>\n2 a : to shape, cut, or finish in scallops b : to form scallops in\nintransitive senses : to gather or dredge scallops


Words: scalp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the part of the integument of the human head usually covered with hair in both sexes b : the part of an animal (as a wolf or fox) corresponding to the human scalp\n2 a : a part of the human scalp with attached hair cut or torn from an enemy as a token of victory (as by Indian warriors of No. America) b : a trophy of victory or accomplishment\n3 chiefly Scottish : a projecting mass of bare ground or rock\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to deprive of the scalp b : to remove an upper part from\n2 : to remove a desired constituent from and discard the rest\n3 : to buy and sell so as to make small quick profits <scalp stocks> <scalp grain>; especially : to resell at greatly increased prices <scalp theater tickets>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take scalps\n2 : to profit by slight market fluctuations


Words: scamp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : RASCAL, ROGUE\n2 : an impish or playful young person\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to perform or deal with in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner


Words: scamper
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n: to run nimbly and usually playfully about\n\n<2> noun\n: a playful or hurried run or movement


Words: scan
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to read or mark so as to show metrical structure\n2 : to examine by point-by-point observation or checking: a : to investigate thoroughly by checking point by point and often repeatedly <a fire lookout scanning the hills with binoculars> b : to glance from point to point of often hastily, casually, or in search of a particular item <scan the want ads looking for a job>\n3 a : to examine especially systematically with a sensing device (as a photometer or a beam of radiation) usually to obtain information b : to pass an electron beam over and convert (an image) into variations of electrical properties (as voltage) that convey information electronically c : to pass over in the formation of an image <the electron beam scans the picture tube>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to scan verse\n2 : to conform to a metrical pattern\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or process of scanning\n2 : a radar or television trace\n3 a : a depiction (as a photograph) of the distribution of a radioactive material in something (as a bodily organ) b : an image of a bodily part produced (as by computer) by combining radiographic data obtained from several angles or sections


Words: scandal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : discredit brought upon religion by unseemly conduct in a religious person b : conduct that causes or encourages a lapse of faith or of religious obedience in another\n2 : loss of or damage to reputation caused by actual or apparent violation of morality or propriety : DISGRACE\n3 a : a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it b : a person whose conduct offends propriety or morality\n4 : malicious or defamatory gossip\n5 : indignation, chagrin, or bewilderment brought about by a flagrant violation of morality, propriety, or religious opinion\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 obsolete : DISGRACE\n2 chiefly dialect : DEFAME, SLANDER


Words: scant
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 dialect a : excessively frugal b : not prodigal : CHARY\n2 a : barely or scarcely sufficient; especially : not quite coming up to a stated measure b : lacking in amplitude or quantity\n3 : having a small or insufficient supply <he’s fat, and scant of breath Shakespeare>\n\n<2> adverb\ndialect : SCARCELY, HARDLY\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to provide an incomplete supply of\n2 : to make small, narrow, or meager\n3 : to give scant attention to : SLIGHT\n4 : to provide with a meager or inadequate portion or supply : STINT


Words: scantling
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the dimensions of timber and stone used in building b : the dimensions of a frame or strake used in shipbuilding\n2 : a small quantity, amount, or proportion : MODICUM\n3 : a small piece of lumber (as an upright piece in house framing)


Words: scapegoat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur\n2 a : one that bears the blame for others b : one that is the object of irrational hostility\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to make a scapegoat of


Words: scar
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an isolated or protruding rock\n2 : a steep rocky eminence : a bare place on the side of a mountain\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue\n2 a : a mark left on a stem or branch by a fallen leaf or harvested fruit b : CICATRIX 2\n3 : a mark or indentation resulting from damage or wear\n4 : a lasting moral or emotional injury <one of his men had been killed in a manner that left a scar upon his mind H. G. Wells>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mark with a scar\n2 : to do lasting injury to\nintransitive senses\n1 : to form a scar\n2 : to become scarred


Words: scarab
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a family (Scarabaeidae) of stout-bodied beetles (as a dung beetle) with lamellate or flabellate antennae\n2 : a stone or faience beetle used in ancient Egypt as a talisman, ornament, and a symbol of resurrection


Words: scarce
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant\n2 : intentionally absent <made himself scarce at inspection time>\n\n<2> adverb\n: SCARCELY, HARDLY


Words: scarcely
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : by a narrow margin : only just <had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open Agnes S. Turnbull> b : almost not <could scarcely see for the fog>\n2 a : certainly not <could scarcely interfere> b : probably not <there could scarcely have been found a leader better equipped V. L. Parrington>


Words: scare
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to frighten especially suddenly : ALARM\nintransitive senses : to become scared\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a sudden fright\n2 : a widespread state of alarm : PANIC


Words: scarecrow
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an object usually suggesting a human figure that is set up to frighten birds away from crops b : something frightening but harmless\n2 : a skinny or ragged person


Words: scarf
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : either of the chamfered or cutaway ends that fit together to form a scarf joint\n2 : a joint made by chamfering, halving, or notching two pieces to correspond and lapping and bolting them called also scarf joint\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to unite by a scarf joint\n2 : to form a scarf on\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a military or official sash usually indicative of rank b archaic : TIPPET 3\n2 : a broad band of cloth worn about the shoulders, around the neck, or over the head\n3 : RUNNER 6b\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 : to wrap, cover, or adorn with or as if with a scarf\n2 : to wrap or throw on (a scarf or mantle) loosely\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: 3SCOFF 1 <scarfed down my sandwich>


Words: scarlet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : scarlet cloth or clothes\n2 : any of various bright reds\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of the color scarlet\n2 a : grossly and glaringly offensive <sinning in flagrant and scarlet fashion G. W. Johnson> b from the use of the word in Isaiah 1:18 Revelations 17:1*6 (AV) : of, characterized by, or associated with sexual immorality <a scarlet woman>


Words: scatter
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to separate widely b : to cause to vanish\n2 archaic : to fling away heedlessly : SQUANDER\n3 : to distribute irregularly\n4 : to sow by casting in all directions : STREW\n5 a : to reflect irregularly and diffusely b : to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse\n6 : to divide into ineffectual small portions\nintransitive senses\n1 : to separate and go in various directions : DISPERSE\n2 : to occur or fall irregularly or at random\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of scattering\n2 : a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about : SCATTERING\n3 : the state or extent of being scattered; especially : DISPERSION


Words: scavenge
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to remove (as dirt or refuse) from an area (2) : to clean away dirt or refuse from : CLEANSE <scavenge a street> b : to feed on (carrion or refuse)\n2 a : to remove (burned gases) from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine after a working stroke b : to remove (as an undesirable constituent) from a substance or region by chemical or physical means c : to clean and purify (molten metal) by taking up foreign elements in chemical union\n3 : to salvage from discarded or refuse material; also : to salvage usable material from\nintransitive senses : to work or act as a scavenger


Words: scavenger
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets\n2 : one that scavenges: as a : a garbage collector b : a junk collector c : a chemically active substance acting to make innocuous or remove an undesirable substance\n3 : an organism that feeds habitually on refuse or carrion


Words: scenario
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an outline or synopsis of a play; especially : a plot outline used by actors of the commedia dell’arte b : the libretto of an opera\n2 a : SCREENPLAY b : SHOOTING SCRIPT\n3 : a sequence of events especially when imagined; especially : an account or synopsis of a possible course of action or events <his scenario for a settlement envisages reunification Selig Harrison>


Words: scene
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one of the subdivisions of a play: as a : a division of an act presenting continuous action in one place b : a single situation or unit of dialogue in a play <the love scene> c : a motion-picture or television episode or sequence\n2 a : a stage setting b : a real or imaginary prospect suggesting a stage setting <a sylvan scene>\n3 : the place of an occurrence or action : LOCALE <scene of the crime>\n4 : an exhibition of anger or indecorous behavior <make a scene>\n5 a : sphere of activity <the drug scene> b : SITUATION <a bad scene>


Words: scenery
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the painted scenes or hangings and accessories used on a theater stage\n2 : a picturesque view or landscape


Words: scent
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell: as a : an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over b : a characteristic or particular odor; especially : one that is agreeable\n2 a : power of smelling : sense of smell <a keen scent> b : power of detection : NOSE <a scent for heresy>\n3 : a course of pursuit or discovery <throw one off the scent>\n4 : INKLING, INTIMATION <a scent of trouble>\n5 : PERFUME 2\n6 : bits of paper dropped in the game of hare and hounds\n7 : a mixture prepared for use as a lure in hunting or fishing\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to perceive by the olfactory organs : SMELL b : to get or have an inkling of <scent trouble>\n2 : to imbue or fill with odor <scented the air with perfume>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to yield an odor of some specified kind <this scents of sulfur>; also : to bear indication or suggestions\n2 : to use the nose in seeking or tracking prey


Words: scepter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a staff or baton borne by a sovereign as an emblem of authority\n2 : royal or imperial authority : SOVEREIGNTY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to invest with the scepter in token of royal authority


Words: schedule
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a obsolete : a written document b : a statement of supplementary details appended to a legal or legislative document\n2 : a written or printed list, catalog, or inventory; also : TIMETABLE 1\n3 : PROGRAM; especially : a procedural plan that indicates the time and sequence of each operation <finished on schedule>\n4 : a body of items to be dealt with : AGENDA\n5 : a governmental list of drugs all subject to the same legal restrictions and controls\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to place in a schedule b : to make a schedule of\n2 : to appoint, assign, or designate for a fixed time


Words: scheme
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a archaic (1) : a mathematical or astronomical diagram (2) : a representation of the astrological aspects of the planets at a particular time b : a graphic sketch or outline\n2 : a concise statement or table : EPITOME\n3 : a plan or program of action; especially : a crafty or secret one\n4 : a systematic or organized framework : DESIGN\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to form a scheme for\nintransitive senses : to form plans; also : PLOT, INTRIGUE


Words: schism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : DIVISION, SEPARATION; also : DISCORD, DISHARMONY\n2 a : formal division in or separation from a church or religious body b : the offense of promoting schism


Words: schismatic
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one who creates or takes part in schism\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, relating to, or guilty of schism


Words: schizophrenia
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought (as in hallucinations and delusions), and conduct called also dementia praecox\n2 : contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes <both parties have exhibited schizophrenia over the desired outcome Elizabeth Drew>


Words: scholar
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one who attends a school or studies under a teacher : PUPIL\n2 a : one who has done advanced study in a special field b : a learned person\n3 : a holder of a scholarship


Words: scholarship
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a grant-in-aid to a student (as by a college or foundation)\n2 : the character, qualities, activity, or attainments of a scholar : LEARNING\n3 : a fund of knowledge and learning <drawing on the scholarship of the ancients>


Words: scholastic
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a often capitalized : of or relating to Scholasticism <scholastic theology> <scholastic philosophy> b : suggestive or characteristic of a scholastic especially in subtlety or aridity : PEDANTIC <dull scholastic reports>\n2 : of or relating to schools or scholars; especially : of or relating to high school or secondary school\n\n<2> noun\n1 a capitalized : a Scholastic philosopher b : PEDANT, FORMALIST\n2 New Latin scholasticus, from Latin scholasticus, adjective : a student in a scholasticate\n3 : one who adopts academic or traditional methods in art


Words: school
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an organization that provides instruction: as a : an institution for the teaching of children b : COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY c (1) : a group of scholars and teachers pursuing knowledge together that with similar groups constituted a medieval university (2) : one of the four faculties of a medieval university (3) : an institution for specialized higher education often associated with a university <the school of engineering> d : an establishment offering specialized instruction <a secretarial school> <driving schools>\n2 a (1) : the process of teaching or learning especially at a school (2) : attendance at a school (3) : a session of a school b : a school building c : the students attending a school; also : its teachers and students\n3 : a source of knowledge <experience was his school>\n4 a : persons who hold a common doctrine or follow the same teacher (as in philosophy, theology, or medicine) <the Aristotelian school> b : a group of artists under a common influence c : persons of similar opinions or behavior <other schools of thought>\n5 : the regulations governing military drill of individuals or units; also : the exercises carried out <the school of the soldier>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to teach or drill in a specific knowledge or skill <well schooled in languages> b : to discipline or habituate to something <school oneself in patience>\n2 : to educate in an institution of learning\n\n<3> noun\n: a large number of fish or aquatic animals of one kind swimming together\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: to swim or feed in a school <bluefish are schooling>


Words: schoolboy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a boy attending school\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy <schoolboy pranks>\n2 : of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys; also : being one who participates in such sports <a former schoolboy and collegiate goalie D. J. Barr>


Words: schoolmarm
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a woman schoolteacher especially in a rural or small-town school\n2 : a person who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers (as strict adherence to arbitrary rules)


Words: schoolmaster
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a man who teaches school\n2 : one that disciplines or directs\n3 : a reddish brown edible snapper (Lutjanus apodus) of the tropical Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico


Words: schooner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships\n2 : a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)\n3 : PRAIRIE SCHOONER


Words: sciatica
Meaning:
noun\n: pain along the course of a sciatic nerve especially in the back of the thigh; broadly : pain in the lower back, buttocks, hips, or adjacent parts


Words: science
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding\n2 a : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology> b : something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge <have it down to a science>\n3 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method b : such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : NATURAL SCIENCE\n4 : a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws <culinary science>\n5 capitalized : CHRISTIAN SCIENCE


Words: scimitar
Meaning:
noun\n: a saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by Arabs and Turks


Words: scintillate
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to emit sparks : SPARK\n2 : to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : SPARKLE\ntransitive senses : to throw off as a spark or as sparkling flashes <scintillate witticisms>


Words: scion
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a detached living portion of a plant joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft\n2 : DESCENDANT, CHILD


Words: scissors
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : a cutting instrument having two blades whose cutting edges slide past each other\n2 a : a gymnastic feat in which the leg movements suggest the opening and closing of scissors b : SCISSORS HOLD


Words: sclerosis
Meaning:
noun\n: pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue; also : a disease characterized by sclerosis


Words: scoff
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : GIBE\n2 : an object of scorn, mockery, or derision\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to show contempt by derisive acts or language\ntransitive senses : to treat or address with derision : MOCK\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to eat greedily\n2 : SEIZE often used with up\nintransitive senses : to eat something greedily


Words: scold
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one who scolds habitually or persistently b : a woman who disturbs the public peace by noisy and quarrelsome or abusive behavior\n2 : SCOLDING\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 obsolete : to quarrel noisily\n2 : to find fault noisily or angrily\ntransitive senses : to censure severely or angrily : REBUKE


Words: scone
Meaning:
noun\n: a rich quick bread cut into usually triangular shapes and cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet


Words: scoop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a large ladle b : a deep shovel or similar implement for digging, dipping, or shoveling c : a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food d : a small spoon-shaped utensil or instrument for cutting or gouging\n2 : the action of scooping\n3 a : a hollow place : CAVITY b : a part forming or surrounding an opening for channeling a fluid (as air) into a desired path\n4 a : information especially of immediate interest b : BEAT 5b\n5 : a rounded and usually low-cut neckline on a woman’s garment called also scoop neck\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to take out or up with or as if with a scoop : DIP b : to pick up quickly or surreptitiously with or as if with a sweep of the hand often used with up\n2 : to empty by ladling out the contents\n3 : to make hollow : DIG OUT\n4 : BEAT 5a(2)


Words: scope
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : INTENTION, OBJECT\n2 : space or opportunity for unhampered motion, activity, or thought\n3 : extent of treatment, activity, or influence\n4 : range of operation: as a : the range of a logical operator : a string in predicate calculus that is governed by a quantifier b : a grammatical constituent that determines the interpretation of a predicate or quantifier\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an instrument (as a telescope or radarscope) for viewing\n2 : HOROSCOPE\n\n<3> transitive verb\n: to look at especially for the purpose of evaluation often used with out <scoped her out from across the room Tim Allis>


Words: scorch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture\n2 a : to dry or shrivel with or as if with intense heat : PARCH b : to afflict painfully with censure or sarcasm\n3 : DEVASTATE; especially : to destroy (as property of possible use to an advancing enemy) before abandoning used in the phrase scorched earth\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become scorched\n2 : to travel at great and usually excessive speed\n3 : to cause intense heat or mental anguish <scorching sun> <scorching fury>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a result of scorching\n2 : a browning of plant tissues usually from disease or heat\n\n<3> transitive verb\ndialect British : CUT, SLASH


Words: score
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or plural score a : TWENTY b : a group of 20 things often used in combination with a cardinal number <fourscore> c : an indefinitely large number\n2 a : a line (as a scratch or incision) made with or as if with a sharp instrument b (1) : a mark used as a starting point or goal (2) : a mark used for keeping account\n3 a : an account or reckoning orig. kept by making marks on a tally b : amount due : INDEBTEDNESS\n4 : GRUDGE <a score to settle>\n5 a : REASON, GROUND b : SUBJECT, TOPIC\n6 a : the copy of a musical composition in written or printed notation b : a musical composition; specifically : the music for a movie or theatrical production c : a complete description of a dance composition in choreographic notation\n7 a : a number that expresses accomplishment (as in a game or test) or excellence (as in quality) either absolutely in points gained or by comparison to a standard b : an act (as a goal, run, or touchdown) in any of various games or contests that gains points\n8 : success in obtaining something (as money or drugs) especially through illegal or irregular means\n9 : the stark inescapable facts of a situation <knows the score>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally : RECORD b : to enter in a record c : to mark with significant lines or notches (as in keeping account)\n2 : to mark with lines, grooves, scratches, or notches\n3 : BERATE, SCOLD; also : DENOUNCE\n4 a (1) : to make (a score) in a game or contest <scored a touchdown> <scored three points> (2) : to enable (a base runner) to make a score (3) : to have as a value in a game or contest : COUNT <a touchdown scores six points> b (1) : ACHIEVE, WIN <scored a dazzling success> (2) : ACQUIRE <help a traveler score local drugs Poitor Koper>\n5 : to determine the merit of : GRADE\n6 a : to write or arrange (music) for a specific performance medium b : to make an orchestration of c : to compose a score for (a movie)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to keep score in a game or contest\n2 : to make a score in a g


Words: scorn
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : open dislike and disrespect or derision often mixed with indignation\n2 : an expression of contempt or derision\n3 : an object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision : something contemptible\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to treat with scorn : reject or dismiss as contemptible or unworthy <scorned the traditions of their ancestors> <scorned to reply to the charge>\nintransitive senses : to show disdain or derision : SCOFF


Words: scorpion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : any of an order (Scorpionida) of nocturnal arachnids that have an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous stinger at the tip b capitalized : SCORPIO\n2 : a scourge probably studded with metal\n3 : something that incites to action like the sting of an insect


Words: scour
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing b : to remove by rubbing hard and washing\n2 archaic : to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws\n3 : to clean by purging : PURGE\n4 : to remove dirt and debris from (as a pipe or ditch)\n5 : to free from foreign matter or impurities by or as if by washing <scour wool>\n6 : to clear, dig, or remove by or as if by a powerful current of water\nintransitive senses\n1 : to perform a process of scouring\n2 : to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery\n3 : to become clean and bright by rubbing\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a place scoured by running water\n2 : scouring action (as of a glacier)\n3 : DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n4 : SCOURING 1; also : damage done by scouring action\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to move about quickly especially in search\ntransitive senses : to go through or range over in or as if in a search


Words: scourge
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : WHIP; especially : one used to inflict pain or punishment\n2 : an instrument of punishment or criticism\n3 : a cause of widespread or great affliction\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : FLOG, WHIP\n2 a : to punish severely b : AFFLICT c : to drive as if by blows of a whip d : CHASTISE


Words: scout
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to explore an area to obtain information (as about an enemy)\n2 a : to make a search b : to work as a talent scout\ntransitive senses\n1 : to observe in order to obtain information or evaluate\n2 : to explore in order to obtain information\n3 : to find by making a search often used with up\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : one sent to obtain information; especially : a soldier, ship, or plane sent out in war to reconnoiter b : WATCHMAN, LOOKOUT c : TALENT SCOUT\n2 a : the act of scouting b : a scouting expedition : RECONNAISSANCE\n3 often capitalized : a member of any of various scouting movements: as a : BOY SCOUT b : GIRL SCOUT\n4 : INDIVIDUAL, PERSON used chiefly in the phrase good scout\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : MOCK\n2 : to reject scornfully\nintransitive senses : SCOFF


Words: scow
Meaning:
noun\n: a large flat-bottomed boat with broad square ends used chiefly for transporting bulk material (as ore, sand, or refuse)


Words: scowl
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure\n2 : to exhibit a threatening aspect\ntransitive senses : to express with a scowl\n\n<2> noun\n: a facial expression of displeasure : FROWN


Words: scrabble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : SCRAWL, SCRIBBLE\n2 : to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically\n3 a : SCRAMBLE, CLAMBER b : to struggle by or as if by scraping or scratching <scrabble for survival>\ntransitive senses\n1 : SCRAMBLE\n2 : SCRIBBLE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SCRIBBLE\n2 : a repeated scratching or clawing\n3 : SCRAMBLE


Words: scramble
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move or climb hastily on all fours b : to move with urgency or panic\n2 a : to struggle eagerly or unceremoniously for possession of something <scramble for front seats> b : to get or gather something with difficulty or in irregular ways <scramble for a living>\n3 : to spread or grow irregularly : SPRAWL, STRAGGLE\n4 : to take off quickly in response to an alert\n5 of a football quarterback : to run with the ball after the pass protection breaks down\ntransitive senses\n1 : to collect by scrambling\n2 a : to toss or mix together : JUMBLE b : to prepare (eggs) by stirring during frying\n3 : to cause or order (a fighter-interceptor group) to scramble\n4 : to disarrange the elements of a transmission (as a telephone or television signal) in order to make unintelligible to interception\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act or an instance of scrambling\n2 : a disordered mass : JUMBLE <a scramble of patterns and textures Vogue>\n3 : a rapid emergency takeoff of fighter-interceptor planes


Words: scrap
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 plural : fragments of discarded or leftover food\n2 a : a small detached piece <a scrap of paper> b : a fragment of something written, printed, or spoken <scraps of conversation> c : the least bit <not a scrap of evidence>\n3 plural : CRACKLINGS\n4 a : fragments of stock removed in manufacturing b : manufactured articles or parts rejected or discarded and useful only as material for reprocessing; especially : waste and discarded metal\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to convert into scrap\n2 : to abandon or get rid of as no longer of enough worth or effectiveness to retain <scrap outworn methods>\n\n<3> noun\n: FIGHT\n\n<4> intransitive verb\n: QUARREL, FIGHT


Words: scrapbook
Meaning:
noun\n: a blank book in which miscellaneous items (as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved


Words: scrape
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to remove from a surface by usually repeated strokes of an edged instrument b : to make (a surface) smooth or clean with strokes of an edged instrument or an abrasive\n2 a : to grate harshly over or against b : to damage or injure the surface of by contact with a rough surface c : to draw roughly or noisily over a surface\n3 : to collect by or as if by scraping often used with up or together <scrape up the price of a ticket>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move in sliding contact with a rough surface\n2 : to accumulate money by small economies\n3 : to draw back the foot along the ground in making a bow\n4 : to make one’s way with difficulty or succeed by a narrow margin <just scraped by at school>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the act or process of scraping b : a sound made by scraping c : damage or injury caused by scraping : ABRASION <bumps and scrapes>\n2 : a bow made with a drawing back of the foot along the ground\n3 a : a distressing encounter <a scrape with death> b : QUARREL, FIGHT


Words: scratch
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to scrape or dig with the claws or nails\n2 : to rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or jagged\n3 : to scrape or rub lightly (as to relieve itching)\n4 : to scrape together : collect with difficulty or by effort\n5 : to write or draw on a surface\n6 a : to cancel or erase by or as if by drawing a line through b : to withdraw (an entry) from competition\n7 : SCRIBBLE, SCRAWL\n8 : to scrape along a rough surface <scratch a match>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use the claws or nails in digging, tearing, or wounding\n2 : to scrape or rub oneself lightly (as to relieve itching)\n3 : to gather money or get a living by hard work and especially through irregular means and sacrifice\n4 : to make a thin grating sound\n5 : to withdraw from a contest or engagement\n6 : to make a scratch in billiards or pool\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a mark or injury produced by scratching; also : a slight wound\n2 : SCRAWL, SCRIBBLE\n3 : the sound made by scratching\n4 a : the starting line in a race b : a point at the beginning of a project at which nothing has been done ahead of time <build a school system from scratch>\n5 a : a test of courage b : satisfactory condition, level, or performance <not up to scratch>\n6 : a contestant whose name is withdrawn\n7 : poultry feed (as mixed grains) scattered on the litter or ground especially to induce birds to exercise called also scratch feed\n8 a : a shot in billiards or pool that ends a player’s turn; specifically : a shot in pool in which the cue ball falls into the pocket b : a shot that scores by chance : FLUKE\n9 slang : MONEY, FUNDS\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : made as or used for a tentative effort\n2 : made or done by chance and not as intended <a scratch shot>\n3 : arranged or put together with little selection : HAPHAZARD <a scratch team>\n4 : having no handicap or allowance <a scratch golfer>\n5 : made from scratch : made with basic ingredients <a scratch cake>


Words: scrawl
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to write or draw awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly\nintransitive senses : to write awkwardly or carelessly


Words: scream
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to voice a sudden sharp loud cry (2) : to produce harsh high tones b : to make a noise resembling a scream <a screaming siren> c : to move with great rapidity\n2 a : to speak or write with intense or hysterical emotion b : to protest or complain vehemently c : to laugh hysterically\n3 : to produce a vivid startling effect\ntransitive senses : to utter with or as if with a scream\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a loud sharp penetrating cry or noise\n2 : one that is very funny


Words: screech
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror\n2 : a sound resembling a screech\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter a high shrill piercing cry : make an outcry usually in terror or pain\n2 : to make a shrill high-pitched sound resembling a screech; also : to move with such a sound <the car screeched to a stop>\ntransitive senses : to utter with or as if with a screech


Words: screen
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a protective or ornamental device (as a movable partition) shielding an area from heat or drafts or from view\n2 : something that shelters, protects, or hides: as a : a growth or stand of trees, shrubs, or plants b : a protective formation of troops, ships, or planes c : something that covers or disguises the true nature (as of an activity or feeling) <his geniality is just a screen> d (1) : a maneuver in various sports (as basketball or ice hockey) whereby an opponent is legally impeded or his view of the play is momentarily blocked (2) : SCREEN PASS\n3 a : a perforated plate or cylinder or a meshed wire or cloth fabric usually mounted and used to separate coarser from finer parts b : a system for examining and separating into different groups c : a piece of apparatus designed to prevent agencies in one part from affecting other parts <an optical screen> <an electric screen> d : a frame holding a usually metallic netting used especially in a window or door to exclude pests (as insects)\n4 a : a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected or reflected b : the surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set, radar receiver, or computer terminal)\n5 : a glass plate ruled with crossing opaque lines through which an image is photographed in making a halftone\n6 : the motion-picture medium or industry\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to guard from injury or danger\n2 a : to give shelter or protection to with or as if with a screen b : to separate with or as if with a screen; also : to shield (an opponent) from a play or from view of a play\n3 a : to pass (as coal, gravel, or ashes) through a screen to separate the fine part from the coarse; also : to remove by a screen b (1) : to examine usually methodically in order to make a separation into different groups (2) : to select or eliminate by a screening process\n4 : to provide with a screen to keep out pests (as insects)\n5 a (1) : to present (as a motion picture) for viewing on a screen (2) : to view the pr


Words: screw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder and a correspondingly grooved hollow cylinder into which it fits b : a nail-shaped or rod-shaped piece with a spiral groove and a slotted or recessed head designed to be inserted into material by rotating (as with a screwdriver) and used for fastening pieces of solid material together\n2 a : a screwlike form : SPIRAL b : a turn of a screw; also : a twist like the turn of a screw c : a screwlike device (as a corkscrew)\n3 : a worn-out horse\n4 chiefly British : a small packet (as of tobacco)\n5 : a prison guard\n6 : one who bargains shrewdly; also : SKINFLINT\n7 : a propeller especially of a ship\n8 a : THUMBSCREW 2 b : pressure or punitive measures intended to coerce used chiefly in the phrase put the screws on or put the screws to\n9 a usually vulgar : an act of sexual intercourse b usually vulgar : a partner in sexual intercourse\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to attach, fasten, or close by means of a screw (2) : to unite or separate by means of a screw or a twisting motion <screw the two pieces together> (3) : to press tightly in a device (as a vise) operated by a screw (4) : to operate, tighten, or adjust by means of a screw (5) : to torture by means of a thumbscrew b : to cause to rotate spirally about an axis\n2 a (1) : to twist into strained configurations : CONTORT <screwed up his face> (2) : SQUINT (3) : CRUMPLE b : to furnish with a spiral groove or ridge : THREAD\n3 : to increase the intensity, quantity, or capability of <trying to screw up courage to confess Will Scott>\n4 a (1) : to mistreat or exploit through extortion, trickery, or unfair actions; especially : to deprive of or cheat out of something due or expected <screwed out of a job> (2) : to treat so as to bring about injury or loss (as to a person’s reputation) <use the available Federal machinery to screw our political enemies J. W. Dean III> often used as a generalized curse <screw you> b : to extract by pressure or threat\n5 usually vulgar


Words: screwball
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a baseball pitch that spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve\n2 : a whimsical, eccentric, or crazy person : ZANY\n\n<2> adjective\n: crazily eccentric or whimsical : ZANY


Words: scribble
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to write hastily or carelessly without regard to legibility or form\n2 : to cover with careless or worthless writings or drawings\nintransitive senses : to write or draw hastily and carelessly


Words: scribe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists\n2 a : an official or public secretary or clerk b : a copier of manuscripts\n3 : WRITER; specifically : JOURNALIST\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to work as a scribe : WRITE\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument\n2 : to make by cutting or scratching\n\n<4> noun\n: SCRIBER


Words: scrim
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a durable plain-woven usually cotton fabric for use in clothing, curtains, building, and industry\n2 : a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted\n3 : something likened to a theater scrim


Words: scrimmage
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a minor battle : SKIRMISH b : a confused fight : SCUFFLE\n2 a : the interplay between two football teams that begins with the snap of the ball and continues until the ball is dead b : practice play (as in football or basketball) between two squads\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to take part in a scrimmage\ntransitive senses : to play a scrimmage against


Words: scrimp
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to be stingy in providing for\n2 : to make too small, short, or scanty\nintransitive senses : to be frugal or stingy


Words: scrip
Meaning:
<1> noun\narchaic : a small bag or wallet\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a short writing (as a certificate, schedule, or list)\n2 : a small piece\n3 a : any of various documents used as evidence that the holder or bearer is entitled to receive something (as a fractional share of stock or an allotment of land) b : paper currency or a token issued for temporary use in an emergency


Words: script
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something written : TEXT b : an original or principal instrument or document c (1) : MANUSCRIPT 1 (2) : the written text of a stage play, screenplay, or broadcast; specifically : the one used in production or performance\n2 a : a style of printed letters that resembles handwriting b : written characters : HANDWRITING c : ALPHABET\n3 : a plan of action\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to prepare a script for or from\n2 : to provide carefully considered details for (as a plan of action)\n\n<3> abbreviation\nscripture


Words: scripture
Meaning:
noun\n1 a (1) capitalized : the books of the Bible often used in plural (2) often capitalized : a passage from the Bible b : a body of writings considered sacred or authoritative\n2 : something written <the primitive man’s awe for any scripture George Santayana>


Words: scroll
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document b archaic : a written message c : ROSTER, LIST d : a riband with rolled ends often inscribed with a motto\n2 a : something resembling a scroll in shape; especially : a spiral or convoluted form in ornamental design derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rolled parchment scroll b : the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument see VIOLIN illustration\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll\ntransitive senses : to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling


Words: scrub
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a stunted tree or shrub b : vegetation consisting chiefly of scrubs c : a tract covered with scrub\n2 : a domestic animal of mixed or unknown parentage and usually inferior conformation : MONGREL\n3 : a person of insignificant size or standing\n4 : a player not belonging to the first string\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to clean with hard rubbing : SCOUR (2) : to remove by scrubbing b : to subject to friction : RUB\n2 : WASH 6c(2)\n3 : CANCEL, ELIMINATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use hard rubbing in cleaning\n2 : to prepare for surgery by scrubbing oneself\n\n<3> noun\n1 : an act or instance of scrubbing; especially : CANCELLATION\n2 : one that scrubs


Words: scruple
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 see WEIGHT table\n2 : a minute part or quantity : IOTA\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action\n2 : the quality or state of being scrupulous\n3 : mental reservation\n\n<3> intransitive verb\n1 : to have scruples\n2 : to show reluctance on grounds of conscience : HESITATE


Words: scrutiny
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a searching study, inquiry, or inspection : EXAMINATION\n2 : a searching look\n3 : close watch : SURVEILLANCE


Words: scuba
Meaning:
noun\n: an apparatus utilizing a portable supply of compressed gas (as air) supplied at a regulated pressure and used for breathing while swimming underwater


Words: scud
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward\n2 : to run before a gale\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the action of scudding : RUSH\n2 a : loose vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind b (1) : a slight sudden shower (2) : mist, rain, snow, or spray driven by the wind c : a gust of wind


Words: scuffle
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 a : to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion b : to struggle (as by working odd jobs) to get by\n2 a : to move with a quick shuffling gait : SCURRY b : SHUFFLE


Words: scull
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an oar used at the stern of a boat to propel it forward with a thwartwise motion b : either of a pair of oars usually less than 10 feet (3 meters) in length and operated by one person\n2 : a racing shell propelled by one or two persons using sculls\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to propel (a boat) by sculls or by a large oar worked thwartwise\nintransitive senses : to scull a boat


Words: scullery
Meaning:
noun\n: a room for cleaning and storing dishes and cooking utensils and for doing messy kitchen work


Words: sculpture
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action or art of processing (as by carving, modeling, or welding) plastic or hard materials into works of art b (1) : work produced by sculpture (2) : a three-dimensional work of art (as a statue)\n2 : impressed or raised markings or a pattern of such especially on a plant or animal part\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to form an image or representation of from solid material (as wood or stone) b : to form into a three-dimensional work of art\n2 : to change (the form of the earth’s surface) by natural processes (as erosion and deposition)\n3 : to shape by or as if by carving or molding\nintransitive senses : to work as a sculptor


Words: scum
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : extraneous matter or impurities risen to or formed on the surface of a liquid often as a foul filmy covering b : the scoria of metals in a molten state : DROSS c : a slimy film on a solid or gelatinous object\n2 a : REFUSE b : a low, vile, or worthless person or group of people\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to become covered with or as if with scum


Words: scupper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship so that water falling on deck may flow overboard\n2 : an opening in the wall of a building through which water can drain from a floor or flat roof\n\n<2> transitive verb\nBritish : to defeat or put an end to : DO IN 1a


Words: scurf
Meaning:
noun\n1 : thin dry scales detached from the epidermis especially in an abnormal skin condition; specifically : DANDRUFF\n2 a : something like flakes or scales adhering to a surface b : the foul remains of something adherent\n3 a : a scaly deposit or covering on some plant parts; also : a localized or general darkening and roughening of a plant surface usually more pronounced than russeting b : a plant disease characterized by scurf


Words: scurrilous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : using or given to coarse language b : being vulgar and evil <scurrilous imposters who used a religious exterior to rob poor people Edwin Benson>\n2 : containing obscenities, abuse, or slander <aTcampaign filled with scurrilous charges and countercharges A. D. Graeff>


Words: scurry
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to move in or as if in a brisk pace : SCAMPER\n2 : to move around in an agitated, confused, or fluttering manner


Words: scurvy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a disease marked by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes and caused by a lack of vitamin\n\n<2> adjective\n: disgustingly mean or contemptible : DESPICABLE <a scurvy trick>


Words: scuttle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a shallow open basket for carrying something (as grain or garden produce)\n2 : a metal pail that usually has a bail and a sloped lip and is used especially for carrying coal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid: as a : a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it b : a small hole in the side or bottom of a ship fitted with a covering or glazed\n2 : a covering that closes a scuttle\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to cut a hole through the bottom, deck, or side of (a ship); specifically : to sink or attempt to sink by making holes through the bottom\n2 : DESTROY, WRECK; also : SCRAP 2\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a quick shuffling pace\n2 : a short swift run\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n: SCURRY


Words: scythe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: an implement used for mowing (as grass) and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to use a scythe\ntransitive senses : to cut with or as if with a scythe


Words: sea
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a great body of salty water that covers much of the earth; broadly : the waters of the earth as distinguished from the land and air b : a body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked <the Mediterranean sea> c : OCEAN d : an inland body of water used especially for names of such bodies <the Caspian Sea>\n2 a : surface motion on a large body of water or its direction; also : a large swell or wave often used in plural <heavy seas> b : the disturbance of the ocean or other body of water due to the wind\n3 : something likened to the sea especially in vastness <a sea of faces>\n4 : the seafaring life\n5 : 3MARE


Words: seal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous carnivorous marine mammals (families Phocidae and Otariidae) that live chiefly in cold regions and have limbs modified into webbed flippers adapted primarily to swimming; especially : a fur seal or hair seal as opposed to a sea lion\n2 a : the pelt of a fur seal b : leather made from the skin of a seal\n3 : a dark brown\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to hunt seals\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : something that confirms, ratifies, or makes secure : GUARANTEE, ASSURANCE b (1) : a device with a cut or raised emblem, symbol, or word used especially to certify a signature or authenticate a document (2) : a medallion or ring face bearing such a device incised so that it can be impressed on wax or moist clay; also : a piece of wax or a wafer bearing such an impression c : an impression, device, or mark given the effect of a common-law seal by statute law or by American local custom recognized by judicial decision d : a usually ornamental adhesive stamp that may be used to close a letter or package; especially : one given in a fund-raising campaign\n2 a : something that secures (as a wax seal on a document) b : a closure that must be broken to be opened and that thus reveals tampering c (1) : a tight and perfect closure (as against the passage of gas or water) (2) : a device to prevent the passage or return of gas or air into a pipe or container\n3 : a seal that is a symbol or mark of office\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to confirm or make secure by or as if by a seal b : to solemnize for eternity (as a marriage) by a Mormon rite\n2 a : to set or affix an authenticating seal to; also : AUTHENTICATE, RATIFY b : to mark with a stamp or seal usually as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, weight, or capacity, or merchantable quality\n3 a : to fasten with or as if with a seal to prevent tampering b : to close or make secure against access, leakage, or passage by a fastening or coating c : to fix in position or close breaks in with a filling (as of plaster)\n4 : to determine irrevocably or indisputably <that answer sea


Words: seam
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the joining of two pieces (as of cloth or leather) by sewing usually near the edge b : the stitching used in such a joining\n2 : the space between adjacent planks or strakes of a ship\n3 a : a line, groove, or ridge formed by the abutment of edges b : a thin layer or stratum (as of rock) between distinctive layers; also : a bed of valuable mineral and especially coal irrespective of thickness c : a line left by a cut or wound; also : WRINKLE\n4 : a weak or vulnerable area or gap <found a seam in the zone defense>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to join by sewing b : to join as if by sewing (as by welding, riveting, or heat-sealing)\n2 : to mark with lines suggesting seams\nintransitive senses : to become fissured or ridgy


Words: seaman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SAILOR, MARINER\n2 a : any of the three ranks below petty officer in the navy or coast guard b : an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a seaman apprentice and below a petty officer


Words: seamy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : having the rough side of the seam showing\n2 a : UNPLEASANT b : DEGRADED, SORDID


Words: search
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to look into or over carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something: as a : to examine in seeking something <searched the north field> b : to look through or explore by inspecting possible places of concealment or investigating suspicious circumstances c : to read thoroughly : CHECK; especially : to examine a public record or register for information about <search land titles> d : to examine for articles concealed on the person e : to look at as if to discover or penetrate intention or nature\n2 : to uncover, find, or come to know by inquiry or scrutiny usually used with out\nintransitive senses\n1 : to look or inquire carefully <searched for the papers>\n2 : to make painstaking investigation or examination\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : an act of searching <a search for food> <go in search of help> b : an act of boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas in exercise of right of search\n2 obsolete : a party that searches\n3 : power or range of penetrating; also : a penetrating effect


Words: searchlight
Meaning:
noun\n: an apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light; also : a beam of light projected by it


Words: seashore
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : land adjacent to the sea : SEACOAST b : NATIONAL SEASHORE\n2 : all the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks : FORESHORE


Words: season
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature <in a season of religious awakening F. A. Christie> b : a suitable or natural time or occasion <when my season comes to sit on David’s throne John Milton> c : an indefinite period of time : WHILE <sent home again to her father for a season Francis Hackett>\n2 a : a period of the year characterized by or associated with a particular activity or phenomenon <hay fever season>: as (1) : a period associated with some phase or activity of agriculture (as growth or harvesting) (2) : a period in which an animal engages in some activity (as migrating or mating); also : ESTRUS, HEAT (3) : the period normally characterized by a particular kind of weather <a long rainy season> (4) : a period marked by special activity especially in some field <tourist season> (5) : a period in which a place is most frequented b : one of the four quarters into which the year is commonly divided c : the time of a major holiday\n3 : YEAR <a boy of seven seasons>\n4 Middle English sesoun, from sesounen to season : SEASONING\n5 : the schedule of official games played or to be played by a sports team during a playing season <got through the season undefeated>\n6 : OFF-SEASON <closed for the season>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to give (food) more flavor or zest by adding seasoning or savory ingredients b : to give a distinctive quality to as if by seasoning; especially : to make more agreeable <advice seasoned with wit> c archaic : to qualify by admixture : TEMPER\n2 a : to treat (as wood or a skillet) so as to prepare for use b : to make fit by experience <a seasoned veteran>\nintransitive senses : to become seasoned


Words: seasonable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : suitable to the season or circumstances : TIMELY <a seasonable frost>\n2 : occurring in good or proper time : OPPORTUNE <a seasonable time for discussion>


Words: seasoning
Meaning:
noun\n: something that serves to season; especially : an ingredient (as a condiment, spice, or herb) added to food primarily for the savor that it imparts


Words: seat
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a special chair of one in eminence; also : the status represented by it b : a chair, stool, or bench intended to be sat in or on c : the particular part of something on which one rests in sitting <the seat of a chair> <trouser seat> d : BUTTOCKS\n2 a : a seating accommodation <a seat for the game> <a 200-seat restaurant> b : a right of sitting <lost his seat in Congress> c : membership on an exchange\n3 a : a place where something specified is prevalent : CENTER <a seat of learning> b : a place from which authority is exercised <the county seat> c : a bodily part in which some function or condition is centered <the brain as the seat of the mind>\n4 : posture in or way of sitting on horseback\n5 a : a part at or forming the base of something b : a part (as a socket) or surface on or in which another part or surface rests\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to install in a seat of dignity or office b (1) : to cause to sit or assist in finding a seat (2) : to provide seats for <a theater seating 1000 persons> c : to put in a sitting position\n2 : to repair the seat of or provide a new seat for\n3 : to fit to or with a seat <seat a valve>\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to take one’s seat or place\n2 : to fit correctly on a seat


Words: seaward
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the direction or side away from land and toward the open sea\n\n<2> adverb\n: toward the sea\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : directed or situated toward the sea\n2 : coming from the sea <a seaward wind>


Words: seaway
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the sea as a route for travel; also : an ocean traffic lane\n2 : a moderate or rough sea\n3 : a deep inland waterway that admits ocean shipping


Words: seaweed
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a mass or growth of marine plants\n2 : a plant growing in the sea; especially : a marine alga (as a kelp)


Words: sebaceous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : secreting sebum <sebaceous glands>\n2 : of, relating to, or being fatty material : FATTY <a sebaceous exudate>


Words: secede
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n: to withdraw from an organization (as a religious communion or political party or federation)


Words: secession
Meaning:
noun\n1 : withdrawal into privacy or solitude : RETIREMENT\n2 : formal withdrawal from an organization


Words: seclude
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 obsolete : to exclude from a privilege, rank, or dignity : DEBAR\n2 : to remove or separate from intercourse or outside influence : ISOLATE\n3 : SHUT OFF, SCREEN


Words: second
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : next to the first in place or time <was second in line> b (1) : next to the first in value, excellence, or degree <his second choice of schools> (2) : INFERIOR, SUBORDINATE <was second to none> c : ranking next below the top of a grade or degree in authority or precedence <second mate> d : ALTERNATE, OTHER <elects a mayor every second year> e : resembling or suggesting a prototype : ANOTHER <a second Thoreau> f : ingrained by discipline, training, or effort : ACQUIRED <second nature> g : being the forward gear or speed next higher than first in a motor vehicle\n2 : relating to or having a part typically subordinate to and lower in pitch than the first part in concerted or ensemble music\n\n<2> noun\n1 a see NUMBER table b : one that is next after the first in rank, position, authority, or precedence <the second in line>\n2 : one that assists or supports another; especially : the assistant of a duelist or boxer\n3 a : the musical interval embracing two diatonic degrees b : a tone at this interval; specifically : SUPERTONIC c : the harmonic combination of two tones a second apart\n4 a plural : merchandise that is usually slightly flawed and does not meet the manufacturer’s standard for firsts or irregulars b : an article of such merchandise\n5 : the act or declaration by which a parliamentary motion is seconded\n6 : a place next below the first in a competition, examination, or contest\n7 : SECOND BASE\n8 : the second forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle\n9 plural : a second helping of food\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the 60th part of a minute of angular measure b : the 60th part of a minute of time : 186,400 part of the mean solar day; specifically : the base unit of time in the International System of Units that is equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom\n2 : an instant of time : MOMENT\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to give support or encouragement to : ASSIST b : to support (a fighting


Words: secondary
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of second rank, importance, or value b : of, relating to, or constituting the second strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists <the fourth syllable of basketball team carries secondary stress> c of a tense : expressive of past time\n2 a : immediately derived from something original, primary, or basic b : of, relating to, or being the induced current or its circuit in an induction coil or transformer <secondary voltage> c : characterized by or resulting from the substitution of two atoms or groups in a molecule <a secondary salt>; especially : being, characterized by, or attached to a carbon atom having bonds to two other carbon atoms d (1) : not first in order of occurrence or development (2) : produced by activity of formative tissue and especially cambium other than that at a growing point <secondary growth> <secondary phloem>\n3 a : of, relating to, or being the second order or stage in a series b : of, relating to, or being the second segment of the wing of a bird or the quills of this segment c : of or relating to a secondary school <secondary education>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one occupying a subordinate or auxiliary position rather than that of a principal\n2 : a defensive football backfield\n3 : the coil through which the secondary current passes in an induction coil or transformer called also secondary coil\n4 : any of the quill feathers of the forearm of a bird see WING illustration


Words: secondhand
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : received from or through an intermediary : BORROWED b : DERIVATIVE <secondhand ideas>\n2 a : acquired after being used by another : not new <secondhand books> b : dealing in secondhand merchandise <a secondhand bookstore>\n\n<2> adverb\n: at second hand : INDIRECTLY


Words: secrecy
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the condition of being hidden or concealed\n2 : the habit or practice of keeping secrets or maintaining privacy or concealment


Words: secret
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : kept from knowledge or view : HIDDEN b : marked by the habit of discretion : CLOSEMOUTHED c : working with hidden aims or methods : UNDERCOVER <a secret agent> d : not acknowledged : UNAVOWED <a secret bride> e : conducted in secret <a secret trial>\n2 : remote from human frequentation or notice : SECLUDED\n3 : revealed only to the initiated : ESOTERIC\n4 : constructed so as to elude observation or detection <a secret panel>\n5 : containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could endanger national security compare CONFIDENTIAL, TOP SECRET\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : something kept hidden or unexplained : MYSTERY b : something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few c : a method, formula, or process used in an art or a manufacturing operation and divulged only to those of one’s own company or craft d plural : the practices or knowledge making up the shared discipline or culture of an esoteric society\n2 : a prayer traditionally said inaudibly by the celebrant just before the preface of the mass\n3 : something taken to be a specific or key to a desired end <the secret of longevity>


Words: secretariat
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the office of secretary\n2 : a secretarial corps; specifically : the clerical staff of an organization\n3 : the administrative department of a governmental organization


Words: secretary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one employed to handle correspondence and manage routine and detail work for a superior\n2 a : an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors’ and stockholders’ meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company’s legal interests b : an officer of an organization or society responsible for its records and correspondence\n3 : an officer of state who superintends a government administrative department\n4 a : WRITING DESK, ESCRITOIRE b : a writing desk with a top section for books


Words: secrete
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to form and give off (a secretion)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to deposit or conceal in a hiding place\n2 : to appropriate secretly : ABSTRACT


Words: secretion
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the process of segregating, elaborating, and releasing some material either functionally specialized (as saliva) or isolated for excretion (as urine) b : a product of secretion formed by an animal or plant; especially : one performing a specific useful function in the organism\n2 2secrete : the act of hiding something : CONCEALMENT


Words: sect
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a dissenting or schismatic religious body; especially : one regarded as extreme or heretical b : a religious denomination\n2 archaic : SEX 1 <so is all her sect Shakespeare>\n3 a : a group adhering to a distinctive doctrine or to a leader b : PARTY c : FACTION\n\n<2> abbreviation\nsection, sectional


Words: sectarian
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian\n2 : limited in character or scope : PAROCHIAL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an adherent of a sect\n2 : a narrow or bigoted person


Words: section
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the action or an instance of cutting or separating by cutting b : a part set off by or as if by cutting\n2 : a distinct part or portion of something written (as a chapter, law, or newspaper)\n3 a : the profile of something as it would appear if cut through by an intersecting plane b : the plane figure resulting from the cutting of a solid by a plane\n4 : a natural subdivision of a taxonomic group\n5 : a character < used as a mark for the beginning of a section and as a reference mark\n6 : a piece of land one square mile in area forming one of the 36 subdivisions of a township\n7 : a distinct part of a territorial or political area, community, or group of people\n8 a : a part that may be, is, or is viewed as separated <chop the stalks into sections> <the northern section of the route> b : one segment of a fruit : CARPEL\n9 : a basic military unit usually having a special function\n10 : a very thin slice (as of tissue) suitable for microscopic examination\n11 a : one of the classes formed by dividing the students taking a course b : one of the discussion groups into which a conference or organization is divided\n12 a : a part of a permanent railroad way under the care of a particular crew b : one of two or more vehicles or trains which run on the same schedule\n13 : one of several component parts that may be assembled or reassembled <a bookcase in sections>\n14 : a division of an orchestra composed of one class of instruments\n15 : SIGNATURE 3b\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cut or separate into sections\n2 : to represent in sections\nintransitive senses : to become cut or separated into parts


Words: sectional
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a section b : local or regional rather than general in character <sectional interests>\n2 : consisting of or divided into sections <sectional furniture>\n\n<2> noun\n: a piece of furniture made up of modular units capable of use separately or in various combinations


Words: sector
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a geometric figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle b (1) : a subdivision of a defensive military position (2) : a portion of a military front or area of operation c : an area or portion resembling a sector <bilingual sector of town David Kleinberg> d : a sociological, economic, or political subdivision of society <greater cooperation between the public and private sectors Peter Chapman>\n2 : a mathematical instrument consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint and marked with several scales\n3 : a subdivision of a track on a computer disk\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to divide into or furnish with sectors


Words: secular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the worldly or temporal <secular concerns> b : not overtly or specifically religious <secular music> c : not ecclesiastical or clerical <secular courts> <secular landowners>\n2 : not bound by monastic vows or rules; specifically : of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a religious order or congregation <a secular priest>\n3 a : occurring once in an age or a century b : existing or continuing through ages or centuries c : of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a secular ecclesiastic (as a diocesan priest)\n2 : LAYMAN


Words: secure
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a archaic : unwisely free from fear or distrust : OVERCONFIDENT b : easy in mind : CONFIDENT c : assured in opinion or expectation : having no doubt\n2 a : free from danger b : free from risk of loss c : affording safety <a secure hideaway> d : TRUSTWORTHY, DEPENDABLE <secure foundation>\n3 : ASSURED 1 <secure victory>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to relieve from exposure to danger : act to make safe against adverse contingencies <secure a supply line from enemy raids> b : to put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving : GUARANTEE <secure the blessings of liberty U.S. Constitution> c : to give pledge of payment to (a creditor) or of (an obligation) <secure a note by a pledge of collateral>\n2 a : to take (a person) into custody : hold fast : PINION b : to make fast : SEAL <secure a door>\n3 a : to get secure usually lasting possession or control of <secure a job> b : BRING ABOUT, EFFECT\n4 : to release (naval personnel) from work or duty\nintransitive senses\n1 of naval personnel : to stop work : go off duty\n2 of a ship : to tie up : BERTH


Words: security
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being secure: as a : freedom from danger : SAFETY b : freedom from fear or anxiety c : freedom from the prospect of being laid off <job security>\n2 a : something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation b : SURETY\n3 : an evidence of debt or of ownership (as a stock certificate or bond)\n4 a : something that secures : PROTECTION b (1) : measures taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack, or escape (2) : an organization or department whose task is security


Words: sedan
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a portable often covered chair that is designed to carry one person and that is borne on poles by two men\n2 a : a 2- or 4-door automobile seating 4 or more persons and usually having a permanent top compare COUPE b : a motorboat having one passenger compartment


Words: sedate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : UNRUFFLED\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to dose with sedatives


Words: sedative
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize nervousness or excitement\n\n<2> noun\n: a sedative agent or drug


Words: sedentary
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : not migratory : SETTLED <sedentary birds>\n2 : doing or requiring much sitting\n3 : permanently attached <sedentary barnacles>


Words: sedge
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a family (Cyperaceae, the sedge family) of usually tufted marsh plants differing from the related grasses in having achenes and solid stems; especially : any of a cosmopolitan genus (Carex)


Words: sediment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid\n2 : material deposited by water, wind, or glaciers\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to deposit as sediment\nintransitive senses\n1 : to settle to the bottom in a liquid\n2 : to deposit sediment


Words: seduce
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty\n2 : to lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises\n3 : to carry out the physical seduction of : entice to sexual intercourse\n4 : ATTRACT


Words: sedulous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : involving or accomplished with careful perseverance <sedulous craftsmanship>\n2 : diligent in application or pursuit <a sedulous student>


Words: see
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to perceive by the eye b : to perceive or detect as if by sight\n2 a : to have experience of : UNDERGO <see army service> b : to come to know : DISCOVER c : to be the setting or time of <the last fifty years have seen a sweeping revolution in science Barry Commoner>\n3 a : to form a mental picture of : VISUALIZE <can still see her as she was years ago> b : to perceive the meaning or importance of : UNDERSTAND c : to be aware of : RECOGNIZE <sees only our faults> d : to imagine as a possibility : SUPPOSE <couldn’t see him as a crook>\n4 a : EXAMINE, WATCH <want to see how she handles the problem> b (1) : READ (2) : to read of c : to attend as a spectator <see a play>\n5 a : to take care of : provide for <had enough money to see us through> b : to make sure <see that order is kept>\n6 a : to regard as : JUDGE b : to prefer to have <I’ll see him hanged first> <I’ll see you dead before accept your terms> c : to find acceptable or attractive <can’t understand what he sees in her>\n7 a : to call on : VISIT b (1) : to keep company with especially in courtship or dating <had been seeing each other for a year> (2) : to grant an interview to : RECEIVE <the president will see you now>\n8 : ACCOMPANY, ESCORT <see the guests to the door>\n9 : to meet (a bet) in poker or to equal the bet of (a player) : CALL\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to give or pay attention b : to look about\n2 a : to have the power of sight b : to apprehend objects by sight c : to perceive objects as if by sight\n3 : to grasp something mentally\n4 : to make investigation or inquiry\n\n<2> noun\n1 a archaic : CATHEDRA b : a cathedral town c : a seat of a bishop’s office, power, or authority\n2 : the authority or jurisdiction of a bishop


Words: seed
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing (2) : the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant; broadly : a propagative plant structure (as a spore or small dry fruit) b : a propagative animal structure: (1) : MILT, SEMEN (2) : a small egg (as of an insect) (3) : a developmental form of a lower animal suitable for transplanting; specifically : SPAT c : the condition or stage of bearing seed <in seed>\n2 : PROGENY\n3 : a source of development or growth : GERM <sowed the seeds of discord>\n4 : something (as a tiny particle or a bubble in glass) that resembles a seed in shape or size\n5 : a competitor who has been seeded in a tournament\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to bear or shed seed\n2 : to sow seed : PLANT\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to plant seeds in : SOW <seed land to grass> b : to furnish with something that causes or stimulates growth or development c : INOCULATE d : to supply with nuclei (as of crystallization or condensation); especially : to treat (a cloud) with solid particles to convert water droplets into ice crystals in an attempt to produce precipitation e : to cover or permeate by or as if by scattering something <seeded theg sea-lanes with thousands of magnetic mines Otto Friedrich>\n2 : PLANT 1a\n3 : to extract the seeds from (as raisins)\n4 a : to schedule (tournament players or teams) so that superior ones will not meet in early rounds b : to rank (a contestant) relative to others in a tournament on the basis of previous record <the top-seeded tennis star>


Words: seedling
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a young plant grown from seed\n2 a : a young tree before it becomes a sapling b : a nursery plant not yet transplanted


Words: seek
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to resort to : go to\n2 a : to go in search of : look for b : to try to discover\n3 : to ask for : REQUEST <seeks advice>\n4 : to try to acquire or gain : aim at <seek fame>\n5 : to make an attempt : TRY used with to and an infinitive <governments seek to keep the bulk of their people contented D. M. Potter>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a search or inquiry\n2 a : to be sought b : to be lacking <in critical judgment they were sadly to seek Times Literary Supplement>


Words: seem
Meaning:
intransitive verb\n1 : to appear to the observation or understanding\n2 : to give the impression of being


Words: seeming
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: external appearance as distinguished from true character : LOOK\n\n<2> adjective\n: having an often deceptive or delusive appearance on superficial examination <their wealth gave them a seeming security>


Words: seemly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : GOOD-LOOKING, HANDSOME b : agreeably fashioned : ATTRACTIVE\n2 : conventionally proper : DECOROUS\n3 : suited to the occasion, purpose, or person : FIT


Words: seep
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : OOZE <water seeped in through a crack>\n2 a : to enter or penetrate slowly <fear of nuclear war had seeped into the national consciousness Tip O’Neill> b : to become diffused or spread <a sadness seeped through his being Agnes S. Turnbull>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a spot where a fluid (as water, oil, or gas) contained in the ground oozes slowly to the surface and often forms a pool b : a small spring\n2 : SEEPAGE


Words: seer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that sees\n2 a : one that predicts events or developments b : a person credited with extraordinary moral and spiritual insight\n3 : one that practices divination especially by concentrating on a glass or crystal globe\n\n<2> noun\n: an Indian unit of weight equal to 2.057 pounds (0.9330 kilograms)


Words: seesaw
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an alternating up-and-down or backward-and-forward motion or movement; also : a contest or struggle in which now one side now the other has the lead\n2 a : a pastime in which two children or groups of children ride on opposite ends of a plank balanced in the middle so that one end goes up as the other goes down b : the plank or apparatus so used\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move backward and forward or up and down b : to play at seesaw\n2 : ALTERNATE\ntransitive senses : to cause to move in seesaw fashion


Words: seethe
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : BOIL, STEW\n2 : to soak or saturate in a liquid\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : BOIL\n2 a : to be in a state of rapid agitated movement b : to churn or foam as if boiling\n3 : to suffer violent internal excitement\n\n<2> noun\n: a state of seething : EBULLITION


Words: segment
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a separate piece of something : BIT, FRAGMENT <chop the stalks into short segments> b : one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is divided or marked off by or as if by natural boundaries <all segments of the population agree>\n2 : a portion cut off from a geometric figure by one or more points, lines, or planes: as a : the part of a circular area bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle or so much of the area as is cut off by the chord b : the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes c : the finite part of a line between two points in the line\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to separate into segments : give off as segments


Words: segregate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass : ISOLATE\n2 : to cause or force the separation of (as from the rest of society)\nintransitive senses\n1 : SEPARATE, WITHDRAW\n2 : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation\n3 : to undergo genetic segregation\n\n<2> noun\n: one that is in some respect segregated; especially : one that differs genetically from the parental line because of genetic segregation


Words: seigneur
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a man of rank or authority; especially : the feudal lord of a manor\n2 : a member of the landed gentry of Canada


Words: seine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to fish with or catch fish with a seine\ntransitive senses : to fish for or in with a seine


Words: seismic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake; also : of or relating to an earth vibration caused by something else (as an explosion or the impact of a meteorite)\n2 : of or relating to a vibration on a celestial body (as the moon) comparable to a seismic event on earth\n3 : having a strong or widespread impact : EARTHSHAKING <seismic social changes>


Words: seize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a usually seise : to vest ownership of a freehold estate in b often seise : to put in possession of something <the biographer will be seized of all pertinent papers>\n2 a : to take possession of : CONFISCATE b : to take possession of by legal process\n3 a : to possess or take by force : CAPTURE b : to take prisoner : ARREST\n4 a : to take hold of : CLUTCH b : to possess oneself of : GRASP c : to understand fully and distinctly : APPREHEND\n5 a : to attack or overwhelm physically : AFFLICT <suddenly seized with an acute illness H. G. Armstrong> b : to possess (as one’s mind) completely or overwhelmingly <seized the popular imagination Basil Davenport>\n6 : to bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff (as yarn, marline, or fine wire)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take or lay hold suddenly or forcibly\n2 a : to cohere to a relatively moving part through excessive pressure, temperature, or friction used especially of machine parts (as bearings, brakes, or pistons) b : to fail to operate due to the seizing of a part used of an engine


Words: select
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : chosen from a number or group by fitness or preference\n2 a : of special value or excellence : SUPERIOR, CHOICE b : exclusively or fastidiously chosen often with regard to social, economic, or cultural characteristics\n3 : judicious or restrictive in choice : DISCRIMINATING <pleased with the select appreciation of his books Osbert Sitwell>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to choose (as by fitness or excellence) from a number or group : pick out\nintransitive senses : to make a choice\n\n<3> noun\n: one that is select often used in plural


Words: selection
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of selecting : the state of being selected\n2 : one that is selected : CHOICE; also : a collection of selected things\n3 : a natural or artificial process that results or tends to result in the survival and propagation of some individuals or organisms but not of others with the result that the inherited traits of the survivors are perpetuated compare DARWINISM, NATURAL SELECTION


Words: selectman
Meaning:
noun\n: one of a board of officials elected in towns of all New England states except Rhode Island to serve as the chief administrative authority of the town


Words: selenium
Meaning:
noun\n: a nonmetallic element that resembles sulfur and tellurium chemically, is obtained chiefly as a by-product in copper refining, and is a photoconductive semiconductor in its crystalline form see ELEMENT table


Words: self
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n: MYSELF, HIMSELF, HERSELF <check payable to self>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 obsolete : IDENTICAL, SAME\n2 obsolete : belonging to oneself : OWN\n3 a : having a single character or quality throughout; specifically : having one color only <a self flower> b : of the same kind (as in color, material, or pattern) as something with which it is used <self trimming>\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : the entire person of an individual b : the realization or embodiment of an abstraction\n2 a (1) : an individual’s typical character or behavior <her true self was revealed> (2) : an individual’s temporary behavior or character <his better self> b : a person in prime condition <feel like my old self today>\n3 : the union of elements (as body, emotions, thoughts, and sensations) that constitute the individuality and identity of a person\n4 : personal interest or advantage\n5 : material that is part of an individual organism <ability of the immune system to distinguish self from nonself>\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : INBREED\n2 : to pollinate with pollen from the same flower or plant\nintransitive senses : to undergo self-pollination


Words: self-
Meaning:
combining form\n1 a : oneself or itself <self-supporting> b : of oneself or itself <self-abasement> c : by oneself or itself <self-propelled> <self-acting>\n2 a : to, with, for, or toward oneself or itself <self-consistent> <self-addressed> <self-love> b : of or in oneself or itself inherently <self-evident> c : from or by means of oneself or itself <self-fertile>\nself*abasement self*abnegating self*abnegation self*accelerating self*acceptance self*accusation self*accusatory self*accusing self*acknowledged self*adjusting self*administer self*administration self*admitted self*admittedly self*adulatory self*advancement self*advertisement self*advertiser self*affirmation self*aggrandizement self*aggrandizing self*alienation self*anointed self*appraisal self*approbation self*assessment self*assignment self*authenticating self*avowed self*betterment self*cancel self*care self*caricature self*castigate self*castigation self*censorship self*characterization self*classification self*cleaning self*command self*communing self*communion self*complacency self*complacent self*condemnation self*condemned self*confirming self*consecration self*constituted self*consuming self*contempt self*created self*creation self*critical self*criticism self*critique self*cultivation self*culture self*damning self*debasement self*deceit self*deceive self*deception self*defeating self*deluded self*\ndeluding self*delusion self*denigrating self*denigration self*dependence self*dependent self*deprecating self*deprecatingly self*deprecation self*deprecatory self*depreciation self*described self*description self*descriptive self*development self*devouring self*differentiation self*directed self*directing self*direction self*directive self*disgust self*display\nself*dissatisfaction self*doubt self*educated self*educating self*education self*effacement self*effacing self*emancipation self*emasculation self*enclosed self*engrossed self*enhancement self*evaluate self*evaluation self*exclusion self*exculpation self*exhibition self*existence self*existent s


Words: selfish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one’s own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others\n2 : arising from concern with one’s own welfare or advantage in disregard of others <a selfish act>


Words: sell
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to deliver or give up in violation of duty, trust, or loyalty : BETRAY often used with out\n2 a (1) : to give up (property) to another for something of value (as money) (2) : to offer for sale b : to give up in return for something else especially foolishly or dishonorably <sold his birthright for a mess of pottage> c : to exact a price for <sold their lives dearly>\n3 a : to deliver into slavery for money b : to give into the power of another <sold his soul to the devil> c : to deliver the personal services of for money\n4 : to dispose of or manage for profit instead of in accordance with conscience, justice, or duty <sold their votes>\n5 a : to develop a belief in the truth, value, or desirability of : gain acceptance for <trying to sell a program to the Congress> b : to persuade or influence to a course of action or to the acceptance of something <sell children on reading>\n6 : to impose on : CHEAT\n7 a : to cause or promote the sale of <using television advertising to sell cereal> b : to make or attempt to make sales to c : to influence or induce to make a purchase\n8 : to achieve a sale of <sold a million copies>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to dispose of something by sale\n2 : to achieve a sale; also : to achieve satisfactory sales <hoped that the new line would sell>\n3 : to have a specified price\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a deliberate deception : HOAX\n2 : the act or an instance of selling\n\n<3> noun\narchaic : SADDLE


Words: selvage
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the edge on either side of a woven or flat-knitted fabric so finished as to prevent raveling; specifically : a narrow border often of different or heavier threads than the fabric and sometimes in a different weave b : an edge (as of fabric or paper) meant to be cut off and discarded\n2 : an outer or peripheral part : BORDER, EDGE


Words: semantics
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 : the study of meanings: a : the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development b (1) : SEMIOTIC (2) : a branch of semiotic dealing with the relations between signs and what they refer to and including theories of denotation, extension, naming, and truth\n2 : GENERAL SEMANTICS\n3 a : the meaning or relationship of meanings of a sign or set of signs; especially : connotative meaning b : the language used (as in advertising or political propaganda) to achieve a desired effect on an audience especially through the use of words with novel or dual meanings


Words: semaphore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms)\n2 : a system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey (information) by or as if by semaphore\nintransitive senses : to send signals by or as if by semaphore


Words: semblance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : outward and often specious appearance or show : FORM <wrapped in a semblance of composure Harry Hervey> b : MODICUM <has been struggling to get some semblance of justice for his people Bayard Rustin>\n2 : ASPECT, COUNTENANCE\n3 a : a phantasmal form : APPARITION b : IMAGE, LIKENESS\n4 : actual or apparent resemblance


Words: semen
Meaning:
noun\n: a viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretions of accessory glands


Words: semester
Meaning:
noun\n1 : either of the two usually 18-week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided\n2 : a period of six months


Words: semi-
Meaning:
prefix\n1 a : precisely half of: (1) : forming a bisection of <semidiameter> (2) : being a usually vertically bisected form of (a specified architectural feature) <semidome> b : half in quantity or value : half of or occurring halfway through a specified period of time <semiannual> <semimonthly> compare BI-\n2 : to some extent : partly : incompletely <semicivilized> <semi-independent> <semidry> compare DEMI-, HEMI-\n3 a : partial : incomplete <semiconsciousness> <semidarkness> b : having some of the characteristics of <semiporcelain> c : QUASI- <semigovernmental> <semimonastic>


Words: semicolon
Meaning:
noun\n: a punctuation mark ; used chiefly in a coordinating function between major sentence elements (as independent clauses of a compound sentence)


Words: semiconductor
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a class of solids (as germanium or silicon) whose electrical conductivity is between that of a conductor and that of an insulator in being nearly as great as that of a metal at high temperatures and nearly absent at low temperatures


Words: semifinal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being next to the last in an elimination tournament\n2 : of or participating in a semifinal\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a semifinal match\n2 : a semifinal round


Words: semifluid
Meaning:
adjective\n: having the qualities of both a fluid and a solid : VISCOUS <fluid and semifluid lubricants>


Words: seminar
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions\n2 a (1) : a course of study pursued by a seminar (2) : an advanced or graduate course often featuring informality and discussion b : a scheduled meeting of a seminar or a room for such meetings\n3 : a meeting for giving and discussing information


Words: seminary
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated <a seminary of vice and crime>\n2 a : an institution of secondary or higher education b : an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate


Words: senate
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an assembly or council usually possessing high deliberative and legislative functions: as a : the supreme council of the ancient Roman republic and empire b : the second chamber in the bicameral legislature of a major political unit (as a nation, state, or province)\n2 : the hall or chamber in which a senate meets\n3 : a governing body of some universities charged with maintaining academic standards and regulations and usually composed of the principal or representative members of the faculty


Words: send
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to go: as a : to propel or throw in a particular direction b : DELIVER <sent a blow to the chin> c : DRIVE <sent the ball between the goalposts>\n2 : to cause to happen <whatever fate may send>\n3 : to dispatch by a means of communication\n4 a : to direct, order, or request to go b : to permit or enable to attend a term or session <send a daughter to college> c : to direct by advice or reference d : to cause or order to depart : DISMISS\n5 a : to force to go : drive away b : to cause to assume a specified state <sent them into a rage>\n6 : to cause to issue: as a : to pour out : DISCHARGE <clouds sending forth rain> b : UTTER <send forth a cry> c : EMIT <sent out waves of perfume> d : to grow out (parts) in the course of development <a plant sending forth shoots>\n7 : to cause to be carried to a destination; especially : to consign to death or a place of punishment\n8 : to convey or cause to be conveyed or transmitted by an agent <send a package by mail> <sent out invitations>\n9 : to strike or thrust so as to impel violently <sent him sprawling>\n10 : DELIGHT, THRILL\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to dispatch someone to convey a message or do an errand often used with out <send out for pizza> b : to dispatch a request or order often used with away\n2 : SCEND\n3 : TRANSMIT\n\n<2> noun\n: the lift of a wave


Words: senile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age <senile weakness>; especially : exhibiting a loss of mental faculties associated with old age\n2 : approaching the end of a geological cycle of erosion


Words: senior
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a person older than another <five years my senior>\n2 a : a person with higher standing or rank b : a senior fellow of a college at an English university c : a student in the year preceding graduation from a school of secondary or higher level\n3 capitalized : a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in the ninth through twelfth grades in school\n4 : SENIOR CITIZEN\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of prior birth, establishment, or enrollment often used to distinguish a father with the same given name as his son\n2 : higher ranking : SUPERIOR <senior officers>\n3 : of or relating to seniors <the senior class>\n4 : having a claim on corporate assets and income prior to other securities


Words: seniority
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the quality or state of being senior : PRIORITY\n2 : a privileged status attained by length of continuous service (as in a company)


Words: senna
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of a genus (Cassia) of leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees native to warm regions; especially : one used medicinally\n2 : the dried leaflets or pods of various sennas (especially Cassia acutifolia and C. angustifolia) used as a purgative


Words: sensation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) due to immediate bodily stimulation often as distinguished from awareness of the process compare PERCEPTION b : awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ c : a state of consciousness of a kind usually due to physical objects or internal bodily changes <a burning sensation in his chest> d : an indefinite bodily feeling <a sensation of buoyancy>\n2 : something (as a physical object, sense-datum, pain, or afterimage) that causes or is the object of sensation\n3 a : a state of excited interest or feeling <their elopement caused a sensation> b : a cause of such excitement <the show was the musical sensation of the season>; especially : one (as a person) in some respect exceptional or outstanding <the rookie hitting sensation of the American League>


Words: sensational
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to sensation or the senses\n2 : arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, intense, and usually superficial interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction\n3 : exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great


Words: sensationalism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions\n2 : the use or effect of sensational subject matter or treatment


Words: sense
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a meaning conveyed or intended : IMPORT, SIGNIFICATION; especially : one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry\n2 a : the faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs b : a specialized animal function or mechanism (as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch) basically involving a stimulus and a sense organ c : the sensory mechanisms constituting a unit distinct from other functions (as movement or thought)\n3 : conscious awareness or rationality usually used in plural <finally came to his senses>\n4 a : a particular sensation or kind or quality of sensation <a good sense of balance> b : a definite but often vague awareness or impression <felt a sense of insecurity> <a sense of danger> c : a motivating awareness <a sense of shame> d : a discerning awareness and appreciation <her sense of humor>\n5 : CONSENSUS <the sense of the meeting>\n6 a : capacity for effective application of the powers of the mind as a basis for action or response : INTELLIGENCE b : sound mental capacity and understanding typically marked by shrewdness and practicality; also : agreement with or satisfaction of such power <this decision makes sense>\n7 : one of two opposite directions especially of motion (as of a point, line, or surface)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to perceive by the senses b : to be or become conscious of <sense danger>\n2 : GRASP, COMPREHEND\n3 : to detect automatically especially in response to a physical stimulus (as light or movement)


Words: sensibility
Meaning:
noun\n1 : ability to receive sensations : SENSITIVENESS <tactile sensibility>\n2 : peculiar susceptibility to a pleasurable or painful impression (as from praise or a slight) often used in plural\n3 : awareness of and responsiveness toward something (as emotion in another)\n4 : refined or excessive sensitiveness in emotion and taste with especial responsiveness to the pathetic


Words: sensible
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of a kind to be felt or perceived: as a : perceptible to the senses or to reason or understanding <felt a sensible chill> <her distress was sensible from her manner> b archaic : perceptibly large : CONSIDERABLE c (1) : perceptible as real or material : SUBSTANTIAL <the sensible world in which we live> (2) : of a kind to arouse emotional response <his whipping was a sensible expression of his father’s anger>\n2 a : capable of receiving sensory impressions <sensible to pain> b : receptive to external influences : SENSITIVE <the most sensible reaches of the spirit>\n3 a : perceiving through the senses or mind : COGNIZANT <sensible of the increasing heat>; also : convinced by perceived evidence : SATISFIED <sensible of my error> b : emotionally aware and responsive <we are sensible of your problems> c : CONSCIOUS\n4 : having, containing, or indicative of good sense or reason : RATIONAL, REASONABLE <sensible people> <made a sensible answer>\n\n<2> noun\n: something that can be sensed


Words: sensitive
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : SENSORY 2\n2 a : receptive to sense impressions b : capable of being stimulated or excited by external agents (as light, gravity, or contact) <a photographic emulsion sensitive to red light> <sensitive protoplasm>\n3 : highly responsive or susceptible: as a (1) : easily hurt or damaged; especially : easily hurt emotionally (2) : delicately aware of the attitudes and feelings of others b : excessively or abnormally susceptible : HYPERSENSITIVE <sensitive to egg protein> c : readily fluctuating in price or demand <sensitive commodities> d : capable of indicating minute differences : DELICATE <sensitive scales> e : readily affected or changed by various agents (as light or mechanical shock) f : highly radiosensitive\n4 a : concerned with highly classified government information or involving discretionary authority over important policy matters <sensitive documents> b : calling for tact, care, or caution in treatment : TOUCHY <a sensitive issue like race relations>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a person having occult or psychical abilities\n2 : a sensitive person


Words: sensitize
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make sensitive or hypersensitive\nintransitive senses : to become sensitive


Words: sensor
Meaning:
noun\n: a device that responds to a physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular motion) and transmits a resulting impulse (as for measurement or operating a control); also : SENSE ORGAN


Words: sensory
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or relating to sensation or to the senses\n2 : conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers : AFFERENT


Words: sensual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : FLESHLY\n2 : SENSORY\n3 a : devoted to or preoccupied with the senses or appetites b : VOLUPTUOUS c : deficient in moral, spiritual, or intellectual interests : WORLDLY; especially : IRRELIGIOUS


Words: sensuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of or relating to the senses or sensible objects b : producing or characterized by gratification of the senses : having strong sensory appeal <sensuous pleasure>\n2 : characterized by sense impressions or imagery aimed at the senses <sensuous verse>\n3 : highly susceptible to influence through the senses


Words: sentence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : OPINION; especially : a conclusion given on request or reached after deliberation\n2 a : JUDGMENT 2a; specifically : one formally pronounced by a court or judge in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment to be inflicted upon the convict b : the punishment so imposed <serve out a sentence>\n3 archaic : MAXIM, SAW\n4 a : a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses b : a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation or a proposition) in words or symbols\n5 : PERIOD 2b\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to impose a sentence on\n2 : to cause to suffer something <sentenced these most primitive cultures to extinction E. W. Count>


Words: sententious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : given to or abounding in aphoristic expression b : given to or abounding in excessive moralizing\n2 : terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression : PITHY, EPIGRAMMATIC


Words: sentient
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions\n2 : AWARE\n3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling


Words: sentiment
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling : PREDILECTION b : a specific view or notion : OPINION\n2 a : EMOTION b : refined feeling : delicate sensibility especially as expressed in a work of art c : emotional idealism d : a romantic or nostalgic feeling verging on sentimentality\n3 a : an idea colored by emotion b : the emotional significance of a passage or expression as distinguished from its verbal context


Words: sentimental
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism b : resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought\n2 : having an excess of sentiment or sensibility


Words: sentinel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: SENTRY\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to watch over as a sentinel\n2 : to furnish with a sentinel\n3 : to post as sentinel


Words: separate
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to set or keep apart : DISCONNECT, SEVER b : to make a distinction between : DISCRIMINATE, DISTINGUISH <separate religion from magic> c : SORT <separate mail> d : to disperse in space or time : SCATTER <widely separated homesteads>\n2 archaic : to set aside for a special purpose : CHOOSE, DEDICATE\n3 : to part by a legal separation: a : to sever conjugal ties with b : to sever contractual relations with : DISCHARGE\n4 : to block off : SEGREGATE\n5 a : to isolate from a mixture : EXTRACT <separate cream from milk> b : to divide into constituent parts\n6 : to dislocate (as a shoulder) especially in sports\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become divided or detached\n2 a : to sever an association : WITHDRAW b : to cease to live together as a married couple\n3 : to go in different directions\n4 : to become isolated from a mixture\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : set or kept apart : DETACHED b archaic : SOLITARY, SECLUDED c : IMMATERIAL, DISEMBODIED\n2 a : not shared with another : INDIVIDUAL <separate rooms> b often capitalized : estranged from a parent body <separate churches>\n3 a : existing by itself : AUTONOMOUS b : dissimilar in nature or identity\n\n<3> noun\n1 : OFFPRINT\n2 : an article of dress designed to be worn interchangeably with others to form various costume combinations usually used in plural


Words: separation
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of separating : the state of being separated\n2 a : a point, line, or means of division b : an intervening space : GAP\n3 a : cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement or judicial decree b : termination of a contractual relationship (as military service)


Words: separatist
Meaning:
noun\n: one that favors separatism: as a capitalized : one of a group of 16th and 17th century English Protestants preferring to separate from rather than to reform the Church of England b : an advocate of independence or autonomy for a part of a political unit (as a nation) c : an advocate of racial or cultural separation


Words: separator
Meaning:
noun\n: one that separates; especially : a device for separating liquids of different specific gravities (as cream from milk) or liquids from solids


Words: sepia
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the inky secretion of a cuttlefish b : a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes\n2 : a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia\n3 : a brownish gray to dark olive brown color\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of or done in sepia\n2 : of the color sepia


Words: sepsis
Meaning:
noun\n: a toxic condition resulting from the spread of bacteria or their products from a focus of infection; especially : SEPTICEMIA


Words: septic
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or causing putrefaction\n2 : relating to, involving, or characteristic of sepsis


Words: sequel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : CONSEQUENCE, RESULT\n2 a : subsequent development b : the next installment (as of a speech or story); especially : a literary or cinematic work continuing the course of a story begun in a preceding one


Words: sequence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a hymn in irregular meter between the gradual and Gospel in masses for special occasions (as Easter)\n2 : a continuous or connected series: as a : an extended series of poems united by a single theme <a sonnet sequence> b : three or more playing cards usually of the same suit in consecutive order of rank c : a succession of repetitions of a melodic phrase or harmonic pattern each in a new position d : a set of elements ordered so that they can be labeled with the positive integers e (1) : a succession of related shots or scenes developing a single subject or phase of a film story (2) : EPISODE\n3 a : order of succession b : an arrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent relationship especially between main and subordinate parts\n4 a : CONSEQUENCE, RESULT b : a subsequent development\n5 : continuity of progression\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to arrange in a sequence\n2 : to determine the sequence of chemical constituents (as amino-acid residues) in <sequenced biological macromolecules>


Words: sequester
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 a : to set apart : SEGREGATE b : SECLUDE, WITHDRAW\n2 a : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b : to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration\n3 : to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex\n\n<2> noun\nobsolete : SEPARATION, ISOLATION


Words: sequin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an old gold coin of Italy and Turkey\n2 : a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing


Words: sequoia
Meaning:
noun\n: either of two huge coniferous California trees of the bald cypress family that may reach a height of over 300 feet (90 meters): a : BIG TREE b : REDWOOD 3a


Words: sere
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : being dried and withered\n2 archaic : THREADBARE\n\n<2> noun\n: a series of ecological communities formed in ecological succession


Words: serenade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a complimentary vocal or instrumental performance; especially : one given outdoors at night for a woman being courted b : a work so performed\n2 : an instrumental composition in several movements, written for a small ensemble, and midway between the suite and the symphony in style\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to play a serenade\ntransitive senses : to perform a serenade in honor of


Words: serene
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : clear and free of storms or unpleasant change <serene skies> b : shining bright and steady <the moon, serene in glory Alexander Pope>\n2 : AUGUST used as part of a title <His Serene Highness>\n3 : marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude <a serene smile>\n\n<2> noun\n1 archaic : a serene condition or expanse (as of sky, sea, or light)\n2 archaic : SERENITY, TRANQUILLITY


Words: serge
Meaning:
noun\n: a durable twilled fabric having a smooth clear face and a pronounced diagonal rib on the front and the back


Words: sergeant
Meaning:
noun\n1 : SERGEANT AT ARMS\n2 obsolete : an officer who enforces the judgments of a court or the commands of one in authority\n3 : a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army and marine corps above a corporal and below a staff sergeant and in the air force above an airman first class or senior airman and below a staff sergeant; broadly : NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER\n4 : an officer in a police force ranking in the U.S. just below captain or sometimes lieutenant and in England just below inspector


Words: serial
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, consisting of, or arranged in a series, rank, or row <serial order>\n2 : appearing in successive parts or numbers <a serial story>\n3 : belonging to a series maturing periodically rather than on a single date <serial bonds>\n4 : of, relating to, or being music based on a series of tones in a chosen pattern without regard for traditional tonality\n5 a : effecting a series of similar acts over a period of time <a serial killer> b : occurring in such a series <a serial murder>\n6 : relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted sequentially over a single wire compare PARALLEL\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a work appearing (as in a magazine or on television) in parts at intervals b : one part of a serial work : INSTALLMENT\n2 : a publication (as a newspaper or journal) issued as one of a consecutively numbered and indefinitely continued series


Words: series
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession <a concert series> <the hall opened into a series of small rooms> b : a set of regularly presented television programs each of which is complete in itself\n2 : the indicated sum of a usually infinite sequence of numbers\n3 a : the coins or currency of a particular country and period b : a group of postage stamps in different denominations\n4 : a succession of volumes or issues published with related subjects or authors, similar format and price, or continuous numbering\n5 : a division of rock formations that is smaller than a system and comprises rocks deposited during an epoch\n6 : a group of chemical compounds related in composition and structure\n7 : an arrangement of the parts of or elements in an electric circuit whereby the whole current passes through each part or element without branching compare PARALLEL\n8 : a set of vowels connected by ablaut (as i, a, u in ring, rang, rung)\n9 : a number of games (as of baseball) played usually on consecutive days between two teams <in town for a 3-game series>\n10 : a group of successive coordinate sentence elements joined together\n11 : SOIL SERIES\n12 : three consecutive games in bowling


Words: serious
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : thoughtful or subdued in appearance or manner : SOBER\n2 a : requiring much thought or work <serious study> b : of or relating to a matter of importance <a serious play>\n3 a : not joking or trifling : being in earnest b archaic : PIOUS c : deeply interested : DEVOTED <a serious musician>\n4 a : not easily answered or solved <serious objections> b : having important or dangerous possible consequences <a serious injury>\n5 : excessive or impressive in quantity, extent, or degree : CONSIDERABLE <making serious money> <serious drinking>


Words: sermon
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a religious discourse delivered in public usually by a clergyman as a part of a worship service\n2 : a speech on conduct or duty


Words: serpent
Meaning:
noun\n1 a archaic : a noxious creature that creeps, hisses, or stings b : SNAKE\n2 : DEVIL 1\n3 : a treacherous person


Words: serpentine
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)\n2 : subtly wily or tempting\n3 a : winding or turning one way and another b : having a compound curve whose central curve is convex\n\n<2> noun\n: something that winds sinuously\n\n<3> noun\n: a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance


Words: serrate
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: notched or toothed on the edge; specifically : having marginal teeth pointing forward or toward the apex <a serrate leaf>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to mark or make with serrations <a serrated knife>


Words: serried
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : crowded or pressed together : COMPACT <the crowd collected in a serried mass W. S. Maugham>\n2 by alteration : marked by ridges : SERRATE <the serried contours of the mountains Amer. Guide Series: Oregon>


Words: serum
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the watery portion of an animal fluid remaining after coagulation: a (1) : BLOOD SERUM (2) : ANTISERUM b : WHEY c : a normal or pathological serous fluid (as in a blister)\n2 : the watery part of a plant fluid


Words: servant
Meaning:
noun\n: one that serves others <a public servant>; especially : one that performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer


Words: serve
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to be a servant b : to do military or naval service\n2 : to assist a celebrant as server at mass\n3 a : to be of use <in a day when few people could write, seals served as signatures Elizabeth W. King> b : to be favorable, opportune, or convenient c : to be worthy of reliance or trust <if memory serves> d : to hold an office : discharge a duty or function <serve on a jury>\n4 : to prove adequate or satisfactory : SUFFICE\n5 : to help persons to food: as a : to wait at table b : to set out portions of food or drink\n6 : to wait on customers\n7 : to put the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games (as tennis, volleyball, or badminton)\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to be a servant to : ATTEND b : to give the service and respect due to (a superior) c : to comply with the commands or demands of : GRATIFY d : to give military or naval service to e : to perform the duties of (an office or post)\n2 : to act as server at (mass)\n3 archaic : to pay a lover’s or suitor’s court to (a lady) <that gentle lady, whom love and serve Edmund Spenser>\n4 a : to work through (a term of service) b : to put in (a term of imprisonment)\n5 a : to wait on at table b : to bring (food) to a diner c : PRESENT, PROVIDE usually used with up <the novel served up many laughs>\n6 a : to furnish or supply with something needed or desired b : to wait on (a customer) in a store c : to furnish professional service to\n7 a : to answer the needs of b : to be enough for : SUFFICE c : to contribute or conduce to : PROMOTE\n8 : to treat or act toward in a specified way <he served me ill>\n9 a : to bring to notice, deliver, or execute as required by law b : to make legal service upon (a person named in a process)\n10 of a male animal : to copulate with\n11 : to wind yarn or wire tightly around (a rope or stay) for protection\n12 : to provide services that benefit or help\n13 : to put (the ball or shuttlecock) in play (as in tennis or badminton)\n\n<2> noun\n: the act or action of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games (as voll


Words: service
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the occupation or function of serving <in active service> b : employment as a servant <entered his service>\n2 a : the work performed by one that serves <good service> b : HELP, USE, BENEFIT <glad to be of service> c : contribution to the welfare of others d : disposal for use <I’m entirely at your service>\n3 a : a form followed in worship or in a religious ceremony <the burial service> b : a meeting for worship often used in plural <held evening services>\n4 : the act of serving: as a : a helpful act <did him a service> b : useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity usually used in plural <charge for professional services> c : SERVE\n5 : a set of articles for a particular use <a silver tea service>\n6 a : an administrative division (as of a government or business) <the consular service> b : one of a nation’s military forces (as the army or navy)\n7 a : a facility supplying some public demand <telephone service> <bus service> b : a facility providing maintenance and repair <television service>\n8 : the materials (as spun yarn, small lines, or canvas) used for serving a rope\n9 : the act of bringing a legal writ, process, or summons to notice as prescribed by law\n10 : the act of copulating with a female animal\n11 : a branch of a hospital medical staff devoted to a particular specialty <obstetrical service>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to perform services for: as a : to repair or provide maintenance for b : to meet interest and sinking fund payments on (as government debt) c : to perform any of the business functions auxiliary to production or distribution of d of a male animal : SERVE 10\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of or relating to the armed services\n2 : used in serving or supplying <delivery men use the service entrance>\n3 : intended for hard or everyday use\n4 a : providing services <the service trades*from filling stations to universities John Fischer> b : offering repair, maintenance, or incidental services\n\n<4> noun\n: an Old World tree (Sorbus domestica) resembling the related mountain ashes but having


Words: serviceable
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : HELPFUL, USEFUL\n2 : fit for use <her serviceable but not exceptional voice Irving Kolodin>


Words: serviceman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a male member of the armed forces\n2 : a man employed to repair or maintain equipment\n3 : a service station attendant


Words: servile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of or befitting a slave or a menial position\n2 : meanly or cravenly submissive : ABJECT


Words: servitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one’s course of action or way of life\n2 : a right by which something (as a piece of land) owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another


Words: sesame
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a widely cultivated chiefly tropical or subtropical annual erect herb (Sesamum indicum of the family Pedaliaceae); also : its small seeds used especially as a source of oil and a flavoring agent\n2 : OPEN SESAME


Words: sessile
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : attached directly by the base : not raised upon a stalk or peduncle <a sessile leaf> <sessile bubbles>\n2 : permanently attached or established : not free to move about <sessile polyps>


Words: session
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a meeting or series of meetings of a body (as a court or legislature) for the transaction of business <morning session>\n2 plural a (1) : a sitting of English justices of peace in execution of the powers conferred by their commissions (2) : an English court holding such sessions b : any of various courts similar to the English sessions\n3 : the period between the first meeting of a legislative or judicial body and the prorogation or final adjournment\n4 : the ruling body of a Presbyterian congregation consisting of the elders in active service\n5 : the period during the year or day in which a school conducts classes\n6 : a meeting or period devoted to a particular activity <a recording session>


Words: set
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to sit : place in or on a seat\n2 a : to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them b : to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator\n3 : to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race\n4 a : to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability <set a ladder against the wall> <set a stone on the grave> b : TRANSPLANT 1 <set seedlings> c (1) : to make (as a trap) ready to catch prey (2) : to fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish d : to put aside (as dough containing yeast) for fermenting\n5 : to direct with fixed attention <set your mind to it>\n6 a : to cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation <slaves were set free> <set the house on fire> b : to cause the start of <set a fire>\n7 a : to appoint or assign to an office or duty b : POST, STATION\n8 : to cause to assume a specified posture or position <set the door ajar>\n9 a : to fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance <the years have set their mark on him> b : AFFIX c : APPLY <set a match to kindling>\n10 : to fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation : PRESCRIBE <set a wedding day> <set the rules for the game>\n11 a : to establish as the highest level or best performance <set a record for the half mile> b : to furnish as a pattern or model <set an example of generosity> c : to allot as a task <setting lessons for the children to work upon at home Manchester Examiner>\n12 a : to adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position <set the alarm for 7:00> <set a thermostat at 68>; also : to adjust (as a clock) in conformity with a standard b : to restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured <set a broken bone> c : to spread to the wind <set the sails>\n13 a : to put in order for use <set a place for a guest> b : to make scenically ready for a performance <set the stage> c (1) : to arrange (type) for printing <set type by hand> (2) : to put into type or its equivalent (as on film) <set the first word in italic>


Words: setback
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a checking of progress\n2 : DEFEAT, REVERSE\n3 : 4PITCH 7\n4 : a placing of the face of a building on a line some distance to the rear of the building line or of the wall below; also : the rooftop area produced by a setback\n5 : automatic scheduled adjustment to a lower temperature setting of a thermostat


Words: setting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the manner, position, or direction in which something is set\n2 : the frame or bed in which a gem is set; also : style of mounting\n3 a : the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops b : the time and place of the action of a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work c : the scenery used in a theatrical or film production\n4 : the music composed for a text (as a poem)\n5 : the articles of tableware for setting a place at table <two settings of sterling silver>\n6 : a batch of eggs for incubation


Words: settle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to place so as to stay\n2 a : to establish in residence b : to furnish with inhabitants : COLONIZE\n3 a : to cause to pack down b : to clarify by causing dregs or impurities to sink\n4 : to make quiet or orderly\n5 a : to fix or resolve conclusively <settle the question> b : to establish or secure permanently <settle the order of royal succession> c : to conclude (a lawsuit) by agreement between parties usually out of court d : to close (as an account) by payment often of less than is due\n6 : to arrange in a desired position\n7 : to make or arrange for final disposition of <settled his affairs>\n8 of an animal : IMPREGNATE\nintransitive senses\n1 : to come to rest\n2 a : to sink gradually or to the bottom b : to become clear by the deposit of sediment or scum c : to become compact by sinking\n3 a : to become fixed, resolved, or established <a cold settled in his chest> b : to establish a residence or colony <settled in Wisconsin> often used with down\n4 a : to become quiet or orderly b : to take up an ordered or stable life often used with down <marry and settle down>\n5 a : to adjust differences or accounts b : to come to a decision used with on or upon <settleed on a new plan> c : to conclude a lawsuit by agreement out of court\n6 of an animal : CONCEIVE\n\n<2> noun\n: a wooden bench with arms, a high solid back, and an enclosed foundation which can be used as a chest


Words: settlement
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of settling\n2 a : an act of bestowing or giving possession under legal sanction b : the sum, estate, or income secured to one by such a settlement\n3 a : occupation by settlers b : a place or region newly settled c : a small village\n4 : SETTLEMENT HOUSE\n5 : an agreement composing differences\n6 : payment or adjustment of an account


Words: seven
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the seventh in a set or series <the seven of diamonds>\n3 : something having seven units or members


Words: seventy
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 70 to 79; specifically : the years 70 to 79 in a lifetime or century\n3 capitalized : a Mormon elder ordained for missionary work under the apostles


Words: sever
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to put or keep apart : DIVIDE; especially : to remove (as a part) by or as if by cutting\nintransitive senses : to become separated


Words: several
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : separate or distinct from one another <federal union of the several states> b (1) : individually owned or controlled : EXCLUSIVE <a several fishery> compare COMMON (2) : of or relating separately to each individual involved <a several judgment> c : being separate and distinctive : RESPECTIVE <specialists in their several fields>\n2 a : more than one <several pleas> b : more than two but fewer than many <moved several inches> c chiefly dialect : being a great many\n\n<2> pronoun, plural in construction\n: an indefinite number more than two and fewer than many <several of the guests>


Words: severe
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : strict in judgment, discipline, or government b : of a strict or stern bearing or manner : AUSTERE\n2 : rigorous in restraint, punishment, or requirement : STRINGENT, RESTRICTIVE\n3 : strongly critical or condemnatory : CENSORIOUS <a severe critic>\n4 a : maintaining a scrupulously exacting standard of behavior or self-discipline b : establishing exacting standards of accuracy and integrity in intellectual processes <a severe logician>\n5 : sober or restrained in decoration or manner\n6 a : inflicting physical discomfort or hardship : HARSH <severe winters> b : inflicting pain or distress : GRIEVOUS <a severe wound>\n7 : requiring great effort : ARDUOUS <a severe test>\n8 : of a great degree <severe depression>


Words: sew
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to unite or fasten by stitches\n2 : to close or enclose by sewing <sew the money in a bag>\nintransitive senses : to practice or engage in sewing


Words: sewer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a medieval household officer often of high rank in charge of serving the dishes at table and sometimes of seating and tasting\n\n<2> noun\n: one that sews\n\n<3> noun\n: an artificial usually subterranean conduit to carry off sewage and sometimes surface water (as from rainfall)


Words: sewerage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the removal and disposal of sewage and surface water by sewers\n2 : a system of sewers\n3 : SEWAGE


Words: sewing
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act, method, or occupation of one that sews\n2 : material that has been or is to be sewed


Words: sex
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male\n2 : the sum of the structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of living things that are involved in reproduction by two interacting parents and that distinguish males and females\n3 a : sexually motivated phenomena or behavior b : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE\n4 : GENITALIA\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to identify the sex of <sex chicks>\n2 a : to increase the sexual appeal of often used with up b : to arouse the sexual desires of


Words: sextant
Meaning:
noun\n: an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)


Words: sextet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a musical composition for six instruments or voices\n2 : a group or set of six: as a : the performers of a sextet b : a hockey team


Words: sexton
Meaning:
noun\n: a church officer or employee who takes care of the church property and performs related minor duties (as ringing the bell for services and digging graves)


Words: sexual
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or associated with sex or the sexes <sexual differentiation> <sexual conflict>\n2 : having or involving sex <sexual reproduction>


Words: shabby
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : clothed with worn or seedy garments <a shabby hobo>\n2 a : threadbare and faded from wear <a shabby sofa> b : ill-kept : DILAPIDATED <a shabby neighborhood>\n3 a : MEAN, DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE <must feel shabby because of his compromises Nat Hentoff> b : UNGENEROUS, UNFAIR <laments the shabby way in which this country often treated a poet Paul Engle> c : inferior in quality <shabby reasoning>


Words: shack
Meaning:
noun\n1 : HUT, SHANTY\n2 : a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular person or use <a guard shack>


Words: shackle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something (as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms\n2 : something that checks or prevents free action as if by fetters usually used in plural\n3 : a usually U-shaped fastening device secured by a bolt or pin through holes in the end of the two arms\n4 : a length of cable or anchor chain of usually 15 fathoms\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to bind with shackles : FETTER b : to make fast with or as if with a shackle\n2 : to deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps : IMPEDE


Words: shad
Meaning:
noun\n: any of several clupeid fishes (especially genus Alosa) that differ from the typical herrings in having a relatively deep body and in being anadromous and that include some important food fishes of Europe and No. America


Words: shade
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light b : relative obscurity or retirement\n2 a : shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight b : a place sheltered from the sun\n3 : an evanescent or unreal appearance\n4 plural a : the shadows that gather as darkness comes on b : NETHERWORLD, HADES\n5 a : a disembodied spirit : GHOST b used to signal the similarity between a previously encountered person or situation and one at hand; usually used in plural <shades of my childhood>\n6 : something that intercepts or shelters from light, sun, or heat: as a : a device partially covering a lamp so as to reduce glare b : a flexible screen usually mounted on a roller for regulating the light or the view through a window c plural : SUNGLASSES\n7 a : the reproduction of the effect of shade in painting or drawing b : a subdued or somber feature\n8 a : a color produced by a pigment or dye mixture having some black in it b : a color slightly different from the one under consideration\n9 a : a minute difference or variation : NUANCE b : a minute degree or quantity\n10 : a facial expression of sadness or displeasure\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat b : to cover with a shade\n2 : to hide partly by or as if by a shadow\n3 : to darken with or as if with a shadow\n4 : to better or exceed by a shade : SURPASS, ECLIPSE\n5 a : to represent the effect of shade or shadow on b : to add shading to c : to color so that the shades pass gradually from one to another\n6 : to change by gradual transition or qualification\n7 : to reduce slightly (as a price)\n8 : SLANT, BIAS\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass by slight changes or imperceptible degrees\n2 : to undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation


Words: shading
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the use of marking made within outlines to suggest three-dimensionality, shadow, or degrees of light and dark in a picture or drawing\n2 : an interpretative effect in music gained especially by subtle changes in dynamics


Words: shadow
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body\n2 : a reflected image\n3 : shelter from danger or observation\n4 a : an imperfect and faint representation b : an imitation of something : COPY\n5 : the dark figure cast upon a surface by a body intercepting the rays from a source of light\n6 : PHANTOM\n7 plural : DARK 1a\n8 : a shaded or darker portion of a picture\n9 : an attenuated form or a vestigial remnant\n10 a : an inseparable companion or follower b : one (as a spy or detective) that shadows\n11 : a small degree or portion : TRACE\n12 : a source of gloom or unhappiness\n13 a : an area near an object : VICINITY b : pervasive and dominant influence\n14 : a state of ignominy or obscurity\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : SHELTER, PROTECT\n2 : to cast a shadow upon : CLOUD\n3 obsolete : to shelter from the sun\n4 obsolete : CONCEAL\n5 : to represent or indicate obscurely or faintly often used with forth or out\n6 : to follow especially secretly : TRAIL\n7 archaic : SHADE 5\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pass gradually or by degrees\n2 : to become overcast with or as if with shadows\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or resembling a shadow cabinet <shadow minister of defense>\n2 a : having an indistinct pattern <shadow plaid> b : having darker sections of design <shadow lace>


Words: shaft
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the long handle of a spear or similar weapon (2) : SPEAR, LANCE b or plural shaves : POLE; specifically : either of two long pieces of wood between which a horse is hitched to a vehicle c (1) : an arrow especially for a longbow (2) : the body or stem of an arrow extending from the nock to the head\n2 : a sharply delineated beam of light shining through an opening\n3 : something suggestive of the shaft of a spear or arrow especially in long slender cylindrical form: as a : the trunk of a tree b : the cylindrical pillar between the capital and the base c : the handle of a tool or instrument (as a golf club) d : a commonly cylindrical bar used to support rotating pieces or to transmit power or motion by rotation e : the stem or central axis of a feather f : the upright member of a cross especially below the arms g : a small architectural column (as at each side of a doorway) h : a column, obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument i : a vertical or inclined opening of uniform and limited cross section made for finding or mining ore, raising water, or ventilating underground workings (as in a cave) j : a vertical opening or passage through the floors of a building\n4 a : a projectile thrown like a spear or shot like an arrow b : a scornful, satirical, or pithily critical remark or attack c : harsh or unfair treatment usually used with the\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to fit with a shaft\n2 : to treat unfairly or harshly


Words: shag
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a shaggy tangled mass or covering (as of hair) b : long coarse or matted fiber, nap, or pile\n2 : tobacco cut into fine shreds\n3 : CORMORANT 1\n\n<2> adjective\n: SHAGGY\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to fall or hang in shaggy masses\ntransitive senses : to make rough or shaggy\n\n<4> transitive verb\n1 a : to chase after; especially : to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play b : to catch (a fly) in baseball practice\n2 : to chase away\n\n<5> intransitive verb\n1 : to move or lope along\n2 : to dance the shag\n\n<6> noun\n: a dance step executed by hopping livelily on each foot in turn


Words: shaggy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : covered with or consisting of long, coarse, or matted hair b : covered with or consisting of thick, tangled, or unkempt vegetation c : having a rough nap, texture, or surface d : having hairlike processes\n2 a : UNKEMPT b : confused or unclear in conception or thinking


Words: shake
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move irregularly to and fro\n2 : to vibrate especially as the result of a blow or shock\n3 : to tremble as a result of physical or emotional disturbance\n4 : to experience a state of instability : TOTTER\n5 : to briskly move something to and fro or up and down especially in order to mix\n6 : to clasp hands\n7 : 3TRILL\ntransitive senses\n1 : to brandish, wave, or flourish often in a threatening manner\n2 : to cause to move in a usually quick jerky manner\n3 : to cause to quake, quiver, or tremble\n4 a : to free oneself from <shake a habit> <shake off a cold> b : to get away from : get rid of <can you shake your friend want to talk to you alone Elmer Davis>\n5 : to lessen the stability of : WEAKEN <shake one’s faith>\n6 : to bring to a specified condition by or as if by repeated quick jerky movements <shook himself loose from the man’s grasp>\n7 : to dislodge or eject by quick jerky movements of the support or container <shook the dust from the cloth>\n8 : to clasp (hands) in greeting or farewell or as a sign of goodwill or agreement\n9 : to stir the feelings of : UPSET <shook her up>\n10 : 3TRILL\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of shaking: as a : an act of shaking hands b : an act of shaking oneself\n2 a : a blow or shock that upsets the equilibrium or disturbs the balance of something b : EARTHQUAKE\n3 plural a : a condition of trembling or nervousness; specifically : DELIRIUM TREMENS b : MALARIA 2a\n4 : something produced by shaking: as a : a fissure separating annual rings of growth in timber b (1) : MILK SHAKE (2) : a beverage resembling a milk shake but made without milk\n5 : a wavering, quivering, or alternating motion caused by a blow or shock\n6 : TRILL\n7 : a very brief period of time\n8 plural : one that is exceptional especially in importance, ability, or merit usually used in the phrase no great shakes\n9 : a shingle split from a piece of log usually three or four feet (about one meter) long\n10 : 3DEAL 3 <a fair shake>


Words: shaker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that shakes: as a : a utensil or machine used in shaking <cocktail shaker> b : one that incites, promotes, or directs action <a mover and shaker>\n2 capitalized from a dance with shaking movements performed as part of worship : a member of a millenarian sect originating in England in 1747 and practicing celibacy and an ascetic communal life


Words: shaky
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : characterized by shakes <shaky timber>\n2 a : lacking stability : PRECARIOUS b : lacking in firmness (as of beliefs or principles) c : lacking in authority or reliability : QUESTIONABLE\n3 a : somewhat unsound in health b : characterized by shaking\n4 : likely to give way or break down


Words: shale
Meaning:
noun\n: a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition


Words: shall
Meaning:
verb\nverbal auxiliary\n1 archaic a : will have to : MUST b : will be able to : CAN\n2 a used to express a command or exhortation <you shall go> b used in laws, regulations, or directives to express what is mandatory <it shall be unlawful to carry firearms>\n3 a used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future <we shall have to be ready> <we shall see> b used to express simple futurity <when shall we expect you>\n4 used to express determination <they shall not pass>\nintransitive senses , archaic : will go <he to England shall along with you Shakespeare>


Words: shallop
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a usually 2-masted ship with lugsails\n2 : a small open boat propelled by oars or sails and used chiefly in shallow waters


Words: shallow
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : having little depth <shallow water>\n2 : having little extension inward or backward <office buildings have taken the form of shallow slabs Lewis Mumford>\n3 a : penetrating only the easily or quickly perceived <shallow generalizations> b : lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling <a shallow demagogue>\n4 : displacing comparatively little air : WEAK <shallow breathing>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make shallow\nintransitive senses : to become shallow\n\n<3> noun\n: a shallow place or area in a body of water usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.


Words: sham
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a trick that deludes : HOAX\n2 : cheap falseness : HYPOCRISY\n3 : an ornamental covering for a pillow\n4 : an imitation or counterfeit purporting to be genuine\n5 : a person who shams\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : not genuine : FALSE, FEIGNED\n2 : having such poor quality as to seem false\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses : to go through the external motions necessary to counterfeit\nintransitive senses : to act intentionally so as to give a false impression : FEIGN


Words: shambles
Meaning:
noun plural but singular or plural in construction\n1 archaic : a meat market\n2 : SLAUGHTERHOUSE\n3 a : a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed b : a scene or a state of great destruction : WRECKAGE c (1) : a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion (2) : great confusion : MESS


Words: shame
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety b : the susceptibility to such emotion\n2 : a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute : IGNOMINY\n3 a : something that brings censure or reproach; also : something to be regretted : PITY <it’s a shame you can’t go> b : a cause of feeling shame\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to bring shame to : DISGRACE\n2 : to put to shame by outdoing\n3 : to cause to feel shame\n4 : to force by causing to feel guilty <shamed into confessing>


Words: shampoo
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n1 archaic : MASSAGE\n2 a : to wash (as the hair) with soap and water or with a special preparation b : to wash the hair of\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act or instance of shampooing\n2 : a preparation used in shampooing


Words: shamrock
Meaning:
noun\n: a trifoliolate plant used as a floral emblem by the Irish: as a : a yellow-flowered clover (Trifolium dubium) often regarded as the true shamrock b : WOOD SORREL c : WHITE CLOVER


Words: shanghai
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 a : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug b : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention\n2 : to put by trickery into an undesirable position


Words: shank
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates b : LEG c : a cut of beef, veal, mutton, or lamb from the upper or the lower part of the leg : SHIN see BEEF illustration\n2 : a straight narrow usually essential part of an object: as a : the straight part of a nail or pin b : a straight part of a plant : STEM, STALK c : the part of an anchor between the ring and the crown see ANCHOR illustration d : the part of a fishhook between the eye and the bend e : the part of a key between the handle and the bit f : the stem of a tobacco pipe or the part between the stem and the bowl g : TANG 1 h (1) : the narrow part of the sole of a shoe beneath the instep (2) : SHANKPIECE\n3 : a part of an object by which it can be attached: as a (1) : a projection on the back of a solid button (2) : a short stem of thread that holds a sewn button away from the cloth b : the end (as of a drill bit) that is gripped in a chuck\n4 a : the latter part of a period of time b : the early or main part of a period of time\n5 slang : an often homemade knife\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to hit (a golf ball or shot) with the extreme heel of the club so that the ball goes off in an unintended direction; also : to kick (a football) in an unintended direction


Words: shape
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : FORM, CREATE; especially : to give a particular form or shape to\n2 obsolete : ORDAIN, DECREE\n3 : to adapt in shape so as to fit neatly and closely <a dress shaped to her figure>\n4 a : DEVISE, PLAN b : to embody in definite form <shaping a folktale into an epic>\n5 a : to make fit for (as a particular use or purpose) : ADAPT b : to determine or direct the course or character of (as life) c : to modify (behavior) by rewarding changes that tend toward a desired response\nintransitive senses\n1 : HAPPEN, BEFALL\n2 : to take on or approach a mature or definite form often used with up\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : the visible makeup characteristic of a particular item or kind of item b (1) : spatial form or contour (2) : a standard or universally recognized spatial form\n2 : the appearance of the body as distinguished from that of the face : FIGURE\n3 a : PHANTOM, APPARITION b : assumed appearance : GUISE\n4 : form of embodiment\n5 : a mode of existence or form of being having identifying features\n6 : something having a particular form\n7 : the condition in which someone or something exists at a particular time <the car was in fine shape>


Words: shapeless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having no definite shape\n2 a : deprived of usual or normal shape : MISSHAPEN <a shapeless old hat> b : not shapely


Words: shapely
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a regular or pleasing shape\n2 : orderly and consistent in arrangement or plan


Words: shard
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a piece or fragment of a brittle substance; broadly : a small piece or part b : SHELL, SCALE; especially : ELYTRON\n2 usually sherd : fragments of pottery vessels found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived\n3 : highly angular curved glass fragments of tuffaceous sediments


Words: share
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: PLOWSHARE\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a portion belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual or group b : one’s full or fair portion\n2 a : the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together property or interest b : any of the equal portions into which property or invested capital is divided; specifically : any of the equal interests or rights into which the entire capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is regularly evidenced by one or more certificates c plural , chiefly British : STOCK 7c(1)\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to divide and distribute in shares : APPORTION usually used with out or with\n2 a : to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others b : to have in common\n3 : to grant or give a share in\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have a share used with in\n2 : to apportion and take shares of something


Words: sharecropper
Meaning:
noun\n: a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges


Words: shark
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of numerous mostly marine cartilaginous fishes of medium to large size that have a fusiform body, lateral branchial clefts, and a tough usually dull gray skin roughened by minute tubercles and are typically active predators sometimes dangerous to humans\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a rapacious crafty person who preys upon others through usury, extortion, or trickery\n2 : one who excels greatly especially in a particular field\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to gather hastily\n2 archaic : to obtain by some irregular means\nintransitive senses\n1 archaic : to practice fraud or trickery\n2 archaic : SNEAK


Words: sharkskin
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the hide of a shark or leather made from it\n2 a : a smooth durable woolen or worsted suiting in twill or basket weave with small woven designs b : a smooth crisp fabric with a dull finish made usually of rayon in basket weave


Words: sharp
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : adapted to cutting or piercing: as a : having a thin keen edge or fine point b : briskly or bitingly cold : NIPPING <a sharp wind>\n2 a : keen in intellect : QUICK-WITTED b : keen in perception : ACUTE <sharp sight> c : keen in attention : VIGILANT <keep a sharp lookout> d : keen in attention to one’s own interest sometimes to the point of being unethical <a sharp trader>\n3 : keen in spirit or action: as a : full of activity or energy : BRISK <sharp blows> b : capable of acting or reacting strongly; especially : CAUSTIC\n4 : SEVERE, HARSH: as a : inclined to or marked by irritability or anger <a sharp temper> b : causing intense mental or physical distress <a sharp pain> c : cutting in language or import <a sharp rebuke>\n5 : affecting the senses or sense organs intensely: as a (1) : having a strong odor or flavor <sharp cheese> (2) : ACRID b : having a strong piercing sound c : having the effect of or involving a sudden brilliant display of light <a sharp flash>\n6 a : terminating in a point or edge <sharp features> b : involving an abrupt or marked change especially in direction <a sharp turn> c : clear in outline or detail : DISTINCT <a sharp image> d : set forth with clarity and distinctness <sharp contrast>\n7 a of a tone : raised a half step in pitch b : higher than the proper pitch c : MAJOR, AUGMENTED used of an interval in music\n8 : STYLISH, DRESSY\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in a sharp manner\n2 : EXACTLY <1:15 sharp>\n\n<3> noun\n: one that is sharp: as a : a sharp edge or point b (1) : a musical note or tone one half step higher than a note or tone named (2) : a character < on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a pitch a half step higher than the degree would indicate without it c : a needle with a small eye for sewing by hand d : a real or self-styled expert; also : SHARPER\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses : to raise (as a musical tone) in pitch; especially : to raise in pitch by a half step\nintransitive senses : to sing or play above the proper pitch


Words: sharpen
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses : to make sharp or sharper; especially : HONE\nintransitive senses : to become sharp or sharper


Words: shatter
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to drop or be dispersed\n2 a : to break at once into pieces b : to damage badly : RUIN\n3 : to cause the disruption or annihilation of : DEMOLISH\nintransitive senses\n1 : to break apart : DISINTEGRATE\n2 : to drop off parts (as leaves, petals, or fruit)\n\n<2> noun\n1 : FRAGMENT, SHRED usually used in plural <the broken vase lay in shatters>\n2 : an act of shattering : the state of being shattered\n3 : a result of shattering : SHOWER


Words: shave
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to remove a thin layer from b : to cut off in thin layers or shreds : SLICE c : to cut off closely\n2 a : to sever the hair from (the head or another part of the body) close to the roots b : to cut off (hair or beard) close to the skin\n3 a : to discount (a note) at an exorbitant rate b : DEDUCT, REDUCE\n4 : to come close to or touch lightly in passing\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cut off hair or beard close to the skin\n2 : to proceed with difficulty : SCRAPE\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SHAVER 3\n2 : a thin slice : SHAVING\n3 : an act or the process of shaving


Words: shawl
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to wrap in or as if in a shawl


Words: she
Meaning:
<1> pronoun\n1 : that female one who is neither speaker nor the one addressed <she is my wife> compare HE, HER, HERS, IT, THEY\n2 used to refer to one regarded as feminine (as by personification) <she was a fine ship>\n\n<2> noun\n: a female person or animal often used in combination <she-cat> <she-cousin>


Words: sheaf
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together\n2 : something resembling a sheaf of grain <a sheaf of papers>


Words: shear
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cut off the hair from <with crown shorn> b : to cut or clip (as hair or wool) from someone or something; also : to cut something from <shear a lawn> c chiefly Scottish : to reap with a sickle d : to cut or trim with shears or a similar instrument\n2 : to cut with something sharp\n3 : to deprive of something as if by cutting\n4 a : to subject to a shear force b : to cause (as a rock mass) to move along the plane of contact\nintransitive senses\n1 : to cut through something with or as if with a sharp instrument\n2 chiefly Scottish : to reap crops with a sickle\n3 : to become divided under the action of a shear <the bolt may shear off>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a (1) : a cutting implement similar or identical to a pair of scissors but typically larger usually used in plural (2) : one blade of a pair of shears b : any of various cutting tools or machines operating by the action of opposed cutting edges of metal usually used in plural c (1) : something resembling a shear or a pair of shears (2) : a hoisting apparatus consisting of two or sometimes more upright spars fastened together at their upper ends and having tackle for masting or dismasting ships or lifting heavy loads (as guns) usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.\n2 chiefly British : the action or process or an instance of shearing used in combination to indicate the approximate age of sheep in terms of shearings undergone\n3 a : internal force tangential to the section on which it acts called also shearing force b : an action or stress resulting from applied forces that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact\nrong piercing sound c : having the effect of or involving a sudden brilliant display of light <a sharp flash>\n6 a : terminating in a point or edge <sharp features> b : involving an abrupt or marked change especially in direction <a sharp turn> c : clear in outline or detail : DISTINCT <a sharp image> d : set forth with clarity


Words: sheath
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a case for a blade (as of a knife)\n2 : an investing cover or case of a plant or animal body or body part: as a : the tubular fold of skin into which the penis of many mammals is retracted b (1) : the lower part of a leaf (as of a grass) when surrounding the stem (2) : an ensheathing spathe\n3 : any of various covering or supporting structures that are applied like or resemble in appearance or function the sheath of a blade: as a : SHEATHING 2 b : a woman’s close-fitting dress usually worn without a belt c British : CONDOM


Words: sheathe
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to put into or furnish with a sheath\n2 : to plunge or bury (as a sword) in flesh\n3 : to withdraw (a claw) into a sheath\n4 : to case or cover with something (as sheets of metal) that protects


Words: sheave
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a grooved wheel or pulley (as of a pulley block)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to gather and bind into a sheaf


Words: shed
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 chiefly dialect : to set apart : SEGREGATE\n2 : to cause to be dispersed without penetrating <duck’s plumage sheds water>\n3 a : to cause (blood) to flow by cutting or wounding b : to pour forth in drops <shed tears> c : to give off in a stream <fish shedding their eggs in spawning> d : to give off or out <sheds some light on the subject>\n4 a (1) : to cast off (as a body covering) : MOLT (2) : to let fall (as leaves) (3) : to eject (as seed or spores) from a natural receptacle b : to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted <shed her inhibitions> <the company shed 100 jobs>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to pour out : SPILL\n2 : to become dispersed : SCATTER\n3 : to cast off some natural covering (as fur or skin) <the cat is shedding>\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : DISTINCTION, DIFFERENCE\n2 : something (as the skin of a snake) that is discarded in shedding\n3 : a divide of land\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a slight structure built for shelter or storage; especially : a single-storied building with one or more sides unenclosed b : a building that resembles a shed\n2 archaic : HUT\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to put or house in a shed


Words: sheen
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 archaic : BEAUTIFUL\n2 archaic : SHINING, RESPLENDENT\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to be bright : show a sheen\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a bright or shining condition : BRIGHTNESS b : a subdued glitter approaching but short of optical reflection c : a lustrous surface imparted to textiles through finishing processes or use of shiny yarns\n2 : a textile exhibiting notable sheen


Words: sheep
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of various ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male; specifically : one (O. aries) long domesticated especially for its flesh and wool\n2 a : a timid defenseless creature b : a timid docile person; especially : one easily influenced or led\n3 : leather prepared from the skins of sheep : SHEEPSKIN


Words: sheepish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : resembling a sheep in meekness, stupidity, or timidity\n2 : affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault <a sheepish grin>


Words: sheepskin
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the skin of a sheep; also : leather prepared from it b : PARCHMENT c : a garment made of or lined with sheepskin\n2 : DIPLOMA


Words: sheer
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to deviate from a course : SWERVE\ntransitive senses : to cause to sheer\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a turn, deviation, or change in a course (as of a ship)\n2 : the position of a ship riding to a single anchor and heading toward it\n\n<3> adjective\n1 obsolete : BRIGHT, SHINING\n2 : of very thin or transparent texture : DIAPHANOUS\n3 a : UNQUALIFIED, UTTER <sheer folly> <sheer ignorance> b : being free from an adulterant : PURE, UNMIXED c : viewed or acting in dissociation from all else <in terms of sheer numbers>\n4 : marked by great and continuous steepness\n\n<4> adverb\n1 : in a complete manner : ALTOGETHER\n2 : straight up or down without a break : PERPENDICULARLY\n\n<5> noun\n: a sheer fabric; also : an article of such a fabric\n\n<6> noun\n: the fore-and-aft curvature from bow to stern of a ship’s deck as shown in side elevation


Words: sheet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a broad piece of cloth; especially : BEDSHEET b : SAIL 1a(1)\n2 a (1) : a usually rectangular piece of paper; especially : one manufactured for printing (2) : a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it <an herbarium of 100,000 sheets> b : a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound usually used in plural c : a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication <a gossip sheet> d : the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper; also : a pane of stamps\n3 : a broad stretch or surface of something <a sheet of ice>\n4 : a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)\n5 a : a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth b : a flat baking pan of tinned metal <a cookie sheet>\n6 : a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface <a hyperboloid of two sheets>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : rolled or spread out in a sheet\n2 : of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cover with a sheet : SHROUD\n2 : to furnish with sheets\n3 : to form into sheets\nintransitive senses : to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet <the rain sheeted against the windows>\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind\n2 plural : the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together


Words: sheeting
Meaning:
noun\n1 : material in the form of sheets or suitable for forming into sheets\n2 : a lining (as wood or steel) used to support an embankment or the walls of an excavation


Words: shelf
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a thin flat usually long and narrow piece of material (as wood) fastened horizontally (as on a wall) at a distance from the floor to hold objects b : one of several similar pieces in a closet, bookcase, or similar structure c : the contents of a shelf\n2 : something resembling a shelf in form or position: as a : a sandbank or ledge of rocks usually partially submerged b : a flat projecting layer of rock c : the submerged gradually sloping border of a continent or island : CONTINENTAL SHELF


Words: shell
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or support of an animal b : the hard or tough often thin outer covering of an egg (as of a bird or reptile) see EGG illustration\n2 : the covering or outside part of a fruit or seed especially when hard or fibrous\n3 : shell material (as of mollusks or turtles) or their substance\n4 : something that resembles a shell: as a : a framework or exterior structure; especially : a building with an unfinished interior b (1) : an external case or outside covering <the shell of a ship> (2) : a thin usually spherical layer or surface enclosing a space or surrounding an object <an expanding shell of gas around a neutron star> c : a casing without substance <mere effigies and shells of men Thomas Carlyle> d : an edible crust for holding a filling <a pastry shell> e : BAND SHELL f : a small beer glass g : an unlined article of outerwear\n5 : a shell-bearing mollusk\n6 : an impersonal attitude or manner that conceals the presence or absence of feeling <he retreated into his shell>\n7 : a narrow light racing boat propelled by one or more persons pulling oars or sculls\n8 : any of the spaces occupied by the orbits of a group of electrons of approximately equal energy surrounding the nucleus of an atom\n9 a : a projectile for cannon containing an explosive bursting charge b : a metal or paper case which holds the charge of powder and shot or bullet used with breech-loading small arms\n10 : a plain usually sleeveless blouse or sweater\n11 : a company or corporation that exists without assets or independent operations as a legal entity through which another company or corporation can conduct various dealings\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to take out of a natural enclosing cover (as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule) <shell peanuts> b : to separate the kernels of (as an ear of Indian corn, wheat, or oats) from the cob, ear, or husk\n2 : to throw shells at, upon, or into : BOMBARD\n3 : to score heavily against (as an opposing pitcher in baseball)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to fall or s


Words: shellac
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : purified lac usually prepared in thin orange or yellow flakes by heating and filtering and often bleached white\n2 : a preparation of lac dissolved usually in alcohol and used chiefly as a wood filler and finish\n3 a : a composition containing shellac formerly used for making phonograph records b : an old 78 rpm phonograph record\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to coat or otherwise treat with shellac or a shellac varnish\n2 : to defeat decisively


Words: shelter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : something that covers or affords protection <a bomb shelter> b : an establishment providing food and shelter (as to the homeless) c : an establishment that houses and feeds stray animals\n2 : a position or the state of being covered and protected <took shelter>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to constitute or provide a shelter for : PROTECT <has led a sheltered life>\n2 : to place under shelter or protection <sheltered himself in a mountain cave>\n3 : to protect (income) from taxation\nintransitive senses : to take shelter


Words: shelve
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to furnish with shelves\n2 : to place on a shelf\n3 a : to remove from active service b : to put off or aside <shelve a project>\nintransitive senses : to slope in a formation like a shelf


Words: shepherd
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one who tends sheep\n2 : PASTOR\n3 : GERMAN SHEPHERD\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to tend as a shepherd\n2 : to guide or guard in the manner of a shepherd <shepherded the bill through Congress>


Words: sherbet
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice\n2 : an ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added


Words: sheriff
Meaning:
noun\n: an important official of a shire or county charged primarily with judicial duties (as executing the processes and orders of courts and judges)


Words: sherry
Meaning:
noun\n: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor; also : a similar wine produced elsewhere


Words: shibboleth
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by others as empty of real meaning <the old shibboleths come rolling off their lips Joseph Epstein> b : a widely held belief <today this book publishing shibboleth is a myth L. A. Wood> c : TRUISM, PLATITUDE <some truth in the shibboleth that crime does not pay Lee Rogow>\n2 a : a use of language regarded as distinctive of a particular group <accent was a shibboleth of social class Vivian Ducat> b : a custom or usage regarded as distinguishing one group from others <for most of the well-to-do in the town, dinner was a shibboleth, its hour dividing mankind Osbert Sitwell>


Words: shield
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a broad piece of defensive armor carried on the arm\n2 : one that protects or defends : DEFENSE\n3 : DRESS SHIELD\n4 a : a device or part that serves as a protective cover or barrier b : a protective structure (as a carapace, scale, or plate) of some animals\n5 : ESCUTCHEON; especially : one that is wide at the top and rounds to a point at the bottom\n6 : the Precambrian nuclear mass of a continent that is surrounded and sometimes covered by sedimentary rocks\n7 : something resembling a shield: as a : APOTHECIUM b : a police officer’s badge c : a decorative or identifying emblem\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to protect with or as if with a shield : provide with a protective cover or shelter b : to cut off from observation : HIDE\n2 obsolete : FORBID


Words: shift
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to exchange for or replace by another : CHANGE\n2 a : to change the place, position, or direction of : MOVE b : to make a change in (place)\n3 : to change phonetically\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to change place or position b : to change direction <the wind shifted> c : to change gears d : to depress the shift key (as on a typewriter)\n2 a : to assume responsibility <had to shift for themselves> b : to resort to expedients\n3 a : to go through a change b : to change one’s clothes c : to become changed phonetically\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a means or device for effecting an end b (1) : a deceitful or underhand scheme : DODGE (2) : an expedient tried in difficult circumstances : EXTREMITY\n2 a chiefly dialect : a change of clothes b (1) chiefly dialect : SHIRT (2) : a woman’s slip or chemise (3) : a usually loose-fitting or semifitted dress\n3 a : a change in direction <a shift in the wind> b : a change in emphasis, judgment, or attitude\n4 a : a group of people who work or occupy themselves in turn with other groups b (1) : a change of one group of people (as workers) for another in regular alternation (2) : a scheduled period of work or duty\n5 : a change in place or position: as a : a change in the position of the hand on a fingerboard (as of a violin) b (1) : FAULT 5 (2) : the relative displacement of rock masses on opposite sides of a fault or fault zone c (1) : a simultaneous change of position in football by two or more players from one side of the line to the other (2) : a change of positions made by one or more players in baseball to provide better defense against a particular hitter d : a change in frequency resulting in a change in position of a spectral line or band compare DOPPLER EFFECT e : a movement of bits in a computer register a specified number of places to the right or left\n6 : a removal from one person or thing to another : TRANSFER\n7 : CONSONANT SHIFT\n8 : a bid in bridge in a suit other than the suit one’s partner has bid compare JUMP\n9 : GEARSHIFT


Words: shiftless
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : lacking in resourcefulness : INEFFICIENT\n2 : lacking in ambition or incentive : LAZY


Words: shifty
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : full of or ready with expedients : RESOURCEFUL\n2 a : given to deception, evasion, or fraud : TRICKY b : capable of evasive movement : ELUSIVE <a shifty boxer>\n3 : indicative of a tricky nature <shifty eyes>


Words: shill
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to act as a shill\n2 : to act as a spokesperson or promoter <the eminent Shakespearean producer, director, actor and star is now shilling for a brokerage house Andy Rooney>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler); also : one who makes a sales pitch\n2 : PITCH 8a


Words: shilling
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom equal to 12 pence or 120 pound b : a former monetary unit equal to 120 pound of any of various countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth of Nations\n2 : a coin representing one shilling\n3 : any of several early American coins\n4 see MONEY table


Words: shimmer
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : GLIMMER\n2 : to reflect a wavering sometimes distorted visual image\ntransitive senses : to cause to shimmer\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a light that shimmers : subdued sparkle or sheen : GLIMMER\n2 : a wavering sometimes distorted visual image usually resulting from heat-induced changes in atmospheric refraction


Words: shimmy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 by alteration : CHEMISE\n2 short for shimmy-shake : a jazz dance characterized by a shaking of the body from the shoulders down\n3 : an abnormal vibration especially in the front wheels of a motor vehicle\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to shake, quiver, or tremble in or as if in dancing a shimmy\n2 : to vibrate abnormally used especially of automobiles


Words: shin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: the front part of the vertebrate leg below the knee\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move oneself up or down something vertical (as a pole) especially by alternately hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs\n2 : to move forward rapidly on foot\ntransitive senses\n1 : to kick or strike on the shins\n2 : to climb by shinning\n\n<3> noun\n: the 22d letter of the Hebrew alphabet see ALPHABET table


Words: shine
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to emit rays of light\n2 : to be bright by reflection of light\n3 : to be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished <shines in math>\n4 : to have a bright glowing appearance <his face shone with enthusiasm>\n5 : to be conspicuously evident or clear\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to emit light b : to throw or direct the light of\n2 past past part shined : to make bright by polishing <shined his shoes>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : brightness caused by the emission of light\n2 : brightness caused by the reflection of light : LUSTER\n3 : BRILLIANCE, SPLENDOR\n4 : fair weather : SUNSHINE <rain or shine>\n5 : TRICK, CAPER usually used in plural\n6 : LIKING, FANCY <took a shine to him>\n7 a : a polish or gloss given to shoes b : a single polishing of a pair of shoes


Words: shiner
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that shines\n2 : a silvery fish; especially : any of numerous small freshwater American cyprinid fishes (especially genus Notropis) compare GOLDEN SHINER\n3 : BLACK EYE 1


Words: shingle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a small thin piece of building material often with one end thicker than the other for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building\n2 : a small signboard especially designating a professional office used chiefly in the phrase hang out one’s shingle\n3 : a woman’s haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to cover with or as if with shingles\n2 : to bob and shape (the hair) in a shingle\n3 : to lay out or arrange so as to overlap\n\n<3> noun\n1 : coarse rounded detritus or alluvial material especially on the seashore that differs from ordinary gravel only in the larger size of the stones\n2 : a place strewn with shingle


Words: shiny
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : bright with the rays of the sun : SUNSHINY b : filled with light\n2 : bright in appearance : POLISHED <shiny new shoes>\n3 : rubbed or worn smooth\n4 : lustrous with natural secretions <a shiny nose>


Words: ship
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a large seagoing vessel b : a sailing vessel having a bowsprit and usually three masts each composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast\n2 : BOAT; especially : one propelled by power or sail\n3 : a ship’s crew\n4 : FORTUNE 3 <when their ship comes in they’ll be able to live in better style>\n5 : AIRSHIP, AIRPLANE, SPACECRAFT\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to place or receive on board a ship for transportation by water b : to cause to be transported <shipped him off to prep school>\n2 obsolete : to provide with a ship\n3 : to put in place for use <ship the tiller>\n4 : to take into a ship or boat <ship the gangplank>\n5 : to engage for service on a ship\n6 : to take (as water) over the side used of a boat or a ship\nintransitive senses\n1 : to embark on a ship\n2 a : to go or travel by ship often used with out b : to proceed by ship or other means under military orders often used with out\n3 : to engage to serve on shipboard


Words: shipboard
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the side of a ship\n2 : SHIP <met on shipboard>\n\n<2> adjective\n: existing or taking place on board a ship


Words: shipping
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : passage on a ship b : SHIPS c : the body of ships in one place or belonging to one port or country\n2 : the act or business of one that ships


Words: shipworm
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various elongated marine clams (especially family Teredinidae) that resemble worms, burrow in submerged wood, and damage wharf piles and wooden ships


Words: shipwreck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a wrecked ship or its parts\n2 : the destruction or loss of a ship\n3 : an irretrievable loss or failure\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 a : to cause to experience shipwreck b : RUIN\n2 : to destroy (a ship) by grounding or foundering


Words: shire
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an administrative subdivision; especially : a county in England\n2 : any of a breed of large heavy draft horses of British origin that have heavily feathered legs


Words: shirk
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to go stealthily : SNEAK\n2 : to evade the performance of an obligation\ntransitive senses : AVOID, EVADE <shirk one’s duty>


Words: shirr
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to draw (as cloth) together in a shirring\n2 : to bake (eggs removed from the shell) until set


Words: shirring
Meaning:
noun\n: a decorative gathering (as of cloth) made by drawing up the material along two or more parallel lines of stitching


Words: shirt
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a garment for the upper part of the body: as a : a cloth garment usually having a collar, sleeves, a front opening, and a tail long enough to be tucked inside trousers or a skirt b : UNDERSHIRT\n2 : all or a large part of one’s money or resources <lost his shirt on that business deal>


Words: shiver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: one of the small pieces into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence\n\n<2> verb\n: to break into many small pieces : SHATTER\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to undergo trembling : QUIVER\n2 : to tremble in the wind as it strikes first one and then the other side (of a sail)\ntransitive senses : to cause (a sail) to shiver by steering close to the wind\n\n<4> noun\n1 : an instance of shivering : TREMBLE\n2 : an intense shivery sensation especially of fear often used in plural with the <horror movies give him the shivers>


Words: shoal
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: SHALLOW\n\n<2> noun\n1 : SHALLOW\n2 : a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow; specifically : an elevation which is not rocky and on which there is a depth of water of six fathoms (11 meters) or less\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses : to become shallow\ntransitive senses\n1 : to come to a shallow or less deep part of\n2 : to cause to become shallow or less deep\n\n<4> noun\n: a large group or number : CROWD <a shoal of fish>\n\n<5> verb\nintransitive senses : THRONG, SCHOOL


Words: shock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a pile of sheaves of grain or stalks of Indian corn set up in a field with the butt ends down\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to collect into shocks\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the impact or encounter of individuals or groups in combat\n2 a : a violent shake or jar : CONCUSSION b : an effect of such violence\n3 a (1) : a disturbance in the equilibrium or permanence of something (2) : a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance b : something that causes such disturbance c : a state of being so disturbed\n4 : a state of profound depression of the vital processes associated with reduced blood volume and pressure and caused usually by severe especially crushing injuries, hemorrhage, or burns\n5 : sudden stimulation of the nerves and convulsive contraction of the muscles caused by the discharge of electricity through the animal body\n6 a : STROKE 5 b : CORONARY THROMBOSIS\n7 : SHOCK ABSORBER\n\n<4> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust b : to cause to undergo a physical or nervous shock c : to subject to the action of an electrical discharge\n2 : to drive by or as if by a shock\nintransitive senses\n1 : to meet with a shock : COLLIDE\n2 : to cause surprise or shock\n\n<5> adjective\n: BUSHY, SHAGGY\n\n<6> noun\n: a thick bushy mass (as of hair)


Words: shoddy
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo b : a fabric often of inferior quality manufactured wholly or partly from reclaimed wool\n2 a : inferior, imitative, or pretentious articles or matter b : pretentious vulgarity\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made wholly or partly of shoddy\n2 a : cheaply imitative : vulgarly pretentious b : hastily or poorly done : INFERIOR c : SHABBY


Words: shoe
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an outer covering for the human foot typically having a thick or stiff sole with an attached heel and an upper part of lighter material (as leather) b : a metal plate or rim for the hoof of an animal\n2 : something resembling a shoe in function or placement\n3 plural : another’s place, function, or viewpoint <steps from assistant stage manager into the star’s shoes Steven Fuller>\n4 : a device that retards, stops, or controls the motion of an object; especially : the part of a brake that presses on the brake drum\n5 a : any of various devices that are inserted in or run along a track or groove to guide a movement, provide a contact or friction grip, or protect against wear, damage, or slipping b : a device (as a clip or track) on a camera that permits attachment of an accessory item (as a flash unit)\n6 : a dealing box designed to hold several decks of playing cards\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to furnish with a shoe\n2 : to cover for protection, strength, or ornament


Words: shoot
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a (1) : to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) <shoot an arrow> <shoot a spitball> <shoot a marble> (2) : to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by an explosion (as of a powder charge in a firearm or of ignited fuel in a rocket) (3) : to drive forth or cause to be driven forth by a sudden release of gas or air <shoot darts from a blowgun> <a steam catapult shoots planes from a carrier> (4) : to propel (as a ball or puck) toward a goal by striking or pushing with part of the body (as the hand or foot) or with an implement; also : to score by so doing <shoot the winning goal> <shoot a basket> (5) : to throw or cast off or out often with force <shoot dice> <the horse shot his rider out of the saddle> b : to cause (as a gun or bow) to propel a missile c (1) : to utter (as words or sounds) rapidly or suddenly or with force <shoot out a stream of invective> (2) : to emit (as light, flame, or fumes) sud\ndenly and rapidly (3) : to send forth with suddenness or intensity <shot a look of anger at them> d : to discharge, dump, or empty especially by overturning, upending, or directing into a slide\n2 : to affect by shooting: as a : to strike with a missile especially from a bow or gun; especially : to wound or kill with a missile discharged from a bow or firearm b : to remove or destroy by use of firearms <shot out the light>; also : WRECK, EXPLODE\n3 a : to push or slide (as the bolt of a door or lock) into or out of a fastening b : to push or thrust forward : stick out <toads shooting out their tongues> c : to put forth in growing d : to place, send, or bring into position abruptly\n4 a : to engage in (a sport or game or a portion of a game that involves shooting) : PLAY <shoot pool> <shoot a round of golf> <shoot craps> b (1) : to place or offer (a bet) on the result of casting dice <shoot 5> (2) : to use up by or as if by betting : EXHAUST <shot his annual bonus on a shady deal>\n5 a : to


Words: shop
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a handicraft establishment : ATELIER\n2 a : a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale : STORE b also shoppe : a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services <a millinery shop> <a sandwich shop>\n3 : a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery <machine shop> <repair shop>\n4 a : a school laboratory equipped for manual training b : the art or science of working with tools and machinery\n5 a : a business establishment : OFFICE b : SHOPTALK\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to examine goods or services with intent to buy b : to hunt through a market in search of the best buy\n2 : to make a search : HUNT\ntransitive senses : to examine the stock or offerings of <shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas>


Words: shopworn
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store\n2 : stale from excessive use or familiarity <shopworn clich*s>\n3 : WORN-OUT <think of himself as a shopworn Hollywood cynic A. H. Johnston>


Words: shore
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : the land bordering a usually large body of water; specifically : COAST\n2 : a boundary or the country or place that it bounds <hold him accountable for difficulties beyond our shores that he could do nothing about Dorothy Fosdick>\n3 : land as distinguished from the sea <shipboard and shore duty>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to support by a shore : PROP\n2 : to give support to : BRACE usually used with up\n\n<3> noun\n: a prop for preventing sinking or sagging


Words: short
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : having little length b : not tall or high : LOW\n2 a : not extended in time : BRIEF <a short vacation> b : not retentive <a short memory> c : EXPEDITIOUS, QUICK <made short work of the problem> d : seeming to pass quickly <made great progress in just a few short years>\n3 a of a speech sound : having a relatively short duration b : being the member of a pair of similarly spelled vowel or vowel-containing sounds that is descended from a vowel that was short in duration but is no longer so and that does not necessarily have duration as its chief distinguishing feature <short i in sin> c of a syllable in prosody (1) : of relatively brief duration (2) : UNSTRESSED\n4 : limited in distance <a short trip>\n5 a : not coming up to a measure or requirement : INSUFFICIENT <in short supply> b : not reaching far enough <the throw to first was short> c : enduring privation d : insufficiently supplied <short of cash> <short on brains>\n6 a : ABRUPT, CURT b : quickly provoked\n7 : CHOPPY 2\n8 : payable at an early date\n9 a : containing or cooked with shortening; also : FLAKY <short pastry> b of metal : brittle under certain conditions\n10 a : not lengthy or drawn out b : made briefer : ABBREVIATED\n11 a : not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices b : consisting of or relating to a sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale <short sale>\n12 : near the end of a tour of duty\n\n<2> adverb\n1 : in a curt manner\n2 : for or during a brief time <short-lasting>\n3 : at a disadvantage : UNAWARES <caught short>\n4 : in an abrupt manner : SUDDENLY <the car stopped short>\n5 : at some point or degree before a goal or limit aimed at or under consideration <the shells fell short> <quit a month short of graduation>\n6 : clean across <the axle was snapped short>\n7 : by or as if by a short sale\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the sum and substance : UPSHOT\n2 a : a short syllable b : a short sound or signal\n3 plural a : a by-product of wheat milli


Words: shortcake
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a crisp and often unsweetened biscuit or cookie\n2 a : a dessert made typically of very short baking-powder-biscuit dough spread with sweetened fruit b : a dish consisting of a rich biscuit split and covered with a meat mixture


Words: shortcut
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a route more direct than the one ordinarily taken\n2 : a method of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to shorten (as a route or procedure) by use of a shortcut; also : CIRCUMVENT\nintransitive senses : to take or use a shortcut


Words: shorten
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to reduce the length or duration of b : to cause to seem short\n2 a : to reduce in power or efficiency <is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem Isaiah 50:2 (Revised Standard Version)> b obsolete : to deprive of effect\n3 : to add fat to (as pastry dough) in order to make tender and flaky\nintransitive senses : to become short or shorter


Words: shortening
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the action or process of making or becoming short; specifically : the dropping of the latter part of a word so as to produce a new and shorter word of the same meaning\n2 : an edible fat used to shorten baked goods


Words: shorthand
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a method of writing rapidly by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols for letters, sounds, words, or phrases : STENOGRAPHY\n2 : a system or instance of rapid or abbreviated communication or representation


Words: shorthanded
Meaning:
adjective\n: having, working with, or done with fewer than the regular or necessary number of people


Words: shorthorn
Meaning:
noun\n: any of a breed of red, roan, or white beef cattle originating in the north of England and including good milk-producing strains called also Durham


Words: shortly
Meaning:
adverb\n1 a : in a few words : BRIEFLY b : in an abrupt manner\n2 a : in a short time <we will be there shortly> b : at a short interval <shortly after sunset>


Words: shortstop
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the player position in baseball for defending the infield area on the third-base side of second base\n2 : the player stationed in the shortstop position


Words: shortwave
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a radio wave having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters\n2 : a radio transmitter using shortwaves\n3 : electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength equal to or less than that of visible light


Words: shot
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : an action of shooting b : a directed propelling of a missile; specifically : a directed discharge of a firearm c : a stroke or throw in an attempt to score points in a game (as tennis, pool, or basketball); also : HOME RUN d : BLAST e : a medical or narcotics injection\n2 a plural shot : something propelled by shooting; especially : small lead or steel pellets especially forming a charge for a shotgun b : a metal sphere of iron or brass that is heaved in the shot put\n3 a : the distance that a missile is or can be thrown b : RANGE, REACH\n4 : a charge to be paid : SCOT\n5 : one that shoots; especially : MARKSMAN\n6 a : ATTEMPT, TRY b : GUESS, CONJECTURE c : CHANCE d : a single appearance as an entertainer <did a guest shot for the program>\n7 : an effective remark\n8 a : a single photographic exposure; especially : SNAPSHOT b : a single sequence of a motion picture or a television program shot by one camera without interruption\n9 : a charge of explosives\n10 a : a small measure or serving (as one ounce) of undiluted liquor b : a small amount applied at one time : DOSE\n11 shot plural : SPRINKLES, JIMMIES


Words: shotgun
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges\n2 : an offensive football formation in which the quarterback plays a few yards behind the line of scrimmage and the other backs are scattered as flankers or slotbacks\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : of, relating to, or using a shotgun\n2 : involving coercion\n3 : covering a wide field with hit-or-miss effectiveness


Words: shoulder
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the laterally projecting part of the human body formed of the bones and joints with their covering tissue by which the arm is connected with the trunk b : the region of the body of nonhuman vertebrates that corresponds to the shoulder but is less projecting\n2 a : the two shoulders and the upper part of the back usually used in plural b plural : capacity for bearing a task or blame <placed the guilt squarely on his shoulders>\n3 : a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg and adjacent parts see LAMB illustration\n4 : the part of a garment at the wearer’s shoulder\n5 : an area adjacent to or along the edge of a higher, more prominent, or more important part: as a (1) : the part of a hill or mountain near the top (2) : a lateral protrusion or extension of a hill or mountain b : either edge of a roadway; specifically : the part of a roadway outside of the traveled way\n6 : a rounded or sloping part (as of a stringed instrument or a bottle) where the neck joins the body\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to push or thrust with or as if with the shoulder : JOSTLE <shouldered his way through the crowd>\n2 a : to place or bear on the shoulder <shouldered her knapsack and took off> b : to assume the burden or responsibility of <shoulder the blame>\nintransitive senses : to push with or as if with the shoulders aggressively


Words: shout
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter a sudden loud cry\n2 : to command attention as if by shouting <a quality that shouts from good novels John Gardner>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter in a loud voice\n2 : to cause to be, come, or stop by or as if by shouting <shouted himself hoarse> <the proponents shouted down the opposition>\n\n<2> noun\n: a loud cry or call


Words: shove
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to push along\n2 : to push or put in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : THRUST\n3 : to force by other than physical means : COMPEL <shove a bill through the legislature>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move by forcing a way <bargain hunters shoving up to the counter>\n2 a : to move something by exerting force b : LEAVE usually used with off <shoved off for home>\n\n<2> noun\n: an act or instance of shoving : a forcible push


Words: shovel
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a hand implement consisting of a broad scoop or a more or less hollowed out blade with a handle used to lift and throw material b : something that resembles a shovel c : an excavating machine; especially : an hydraulic diesel-engine driven power shovel\n2 : SHOVELFUL\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to take up and throw with a shovel\n2 : to dig or clean out with a shovel\n3 : to throw or convey roughly or in a mass as if with a shovel <shoveled his food into his mouth>\nintransitive senses : to use a shovel


Words: show
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause or permit to be seen : EXHIBIT <showed pictures of the baby>\n2 : to offer for sale <stores were showing new spring suits>\n3 : to present as a public spectacle : PERFORM\n4 : to reveal by one’s condition, nature, or behavior <showed themselves to be cowards>\n5 : to give indication or record of <an anemometer shows wind speed>\n6 a : to point out : direct attention to <showed the view from the terrace> b : CONDUCT, USHER <showed me to an aisle seat>\n7 : ACCORD, BESTOW <shows them no mercy>\n8 a : to set forth : DECLARE b : ALLEGE, PLEAD used especially in law <show cause>\n9 a : to demonstrate or establish by argument or reasoning <show a plan to be faulty> b : INFORM, INSTRUCT <showed me how to solve the problem>\n10 : to present (an animal) for judging in a show\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to be or come in view <3:15 showed on the clock> b : to put in an appearance <failed to show>\n2 a : to appear in a particular way <anger showed in their faces> b : SEEM, APPEAR\n3 a : to give a theatrical performance b : to be staged or presented\n4 a : to appear as a contestant b : to present an animal in a show\n5 : to finish third or at least third (as in a horse race)\n6 : to exhibit one’s artistic work\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a demonstrative display <a show of strength>\n2 a archaic : outward appearance b : a false semblance : PRETENSE <made a show of friendship> c : a more or less true appearance of something : SIGN d : an impressive display <his role as househusband was purely for show John Lahr> e : OSTENTATION\n3 : CHANCE <gave him a show in spite of his background>\n4 : something exhibited especially for wonder or ridicule : SPECTACLE\n5 a : a large display or exhibition arranged to arouse interest or stimulate sales <the national auto show> b : a competitive exhibition of animals (as dogs) to demonstrate quality in breeding\n6 a : a theatrical presentation b : a radio or television program c : ENTERTAINMENT 3a\n7 : ENTERPRISE, AFFAIR <they ran the whole show>\n8 : an indication of metal in a mine or of ga


Words: shower
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a fall of rain of short duration b : a similar fall of sleet, hail, or snow\n2 : something resembling a rain shower <a shower of statistics>; especially : a fall of meteors which belong to a single group and whose trails appear to originate at the same point in space\n3 : a party given by friends who bring gifts often of a particular kind\n4 : a bath in which water is showered on the body; also : the apparatus that provides a shower\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to rain or fall in or as if in a shower <letters showered on him in praise and protest>\n2 : to bathe in a shower\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to wet (as with water) in a spray, fine stream, or drops b (1) : to cause to fall in a shower <factory chimneys showered soot on the district> (2) : to cause a shower to fall on <showered the newlyweds with rice>\n2 : to give in abundance <showered the writer with honors>\n\n<3> noun\n: one that shows : EXHIBITOR


Words: showman
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the producer of a play or theatrical show\n2 : an individual having a sense or knack for dramatically effective presentation


Words: showy
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : making an attractive show : STRIKING <a showy orchid>\n2 : given to or marked by a flashy often tasteless display


Words: shrapnel
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a projectile that consists of a case provided with a powder charge and a large number of usually lead balls and that is exploded in flight\n2 : bomb, mine, or shell fragments


Words: shred
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a long narrow strip cut or torn off b plural : a shredded, damaged, disrupted, or ruined condition <torn to shreds by an air attack>\n2 : PARTICLE, SCRAP <not a shred of evidence>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 archaic : to cut off\n2 : to cut or tear into shreds <shredded the documents>\n3 : DEMOLISH 2 <sharp lawyers shredding hapless witnesses Charles Krauthammer>\nintransitive senses : to come apart in or break up into shreds


Words: shrew
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and velvety fur\n2 : an ill-tempered scolding woman\n\n<2> transitive verb\nobsolete : CURSE


Words: shrewd
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : MISCHIEVOUS\n2 obsolete : ABUSIVE, SHREWISH\n3 obsolete : OMINOUS, DANGEROUS\n4 a : SEVERE, HARD <a shrewd knock> b : SHARP, PIERCING <a shrewd wind>\n5 a : marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen <shrewd common sense> b : given to wily and artful ways or dealing <a shrewd operator>


Words: shriek
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to utter a sharp shrill sound\n2 a : to cry out in a high-pitched voice : SCREECH b : to suggest such a cry (as by vividness of expression) <neon colors shrieked for attention Calvin Tomkins>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter with a shriek or sharply and shrilly <shriek an alarm>\n2 : to express in a manner suggestive of a shriek\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a shrill usually wild or involuntary cry\n2 : a sound resembling a shriek <the shriek of chalk on the blackboard>


Words: shrift
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic a : a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation b : the act of shriving : CONFESSION\n2 obsolete : CONFESSIONAL


Words: shrike
Meaning:
noun\n: any of numerous usually largely gray or brownish oscine birds (family Laniidae) that have a hooked bill, feed chiefly on insects, and often impale their prey on thorns


Words: shrill
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : SCREAM\nintransitive senses : to utter or emit an acute piercing sound\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : having or emitting a sharp high-pitched tone or sound : PIERCING b : accompanied by sharp high-pitched sounds or cries <shrill gaiety>\n2 : having a sharp or vivid effect on the senses <shrill light>\n3 : STRIDENT, INTEMPERATE <shrill anger> <shrill criticism>\n\n<3> noun\n: a shrill sound <the shrill of the ship’s whistle>


Words: shrimp
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of numerous mostly small and marine decapod crustaceans (suborders Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata) having a slender elongated body, a compressed abdomen, and a long spiny rostrum; also : a small crustacean (as an amphipod or a branchiopod) resembling the true shrimps\n2 : a very small or puny person or thing\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n: to fish for or catch shrimps


Words: shrine
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a case, box, or receptacle; especially : one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited b : a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity : SANCTUARY c : a niche containing a religious image\n2 : a receptacle (as a tomb) for the dead\n3 : a place or object hallowed by its associations\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: ENSHRINE


Words: shrink
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to contract or curl up the body or part of it : HUDDLE, COWER\n2 a : to contract to less extent or compass b : to become smaller or more compacted c : to lose substance or weight d : to lessen in value : DWINDLE\n3 : to recoil instinctively (as from something painful or horrible) <shrank from the challenge>\ntransitive senses : to cause to contract or shrink; specifically : to compact (cloth) by causing to contract when subjected to washing, boiling, steaming, or other processes\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the act of shrinking\n2 : SHRINKAGE\n3 short for headshrinker : a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist <regaling us with all the stories he never told his shrink Rolling Stone>


Words: shrinkage
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the act or process of shrinking\n2 : the loss in weight of livestock during shipment and in the process of preparing the meat for consumption\n3 : the amount lost by shrinkage


Words: shrive
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to administer the sacrament of reconciliation to\n2 : to free from guilt\nintransitive senses , archaic : to confess one’s sins especially to a priest


Words: shrivel
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture\n2 a : to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency b : DWINDLE\ntransitive senses : to cause to shrivel


Words: shroud
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 obsolete : SHELTER, PROTECTION\n2 : something that covers, screens, or guards: as a : one of two flanges that give peripheral support to turbine or fan bedding b : a usually fiberglass guard that protects a spacecraft from the heat of launching\n3 : burial garment : WINDING-SHEET, CEREMENT\n4 a : one of the ropes leading usually in pairs from a ship’s mastheads to give lateral support to the masts b : one of the cords that suspend the harness of a parachute from the canopy\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a archaic : to cover for protection b obsolete : CONCEAL\n2 a : to cut off from view : OBSCURE <trees shrouded by a heavy fog> b : to veil under another appearance (as by obscuring or disguising) <shrouded the decision in a series of formalities>\n3 : to dress for burial\nintransitive senses , archaic : to seek shelter


Words: shrub
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a low usually several-stemmed woody plant\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an aged blend of fruit juice, sugar, and spirits served chilled and diluted with water\n2 : a beverage made by adding acidulated fruit juice to iced water


Words: shrug
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to raise or draw in the shoulders especially to express aloofness, indifference, or uncertainty\ntransitive senses : to lift or contract (the shoulders) especially to express aloofness, indifference, or uncertainty\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an act of shrugging\n2 : a woman’s small waist-length or shorter jacket


Words: shuck
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : SHELL, HUSK: as a : the outer covering of a nut or of Indian corn b : the shell of an oyster or clam\n2 : something of little value usually used in plural often interjectionally <not worth shucks> <shucks, it was nothing>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to strip of shucks\n2 a : to peel off (as clothing) often used with off b : to lay aside often used with off <bad habits are being shucked off A. W. Smith>


Words: shudder
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\n1 : to tremble convulsively : SHIVER\n2 : QUIVER\n\n<2> noun\n: an act of shuddering


Words: shuffle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mix in a mass confusedly : JUMBLE\n2 : to put or thrust aside or under cover <shuffled the whole matter out of his mind>\n3 a : to rearrange (as playing cards, dominoes, or tiles) to produce a random order b : to move about, back and forth, or from one place to another : SHIFT <shuffle funds among various accounts>\n4 a : to move (as the feet) by sliding along or back and forth without lifting b : to perform (as a dance) with a dragging, sliding step\nintransitive senses\n1 : to work into or out of trickily <shuffled out of the difficulty>\n2 : to act or speak in a shifty or evasive manner\n3 a : to move or walk in a sliding dragging manner without lifting the feet b : to dance in a lazy nonchalant manner with sliding and tapping motions of the feet c : to execute in a perfunctory or clumsy manner\n4 : to mix playing cards or counters by shuffling\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an evasion of the issue : EQUIVOCATION\n2 a : an act of shuffling (as of cards) b : a right or turn to shuffle <was reminded that it was his shuffle> c : JUMBLE <lost in the shuffle of papers>\n3 a : a dragging sliding movement; specifically : a sliding or scraping step in dancing b : a dance characterized by such a step


Words: shunt
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to turn off to one side : SHIFT <was shunted aside> b : to switch (as a train) from one track to another\n2 : to provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt\n3 : to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt\n4 : SHUTTLE <shunted the missiles from shelter to shelter>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move to the side\n2 : to travel back and forth <shunted between the two towns>\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside: as a chiefly British : a railroad switch b : a conductor joining two points in an electrical circuit so as to form a parallel or alternative path through which a portion of the current may pass (as for regulating the amount passing in the main circuit) c : a surgical passage created between two blood vessels to divert blood from one part to another\n2 : an accident (as a collision between two cars) especially in auto racing


Words: shut
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to move into position to close an opening <shut the lid> b : to prevent entrance to or passage to or from\n2 : to confine by or as if by enclosure <shut herself in her study>\n3 : to fasten with a lock or bolt\n4 : to close by bringing enclosing or covering parts together <shut the eyes>\n5 : to cause to cease or suspend an operation or activity often used with down\nintransitive senses\n1 : to close itself or become closed <flowers that shut at night>\n2 : to cease or suspend an operation or activity often used with down\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : closed, fastened, or folded together\n2 : RID, CLEAR, FREE usually used with of\n\n<3> noun\n: the act of shutting


Words: shutter
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one that shuts\n2 : a usually movable cover or screen for a window or door\n3 : a mechanical device that limits the passage of light; especially : a camera attachment that exposes the film or plate by opening and closing an aperture\n4 : the movable louvers in a pipe organ by which the swell box is opened\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to close by or as if by shutters\n2 : to furnish with shutters


Words: shuttle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp b : a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting, knotting, or netting c : a sliding thread holder for the lower thread of a sewing machine that carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread to make a stitch\n2 : SHUTTLECOCK\n3 a : a going back and forth regularly over an often short route by a vehicle b : an established route used in a shuttle; also : a vehicle used in a shuttle c : SPACE SHUTTLE\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to move or travel back and forth frequently\n2 : to transport in, by, or as if by a shuttle\nintransitive senses\n1 : to move or travel back and forth frequently\n2 : to move by or as if by a shuttle


Words: shuttlecock
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a lightweight conical object with a rounded often rubber-covered nose that is used in badminton\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to send or toss to and fro : BANDY


Words: shy
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : easily frightened : TIMID\n2 : disposed to avoid a person or thing <publicity shy> <book-shy children>\n3 : hesitant in committing oneself : CIRCUMSPECT\n4 : sensitively diffident or retiring : RESERVED <a shy seclusive person>; also : expressive of such a state or nature <spoke in a shy voice>\n5 : SECLUDED, HIDDEN\n6 : having less than the full or specified amount or number : SHORT <just shy of six feet tall> <the stew is a little shy of seasoning>\n7 : DISREPUTABLE <gambling hells and shy saloons Blackwood’s>\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to develop or show a dislike or distaste usually used with from or away from <an author who shies away from publicity>\n2 : to start suddenly aside through fright or alarm\n\n<3> noun\n: a sudden start aside (as from fright)\n\n<4> verb\nintransitive senses : to make a sudden throw\ntransitive senses : to throw (an object) with a jerk : FLING\n\n<5> noun\n1 : the act of shying : TOSS, THROW\n2 : a verbal fling or attack\n3 : COCKSHY


Words: sibyl
Meaning:
noun\n1 : any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)\n2 a : a female prophet b : FORTUNE-TELLER


Words: sick
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a (1) : affected with disease or ill health : AILING (2) : of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness <sick pay> <a sick ward> b : QUEASY, NAUSEATED <sick to one’s stomach> <was sick in the car> c : undergoing menstruation\n2 : spiritually or morally unsound or corrupt\n3 a : sickened by strong emotion <sick with fear> <worried sick> b : having a strong distaste from surfeit : SATIATED <sick of flattery> c : filled with disgust or chagrin <gossip makes me sick> d : depressed and longing for something <sick for one’s home>\n4 a : mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered : MORBID <sick thoughts> b : MACABRE, SADISTIC <sick jokes>\n5 : lacking vigor : SICKLY: as a : badly outclassed <looked sick in the contest> b : incapable of yielding a profitable crop especially because of buildup of disease organisms <clover-sick soils>


Words: sicken
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become sick\n2 : to become weary or satiated\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make sick\n2 : to cause revulsion in as a result of weariness or satiety


Words: sickle
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : an agricultural implement consisting of a curved metal blade with a short handle fitted on a tang\n2 : the cutting mechanism (as of a reaper, combine, or mower) consisting of a bar with a series of cutting elements\n\n<2> adjective\n: having the form of a sickle blade : having a curve similar to that of a sickle blade <the sickle moon>\n\n<3> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to mow or reap with a sickle\n2 : to change (a red blood cell) into a sickle cell\nintransitive senses : to change into a sickle cell <the ability of red blood cells to sickle>


Words: sickness
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : ill health : ILLNESS b : a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition\n2 : a specific disease\n3 : NAUSEA, QUEASINESS


Words: side
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body <a pain in the side> b (1) : one of the halves of the animal body on either side of the mesial plane (2) : a cut of meat including that about the ribs of one half of the body used chiefly of smoked pork products c : one longitudinal half of a hide\n2 : a place, space, or direction with respect to a center or to a line of division (as of an aisle, river, or street)\n3 a : one of the longer bounding surfaces or lines of an object especially contrasted with the ends <the side of a barn> b : a line or surface forming a border or face of an object <a die has six sides> <the back side of the moon> c : either surface of a thin object <one side of a record> <right side of the cloth> d : a bounding line of a geometric figure <side of a triangle>\n4 a : the space beside one <stood by my side> b : an area next to something usually used in combination <a poolside interview>\n5 : a slope (as of a hill) considered as opposed to another slope <the far side of the hill>\n6 a : the attitude or activity of one person or group with respect to another : PART <there was no malice on my side> b : a position that is opposite to or contrasted with another <two sides to every question> <came down on the side of law and order> c : a body of partisans or contestants <victory for neither side> d : TEAM <11 players on each side>\n7 : a line of descent traced through one’s parent <grandfather on his mother’s side>\n8 : an aspect or part of something contrasted with some other real or implied aspect or part <the better side of his nature> <the sales side of the business> <the seasoning is a bit on the heavy side>\n9 British : sideways spin imparted to a billiard or snooker ball\n10 : a sheet containing the lines and cues for a single theatrical role\n11 : a recording of music\n12 : a side order or dish <a side of fries>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 a : situated on the side <side window> b : of or relating to the side\n2 a : directed toward or from the side <side thrust> <side wind> b : INCIDENTAL,


Words: sidearm
Meaning:
adjective\n: of, relating to, using, or being a baseball pitching style in which the arm is not raised above the shoulder and the ball is thrown with a sideways sweep of the arm between shoulder and hip <sidearm delivery>


Words: sideboard
Meaning:
noun\n: a piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for holding articles of table service


Words: sidelong
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : SIDEWAYS, OBLIQUELY\n2 archaic : on the side\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : lying or inclining to one side : SLANTING\n2 a : directed to one side <sidelong looks> b : indirect rather than straightforward


Words: sidestroke
Meaning:
noun\n: a swimming stroke which is executed on the side and in which the arms are swept in separate strokes towards the feet and downward and the legs do a scissors kick


Words: sidetrack
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : SIDING 2\n2 : a position or condition of secondary importance to which one may be diverted\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to shunt aside (as to a railroad siding)\n2 a : to turn aside from a purpose : DEFLECT b : to prevent action on by diversionary tactics <sidetrack an issue>


Words: sideways
Meaning:
adverb or adjective\n1 : from one side\n2 : with one side forward <turn sideways>\n3 a : in a lateral direction or downward to one side <hopped sideways> <slump sideways> b : ASKANCE <look sideways at someone>


Words: siding
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : the taking of sides : PARTISANSHIP\n2 : a short railroad track connected with the main track\n3 : material (as boards or metal pieces) forming the exposed surface of outside walls of frame buildings


Words: sidle
Meaning:
verb\nintransitive senses : to go or move with one side foremost especially in a furtive advance\ntransitive senses : to cause to move or turn sideways


Words: siege
Meaning:
noun\n1 obsolete : a seat of distinction : THRONE\n2 a : a military blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender b : a persistent or serious attack (as of illness)


Words: sierra
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a range of mountains especially with a serrated or irregular outline b : the country about a sierra\n2 : any of several large fishes (genus Scomberomorus) related to the mackerel


Words: sieve
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sizes may be passed to separate them from coarser ones, through which the liquid may be drained from liquid-containing material, or through which soft materials may be forced for reduction to fine particles\n\n<2> verb\n: SIFT


Words: sift
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to put through a sieve <sift flour> b : to separate or separate out by or as if by putting through a sieve\n2 : to go through especially to sort out what is useful or valuable <sifted the evidence> often used with through <sift through a pile of old letters>\n3 : to scatter by or as if by sifting <sift sugar on a cake>\nintransitive senses\n1 : to use a sieve\n2 : to pass or fall as if through a sieve


Words: sigh
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take a deep audible breath (as in weariness or relief)\n2 : to make a sound like sighing <wind sighing in the branches>\n3 : GRIEVE, YEARN <sighing for days gone by>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to express by sighs\n2 archaic : to utter sighs over : MOURN\n\n<2> noun\n1 : an often involuntary act of sighing especially when expressing an emotion or feeling (as weariness or relief)\n2 : the sound of gently moving or escaping air <sighs of the summer breeze>


Words: sight
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : something that is seen : SPECTACLE\n2 a : a thing regarded as worth seeing usually used in plural <the sights of the city> b : something ludicrous or disorderly in appearance <you look a sight>\n3 a chiefly dialect : a great number or quantity b : a good deal : LOT <a far sight better> <not by a damn sight>\n4 a : the process, power, or function of seeing; specifically : the animal sense of which the end organ is the eye and by which the position, shape, and color of objects are perceived b : mental or spiritual perception c : mental view; specifically : JUDGMENT\n5 a : the act of looking at or beholding b : INSPECTION, PERUSAL c : VIEW, GLIMPSE d : an observation to determine direction or position (as by a navigator)\n6 a : a perception of an object by or as if by the eye <never lost sight of the objective> b : the range of vision <was nowhere in sight>\n7 : presentation of a note or draft to the maker or draftee : DEMAND\n8 a : a device that aids the eye in aiming or in finding the direction of an object b plural : ASPIRATION <set her sights on a medical career>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to get or catch sight of <several whales were sighted>\n2 : to look at through or as if through a sight; especially : to test for straightness\n3 : to aim by means of sights\n4 a : to equip with sights b : to adjust the sights of\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take aim\n2 : to look carefully in a particular direction\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : based on recognition or comprehension without previous study <sight translation>\n2 : payable on presentation <a sight draft>


Words: sign
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a motion or gesture by which a thought is expressed or a command or wish made known b : SIGNAL 2a c : a fundamental linguistic unit that designates an object or relation or has a purely syntactic function d : one of a set of gestures used to represent language; also : SIGN LANGUAGE\n2 : a mark having a conventional meaning and used in place of words or to represent a complex notion\n3 : one of the 12 divisions of the zodiac\n4 a (1) : a character (as a flat or sharp) used in musical notation (2) : SEGNO b : a character (as <) indicating a mathematical operation; also : one of two characters and - that form part of the symbol of a number and characterize it as positive or negative\n5 a : a display (as a lettered board or a configuration of neon tubing) used to identify or advertise a place of business or a product b : a posted command, warning, or direction c : SIGNBOARD\n6 a : something material or external that stands for or signifies something spiritual b : something indicating the presence or existence of something else <signs of success> <a sign of the times> c : PRESAGE, PORTENT <signs of an early spring> d : an objective evidence of plant or animal disease\n7 plural usually sign : traces of a usually wild animal <red fox sign>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : CROSS 2 b : to place a sign on c : to represent or indicate by a sign\n2 a : to affix a signature to : ratify or attest by hand or seal <sign a bill into law> <the prisoner signed a confession> b : to assign or convey formally <signed over his property to his brother> c : to write down (one’s name)\n3 : to communicate by making a sign or by sign language\n4 : to engage or hire by securing the signature of on a contract of employment often used with up or on\nintransitive senses\n1 : to write one’s name in token of assent, responsibility, or obligation\n2 a : to make a sign or signal b : to use sign language


Words: signal
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : SIGN, INDICATION\n2 a : an act, event, or watchword that has been agreed on as the occasion of concerted action b : something that incites to action\n3 : something (as a sound, gesture, or object) that conveys notice or warning\n4 a : an object used to transmit or convey information beyond the range of human voice b : the sound or image conveyed in telegraphy, telephony, radio, radar, or television c : a detectable physical quantity or impulse (as a voltage, current, or magnetic field strength) by which messages or information can be transmitted\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to notify by a signal <signal the fleet to turn back>\n2 a : to communicate or indicate by or as if by signals <signaled the end of an era> b : to constitute a characteristic feature of (a meaningful linguistic form)\nintransitive senses : to make or send a signal\n\n<3> adjective\n: distinguished from the ordinary <signal achievement>


Words: signalize
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to make conspicuous : DISTINGUISH\n2 : to point out carefully or distinctly\n3 : to make signals to : SIGNAL; also : INDICATE\n4 : to place traffic signals at or on


Words: signatory
Meaning:
noun\n: a signer with another or others <signatories to a petition>; especially : a government bound with others by a signed convention


Words: signature
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the act of signing one’s name b : the name of a person written with his or her own hand\n2 : a feature in the appearance or qualities of a natural object formerly held to indicate its utility in medicine\n3 a : a letter or figure placed usually at the bottom of the first page on each sheet of printed pages (as of a book) as a direction to the binder in arranging and gathering the sheets b : a folded sheet that is one unit of a book\n4 a : KEY SIGNATURE b : TIME SIGNATURE\n5 : the part of a medical prescription that contains the directions to the patient\n6 : something (as a tune, style, or logo) that serves to identify; also : a characteristic mark


Words: signet
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a seal used officially to give personal authority to a document in lieu of signature\n2 : the impression made by or as if by a signet\n3 : a small intaglio seal (as in a finger ring)\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to stamp or authenticate with a signet


Words: significance
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : something that is conveyed as a meaning often obscurely or indirectly b : the quality of conveying or implying\n2 a : the quality of being important : MOMENT b : the quality of being statistically significant


Words: significant
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having meaning; especially : SUGGESTIVE <a significant glance>\n2 a : having or likely to have influence or effect : IMPORTANT <a significant piece of legislation>; also : of a noticeably or measurably large amount <a significant number of layoffs> <producing significant profits> b : probably caused by something other than mere chance <statistically significant correlation between vitamin deficiency and disease>


Words: signify
Meaning:
verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to be a sign of : MEAN b : IMPLY\n2 : to show especially by a conventional token (as word, signal, or gesture)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to have significance : MATTER\n2 : to engage in signifying


Words: signpost
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a post (as at the fork of a road) with signs on it to direct travelers\n2 : GUIDE, BEACON\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to provide with signposts or guides


Words: silage
Meaning:
noun\n: fodder converted into succulent feed for livestock through processes of anaerobic acid fermentation (as in a silo)


Words: silence
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : forbearance from speech or noise : MUTENESS often used interjectionally\n2 : absence of sound or noise : STILLNESS\n3 : absence of mention: a : OBLIVION, OBSCURITY b : SECRECY <weapons research was conducted in silence>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to compel or reduce to silence : STILL\n2 : to restrain from expression : SUPPRESS\n3 : to cause to cease hostile firing or criticism


Words: silencer
Meaning:
noun\n: one that silences: as a chiefly British : the muffler of an internal combustion engine b : a silencing device for small arms


Words: silent
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : making no utterance : MUTE, SPEECHLESS b : indisposed to speak : not loquacious\n2 : free from sound or noise : STILL\n3 : performed or borne without utterance : UNSPOKEN <silent prayer> <silent grief>\n4 a : making no mention <history is silent about this person> b : not widely or generally known or appreciated <the silent pressures on a person in public office> c : making no protest or outcry <the silent majority>\n5 : UNPRONOUNCED <silent b in doubt>\n6 : not exhibiting the usual signs or symptoms of presence <a silent infection>\n7 a : made without spoken dialogue <silent movies> b : of or relating to silent movies\n\n<2> noun\n: a motion picture made without spoken dialogue usually used in plural


Words: silhouette
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in\n2 : the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass <the silhouette of a bird>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to represent by a silhouette; also : to project on a background like a silhouette


Words: silica
Meaning:
noun\n: silicon dioxide SiO2 occurring in crystalline, amorphous, and impure forms (as in quartz, opal, and sand respectively)


Words: silicate
Meaning:
noun\n: a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid; especially : any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts that contain silicon and oxygen in the anion, constitute the largest class of minerals, and are used in building materials (as cement, bricks, and glass)


Words: silicon
Meaning:
noun\n: a tetravalent nonmetallic element that occurs combined as the most abundant element next to oxygen in the earth’s crust and is used especially in alloys and electronic devices see ELEMENT table


Words: silicone
Meaning:
noun\n: any of various polymeric organic silicon compounds obtained as oils, greases, or plastics and used especially for water-resistant and heat-resistant lubricants, varnishes, binders, and electric insulators


Words: silicosis
Meaning:
noun\n: pneumoconiosis characterized by massive fibrosis of the lungs resulting in shortness of breath and caused by prolonged inhalation of silica dusts


Words: silk
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a fine continuous protein fiber produced by various insect larvae usually for cocoons; especially : a lustrous tough elastic fiber produced by silkworms and used for textiles\n2 : thread, yarn, or fabric made from silk filaments\n3 a : a garment of silk b (1) : a distinctive silk gown worn by a King’s or Queen’s Counsel (2) : a King’s or Queen’s Counsel c plural : the colored cap and blouse of a jockey or harness horse driver made in the registered racing color of the employing stable\n4 a : a filament resembling silk; especially : one produced by a spider b : silky material <milkweed silk>; especially : the styles of an ear of Indian corn\n5 : PARACHUTE\n\n<2> intransitive verb\nof corn : to develop the silk


Words: sill
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a horizontal piece (as a timber) that forms the lowest member or one of the lowest members of a framework or supporting structure: as a : the horizontal member at the base of a window b : the threshold of a door\n2 : a tabular body of igneous rock injected while molten between sedimentary or volcanic beds or along foliation planes of metamorphic rocks\n3 : a submerged ridge at relatively shallow depth separating the basins of two bodies of water


Words: silly
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : HELPLESS, WEAK\n2 a : RUSTIC, PLAIN b obsolete : lowly in station : HUMBLE\n3 a : weak in intellect : FOOLISH b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment <a very silly mistake> c : TRIFLING, FRIVOLOUS\n4 : being stunned or dazed <scared silly> <knocked me silly>


Words: silo
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a trench, pit, or especially a tall cylinder (as of wood or concrete) usually sealed to exclude air and used for making and storing silage\n2 a : a deep bin for storing material (as cement or coal) b : an underground structure for housing a guided missile


Words: silt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually 120 millimeter or less in diameter; also : soil containing 80 percent or more of such silt and less than 12 percent of clay\n2 : a deposit of sediment (as by a river)\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to become choked or obstructed with silt often used with up <the channel silted up>\ntransitive senses : to choke, fill, cover, or obstruct with silt or mud <the beaver had silted the creek Hugh Fosburgh>


Words: silver
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a white metallic element that is sonorous, ductile, very malleable, capable of a high degree of polish, and chiefly univalent in compounds, and that has the highest thermal and electric conductivity of any substance see ELEMENT table\n2 : silver as a commodity <the value of silver has risen>\n3 : coin made of silver\n4 : articles (as hollowware or table flatware) made of or plated with silver; also : similar articles and especially flatware of other metals (as stainless steel)\n5 : a nearly neutral slightly brownish medium gray\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : made of silver\n2 : resembling silver: as a : having a white lustrous sheen b : giving a soft resonant sound : dulcet in tone c : eloquently persuasive\n3 : consisting of or yielding silver\n4 : of, relating to, or characteristic of silver\n5 : advocating the use of silver as a standard of currency\n6 : of, relating to, or being a 25th anniversary or its celebration\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 a : to cover with silver (as by electroplating) b : to coat with a substance (as a metal) resembling silver\n2 a : to give a silvery luster to b : to make white like silver


Words: similar
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having characteristics in common : strictly comparable\n2 : alike in substance or essentials : CORRESPONDING <no two animal habitats are exactly similar W. H. Dowdeswell>\n3 : not differing in shape but only in size or position <similar triangles> <similar polygons>


Words: simile
Meaning:
noun\n: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare METAPHOR


Words: similitude
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : COUNTERPART, DOUBLE b : a visible likeness : IMAGE\n2 : an imaginative comparison : SIMILE\n3 a : correspondence in kind or quality b : a point of comparison


Words: simmer
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to stew gently below or just at the boiling point\n2 a : to be in a state of incipient development : FERMENT <ideas simmering in the back of my mind> b : to be in inward turmoil : SEETHE\ntransitive senses : to cook slowly in a liquid just below the boiling point\n\n<2> noun\n: the state of simmering


Words: simper
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to smile in a silly manner\ntransitive senses : to say with a simper <simpered an apology>\n\n<2> noun\n: a silly smile : SMIRK


Words: simple
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : free from guile : INNOCENT\n2 a : free from vanity : MODEST b : free from ostentation or display\n3 : of humble origin or modest position <a simple farmer>\n4 a : lacking in knowledge or expertise <a simple amateur of the arts> b : STUPID; especially : mentally retarded c : not socially or culturally sophisticated : NAIVE; also : CREDULOUS\n5 a : SHEER, UNMIXED <simple honesty> b : free of secondary complications <a simple vitamin deficiency> c (1) : having only one main clause and no subordinate clauses <a simple sentence> (2) of a subject or predicate : having no modifiers, complements, or objects d : constituting a basic element : FUNDAMENTAL e : not made up of many like units <a simple eye>\n6 : free from elaboration or figuration <simple harmony>\n7 a (1) : not subdivided into branches or leaflets <a simple stem> <a simple leaf> (2) : consisting of a single carpel (3) : developing from a single ovary <a simple fruit> b : controlled by a single gene <simple inherited characters>\n8 : not limited or restricted : UNCONDITIONAL <a simple obligation>\n9 : readily understood or performed <simple directions> <the adjustment was simple to make>\n10 of a statistical hypothesis : specifying exact values for one or more statistical parameters compare COMPOSITE 3\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a person of humble birth : COMMONER <thought very little of anybody, simples or gentry Virginia Woolf> b (1) : a rude or credulous person : IGNORAMUS (2) : a mentally retarded person\n2 a : a medicinal plant b : a vegetable drug having only one ingredient\n3 : one component of a complex; specifically : an unanalyzable constituent


Words: simplicity
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the state of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded\n2 a : lack of subtlety or penetration : INNOCENCE, NAIVET* b : FOLLY, SILLINESS\n3 : freedom from pretense or guile : CANDOR\n4 a : directness of expression : CLARITY b : restraint in ornamentation : AUSTERITY


Words: simplify
Meaning:
transitive verb\n: to make simple or simpler: as a : to reduce to basic essentials b : to diminish in scope or complexity : STREAMLINE <was urged to simplify management procedures> c : to make more intelligible : CLARIFY


Words: simulate
Meaning:
transitive verb\n1 : to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : IMITATE\n2 : to make a simulation of (as a physical system)


Words: simultaneous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : existing or occurring at the same time : exactly coincident\n2 : satisfied by the same values of the variables <simultaneous equations>


Words: sin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : an offense against religious or moral law b : an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible <it’s a sin to waste food> c : an often serious shortcoming : FAULT\n2 a : transgression of the law of God b : a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to commit a sin\n2 : to commit an offense or fault\n\n<3> noun\n: the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet see ALPHABET table\n\n<4> abbreviation\nsine


Words: since
Meaning:
<1> adverb\n1 : from a definite past time until now <has stayed there ever since>\n2 : before the present time : AGO <long since dead>\n3 : after a time in the past : SUBSEQUENTLY <has since become rich>\n\n<2> conjunction\n1 : at a time in the past after or later than <has held two jobs since he graduated> : from the time in the past when <ever since was a child>\n2 obsolete : WHEN\n3 : in view of the fact that : BECAUSE <since it was raining she took an umbrella>\n\n<3> preposition\n: in the period after a specified time in the past : from a specified time in the past


Words: sincere
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : free of dissimulation : HONEST <sincere interest> b : free from adulteration : PURE <a sincere doctrine> <sincere wine>\n2 : marked by genuineness : TRUE


Words: sine
Meaning:
noun\n1 : the trigonometric function that for an acute angle is the ratio between the leg opposite the angle when it is considered part of a right triangle and the hypotenuse\n2 : a trigonometric function sin < that for all real numbers


Words: sinecure
Meaning:
noun\n1 archaic : an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls\n2 : an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income


Words: sinew
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : TENDON; especially : one dressed for use as a cord or thread\n2 obsolete : NERVE\n3 a : solid resilient strength : POWER <astonishing intellectual sinew and clarity Reynolds Price> b : the chief supporting force : MAINSTAY usually used in plural <providing the sinews of better living Sam Pollock>\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to strengthen as if with sinews


Words: sinful
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : tainted with, marked by, or full of sin : WICKED\n2 : such as to make one feel guilty <a sinful chocolate cake>


Words: sing
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to produce musical tones by means of the voice b : to utter words in musical tones and with musical inflections and modulations c : to deliver songs as a trained or professional singer\n2 : to make a shrill whining or whistling sound\n3 a : to relate or celebrate something in verse b : to compose poetry c : to create in or through words a feeling or sense of song <prose that sings>\n4 : to produce musical or harmonious sounds\n5 : BUZZ, RING\n6 : to make a cry : CALL\n7 : to give information or evidence\ntransitive senses\n1 : to utter with musical inflections; especially : to interpret in musical tones produced by the voice\n2 : to relate or celebrate in verse\n3 : CHANT, INTONE\n4 : to bring or accompany to a place or state by singing <sings the child to sleep>\n\n<2> noun\n: a session of group singing\n\n<3> abbreviation\nsingular


Words: singe
Meaning:
<1> transitive verb\n: to burn superficially or lightly : SCORCH; especially : to remove the hair, down, or fuzz from usually by passing rapidly over a flame\n\n<2> noun\n: a slight burn : SCORCH


Words: single
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : not married b : of or relating to celibacy\n2 : unaccompanied by others : LONE, SOLE <the single survivor of the disaster>\n3 a (1) : consisting of or having only one part, feature, or portion <single consonants> (2) : consisting of one as opposed to or in contrast with many : UNIFORM <a single standard for men and women> (3) : consisting of only one in number <holds to a single ideal> b : having but one whorl of petals or ray flowers <a single rose>\n4 a : consisting of a separate unique whole : INDIVIDUAL <every single citizen> b : of, relating to, or involving only one person\n5 a : FRANK, HONEST <a single devotion> b : exclusively attentive <an eye single to the truth>\n6 : UNBROKEN, UNDIVIDED\n7 : having no equal or like : SINGULAR\n8 : designed for the use of one person only <a single room> <single bed>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to select or distinguish from a number or group usually used with out\n2 a : to advance or score (a base runner) by a single b : to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a single\nintransitive senses : to make a single in baseball\n\n<3> noun\n1 a : a separate individual person or thing b : an unmarried person and especially one young and socially active usually used in plural c : a recording having one short tune on each side\n2 : a base hit that allows the batter to reach first base\n3 a plural : a tennis match or similar game with one player on each side b : a golf match between two players usually used in plural\n4 : a room (as in a hotel) for one guest compare DOUBLE 7


Words: singleton
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a card that is the only one of its suit orig. dealt to a player\n2 a : an individual member or thing distinct from others grouped with it b : an offspring born singly <singletons are more common than twins>


Words: singular
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 a : of or relating to a separate person or thing : INDIVIDUAL b : of, relating to, or being a word form denoting one person, thing, or instance c : of or relating to a single instance or to something considered by itself\n2 : distinguished by superiority : EXCEPTIONAL <an artist of singular attainments>\n3 : being out of the ordinary : UNUSUAL <on the way home we had a singular adventure>\n4 : departing from general usage or expectation : PECULIAR, ODD <the air had a singular chill>\n5 a of a matrix : having a determinant equal to zero b of a linear transformation : having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the singular number, the inflectional form denoting it, or a word in that form\n2 : a singular term


Words: sinister
Meaning:
adjective\n1 archaic : UNFAVORABLE, UNLUCKY\n2 archaic : FRAUDULENT\n3 : singularly evil or productive of evil\n4 a : of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something; especially : being or relating to the side of a heraldic shield at the left of the person bearing it b : of ill omen by reason of being on the left\n5 : presaging ill fortune or trouble\n6 : accompanied by or leading to disaster


Words: sink
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to go to the bottom : SUBMERGE b : to become partly buried (as in mud) c : to become engulfed\n2 a (1) : to fall or drop to a lower place or level (2) : to flow at a lower depth or level (3) : to burn with lower intensity (4) : to fall to a lower pitch or volume <his voice sank to a whisper> b : to subside gradually : SETTLE c : to disappear from view d : to slope gradually : DIP\n3 a : to soak or become absorbed : PENETRATE b : to become impressively known or felt <the lesson had sunk in>\n4 : to become deeply absorbed <sank into reverie>\n5 a : to go downward in quality, state, or condition b : to grow less in amount or worth\n6 a : to fall or drop slowly for lack of strength b : to become depressed c : to fail in health or strength\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to cause to sink <sink a battleship> b : to force down especially below the earth’s surface c : to cause (something) to penetrate\n2 : to engage deeply the attention of : IMMERSE\n3 a : to dig or bore (a well or shaft) in the earth : EXCAVATE b : to form by cutting or excising <sink words in stone>\n4 : to cast down or bring to a low condition or state : OVERWHELM, DEFEAT\n5 : to lower in standing or reputation : ABASE\n6 a : to lessen in value or amount b : to lower or soften (the voice) in speaking\n7 : RESTRAIN, SUPPRESS <sinks her pride and approaches the despised neighbor Richard Harrison>\n8 : to pay off (as a debt) : LIQUIDATE\n9 : INVEST\n10 : DROP 7c <sink a putt>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a pool or pit for the deposit of waste or sewage : CESSPOOL b : a ditch or tunnel for carrying off sewage : SEWER c : a stationary basin connected with a drain and usually a water supply for washing and drainage\n2 : a place where vice, corruption, or evil collects\n3 : SUMP 3\n4 a : a depression in the land surface; especially : one having a saline lake with no outlet b : SINKHOLE\n5 : a body or process that acts as a storage device or disposal mechanism: as a : HEAT SINK; broadly : a device that collects or dissipates energy (as radiation) b : a reactant w


Words: sinker
Meaning:
noun\n1 : one that sinks; specifically : a weight for sinking a fishing line, seine, or sounding line\n2 : DOUGHNUT\n3 : a fastball that sinks as it reaches the plate called also sinker ball


Words: sinuous
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : of a serpentine or wavy form : WINDING b : marked by strong lithe movements\n2 : INTRICATE, COMPLEX


Words: sinus
Meaning:
noun\n: CAVITY, HOLLOW: as a : a narrow elongated tract extending from a focus of suppuration and serving for the discharge of pus b (1) : a cavity in the substance of a bone of the skull that usually communicates with the nostrils and contains air (2) : a channel for venous blood (3) : a dilatation in a bodily canal or vessel c : a cleft or indentation between adjoining lobes (as of a leaf or corolla)


Words: sip
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses : to take a sip of something especially repeatedly\ntransitive senses\n1 : to drink in small quantities\n2 : to take sips from\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a small draft taken with the lips\n2 : the act of sipping


Words: siphon
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over an intermediate elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the tube immersed in it while the excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch when once filled causes a continuous flow b usually syphon : a bottle for holding aerated water that is driven out through a bent tube in its neck by the pressure of the gas when a valve in the tube is opened\n2 : any of various tubular organs in animals and especially mollusks or arthropods that are used for drawing in or ejecting fluids see CLAM illustration\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon often used with off\nintransitive senses : to pass by or as if by a siphon


Words: sir
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a man entitled to be addressed as sir used as a title before the given name of a knight or baronet and formerly sometimes before the given name of a priest b : a man of rank or position\n2 a used as a usually respectful form of address b capitalized used as a conventional form of address in the salutation of a letter


Words: sire
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : FATHER b archaic : male ancestor : FOREFATHER c : AUTHOR, ORIGINATOR\n2 a archaic : a man of rank or authority; especially : LORD used formerly as a form of address and as a title b obsolete : an elderly man : SENIOR\n3 : the male parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : BEGET used especially of male domestic animals\n2 : to bring into being : ORIGINATE


Words: siren
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 often capitalized : any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing\n2 a : a woman who sings with bewitching sweetness b : TEMPTRESS\n3 a : an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk b : a device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound <ambulance siren> <air-raid siren>\n4 New Latin, from Latin : either of two No. American eel-shaped amphibians that constitute a genus (Siren) and have small forelimbs but neither hind legs nor pelvis and have permanent external gills as well as lungs\n\n<2> adjective\n: resembling that of a siren : ENTICING


Words: sirloin
Meaning:
noun\n: a cut of meat and especially of beef from the part of the hindquarter just in front of the round see BEEF illustration


Words: sirocco
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily b : a warm moist oppressive southeast wind in the same regions\n2 : a hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region


Words: sisal
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : a strong durable white fiber used especially for hard fiber cordage and twine called also sisal hemp b : a widely cultivated Mexican agave (Agave sisalana) whose leaves yield sisal\n2 : any of several fibers similar to true sisal


Words: sister
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a female who has one or both parents in common with another\n2 often capitalized a : a member of a women’s religious order (as of nuns or deaconesses); especially : one of a Roman Catholic congregation under simple vows b : a woman or girl who is a member of a Christian church\n3 : a woman regarded as a comrade <my Korean sisters Alice Walker>\n4 : one that is closely similar to or associated with another <sister schools> <sister cities>\n5 chiefly British : NURSE\n6 a : GIRL, WOMAN; especially : a girl or woman who is black b : PERSON usually used in the phrase weak sister\n7 : a member of a sorority


Words: sisterhood
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the state of being a sister b : sisterly relationship\n2 : a community or society of sisters; especially : a society of women religious\n3 : the solidarity of women based on shared conditions, experiences, or concerns


Words: sit
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to rest on the buttocks or haunches <sit in a chair> often used with down b : PERCH, ROOST\n2 : to occupy a place as a member of an official body <sit in Congress>\n3 : to hold a session : be in session for official business\n4 : to cover eggs for hatching : BROOD\n5 a : to take a position for having one’s portrait painted or for being photographed b : to serve as a model\n6 archaic : to have one’s dwelling place : DWELL\n7 a : to lie or hang relative to a wearer <the collar sits awkwardly> b : to affect one with or as if with weight <the food sat heavily on his stomach>\n8 : LIE, REST <a kettle sitting on the stove>\n9 a : to have a location <the house sits well back from the road> b of wind : to blow from a certain direction\n10 : to remain inactive or quiescent <the car sits in the garage>\n11 : to take an examination\n12 : BABY-SIT\n13 : to please or agree with one used with with and an adverb <the decision did not sit well with me>\ntransitive senses\n1 : to cause to be seated : place on or in a seat often used with down\n2 : to sit on (eggs)\n3 : to keep one’s seat on <sit a horse>\n4 : to provide seats or seating room for\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the manner in which a garment fits\n2 : an act or period of sitting


Words: site
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments) b : a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building\n2 a : the place, scene, or point of something b : one or more Internet addresses at which an individual or organization provides information to others often including links to other locations where related information may be found\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to place on a site or in position : LOCATE


Words: situated
Meaning:
adjective\n1 : having a site, situation, or location : LOCATED\n2 : provided with money or possessions <comfortably situated>


Words: situation
Meaning:
noun\n1 a : the way in which something is placed in relation to its surroundings b : SITE c archaic : LOCALITY\n2 archaic : state of health\n3 a : position or place of employment : POST, JOB b : position in life : STATUS\n4 : position with respect to conditions and circumstances <the military situation remains obscure>\n5 a : relative position or combination of circumstances at a certain moment b : a critical, trying, or unusual state of affairs : PROBLEM c : a particular or striking complex of affairs at a stage in the action of a narrative or drama


Words: six
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 : the sixth in a set or series <the six of spades>\n3 : something having six units or members: as a : an ice-hockey team b : a 6-cylinder engine or automobile


Words: sixpence
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a former British monetary unit equal to six pennies\n2 plural sixpence or sixpences : a coin worth sixpence


Words: sixty
Meaning:
noun\n1 see NUMBER table\n2 plural : the numbers 60 to 69; specifically : the years 60 to 69 in a lifetime or century


Words: size
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 dialect British : ASSIZE 2a usually used in plural\n2 obsolete : a fixed portion of food or drink\n3 a : physical magnitude, extent, or bulk : relative or proportionate dimensions b : relative aggregate amount or number c : considerable proportions : BIGNESS\n4 : one of a series of graduated measures especially of manufactured articles (as of clothing) conventionally identified by numbers or letters <a size 7 hat>\n5 : character, quality, or status of a person or thing especially with reference to importance, relative merit, or correspondence to needs <try this idea on for size>\n6 : actual state of affairs <that’s about the size of it>\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make a particular size : bring to proper or suitable size\n2 : to arrange, grade, or classify according to size or bulk\nintransitive senses : to equal in size or other particular characteristic : COMPARE usually used with up and often with to or with\n\n<3> adjective\n: SIZED usually used in combination <bite-size>\n\n<4> noun\n: any of various glutinous materials (as preparations of glue, flour, varnish, or resins) used for filling the pores in surfaces (as of paper, textiles, leather, or plaster) or for applying color or metal leaf (as to book edges or covers)\n\n<5> transitive verb\n: to cover, stiffen, or glaze with or as if with size


Words: sizzle
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses : to burn up or sear with or as if with a hissing sound\nintransitive senses\n1 : to make a hissing sound in or as if in burning or frying\n2 : to seethe with deep anger or resentment\n\n<2> noun\n: a hissing sound (as of something frying over a fire)


Words: skate
Meaning:
<1> noun\n: any of a family (Rajidae, especially genus Raja) of rays with the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the fish a flat diamond shape\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a metal frame that can be fitted to the sole of a shoe and to which is attached a runner or a set of wheels for gliding over ice or a surface other than ice b : ROLLER SKATE c : ICE SKATE\n2 : a period of skating\n\n<3> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to glide along on skates propelled by the alternate action of the legs\n2 : to slip or glide as if on skates\n3 : to proceed in a superficial or blithe manner\ntransitive senses : to go along or through by skating\n\n<4> noun\n1 : a thin awkward-looking or decrepit horse : NAG\n2 : FELLOW 4c


Words: skein
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 or skean or skeane : a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel\n2 : something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : TANGLE\n3 : a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight\n\n<2> transitive verb\n: to wind into skeins <skein yarn>


Words: skeleton
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of an organism; especially : the bony or more or less cartilaginous framework supporting the soft tissues and protecting the internal organs of a vertebrate\n2 : something reduced to its minimum form or essential parts\n3 : an emaciated person or animal\n4 a : something forming a structural framework b : the straight or branched chain or ring of atoms that forms the basic structure of an organic molecule\n5 : something shameful and kept secret (as in a family) often used in the phrase skeleton in the closet\n\n<2> adjective\n: of, consisting of, or resembling a skeleton


Words: skeptic
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an adherent or advocate of skepticism\n2 : a person disposed to skepticism especially regarding religion or religious principles


Words: skepticism
Meaning:
noun\n1 : an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object\n2 a : the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a particular area is uncertain b : the method of suspended judgment, systematic doubt, or criticism characteristic of skeptics\n3 : doubt concerning basic religious principles (as immortality, providence, and revelation)


Words: sketch
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study b : a tentative draft (as for a literary work)\n2 : a brief description (as of a person) or outline\n3 a : a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story and the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, and familiar in tone b : a short instrumental composition usually for piano c : a slight theatrical piece having a single scene; especially : a comic variety act\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to make a sketch, rough draft, or outline of\nintransitive senses : to draw or paint a sketch


Words: skew
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 : to take an oblique course\n2 : to look askance\ntransitive senses\n1 : to make, set, or cut on the skew\n2 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form <skewed statistical data>\n\n<2> adjective\n1 : set, placed, or running obliquely : SLANTING\n2 : more developed on one side or in one direction than another : not symmetrical\n\n<3> noun\n: a deviation from a straight line : SLANT


Words: skewer
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to keep it in form while roasting or to hold small pieces of meat or vegetables for broiling\n2 : any of various things shaped or used like a meat skewer\n\n<2> transitive verb\n1 : to fasten or pierce with or as if with a skewer\n2 : to criticize or ridicule sharply and effectively


Words: ski
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a : one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow b : WATER SKI\n2 : a piece of material that resembles a ski and is used as a runner on a vehicle\n\n<2> verb\nintransitive senses : to glide on skis in travel or as a sport\ntransitive senses : to travel or pass over on skis


Words: skid
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : one of a group of objects (as planks or logs) used to support or elevate a structure or object\n2 : a wooden fender hung over a ship’s side to protect it in handling cargo\n3 : a usually iron shoe or clog attached to a chain and placed under a wheel to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill : DRAG\n4 : a timber, bar, rail, pole, or log used in pairs or sets to form a slideway (as for an incline from a truck to the sidewalk)\n5 : the act of skidding : SLIP, SIDESLIP\n6 : a runner used as a member of the landing gear of an airplane or helicopter\n7 a plural : a route to defeat or downfall <on the skids> <his career hit the skids> b : a losing streak <a five-game skid>\n8 : a low platform mounted (as on wheels) on which material is set for handling and moving; also : PALLET 3\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to apply a brake or skid to : slow or halt by a skid\n2 a : to haul (as logs) by dragging <cutting and skidding firewood> b : to haul along, slide, hoist, or store on skids\nintransitive senses\n1 : to slide without rotating (as a wheel held from turning while a vehicle moves onward)\n2 a : to fail to grip the roadway; especially : to slip sideways on the road b of an airplane : to slide sideways away from the center of curvature when turning c : SLIDE, SLIP\n3 : to fall rapidly, steeply, or far


Words: skill
Meaning:
<1> intransitive verb\narchaic : to make a difference : MATTER, AVAIL\n\n<2> noun\n1 obsolete : CAUSE, REASON\n2 a : the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance b : dexterity or coordination especially in the execution of learned physical tasks\n3 : a learned power of doing something competently : a developed aptitude or ability <language skills>


Words: skillet
Meaning:
noun\n1 chiefly British : a small kettle or pot usually having three or four often long feet and used for cooking on the hearth\n2 : FRYING PAN


Words: skim
Meaning:
<1> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance <skim boiling syrup> b : to remove (as film or scum) from the surface of a liquid c : to remove cream from by skimming d : to remove the best or most easily obtainable contents from\n2 : to read, study, or examine superficially and rapidly; especially : to glance through (as a book) for the chief ideas or the plot\n3 : to throw in a gliding path; especially : to throw so as to ricochet along the surface of water\n4 : to cover with or as if with a film, scum, or coat\n5 : to pass swiftly or lightly over\n6 : to remove or conceal (as a portion of casino profits) to avoid payment of taxes\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to pass lightly or hastily : glide or skip along, above, or near a surface b : to give a cursory glance, consideration, or reading\n2 : to become coated with a thin layer of film or scum\n3 : to put on a finishing coat of plaster\n\n<2> noun\n1 : a thin layer, coating, or film\n2 : the act of skimming\n3 : something skimmed; specifically : SKIM MILK\n\n<3> adjective\n1 : having the cream removed by skimming\n2 : made of skim milk <skim cheese>


Words: skimp
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n: SKIMPY\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses : to give insufficient or barely sufficient attention or effort to or funds for\nintransitive senses : to save by or as if by skimping


Words: skin
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : the integument of an animal (as a fur-bearing mammal or a bird) separated from the body usually with its hair or feathers (2) : a usually unmounted specimen of a vertebrate (as in a museum) b : the hide or pelt of a game or domestic animal c (1) : the pelt of an animal prepared for use as a trimming or in a garment compare 4HIDE (2) : a sheet of parchment or vellum made from a hide (3) : BOTTLE 1b\n2 a : the external limiting tissue layer of an animal body especially when forming a tough but flexible cover relatively impermeable from without while intact b : any of various outer or surface layers (as a rind, husk, or pellicle)\n3 : the life or physical well-being of a person <saved his own skin>\n4 : a sheathing or casing forming the outside surface of a structure (as a ship or airplane)\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to strip, scrape, or rub off an outer covering (as the skin or rind) of b : to strip or peel off c : to cut, chip, or damage the surface of <fell and skinned my knee>\n2 a : to cover with or as if with skin b : to heal over with skin\n3 a : to strip of money or property : FLEECE b : to defeat badly c : CENSURE, CASTIGATE\n4 : to urge on and direct the course of (as a draft animal)\nintransitive senses\n1 : to become covered with or as if with skin\n2 a : SHIN 1 b : to pass or get by with scant room to spare\n\n<3> adjective\n: involving subjects who are nude <expected to conduct skin searches for weapons Diane K. Shah>; especially : devoted to showing nudes <skin magazines>


Words: skinny
Meaning:
<1> adjective\n1 : resembling skin : MEMBRANOUS\n2 a : lacking sufficient flesh : very thin : EMACIATED b : lacking usual or desirable bulk, quantity, qualities, or significance\n\n<2> noun\nslang : inside information : DOPE <the straight skinny on what’s going on John Geary>


Words: skip
Meaning:
<1> verb\nintransitive senses\n1 a : to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip b : to bound off one point after another : RICOCHET\n2 : to leave hurriedly or secretly <skipped out without paying their bill>\n3 a : to pass over or omit an interval, item, or step b : to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next c : MISFIRE 1\ntransitive senses\n1 a : to pass over without notice or mention : OMIT b : to pass by or leave out (a step in a progression or series)\n2 a : to cause to skip (a grade in school) b : to cause to bound or skim over a surface <skip a stone across a pond>\n3 : to leap over lightly and nimbly\n4 a : to depart from quickly and secretly <skipped town> b : to fail to attend or participate in <skip the tournament> <skip the meeting>\n\n<2> noun\n1 a : a light bounding step b : a gait composed of alternating hops and steps\n2 : an act of omission or the thing omitted\n\n<3> noun\n1 : the captain of a side in a game (as curling or lawn bowling) who advises the team as to the play and controls the action\n2 : 2SKIPPER\n\n<4> transitive verb\n: to act as skipper of


Words: skipper
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : any of various erratically active insects (as a click beetle or a water strider)\n2 : one that skips\n3 : SAURY\n4 : any of a superfamily (Hesperioidea, especially family Hesperiidae) of stout-bodied lepidopterous insects that differ from the typical butterflies especially in wing venation and the form of the antennae\n\n<2> noun\n1 : the master of a ship; especially : the master of a fishing, small trading, or pleasure boat\n2 : the captain or first pilot of an airplane\n3 : a person in a position of leadership; especially : a baseball team’s manager\n\n<3> transitive verb\n1 : to act as skipper of (as a boat)\n2 : to act as coach of (as a team)


Words: skirmish
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 : a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements\n2 a : a brisk preliminary verbal conflict b : a minor dispute or contest between opposing parties\n\n<2> intransitive verb\n1 : to engage in a skirmish\n2 : to search about (as for supplies) : scout around


Words: skirt
Meaning:
<1> noun\n1 a (1) : a free-hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down (2) : a separate free-hanging outer garment or undergarment usually worn by women and girls covering some or all of the body from the waist down b : either of two usually leather flaps on a saddle covering the bars on which the stirrups are hung c : a cloth facing that hangs loosely and usually in folds or pleats from the bottom edge or across the front of a piece of furniture d : the lower branches of a tree when near the ground\n2 a : the rim, periphery, or environs of an area b plural : outlying parts (as of a town or city)\n3 : a part or attachment serving as a rim, border, or edging\n4 : a girl or woman\n\n<2> verb\ntransitive senses\n1 : to form or run along the border or edge of : BORDER\n2 a : to provide a skirt for b : to furnish a border or shield for\n3 a : to go or pass around or about; specifically : to go around or keep away from in order to avoid danger or discovery b : to avoid especially because of difficulty or fear of controversy <skirted the issue> c : to evade or miss by a narrow margin <having skirted disaster Edith Wharton>\nintransitive senses : to be, lie, or move along an edge or border


Words: skit
Meaning:
noun\n1 : a jeering or satirical remark : TAUNT\n2 a : a satirical or humorous story or sketch b (1) : a brief burlesque or comic sketch included in a dramatic performance (as a revue) (2) : a short serious dramatic piece; especially : one done by amateurs


Words: skittish
Meaning:
adjective\n1 a : lively or frisky in action : CAPRICIOUS b : VARIABLE, FLUCTUATING\n2 : easily frightened : RESTIVE <a skittish horse>\n3 a : COY, BASHFUL b : marked by extreme caution : WARY


