('Snakeroot','n.','Any one of several plants of different genera and\n   species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious\n   as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.'),('Snake\'s-head','n.','The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England\n   because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake\'s head.'),('Snakestone','n.','A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.'),('Snakestone','n.','An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which\n   resembles that of a coiled snake.'),('Snake\'s-tongue','n.','Same as Adder\'s-tongue.'),('Snakeweed','n.','A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).'),('Snakeweed','n.','The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.'),('Snakewood','n.','An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina)\n   having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the\n   hooded serpent.'),('Snakewood','n.','An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum)\n   which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.'),('Snakewood','n.','Same as Trumpetwood.'),('Snakewood','n.','A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has\n   very fragrant red blossoms.'),('Snakewood','n.','Same as Letterwood.'),('Snakish','a.','Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.'),('Snaky','a.','Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake;\n   serpentine; winding.'),('Snaky','a.','Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.'),('Snaky','a.','Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or\n   wand.'),('Snapped','imp. & p. p.','of Snap'),('Snapping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snap'),('Snap','n.','To break at once; to break short, as substances that are\n   brittle.'),('Snap','n.','To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.'),('Snap','n.','To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.'),('Snap','n.','To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat\n   snappishly; -- usually with up.'),('Snap','n.','To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to\n   snap a whip.'),('Snap','n.','To project with a snap.'),('Snap','v. i.','To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as,\n   a mast snaps; a needle snaps.'),('Snap','v. i.','To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to\n   crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.'),('Snap','v. i.','To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth;\n   to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a\n   passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.'),('Snap','v. i.','To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as,\n   to snap at a child.'),('Snap','v. i.','To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.'),('Snap','v. t.','A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.'),('Snap','v. t.','A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to\n   seize, as with the teeth.'),('Snap','v. t.','A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung\n   from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.'),('Snap','v. t.','A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a\n   whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.'),('Snap','v. t.','A greedy fellow.'),('Snap','v. t.','That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten\n   off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite,\n   morsel, or fragment; a scrap.'),('Snap','v. t.','A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the\n   weather; as, a cold snap.'),('Snap','v. t.','A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a\n   spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a\n   bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.'),('Snap','v. t.','A snap beetle.'),('Snap','v. t.','A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with\n   ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.'),('Snap','v. t.','Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.'),('Snap','v. t.','Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an\n   advantage gained.'),('Snapdragon','n.','Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum,\n   especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully\n   likened to the face of a dragon.'),('Snapdragon','n.','A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously\n   shaped blue flowers.'),('Snapdragon','n.','A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel\n   containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See\n   Flapdragon.'),('Snape','v. t.','To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined\n   surface.'),('Snaphance','n.','A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the\n   firearm to which it is attached.'),('Snaphance','n.','A trifling or second-rate thing or person.'),('Snaphead','n.','A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also,\n   a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded\n   head.'),('Snapper','n.','One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of\n   trifles; the snapper of a whip.'),('Snapper','n.','Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of\n   the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United\n   States and on both coasts of tropical America.'),('Snapper','n.','A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.'),('Snapper','n.','The green woodpecker, or yaffle.'),('Snapper','n.','A snap beetle.'),('Snapping','','a. & n. from Snap, v.'),('Snappish','a.','Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a\n   snapping cur.'),('Snappish','a.','Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily\n   provoked; tart; peevish.'),('Snappy','a.','Snappish.'),('Snapsack','n.','A knapsack.'),('Snapweed','n.','See Impatiens.'),('Snar','v. i.','To snarl.'),('Snare','n.','A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the\n   like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a\n   trap; a gin.'),('Snare','n.','Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into\n   trouble.'),('Snare','n.','The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.'),('Snare','n.','An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose,\n   for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.'),('Snared','imp. & p. p.','of Snare'),('Snaring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snare'),('Snare','v. t.','To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to\n   bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.'),('Snarer','n.','One who lays snares, or entraps.'),('Snarled','imp. & p. p.','of Snarl'),('Snarling','p. pr. & vvb. n.','of Snarl'),('Snarl','v. t.','To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal\n   ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.'),('Snarl','v. t.','To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to\n   snarl a skein of thread.'),('Snarl','v. t.','To embarrass; to insnare.'),('Snarl','n.','A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,\n   difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication;\n   embarrassing difficulty.'),('Snarl','v. i.','To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter\n   grumbling sounds.'),('Snarl','v. i.','To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.'),('Snarl','n.','The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;\n   an angry contention.'),('Snarler','n.','One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling,\n   quarrelsome fellow.'),('Snarler','n.','One who makes use of a snarling iron.'),('Snarling','','a. & n. from Snarl, v.'),('Snary','a.','Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.'),('Snast','v. t.','The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.'),('Snatched','imp. & p. p.','of Snatch'),('Snatching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snatch'),('Snatch','n.','To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission\n   or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.'),('Snatch','n.','To seize and transport away; to rap.'),('Snatch','v. i.','To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; --\n   often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.'),('Snatch','n.','A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or\n   attempt to seize, suddenly.'),('Snatch','n.','A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding\n   after a shower.'),('Snatch','n.','A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a\n   scrap.'),('Snatch block','','a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive\n   the bight of a rope.'),('Snatcher','n.','One who snatches, or takes abruptly.'),('Snatchingly','adv.','By snatching; abruptly.'),('Snatch','n.','The handle of a scythe; a snead.'),('Snathe','v. t.','To lop; to prune.'),('Snattock','n.','A chip; a alice.'),('Snaw','n.','Snow.'),('Snead','n.','A snath.'),('Snead','n.','A line or cord; a string.'),('Sneaked','imp. & p. p.','of Sneak'),('Sneaking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sneak'),('Sneak','v. i.','To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or\n   go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away\n   from company.'),('Sneak','imp. & p. p.','To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to\n   behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.'),('Sneak','v. t.','To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.'),('Sneak','n.','A mean, sneaking fellow.'),('Sneak','n.','A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also\n   grub.'),('Sneak-cup','n.','One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.'),('Sneaker','n.','One who sneaks.'),('Sneaker','n.','A vessel of drink.'),('Sneakiness','n.','The quality of being sneaky.'),('Sneaking','a.','Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and\n   courage; underhand; mean; crouching.'),('Sneaksby','n.','A paltry fellow; a sneak.'),('Sneaky','n.','Like a sneak; sneaking.'),('Sneap','v. t.','To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.'),('Sneap','v. t.','To nip; to blast; to blight.'),('Sneap','n.','A reprimand; a rebuke.'),('Sneath','n.','Alt. of Sneathe'),('Sneathe','n.','See Snath.'),('Sneb','v. t.','To reprimand; to sneap.'),('Sneck','v. t.','To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door.'),('Sneck','n.','A door latch.'),('Snecket','n.','A door latch, or sneck.'),('Sned','v. t.','To lop; to snathe.'),('Sned','n.','Alt. of Sneed'),('Sneed','n.','See Snath.'),('Sneered','imp. & p. p.','of Sneer'),('Sneering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sneer'),('Sneer','v. i.','To show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a\n   particular facial expression.'),('Sneer','v. i.','To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak\n   derisively.'),('Sneer','v. i.','To show mirth awkwardly.'),('Sneer','v. t.','To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to\n   utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a\n   person.'),('Sneer','v. t.','To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.'),('Sneer','n.','The act of sneering.'),('Sneer','n.','A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of\n   contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.'),('Sneerer','n.','One who sneers.'),('Sneerful','a.','Given to sneering.'),('Sneeringly','adv.','In a sneering manner.'),('Sneezed','imp. & p. p.','of Sneeze'),('Sneezing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sneeze'),('Sneeze','v. i.','To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and\n   violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by\n   irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.'),('Sneeze','n.','A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound,\n   chiefly through the nose.'),('Sneezeweed','n.','A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale)\n   the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.'),('Sneezewood','n.','The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.'),('Sneezewort','n.','A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied\n   to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.'),('Sneezing','n.','The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal\n   passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by\n   the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.'),('Snell','a.','Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp.'),('Snell','n.','A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is\n   attached to a longer line.'),('Snet','n.','The fat of a deer.'),('Snet','v. t.','The clear of mucus; to blow.'),('Snew','v. i.','To snow; to abound.'),('Snib','v. t.','To check; to sneap; to sneb.'),('Snib','n.','A reprimand; a snub.'),('Snick','n.','A small cut or mark.'),('Snick','n.','A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.'),('Snick','n.','A knot or irregularity in yarn.'),('Snick','n.','A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.'),('Snicked','imp. & p. p.','of Snick'),('Snicking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snick'),('Snick','v. t.','To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.'),('Snick','v. t.','To hit (a ball) lightly.'),('Snick','n. & v. t.','See Sneck.'),('Snickered','imp. & p. p.','of Snicker'),('Snickering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snicker'),('Snicker','v. i.','To laugh slyly; to laugh in one\'s sleeve.'),('Snicker','v. i.','To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons\n   attempt to suppress loud laughter.'),('Snicker','n.','A half suppressed, broken laugh.'),('Snide','a.','Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide\n   goods.'),('Sniffed','imp. & p. p.','of Sniff'),('Snift','','of Sniff'),('Sniffing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sniff'),('Sniff','v. t.','To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes\n   done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.'),('Sniff','v. t.','To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff\n   the air of the country.'),('Sniff','v. t.','To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell;\n   as, to sniff danger.'),('Sniff','n.','The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is\n   taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.'),('Sniffing','n.','A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut\n   and the air drawn in through the nose.'),('Sniffle','v. i.','To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.'),('Snifted','imp. & p. p.','of Snift'),('Snifting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snift'),('Snift','v. i.','To snort.'),('Snift','v. i.','To sniff; to snuff; to smell.'),('Snift','n.','A moment.'),('Snift','n.','Slight snow; sleet.'),('Snifting','','a. & n. from Snift.'),('Snig','v. t.','To chop off; to cut.'),('Snig','v. i.','To sneak.'),('Snig','n.','Alt. of Snigg'),('Snigg','n.','A small eel.'),('Sniggger','v. i.','See Snicker.'),('Snigger','n.','See Snicker.'),('Sniggled','imp. & p. p.','of Sniggle'),('Sniggling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sniggle'),('Sniggle','v. i.','To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into\n   their holes or hiding places.'),('Sniggle','v. t.','To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to\n   insnare.'),('Snipped','imp. & p. p.','of Snip'),('Snipping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snip'),('Snip','v. t.','To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with\n   shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off;\n   to snatch away.'),('Snip','n.','A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.'),('Snip','n.','A small shred; a bit cut off.'),('Snip','n.','A share; a snack.'),('Snip','n.','A tailor.'),('Snip','n.','Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.'),('Snipe','n.','Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the\n   family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.'),('Snipe','n.','A fool; a blockhead.'),('Snipebill','n.','A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.'),('Snipebill','n.','A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the\n   axle.'),('Snipefish','n.','The bellows fish.'),('Snipefish','n.','A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus)\n   with a slender beak.'),('Snippack','n.','The common snipe.'),('Snipper','n.','One who snips.'),('Snipper-snaper','n.','A small, insignificant fellow.'),('Snippet','n.','A small part or piece.'),('Snippety','a.','Ridiculously small; petty.'),('Snip-snap','n.','A tart dialogue with quick replies.'),('Snip-snap','a.','Quick; short; sharp; smart.'),('Snypy','a.','Like a snipe.'),('Snite','n.','A snipe.'),('Snite','v. t.','To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.'),('Snithe','a.','Alt. of Snithy'),('Snithy','a.','Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind.'),('Sniveled','imp. & p. p.','of Snivel'),('Snivelled','','of Snivel'),('Sniveling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snivel'),('Snivelling','','of Snivel'),('Snivel','v. i.','To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.'),('Snivel','v. i.','To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry\n   weakly or whiningly.'),('Snivel','v. i.','Mucus from the nose; snot.'),('Sniveler','n.','One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.'),('Snively','a.','Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.'),('Snob','n.','A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more\n   fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his\n   superiors.'),('Snob','n.','A townsman.'),('Snob','n.','A journeyman shoemaker.'),('Snob','n.','A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who\n   refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.'),('Snobbery','n.','The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.'),('Snobbish','a.','Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or\n   befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.'),('Snobbishness','n.','Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of\n   mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.'),('Snobbism','n.','Snobbery.'),('Snobby','a.','Snobbish.'),('Snobling','n.','A little snob.'),('Snobocracy','n.','Snobs, collectively.'),('Snod','n.','A fillet; a headband; a snood.'),('Snod','a.','Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.'),('Snoff','n.','A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.'),('Snood','n.','The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman,\n   and is emblematic of her maiden character.'),('Snood','n.','A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line\n   with the hook; a snell; a leader.'),('Snood','v. t.','To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.'),('Snooded','a.','Wearing or having a snood.'),('Snook','v. i.','To lurk; to lie in ambush.'),('Snook','n.','A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis)\n   found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; --\n   called also ravallia, and robalo.'),('Snook','n.','The cobia.'),('Snook','n.','The garfish.'),('Snooze','n.','A short sleep; a nap.'),('Snoozed','imp. & p. p.','of Snooze'),('Snoozing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snooze'),('Snooze','v. i.','To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.'),('Snored','imp. & p. p.','of Snore'),('Snoring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snore'),('Snore','v. i.','To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.'),('Snore','n.','A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.'),('Snorer','n.','One who snores.'),('Snoring','n.','The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the\n   currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and\n   soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is\n   usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.'),('Snorted','imp. & p. p.','of Snort'),('Snorting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snort'),('Snort','v. i.','To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to\n   make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.'),('Snort','v. i.','To snore.'),('Snort','v. i.','To laugh out loudly.'),('Snort','n.','The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.'),('Snort','v. t.','To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter\n   with a snort.'),('Snorter','n.','One who snorts.'),('Snorter','n.','The wheather; -- so called from its cry.'),('Snot','n.','Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.'),('Snot','n.','A mean, insignificant fellow.'),('Snot','v. t.','To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.'),('Snotter','v. i.','To snivel; to cry or whine.'),('Snotter','n.','A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line\n   to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also,\n   the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.'),('Snottery','n.','Filth; abomination.'),('Snotty','a.','Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.'),('Snout','n.','The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.'),('Snout','n.','The nose of a man; -- in contempt.'),('Snout','n.','The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.'),('Snout','n.','The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; --\n   called also rostrum.'),('Snout','n.','The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied\n   beetles.'),('Snout','v. t.','To furnish with a nozzle or point.'),('Snouty','a.','Resembling a beast\'s snout.'),('Snow','n.','A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that\n   she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large\n   trysail is hoisted.'),('Snow','n.','Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals\n   or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great\n   variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.'),('Snow','n.','Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent)\n   in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.'),('Snowed','imp. & p. p.','of Snow'),('Snowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snow'),('Snow','v. i.','To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as,\n   it snows; it snowed yesterday.'),('Snow','v. t.','To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.'),('Snowball','n.','A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or\n   anything resembling such a mass.'),('Snowball','n.','The Guelder-rose.'),('Snowballed','imp. & p. p.','of Snowball'),('Snowballing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snowball'),('Snowball','v. t.','To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.'),('Snowball','v. i.','To throw snowballs.'),('Snowberry','n.','A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the\n   Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the\n   Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.'),('Snowbird','n.','An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis)\n   common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often\n   appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but\n   variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting,\n   snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.'),('Snowbird','n.','Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in\n   winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; --\n   called also blue snowbird. See Junco.'),('Snowbird','n.','The fieldfare.'),('Snow-blind','a.','Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.'),('Snow-bound','a.','Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.'),('Snow-broth','n.','Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold\n   liquor.'),('Snowcap','n.','A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata)\n   native of New Grenada.'),('Snow-capped','a.','Having the top capped or covered with snow; as,\n   snow-capped mountains.'),('Snowdrift','n.','A bank of drifted snow.'),('Snowdrop','n.','A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white\n   flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is\n   cultivated in gardens for its beauty.'),('Snowflake','n.','A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.'),('Snowflake','n.','See Snowbird, 1.'),('Snowflake','n.','A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus\n   Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but\n   having all the perianth leaves of equal size.'),('Snowfleck','n.','See Snowbird, 1.'),('Snowl','n.','The hooded merganser.'),('Snowless','a.','Destitute of snow.'),('Snowplow','n.','Alt. of Snowplough'),('Snowplough','n.','An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger\n   scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.'),('Snowshed','n.','A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an\n   exposed part of a railroad.'),('Snowshoe','n.','A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about\n   one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having\n   a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on\n   soft snow.'),('Snowshoer','n.','One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using\n   snowshoes.'),('Snowshoeing','n.','Traveling on snowshoes.'),('Snowslip','n.','A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the\n   side of a mountain, etc.'),('Snowstorm','n.','A storm with falling snow.'),('Snow-white','a.','White as snow; very white.'),('Snowy','a.','White like snow.'),('Snowy','a.','Abounding with snow; covered with snow.'),('Snowy','a.','Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.'),('Snub','v. i.','To sob with convulsions.'),('Snubbed','imp. & p. p.','of Snub'),('Snubbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snub'),('Snub','v. t.','To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the\n   growth of; to nop.'),('Snub','v. t.','To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or\n   remark; to reprimand; to check.'),('Snub','v. t.','To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or\n   pretentious person; to slight designedly.'),('Snub','n.','A knot; a protuberance; a song.'),('Snub','n.','A check or rebuke; an intended slight.'),('Snub-nosed','a.','Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the\n   snub-nosed eel.'),('Snudge','v. i.','To lie snug or quiet.'),('Snudge','n.','A miser; a sneaking fellow.'),('Snuff','v. t.','The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether\n   burning or not.'),('Snuffed','imp. & p. p.','of Snuff'),('Snuffing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snuff'),('Snuff','v. t.','To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of\n   the snuff of.'),('Snuff','v. i.','To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to\n   sniff.'),('Snuff','v. i.','To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.'),('Snuff','v. i.','To inhale air through the nose with violence or with\n   noise, as do dogs and horses.'),('Snuff','v. i.','To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of\n   contempt; hence, to take offense.'),('Snuff','n.','The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.'),('Snuff','n.','Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the\n   nose; also, the amount taken at once.'),('Snuff','n.','Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a\n   snuffing of the nose.'),('Snuffbox','n.','A small box for carrying snuff about the person.'),('Snuffer','n.','One who snuffs.'),('Snuffer','n.','The common porpoise.'),('Snuffers','n. pl.','An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a\n   candle.'),('Snuffingly','adv.','In a snuffing manner.'),('Snuffled','imp. & p. p.','of Snuffle'),('Snuffling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snuffle'),('Snuffle','v. i.','To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose\n   when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.'),('Snuffle','n.','The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing\n   through the nose when obstructed.'),('Snuffle','n.','An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.'),('Snuffle','n.','Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants\n   or children.'),('Snuffler','n.','One who snuffles; one who uses cant.'),('Snuffy','a.','Soiled with snuff.'),('Snuffy','a.','Sulky; angry; vexed.'),('Snug','superl.','Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.'),('Snug','superl.','Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.'),('Snug','superl.','Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm,\n   house, or property.'),('Snug','n.','Same as Lug, n., 3.'),('Snugged','imp. & p. p.','of Snug'),('Snugging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snug'),('Snug','v. i.','To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or\n   together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.'),('Snug','v. t.','To place snugly.'),('Snug','v. t.','To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and\n   improve the finish.'),('Snuggeries','pl. ','of Snuggery'),('Snuggery','n.','A snug, cozy place.'),('Snuggled','imp. & p. p.','of Snuggle'),('Snuggling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Snuggle'),('Snuggle','v. t.','To move one way and the other so as to get a close\n   place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.'),('Snugly','adv.','In a snug manner; closely; safely.'),('Snugness','n.','The quality or state of being snug.'),('Sny','n.','An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.'),('Snying','n.','A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a\n   vessel.'),('So','adv.','In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as\n   implied, or as supposed to be known.'),('So','adv.','In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like\n   reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to\n   denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch\n   as.'),('So','adv.','In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as\n   or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.'),('So','adv.','Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not\n   well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.'),('So','adv.','In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this\n   or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; --\n   with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also\n   with the verb to be, as a predicate.'),('So','adv.','The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this\n   reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.'),('So','adv.','It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; --\n   used to express assent.'),('So','adv.','Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as,\n   so the work is done, is it?'),('So','adv.','Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone;\n   as, do you say he refuses? So?'),('So','adv.','About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts;\n   more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read\n   only a page or so.'),('So','conj.','Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.'),('So','interj.','Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as\n   you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.'),('Soaked','imp. & p. p.','of Soak'),('Soaking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soak'),('Soak','v. t.','To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance\n   has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid;\n   to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak\n   cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.'),('Soak','v. t.','To drench; to wet thoroughly.'),('Soak','v. t.','To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a\n   sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.'),('Soak','v. t.','To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --\n   often with through.'),('Soak','v. t.','Fig.: To absorb; to drain.'),('Soak','v. i.','To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become\n   sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.'),('Soak','v. i.','To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,\n   water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.'),('Soak','v. i.','To drink intemperately or gluttonously.'),('Soakage','n.','The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also,\n   the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.'),('Soaker','n.','One who, or that which, soaks.'),('Soaker','n.','A hard drinker.'),('Soaking','a.','Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.'),('Soaky','a.','Full of moisture; wet; soppy.'),('Soal','n.','The sole of a shoe.'),('Soal','n.','See Sole, the fish.'),('Soal','n.','A dirty pond.'),('Soam','n.','A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.'),('Soap','n.','A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,\n   and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or\n   oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists\n   of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic,\n   stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification.\n   By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties,\n   whether used as a cleaning agent or not.'),('Soaped','imp. & p. p.','of Soap'),('Soaping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soap'),('Soap','v. t.','To rub or wash over with soap.'),('Soap','v. t.','To flatter; to wheedle.'),('Soapberry tree','','Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus\n   saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in\n   washing linen; -- also called soap tree.'),('Soapfish','n.','Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called\n   from the soapy feeling of its skin.'),('Soapiness','n.','Quality or state of being soapy.'),('Soaproot','n.','A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which\n   is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.'),('Soapstone','n.','See Steatite, and Talc.'),('Soapsuds','n. pl.','Suds made with soap.'),('Soapwort','n.','A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink\n   family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in\n   water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.'),('Soapy','superl.','Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling\n   like, soap; soft and smooth.'),('Soapy','superl.','Smeared with soap; covered with soap.'),('Soared','imp. & p. p.','of Soar'),('Soaring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soar'),('Soar','v. i.','To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as\n   on wings.'),('Soar','v. i.','Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be\n   exalted in mood.'),('Soar','n.','The act of soaring; upward flight.'),('Soar','a.','See 3d Sore.'),('Soar','a.','See Sore, reddish brown.'),('Soaring','','a. & n. from Soar.'),('Soave','a.','Sweet.'),('Soavemente','adv.','Sweetly.'),('Sob','v. t.','To soak.'),('Sobbed','imp. & p. p.','of Sob'),('Sobbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sob'),('Sob','v. i.','To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind\n   of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing\n   in of the breath.'),('Sob','n.','The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the\n   breath, as in sorrow.'),('Sob','n.','Any sorrowful cry or sound.'),('Sobbing','n.','A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis\n   being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.'),('Sober','superl.','Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually\n   temperate; as, a sober man.'),('Sober','superl.','Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as,\n   the sot may at times be sober.'),('Sober','superl.','Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with\n   passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled;\n   self-possessed.'),('Sober','superl.','Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm;\n   as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.'),('Sober','superl.','Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or\n   color; solemn; grave; sedate.'),('Sobered','imp. & p. p.','of Sober'),('Sobering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sober'),('Sober','v. t.','To make sober.'),('Sober','v. i.','To become sober; -- often with down.'),('Soberize','v. t. & i.','To sober.'),('Soberly','adv.','In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely;\n   seriously.'),('Soberly','a.','Grave; serious; solemn; sad.'),('Sober-minded','a.','Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.'),('Soberness','n.','The quality or state of being sober.'),('Soboles','n.','A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at\n   short distances.'),('Soboles','n.','A sucker, as of tree or shrub.'),('Soboliferous','a.','Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.'),('Sobriety','n.','Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of\n   spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.'),('Sobriety','n.','Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or\n   overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as,\n   the sobriety of riper years.'),('Sobriquet','n.','An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a\n   nickname.'),('Soc','n.','The lord\'s power or privilege of holding a court in a\n   district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the\n   limits of that jurisdiction.'),('Soc','n.','Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary\n   burdens.'),('Soc','n.','An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding\n   all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.'),('Socage','n.','A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate\n   service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight\'s service, in which\n   the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order\n   to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings\n   rent.'),('Socager','n.','A tennant by socage; a socman.'),('So-called','a.','So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus\n   with doubtful propriety).'),('Sociability','n.','The quality of being sociable; sociableness.'),('SSociable','a.','Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or\n   company; associable.'),('SSociable','a.','Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite\n   with others; fond of companions; social.'),('SSociable','a.','Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not\n   taciturn or reserved.'),('SSociable','a.','Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized\n   by much conversation; as, a sociable party.'),('SSociable','a.','No longer hostile; friendly.'),('Sociable','n.','A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal\n   party or reception; as, a church sociable.'),('Sociable','n.','A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and\n   a box for the driver.'),('Sociableness','n.','The quality of being sociable.'),('Sociably','adv.','In a sociable manner.'),('Social','a.','Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in\n   society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or\n   concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social\n   duties.'),('Social','a.','Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;\n   companionable; sociable; as, a social person.'),('Social','a.','Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.'),('Social','a.','Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many\n   individual plants of the same species.'),('Social','a.','Living in communities consisting of males, females, and\n   neuters, as do ants and most bees.'),('Social','a.','Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal\n   processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.'),('Socialism','n.','A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a\n   complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable\n   distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often\n   employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See\n   Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.'),('Socialist','n.','One who advocates or practices the doctrines of\n   socialism.'),('Socialist','a.','Alt. of Socialistic'),('Socialistic','a.','Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.'),('Sociality','n.','The quality of being social; socialness.'),('Socialize','v. t.','To render social.'),('Socialize','v. t.','To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.'),('Socially','adv.','In a social manner; sociably.'),('Socialness','n.','The quality or state of being social.'),('Sociate','a.','Associated.'),('Sociate','n.','An associate.'),('Sociate','v. i.','To associate.'),('Societarian','a.','Of or pertaining to society; social.'),('Societary','a.','Societarian.'),('Societies','pl. ','of Society'),('Society','n.','The relationship of men to one another when associated in\n   any way; companionship; fellowship; company.'),('Society','n.','Connection; participation; partnership.'),('Society','n.','A number of persons associated for any temporary or\n   permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness,\n   pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary\n   society.'),('Society','n.','The persons, collectively considered, who live in any\n   region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united\n   together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who\n   recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.'),('Society','n.','Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community\n   in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive\n   formal entertainments.'),('Socinian','a.','Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.'),('Socinian','n.','One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in\n   Socinianism.'),('Socinianism','n.','The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian\n   theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity\n   of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity\n   of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment.\n   His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no\n   existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin\n   was the imitation of Adam\'s sin, and that human salvation was the\n   imitation and adoption of Christ\'s virtue; that the Bible was to be\n   interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical,\n   and not to be taken literally.'),('Socinianized','imp. & p. p.','of Socinianize'),('Socinianizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Socinianize'),('Socinianize','v. t.','To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by,\n   or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.'),('Sociologic','a.','Alt. of Sociological'),('Sociological','a.','Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.'),('Sociologist','n.','One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of\n   sociology.'),('Sociology','n.','That branch of philosophy which treats of the\n   constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social\n   science.'),('Sock','n.','A plowshare.'),('Sock','n.','The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome,\n   -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished\n   from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.'),('Sock','n.','A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a\n   stocking with a short leg.'),('Sock','n.','A warm inner sole for a shoe.'),('Sockdolager','n.','That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a\n   poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.'),('Sockdolager','n.','A combination of two hooks which close upon each\n   other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.'),('Socket','n.','An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing\n   or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of\n   the teeth.'),('Socket','n.','Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is\n   fixed in the candlestick.'),('Socketed','a.','Having a socket.'),('Sockless','a.','Destitute of socks or shoes.'),('Socky','a.','Wet; soaky.'),('Socle','n.','A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base;\n   especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.'),('Socle','n.','A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.'),('Socmen','pl. ','of Socman'),('Socman','n.','One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.'),('Socmanry','n.','Tenure by socage.'),('Socome','n.','A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord\'s mill.'),('Socotrine','a.','Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian\n   Ocean, on the east coast of Africa.'),('Socotrine','n.','A native or inhabitant of Socotra.'),('Socratic','a.','Alt. of Socratical'),('Socratical','a.','Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and\n   teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and\n   philosophizing.'),('Socratically','adv.','In the Socratic method.'),('Socratism','n.','The philosophy or the method of Socrates.'),('Socratist','n.','A disciple or follower of Socrates.'),('Sod','n.','The rock dove.'),('Sod','','imp. of Seethe.'),('Sod','n.','That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with\n   the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.'),('Sodden','imp. & p. p.','of Sod'),('Sodding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sod'),('Sod','v. t.','To cover with sod; to turf.'),('Soda','n.','Sodium oxide or hydroxide.'),('Soda','n.','Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.'),('Sodaic','a.','Pertaining to, or containing, soda.'),('Sodalite','n.','A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring\n   commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina\n   and soda with some chlorine.'),('Sodalities','pl. ','of Sodality'),('Sodality','n.','A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.'),('Sodality','n.','Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for\n   charitable purposes.'),('Sodamide','n.','A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2,\n   obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.'),('Sodden','p. p.','Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture;\n   saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.'),('Sodden','v. i.','To be seethed; to become sodden.'),('Sodden','v. t.','To soak; to make heavy with water.'),('Sodden-witted','a.','Heavy; dull.'),('Soddy','a.','Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.'),('Soder','n. & v. t.','See Solder.'),('Sodic','a.','Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.'),('Sodio-','','A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the\n   presence of sodium or one of its compounds.'),('Sodium','n.','A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature\n   always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is\n   isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized\n   that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept\n   under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many\n   salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining\n   other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial\n   product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.'),('Sodomite','n.','An inhabitant of Sodom.'),('Sodomite','n.','One guilty of sodomy.'),('Sodomitical','a.','Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.'),('Sodomy','n.','Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.'),('Soe','n.','A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.'),('Soever','','A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with\n   who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all\n   possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is\n   sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.'),('Sofas','pl. ','of Sofa'),('Sofa','n.','A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends;\n   -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.'),('Soffit','n.','The under side of the subordinate parts and members of\n   buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the\n   like. See Illust. of Lintel.'),('Sofis','pl. ','of Sofi'),('Sofi','n.','Same as Sufi.'),('Sofism','n.','Same as Sufism.'),('Soft','superl.','Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded,\n   or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable;\n   -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood\n   or metal.'),('Soft','superl.','Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth;\n   delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.'),('Soft','superl.','Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not\n   irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.'),('Soft','superl.','Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring;\n   pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent\n   contrast; as, soft hues or tints.'),('Soft','superl.','Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the\n   ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.'),('Soft','superl.','Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible;\n   gentle; kind.'),('Soft','superl.','Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild;\n   conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.'),('Soft','superl.','Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.'),('Soft','superl.','Gentle in action or motion; easy.'),('Soft','superl.','Weak in character; impressible.'),('Soft','superl.','Somewhat weak in intellect.'),('Soft','superl.','Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.'),('Soft','superl.','Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not\n   angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.'),('Soft','superl.','Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose\n   soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.'),('Soft','superl.','Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant\n   (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute\n   (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.'),('Soft','superl.','Belonging to the class of sonant elements as\n   distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in\n   utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f,\n   etc.'),('Soft','n.','A soft or foolish person; an idiot.'),('Soft','adv.','Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.'),('Soft','interj.','Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.'),('Softa','n.','Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of\n   the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.'),('Softened','imp. & p. p.','of Soften'),('Softening','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soften'),('Soften','v. t.','To make soft or more soft.'),('Soften','v. t.','To render less hard; -- said of matter.'),('Soften','v. t.','To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.'),('Soften','v. t.','To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to\n   soften a fault.'),('Soften','v. t.','To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.'),('Soften','v. t.','To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less\n   violent, or to render of an opposite quality.'),('Soften','v. t.','To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the\n   coloring of a picture.'),('Soften','v. t.','To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,\n   troops softened by luxury.'),('Soften','v. t.','To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the\n   opposite; as, to soften the voice.'),('Soften','v. i.','To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe,\n   or obdurate.'),('Softener','n.','One who, or that which, softens.'),('Softening','','a. & n. from Soften, v.'),('Soft-finned','a.','Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without\n   spines; -- said of certain fishes.'),('Soft-headed','a.','Weak in intellect.'),('Soft-hearted','a.','Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible\n   of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.'),('Softish','a.','Somewhat soft.'),('Softling','n.','A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.'),('Softly','adv.','In a soft manner.'),('Softner','n.','See Softener.'),('Softness','n.','The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to\n   hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.'),('Soft-shell','a.','Alt. of Soft-shelled'),('Soft-shelled','a.','Having a soft or fragile shell.'),('Soft-spoken','a.','Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence,\n   mild; affable.'),('Sogginess','n.','The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness;\n   wetness.'),('Soggy','superl.','Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked;\n   wet; as, soggy land or timber.'),('Soho','interj.','Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a\n   sportsman\'s halloo.'),('Soi-disant','a.','Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.'),('Soiled','imp. & p. p.','of Soil'),('Soiling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soil'),('Soil','v. t.','To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure,\n   with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them\n   out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to\n   purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.'),('Soil','n.','The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound\n   substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly\n   adapted to support and nourish them.'),('Soil','n.','Land; country.'),('Soil','n.','Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.'),('Soil','v. t.','To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.'),('Soil','n.','A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for\n   refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by\n   other game, as deer.'),('Soil','n.','To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty;\n   to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.'),('Soil','n.','To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to\n   sully.'),('Soil','v. i.','To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark\n   ones.'),('Soil','n.','That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.'),('Soiliness','n.','Stain; foulness.'),('Soilless','a.','Destitute of soil or mold.'),('Soilure','n.','Stain; pollution.'),('Soily','a.','Dirty; soiled.'),('Soiree','n.','An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.'),('Soja','n.','An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which\n   are used in preparing the sauce called soy.'),('Sojourned','imp. & p. p.','of Sojourn'),('Sojourning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sojourn'),('Sojourn','v. i.','To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a\n   temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a\n   permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.'),('Sojourn','v. i.','A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a\n   foreign land.'),('Sojourner','n.','One who sojourns.'),('Sojourning','n.','The act or state of one who sojourns.'),('Sojournment','n.','Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a\n   traveler.'),('Soke','n.','See Soc.'),('Soke','n.','One of the small territorial divisions into which\n   Lincolnshire, England, is divided.'),('Sokeman','n.','See Socman.'),('Sokemanry','n.','See Socmanry.'),('Soken','n.','A toll. See Soc, n., 2.'),('Soken','n.','A district held by socage.'),('Soko','n.','An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the\n   chimpanzee.'),('Sol','n.','The sun.'),('Sol','n.','Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value.'),('Sol','n.','A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the\n   fifth tone of any diatonic scale.'),('Sol','n.','The tone itself.'),('Sol','n.','A sou.'),('Sol','n.','A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of\n   value, and is worth about 68 cents.'),('Sola','a.','See Solus.'),('Sola','n.','A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist\n   places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used\n   for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.'),('Solace','v. t.','Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also,\n   that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.'),('Solace','v. t.','Rest; relaxation; ease.'),('Solaced','imp. & p. p.','of Solace'),('Solacing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solace'),('Solace','n.','To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve\n   in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to\n   persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.'),('Solace','n.','To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.'),('Solace','v. i.','To take comfort; to be cheered.'),('Solacement','n.','The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced;\n   also, that which solaces.'),('Solacious','a.','Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.'),('Solanaceous','a.','Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order\n   Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order\n   includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper,\n   and many more.'),('Soland','n.','A solan goose.'),('Solander','n.','See Sallenders.'),('Solan goose','','The common gannet.'),('Solania','n.','Solanine.'),('Solanicine','n.','An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid\n   on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.'),('Solanidine','n.','An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine,\n   as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.'),('Solanine','n.','A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries\n   of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from\n   potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid,\n   burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.'),('Solano','','A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the\n   Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.'),('Solanoid','a.','Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.'),('Solanum','n.','A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum),\n   the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species;\n   nightshade.'),('Solar','a.','A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.'),('Solar','a.','Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,\n   the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar\n   system, below.'),('Solar','a.','Born under the predominant influence of the sun.'),('Solar','a.','Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the\n   ecliptic; as, the solar year.'),('Solar','a.','Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by\n   its influence.'),('Solaria','pl. ','of Solarium'),('Solarium','n.','An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an\n   apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an\n   apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.'),('Solarium','n.','Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral\n   shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical,\n   and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls.\n   Called also perspective shell.'),('Solarization','n.','Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing\n   it for too long a time to the sun\'s light in the camera; burning;\n   excessive insolation.'),('Solarized','imp. & p. p.','of Solarize'),('Solarizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solarize'),('Solarize','v. t.','To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun\n   in the camera; to burn.'),('Solarize','v. i.','To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the\n   sun\'s rays in the camera.'),('Solary','a.','Solar.'),('Solas','n.','Solace.'),('Solatium','n.','Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or\n   loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured\n   feelings.'),('Sold','','imp. & p. p. of Sell.'),('Sold','n.','Solary; military pay.'),('Soldan','n.','A sultan.'),('Soldanel','n.','A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the\n   Primrose family.'),('Soldanrie','n.','The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan.'),('Solder','n.','A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting\n   adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.'),('Solder','n.','anything which unites or cements.'),('Soldered','imp. & p. p.','of Solder'),('Soldering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solder'),('Solder','n.','To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention\n   of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join\n   by means of metallic cement.'),('Solder','n.','To mend; to patch up.'),('Solderer','n.','One who solders.'),('Soldering','','a. & n. from Solder, v. t.'),('Soldier','n.','One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a\n   private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of\n   combatants.'),('Soldier','n.','Especially, a private in military service, as\n   distinguished from an officer.'),('Soldier','n.','A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,\n   or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or\n   distinction.'),('Soldier','n.','The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)'),('Soldier','n.','One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or\n   termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The\n   soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.'),('Soldier','v. i.','To serve as a soldier.'),('Soldier','v. i.','To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing\n   any task.'),('Soldieress','n.','A female soldier.'),('Soldiering','n.','The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a\n   soldier; the occupation of a soldier.'),('Soldiering','n.','The act of feigning to work. See the Note under\n   Soldier, v. i., 2.'),('Soldierlike','a.','Like a soldier; soldierly.'),('Soldierly','a.','Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic;\n   honorable; soldierlike.'),('Soldiership','n.','Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior\n   becoming a soldier.'),('Soldierwood','n.','A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the\n   West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.'),('Soldiery','n.','A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the\n   military.'),('Soldiery','n.','Military service.'),('Soldi','pl. ','of Soldo'),('Soldo','n.','A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth\n   part of a lira.'),('Sole','n.','Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea\n   and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common\n   European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.'),('Sole','n.','Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the\n   true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta\n   bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other\n   species.'),('Sole','n.','The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.'),('Sole','n.','The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which\n   constitutes the bottom.'),('Sole','n.','The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which\n   anything rests in standing.'),('Sole','n.','The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also,\n   the bottom of a furrow.'),('Sole','n.','The horny substance under a horse\'s foot, which protects the\n   more tender parts.'),('Sole','n.','The bottom of an embrasure.'),('Sole','n.','A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder,\n   to make it even with the false keel.'),('Sole','n.','The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins\n   or lodes.'),('Soled','imp. & p. p.','of Sole'),('Soling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sole'),('Sole','v. t.','To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.'),('Sole','a.','Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.'),('Sole','a.','Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.'),('Solecism','n.','An impropriety or incongruity of language in the\n   combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the\n   idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.'),('Solecism','n.','Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety,\n   as in deeds or manners.'),('Solecist','n.','One who commits a solecism.'),('Solecistic','a.','Solecistical.'),('Solecistical','a.','Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.'),('Solecistically','adv.','In a solecistic manner.'),('Solecize','v. i.','To commit a solecism.'),('Solely','adv.','Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause\n   solely one argument; to rely solelyn one\'s own strength.'),('Solemn','a.','Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or\n   connected with, religion; sacred.'),('Solemn','a.','Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.'),('Solemn','a.','Stately; ceremonious; grand.'),('Solemn','a.','Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by\n   seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn\n   earnestness.'),('Solemn','a.','Real; earnest; downright.'),('Solemn','a.','Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.'),('Solemn','a.','Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with\n   all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.'),('Solemness','n.','Solemnness.'),('Solemnities','pl. ','of Solemnity'),('Solemnity','n.','A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence;\n   religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a\n   sacrament.'),('Solemnity','n.','ceremony adapted to impress with awe.'),('Solemnity','n.','Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave\n   earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.'),('Solemnity','n.','Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.'),('Solemnity','n.','Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that\n   which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the\n   solemnity of Westminster Abbey.'),('Solemnity','n.','A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to\n   due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done\n   valid.'),('Solemnizate','v. t.','To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony.'),('Solemnization','n.','The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the\n   solemnization of a marriage.'),('Solemnized','imp. & p. p.','of Solemnize'),('Solemnizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solemnize'),('Solemnize','v. t.','To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or\n   according to legal forms.'),('Solemnize','v. t.','To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.'),('Solemnize','v. t.','To make grave, serious, and reverential.'),('Solemnize','n.','Solemnization.'),('Solemnizer','n.','One who solemnizes.'),('Solemnly','adv.','In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.'),('Solemnness','n.','The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity;\n   impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.'),('Solempne','a.','Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.'),('Solen','n.','A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.'),('Solen','n.','Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied\n   genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.'),('Solenacean','n.','Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the\n   family Solenidae.'),('Solenaceous','a.','Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.'),('Soleness','n.','The state of being sole, or alone; singleness.'),('Solenette','n.','A small European sole (Solea minuta).'),('Solenoconcha','n. pl.','Same as Scaphopoda.'),('Solenodon','n.','Either one of two species of singular West Indian\n   insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus),\n   native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus),\n   found in Cuba, is called almique.'),('Solenogastra','n. pl.','An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to\n   the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other\n   gastropods.'),('Solenoglyph','a.','Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia.'),('Solenoglyph','n.','One of the Selenoglypha.'),('Solenoglypha','n. pl.','A suborder of serpents including those which have\n   tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.'),('Solenoid','n.','An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire\n   turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the\n   effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and\n   reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel\n   circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits\n   polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.'),('Solenostomi','n. pl.','A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular\n   snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.'),('Soleplate','n.','A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine.'),('Soleplate','n.','The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.'),('Soler','n.','Alt. of Solere'),('Solere','n.','A loft or garret. See Solar, n.'),('Solert','a.','Skillful; clever; crafty.'),('Solertiousness','n.','The quality or state of being solert.'),('Soleship','n.','The state of being sole, or alone; soleness.'),('Sol-faed','imp. & p. p.','of Sol-fa'),('Sol-faing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sol-fa'),('Sol-fa','v. i.','To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending;\n   as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse\n   order.'),('Sol-fa','n.','The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic,\n   n.'),('Solfanaria','n.','A sulphur mine.'),('Solfatara','n.','A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur\n   vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic\n   activity.'),('Solfeggiare','v. i.','To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.'),('Solfeggio','n.','The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re,\n   mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise\n   upon these syllables.'),('Solferino','n.','A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one\n   of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy,\n   where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.'),('Soli','n.','pl. of Solo.'),('Solicited','imp. & p. p.','of Solicit'),('Soliciting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solicit'),('Solicit','v. t.','To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to\n   apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.'),('Solicit','v. t.','To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to\n   solicit an office; to solicit a favor.'),('Solicit','v. t.','To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to\n   summon; to appeal to; to invite.'),('Solicit','v. t.','To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor\n   for or with reference to.'),('Solicit','v. t.','To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.'),('Solicitant','n.','One who solicits.'),('Solicitate','a.','Solicitous.'),('Soliitation','n.','The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent\n   asking; importunity.'),('Soliitation','n.','Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the\n   senses.'),('Solicitor','n.','One who solicits.'),('Solicitor','n.','An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in\n   court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation\n   of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See\n   the Note under Attorney.'),('Solicitor','n.','The law officer of a city, town, department, or\n   government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.'),('Solicitor-general','n.','The second law officer in the government of\n   Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States\n   government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the\n   chief law officer of some of the States.'),('Solicitous','v. t.','Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something\n   desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.'),('Solicitress','n.','A woman who solicits.'),('Solicitude','n.','The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind\n   occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.'),('Solid','a.','Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly\n   adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies;\n   having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and\n   liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.'),('Solid','a.','Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as\n   distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes,\n   heavy.'),('Solid','a.','Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid\n   foot contains 1,728 solid inches.'),('Solid','a.','Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier;\n   a solid pile; a solid wall.'),('Solid','a.','Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united\n   and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.'),('Solid','a.','Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as\n   opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just;\n   genuine.'),('Solid','a.','Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.'),('Solid','a.','Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or\n   root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.'),('Solid','a.','Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material\n   particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the\n   supposed ultimate particles of matter.'),('Solid','a.','Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.'),('Solid','a.','United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is\n   solid for a candidate.'),('Solid','n.','A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among\n   its particles; a substance not fluid.'),('Solid','n.','A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part\n   of space bounded on all sides.'),('Solidago','n.','A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs;\n   golden-rod.'),('Solidare','n.','A small piece of money.'),('Solidarity','n.','An entire union or consolidation of interests and\n   responsibilities; fellowship; community.'),('Solidary','a.','Having community of interests and responsibilities.'),('Solidate','v. t.','To make solid or firm.'),('Solidifiable','a.','Capable of being solidified.'),('Solidification','n.','Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.'),('Solidified','imp. & p. p.','of Solidify'),('Solidifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solidify'),('Solidify','v. t.','To make solid or compact.'),('Solidify','v. i.','To become solid; to harden.'),('Solidism','n.','The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes\n   of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids\n   alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression\n   of agents tending to produce disease.'),('Solidist','n.','An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.'),('Solidity','n.','The state or quality of being solid; density;\n   consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter,\n   -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed\n   to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter\n   by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness;\n   massiveness.'),('Solidity','n.','Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth;\n   certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the\n   solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles,\n   triuths, or opinions.'),('Solidity','n.','The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed\n   space.'),('Solidly','adv.','In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.'),('Solidness','n.','State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness;\n   solidity, as of material bodies.'),('Solidness','n.','Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments,\n   reasons, principles, and the like.'),('Solidungula','n. pl.','A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse,\n   ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.'),('Solidungular','a.','Solipedous.'),('Solidungulate','n.','Same as Soliped.'),('Solidungulous','a.','Solipedous.'),('Solifidian','n.','One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is\n   sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian.'),('Solifidian','a.','Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to\n   the solifidians.'),('Solifidianism','n.','The state of Solifidians.'),('Soliform','a.','Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling\n   the sun.'),('Solifugae','n. pl.','A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs\n   and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.'),('Soliloquized','imp. & p. p.','of Soliloquize'),('Soliloquizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soliloquize'),('Soliloquize','v. i.','To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one\'s self.'),('Soliloquies','pl. ','of Soliloquy'),('Soliloquy','n.','The act of talking to one\'s self; a discourse made by\n   one in solitude to one\'s self; monologue.'),('Soliloquy','n.','A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a\n   person says to himself.'),('Soliped','n.','A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses\n   and asses; a solidungulate.'),('Solipedous','a.','Having single hoofs.'),('Solipsism','n.','Egotism.'),('Solipsism','n.','Egoism.'),('Solisequious','a.','Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious\n   plants.'),('Solitaire','n.','A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.'),('Solitaire','n.','A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a\n   precious stone of any kind set alone.'),('Solitaire','n.','A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to\n   many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs\n   or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled\n   except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by \"jumping,\" as in\n   draughts.'),('Solitaire','n.','A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which\n   formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was\n   larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for\n   flight. Called also solitary.'),('Solitaire','n.','Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus\n   Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called\n   also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is\n   called the invisible bird.'),('Solitarian','n.','A hermit; a solitary.'),('Soliitariety','n.','The state of being solitary; solitariness.'),('Solitarily','adv.','In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone.'),('Solitariness','n.','Condition of being solitary.'),('Solitary','a.','Living or being by one\'s self; having no companion\n   present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.'),('Solitary','a.','Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary\n   journey; a solitary life.'),('Solitary','a.','ot much visited or frequented remote from society;\n   retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.'),('Solitary','a.','Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants\n   or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy;\n   dismal; as, the solitary desert.'),('Solitary','a.','Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of\n   vengeance; a solitary example.'),('Solitary','a.','Not associated with others of the same kind.'),('Solitary','n.','One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a\n   hermit; a recluse.'),('Solitude','a.','state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely\n   life; loneliness.'),('Solitude','a.','Remoteness from society; destitution of company;\n   seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.'),('Solitude','a.','solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.'),('Solivagant','a.','Wandering alone.'),('Solivagous','a.','Solivagant.'),('Sollar','n.','See Solar, n.'),('Sollar','n.','A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the\n   series of ladders in a shaft.'),('Sollar','v. t.','To cover, or provide with, a sollar.'),('Sollein','a.','Sullen; sad.'),('Solleret','n.','A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such\n   a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor.'),('Solmization','n.','The act of sol-faing.'),('Solos','pl. ','of Solo'),('Soli','pl. ','of Solo'),('Solo','a.','A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single\n   person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.'),('Soloist','n.','One who sings or plays a solo.'),('Solomon','n.','One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom\n   and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.'),('Solon','n.','A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence,\n   a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.'),('Solpugid','a.','Of or pertaining to the Solifugae.'),('Solpugid','n.','One of the Solifugae.'),('Solpugidea','n. pl.','Same as Solifugae.'),('Solstice','v. i.','A stopping or standing still of the sun.'),('Solstice','v. i.','The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest\n   from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign\n   Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the\n   summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; --\n   so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward\n   or southward motion.'),('Solstice','v. i.','The time of the sun\'s passing the solstices, or\n   solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust.\n   in Appendix.'),('Solstitial','a.','Of or pertaining to a solstice.'),('Solstitial','a.','Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the\n   northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.'),('Solubility','n.','The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or\n   solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or\n   intricate difficulty.'),('Solubility','n.','The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious\n   articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.'),('Soluble','a.','Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of\n   solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not\n   soluble in water.'),('Soluble','a.','Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic\n   problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained;\n   as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.'),('Soluble','a.','Relaxed; open or readily opened.'),('Solubleness','n.','Quality or state of being soluble.'),('Solus','fem. a.','Alt. of Sola'),('Sola','fem. a.','Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the\n   like.'),('Solute','a.','Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation.'),('Solute','a.','Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful.'),('Solute','a.','Soluble; as, a solute salt.'),('Solute','a.','Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute\n   stipule.'),('Solute','v. t.','To dissolve; to resolve.'),('Solute','v. t.','To absolve; as, to solute sin.'),('Solution','n.','The act of separating the parts of any body, or the\n   condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.'),('Solution','n.','The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the\n   disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question;\n   explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of\n   the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the\n   process.'),('Solution','n.','The state of being dissolved or disintegrated;\n   resolution; disintegration.'),('Solution','n.','The act or process by which a body (whether solid,\n   liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or\n   becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product\n   reulting from such absorption.'),('Solution','n.','release; deliverance; discharge.'),('Solution','n.','The termination of a disease; resolution.'),('Solution','n.','A crisis.'),('Solution','n.','A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in\n   which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.'),('Solutive','a.','Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.'),('Solvability','n.','The quality or state of being solvable; as, the\n   solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.'),('Solvability','n.','The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all\n   just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.'),('Solvable','a.','Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained;\n   admitting of solution.'),('Solvable','a.','Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable\n   obligations.'),('Solvable','a.','Able to pay one\'s debts; solvent.'),('Solvableness','n.','Quality of being solvable.'),('Solved','imp. & p. p.','of Solve'),('Solving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Solve'),('Solve','v. t.','To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is\n   obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or\n   conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a\n   problem.'),('Solve','n.','A solution; an explanation.'),('Solvency','n.','The quality or state of being solvent.'),('Solvend','n.','A substance to be dissolved.'),('Solvent','a.','Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent\n   fluid.'),('Solvent','a.','Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent\n   merchant; the estate is solvent.'),('Solvent','n.','A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,\n   solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate\n   solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or\n   acids of metals, etc.'),('Solvent','n.','That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.'),('Solver','n.','One who, or that which, solves.'),('Solvible','a.','See Solvable.'),('Soly','adv.','Solely.'),('Soma','n.','The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head,\n   neck, trunk, and tail.'),('Somaj','n.','Alt. of Samaj'),('Samaj','n.','A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church,\n   esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.'),('Somali','n.','Alt. of Somal'),('Somal','n.','A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.'),('Somatic','a.','Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as,\n   somatic death; somatic changes.'),('Somatic','a.','Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric;\n   parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.'),('Somatical','a.','Somatic.'),('Somatics','n.','The science which treats of the general properties of\n   matter; somatology.'),('Somatist','n.','One who admits the existence of material beings only; a\n   materialist.'),('Somatocyst','n.','A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain\n   Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.'),('Somatology','n.','The doctrine or the science of the general properties\n   of material substances; somatics.'),('Somatology','n.','A treatise on the human body; anatomy.'),('Somatome','n.','See Somite.'),('Somatopleure','n.','The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into\n   which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the\n   notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are\n   developed. See Splanchnopleure.'),('Somatopleuric','a.','Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.'),('Somatotropism','n.','A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter\n   upon growing organs.'),('Somber','a.','Alt. of Sombre'),('Sombre','a.','Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a\n   somber house.'),('Sombre','a.','Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person;\n   somber reflections.'),('Somber','v. t.','Alt. of Sombre'),('Sombre','v. t.','To make somber, or dark; to make shady.'),('Somber','n.','Alt. of Sombre'),('Sombre','n.','Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.'),('Somberly','adv.','Alt. of Sombrely'),('Sombrely','adv.','In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.'),('Somberness','n.','Alt. of Sombreness'),('Sombreness','n.','The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.'),('Sombrero','n.','A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish\n   America.'),('Sombrous','a.','Gloomy; somber.'),('-some','','A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the\n   body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.'),('-some','a.','An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or\n   same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality\n   denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of\n   mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.'),('Some','a.','Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a\n   quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an\n   indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons.\n   Used also pronominally; as, I have some.'),('Some','a.','A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc.,\n   as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some\n   man, that is, some one man.'),('Some','a.','Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some\n   extent just.'),('Some','a.','About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals,\n   but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as,\n   a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour\n   hence.'),('Some','a.','Considerable in number or quality.'),('Some','a.','Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from\n   other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.'),('Some','a.','A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed\n   sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.'),('Somebody','n.','A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate;\n   some person.'),('Somebody','n.','A person of consideration or importance.'),('Somedeal','adv.','In some degree; somewhat.'),('Somehow','adv.','In one way or another; in some way not yet known or\n   designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives\n   somehow.'),('Somersault','n.','Alt. of Somerset'),('Somerset','n.','A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head\n   and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.'),('Something','n.','Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically\n   designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown\n   event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.'),('Something','n.','A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity\n   or degree; a little.'),('Something','n.','A person or thing importance.'),('Something','adv.','In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some\n   distance.'),('Sometime','adv.','At a past time indefinitely referred to; once;\n   formerly.'),('Sometime','adv.','At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then;\n   sometimes.'),('Sometime','adv.','At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it\n   sometime.'),('Sometime','a.','Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.'),('Sometimes','adv.','Formerly; sometime.'),('Sometimes','adv.','At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally.'),('Sometimes','a.','Former; sometime.'),('Somewhat','n.','More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more\n   or less; something.'),('Somewhat','n.','A person or thing of importance; a somebody.'),('Somewhat','adv.','In some degree or measure; a little.'),('Somewhen','adv.','At some indefinite time.'),('Somewhere','adv.','In some place unknown or not specified; in one place\n   or another.'),('Somewhile','adv.','Once; for a time.'),('Somewhither','adv.','To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.'),('Somite','n.','One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an\n   animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome;\n   metamere.'),('Sommeil','n.','Slumber; sleep.'),('Sommerset','n.','See Somersault.'),('Somnambular','a.','Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.'),('Somnambulate','v. i. & t.','To walk when /sleep.'),('Somnambulation','n.','The act of walking in sleep.'),('Somnambulator','n.','A somnambulist.'),('Somnambule','n.','A somnambulist.'),('Somnambulic','a.','Somnambulistic.'),('Somnambulism','n.','A condition of the nervous system in which an\n   individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking\n   state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary\n   powers are partially awake; noctambulism.'),('Somnambulist','n.','A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who\n   walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.'),('Somnambulistic','a.','Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism;\n   affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.'),('Somne','v. t.','To summon.'),('Somner','n.','A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical\n   court.'),('Somnial','a.','Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.'),('Somniative','a.','Somnial; somniatory.'),('Somniatory','a.','Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.'),('Somniculous','a.','Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.'),('Somniferous','a.','Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a\n   somniferous potion.'),('Somnific','a.','Causing sleep; somniferous.'),('Somnifugous','a.','Driving away sleep.'),('Somniloquence','n.','The act of talking in one\'s sleep; somniloquism.'),('Somniloquism','n.','The act or habit of talking in one\'s sleep;\n   somniloquy.'),('Somniloquist','n.','One who talks in his sleep.'),('Somniloquous','a.','Apt to talk in sleep.'),('Somniloquy','n.','A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of\n   somnipathy.'),('Somnipathist','n.','A person in a state of somniapathy.'),('Somnipathy','n.','Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the\n   like.'),('Somnolence','n.','Alt. of Somnolency'),('Somnolency','n.','Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.'),('Somnolent','a.','Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.'),('Somnolism','n.','The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism.'),('Somnopathy','n.','Somnipathy.'),('Somnour','n.','A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.'),('Somonaunce','n.','Alt. of Somonce'),('Somonce','n.','A summons; a citation.'),('Sommonour','n.','A summoner.'),('Sompne','v. t.','To summon; to cite.'),('Sompnour','n.','A summoner.'),('Son','n.','A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent,\n   father or mother.'),('Son','n.','A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural,\n   descendants in general.'),('Son','n.','Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male\n   child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.'),('Son','n.','A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of\n   Albion; sons of New England.'),('Son','n.','The produce of anything.'),('Son','n.','Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the\n   Son of man.'),('Sonance','n.','A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance.'),('Sonance','n.','The quality or state of being sonant.'),('Sonant','a.','Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.'),('Sonant','a.','Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal\n   sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced;\n   tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels,\n   semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b,\n   d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc.,\n   which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.'),('Sonant','n.','A sonant letter.'),('Sonata','n.','An extended composition for one or two instruments,\n   consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven\'s sonatas\n   for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.'),('Sonatina','n.','A short and simple sonata.'),('Soncy','a.','Alt. of Sonsy'),('Sonsy','a.','Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.'),('Sond','v. t.','Alt. of Sonde'),('Sonde','v. t.','That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also,\n   a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.'),('Sondeli','n.','The musk shrew. See under Musk.'),('Song','n.','That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the\n   voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.'),('Song','n.','A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.'),('Song','n.','More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.'),('Song','n.','Poetical composition; poetry; verse.'),('Song','n.','An object of derision; a laughingstock.'),('Song','n.','A trifle.'),('Songcraft','n.','The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition;\n   versification.'),('Songful','a.','Disposed to sing; full of song.'),('Songish','a.','Consisting of songs.'),('Songless','a.','Destitute of the power of song; without song; as,\n   songless birds; songless woods.'),('Songster','n.','One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often\n   applied to human beings.'),('Songster','n.','A singing bird.'),('Songstress','n.','A woman who sings; a female singing bird.'),('Sonifer','n.','A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.'),('Soniferous','a.','Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.'),('Sonification','n.','The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of\n   insects.'),('Sons-in-law','pl. ','of Son-in-law'),('Son-in-law','n.','The husband of one\'s daughter; a man in his\n   relationship to his wife\'s parents.'),('Sonless','a.','Being without a son.'),('Sonnet','n.','A short poem, -- usually amatory.'),('Sonnet','n.','A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the\n   octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet,\n   of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.'),('Sonnet','v. i.','To compose sonnets.'),('Sonneteer','n.','A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; --\n   usually in contempt.'),('Sonneteer','v. i.','To compose sonnets.'),('Sonneter','n.','A composer of sonnets.'),('Sonnetist','n.','A sonneter, or sonneteer.'),('Sonnetize','v. i.','To compose sonnets.'),('Sonnish','a.','Like the sun; sunny; golden.'),('Sonnite','n.','See Sunnite.'),('Sonometer','n.','An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations\n   of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It\n   consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into\n   different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is\n   determined by a scale on the face of the box.'),('Sonometer','n.','An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.'),('Sonorific','a.','Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body.'),('Sonority','n.','The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.'),('Sonorous','a.','Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.'),('Sonorous','a.','Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a\n   sonorous voice.'),('Sonorous','a.','Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant;\n   as, the vowels are sonorous.'),('Sonorous','a.','Impressive in sound; high-sounding.'),('Sonorous','a.','Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity,\n   deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.'),('Sonship','n.','The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a\n   son; filiation.'),('Sonsy','a.','See Soncy.'),('Sontag','n.','A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman\'s\n   dress.'),('Sonties','n.','Probably from \"saintes\" saints, or from sanctities; --\n   used as an oath.'),('Soochong','n.','Same as Souchong.'),('Soodra','','Same as Sudra.'),('Soofee','','Alt. of Soofeeism'),('Soofeeism','','Same as Sufi, Sufism.'),('Soojee','n.','Same as Suji.'),('Soon','adv.','In a short time; shortly after any time specified or\n   supposed; as, soon after sunrise.'),('Soon','adv.','Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.'),('Soon','adv.','Promptly; quickly; easily.'),('Soon','adv.','Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or\n   some other word expressing will.'),('Soon','a.','Speedy; quick.'),('Soonee','n.','See Sunnite.'),('Soonly','adv.','Soon.'),('Soord','n.','Skin of bacon.'),('Soorma','n.','A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint\n   their eyelids.'),('Sooshong','n.','See Souchong.'),('Soosoo','n.','A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the\n   river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat\n   spatulate beak.'),('Soot','n.','A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from\n   fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and\n   adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke;\n   strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors\n   smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.'),('Sooted','imp. & p. p.','of Soot'),('Sooting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soot'),('Soot','v. t.','To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with,\n   soot; as, to soot land.'),('Soot','a.','Alt. of Soote'),('Soote','a.','Sweet.'),('Sooterkin','n.','A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch\n   women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a\n   figurative sense; an abortive scheme.'),('Sooth','superl.','True; faithful; trustworthy.'),('Sooth','superl.','Pleasing; delightful; sweet.'),('Sooth','a.','Truth; reality.'),('Sooth','a.','Augury; prognostication.'),('Sooth','a.','Blandishment; cajolery.'),('Soothed','imp. & p. p.','of Soothe'),('Soothing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Soothe'),('Soothe','a.','To assent to as true.'),('Soothe','a.','To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by\n   compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.'),('Soothe','a.','To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe\n   a crying child; to soothe one\'s sorrows.'),('Soother','n.','One who, or that which, soothes.'),('Soothfast','a.','Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true;\n   genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.'),('Soothfast','adv.','Soothly; really; in fact.'),('Soothing','','a. & n. from Soothe, v.'),('Soothingly','adv.','In a soothing manner.'),('Soothly','adv.','In truth; truly; really; verily.'),('Soothness','n.','Truth; reality.'),('Soothsay','v. i.','To foretell; to predict.'),('Soothsay','n.','A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.'),('Soothsay','n.','Omen; portent. Having'),('Soothsayer','n.','One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a\n   prognosticator.'),('Soothsayer','n.','A mantis.'),('Soothsaying','n.','A true saying; truth.'),('Soothsaying','n.','The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of\n   events; the art or practice of making predictions.'),('Soothsaying','n.','A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.'),('Sootiness','n.','The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.'),('Sootish','a.','Sooty.'),('Sooty','superl.','Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by\n   soot.'),('Sooty','superl.','Having a dark brown or black color like soot;\n   fuliginous; dusky; dark.'),('Sooty','v. t.','To black or foul with soot.'),('Sop','v. t.','Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;\n   especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to\n   be eaten.'),('Sop','v. t.','Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given\n   to Cerberus, as related in mythology.'),('Sop','v. t.','A thing of little or no value.'),('Sopped','imp. & p. p.','of Sop'),('Sopping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sop'),('Sop','v. t.','To steep or dip in any liquid.'),('Sope','n.','See Soap.'),('Soph','n.','A contraction of Soph ister.'),('Soph','n.','A contraction of Sophomore.'),('Sophis','pl. ','of Sophi'),('Sophi','n.','See Sufi.'),('Sophic','a.','Alt. of Sophical'),('Sophical','a.','Teaching wisdom.'),('Sophime','n.','Sophism.'),('Sophism','n.','The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist;\n   hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.'),('Sophist','n.','One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy,\n   and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their\n   fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth,\n   weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general\n   hatred and contempt.'),('Sophist','n.','Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious\n   reasoner.'),('Sophister','n.','A sophist. See Sophist.'),('Sophister','n.','A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his\n   residence.'),('Sophister','v. t.','To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious\n   argument.'),('Sophistic','a.','Alt. of Sophistical'),('Sophistical','a.','Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry;\n   fallaciously subtile; not sound.'),('Sophisticated','imp. & p. p.','of Sophisticate'),('Sophisticating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sophisticate'),('Sophisticate','v. t.','To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate;\n   to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.'),('Sophisticate','a.','Alt. of Sophisticated'),('Sophisticated','a.','Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.'),('Sophistication','n.','The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the\n   sophistication of drugs.'),('Sophisticator','n.','One who sophisticates.'),('Sophistry','n.','The art or process of reasoning; logic.'),('Sophistry','n.','The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning;\n   reasoning sound in appearance only.'),('Sophomore','n.','One belonging to the second of the four classes in an\n   American college, or one next above a freshman.'),('Sophomoric','a.','Alt. of Sophomorical'),('Sophomorical','a.','Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a\n   sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as,\n   sophomoric affectation.'),('Sophora','n.','A genus of leguminous plants.'),('Sophora','n.','A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the\n   common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.'),('Sophta','n.','See Softa.'),('Sopite','v. t.','To lay asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.'),('Sopition','n.','The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to\n   sleep; sleep.'),('Sopor','n.','Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with\n   difficulty.'),('Soporate','v. t.','To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.'),('Soporiferous','a.','Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific.'),('Soporific','a.','Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as,\n   the soporific virtues of opium.'),('Soporific','n.','A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the\n   quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.'),('Soporose','a.','Alt. of Soporous'),('Soporous','a.','Causing sleep; sleepy.'),('Sopper','n.','One who sops.'),('Soppy','a.','Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or\n   sloppy.'),('Sopra','adv.','Above; before; over; upon.'),('Sopranist','n.','A treble singer.'),('Sopranos','pl. ','of Soprano'),('Soprani','pl. ','of Soprano'),('Soprano','n.','The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind\n   of female or boy\'s voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.'),('Soprano','n.','A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.'),('Sopsavine','n.','See Sops of wine, under Sop.'),('Sora','n.','A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the\n   Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and\n   white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of\n   the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina\n   rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken,\n   and orto.'),('Sorance','n.','Soreness.'),('Sorb','n.','The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the\n   rowan tree.'),('Sorb','n.','The fruit of these trees.'),('Sorbate','n.','A salt of sorbic acid.'),('Sorbefacient','a.','Producing absorption.'),('Sorbefacient','n.','A medicine or substance which produces absorption.'),('Sorbent','n.','An absorbent.'),('Sorbet','n.','A kind of beverage; sherbet.'),('Sorbic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb;\n   specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series,\n   found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white\n   crystalline substance.'),('Sorbile','a.','Fit to be drunk or sipped.'),('Sorbin','n.','An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the\n   ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white\n   crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar.'),('Sorbite','n.','A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite,\n   found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a\n   sirup or a white crystalline substance.'),('Sorbition','n.','The act of drinking or sipping.'),('Sorbonical','a.','Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist.'),('Sorbonist','n.','A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the\n   University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was\n   suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.'),('Sorcerer','n.','A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.'),('Sorceress','n.','A female sorcerer.'),('Sorcering','n.','Act or practice of using sorcery.'),('Sorcerous','a.','Of or pertaining to sorcery.'),('Sorceries','pl. ','of Sorcery'),('Sorcery','n.','Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of\n   evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic;\n   necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.'),('Sord','n.','See Sward.'),('Sordes','n.','Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected\n   matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects\n   on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended\n   with great vital depression.'),('Sordet','n.','A sordine.'),('Sordid','a.','Filthy; foul; dirty.'),('Sordid','a.','Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.'),('Sordid','a.','Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.'),('Sordidly','n.','Sordidness.'),('Sordidly','adv.','In a sordid manner.'),('Sordidness','n.','The quality or state of being sordid.'),('Sordine','n.','See Damper, and 5th Mute.'),('Sore','n.','Reddish brown; sorrel.'),('Sore','n.','A young hawk or falcon in the first year.'),('Sore','n.','A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.'),('Sore','superl.','Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;\n   inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.'),('Sore','superl.','Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or\n   vexed; very susceptible of irritation.'),('Sore','superl.','Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease;\n   sore evil or calamity.'),('Sore','superl.','Criminal; wrong; evil.'),('Sore','a.','A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are\n   ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or\n   diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.'),('Sore','a.','Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.'),('Sore','a.','In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.'),('Sore','a.','Greatly; violently; deeply.'),('Soredia','n.','pl. of Soredium.'),('Sorediate','a.','Sorediiferous.'),('Sordiferous','a.','Alt. of Sorediiferous'),('Sorediiferous','a.','Bearing soredia; sorediate.'),('Soredia','pl. ','of Soredium'),('Soredium','n.','A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus\n   of lichens.'),('Soree','n.','Same as Sora.'),('Sorehead','n.','One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the\n   like.'),('Sorehon','n.','Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which\n   subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he\n   wished to indulge in a revel.'),('Sorel','n.','A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck.'),('Sorel','n.','A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.'),('Sorely','adv.','In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely\n   afflicted.'),('Sorema','n.','A heap of carpels belonging to one flower.'),('Soreness','n.','The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull;\n   as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.'),('Sorex','n.','A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.'),('Sorgne','n.','The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish.'),('Sorghum','n.','A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species,\n   Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson\n   grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under\n   Indian).'),('Sorghum','n.','A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine\n   juice; the Chinese sugar cane.'),('Sorgo','n.','Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.'),('Sori','n.','pl. of Sorus.'),('Soricine','a.','Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a\n   shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).'),('Sorites','n.','An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of\n   propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes\n   forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites\n   the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last\n   proposition'),('Soritical','a.','Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.'),('Sorn','v. i.','To obtrude one\'s self on another for bed and board.'),('Sorner','n.','One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.'),('Sororal','a.','Relating to a sister; sisterly.'),('Sororicide','n.','The murder of one\'s sister; also, one who murders or\n   kills one\'s own sister.'),('Sororize','v. i.','To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have\n   sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize.'),('Sorosis','n.','A woman\'s club; an association of women.'),('Sorosis','n.','A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers\n   with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and\n   pineapple.'),('Sorrage','n.','The blades of green or barley.'),('Sorrance','n.','Same as Sorance.'),('Sorrel','a.','Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.'),('Sorrel','n.','A yellowish or redish brown color.'),('Sorrel','n.','One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a\n   plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.'),('Sorrento work','','Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated\n   with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely,\n   jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.'),('Sorrily','adv.','In a sorry manner; poorly.'),('Sorriness','n.','The quality or state of being sorry.'),('Sorrow','n.','The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the\n   loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the\n   expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil;\n   regret; unhappiness; sadness.'),('Sorrowed','imp. & p. p.','of Sorrow'),('Sorrowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sorrow'),('Sorrow','n.','To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,\n   feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.'),('Sorrowed','a.','Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful.'),('Sorrowful','a.','Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected;\n   distressed.'),('Sorrowful','a.','Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable;\n   grievous; as, a sorrowful accident.'),('Sorrowless','a.','Free from sorrow.'),('Sorry','a.','Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil;\n   feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or\n   affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.'),('Sorry','a.','Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.'),('Sorry','a.','Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.'),('Sortes','pl. ','of Sors'),('Sors','n.','A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots.'),('Sort','n.','Chance; lot; destiny.'),('Sort','n.','A kind or species; any number or collection of individual\n   persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class\n   or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort\n   of poems.'),('Sort','n.','Manner; form of being or acting.'),('Sort','n.','Condition above the vulgar; rank.'),('Sort','n.','A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be\n   together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.'),('Sort','n.','A pair; a set; a suit.'),('Sort','n.','Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats,\n   belonging to a case, separately considered.'),('Sorted','imp. & p. p.','of Sort'),('Sorting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sort'),('Sort','v. t.','To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,\n   as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to\n   their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.'),('Sort','v. t.','To reduce to order from a confused state.'),('Sort','v. t.','To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.'),('Sort','v. t.','To choose from a number; to select; to cull.'),('Sort','v. t.','To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.'),('Sort','v. i.','To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the\n   same kind or species; to agree.'),('Sort','v. i.','To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.'),('Sortable','a.','Capable of being sorted.'),('Sortable','a.','Suitable; befitting; proper.'),('Sortably','adv.','Suitable.'),('Sortal','a.','Pertaining to a sort.'),('Sortance','v. i.','Suitableness; agreement.'),('Sorter','n.','One who, or that which, sorts.'),('Sortes','n.','pl. of Sors.'),('Sortie','n.','The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from\n   a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.'),('Sortilege','n.','The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by\n   drawing lots.'),('Sortilegious','a.','Pertaining to sortilege.'),('Sortilegy','n.','Sortilege.'),('Sortition','n.','Selection or appointment by lot.'),('Sortment','n.','Assortiment.'),('Sori','pl. ','of Sorus'),('Sorus','n.','One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on\n   the back of the fronds of ferns.'),('Sorwe','n. & v.','Sorrow.'),('Sorweful','a.','Sorrowful.'),('Sory','n.','Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it.'),('So-so','a.','Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable;\n   tolerable; indifferent.'),('So-so','adv.','Tolerably; passably.'),('Soss','v. i.','To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.'),('Soss','v. t.','To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.'),('Soss','n.','A lazy fellow.'),('Soss','n.','A heavy fall.'),('Soss','n.','Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.'),('Sostenuto','a.','Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the\n   sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of\n   the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat\n   prolonged or protacted.'),('Sot','n.','A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.'),('Sot','n.','A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual\n   drunkard.'),('Sot','a.','Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull.'),('Sot','v. t.','To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.'),('Sot','v. i.','To tipple to stupidity.'),('Sotadean','a.','Sotadic.'),('Sotadic','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions\n   of the Greek poet Sotades.'),('Sotadic','n.','A Sotadic verse or poem.'),('Sote','a.','Sweet.'),('Sotel','a.','Alt. of Sotil'),('Sotil','a.','Subtile.'),('Soteriology','n.','A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and\n   preserving health.'),('Soteriology','n.','The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.'),('Sothe','a.','Sooth.'),('Sothiac','a.','Alt. of Sothic'),('Sothic','a.','Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog\n   Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.'),('Sotilte','n.','Subtlety.'),('Sotted','','a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted.'),('Sottery','n.','Folly.'),('Sottish','a.','Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.'),('Sotto voce','','With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an\n   undertone.'),('Sotto voce','','Spoken low or in an undertone.'),('Sous','pl. ','of Sou'),('Sou','n.','An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now\n   displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly\n   called a sou.'),('Souari nut','','The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American\n   tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant;\n   -- also called butternut.'),('Soubah','n.','See Subah.'),('Soubahdar','n.','See Subahdar.'),('Soubrette','n.','A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term\n   of the theater, a lady\'s maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an\n   intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.'),('Soubriquet','n.','See Sobriquet.'),('Souce','n.','See 1st Souse.'),('Souce','v. t. & i.','See Souse.'),('Souchong','n.','A kind of black tea of a fine quality.'),('Soudan','n.','A sultan.'),('Souded','a.','Alt. of Soudet'),('Soudet','a.','United; consolidated; made firm; strengthened.'),('Souffle','n.','A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle\n   heard over the pregnant uterus.'),('Souffle','n.','A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of\n   eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very\n   light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.'),('Sough','n.','A sow.'),('Sough','n.','A small drain; an adit.'),('Sough','v. i.','The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or\n   roaring.'),('Sough','v. i.','Hence, a vague rumor or flying report.'),('Sough','v. i.','A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in\n   preaching or praying.'),('Sough','v. i.','To whistle or sigh, as the wind.'),('Sought','','imp. & p. p. of Seek.'),('Souke','v. t. & i.','To suck.'),('Soul','a.','Sole.'),('Soul','a.','Sole.'),('Soul','v. i.','To afford suitable sustenance.'),('Soul','n.','The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part\n   of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of\n   moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature,\n   or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of\n   life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary\n   and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the\n   moral and emotional part of man\'s nature, the seat of feeling, in\n   distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the\n   understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In\n   a more general sense, \"an animating, separable, surviving entity, the\n   vehicle of individual personal existence.\"'),('Soul','n.','The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the\n   animating or essential part.'),('Soul','n.','The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as,\n   the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.'),('Soul','n.','Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other\n   noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or\n   goodness.'),('Soul','n.','A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually\n   with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.'),('Soul','n.','A pure or disembodied spirit.'),('Soul','v. t.','To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.'),('Souled','a.','Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used\n   chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.'),('Soulili','n.','A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus\n   mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are\n   black.'),('Soulless','a.','Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness\n   of mind; mean; spiritless.'),('Soullessly','adv.','In a soulless manner.'),('Soun','n. & v.','Sound.'),('Sound','n.','The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed\n   article of food.'),('Sound','n.','A cuttlefish.'),('Sound','superl.','Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or\n   decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound\n   tooth; a sound ship.'),('Sound','superl.','Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --\n   said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound\n   understanding.'),('Sound','superl.','Firm; strong; safe.'),('Sound','superl.','Free from error; correct; right; honest; true;\n   faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound\n   thinker.'),('Sound','superl.','Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to\n   be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or\n   reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.'),('Sound','superl.','heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.'),('Sound','superl.','Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.'),('Sound','superl.','Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a\n   sound title to land.'),('Sound','adv.','Soundly.'),('Sound','n.','A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland\n   and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea\n   or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german\n   Ocean; Long Island Sound.'),('Sounded','imp. & p. p.','of Sound'),('Sounding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sound'),('Sound','v. t.','To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to\n   ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.'),('Sound','v. t.','Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,\n   motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to\n   probe.'),('Sound','v. t.','To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to\n   examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion;\n   as, to sound a patient.'),('Sound','v. i.','To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or\n   other device.'),('Sound','n.','Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by\n   which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the\n   bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.'),('Sound','n.','The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration\n   of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of\n   the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or\n   vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact;\n   the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse\n   or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other\n   means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human\n   voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill\n   sound.'),('Sound','n.','The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would\n   occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the\n   theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise\n   on sound.'),('Sound','n.','Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing\n   else.'),('Sound','v. i.','To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of\n   the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible\n   effect.'),('Sound','v. i.','To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to\n   convey intelligence by sound.'),('Sound','v. i.','To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a\n   certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof\n   sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.'),('Sound','v. t.','To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a\n   trumpet or a horn.'),('Sound','v. t.','To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the\n   voice, or on an instrument.'),('Sound','v. t.','To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or\n   sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a\n   retreat; to sound a parley.'),('Sound','v. t.','To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported;\n   to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man\n   or a great exploit.'),('Sound','v. t.','To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the\n   same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of\n   timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.'),('Sound','v. t.','To signify; to import; to denote.'),('Soundable','a.','Capable of being sounded.'),('Soundage','n.','Dues for soundings.'),('Sound-board','n.','A sounding-board.'),('Sounder','n.','One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an\n   instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the\n   communications being read by sound.'),('Sounder','n.','A herd of wild hogs.'),('Sounding','a.','Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding\n   words.'),('Sounding','n.','The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the\n   senses of the several verbs).'),('Sounding','n.','measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.'),('Sounding','n.','Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a\n   sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.'),('Sounding','n.','The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the\n   sounding lead when it has touched bottom.'),('Sounding-board','n.','A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano,\n   in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.'),('Sounding-board','n.','A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit\n   or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker\'s voice.'),('Sounding-board','n.','See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.'),('Soundless','a.','Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.'),('Soundless','a.','Having no sound; noiseless; silent.'),('Soundly','adv.','In a sound manner.'),('Soundness','n.','The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness\n   of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or\n   argument; soundness of faith.'),('Soune','v. t. & i.','To sound.'),('Sounst','a.','Soused. See Souse.'),('Soup','n.','A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and\n   vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or\n   flavored; strong broth.'),('Soup','v. t.','To sup or swallow.'),('Soup','v. t.','To breathe out.'),('Soup','v. t.','To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.'),('Soupe-maigre','n.','Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a\n   little butter and a few condiments.'),('Souple','n.','That part of a flail which strikes the grain.'),('Soupy','a.','Resembling soup; souplike.'),('Sour','superl.','Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and\n   the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.'),('Sour','superl.','Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or\n   musty, turned.'),('Sour','superl.','Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed;\n   peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.'),('Sour','superl.','Afflictive; painful.'),('Sour','superl.','Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.'),('Sour','n.','A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.'),('Sour','v. t.','To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to\n   sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.'),('Sour','v. t.','To make cold and unproductive, as soil.'),('Sour','v. t.','To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.'),('Sour','v. t.','To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.'),('Sour','v. t.','To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to\n   sour lime for business purposes.'),('Soured','imp. & p. p.','of Sour'),('Souring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sour'),('Sour','v. i.','To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon\n   sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.'),('Source','n.','The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.'),('Source','n.','The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of\n   water or the like; a spring; a fountain.'),('Source','n.','That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause\n   or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.'),('Sourcrout','n.','See Sauerkraut.'),('Sourde','v. i.','To have origin or source; to rise; to spring.'),('Souring','n.','Any sour apple.'),('Sourish','a.','Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a\n   sourish taste.'),('Sourkrout','n.','Same as Sauerkraut.'),('Sourly','adv.','In a sour manner; with sourness.'),('Sourness','n.','The quality or state of being sour.'),('Sours','n.','Source. See Source.'),('Soursop','n.','The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small\n   tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is\n   closely allied to the custard apple.'),('Sourwood','n.','The sorrel tree.'),('Sous','n.','Alt. of Souse'),('Souse','n.','A corrupt form of Sou.'),('Souse','n.','Pickle made with salt.'),('Souse','n.','Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears,\n   feet, etc., of swine.'),('Souse','n.','The ear; especially, a hog\'s ear.'),('Souse','n.','The act of sousing; a plunging into water.'),('Soused','imp. & p. p.','of Souse'),('Sousing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Souse'),('Souse','v. t.','To steep in pickle; to pickle.'),('Souse','v. t.','To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.'),('Souse','v. t.','To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.'),('Souse','v. t.','To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall\n   suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.'),('Souse','v. t.','To pounce upon.'),('Souse','n.','The act of sousing, or swooping.'),('Souse','adv.','With a sudden swoop; violently.'),('Souslik','n.','See Suslik.'),('Sout','n.','Soot.'),('Soutache','n.','A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as\n   Russian braid.'),('Soutage','n.','That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.'),('Soutane','n.','A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts\n   reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom;\n   especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in\n   France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.'),('Souter','n.','A shoemaker; a cobbler.'),('Souterly','a.','Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a\n   cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.'),('Souterrain','n.','A grotto or cavern under ground.'),('South','n.','That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to\n   the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the\n   right of a person who faces the east.'),('South','n.','A country, region, or place situated farther to the south\n   than another; the southern section of a country.'),('South','n.','Specifically: That part of the United States which is south\n   of Mason and Dixon\'s line. See under Line.'),('South','n.','The wind from the south.'),('South','a.','Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a\n   southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning;\n   proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the\n   south; southern; as, the south pole.'),('South','adv.','Toward the south; southward.'),('South','adv.','From the south; as, the wind blows south.'),('Southed','imp. & p. p.','of South'),('Southing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of South'),('South','v. i.','To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the\n   south.'),('South','v. i.','To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south\n   line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.'),('Southcottian','n.','A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an\n   Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling,\n   preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.'),('Southdown','a.','Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture\n   hills south of the Thames, in England.'),('Southdown','n.','A Southdown sheep.'),('Southeast','n.','The point of the compass equally distant from the south\n   and the east; the southeast part or region.'),('Southeast','a.','Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or\n   coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.'),('Southeaster','n.','A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the\n   southeast.'),('Southeaster','adv.','Toward the southeast.'),('Southeastern','a.','Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.'),('Southeastward','adv.','Alt. of Southeastwardly'),('Southeastwardly','adv.','Toward the southeast.'),('Souther','n.','A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.'),('Southerliness','n.','The quality or state of being southerly; direction\n   toward the south.'),('Southerly','a.','Southern.'),('Southern','a.','Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding\n   from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.'),('Southern','n.','A Southerner.'),('Southerner','n.','An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the\n   Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.'),('Southernliness','n.','Southerliness.'),('Southernly','a.','Somewhat southern.'),('Southernly','adv.','In a southerly manner or course; southward.'),('Southernmost','a.','Farthest south.'),('Southernwood','n.','A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum)\n   having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.'),('Southing','n.','Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the\n   sun.'),('Southing','n.','The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body,\n   passes the meridian of a place.'),('Southing','n.','Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south\n   declination; south latitude.'),('Southing','n.','Distance southward from any point departure or of\n   reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.'),('Southly','adv.','Southerly.'),('Southmost','a.','Farthest toward the south; southernmost.'),('Southness','n.','A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point\n   toward the south pole.'),('Southren','a.','Southern.'),('Southron','n.','An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country;\n   formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.'),('Southsay','v. i.','See Soothsay.'),('Southsayer','n.','See Soothsayer.'),('South southerly','','the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry.\n   Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.'),('Southward','adv.','Alt. of Southwards'),('Southwards','adv.','Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south\n   than the east or west point; as, to go southward.'),('Southward','a.','Toward the south.'),('Southward','n.','The southern regions or countries; the south.'),('Southwardly','adv.','In a southern direction.'),('Southwest','n.','The point of the compass equally from the south and the\n   west; the southwest part or region.'),('Southwest','a.','Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;\n   proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a\n   southwest wind.'),('Southwester','n.','A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.'),('Southwester','n.','A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the\n   like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.'),('Southwesterly','a.','To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly\n   course; a southwesterly wind.'),('Southwestern','a.','Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as,\n   to sail a southwestern course.'),('Southwestward','adv.','Alt. of Southwestwardly'),('Southwestwardly','adv.','Toward the southwest.'),('Souvenance','n.','Alt. of Sovenaunce'),('Sovenaunce','n.','Remembrance.'),('Souvenir','n.','That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a\n   memento; a keepsake.'),('Sovereign','a.','Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;\n   chief; as, our sovereign prince.'),('Sovereign','a.','Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,\n   or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign\n   state; a sovereign discretion.'),('Sovereign','a.','Princely; royal.'),('Sovereign','a.','Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.'),('Sovereign','a.','Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual;\n   controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.'),('Sovereign','n.','The person, body, or state in which independent and\n   supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen,\n   or emperor.'),('Sovereign','n.','A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the\n   head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound\n   sterling, or about $4.86.'),('Sovereign','n.','Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus\n   Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.'),('Sovereignize','v. i.','To exercise supreme authority.'),('Sovereignly','adv.','In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree;\n   supremely.'),('Sovereignties','pl. ','of Sovereignty'),('Sovereignty','n.','The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a\n   sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power;\n   dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign;\n   a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many\n   sovereignties.'),('Sovran','a.','A variant of Sovereign.'),('Sow','v. i.','To sew. See Sew.'),('Sow','n.','The female of swine, or of the hog kind.'),('Sow','n.','A sow bug.'),('Sow','n.','A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the\n   pig bed.'),('Sow','n.','The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.'),('Sow','n.','A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.'),('Sow','n.','A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling\n   up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the\n   wall, or the like.'),('Sowed','imp.','of Sow'),('Sown','p. p.','of Sow'),('Sowed','','of Sow'),('Sowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sow'),('Sow','v. t.','To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing;\n   as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to\n   propagate.'),('Sow','v. t.','To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as\n   land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to\n   besprinkle.'),('Sow','v. i.','To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; --\n   literally or figuratively.'),('Sowans','n. pl.','See Sowens.'),('Sowar','n.','In India, a mounted soldier.'),('Sowbane','n.','The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be\n   fatal to swine.'),('Sowce','n. & v.','See Souse.'),('Sowdan','n.','Sultan.'),('Sowdanesse','n.','A sultaness.'),('Sowens','n. pl.','A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland,\n   made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which\n   common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.'),('Sower','n.','One who, or that which, sows.'),('Sowins','n. pl.','See Sowens.'),('Sowl','v. t.','Alt. of Sowle'),('Sowle','v. t.','To pull by the ears; to drag about.'),('Sowl','v. i.','See Soul, v. i.'),('Sown','','p. p. of Sow.'),('Sowne','v. t. & i.','To sound.'),('Sowse','n. & v.','See Souse.'),('Sowter','n.','See Souter.'),('Soy','n.','A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by\n   subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long\n   fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.'),('Soy','n.','The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.'),('Soyle','v. t.','To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts.'),('Soyle','n.','Prey.'),('Soyned','a.','Filled with care; anxious.'),('Sozzle','v. t.','To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in\n   water.'),('Sozzle','v. t.','To heap up in confusion.'),('Sozzle','n.','One who spills water or other liquids carelessly;\n   specifically, a sluttish woman.'),('Sozzle','n.','A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.'),('Spa','n.','A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this\n   name in Belgium.'),('Spaad','n.','A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.'),('Space','n.','Extension, considered independently of anything which it may\n   contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.'),('Space','n.','Place, having more or less extension; room.'),('Space','n.','A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing\n   to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space\n   between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a\n   mile.'),('Space','n.','Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time;\n   duration; time.'),('Space','n.','A short time; a while.'),('Space','n.','Walk; track; path; course.'),('Space','n.','A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as\n   not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or\n   letters.'),('Space','n.','The distance or interval between words or letters in the\n   lines, or between lines, as in books.'),('Space','n.','One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of\n   the staff.'),('Space','n.','To walk; to rove; to roam.'),('Spaced','imp. & p. p.','of Space'),('Spacong','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Space'),('Space','n.','To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space\n   words, lines, or letters.'),('Spaceful','a.','Wide; extensive.'),('Spaceless','a.','Without space.'),('Spacial','a.','See Spatial.'),('Spacially','adv.','See Spatially.'),('Spacious','n.','Extending far and wide; vast in extent.'),('Spacious','n.','Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room;\n   not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a\n   spacious church; a spacious hall.'),('Spadassin','n.','A bravo; a bully; a duelist.'),('Spaddle','n.','A little spade.'),('Spade','n.','A hart or stag three years old.'),('Spade','n.','A castrated man or beast.'),('Spade','n.','An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting\n   usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a\n   handle like that of a shovel.'),('Spade','n.','One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more\n   figures resembling a spade.'),('Spade','n.','A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.'),('Spaded','imp. & p. p.','of Spade'),('Spading','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spade'),('Spade','v. t.','To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land,\n   with a spade.'),('Spadebone','n.','Shoulder blade.'),('Spadefish','n.','An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on\n   the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.'),('Spadefoot','n.','Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus,\n   esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade\n   toad.'),('Spadefuls','pl. ','of Spadeful'),('Spadeful','n.','As much as a spade will hold or lift.'),('Spader','n.','One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging\n   machine.'),('Spadiceous','a.','Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.'),('Spadiceous','a.','Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.'),('Spadicose','a.','Spadiceous.'),('Spadille','n.','The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.'),('Spadices','pl. ','of Spadix'),('Spadixes','pl. ','of Spadix'),('Spadix','n.','A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf\n   called a spathe.'),('Spadix','n.','A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of\n   the posterior tentacles.'),('Spadones','pl. ','of Spado'),('Spado','n.','Same as Spade, 2.'),('Spado','n.','An impotent person.'),('Spadroon','n.','A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to\n   cut and thrust.'),('Spaed','imp. & p. p.','of Spae'),('Spaeing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spae'),('Spae','v. i.','To foretell; to divine.'),('Spaeman','n.','A prophet; a diviner.'),('Spaewife','n.','A female fortune teller.'),('Spaghetti','n.','A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.'),('Spagyric','a.','Alt. of Spagyrical'),('Spagyrical','a.','Chemical; alchemical.'),('Spagyric','n.','A spagyrist.'),('Spagyrist','n.','A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.'),('Spagyrist','n.','One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who\n   sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The\n   spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists.'),('Spahi','n.','Alt. of Spahee'),('Spahee','n.','Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.'),('Spahee','n.','An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.'),('Spaid','n.','See 1st Spade.'),('Spake','','imp. of Speak.'),('Spakenet','n.','A net for catching crabs.'),('Spaky','a.','Specky.'),('Spalding knife','','A spalting knife.'),('Spale','n.','A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.'),('Spale','n.','A strengthening cross timber.'),('Spall','n.','The shoulder.'),('Spall','n.','A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off\n   the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.'),('Spall','v. t.','To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of\n   separating from rock.'),('Spall','v. t.','To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an\n   approximately level surface by hammering.'),('Spall','v. i.','To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of\n   stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer\n   surface.'),('Spalpeen','n.','A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; --\n   often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.'),('Spalt','n.','Spelter.'),('Spalt','a.','Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.'),('Spalt','a.','Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.'),('Spalt','a.','To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of\n   timber, with an ax.'),('Spalting knife','','A knife used in splitting codfish.'),('Span','','imp. & p. p. of Spin.'),('Span','v. t.','The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger\n   when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.'),('Span','v. t.','Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.'),('Span','v. t.','The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or\n   of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its\n   supports.'),('Span','v. t.','A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be\n   hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both\n   ends can be used.'),('Span','v. t.','A pair of horses or other animals driven together;\n   usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.'),('Spanned','imp. & p. p.','of Span'),('Spanning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Span'),('Span','v. t.','To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers\n   extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a\n   space or distance; to span a cylinder.'),('Span','v. t.','To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as\n   an arch.'),('Span','v. t.','To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.'),('Span','v. i.','To be matched, as horses.'),('Spanaemia','n.','A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid\n   state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the\n   blood, are deficient.'),('Spanaemic','a.','Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished\n   blood.'),('Spancel','n.','A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or\n   cow.'),('Spanceled','imp. & p. p.','of Spancel'),('Spancelled','','of Spancel'),('Spanceling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spancel'),('Spancelling','','of Spancel'),('Spancel','v. t.','To tie or hobble with a spancel.'),('Spandogs','n. pl.','A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and\n   timber.'),('Spandrel','n.','The irregular triangular space between the curve of an\n   arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer\n   moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or\n   another arch above and inclosing them.'),('Spandrel','n.','A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture.'),('Spane','v. t.','To wean.'),('Spang','v. t.','To spangle.'),('Spang','v. i.','To spring; to bound; to leap.'),('Spang','n.','A bound or spring.'),('Spang','n.','A spangle or shining ornament.'),('Spangle','n.','A small plate or boss of shining metal; something\n   brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.'),('Spangle','n.','Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.'),('Spangled','imp. & p. p.','of Spangle'),('Spangling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spangle'),('Spangle','v. t.','To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn\n   with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.'),('Spangle','v. i.','To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to\n   glitter.'),('Spangler','n.','One who, or that which, spangles.'),('Spangly','a.','Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as,\n   spangly light.'),('Spaniard','n.','A native or inhabitant of Spain.'),('Spaniel','n.','One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair\n   and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and\n   the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.'),('Spaniel','n.','A cringing, fawning person.'),('Spaniel','a.','Cringing; fawning.'),('Spaniel','v. i.','To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.'),('Spaniel','v. t.','To follow like a spaniel.'),('Spanish','a.','Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.'),('Spanish','n.','The language of Spain.'),('Spanked','imp. & p. p.','of Spank'),('Spanking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spank'),('Spank','v. t.','To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.'),('Spank','n.','A blow with the open hand; a slap.'),('Spank','v. i.','To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and\n   gallop; to move quickly.'),('Spanker','n.','One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for\n   spanking.'),('Spanker','n.','The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft\n   sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See\n   Illust. under Sail.'),('Spanker','n.','One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast\n   horse.'),('Spanker','n.','Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as\n   a stout or tall person.'),('Spanker','n.','A small coin.'),('Spanking','a.','Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing;\n   dashing.'),('Spanking','a.','Large; considerable.'),('Spanking breeze','','a strong breeze.'),('Spanless','a.','Incapable of being spanned.'),('Spanner','n.','One who, or that which, spans.'),('Spanner','n.','The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine\n   itself.'),('Spanner','n.','An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head\n   of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically,\n   a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.'),('Spanner','n.','A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for\n   moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the\n   steam.'),('Span-new','a.','Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.'),('Spannishing','n.','The full blooming of a flower.'),('Spanpiece','n.','The collar of a roof; sparpiece.'),('Spanworm','n.','The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a\n   geometer; a measuring worm.'),('Spar','n.','An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and\n   somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was\n   especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous\n   vein.'),('Spar','v. t.','A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast,\n   yard, boom, or gaff.'),('Spar','v. t.','Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still\n   applied locally to rafters.'),('Spar','v. t.','The bar of a gate or door.'),('Spar','v. t.','To bolt; to bar.'),('Spar','v. t.','To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.'),('Sparred','imp. & p. p.','of Spar'),('Sparring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spar'),('Spar','v. i.','To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.'),('Spar','v. i.','To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or\n   defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or\n   amusement; to box.'),('Spar','v. i.','To contest in words; to wrangle.'),('Spar','n.','A contest at sparring or boxing.'),('Spar','n.','A movement of offense or defense in boxing.'),('Sparable','n.','A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.'),('Sparada','n.','A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); --\n   called also shiner.'),('Sparadrap','n.','A cerecloth.'),('Sparadrap','n.','Any adhesive plaster.'),('Sparage','n.','Alt. of Sparagrass'),('Sparagus','n.','Alt. of Sparagrass'),('Sparagrass','n.','Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.'),('Sparble','v. t.','To scatter; to disperse; to rout.'),('Spared','imp. & p. p.','of Spare'),('Sparing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spare'),('Spare','a.','To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or\n   valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.'),('Spare','a.','To keep to one\'s self; to forbear to impart or give.'),('Spare','a.','To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish,\n   injure, or harm; to show mercy to.'),('Spare','a.','To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some\n   occupation, use, or duty.'),('Spare','a.','To deprive one\'s self of, as by being frugal; to do without;\n   to dispense with; to give up; to part with.'),('Spare','v. i.','To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be\n   parsimonious.'),('Spare','v. i.','To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or\n   forbearance.'),('Spare','v. i.','To desist; to stop; to refrain.'),('Spare','v. t.','Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.'),('Spare','v. t.','Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.'),('Spare','v. t.','Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be\n   used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no\n   spare time.'),('Spare','v. t.','Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare\n   anchor; a spare bed or room.'),('Spare','v. t.','Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.'),('Spare','v. t.','Slow.'),('Spare','n.','The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.'),('Spare','n.','Parsimony; frugal use.'),('Spare','n.','An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.'),('Spare','n.','That which has not been used or expended.'),('Spare','n.','The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after\n   having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the\n   pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a\n   single spare.'),('Spareful','a.','Sparing; chary.'),('Sparely','adv.','In a spare manner; sparingly.'),('Spareless','a.','Unsparing.'),('Spareness','n.','The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.'),('Sparer','n.','One who spares.'),('Sparerib','n.','A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on\n   them.'),('Sparge','v. t.','To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge\n   paper.'),('Spargefaction','n.','The act of sprinkling.'),('Sparger','n.','A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a\n   liquid; a sprinkler.'),('Sparhawk','n.','The sparrow hawk.'),('Spar-hung','a.','Hung with spar, as a cave.'),('Sparing','a.','Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.'),('Spark','n.','A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is\n   emitted by a body in combustion.'),('Spark','n.','A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.'),('Spark','n.','That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or\n   into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.'),('Spark','n.','A brisk, showy, gay man.'),('Spark','n.','A lover; a gallant; a beau.'),('Spark','v. i.','To sparkle.'),('Spark','v. i.','To play the spark, beau, or lover.'),('Sparker','n.','A spark arrester.'),('Sparkful','a.','Lively; brisk; gay.'),('Sparkish','a.','Like a spark; airy; gay.'),('Sparkish','a.','Showy; well-dresed; fine.'),('Sparkle','n.','A little spark; a scintillation.'),('Sparkle','n.','Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.'),('Sparkled','imp. & p. p.','of Sparkle'),('Sparkling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sparkle'),('Sparkle','n.','To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent\n   particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of\n   light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the\n   stars sparkle.'),('Sparkle','n.','To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to\n   glisten; to flash.'),('Sparkle','n.','To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to\n   effervesce; as, sparkling wine.'),('Sparkle','v. t.','To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.'),('Sparkle','v. t.','To disperse.'),('Sparkle','v. t.','To scatter on or over.'),('Sparkler','n.','One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an\n   improvident person.'),('Sparkler','n.','One who, or that which, sparkles.'),('Sparkler','n.','A tiger beetle.'),('Sparklet','n.','A small spark.'),('Sparkliness','n.','Vivacity.'),('Sparkling','a.','Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant;\n   lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.'),('Sparling','n.','The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).'),('Sparling','n.','A young salmon.'),('Sparling','n.','A tern.'),('Sparlyre','n.','The calf of the leg.'),('Sparoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of\n   spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea\n   bream.'),('Sparoid','n.','One of the Sparidae.'),('Sparpiece','n.','The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.'),('Sparpoil','v. t.','To scatter; to spread; to disperse.'),('Sparrow','n.','One of many species of small singing birds of the family\n   Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many\n   sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or\n   house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its\n   familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its\n   fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.'),('Sparrow','n.','Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling\n   the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See\n   under Hedge.'),('Sparrowgrass','n.','Asparagus.'),('Sparrowwort','n.','An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).'),('Sparry','a.','Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with\n   spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.'),('Sparse','superl.','Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not\n   being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.'),('Sparse','superl.','Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --\n   applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.'),('Sparse','v. t.','To scatter; to disperse.'),('Sparsedly','adv.','Sparsely.'),('Sparsely','adv.','In a scattered or sparse manner.'),('Sparseness','n.','The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of\n   population.'),('Sparsim','adv.','Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.'),('Spartan','a.','Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;\n   hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.'),('Spartan','n.','A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person\n   of great courage and fortitude.'),('Sparteine','n.','A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the\n   common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a\n   colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.'),('parterie','n.','Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum\n   Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in\n   Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and\n   mattresses.'),('Sparth','n.','An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd.'),('Sparve','n.','The hedge sparrow.'),('Spary','a.','Sparing; parsimonious.'),('Spasm','v. t.','An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more\n   muscles or muscular fibers.'),('Spasm','v. t.','A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a\n   spasm of repentance.'),('Spasmatical','a.','Spasmodic.'),('Spasmodic','a.','Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring\n   in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.'),('Spasmodic','a.','Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as,\n   spasmodic zeal or industry.'),('Spasmodic','n.','A medicine for spasm.'),('Spasmodical','a.','Same as Spasmodic, a.'),('Spastic','a.','Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially,\n   pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.'),('Spastically','adv.','Spasmodically.'),('Spasticity','n.','A state of spasm.'),('Spasticity','n.','The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.'),('Spat','','imp. of Spit.'),('Spat','n.','A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and\n   after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.'),('Spat','v. i. & t.','To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.'),('Spat','n.','A light blow with something flat.'),('Spat','n.','Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel,\n   dispute, or dissension.'),('Spat','v. i.','To dispute.'),('Spatted','imp. & p. p.','of Spat'),('Spatting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spat'),('Spat','v. t.','To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the\n   hands.'),('Spatangoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea.'),('Spatangoid','n.','One of the Spatangoidea.'),('Spatangoidea','n. pl.','An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having\n   a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like\n   ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on\n   the under side.'),('Spatangus','n.','A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the\n   Spatangoidea.'),('Spatchcock','n.','See Spitchcock.'),('Spate','n.','A river flood; an overflow or inundation.'),('Spathae','pl. ','of Spatha'),('Spatha','n.','A spathe.'),('Spathaceous','a.','Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.'),('Spathal','a.','Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.'),('Spathe','n.','A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a\n   spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and\n   Illust. of Spadix.'),('Spathed','a.','Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.'),('Spathic','a.','Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.'),('Spathiform','a.','Resembling spar in form.'),('Spathose','a.','See Spathic.'),('Spathose','a.','Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous;\n   spathal.'),('Spathous','a.','Spathose.'),('Spathulate','a.','See Spatulate.'),('Spatial','a.','Of or pertaining to space.'),('Spatially','adv.','As regards space.'),('Spatiate','v. t.','To rove; to ramble.'),('Spattered','imp. & p. p.','of Spatter'),('Spattering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spatter'),('Spatter','v. t.','To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as\n   water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling;\n   as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.'),('Spatter','v. t.','To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to\n   spatter blood.'),('Spatter','v. t.','Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also,\n   to throw out in a defamatory manner.'),('Spatter','v. i.','To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering\n   manner; to sputter.'),('Spatterdashed','a.','Wearing spatterdashes.'),('Spatterdashes','n. pl.','Coverings for the legs, to protect them from\n   water and mud; long gaiters.'),('Spatter-dock','n.','The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).'),('Spattle','n.','Spawl; spittle.'),('Spattle','n.','A spatula.'),('Spattle','n.','A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with\n   coloring matter'),('Spattling-poppy','n.','A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is\n   sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.'),('Spatula','n.','An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat\n   flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in\n   compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.'),('Spatulate','a.','Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being\n   roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.'),('Spauld','n.','The shoulder.'),('Spavin','n.','A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling\n   developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also,\n   the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation,\n   and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.'),('Spavined','a.','Affected with spavin.'),('Spaw','n.','See Spa.'),('Spawl','n.','A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.'),('Spawl','n.','Scattered or ejected spittle.'),('Spawled','imp. & p. p.','of Spawl'),('Spawling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spawl'),('Spawl','v. i. & t.','To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as\n   saliva.'),('Spawling','n.','That which is spawled, or spit out.'),('Spawned','imp. & p. p.','of Spawn'),('Spawning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spawn'),('Spawn','v. t.','To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.'),('Spawn','v. t.','To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.'),('Spawn','v. i.','To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.'),('Spawn','v. i.','To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.'),('Spawn','v. t.','The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic\n   animals.'),('Spawn','v. t.','Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.'),('Spawn','v. t.','The buds or branches produced from underground stems.'),('Spawn','v. t.','The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which\n   fungi.'),('Spawner','n.','A mature female fish.'),('Spawner','n.','Whatever produces spawn of any kind.'),('Spayed','imp. & p. p.','of Spay'),('Spaying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spay'),('Spay','v. t.','To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a\n   bitch; to castrate (a female animal).'),('Spay','v. t.','The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.'),('Spayad','n.','Alt. of Spayade'),('Spayade','n.','A spay.'),('Spoke','imp.','of Speak'),('Spake','','of Speak'),('Spoken','p. p.','of Speak'),('Spoke','','of Speak'),('Speaking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speak'),('Speak','v. i.','To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to\n   express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a\n   man may not be able to speak.'),('Speak','v. i.','To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.'),('Speak','v. i.','To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a\n   public assembly formally.'),('Speak','v. i.','To discourse; to make mention; to tell.'),('Speak','v. i.','To give sound; to sound.'),('Speak','v. i.','To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by\n   utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.'),('Speak','v. t.','To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter\n   articulately, as human beings.'),('Speak','v. t.','To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare\n   orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.'),('Speak','v. t.','To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to\n   exhibit; to express in any way.'),('Speak','v. t.','To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in\n   conversation; as, to speak Latin.'),('Speak','v. t.','To address; to accost; to speak to.'),('Speakable','a.','Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken.'),('Speakable','a.','Able to speak.'),('Speaker','n.','One who speaks.'),('Speaker','n.','One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who\n   utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad\n   speaker.'),('Speaker','n.','One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who\n   presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order\n   and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons,\n   originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the\n   Speaker of a House of Representatives.'),('Speaker','n.','A book of selections for declamation.'),('Speakership','n.','The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the\n   House of Representatives.'),('Speaking','a.','Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a\n   speaking animal; a speaking tube.'),('Speaking','a.','Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a\n   speaking likeness.'),('Speking','n.','The act of uttering words.'),('Speking','n.','Public declamation; oratory.'),('Spear','n.','A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by\n   thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or\n   blade; a lance.'),('Spear','n.','Fig.: A spearman.'),('Spear','n.','A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing\n   fish and other animals.'),('Spear','n.','A shoot, as of grass; a spire.'),('Spear','n.','The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.'),('Spear','n.','The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is\n   attached; a pump rod.'),('Speared','imp. & p. p.','of Spear'),('Spearing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spear'),('Spear','v. t.','To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to\n   spear a fish.'),('Spear','v. i.','To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.'),('Spearer','n.','One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.'),('Spearfish','n.','A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related\n   to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on\n   the American coast and the Mediterranean.'),('Spearfish','n.','The carp sucker.'),('Spearhead','n.','The pointed head, or end, of a spear.'),('Spearmen','pl. ','of Spearman'),('Spearman','n.','One who is armed with a spear.'),('Spearmint','n.','A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist\n   soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.'),('Spearwood','n.','An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough\n   wood, used by the natives for spears.'),('Spearwort','n.','A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus)\n   which have spear-shaped leaves.'),('Speary','a.','Having the form of a spear.'),('Spece','n.','Species; kind.'),('Specht','n.','A woodpecker.'),('Special','a.','Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or\n   sort.'),('Special','a.','Particular; peculiar; different from others;\n   extraordinary; uncommon.'),('Special','a.','Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion,\n   or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special\n   sermon.'),('Special','a.','Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action,\n   investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial\n   terms; a special branch of study.'),('Special','a.','Chief in excellence.'),('Special','n.','A particular.'),('Special','n.','One appointed for a special service or occasion.'),('Specialism','n.','Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch\n   of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.'),('Specialist','n.','One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a\n   medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular\n   parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.'),('Specialities','pl. ','of Speciality'),('Speciality','n.','A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.'),('Speciality','n.','See Specialty, 3.'),('Speciality','n.','The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a\n   person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an\n   object of special attention; a special occupation or object of\n   attention; a specialty.'),('Speciality','n.','An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.'),('Specialization','n.','The act of specializing, or the state of being\n   spezialized.'),('Specialization','n.','The setting apart of a particular organ for the\n   performance of a particular function.'),('Specialize','v. t.','To mention specially; to particularize.'),('Specialize','v. t.','To apply to some specialty or limited object; to\n   assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.'),('Specialize','v. t.','To supply with an organ or organs having a special\n   function or functions.'),('Specially','adv.','In a special manner; particularly; especially.'),('Specially','adv.','For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the\n   legislature is specially summoned.'),('Specialties','pl. ','of Specialty'),('Specialty','n.','Particularity.'),('Specialty','n.','A particular or peculiar case.'),('Specialty','n.','A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed;\n   a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly\n   specified.'),('Specialty','n.','That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is\n   specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a\n   speciality.'),('Specie','','abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,\n   that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.'),('Specie','n.','Coin; hard money.'),('Species','n.','Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible\n   percept received by the imagination; an image.'),('Species','n.','A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and\n   designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another\n   conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it\n   differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending\n   to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus;\n   and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to\n   European, American, or the like, as species.'),('Species','n.','In science, a more or less permanent group of existing\n   things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties\n   determined by scientific observation.'),('Species','n.','A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a\n   species of generosity; a species of cloth.'),('Species','n.','Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a\n   circulating medium; specie.'),('Species','n.','A public spectacle or exhibition.'),('Species','n.','A component part of compound medicine; a simple.'),('Species','n.','An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp.,\n   one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.'),('Species','n.','The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape;\n   form; figure.'),('Specifiable','a.','Admitting specification; capable of being specified.'),('Specific','a.','Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or\n   constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties\n   of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other\n   things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific\n   qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.'),('Specific','a.','Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;\n   precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.'),('Specific','a.','Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body;\n   preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general\n   principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.'),('Specific','n.','A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.'),('Specific','a.','Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which\n   it is applied.'),('Specifical','a.','Specific.'),('Specifically','adv.','In a specific manner.'),('Specificalness','n.','The quality of being specific.'),('Specificate','v. t.','To show, mark, or designate the species, or the\n   distinguishing particulars of; to specify.'),('Specification','n.','The act of specifying or determining by a mark or\n   limit; notation of limits.'),('Specification','n.','The designation of particulars; particular mention;\n   as, the specification of a charge against an officer.'),('Specification','n.','A written statement containing a minute description\n   or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer,\n   the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a\n   patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a\n   specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.'),('Soecificness','n.','The quality or state of being specific.'),('Specified','imp. & p. p.','of Specify'),('Specifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Specify'),('Specify','v. t.','To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate\n   in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the\n   uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.'),('Specollum','n.','See Stylet, 2.'),('Specimen','n.','A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number\n   of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of\n   what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man\'s handwriting;\n   a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one\'s art.'),('Speciocities','pl. ','of Speciosity'),('Speciosity','n.','The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.'),('Speciosity','n.','That which is specious.'),('Specious','a.','Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or\n   look; showy.'),('Specious','a.','Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct,\n   but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as,\n   specious reasoning; a specious argument.'),('Speck','n.','The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat\n   of the hippopotamus.'),('Speck','n.','A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place\n   of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain;\n   a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.'),('Speck','n.','A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust;\n   he has not a speck of money.'),('Speck','n.','A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the\n   Eastern United States.'),('Specked','imp. & p. p.','of Speck'),('Specking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speck'),('Speck','v. t.','To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially\n   specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper\n   specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.'),('Speckle','n.','A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance\n   or color from that of the thing itself.'),('Speckled','imp. & p. p.','of Speckle'),('Speckling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speckle'),('Speckle','v. t.','To mark with small spots of a different color from that\n   of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different\n   color from the ground or surface.'),('Speckled','a.','Marked or variegated with small spots of a different\n   color from that of the rest of the surface.'),('Speckled-belly','n.','The gadwall.'),('Speckled-bill','n.','The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).'),('Speckledness','n.','The quality of being speckled.'),('Specksioneer','n.','The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up\n   the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.'),('Speckt','n.','A woodpecker. See Speight.'),('Spectacle','n.','Something exhibited to view; usually, something\n   presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special\n   notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a\n   gazingstock.'),('Spectacle','n.','A spy-glass; a looking-glass.'),('Spectacle','n.','An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a\n   light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the\n   organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.'),('Spectacle','n.','Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.'),('Spectacled','a.','Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.'),('Spectacled','a.','Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or\n   patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.'),('Spectacular','a.','Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.'),('Spectacular','a.','Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display\n   of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some\n   event; a spectacular play.'),('Spectacular','a.','Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.'),('Spectant','a.','Looking forward.'),('Spectation','n.','Regard; aspect; appearance.'),('Spectator','n.','One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who\n   is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators\n   at a show.'),('Spectatorial','a.','Of or pertaining to a spectator.'),('Spectatorship','n.','The office or quality of a spectator.'),('Spectatorship','n.','The act of beholding.'),('Spectatress','n.','Alt. of Spectatrix'),('Spectatrix','n.','A female beholder or looker-on.'),('Specter','n.','Alt. of Spectre'),('Spectre','n.','Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost;\n   a phantom.'),('Spectre','n.','The tarsius.'),('Spectre','n.','A stick insect.'),('Spectioneer','n.','Same as Specsioneer.'),('Spectral','a.','Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.'),('Spectral','a.','Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum;\n   as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.'),('Spectrally','adv.','In the form or manner of a specter.'),('Spectre','n.','See Specter.'),('Spectrological','a.','Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological\n   studies or experiments.'),('Spectrology','n.','The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its\n   relations and applications.'),('Spectrometer','n.','A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the\n   luminious spectra observed with it.'),('Spectrophotometer','n.','An instrument for measuring or comparing the\n   intensites of the colors of the spectrum.'),('Spectroscope','n.','An optical instrument for forming and examining\n   spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which\n   different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the\n   position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.'),('Spectroscopic','a.','Alt. of Spectroscopical'),('Spectroscopical','a.','Of or pertaining to a spectroscope, or\n   spectroscopy.'),('Spectroscopist','n.','One who investigates by means of a spectroscope;\n   one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.'),('Spectroscopy','n.','The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with\n   the spectroscope.'),('Spectra','pl. ','of Spectrum'),('Spectrum','n.','An apparition; a specter.'),('Spectrum','n.','The several colored and other rays of which light is\n   composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and\n   observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision,\n   by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.'),('Spectrum','n.','A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has\n   been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When\n   the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as\n   a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper.\n   Called also ocular spectrum.'),('Specular','a.','Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a\n   smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.'),('Specular','a.','Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of\n   a speculum; as, a specular examination.'),('Specular','a.','Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.'),('Specular','a.','Affording view.'),('Speculated','imp. & p. p.','of Speculate'),('Speculating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speculate'),('Speculate','v. i.','To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and\n   viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to\n   contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to\n   speculate on political events.'),('Speculate','v. i.','To view subjects from certain premises given or\n   assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.'),('Speculate','v. i.','To purchase with the expectation of a contingent\n   advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a\n   somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as,\n   to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.'),('Speculate','v. t.','To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature\n   of a thing.'),('Speculation','n.','The act of speculating.'),('Speculation','n.','Examination by the eye; view.'),('Speculation','n.','Mental view of anything in its various aspects and\n   relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.'),('Speculation','n.','The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises\n   given or assumed.'),('Speculation','n.','The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares,\n   etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with\n   the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on\n   anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in\n   which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and\n   wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.'),('Speculation','n.','Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with\n   a chance for large profits.'),('Speculation','n.','A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating;\n   mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.'),('Speculation','n.','Power of sight.'),('Speculation','n.','A game at cards in which the players buy from one\n   another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest\n   trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.'),('Speculatist','n.','One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a\n   theorist.'),('Speculative','a.','Given to speculation; contemplative.'),('Speculative','a.','Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal;\n   theoretical; not established by demonstration.'),('Speculative','a.','Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive;\n   curious.'),('Speculative','a.','Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods,\n   shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.'),('Speculator','n.','One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a\n   contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.'),('Speculator','n.','One who forms theories; a theorist.'),('Speculator','n.','One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells\n   goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from\n   fluctuations in price.'),('Speculatorial','a.','Speculatory; speculative.'),('Speculatory','a.','Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having\n   oversight.'),('Speculatory','a.','Exercising speculation; speculative.'),('Speculist','n.','One who observes or considers; an observer.'),('Specula','pl. ','of Speculum'),('Speculum','pl. ','of Speculum'),('Speculum','n.','A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror,\n   as in Greek and Roman archaeology.'),('Speculum','n.','A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in\n   reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.'),('Speculum','n.','An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body,\n   and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or\n   surgical operations.'),('Speculum','n.','A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings\n   of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal\n   portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the\n   adult male than in the female.'),('Sped','','imp. & p. p. of Speed.'),('Speece','n.','Species; sort.'),('Speech','n.','The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the\n   faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power\n   of speaking.'),('Speech','n.','he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as\n   expressing ideas; language; conversation.'),('Speech','n.','A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a\n   dialect.'),('Speech','n.','Talk; mention; common saying.'),('Speech','n.','formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.'),('Speech','n.','ny declaration of thoughts.'),('Speech','v. i. & t.','To make a speech; to harangue.'),('Speechful','a.','Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.'),('Speechification','n.','The act of speechifying.'),('Speechifier','n.','One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a\n   declaimer.'),('Speechified','imp. & p. p.','of Speechify'),('Speechifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speechify'),('Speechify','v. i.','To make a speech; to harangue.'),('Speechifying','n.','The act of making a speech or speeches.'),('Speeching','n.','The act of making a speech.'),('Speechless','a.','Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.'),('Speechless','a.','Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.'),('Speechmaker','n.','One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a\n   public assembly.'),('Speed','n.','Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.'),('Speed','n.','The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity;\n   rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.'),('Speed','n.','One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.'),('Sped','imp. & p. p.','of Speed'),('Speeded','','of Speed'),('Speeding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Speed'),('Speed','n.','To go; to fare.'),('Speed','n.','To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill;\n   to fare.'),('Speed','n.','To fare well; to have success; to prosper.'),('Speed','n.','To make haste; to move with celerity.'),('Speed','n.','To be expedient.'),('Speed','v. t.','To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid;\n   to favor.'),('Speed','v. t.','To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to\n   drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.'),('Speed','v. t.','To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.'),('Speed','v. t.','To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to\n   undo.'),('Speed','v. t.','To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking,\n   especially in setting out upon a journey.'),('Speeder','n.','One who, or that which, speeds.'),('Speeder','n.','A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form\n   rovings.'),('Speedful','a.','Full of speed (in any sense).'),('Speedfully','adv.','In a speedful manner.'),('Speedily','adv.','In a speedy manner.'),('Speediness','n.','The quality or state of being speedy.'),('Speedless','a.','Being without speed.'),('Speedwell','n.','Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with\n   pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.'),('Speedy','superl.','Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty;\n   rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.'),('Speer','n.','A sphere.'),('Speer','v. t.','To ask.'),('Speet','v. t.','To stab.'),('Speight','n.','A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight.'),('Speir','v. i.','To ask. See Spere.'),('Speiskobalt','n.','Smaltite.'),('Speiss','n.','A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a\n   residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium\n   carbonate to make smalt.'),('Spekboom','n.','The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the\n   favorite food of elephants.'),('Speke','v. i. & t.','To speak.'),('Spekehouse','n.','The parlor or reception room of a convent.'),('Spelding','n.','A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the\n   sun; -- called also speldron.'),('Spelicans','n. pl.','See Spilikin.'),('Spelk','n.','A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a\n   splinter.'),('Spell','n.','A spelk, or splinter.'),('Spelled','imp. & p. p.','of Spell'),('Spelling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spell'),('Spell','v. t.','To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of,\n   at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.'),('Spell','n.','The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or\n   watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or\n   gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the\n   masthead.'),('Spell','n.','The time during which one person or gang works until\n   relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few\n   hours, days, or weeks.'),('Spell','n.','One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.'),('Spell','n.','A gratuitous helping forward of another\'s work; as, a\n   logging spell.'),('Spell','n.','A story; a tale.'),('Spell','n.','A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with\n   magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.'),('Spelled','imp. & p. p.','of Spell'),('Spelt','','of Spell'),('Spelling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spell'),('Spell','v. t.','To tell; to relate; to teach.'),('Spell','v. t.','To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a\n   spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.'),('Spell','v. t.','To constitute; to measure.'),('Spell','v. t.','To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a\n   word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper\n   letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.'),('Spell','v. t.','To discover by characters or marks; to read with\n   difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an\n   author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.'),('Spell','v. i.','To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters,\n   either orally or in writing.'),('Spell','v. i.','To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn\n   the meaning of anything, by study.'),('Spellable','a.','Capable of being spelt.'),('Spellbound','a.','Bound by, or as by, a spell.'),('Speller','n.','One who spells.'),('Speller','n.','A spelling book.'),('Spellful','a.','Abounding in spells, or charms.'),('Spelling','n.','The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters;\n   orthography.'),('Spelling','a.','Of or pertaining to spelling.'),('Spellken','n.','A theater.'),('Spellwork','n.','Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by\n   magic; enchantment.'),('Spelt','','imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.'),('Spelt','n.','A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for\n   food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.'),('Spelt','n.','Spelter.'),('Spelt','v. t. & i.','To split; to break; to spalt.'),('Spelter','n.','Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.'),('Spelunc','n.','A cavern; a cave.'),('Spence','n.','A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a\n   pantry.'),('Spence','n.','The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place\n   where the family sit and eat.'),('Spencer','n.','One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.'),('Spencer','n.','A short jacket worn by men and by women.'),('Spencer','n.','A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast,\n   hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no\n   boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its\n   inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].'),('Spent','imp. & p. p.','of Spend'),('Spending','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spend'),('Spend','v. t.','To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to\n   spend money for clothing.'),('Spend','v. t.','To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.'),('Spend','v. t.','To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to\n   spend an estate in gaming or other vices.'),('Spend','v. t.','To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a\n   day idly; to spend winter abroad.'),('Spend','v. t.','To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;\n   as, the violence of the waves was spent.'),('Spend','v. i.','To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use,\n   waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.'),('Spend','v. i.','To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or\n   strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.'),('Spend','v. i.','To be diffused; to spread.'),('Spend','v. i.','To break ground; to continue working.'),('Spender','n.','One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal;\n   a spendthrift.'),('Spending','n.','The act of expending; expenditure.'),('Spendthrift','n.','One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a\n   prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used\n   figuratively.'),('Spendthrift','a.','Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.'),('Spendthrifty','a.','Spendthrift; prodigal.'),('Spenserian','a.','Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; --\n   specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem \"The Faerie\n   Queene.\"'),('Spent','a.','Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.'),('Spent','a.','Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.'),('Sper','v. t.','Alt. of Sperre'),('Sperre','v. t.','To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten.'),('Sperable','a.','Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for.'),('Sperable','n.','See Sperable.'),('Sperage','n.','Asperagus.'),('Sperate','a.','Hoped for, or to be hoped for.'),('Spere','v. i.','To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.'),('Spere','n.','A sphere.'),('Sperge','n.','A charge of wash for the still.'),('Sperling','n.','A smelt; a sparling.'),('Sperling','n.','A young herring.'),('Sperm','n.','The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.'),('Sperm','n.','Spermaceti.'),('Spermaceti','n.','A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the\n   head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics,\n   etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with\n   ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after\n   the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.'),('Spermalist','n.','See Spermist.'),('Spermaphore','n.','That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise;\n   the placenta.'),('Spermary','n.','An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm\n   gland; a testicle.'),('Spermathecae','pl. ','of Spermatheca'),('Spermatheca','n.','A small sac connected with the female reproductive\n   organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and\n   retain the spermatozoa.'),('Spermatic','a.','Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the\n   spermatic vessels, etc.'),('Spermatical','a.','Spermatic.'),('Spermatin','n.','A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin,\n   present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous\n   character.'),('Spermatism','n.','The emission of sperm, or semen.'),('Spermatia','pl. ','of Spermatium'),('Spermatium','n.','One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles\n   of certain fungi.'),('Spermatize','v. i.','To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm.'),('Spermato-','','Alt. of Spermo-'),('Spermo-','','Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen\n   (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.'),('Spermatoblast','n.','Same as Spermoblast.'),('Spermatocyte','n.','Same as Spermoblast.'),('Spermatogemma','n.','Same as Spermosphere.'),('Spermatogenesis','n.','The development of the spermatozoids.'),('Spermatogenetic','a.','Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis;\n   as, spermatogenetic function.'),('Spermatogenous','a.','Sperm-producing.'),('Spermatogonium','n.','A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the\n   seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells\n   (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.'),('Spermatoid','a.','Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.'),('Spermatoa','pl. ','of Spermatoon'),('Spermatoon','n.','A spermoblast.'),('Spermatophore','n.','Same as Spermospore.'),('Spermatophore','n.','A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of\n   spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks,\n   and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very\n   complex.'),('Spermatophorous','a.','Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the\n   so-called spermatophorous cells.'),('Spermatorrhea','n.','Alt. of Spermatorrhoea'),('Spermatorrhoea','n.','Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the\n   semen without copulation.'),('Spermatospore','n.','Same as Spermospore.'),('Spermatozoid','n.','The male germ cell in animals and plants, the\n   essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like\n   particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is\n   capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a\n   small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or\n   tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is\n   antherozoid.'),('Spermatozooid','n.','A spermatozoid.'),('Spermatozoa','pl. ','of Spermatozoon'),('Spermatozoon','n.','Same as Spermatozoid.'),('Spermic','a.','Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.'),('Spermidia','pl. ','of Spermidium'),('Spermidium','n.','An achenium.'),('Spermist','n.','A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of\n   encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread,\n   or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being\n   the true animal head and the tail the body.'),('Spermoblast','n.','One of the cells formed by the division of the\n   spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a\n   spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.'),('Spermococcus','n.','The nucleus of the sperm cell.'),('Spermoderm','n.','The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the\n   outer coat or testa.'),('Spermogonium','n.','A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains\n   spermatia.'),('Spermologist','n.','One who treats of, or collects, seeds.'),('Spermophile','n.','Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a\n   gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.'),('Spermophore','n.','A spermatophore.'),('Spermophyta','n. pl.','Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These\n   plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.'),('Spermophyte','n.','Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term\n   recently proposed to replace ph/nogam.'),('Spermophytic','a.','Capable of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.'),('Spermoplasma','n.','The protoplasm of the sperm cell.'),('Spermosphere','n.','A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated\n   division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell\n   (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a\n   spermatogemma.'),('Spermospore','n.','The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking\n   up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the\n   spermatozoids; a spermatospore.'),('Spermule','n.','A sperm cell.'),('Sperm whale','','A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus),\n   having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In\n   the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity,\n   or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to\n   the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of\n   all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.'),('Sperrylite','n.','An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute\n   isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury,\n   Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in\n   nature.'),('Sperse','v. t.','To disperse.'),('Spessartite','n.','A manganesian variety of garnet.'),('Spet','v. t.','To spit; to throw out.'),('Spet','n.','Spittle.'),('Spetches','n. pl.','Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which\n   glue is made.'),('Spewed','imp. & p. p.','of Spew'),('Spewing','p. pr.& vb. n.','of Spew'),('Spew','v. t.','To eject from the stomach; to vomit.'),('Spew','v. t.','To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.'),('Spew','v. i.','To vomit.'),('Spew','v. i.','To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.'),('Spew','n.','That which is vomited; vomit.'),('Spewer','n.','One who spews.'),('Spewiness','n.','The state of being spewy.'),('Spewy','a.','Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.'),('Sphacel','n.','Gangrene.'),('Sphacelated','imp. & p. p.','of Spacelate'),('Sphacelating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spacelate'),('Spacelate','v. i.','To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or\n   bone; to mortify.'),('Sphacelate','v. t.','To affect with gangrene.'),('Sphacelate','a.','Alt. of Sphacelated'),('Sphacelated','a.','Affected with gangrene; mortified.'),('Sphacelation','n.','The process of becoming or making gangrenous;\n   mortification.'),('Sphacelus','n.','Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.'),('Sphaerenchyma','n.','Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded\n   cells, -- a modification of parenchyma.'),('Sphaeridia','pl. ','of Sphaeridium'),('Sphaeridium','n.','A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most\n   kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head\n   surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an\n   olfactory organ.'),('Sphaerospore','n.','One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a\n   tetraspore.'),('Sphaerulite','n.','Same as Spherulite.'),('Sphagnicolous','a.','Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.'),('Sphagnous','a.','Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss;\n   abounding in peat or bog moss.'),('Sphagnum','n.','A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged\n   with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat\n   moss.'),('Sphalerite','n.','Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false\n   galena, etc. See Blende (a).'),('Sphene','n.','A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a\n   yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and\n   calcium; titanite.'),('Sphenethmoid','a.','Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the\n   ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone;\n   sphenethmoidal.'),('Sphenethmoid','n.','The sphenethmoid bone.'),('Sphenethmoidal','a.','Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.'),('Spheniscan','n.','Any species of penguin.'),('Spheno-','','A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection\n   with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary,\n   sphenopalatine.'),('Sphenodon','n.','Same as Hatteria.'),('Sphenoethmoidal','a.','Sphenethmoid.'),('Sphenogram','n.','A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.'),('Sphenographer','n.','One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.'),('Sphenographic','a.','Of or pertaining to sphenography.'),('Sphenographist','n.','A sphenographer.'),('Sphenography','n.','The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of\n   deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.'),('Sphenoid','a.','Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.'),('Sphenoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.'),('Sphenoid','n.','A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles\n   triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.'),('Sphenoid','n.','The sphenoid bone.'),('Sphenoidal','a.','Sphenoid.'),('Sphenoidal','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.'),('Sphenotic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.'),('Sphenotic','n.','The sphenotic bone.'),('Spheral','a.','Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.'),('Spheral','a.','Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical;\n   complete; perfect.'),('Sphere','n.','A body or space contained under a single surface, which in\n   every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.'),('Sphere','n.','Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial\n   one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.'),('Sphere','n.','The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be\n   spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies\n   appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical\n   circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic,\n   etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the\n   astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.'),('Sphere','n.','In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric\n   revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun,\n   planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were\n   carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.'),('Sphere','n.','The extension of a general conception, or the totality of\n   the individuals or species to which it may be applied.'),('Sphere','n.','Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;\n   compass; province; employment; place of existence.'),('Sphere','n.','Rank; order of society; social positions.'),('Sphere','n.','An orbit, as of a star; a socket.'),('Sphered','imp. & p. p.','of Sphere'),('Sphering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sphere'),('Sphere','v. t.','To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.'),('Sphere','v. t.','To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral;\n   to perfect.'),('Spherical','a.','Alt. of Spheric'),('Spheric','a.','Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;\n   orbicular; as, a spherical body.'),('Spheric','a.','Of or pertaining to a sphere.'),('Spheric','a.','Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or\n   spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they\n   were set.'),('Sphericity','n.','The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as,\n   the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.'),('Sphericle','n.','A small sphere.'),('Spherics','n.','The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties\n   and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a\n   sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and\n   trigonometry.'),('Spherobacteria','n. pl.','See the Note under Microbacteria.'),('Spheroconic','n.','A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the\n   surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is\n   at the vertex of the cone.'),('Spherograph','n.','An instrument for facilitating the practical use of\n   spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two\n   cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in\n   such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily\n   found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection.'),('Spheroid','n.','A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not\n   perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an\n   ellipse about one of its axes.'),('Spheroidal','a.','Having the form of a spheroid.'),('Spheroidic','a.','Alt. of Spheroidical'),('Spheroidical','a.','See Spheroidal.'),('Spheroidicity','n.','Alt. of Spheroidity'),('Spheroidity','n.','The quality or state of being spheroidal.'),('Spheromere','n.','Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged\n   around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal.'),('Spherometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical\n   surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.'),('Spherosiderite','n.','Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.'),('Spherosome','n.','The body wall of any radiate animal.'),('Spherulate','a.','Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows\n   of spherules, or minute tubercles.'),('Spherule','n.','A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when\n   poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute\n   spherules.'),('Spherulite','n.','A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated\n   structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and\n   pearlstone.'),('Spherulitic','a.','Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the\n   presence of spherulites.'),('Sphery','a.','Round; spherical; starlike.'),('Sphery','a.','Of or pertaining to the spheres.'),('Sphex','n.','Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphex\n   and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to the thorax\n   by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp, under Sand.'),('Sphigmometer','n.','See Sphygmometer.'),('Sphincter','n.','A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends\n   to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.'),('Sphincter','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a\n   sphincter muscle.'),('Sphingid','n.','A sphinx.'),('Sphingid','a.','Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.'),('Sphinx','n.','In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a\n   human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body\n   of a lion.'),('Sphinx','n.','On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually\n   represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and\n   breast of a young woman.'),('Sphinx','n.','Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes,\n   especially in politics and diplomacy.'),('Sphinx','n.','Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family\n   Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.'),('Sphinx','n.','The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).'),('Sphragide','n.','Lemnian earth.'),('Sphragistics','n.','The science of seals, their history, age,\n   distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of\n   documents.'),('Sphrigosis','n.','A condition of vegetation in which there is too\n   abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of\n   flowers and fruit.'),('Sphygmic','a.','Of or pertaining to the pulse.'),('Sphygmogram','n.','A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a\n   series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by\n   the application of the sphygmograph.'),('Sphygmograph','n.','An instrument which, when applied over an artery,\n   indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See\n   Sphygmogram.'),('Sphygmographic','a.','Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a\n   sphygmographic tracing.'),('Sphygmometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse\n   beat; a sphygmograph.'),('Sphygmophone','n.','An electrical instrument for determining by the ear\n   the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.'),('Sphygmoscope','n.','Same as Sphygmograph.'),('Sphyraenoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of\n   marine fishes including the barracudas.'),('Spial','n.','A spy; a scout.'),('Spicae','pl. ','of Spica'),('Spica','n.','A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses,\n   from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a\n   spike of a barley.'),('Spica','n.','A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation\n   Virgo.'),('Spicate','a.','Alt. of Spicated'),('Spicated','a.','Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike\n   or spikes.'),('Spiccato','a.','Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note\n   is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.'),('Spice','n.','Species; kind.'),('Spice','n.','A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic\n   and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice,\n   ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces,\n   pickles, etc.'),('Spice','n.','Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a\n   thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which\n   gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small\n   quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.'),('Spiced','imp. & p. p.','of Spice'),('Spicing','p. p. & vb. n.','of Spice'),('Spice','v. t.','To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic\n   or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to\n   spice one\'s words with wit.'),('Spice','v. t.','To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.'),('Spice','v. t.','To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.'),('Spicebush','n.','Spicewood.'),('Spicenut','','A small crisp cake, highly spiced.'),('Spicer','n.','One who seasons with spice.'),('Spicer','n.','One who deals in spice.'),('Spicery','n.','Spices, in general.'),('Spicery','n.','A repository of spices.'),('Spicewood','n.','An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which\n   has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and\n   fever bush.'),('Spiciferous','a.','Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate.'),('Spiciform','a.','Spike-shaped.'),('Spicily','adv.','In a spicy manner.'),('Spiciness','n.','The quality or state of being spicy.'),('Spick','n.','A spike or nail.'),('Spicknel','n.','An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely\n   divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and\n   bearwort.'),('Spicose','a.','Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.'),('Spicosity','n.','The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn.'),('Spicous','a.','See Spicose.'),('Spiculae','pl. ','of Spicula'),('Spicula','n.','A little spike; a spikelet.'),('Spicula','n.','A pointed fleshy appendage.'),('Spicular','a.','Resembling a dart; having sharp points.'),('Spiculate','a.','Covered with, or having, spicules.'),('Spiculate','a.','Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy\n   appendages; divided into small spikelets.'),('Spiculate','v. t.','To sharpen to a point.'),('Spicule','n.','A minute, slender granule, or point.'),('Spicule','n.','Same as Spicula.'),('Spicule','n.','Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the\n   tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in\n   most Alcyonaria.'),('Spiculiform','a.','Having the shape of a spicule.'),('Spiculigenous','a.','Producing or containing spicules.'),('Spiculispongiae','n. pl.','A division of sponges including those which\n   have independent siliceous spicules.'),('Spicula','pl. ','of Spiculum'),('Spiculum','n.','Same as Spicule.'),('Spicy','superl.','Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices;\n   fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.'),('Spicy','superl.','Producing, or abounding with, spices.'),('Spicy','superl.','Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.'),('Spider','n.','Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the\n   order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs,\n   or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three\n   pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads\n   of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young.\n   Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which\n   they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are\n   situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.'),('Spider','n.','Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true\n   spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).'),('Spider','n.','An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil\n   in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals\n   on the hearth.'),('Spider','n.','A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.'),('Spider','n.','A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members,\n   often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and\n   spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the\n   body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a\n   casting, etc.'),('Spidered','a.','Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.'),('Spiderlike','a.','Like a spider.'),('Spider web','','Alt. of Spider\'s web'),('Spider\'s web','','The silken web which is formed by most kinds of\n   spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric\n   spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.'),('Spiderwort','n.','An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica),\n   with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is\n   sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.'),('Spied','','imp. & p. p. of Spy.'),('Spiegeleisen','n.','See Spiegel iron.'),('Spiegel iron','','A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of\n   carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When\n   the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a\n   granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely\n   used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig\n   iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.'),('Spight','n. & v.','Spite.'),('Spight','n.','A woodpecker. See Speight.'),('Spignel','n.','Same as Spickenel.'),('Spignet','n.','An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.'),('Spigot','n.','A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the\n   plug of a faucet or cock.'),('Spigurnel','n.','Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.'),('Spike','n.','A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set\n   with points upward or outward.'),('Spike','n.','Anything resembling such a nail in shape.'),('Spike','n.','An ear of corn or grain.'),('Spike','n.','A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are\n   arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.'),('Spiked','imp. & p. p.','of Spike'),('Spiking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spike'),('Spike','v. t.','To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike\n   down planks.'),('Spike','v. t.','To set or furnish with spikes.'),('Spike','v. t.','To fix on a spike.'),('Spike','v. t.','To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike\n   nail, or the like into it.'),('Spike','n.','Spike lavender. See Lavender.'),('Spikebill','n.','The hooded merganser.'),('Spikebill','n.','The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).'),('Spiked','a.','Furnished or set with spikes, as corn; fastened with\n   spikes; stopped with spikes.'),('Spikefish','n.','See Sailfish (a)'),('Spikelet','n.','A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the\n   ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking\n   grass.'),('Spikenard','n.','An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia\n   racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard\n   of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the\n   Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is\n   still prepared in India.'),('Spikenard','n.','A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys\n   Jatamansi.'),('Spiketail','n.','The pintail duck.'),('Spiky','a.','Like a spike; spikelike.'),('Spiky','a.','Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed\n   with spikes.'),('Spile','n.','A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a\n   cask.'),('Spile','n.','A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap,\n   as from a sugar maple.'),('Spile','n.','A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some\n   superstructure; a pile.'),('Spile','v. t.','To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent\n   in, as a cask.'),('Spilikin','n.','One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory,\n   bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score\n   in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins'),('spilikins','pl. ','of Spilikin\n   ), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.'),('Spill','n.','A bit of wood split off; a splinter.'),('Spill','n.','A slender piece of anything.'),('Spill','n.','A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.'),('Spill','n.','A metallic rod or pin.'),('Spill','n.','A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a\n   lamplighter, etc.'),('Spill','n.','One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of\n   the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.'),('Spill','n.','A little sum of money.'),('Spilt','imp. & p. p.','of Spill'),('Spilling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spill'),('Spill','v. t.','To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal,\n   ivory, etc.; to inlay.'),('Spilled','imp. & p. p.','of Spill'),('Spilt','','of Spill'),('Spilling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spill'),('Spill','v. t.','To destroy; to kill; to put an end to.'),('Spill','v. t.','To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by\n   misuse; to waste.'),('Spill','v. t.','To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or\n   suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose\n   particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill\n   quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand\n   or flour.'),('Spill','v. t.','To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or\n   suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills\n   another\'s blood, or his own blood.'),('Spill','v. t.','To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that\n   it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.'),('Spill','v. i.','To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to\n   perish; to waste.'),('Spill','v. i.','To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or\n   wasted.'),('Spiller','n.','One who, or that which, spills.'),('Spiller','n.','A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.'),('Spillet fishing','','Alt. of Spilliard fishing'),('Spilliard fishing','','A system or method of fishing by means of a number\n   of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called\n   trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.'),('Spillikin','n.','See Spilikin.'),('Spillway','n.','A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a\n   reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.'),('Spilt','','imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.'),('Spilter','n.','Any one of the small branches on a stag\'s head.'),('Spilth','n.','Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.'),('Spun','imp. & p. p.','of Spin'),('Span','imp.','of Spin'),('Spinning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spin'),('Spin','v. t.','To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or\n   machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat\'s hair; to\n   produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.'),('Spin','v. t.','To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by\n   degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out\n   large volumes on a subject.'),('Spin','v. t.','To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day\n   in idleness.'),('Spin','v. t.','To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to\n   spin a top.'),('Spin','v. t.','To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads\n   produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which\n   hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the\n   silkworm, etc.'),('Spin','v. t.','To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by\n   bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool\n   or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.'),('Spin','v. i.','To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting\n   threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to\n   spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.'),('Spin','v. i.','To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a\n   spindle, about its axis.'),('Spin','v. i.','To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet;\n   as, blood spinsfrom a vein.'),('Spin','v. i.','To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage,\n   on a bicycle, etc.'),('Spin','n.','The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.'),('Spin','n.','Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.'),('Spina bifida','','A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is\n   cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord\n   project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.'),('Spinaceous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or\n   the family of plants to which it belongs.'),('Spinach','n.','Alt. of Spinage'),('Spinage','n.','A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the\n   Goosefoot family.'),('Spinal','a.','Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or\n   vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.'),('Spinal','a.','Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.'),('Spinate','a.','Bearing a spine; spiniform.'),('Spindle','n.','The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by\n   which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound;\n   also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in\n   the shuttle of a loom.'),('Spindle','n.','A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,\n   the spindle of a vane.'),('Spindle','n.','The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a\n   lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or\n   carries a tool or center, etc.'),('Spindle','n.','The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill\n   turns.'),('Spindle','n.','A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.'),('Spindle','n.','The fusee of a watch.'),('Spindle','n.','A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.'),('Spindle','n.','A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;\n   in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.'),('Spindle','n.','A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about\n   its base or double ordinate or chord.'),('Spindle','n.','Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; --\n   called also spindle stromb.'),('Spindle','n.','Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.'),('Spindled','imp. & p. p.','of Spindle'),('Spindling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spindle'),('Spindle','v. i.','To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to\n   become disproportionately tall and slender.'),('Spindle-legged','a.','Having long, slender legs.'),('Spindlelegs','n.','A spindleshanks.'),('Spindle-shanked','a.','Having long, slender legs.'),('Spindleshanks','n.','A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used\n   humorously or in contempt.'),('Spindle-shaped','a.','Having the shape of a spindle.'),('Spindle-shaped','a.','Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends;\n   fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.'),('Spindletail','n.','The pintail duck.'),('Spindleworm','n.','The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which\n   feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage.\n   It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across\n   each segment.'),('Spindling','a.','Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and\n   slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.'),('Spine','n.','A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.'),('Spine','n.','A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.'),('Spine','n.','One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.'),('Spine','n.','The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called\n   from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.'),('Spine','n.','Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.'),('Spineback','n.','A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal\n   fins.'),('Spinebill','n.','Any species of Australian birds of the genus\n   Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.'),('Spined','a.','Furnished with spines; spiny.'),('Spine-finned','a.','Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of\n   certain fishes.'),('Spinel','n.','Alt. of Spinelle'),('Spinelle','n.','A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and\n   various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety\n   being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and\n   magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.'),('Spinel','n.','Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle;\n   unwrought inkle.'),('Spineless','a.','Having no spine.'),('Spinescent','a.','Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a\n   rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.'),('Spinet','n.','A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but\n   smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded\n   by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much\n   used.'),('Spinet','n.','A spinny.'),('Spinetail','n.','Any one or several species of swifts of the genus\n   Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the\n   tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.'),('Spinetail','n.','Any one of several species of South American and Central\n   American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of\n   the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.'),('Spinetail','n.','The ruddy duck.'),('Spine-tailed','a.','Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.'),('Spineted','a.','Slit; cleft.'),('Spiniferous','a.','Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny;\n   spiny.'),('Spiniform','a.','Shaped like a spine.'),('Spinigerous','a.','Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.'),('Spininess','n.','Quality of being spiny.'),('Spinii-spirulate','a.','Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.'),('Spink','n.','The chaffinch.'),('Spinnaker','n.','A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when\n   running before the wind.'),('Spinner','n.','One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a\n   spinning machine.'),('Spinner','n.','A spider.'),('Spinner','n.','A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it\n   makes when darting through the air.'),('Spinner','n.','A spinneret.'),('Spinneret','n.','One of the special jointed organs situated on the under\n   side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which\n   they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but\n   some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is\n   composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the\n   spinnerets.'),('Spinnerule','n.','One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the\n   spinnerets of spiders.'),('Spinneys','pl. ','of Spinney'),('Spinney','n.','Same as Spinny.'),('Spinning','','a. & n. from Spin.'),('Spinnies','pl. ','of Spinny'),('Spinny','n.','A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of\n   trees.'),('Spinny','a.','Thin and long; slim; slender.'),('Spinose','a.','Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.'),('Spinosity','n.','The quality or state of being spiny or thorny;\n   spininess.'),('Spinous','a.','Spinose; thorny.'),('Spinous','a.','Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.'),('Spinozism','n.','The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that\n   there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of\n   which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are\n   only modes, and that one this one substance is God.'),('Spinozist','n.','A believer in Spinozism.'),('Spinster','n.','A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.'),('Spinster','n.','A man who spins.'),('Spinster','n.','An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal\n   proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.'),('Spinster','n.','A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from\n   being forced to spin in a house of correction.'),('Spinstress','n.','A woman who spins.'),('Spinstry','n.','The business of one who spins; spinning.'),('Spinule','n.','A minute spine.'),('Spinulescent','a.','Having small spines; somewhat thorny.'),('Spinulose','a.','Alt. of Spinulous'),('Spinulous','a.','Covered with small spines.'),('Spiny','a.','Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.'),('Spiny','a.','Like a spine in shape; slender.'),('Spiny','a.','Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.'),('Spiny','n.','See Spinny.'),('Spiodea','n. pl.','An extensive division of marine Annelida, including\n   those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills,\n   when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They\n   generally live in burrows or tubes.'),('Spirable','a.','Capable of being breathed; respirable.'),('Spiracle','n.','The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales,\n   porpoises, and allied animals.'),('Spiracle','n.','One of the external openings communicating with the air\n   tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are\n   variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax\n   and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually\n   elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.'),('Spiracle','n.','A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of\n   certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first\n   gill cleft.'),('Spiracle','n.','Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.'),('Spiracular','a.','Of or pertaining to a spiracle.'),('Spiraea','n.','A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the\n   meadowsweet and the hardhack.'),('Spiraeic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet\n   (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic\n   acid.'),('Spiral','a.','Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually\n   receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.'),('Spiral','a.','Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same\n   time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw;\n   helical.'),('Spiral','a.','Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.'),('Spiral','a.','A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called\n   the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a\n   mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point\n   called the pole. Cf. Helix.'),('Spiral','a.','Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.'),('Spirality','n.','The quality or states of being spiral.'),('Spirally','adv.','In a spiral form, manner, or direction.'),('Spiralozooid','n.','One of the special defensive zooids of certain\n   hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso\n   cells.'),('Spirant','n.','A term used differently by different authorities; -- by\n   some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the\n   continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further\n   exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by\n   others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch,\n   -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and\n   semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.'),('Spiranthy','n.','The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.'),('Spiration','n.','The act of breathing.'),('Spire','v. i.','To breathe.'),('Spire','n.','A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or\n   of wheat.'),('Spire','n.','A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a\n   conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower\n   when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the\n   pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to\n   have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of\n   a steeple, or the steeple itself.'),('Spire','n.','A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in\n   blasting.'),('Spire','n.','The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.'),('Spired','imp. & p. p.','of Spire'),('Spiring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spire'),('Spire','v. i.','To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.'),('Spire','n.','A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.'),('Spire','n.','The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the\n   straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.'),('Spired','a.','Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired\n   steeple.'),('Spiricle','n.','One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of\n   some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.'),('Spirifer','n.','Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the\n   genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long\n   calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each\n   side.'),('Spirillum','n.','A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria)\n   having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be\n   the cause of relapsing fever.'),('Spiring','a.','Shooting up in a spire or spires.'),('Spirit','n.','Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,\n   life itself.'),('Spirit','n.','A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a\n   mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.'),('Spirit','n.','Life, or living substance, considered independently of\n   corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any\n   physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy,\n   as distinct from matter.'),('Spirit','n.','The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the\n   soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or\n   subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or\n   material.'),('Spirit','n.','Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it\n   has left the body.'),('Spirit','n.','Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a\n   specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.'),('Spirit','n.','Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.'),('Spirit','n.','One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great\n   activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling\n   spirit; a schismatic spirit.'),('Spirit','n.','Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or\n   disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as,\n   to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad\n   spirits.'),('Spirit','n.','Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to\n   formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is\n   derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the\n   spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.'),('Spirit','n.','Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of\n   active qualities.'),('Spirit','n.','Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,\n   the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from\n   wine): -- often in the plural.'),('Spirit','n.','Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors\n   having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.'),('Spirit','n.','A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.\n   Tincture.'),('Spirit','n.','Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac,\n   quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).'),('Spirit','n.','Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.'),('Spirited','imp. & p. p.','of Spirit'),('Spiriting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spirit'),('Spirit','v. t.','To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to\n   inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private\n   men; -- sometimes followed by up.'),('Spirit','v. t.','To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if\n   by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.'),('Spiritally','adv.','By means of the breath.'),('Spirited','a.','Animated or possessed by a spirit.'),('Spirited','a.','Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit\n   or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.'),('Spiritful','a.','Full of spirit; spirited.'),('Spiritism','n.','Spiritualsm.'),('Spiritist','n.','A spiritualist.'),('Spiritless','a.','Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting\n   cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.'),('Spiritless','a.','Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.'),('Spiritless','a.','Having no breath; extinct; dead.'),('Spiritoso','a. & adv.','Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a\n   passage in an animated, lively manner.'),('Spiritous','a.','Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.'),('Spiritous','a.','Ardent; active.'),('Spiritousness','n.','Quality of being spiritous.'),('Spiritual','a.','Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a\n   spiritual substance or being.'),('Spiritual','a.','Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher\n   endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.'),('Spiritual','a.','Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the\n   soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and\n   affecting the spirits.'),('Spiritual','a.','Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as\n   influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit;\n   proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded;\n   -- opposed to carnal.'),('Spiritual','a.','Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things;\n   ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords\n   spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.'),('Spiritual','n.','A spiritual function, office, or affair. See\n   Spirituality, 2.'),('Spiritualism','n.','The quality or state of being spiritual.'),('Spiritualism','n.','The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that\n   all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external\n   world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the\n   Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind\n   itself, as taught by Fichte.'),('Spiritualism','n.','A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with\n   mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during\n   abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested\n   through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism;\n   the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.'),('Spiritualist','n.','One who professes a regard for spiritual things only;\n   one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.'),('Spiritualist','n.','One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.'),('Spiritualist','n.','One who believes in direct intercourse with departed\n   spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by\n   means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such\n   intercourse; a spiritist.'),('Spiritualist','a.','Spiritualistic.'),('Spiritualistic','a.','Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.'),('Spiritualities','pl. ','of Spirituality'),('Spirituality','n.','The quality or state of being spiritual;\n   incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.'),('Spirituality','n.','That which belongs to the church, or to a person as\n   an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.'),('Spirituality','n.','An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy,\n   as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.'),('Spiritualization','n.','The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being\n   spiritualized.'),('Spiritualized','imp. & p. p.','of Spiritualize'),('Spiritualizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spiritualize'),('Spiritualize','v. t.','To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify\n   from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual\n   character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.'),('Spiritualize','v. t.','To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a\n   spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.'),('Spiritualize','v. t.','To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or\n   impregnate with, spirit.'),('Spiritualizer','n.','One who spiritualizes.'),('Spiritually','adv.','In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a\n   spirit.'),('Spiritual-minded','a.','Having the mind set on spiritual things, or\n   filled with holy desires and affections.'),('Spiritualness','n.','The quality or state of being spiritual or\n   spiritual-minded; spirituality.'),('Spiritualty','n.','An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.'),('Spiritielle','a.','Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit;\n   pure; refined; ethereal.'),('Spirituosity','n.','The quality or state of being spirituous;\n   spirituousness.'),('Spirituous','a.','Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and\n   having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual;\n   pure.'),('Spirituous','a.','Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp.\n   distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as,\n   spirituous liquors.'),('Spirituous','a.','Lively; gay; vivid; airy.'),('Spirituousness','n.','The quality or state of being spirituous.'),('Spirketing','n.','The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.'),('Spirling','n.','Sparling.'),('Spirobacteria','n. pl.','See the Note under Microbacteria.'),('Spirochaeta','n.','Alt. of Spirochaete'),('Spirochaete','n.','A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but\n   distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri,\n   is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.'),('Spirograph','n.','An instrument for recording the respiratory movements,\n   as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.'),('Spirometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the\n   lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after\n   the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.'),('Spirometry','n.','The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by\n   means of a spirometer.'),('Spiroscope','n.','A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of\n   the lungs.'),('Spiroylic','a.','Alt. of Spiroylous'),('Spiroylous','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called\n   salicylal.'),('Spirt','v. & n.','Same as Spurt.'),('Spirtle','v. t.','To spirt in a scattering manner.'),('Spirula','n.','A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal,\n   siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which\n   are not in contact.'),('Spirulate','n.','Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged\n   spirally.'),('Spiry','a.','Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.'),('Spiry','a.','Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender,\n   and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.'),('Spiss','a.','Thick; crowded; compact; dense.'),('Spissated','a.','Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation;\n   inspissated; thickened.'),('Spissitude','n.','The quality or state of being spissated; as, the\n   spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.'),('Spit','n.','A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding\n   meat while roasting.'),('Spit','n.','A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow\n   shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.'),('Spit','n.','The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a\n   spadeful.'),('Spitted','imp. & p. p.','of Spit'),('Spitting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spit'),('Spit','n.','To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to\n   thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.'),('Spit','n.','To spade; to dig.'),('Spit','v. i.','To attend to a spit; to use a spit.'),('Spit','imp. & p. p.','of Spit'),('Spat','','of Spit'),('Spitting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spit'),('Spit','n.','To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other\n   matter, from the mouth.'),('Spit','n.','To eject; to throw out; to belch.'),('Spit','n.','The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle;\n   saliva; sputum.'),('Spit','v. i.','To throw out saliva from the mouth.'),('Spit','v. i.','To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.'),('Spital','n.','A hospital.'),('Spitalhouse','n.','A hospital.'),('Spitball','n.','Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a\n   missile.'),('Spitbox','n.','A vessel to receive spittle.'),('Spitchcock','v. t.','To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or\n   fry it in hot fat.'),('Spitchcock','n.','An eel split and broiled.'),('Spitchcocked','a.','Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; --\n   said of eels.'),('Spit curl','','A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the\n   temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.'),('Spite','n.','Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the\n   disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge;\n   rancor; despite.'),('Spite','n.','Vexation; chargrin; mortification.'),('Spited','imp. & p. p.','of Spite'),('Spiting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spite'),('Spite','v. t.','To be angry at; to hate.'),('Spite','v. t.','To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.'),('Spite','v. t.','To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.'),('Spiteful','a.','Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,\n   annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.'),('Spitfire','n.','A violent, irascible, or passionate person.'),('Spitfuls','pl. ','of Spitful'),('Spitful','n.','A spadeful.'),('Spitous','a.','Having spite; spiteful.'),('Spitously','adv.','Spitefully.'),('Spitscocked','a.','Spitchcocked.'),('Spitted','a.','Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.'),('Spitted','a.','Shot out long; -- said of antlers.'),('Spitted','','p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit.'),('Spitter','n.','One who ejects saliva from the mouth.'),('Spitter','n.','One who puts meat on a spit.'),('Spitter','n.','A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp;\n   a brocket, or pricket.'),('Spittle','n.','See Spital.'),('Spittle','v. t.','To dig or stir with a small spade.'),('Spittle','n.','A small sort of spade.'),('Spittle','n.','The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary\n   glands; saliva; spit.'),('Spittly','a.','Like spittle; slimy.'),('Spittoon','n.','A spitbox; a cuspidor.'),('Spit-venom','n.','Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth.'),('Spitz dog','','A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair,\n   usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.'),('Spitzenburgh','n.','A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and\n   spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.'),('Splanchnapophyses','pl. ','of Splanchnapophysis'),('Splanchnapophysis','n.','Any element of the skeleton in relation with the\n   alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus.'),('Splanchnic','a.','Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.'),('Splanchnography','n.','Splanchnology.'),('Splanchnology','n.','That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera;\n   also, a treatise on the viscera.'),('Splanchnopleure','n.','The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae\n   into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the\n   notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the\n   umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.'),('Splanchno-skeleton','n.','That part of the skeleton connected with the\n   sense organs and the viscera.'),('Splanchnotomy','n.','The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.'),('Splandrel','n.','See Spandrel.'),('Splashed','imp. & p. p.','of Splash'),('Splashing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Splash'),('Splash','v. t.','To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.'),('Splash','v. t.','To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.'),('Splash','v. i.','To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in\n   such a way as to spatter.'),('Splash','n.','Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown\n   from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which\n   wets or disfigures.'),('Splash','n.','A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.'),('Splashboard','n.','A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent\n   splashing by a mud or water from the horse\'s heels; -- in the United\n   States commonly called dashboard.'),('Splasher','n.','One who, or that which, splashes.'),('Splasher','n.','One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage,\n   locomotive, etc.'),('Splasher','n.','A guard to keep off splashes from anything.'),('Splashy','a.','Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily\n   splashed about; slushy.'),('Splatter','v. i. & t.','To spatter; to splash.'),('Splatterdash','n .','Uproar.'),('Splay','v. t.','To display; to spread.'),('Splay','v. t.','To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.'),('Splay','v. t.','To spay; to castrate.'),('Splay','v. t.','To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or\n   slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.'),('Splay','a.','Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat;\n   ungainly; as, splay shoulders.'),('Splay','a.','A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or\n   window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall\n   than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between\n   them.'),('Splayfeet','pl. ','of Splayfoot'),('Splayfoot','n.','A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat\n   foot.'),('Splayfoot','a.','Alt. of Splayfooted'),('Splayfooted','a.','Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.'),('Splaymouths','pl. ','of Splaymouth'),('Splaymouth','n.','A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.'),('Splaymouthed','a.','Having a splaymouth.'),('Spleen','n.','A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the\n   stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the\n   vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.'),('Spleen','n.','Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one\'s\n   spleen.'),('Spleen','n.','A fit of anger; choler.'),('Spleen','n.','A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.'),('Spleen','n.','Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.'),('Spleen','n.','A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.'),('Spleen','v. t.','To dislke.'),('Spleened','a.','Deprived of the spleen.'),('Spleened','a.','Angered; annoyed.'),('Spleenful','a.','Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful;\n   melancholy.'),('Spleenish','a.','Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful.'),('Spleenless','a.','Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild.'),('Spleenwort','n.','Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which\n   were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.'),('Spleeny','a.','Irritable; peevish; fretful.'),('Spleeny','a.','Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.'),('Spleget','n.','A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.'),('Splenalgia','n.','Pain over the region of the spleen.'),('Splenculi','pl. ','of Splenculus'),('Splenculus','n.','A lienculus.'),('Splendent','a.','Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as,\n   splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.'),('Splendent','a.','Very conspicuous; illustrious.'),('Splendid','a.','Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright;\n   as, a splendid sun.'),('Splendid','a.','Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid\n   palace; a splendid procession or pageant.'),('Splendid','a.','Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a\n   splendid victory or reputation.'),('Splendidious','a.','Splendid.'),('Splendidly','adv.','In a splendid manner; magnificently.'),('Splendidness','n.','The quality of being splendid.'),('Splendidous','a.','Splendid.'),('Splendiferous','a.','Splendor-bearing; splendid.'),('Splendor','n.','Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the\n   splendor ot the sun.'),('Splendor','n.','Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage,\n   ceremonies, processions, and the like.'),('Splendor','n.','Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.'),('Splendrous','a.','Alt. of Splendorous'),('Splendorous','a.','Splendid.'),('Splenetic','a.','Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish;\n   fretful.'),('Splenetic','n.','A person affected with spleen.'),('Splenetical','a.','Splenetic.'),('Splenetically','adv.','In a splenetical manner.'),('Splenial','a.','Designating the splenial bone.'),('Splenial','a.','Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.'),('Splenial','n.','The splenial bone.'),('Splenic','a.','Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic\n   vein.'),('Splenical','a.','Splenic.'),('Splenish','a.','Spleenish.'),('Splenitis','n.','Inflammation of the spleen.'),('Splenitive','a.','Splenetic.'),('Splenium','n.','The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; --\n   so called in allusion to its shape.'),('Splenius','n.','A flat muscle of the back of the neck.'),('Splenization','n.','A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation,\n   in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.'),('Splenocele','n.','Hernia formed by the spleen.'),('Splenography','n.','A description of the spleen.'),('Splenoid','a.','Resembling the spleen; spleenlike.'),('Splenology','n.','The branch of science which treats of the spleen.'),('Splenotomy','n.','Dissection or anatomy of the spleen.'),('Splenotomy','n.','An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by\n   incision.'),('Splent','n.','See Splent.'),('Splent','n.','See Splent coal, below.'),('Spleuchan','n.','A pouch, as for tobacco.'),('Spliced','imp. & p. p.','of Splice'),('Splicing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Splice'),('Splice','v. t.','To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a\n   particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being\n   between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.'),('Splice','v. t.','To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the\n   two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends,\n   and then binding, or in any way making fast.'),('Splice','v. t.','To unite in marrige.'),('Splice','n.','A junction or joining made by splicing.'),('Spline','n.','A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub\n   and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both\n   must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive\n   such a rectangular piece.'),('Spline','n.','A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.'),('Splining','a.','Of or pertaining to a spline.'),('Splint','v. t.','A piece split off; a splinter.'),('Splint','v. t.','A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep\n   in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when\n   set.'),('Splint','v. t.','A splint bone.'),('Splint','v. t.','A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or\n   hard excrescence.'),('Splint','v. t.','One of the small plates of metal used in making splint\n   armor. See Splint armor, below.'),('Splint','v. t.','Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.'),('Splinted','imp. & p. p.','of Splint'),('Splinting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Splint'),('Splint','v. t.','To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to\n   splinter; to shiver.'),('Splint','v. t.','To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See\n   Splint, n., 2.'),('Splintered','imp. & p. p.','of Splinter'),('Splintering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Splinter'),('Splinter','n.','To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as,\n   the lightning splinters a tree.'),('Splinter','n.','To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a\n   broken limb.'),('Splinter','v. i.','To become split into long pieces.'),('Splinter','n.','A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood,\n   bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters\n   of a ship\'s mast rent off by a shot.'),('Splinterproof','a.','Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of\n   bursting shells.'),('Splintery','a.','Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the\n   splintery fracture of a mineral.'),('Split','imp. & p. p.','of Split'),('Splitted','','of Split'),('Splitting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Split'),('Split','v. t.','To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp.\n   by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to\n   cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to\n   split a sheepskin.'),('Split','v. t.','To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.'),('Split','v. t.','To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by\n   discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to\n   disunite.'),('Split','v. t.','To divide or separate into components; -- often used with\n   up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.'),('Split','v. i.','To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split\n   by the freezing of water in them.'),('Split','v. i.','To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.'),('Split','v. i.','To separate into parties or factions.'),('Split','v. i.','To burst with laughter.'),('Split','v. i.','To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.'),('Split','v. i.','to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed\n   when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.'),('Split','n.','A crack, or longitudinal fissure.'),('Split','n.','A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.'),('Split','n.','A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a\n   splinter; a fragment.'),('Split','n.','Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made\n   by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.'),('Split','n.','A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind\n   on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.'),('Split','n.','the substitution of more than one share of a corporation\'s\n   stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in\n   proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split\n   may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.'),('Split','n.','the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two\n   hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same\n   value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by\n   placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.'),('Split','a.','Divided; cleft.'),('Split','a.','Divided deeply; cleft.'),('Splitfeet','n. pl.','The Fissipedia.'),('Split-tail','n.','A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)\n   belonging to the Carp family.'),('Split-tail','n.','The pintail duck.'),('Splitter','n.','One who, or that which, splits.'),('Split-tongued','a.','Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some\n   lizards.'),('Splotch','n.','A spot; a stain; a daub.'),('Splotchy','a.','Covered or marked with splotches.'),('Splurge','n.','A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great\n   display.'),('Splurge','v. i.','To make a great display in any way, especially in\n   oratory.'),('Spluttered','imp. & p. p.','of Splutter'),('Spluttering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Splutter'),('Splutter','v. i.','To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.'),('Splutter','n.','A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.'),('Splutterer','n.','One who splutters.'),('Spodomancy','n.','Divination by means of ashes.'),('Spodomantic','a.','Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of\n   ashes.'),('Spodumene','n.','A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or\n   emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great\n   size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite.'),('Spoffish','a.','Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.'),('Spoiled','imp. & p. p.','of Spoil'),('Spoilt','','of Spoil'),('Spoiling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spoil'),('Spoil','v. t.','To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --\n   with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his\n   goods or possession.'),('Spoil','v. t.','To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.'),('Spoil','v. t.','To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to\n   mar.'),('Spoil','v. t.','To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;\n   to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects;\n   to spoil the eyes by reading.'),('Spoil','v. i.','To practice plunder or robbery.'),('Spoil','v. i.','To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to\n   decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.'),('Spoil','n.','That which is taken from another by violence; especially,\n   the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.'),('Spoil','n.','Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar\n   property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own\n   advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the\n   spoils.'),('Spoil','n.','That which is gained by strength or effort.'),('Spoil','n.','The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.'),('Spoil','n.','Corruption; cause of corruption.'),('Spoil','n.','The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.'),('Spoilable','a.','Capable of being spoiled.'),('Spoiler','n.','One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a\n   despoiler.'),('Spoiler','n.','One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.'),('Spoilfive','n.','A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins\n   three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be\n   spoiled.'),('Spoilful','a.','Wasteful; rapacious.'),('Spoilsmen','pl. ','of Spoilsman'),('Spoilsman','n.','One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the\n   spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand\n   for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who\n   sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.'),('Spoilsmonger','n.','One who promises or distributes public offices and\n   their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.'),('Spoke','','imp. of Speak.'),('Spoke','n.','The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which\n   are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or\n   felly.'),('Spoke','n.','A projecting handle of a steering wheel.'),('Spoke','n.','A rung, or round, of a ladder.'),('Spoke','n.','A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to\n   prevent it from turning in going down a hill.'),('Spoked','imp. & p. p.','of Spoke'),('Spoking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spoke'),('Spoke','v. t.','To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.'),('Spoken','a.','Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a\n   spoken narrative; the spoken word.'),('Spoken','a.','Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; --\n   often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.'),('Spokeshave','n.','A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing\n   the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.'),('Spokesmen','pl. ','of Spokesman'),('Spokesman','n.','One who speaks for another.'),('Spoliated','imp. & p. p.','of Spoliate'),('Spoliating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spoliate'),('Spoliate','v. t.','To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.'),('Spoliation','v. t.','The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation;\n   despoliation.'),('Spoliation','v. t.','Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the\n   authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.'),('Spoliation','v. t.','The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his\n   benefice without right, but under a pretended title.'),('Spoliation','v. t.','A process for possession of a church in a spiritual\n   court.'),('Spoliation','v. t.','Injury done to a document.'),('Spoliative','a.','Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.),\n   serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as,\n   spoliative bloodletting.'),('Spoliator','n.','One who spoliates; a spoiler.'),('Spoliatory','a.','Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.'),('Spondaic','a.','Alt. of Spondaical'),('Spondaical','a.','Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.'),('Spondaical','a.','Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as,\n   a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a\n   dactyl in the fifth foot.'),('Spondee','n.','A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word\n   leges.'),('Spondulics','n.','Money.'),('Spondyl','n.','Alt. of Spondyle'),('Spondyle','n.','A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.'),('Spong','n.','An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.'),('Sponge','n.','Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See\n   Illust. and Note under Spongiae.'),('Sponge','n.','The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny\n   Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties\n   of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the\n   Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the\n   West Indies.'),('Sponge','n.','One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent\n   dependent; a parasite; a sponger.'),('Sponge','n.','Any spongelike substance.'),('Sponge','n.','Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and\n   after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the\n   yeast or leaven.'),('Sponge','n.','Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.'),('Sponge','n.','Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.'),('Sponge','n.','A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge.\n   It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool\n   on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.'),('Sponge','n.','The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the\n   heel.'),('Sponged','imp. & p. p.','of Sponge'),('Sponging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sponge'),('Sponge','v. t.','To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate\n   or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.'),('Sponge','v. t.','To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to\n   efface; to destroy all trace of.'),('Sponge','v. t.','Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.'),('Sponge','v. t.','Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost;\n   as, to sponge a breakfast.'),('Sponge','v. i.','To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.'),('Sponge','v. i.','Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on;\n   as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.'),('Sponge','v. i.','To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by\n   the agency of yeast, or leaven.'),('Spongelet','n.','See Spongiole.'),('Spongeous','a.','Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of\n   sponge.'),('Sponger','n.','One who sponges, or uses a sponge.'),('Sponger','n.','One employed in gathering sponges.'),('Sponger','n.','Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.'),('Spongiae','n. pl.','The grand division of the animal kingdom which\n   includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa,\n   and Porifera.'),('Spongida','n. pl.','Spongiae.'),('Spongiform','a.','Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.'),('Spongilla','n.','A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.'),('Spongin','n.','The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous,\n   hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields\n   leucin and glycocoll.'),('Sponginess','n.','The quality or state of being spongy.'),('Sponging','','a. & n. from Sponge, v.'),('Spongiole','n.','A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet\n   for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.'),('Spongiolite','n.','One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur\n   abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil,\n   as in flints.'),('Spongiopilin','n.','A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of\n   sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber.\n   When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.'),('Spongiose','a.','Alt. of Spongious'),('Spongious','a.','Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like\n   sponge; as, spongious bones.'),('Spongiozoa','n. pl.','See Sponglae.'),('Spongoblast','n.','One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the\n   spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.'),('Spongoid','a.','Resembling sponge; like sponge.'),('Spongy','a.','Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable\n   texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy\n   bones.'),('Spongy','a.','Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.'),('Spongy','a.','Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.'),('Sponk','n.','See Spunk.'),('Sponsal','a.','Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.'),('Sponsible','a.','responsible; worthy of credit.'),('Sponsion','n.','The act of becoming surety for another.'),('Sponsion','n.','An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent\n   not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the\n   limits of authority.'),('Sponsional','a.','Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible.'),('Sponson','n.','One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft,\n   the paddle boxes of a steamboat.'),('Sponson','n.','One of the slanting supports under the guards of a\n   steamboat.'),('Sponson','n.','One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used\n   on modern war vessels.'),('Sponsor','n.','One who binds himself to answer for another, and is\n   responsible for his default; a surety.'),('Sponsor','n.','One who at the baptism of an infant professore the\n   christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a\n   godfather or godmother.'),('Spnsorial','a.','Pertaining to a sponsor.'),('Sponsorship','n.','State of being a sponsor.'),('Spontaneities','pl. ','of Spontaneity'),('Spontaneity','n.','The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting\n   from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or\n   external force.'),('Spontaneity','n.','The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both\n   animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the\n   environment.'),('Spontaneity','n.','The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including\n   the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and\n   refreshment.'),('Spontaneous','a.','Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or\n   disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or\n   tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion.'),('Spontaneous','a.','Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse,\n   energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion;\n   spontaneous growth.'),('Spontaneous','a.','Produced without being planted, or without human\n   labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.'),('Spontoon','n.','A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by\n   inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals\n   to the soldiers.'),('Spook','n.','A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.'),('Spook','n.','The chimaera.'),('Spool','n.','A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow\n   cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn\n   upon.'),('Spooled','imp. & p. p.','of Spool'),('Spooling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spool'),('Spool','v. t.','To wind on a spool or spools.'),('Spooler','n.','One who, or that which, spools.'),('Spoom','v. i.','To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong\n   wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a\n   part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.'),('Spoon','v. i.','See Spoom.'),('Spoon','n.','An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow\n   oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.'),('Spoon','n.','Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a\n   spoon bait.'),('Spoon','n.','Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.'),('Spoon','v. t.','To take up in, or as in, a spoon.'),('Spoon','v. i.','To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in\n   love.'),('Spoonbill','n.','Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera\n   Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is\n   broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.'),('Spoonbill','n.','The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.'),('Spoonbill','n.','The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.'),('Spoonbill','n.','The paddlefish.'),('Spoon-billed','a.','Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.'),('Spoondrift','n.','Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea;\n   also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift.'),('Spooney','a.','Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.'),('Spooneye','pl. ','of Spooney'),('Spooney','n.','A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.'),('Spoonfuls','pl. ','of Spoonful'),('Spoonful','n.','The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to\n   contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.'),('Spoonful','n.','Hence, a small quantity.'),('Spoonily','adv.','In a spoony manner.'),('Spoon-meat','n.','Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid\n   food.'),('Spoonwood','n.','The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).'),('Spoonworm','n.','A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a\n   spoonlike probiscis.'),('Spoonwort','n.','Scurvy grass.'),('Spoony','a. & n.','Same as Spooney.'),('Spoor','n.','The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an\n   elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.'),('Spoor','v. i.','To follow a spoor or trail.'),('Sporades','n. pl.','Stars not included in any constellation; -- called\n   also informed, or unformed, stars.'),('Sporadial','a.','Sporadic.'),('Sporadic','a.','Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same\n   kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic\n   fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.'),('Sporadical','a.','Sporadic.'),('Sporadically','adv.','In a sporadic manner.'),('Sporangiophore','n.','The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as\n   Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.'),('Sporangia','pl. ','of Sporangium'),('Sporangium','n.','A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns,\n   etc.'),('Spore','n.','One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are\n   analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.'),('Spore','n.','An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of\n   flowering plants.'),('Spore','n.','A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed\n   in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism;\n   as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.'),('Spore','n.','One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See\n   Spore formation, belw.'),('Sporid','n.','A sporidium.'),('Sporidiferous','a.','Bearing sporidia.'),('Sporidia','pl. ','of Sporidium'),('Sporidium','n.','A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore,\n   in certain kinds of minute fungi.'),('Sporidium','n.','A spore.'),('Sporiferous','a.','Bearing or producing spores.'),('Sporification','n.','Spore formation. See Spore formation (b), under\n   Spore.'),('Sporocarp','n.','A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more\n   masses of spores or sporangia.'),('Sporocarp','n.','A sporangium.'),('Sporocyst','n.','An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of\n   larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other\n   parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in\n   its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the\n   subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute\n   germs. See Redia.'),('Sporocyst','n.','Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by\n   sporulation.'),('Sporogenesis','n.','reproduction by spores.'),('Sporogony','n.','The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a\n   nonsexual germ.'),('Sporophore','n.','A placenta.'),('Sporophore','n.','That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous\n   plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but\n   produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant,\n   in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore.'),('Sporophoric','a.','Having the nature of a sporophore.'),('Sporosac','n.','A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does\n   not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under Athecata.'),('Sporosac','n.','An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and\n   some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs\n   by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.'),('Sporozoa','n. pl.','An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which\n   increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida.'),('Sporozoid','n.','Same as Zoospore.'),('Sporran','n.','A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur\n   on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress.'),('Sport','n.','That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.'),('Sport','n.','Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.'),('Sport','n.','That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play;\n   a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.'),('Sport','n.','Play; idle jingle.'),('Sport','n.','Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing,\n   racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.'),('Sport','n.','A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which\n   has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal\n   variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting.'),('Sport','n.','A sportsman; a gambler.'),('Sported','imp. & p. p.','of Sport'),('Sporting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sport'),('Sport','v. i.','To play; to frolic; to wanton.'),('Sport','v. i.','To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to\n   be given to betting, as upon races.'),('Sport','v. i.','To trifle.'),('Sport','v. i.','To assume suddenly a new and different character from the\n   rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud,\n   shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.'),('Sport','v. t.','To divert; to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the\n   reciprocal pronoun.'),('Sport','v. t.','To represent by any knd of play.'),('Sport','v. t.','To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as,\n   to sport a new equipage.'),('Sport','v. t.','To give utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out\n   in an easy and copious manner; -- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.'),('Sportability','n.','Sportiveness.'),('Sportal','a.','Of or pertaining to sports; used in sports.'),('Sporter','n.','One who sports; a sportsman.'),('Sportful','a.','Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting;\n   indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion.'),('Sportful','a.','Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.'),('Sporting','a.','Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts;\n   exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports.'),('Sportingly','adv.','In sport; sportively.'),('Sportive','a.','Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay;\n   froliscome; playful; merry.'),('Sportless','a.','Without sport or mirth; joyless.'),('Sportling','n.','A little person or creature engaged in sports or in\n   play.'),('Sportsmen','pl. ','of Sportsman'),('Sportsman','n.','One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts,\n   fishes, etc.'),('Sportsmanship','n.','The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.'),('Sportulae','pl. ','of Sportula'),('Sportula','n.','A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.'),('Sportulary','a.','Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.'),('Sportule','n.','A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a\n   dole; a largess; a sportula.'),('Sporulation','n.','The act or process of forming spores; spore formation.\n   See Illust. of Bacillus, b.'),('Sporule','n.','A small spore; a spore.'),('Sporuliferous','a.','Producing sporules.'),('Spot','n.','A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot;\n   a place discolored.'),('Spot','n.','A stain on character or reputation; something that soils\n   purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.'),('Spot','n.','A small part of a different color from the main part, or from\n   the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a\n   playing card.'),('Spot','n.','A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.'),('Spot','n.','A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a\n   spot on its head just above its beak.'),('Spot','n.','A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic\n   coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders\n   and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody,\n   Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.'),('Spot','n.','The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each\n   side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.'),('Spot','n.','Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate\n   delivery.'),('Spotted','imp. & p. p.','of Spot'),('Spotting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spot'),('Spot','v. t.','To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to\n   discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures;\n   as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.'),('Spot','v. t.','To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;\n   to detect; as, to spot a criminal.'),('Spot','v. t.','To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,\n   as reputation; to asperse.'),('Spot','v. i.','To become stained with spots.'),('Spotless','a.','Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or\n   impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless\n   behavior.'),('Spotted','a.','Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.'),('Spottedness','n.','State or quality of being spotted.'),('Spotter','n.','One who spots.'),('Spottiness','n.','The state or quality of being spotty.'),('Spotty','a.','Full of spots; marked with spots.'),('Spousage','v. t.','Espousal.'),('Spousal','a.','Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial;\n   matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments.'),('Spousal','n.','Marriage; nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the\n   plural; as, the spousals of Hippolita.'),('Spouse','n.','A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married\n   person, husband or wife.'),('Spouse','n.','A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married\n   woman; a bridegroom or husband.'),('Spouse','n.','To wed; to espouse.'),('Spouse-breach','n.','Adultery.'),('Spouseless','a.','Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.'),('Spousess','n.','A wife or bride.'),('Spouted','imp. & p. p.','of Spout'),('Spouting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spout'),('Spout','v. t.','To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through\n   an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water\n   from his trunk.'),('Spout','v. t.','To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or\n   pompous manner.'),('Spout','v. t.','To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch.'),('Spout','v. i.','To issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid\n   through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a\n   hole; blood spouts from an artery.'),('Spout','v. i.','To eject water or liquid in a jet.'),('Spout','v. i.','To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.'),('Spout','v. t.','That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip,\n   pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which\n   a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one\n   place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting\n   water from the roof of a building.'),('Spout','v. t.','A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a\n   receptacle.'),('Spout','v. t.','A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when\n   rising in a column; also, a waterspout.'),('Spouter','n.','One who, or that which, spouts.'),('Spoutfish','n.','A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially\n   to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or\n   squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.'),('Spoutless','a.','Having no spout.'),('Spoutshell','n.','Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais\n   having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.'),('Sprack','a.','Quick; lively; alert.'),('Sprad','','p. p. of Spread.'),('Spradde','','imp. of Spread.'),('Sprag','n.','A young salmon.'),('Sprag','n.','A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.'),('Spragged','imp. & p. p.','of Sprag'),('Spragging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprag'),('Sprag','v. t.','To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade,\n   by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.'),('Sprag','v. t.','To prop or sustain with a sprag.'),('Sprag','a.','See Sprack, a.'),('Sprained','imp. & p. p.','of Sprain'),('Spraining','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprain'),('Sprain','v. t.','To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden\n   and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch\n   injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one\'s ankle.'),('Sprain','n.','The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by\n   spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.'),('Spraints','v. t.','The dung of an otter.'),('Sprang','','imp. of Spring.'),('Sprat','n.','A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to\n   the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is\n   also applied to small herring of different kinds.'),('Sprat','n.','A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also\n   alfione, and perch.'),('Sprawled','imp. & p. p.','of Sprawl'),('Sprawling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprawl'),('Sprawl','v. i.','To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a\n   horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.'),('Sprawl','v. i.','To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to\n   spread ungracefully, as chirography.'),('Sprawl','v. i.','To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and\n   motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.'),('Srawls','n. pl.','Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.'),('Spray','n.','A small shoot or branch; a twig.'),('Spray','n.','A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a\n   beautiful spray.'),('Spray','n.','A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to\n   distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.'),('Spray','n.','A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by\n   sprues formed in the runner and its branches.'),('Spray','v. t.','Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force\n   of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.'),('Spray','v. t.','A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an\n   application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a\n   disinfectant or a deodorizer.'),('Spray','v. t.','An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.'),('Spray','v. t.','To let fall in the form of spray.'),('Spray','v. t.','To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form\n   of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic\n   acid.'),('Sprayboard','n.','See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).'),('Spread','imp. & p. p.','of Spread'),('Spreading','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spread'),('Spread','v. t.','To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to\n   stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to\n   unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.'),('Spread','v. t.','To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great\n   or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide\n   or wider space.'),('Spread','v. t.','To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be\n   more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to\n   spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.'),('Spread','v. t.','To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to\n   spread a disease.'),('Spread','v. t.','To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as,\n   odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.'),('Spread','v. t.','To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread\n   manure; to spread lime on the ground.'),('Spread','v. t.','To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to\n   spread a table.'),('Spread','v. i.','To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in\n   breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.'),('Spread','v. i.','To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals\n   spread with difficulty.'),('Spread','v. i.','To be made known more extensively, as news.'),('Spread','v. i.','To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease\n   spread into all parts of the city.'),('Spread','n.','Extent; compass.'),('Spread','n.','Expansion of parts.'),('Spread','n.','A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.'),('Spread','n.','A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an\n   entertainment of food; a feast.'),('Spread','n.','A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding\n   certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same\n   shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.'),('Spread','n.','An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.'),('Spread','','imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.'),('Spread-eagle','a.','Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated\n   style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator;\n   a spread-eagle speech.'),('Spreader','n.','One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.'),('Spreader','n.','A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to\n   form a sliver preparatory to spinning.'),('Spreadingly','adv.','Increasingly.'),('Sprechery','n.','Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as\n   have been collected by depredation.'),('Spree','n.','A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.'),('Sprenge','v. t.','To sprinkle; to scatter.'),('Sprengel pump','','A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by\n   a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an\n   aspirator; -- named from the inventor.'),('Sprent','','p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.'),('Sprew','n.','Thrush.'),('Spreynd','','p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled.'),('Sprig','n.','A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as,\n   a sprig of laurel or of parsley.'),('Sprig','n.','A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight\n   disparagement.'),('Sprig','n.','A brad, or nail without a head.'),('Sprig','n.','A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.'),('Sprigged','imp. & p. p.','of Sprig'),('Sprigging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprig'),('Sprig','v. t.','To mark or adorn with the representation of small\n   branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.'),('Sprigged','a.','Having sprigs.'),('Spriggy','a.','Full of sprigs or small branches.'),('Spright','n.','Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.'),('Spright','n.','A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a\n   ghost.'),('Spright','n.','A kind of short arrow.'),('Spright','v. t.','To haunt, as a spright.'),('Sprightful','a.','Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively;\n   brisk; nimble; gay.'),('Sprightless','a.','Destitute of life; dull; sluggish.'),('Sprightliness','n.','The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness;\n   life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.'),('Sprightly','superl.','Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk;\n   animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air;\n   a sprightly dance.'),('Sprigtail','n.','The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail.'),('Sprigtail','n.','The sharp-tailed grouse.'),('Sprang','imp.','of Spring'),('Sprung','','of Spring'),('Sprung','p. p.','of Spring'),('Springing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spring'),('Spring','v. i.','To leap; to bound; to jump.'),('Spring','v. i.','To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity;\n   to dart; to shoot.'),('Spring','v. i.','To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.'),('Spring','v. i.','To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its\n   elastic power.'),('Spring','v. i.','To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to\n   become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in\n   seasoning.'),('Spring','v. i.','To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to\n   begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from\n   their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out.'),('Spring','v. i.','To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to\n   result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.'),('Spring','v. i.','To grow; to prosper.'),('Spring','v. t.','To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to\n   cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a\n   pheasant.'),('Spring','v. t.','To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.'),('Spring','v. t.','To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.'),('Spring','v. t.','To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken;\n   as, to spring a mast or a yard.'),('Spring','v. t.','To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap\n   operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.'),('Spring','v. t.','To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force\n   or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to\n   straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in\n   a slat or a bar.'),('Spring','v. t.','To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.'),('Spring','v. i.','A leap; a bound; a jump.'),('Spring','v. i.','A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its\n   former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.'),('Spring','v. i.','Elastic power or force.'),('Spring','v. i.','An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber,\n   tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as\n   receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating\n   motion, measuring weight or other force.'),('Spring','v. i.','Any source of supply; especially, the source from which\n   a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural\n   fountain.'),('Spring','v. i.','Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is\n   produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.'),('Spring','v. i.','That which springs, or is originated, from a source;'),('Spring','v. i.','A race; lineage.'),('Spring','v. i.','A youth; a springal.'),('Spring','v. i.','A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees;\n   woodland.'),('Spring','v. i.','That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively\n   tune.'),('Spring','v. i.','The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and\n   grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March,\n   April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.'),('Spring','v. i.','The time of growth and progress; early portion; first\n   stage.'),('Spring','v. i.','A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely\n   or transversely.'),('Spring','v. i.','A line led from a vessel\'s quarter to her cable so that\n   by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired\n   position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to\n   some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.'),('Springal','a.','Alt. of Springall'),('Springald','a.','Alt. of Springall'),('Springall','a.','An active, springly young man.'),('Springal','n.','An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows\n   by means of a spring.'),('Springboard','n.','An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end,\n   often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in\n   exercising.'),('Springbok','n.','Alt. of Springbuck'),('Springbuck','n.','A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its\n   graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing\n   lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe,\n   expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also\n   springer.'),('Springe','v. i.','A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close\n   with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin;\n   a snare.'),('Springe','v. t.','To catch in a springe; to insnare.'),('Springe','v. t.','To sprinkle; to scatter.'),('Springer','n.','One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who\n   rouses game.'),('Springer','n.','A young plant.'),('Springer','n.','The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its\n   support, and from which it seems to spring.'),('Springer','n.','The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost.\n   The skew back is one form of springer.'),('Springer','n.','The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment\n   for each section of vaulting.'),('Springer','n.','The grampus.'),('Springer','n.','A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.'),('Springer','n.','A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.'),('Springhalt','n.','A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.'),('Springhead','n.','A fountain or source.'),('Springiness','n.','The state or quality of being springly.'),('Springing','n.','The act or process of one who, or that which, springs.'),('Springing','n.','Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot;\n   a plant.'),('Springle','n.','A springe.'),('Springlet','n.','A little spring.'),('Springtail','n.','Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects\n   belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets\n   which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a\n   spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See\n   Collembola, and Podura.'),('Springtide','n.','The time of spring; springtime.'),('Springtime','n.','The season of spring; springtide.'),('Springy','superl.','Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining\n   to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.'),('Springy','superl.','Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,\n   springy land.'),('Sprinkled','imp. & p. p.','of Sprinkle'),('Sprinkling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprinkle'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To scatter in small drops or particles, as water,\n   seed, etc.'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To scatter on; to disperse something over in small\n   drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with\n   water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a\n   small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it\n   may fall in particles.'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling\n   now and then; as, it sprinkles.'),('Sprinkle','v. i.','To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.'),('Sprinkle','n.','A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a\n   sprinkling.'),('Sprinkle','n.','A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler.'),('Sprinkler','n.','One who sprinkles.'),('Sprinkler','n.','An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling;\n   specifically, a watering pot.'),('Sprinkling','n.','The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.'),('Sprinkling','n.','A small quantity falling in distinct drops or\n   particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.'),('Sprinkling','n.','Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like\n   drops.'),('Sprinted','imp. & p. p.','of Sprint'),('Sprinting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprint'),('Sprint','v. i.','To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.'),('Sprint','n.','The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full\n   speed.'),('Sprinter','n.','One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a\n   champion sprinter.'),('Sprit','v. i.','To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject;\n   to spurt out.'),('Sprit','v. t.','To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for\n   malt.'),('Sprit','n.','A shoot; a sprout.'),('Sprit','v. i.','A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a\n   boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is\n   used to extend and elevate.'),('Sprite','n.','A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See\n   Spright.'),('Sprite','n.','An elf; a fairy; a goblin.'),('Sprite','n.','The green woodpecker, or yaffle.'),('Spriteful','a.','Alt. of Spritely'),('Spritefully','a.','Alt. of Spritely'),('Spriteliness','a.','Alt. of Spritely'),('Spritely','a.','See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly,\n   etc.'),('Spritsail','n.','A sail extended by a sprit.'),('Spritsail','n.','A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the\n   spritsail yard.'),('Sprocket wheel','','Same as Chain wheel.'),('Sprod','n.','A salmon in its second year.'),('Sprong','','imp. of Spring. Sprung.'),('Sprouted','imp. & p. p.','of Sprout'),('Sprouting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sprout'),('Sprout','v. t.','To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push\n   out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.'),('Sprout','v. t.','To shoot into ramifications.'),('Sprout','v. t.','To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.'),('Sprout','v. t.','To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.'),('Sprout','v. i.','The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the\n   stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a\n   shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.'),('Sprout','v. i.','Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.'),('Spruce','a.','Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway\n   spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P.\n   alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See\n   Picea.'),('Spruce','a.','The wood or timber of the spruce tree.'),('Spruce','a.','Prussia leather; pruce.'),('Spruce','n.','Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to\n   things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.'),('Spruce','n.','Sprightly; dashing.'),('Spruced','imp. & p. p.','of Spruce'),('Sprucing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spruce'),('Spruce','v. t.','To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make\n   spruce.'),('Spruce','v. i.','To dress one\'s self with affected neatness; as, to\n   spruce up.'),('Sprue','n.','Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into\n   the gate, and thence into the mold.'),('Sprue','n.','The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.'),('Sprue','n.','Same as Sprew.'),('Sprug','v. t.','To make smart.'),('Sprung','','imp. & p. p. of Spring.'),('Sprung','a.','Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.'),('Sprunt','v. i.','To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or\n   outward.'),('Sprunt','n.','Anything short and stiff.'),('Sprunt','n.','A leap; a spring.'),('Sprunt','n.','A steep ascent in a road.'),('Sprunt','a.','Active; lively; vigorous.'),('Spruntly','adv.','In a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully.'),('Spry','superl.','Having great power of leaping or running; nimble;\n   active.'),('Spud','n.','A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by\n   farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement\n   used for various purposes.'),('Spud','n.','A dagger.'),('Spud','n.','Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough\n   boiled in fat.'),('Spue','v. t. & i.','See Spew.'),('Spuilzie','n.','See Spulzie.'),('Spuke','n.','See Spook.'),('Spuller','n.','One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun,\n   and fit for the loom.'),('Spulzie','n.','Plunder, or booty.'),('Spume','n.','Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence,\n   or agitation; froth; foam; scum.'),('Spumed','imp. & p. p.','of Spume'),('Spuming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spume'),('Spume','v. i.','To froth; to foam.'),('Spumeous','a.','Spumous.'),('Spumescence','n.','The state of being foamy; frothiness.'),('Spumescent','a.','Resembling froth or foam; foaming.'),('Spumid','a.','Spumous; frothy.'),('Spumiferous','a.','Producing foam.'),('Spuminess','n.','The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.'),('Spumous','a.','Alt. of Spumy'),('Spumy','a.','Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or\n   foam; frothy; foamy.'),('Spun','','imp. & p. p. of Spin.'),('Spunge','n.','A sponge.'),('Spunk','n.','Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of\n   tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.'),('Spunk','n.','An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of\n   spunk.'),('Spunky','superl.','Full of spunk; quick; spirited.'),('Spur','n.','A sparrow.'),('Spur','n.','A tern.'),('Spur','n.','An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a\n   horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small\n   wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.'),('Spur','n.','That which goads to action; an incitement.'),('Spur','n.','Something that projects; a snag.'),('Spur','n.','One of the large or principal roots of a tree.'),('Spur','n.','Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain\n   burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock\'s\n   leg.'),('Spur','n.','A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of\n   mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at\n   right angles.'),('Spur','n.','A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to\n   enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the\n   blubber.'),('Spur','n.','A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a\n   rafter or crossbeam; a strut.'),('Spur','n.','The short wooden buttress of a post.'),('Spur','n.','A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the\n   angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the\n   bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved\n   in leafage.'),('Spur','n.','Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.'),('Spur','n.','Ergotized rye or other grain.'),('Spur','n.','A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner\n   wall.'),('Spur','n.','A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching,\n   having the upper ends bolted to the vessel\'s side.'),('Spur','n.','A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the\n   deck where a whole beam can not be placed.'),('Spurred','imp. & p. p.','of Spur'),('Spurring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spur'),('Spur','v. t.','To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to\n   urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.'),('Spur','v. t.','To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous\n   pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel;\n   to drive.'),('Spur','v. t.','To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.'),('Spur','v. i.','To spur on one\' horse; to travel with great expedition; to\n   hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.'),('Spurgall','n.','A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.'),('Spurgall','v. t.','To gall or wound with a spur.'),('Spurge','v. t.','To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast\n   from beer in course of fermentation.'),('Spurge','n.','Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.'),('Spurgewort','n.','Any euphorbiaceous plant.'),('Spurging','n.','A purging.'),('Spurious','a.','Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source\n   pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.'),('Spurious','a.','Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.'),('Spurless','a.','Having no spurs.'),('Spurling','n.','A tern.'),('Spurling-line','n.','The line which forms the communication between the\n   steering wheel and the telltale.'),('Spurned','imp. & p. p.','of Spurn'),('Spurning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spurn'),('Spurn','v. t.','To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.'),('Spurn','v. t.','To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to\n   treat with contempt.'),('Spurn','v. i.','To kick or toss up the heels.'),('Spurn','v. i.','To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make\n   contemptuous opposition or resistance.'),('Spurn','n.','A kick; a blow with the foot.'),('Spurn','n.','Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.'),('Spurn','n.','A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.'),('Spurner','n.','One who spurns.'),('Spurn-water','n.','A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.'),('Spurred','a.','Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having\n   shoots like spurs.'),('Spurred','a.','Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.'),('Spurrer','n.','One who spurs.'),('Spurrey','n.','See Spurry.'),('Spurrier','n.','One whose occupation is to make spurs.'),('Spur-royal','n.','A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV.,\n   having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the\n   reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.'),('Spurry','n.','An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform\n   leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder.'),('Spur-shell','n.','Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells\n   of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the\n   margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.'),('Spurt','v. i.','To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream,\n   as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream\n   or jet; to spirt.'),('Spurt','v. t.','To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive\n   or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice;\n   as, to spurt water from the mouth.'),('Sourt','n.','A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of\n   water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a\n   wound; a jet; a spirt.'),('Sourt','n.','A shoot; a bud.'),('Sourt','n.','Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.'),('Spurt','n.','A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an\n   increased exertion for a brief space.'),('Spurted','imp. & p. p.','of Spurt'),('Spurting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spurt'),('Spurt','v. i.','To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an\n   emergency.'),('Spurtle','v. t.','To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.'),('Spurway','n.','A bridle path.'),('Spur-winged','a.','Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.'),('Sput','n.','An annular reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is\n   made.'),('Sputation','n.','The act of spitting; expectoration.'),('Sputative','a.','Inclined to spit; spitting much.'),('Spute','v. t.','To dispute; to discuss.'),('Sputtered','imp. & p. p.','of Sputter'),('Sputtering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sputter'),('Sputter','v. i.','To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small,\n   scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.'),('Sputter','v. i.','To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so\n   rapidly as to emit saliva.'),('Sputter','v. i.','To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a\n   noise like that made by one sputtering.'),('Sputter','v. t.','To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with\n   a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control\n   over the organs of speech.'),('Sputter','n.','Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also,\n   confused and hasty speech.'),('Sputterer','n.','One who sputters.'),('Sputa','pl. ','of Sputum'),('Sputum','n.','That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle;\n   saliva.'),('Spied','imp. & p. p.','of Spy'),('Spying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Spy'),('Spy','v. t.','To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state\n   of concealment; to espy; to see.'),('Spy','v. t.','To discover by close search or examination.'),('Spy','v. t.','To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a\n   country; -- usually with out.'),('Spy','v. i.','To search narrowly; to scrutinize.'),('Spies','pl. ','of Spy'),('Spy','n.','One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.'),('Spy','n.','A person sent secretly into an enemy\'s camp, territory, or\n   fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength,\n   movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the\n   proper officer.'),('Spyboat','n.','A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.'),('Spyglass','n.','A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial\n   objects.'),('Spyism','n.','Act or business of spying.'),('Spynace','n.','Alt. of Spyne'),('Spyne','n.','See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).'),('Squab','a.','Fat; thick; plump; bulky.'),('Squab','a.','Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.'),('Squab','n.','A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very\n   fat and not fully fledged.'),('Squab','n.','A person of a short, fat figure.'),('Squab','n.','A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat\n   of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.'),('Squab','adv.','With a heavy fall; plump.'),('Squab','v. i.','To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy\n   stroke.'),('Squabash','v. t.','To crush; to quash; to squash.'),('Squabbish','a.','Thick; fat; heavy.'),('Squabbled','imp. & p. p.','of Squabble'),('Squabbling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squabble'),('Squabble','v. i.','To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to\n   scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.'),('Squabble','v. i.','To debate peevishly; to dispute.'),('Squabble','v. t.','To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry\n   or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has\n   been set up.'),('Squabble','n.','A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.'),('Squabbler','n.','One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.'),('Squabby','a.','Short and thick; suqabbish.'),('Squab-chick','n.','A young chicken before it is fully fledged.'),('Squaccos','pl. ','of Squacco'),('Squacco','n.','A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and\n   Southern Europe.'),('Squad','n.','A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or\n   other purposes.'),('Squad','n.','Hence, any small party.'),('Squad','n.','Sloppy mud.'),('Squadron','n.','Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a\n   body of troops drawn up in a square.'),('Squadron','n.','A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops,\n   and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.'),('Squadron','n.','A detachment of vessels employed on any particular\n   service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the\n   North Atlantic Squadron.'),('Squadroned','a.','Formed into squadrons, or squares.'),('Squail','v. i.','To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about\n   awkwardly or irregularly.'),('Squaimous','a.','Squeamish.'),('Squali','n. pl.','The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the\n   sharks.'),('Squalid','a.','Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.'),('Squalidity','n.','The quality or state of being squalid; foulness;\n   filthiness.'),('Squalidly','adv.','In a squalid manner.'),('Squalidness','n.','Quality or state of being squalid.'),('Squall','n.','A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or\n   snow.'),('Squalled','imp. & p. p.','of Squall'),('Squalling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squall'),('Squall','v. i.','To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman\n   frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.'),('Squall','n.','A loud scream; a harsh cry.'),('Squaller','n.','One who squalls; a screamer.'),('Squally','a.','Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and\n   violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.'),('Squally','a.','Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of\n   turnips or grain.'),('Squally','a.','Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty;\n   -- said of cloth.'),('Squalodon','n.','A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia;\n   -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark\'s.'),('Squalodont','a.','Pertaining to Squalodon.'),('Squaloid','a.','Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.'),('Squalor','n.','Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.'),('Squamae','pl. ','of Squama'),('Squama','n.','A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting\n   of epithelium.'),('Squamaceous','a.','Squamose.'),('Squamata','n. pl.','A division of edentates having the body covered with\n   large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.'),('Squamate','a.','Alt. of Squamated'),('Squamated','a.','Same as Squamose.'),('Squamduck','','The American eider duck.'),('Squame','n.','A scale.'),('Squame','n.','The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.'),('Squamellae','pl. ','of Squamella'),('Squamella','n.','A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on\n   the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.'),('Squamellate','a.','Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.'),('Squamiform','a.','Having the shape of a scale.'),('Squamigerous','a.','Bearing scales.'),('Squamipennes','pl. ','of Squamipen'),('Squamipen','n.','Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal\n   fins partially covered with scales.'),('Squamoid','a.','Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.'),('Squamosal','a.','Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone.'),('Squamosal','a.','Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.'),('Squamosal','n.','The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone\n   correspondending to it, under Temporal.'),('Squamose','','Alt. of Squamous'),('Squamous','','Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale;\n   scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells;\n   the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a\n   fancied resemblance to a scale.'),('Squamous','','Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.'),('Squamozygomatic','a.','Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and\n   zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in\n   some fetal skulls.'),('Squamozygomatic','n.','A squamozygomatic bone.'),('Squamulae','pl. ','of Squamula'),('Squamula','n.','One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers\n   of grasses; a lodicule.'),('Squamulate','a.','Same as Squamulose.'),('Squamule','n.','Same as Squamula.'),('Squamulose','a.','Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate.'),('Squandered','imp. & p. p.','of Squander'),('Squandering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squander'),('Squander','v. t.','To scatter; to disperse.'),('Squander','v. t.','To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or\n   wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to\n   squander an estate.'),('Squander','v. i.','To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.'),('Squander','v. i.','To wander at random; to scatter.'),('Squander','n.','The act of squandering; waste.'),('Squanderer','n.','One who squanders.'),('Squanderingly','adv.','In a squandering manner.'),('Square','n.','The corner, or angle, of a figure.'),('Square','n.','A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right\n   angles.'),('Square','n.','Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so'),('Square','n.','A square piece or fragment.'),('Square','n.','A pane of glass.'),('Square','n.','A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column,\n   nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of\n   advertisements in newspapers.'),('Square','n.','One hundred superficial feet.'),('Square','n.','An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side;\n   sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for\n   public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.'),('Square','n.','An instrument having at least one right angle and two or\n   more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of\n   several forms, as the T square, the carpenter\'s square, the\n   try-square., etc.'),('Square','n.','Hence, a pattern or rule.'),('Square','n.','The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself;\n   thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2\n   + 2ab + b2.'),('Square','n.','Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct;\n   regularity; rule.'),('Square','n.','A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to\n   resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.'),('Square','n.','Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement;\n   equality; level.'),('Square','n.','The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each\n   other; a quadrate.'),('Square','n.','The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.'),('Square','n.','The front of a woman\'s dress over the bosom, usually worked\n   or embroidered.'),('Square','a.','Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square\n   figure.'),('Square','a.','Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.'),('Square','a.','Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and\n   angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.'),('Square','a.','Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.'),('Square','a.','Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square\n   dealing.'),('Square','a.','Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts\n   square.'),('Square','a.','Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.'),('Square','a.','At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to\n   the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they\n   are so braced.'),('Squared','imp. & p. p.','of Square'),('Squaring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Square'),('Square','n.','To form with four sides and four right angles.'),('Square','n.','To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat\n   surfaces; as, to square mason\'s work.'),('Square','n.','To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or\n   standard.'),('Square','n.','To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to\n   square our actions by the opinions of others.'),('Square','n.','To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to\n   balance; as, to square accounts.'),('Square','n.','To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a\n   quantity.'),('Square','n.','To hold a quartile position respecting.'),('Square','n.','To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the\n   yards.'),('Square','v. i.','To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to\n   conform or agree; to suit; to fit.'),('Square','v. i.','To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense\n   or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.'),('Square','v. i.','To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes\n   with off.'),('Squarely','adv.','In a square form or manner.'),('Squareness','n.','The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try\n   the squareness of work.'),('Squarer','n.','One who, or that which, squares.'),('Squarer','n.','One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious\n   fellow.'),('Square-rigged','a.','Having the sails extended upon yards suspended\n   horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails;\n   thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.'),('Square-toed','n.','Having the toe square.'),('Square-toes','n.','A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.'),('Squarish','a.','Nearly square.'),('Squarrose','a.','Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts;\n   rough; jagged'),('Squarrose','a.','Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales,\n   small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which\n   they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem.'),('Squarrose','a.','Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of\n   the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.'),('Squarrose','a.','Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright,\n   or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.'),('Squarroso-dentate','a.','Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the\n   lamina; -- said of a leaf.'),('Squarrous','a.','Squarrose.'),('Squarrulose','a.','Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose.'),('Squash','n.','An American animal allied to the weasel.'),('Squash','n.','A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd\n   kind.'),('Squashed','imp. & p. p.','of Squash'),('Squashing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squash'),('Squash','v. i.','To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.'),('Squash','n.','Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe\n   pod of pease.'),('Squash','n.','Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.'),('Squash','n.','A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft\n   bodies.'),('Squasher','n.','One who, or that which, squashes.'),('Squashiness','n.','The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.'),('Squashy','a.','Easily squashed; soft.'),('Squat','n.','The angel fish (Squatina angelus).'),('Squatted','imp. & p. p.','of Squat'),('Squatting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squat'),('Squat','v. t.','To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages\n   squatted near the fire.'),('Squat','v. t.','To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie\n   close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.'),('Squat','v. t.','To settle on another\'s land without title; also, to\n   settle on common or public lands.'),('Squat','v. t.','To bruise or make flat by a fall.'),('Squat','a.','Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground;\n   cowering; crouching.'),('Squat','a.','Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.'),('Squat','n.','The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close\n   to the ground.'),('Squat','n.','A sudden or crushing fall.'),('Squat','n.','A small vein of ore.'),('Squat','n.','A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.'),('Squaterole','n.','The black-bellied plover.'),('Squatter','n.','One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully\n   upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term\n   is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon\n   government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring\n   title.'),('Squatter','n.','See Squat snipe, under Squat.'),('Squatty','a.','Squat; dumpy.'),('Squaw','n.','A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of\n   the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.'),('Squawberry','n.','A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the\n   deerberry.'),('Squawked','imp. & p. p.','of Squawk'),('Squawking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squawk'),('Squawk','v. i.','To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.'),('Squawk','n.','Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.'),('Squawk','n.','The American night heron. See under Night.'),('Squawl','v. i.','See Squall.'),('Squawroot','n.','A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in\n   oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.'),('Squawweed','n.','The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.'),('Squaked','imp.& p. p.','of Squeak'),('Squeaking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squeak'),('Squeak','v. i.','To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration;\n   to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp,\n   disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to\n   creak.'),('Squeak','v. i.','To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or\n   punishment; to speak; to confess.'),('Squeak','n.','A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either\n   of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by\n   carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe\n   or reed.'),('Squeaker','n.','One who, or that which, squeaks.'),('Squeaker','n.','The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis);\n   -- so called from its note.'),('Squeakingly','adv.','In a squeaking manner.'),('Squealed','imp. & p. p.','of Squeal'),('Squealing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squeal'),('Squeal','v. i.','To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain\n   animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.'),('Squeal','v. i.','To turn informer; to betray a secret.'),('Squeal','n.','A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.'),('Squealer','n.','One who, or that which, squeals.'),('Squealer','n.','The European swift.'),('Squealer','n.','The harlequin duck.'),('Squealer','n.','The American golden plover.'),('Squeamish','a.','Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence,\n   nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be\n   offended at trifling improprieties.'),('Squeamous','a.','Squeamish.'),('Squeasiness','n.','Queasiness.'),('Squesy','a.','Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous.'),('Squeegee','n.','Same as Squilgee.'),('Squeezed','imp. & p. p.','of Squeeze'),('Squeezing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squeeze'),('Squeeze','v. t.','To press between two bodies; to press together closely;\n   to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.;\n   as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in\n   friendship.'),('Squeeze','v. t.','Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to\n   harass; to crush.'),('Squeeze','v. t.','To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with\n   out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.'),('Squeeze','v. i.','To press; to urge one\'s way, or to pass, by pressing;\n   to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get\n   through a crowd.'),('Squeeze','n.','The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies;\n   pressure.'),('Squeeze','n.','A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as\n   pulp, from an inscription on stone.'),('Squeezer','n.','One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.'),('Squeezer','n.','A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or\n   squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural.'),('Squeezer','n.','A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used\n   in the singular.'),('Squeezing','n.','The act of pressing; compression; oppression.'),('Squeezing','n.','That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.'),('Squeezing','n.','Same as Squeeze, n., 2.'),('Squelched','imp. & p. p.','of Squelch'),('Squelching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squelch'),('Squelch','v. t.','To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.'),('Squelch','n.','A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a\n   crushing reply.'),('Squeteague','n.','An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis),\n   abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as\n   a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent\n   reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout.\n   The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is\n   a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It\n   is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea\n   salmon.'),('Squib','a.','A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with\n   powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning,\n   so as to burst there with a crack.'),('Squib','a.','A kind of slow match or safety fuse.'),('Squib','a.','A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief,\n   witty essay.'),('Squib','a.','A writer of lampoons.'),('Squib','a.','A paltry fellow.'),('Squibbed','imp. & p. p.','of Squib'),('Squibbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squib'),('Squib','v. i.','To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections;\n   to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.'),('Squid','n.','Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having\n   a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any\n   species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary,\n   Decacerata, Dibranchiata.'),('Squid','n.','A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other\n   substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.'),('Squier','n.','A square. See 1st Squire.'),('Squierie','n.','Alt. of Squiery'),('Squiery','n.','A company of squires; the whole body of squires.'),('Squiggle','v. i.','To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the\n   lips closed.'),('Squiggle','v. i.','To move about like an eel; to squirm.'),('Squilgee','n.','Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel\'s deck; now, a\n   kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used\n   for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel\'s\n   deck after washing, from window panes, photographer\'s plates, etc.'),('Squill','n.','A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly\n   Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic\n   properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.'),('Squill','n.','Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell\n   squill (S. mutans).'),('Squill','n.','A squilla.'),('Squill','n.','A mantis.'),('Squillas','pl. ','of Squilla'),('Squillae','pl. ','of Squilla'),('Squilla','n.','Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus\n   Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones\n   on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under\n   Stomapoda.'),('Squillitic','a.','Of or pertaining to squills.'),('Squinance','n.','Alt. of Squinancy'),('Squinancy','n.','The quinsy. See Quinsy.'),('Squinancy','n.','A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with\n   narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy.\n   Also called quincewort.'),('Squinch','n.','A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to\n   support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests\n   upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.'),('Squinsy','n.','See Quinsy.'),('Squint','a.','Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the\n   optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.'),('Squint','n.','Fig.: Looking askance.'),('Squinted','imp. & p. p.','of Squint'),('Squinting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squint'),('Squint','v. i.','To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a\n   furtive glance.'),('Squint','v. i.','To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be\n   cross-eyed.'),('Squint','v. i.','To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.'),('Squint','v. t.','To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as,\n   to squint an eye.'),('Squint','v. t.','To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.'),('Squint','n.','The act or habit of squinting.'),('Squint','n.','A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.'),('Squint','n.','Same as Hagioscope.'),('Squinter','n.','One who squints.'),('Squint-eye','n.','An eye that squints.'),('Squint-eyed','a.','Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not\n   coincident; cross-eyed.'),('Squint-eyed','a.','Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as,\n   squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.'),('Squintifego','a.','Squinting.'),('Squinting','','a. & n. from Squint, v.'),('Squiny','v. i.','To squint.'),('Squinzey','n.','See Quinsy.'),('Souir','v. t.','To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.'),('Squiralty','n.','Same as Squirarchy.'),('Squirarch','n.','One who belongs to the squirarchy.'),('Squirarchy','n.','The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.'),('Squire','n.','A square; a measure; a rule.'),('Squire','n.','A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.'),('Squire','n.','A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above\n   gentleman. See Esquire.'),('Squire','n.','A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a\n   devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.'),('Squire','n.','A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.'),('squired','imp. & p. p.','of Squire'),('squiring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squire'),('Squire','v. t.','To attend as a squire.'),('Squire','v. t.','To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;\n   as, to squire a lady.'),('Squireen','n.','One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used\n   humorously.'),('Squirehood','n.','The rank or state of a squire; squireship.'),('squireling','n.','A petty squire.'),('Squirely','a. & adv.','Becoming a squire; like a squire.'),('squireship','n.','Squirehood.'),('Squirmed','imp. & p. p.','of Squirm'),('Squirming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squirm'),('Squirm','v. i.','To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a\n   worm; to wriggle; to writhe.'),('Squirr','v. t.','See Squir.'),('Squirrel','v. i.','Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging\n   to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae.\n   Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong\n   hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species\n   live in burrows.'),('Squirrel','v. i.','One of the small rollers of a carding machine which\n   work with the large cylinder.'),('Squirted','imp. & p. p.','of Squirt'),('Squirting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Squirt'),('Squirt','v. t.','To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or\n   orifice; as, to squirt water.'),('Squirt','v. i.','To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a\n   narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.'),('Squirt','v. i.','Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.'),('Squirt','n.','An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small\n   stream with force.'),('Squirt','n.','A small, quick stream; a jet.'),('Squirter','n.','One who, or that which, squirts.'),('Squiry','n.','The body of squires, collectively considered; squirarchy.'),('Squitch grass','','Quitch grass.'),('Squitee','n.','The squeteague; -- called also squit.'),('Stabbed','imp. & p. p.','of Stab'),('Stabbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stab'),('Stab','v. t.','To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the\n   thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also,\n   to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.'),('Stab','v. t.','Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or\n   slander; as, to stab a person\'s reputation.'),('Stab','v. i.','To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to\n   thrust with a pointed weapon.'),('Stab','v. i.','To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.'),('Stab','n.','The thrust of a pointed weapon.'),('Stab','n.','A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab\n   an assassin.'),('Stab','n.','Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab\n   given to character.'),('Stabat Mater','','A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words,\n   commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the\n   cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is\n   sung by Catholics when making \"the way of the cross\" (Via Crucis). See\n   Station, 7 (c).'),('Stabber','n.','One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.'),('Stabber','n.','A small marline spike; a pricker.'),('Stabbingly','adv.','By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.'),('Stabiliment','a.','The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.'),('Stabilitate','v. t.','To make stable; to establish.'),('Stability','a.','The state or quality of being stable, or firm;\n   steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or\n   overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne\n   or a constitution.'),('Stability','a.','Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of\n   resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness,\n   irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of\n   little stability, or of unusual stability.'),('Stability','a.','Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.'),('Stable','v. i.','Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or\n   overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.'),('Stable','v. i.','Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not\n   easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of\n   stable character.'),('Stable','v. i.','Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a\n   stable foundation; a stable position.'),('Stable','v. t.','To fix; to establish.'),('Stable','v. i.','A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed\n   in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse\n   stable; a cow stable.'),('Stabled','imp. & p. p.','of Stable'),('Stabling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stable'),('Stable','v. t.','To put or keep in a stable.'),('Stable','v. i.','To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed\n   place; to kennel.'),('Stableboy','n.','Alt. of Stableman'),('Stableman','n.','A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a\n   hostler.'),('Stableness','n.','The quality or state of being stable, or firmly\n   established; stability.'),('Stabler','n.','A stable keeper.'),('Stable stand','','The position of a man who is found at his standing in\n   the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a\n   deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; --\n   one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king\'s\n   deer.'),('Stabling','n.','The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a\n   stable.'),('Stabling','n.','A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.'),('Stablish','v. t.','To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to\n   establish; to fix.'),('Stablishment','n.','Establishment.'),('Stably','adv.','In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a\n   government stably settled.'),('Stabulation','n.','The act of stabling or housing beasts.'),('Stabulation','n.','A place for lodging beasts; a stable.'),('Staccato','a.','Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to\n   perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed\n   manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents\n   written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to\n   be less distinct and emphatic.'),('Staccato','a.','Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.'),('Stack','a.','A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a\n   nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at\n   the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.'),('Stack','a.','A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.'),('Stack','a.','A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.'),('Stack','a.','A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above\n   the roof. Hence:'),('Stack','a.','Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright\n   pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a\n   factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.'),('Stack','a.','A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage\n   of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.'),('Stack','a.','A data structure within random-access memory used to\n   simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.'),('Stacked','imp. & p. p.','of Stack'),('Stacking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stack'),('Stack','n.','To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large\n   pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.'),('Stackage','n.','Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.'),('Stackage','n.','A tax on things stacked.'),('Stacket','n.','A stockade.'),('Stack-guard','n.','A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.'),('Stacking','','a. & n. from Stack.'),('Stackstand','n.','A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a\n   rickstand.'),('Stackyard','n.','A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.'),('Stacte','n.','One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the\n   preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or\n   cinnamon, or a kind of storax.'),('Staddle','v. i.','Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a\n   crutch; a cane.'),('Staddle','v. i.','The frame of a stack of hay or grain.'),('Staddle','v. i.','A row of dried or drying hay, etc.'),('Staddle','v. i.','A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.'),('Staddle','v. t.','To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when\n   it is cut.'),('Staddle','v. t.','To form into staddles, as hay.'),('Stade','n.','A stadium.'),('Stade','n.','A landing place or wharf.'),('Stadimeter','n.','A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as\n   a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.'),('Stadia','pl. ','of Stadium'),('Stadium','n.','A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for\n   itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and\n   astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet,\n   or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also\n   called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race\n   course at Olympia.'),('Stadium','n.','Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for\n   foot races.'),('Stadium','n.','A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an\n   object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends;\n   especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of\n   the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by\n   observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen\n   between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of\n   the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.'),('Stadtholder','n.','Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces\n   of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.'),('Stadtholderate','n.','Alt. of Stadtholdership'),('Stadtholdership','n.','The office or position of a stadtholder.'),('Stafette','n.','An estafet.'),('Staves','pl. ','of Staff'),('Staffs','pl. ','of Staff'),('Staffs','pl. ','of Staff'),('Staff','n.','A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an\n   instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a\n   surveyor\'s staff; the staff of a spear or pike.'),('Staff','n.','A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a\n   person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.'),('Staff','n.','A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a\n   badge of office; as, a constable\'s staff.'),('Staff','n.','A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.'),('Staff','n.','The round of a ladder.'),('Staff','n.','A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,\n   the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.'),('Staff','n.','The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; --\n   formerly called stave.'),('Staff','n.','An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.'),('Staff','n.','The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in\n   cutting for stone in the bladder.'),('Staff','n.','An establishment of officers in various departments attached\n   to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army.\n   The general\'s staff consists of those officers about his person who are\n   employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.'),('Staff','n.','Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the\n   plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.'),('Staffier','n.','An attendant bearing a staff.'),('Staffish','a.','Stiff; harsh.'),('Staffmen','pl. ','of Staffman'),('Staffman','n.','A workman employed in silk throwing.'),('Stag','n.','The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large\n   European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.'),('Stag','n.','The male of certain other species of large deer.'),('Stag','n.','A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.'),('Stag','n.','A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See\n   the Note under Ox.'),('Stag','n.','An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of\n   the exchange.'),('Stag','n.','One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects,\n   with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the\n   stock.'),('Stag','n.','The European wren.'),('Stag','v. i.','To act as a \"stag\", or irregular dealer in stocks.'),('Stag','v. t.','To watch; to dog, or keep track of.'),('Stage','n.','A floor or story of a house.'),('Stage','n.','An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be\n   performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.'),('Stage','n.','A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or\n   the like; a scaffold; a staging.'),('Stage','n.','A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.'),('Stage','n.','The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the\n   playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic\n   compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.'),('Stage','n.','A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of\n   any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair\n   occurs.'),('Stage','n.','The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed\n   to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.'),('Stage','n.','A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house;\n   a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.'),('Stage','n.','A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several\n   portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance\n   between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.'),('Stage','n.','A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress\n   toward an end or result.'),('Stage','n.','A large vehicle running from station to station for the\n   accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.'),('Stage','n.','One of several marked phases or periods in the development\n   and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa\n   stage; zoea stage.'),('Stage','v. t.','To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display\n   publicly.'),('Stagecoach','n.','A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or\n   place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.'),('Stagecoachmen','pl. ','of Stagecoachman'),('Stagecoachman','n.','One who drives a stagecoach.'),('Stagehouse','n.','A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or\n   a relay of horses.'),('Stagely','a.','Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.'),('Stageplay','n.','A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.'),('Stageplayer','n.','An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to\n   represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated\n   stageplayer.'),('Stager','n.','A player.'),('Stager','n.','One who has long acted on the stage of life; a\n   practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long\n   experience.'),('Stager','n.','A horse used in drawing a stage.'),('Stagery','n.','Exhibition on the stage.'),('Stage-struck','a.','Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate\n   desire to become an actor.'),('Stag-evil','n.','A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.'),('Staggard','n.','The male red deer when four years old.'),('Staggered','imp. & p. p.','of Stagger'),('Staggering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stagger'),('Stagger','n.','To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in\n   standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to\n   reel or totter.'),('Stagger','n.','To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.'),('Stagger','n.','To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less\n   confident or determined; to hesitate.'),('Stagger','v. t.','To cause to reel or totter.'),('Stagger','v. t.','To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to\n   make less steady or confident; to shock.'),('Stagger','v. t.','To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median\n   line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler\n   seam.'),('Stagger','n.','An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing,\n   as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in\n   the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.'),('Stagger','n.','A disease of horses and other animals, attended by\n   reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers;\n   appopletic or sleepy staggers.'),('Stagger','n.','Bewilderment; perplexity.'),('Staggerbush','n.','An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters\n   of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to\n   poison lambs and calves.'),('Staggeringly','adv.','In a staggering manner.'),('Staggerwort','n.','A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).'),('Stag-horn coral','','Alt. of Stag-horn fern'),('Stag-horn fern','','See under Stag.'),('Stag-horned','a.','Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched\n   somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.'),('Staghound','n.','A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the\n   stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.'),('Staging','n.','A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen,\n   etc., as in building.'),('Staging','n.','The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of\n   journeying in stagecoaches.'),('Stagirite','n.','A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient\n   Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.'),('Stagnancy','n.','State of being stagnant.'),('Stagnant','a.','That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or\n   steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a\n   stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.'),('Stagnant','a.','Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.'),('Stagnantly','adv.','In a stagnant manner.'),('Stagnated','imp. & p. p.','of Stagnate'),('Stagnating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stagnate'),('Stagnate','v. t.','To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood\n   stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by\n   want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.'),('Stagnate','v. t.','To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or\n   inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.'),('Stagnate','a.','Stagnant.'),('Stagnation','n.','The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing\n   or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the\n   stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation\n   of vapors.'),('Stagnation','n.','The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state\n   of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.'),('Stagworm','n.','The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic\n   upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath\n   the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.'),('Stahlian','a.','Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician\n   and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.'),('Stahlian','n.','A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism.'),('Stahlism','n.','Alt. of Stahlianism'),('Stahlianism','n.','The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is\n   function or operation of the soul.'),('Stail','','imp. & p. p. of Stay.'),('Staid','a.','Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild,\n   volatile, or fanciful.'),('Staidly','adv.','In a staid manner, sedately.'),('Staidness','n.','The quality or state of being staid; seriousness;\n   steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or\n   levity.'),('Stail','n.','A handle, as of a mop; a stale.'),('Stained','imp. & p. p.','of Stain'),('Staining','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stain'),('Stain','v. t.','To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make\n   foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with\n   blood.'),('Stain','v. t.','To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by\n   processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to\n   tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the\n   substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint\n   rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.'),('Stain','v. t.','To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to\n   blot; to soil; to tarnish.'),('Stain','v. t.','To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.'),('Stain','v. i.','To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.'),('Stain','n.','A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a\n   garment or cloth.'),('Stain','n.','A natural spot of a color different from the gound.'),('Stain','n.','Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.'),('Stain','n.','Cause of reproach; shame.'),('Stain','n.','A tincture; a tinge.'),('Stainer','n.','One who stains or tarnishes.'),('Stainer','n.','A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.'),('Stainless','a.','Free from stain; immaculate.'),('Stainlessly','adv.','In a stainless manner.'),('Stair','n.','One step of a series for ascending or descending to a\n   different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.'),('Stair','n.','A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house\n   to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the\n   singular only.'),('Staircase','n.','A flight of stairs with their supporting framework,\n   casing, balusters, etc.'),('Stairhead','n.','The head or top of a staircase.'),('Stairway','n.','A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.'),('Staith','n.','A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for\n   discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.'),('Staithman','n.','A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.'),('Stake','v. t.','A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one\n   end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as,\n   a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.'),('Stake','v. t.','A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at\n   the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods\n   from falling off.'),('Stake','v. t.','The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be\n   burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.'),('Stake','v. t.','A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a\n   hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light\n   work, punching upon, etc.'),('Stake','v. t.','That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked\n   or hazarded; a pledge.'),('Staked','imp. & p. p.','of Stake'),('Staking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stake'),('Stake','v. t.','To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake\n   vines or plants.'),('Stake','v. t.','To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to\n   stake out land; to stake out a new road.'),('Stake','v. t.','To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a\n   future contingency; to wager; to pledge.'),('Stake','v. t.','To pierce or wound with a stake.'),('Stake-driver','n.','The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus);\n   -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in\n   driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.'),('Stakehead','n.','A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the\n   yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.'),('Stakeholder','n.','The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are\n   deposited when a wager is laid.'),('Staktometer','n.','A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small\n   orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding\n   the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See\n   Pipette.'),('Stal','imp.','Stole.'),('Stalactic','a.','Alt. of Stalactical'),('Stalactical','a.','Stalactic.'),('Stalactoform','a.','Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.'),('Stalactites','pl. ','of Stalactite'),('Stalactite','n.','A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate\n   resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are\n   found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by\n   deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially\n   dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.'),('Stalactite','n.','In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar\n   form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.'),('Stalactites','n.','A stalactite.'),('Stalactitic','a.','Alt. of Stalactitical'),('Stalactitical','a.','Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or\n   characters of a stalactite; stalactic.'),('Stalactitiform','a.','Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.'),('Stalagmite','n.','A deposit more or less resembling an inverted\n   stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of\n   caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.'),('Stalagmitic','a.','Alt. of Stalagmitical'),('Stalagmitical','a.','Having the form or structure of stalagmites.'),('Stalder','n.','A wooden frame to set casks on.'),('Stale','n.','The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.'),('Stale','v. i.','Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life,\n   spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.'),('Stale','v. i.','Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.'),('Stale','v. i.','Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out;\n   decayed.'),('Stale','v. i.','Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty\n   and power of pleasing; trite; common.'),('Staled','imp. & p. p.','of Stale'),('Staling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stale'),('Stale','v. t.','To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty,\n   or use of; to wear out.'),('Stale','a.','To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of\n   horses and cattle.'),('Stale','v. i.','That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by\n   use.'),('Stale','v. i.','A prostitute.'),('Stale','v. i.','Urine, esp. that of beasts.'),('Stale','v. t.','Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to\n   draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.'),('Stale','v. t.','A stalking-horse.'),('Stale','v. t.','A stalemate.'),('Stale','v. t.','A laughingstock; a dupe.'),('Stalely','adv.','In a state stale manner.'),('Stalely','adv.','Of old; long since.'),('Stalemate','n.','The position of the king when he can not move without\n   being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.'),('Stalemate','v. t.','To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a\n   stand.'),('Staleness','n.','The quality or state of being stale.'),('Stalk','n.','The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye,\n   or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.'),('Stalk','n.','The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.'),('Stalk','n.','That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a\n   quill.'),('Stalk','n.','An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk\n   of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.'),('Stalk','n.','One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.'),('Stalk','n.','A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.'),('Stalk','n.','The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous\n   insect.'),('Stalk','n.','The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.'),('Stalk','n.','An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to\n   strengthen it; a core arbor.'),('Stalked','imp. & p. p.','of Stalk'),('Stalking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stalk'),('Stalk','v. i.','To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,\n   noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.'),('Stalk','v. i.','To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of\n   approaching game; to proceed under clover.'),('Stalk','v. i.','To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the\n   affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used,\n   however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.'),('Stalk','v. t.','To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for\n   the purpose of killing, as game.'),('Stalk','n.','A high, proud, stately step or walk.'),('Stalked','a.','Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.'),('Stalker','n.','One who stalks.'),('Stalker','n.','A kind of fishing net.'),('Stalk-eyed','a.','Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; --\n   opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.'),('Stalking-horse','n.','A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind\n   which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.'),('Stalking-horse','n.','Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project;\n   a mask; a pretense.'),('Stalkless','a.','Having no stalk.'),('Stalky','a.','Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.'),('Stall','v. i.','A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or\n   place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or\n   the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.'),('Stall','v. i.','A stable; a place for cattle.'),('Stall','v. i.','A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed\n   for sale; as, a butcher\'s stall; a bookstall.'),('Stall','v. i.','A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise\n   are exposed for sale.'),('Stall','v. i.','A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the\n   officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the\n   back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and\n   elaborate carving.'),('Stall','v. i.','In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly\n   inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.'),('Stall','v. i.','The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post\n   and stall, under Post.'),('Stalled','imp. & p. p.','of Stall'),('Stalling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stall'),('Stall','v. t.','To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or\n   stalls; as, to stall an ox.'),('Stall','v. t.','To fatten; as, to stall cattle.'),('Stall','v. t.','To place in an office with the customary formalities; to\n   install.'),('Stall','v. t.','To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get\n   on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.'),('Stall','v. t.','To forestall; to anticipitate. Having'),('Stall','v. t.','To keep close; to keep secret.'),('Stall','v. i.','To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.'),('Stall','v. i.','To kennel, as dogs.'),('Stall','v. i.','To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.'),('Stall','v. i.','To be tired of eating, as cattle.'),('Stallage','n.','The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a\n   stall.'),('Stallage','n.','Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.'),('Stallation','n.','Installation.'),('Stalled','a.','Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted.'),('Staller','n.','A standard bearer. obtaining'),('Stall-fed','imp. & p. p.','of Stall-feed'),('Stall-feeding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stall-feed'),('Stall-feed','v. t.','To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as,\n   to stall-feed an ox.'),('Stalling','n.','Stabling.'),('Stallion','n.','A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for\n   breeding.'),('Stallmen','pl. ','of Stallman'),('Stallman','n.','One who keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise,\n   especially books.'),('Stallon','n.','A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.'),('Stalwart','a.','Alt. of Stalworth'),('Stalworth','a.','Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement;\n   violent.'),('Stalwartly','adv.','In a stalwart manner.'),('Stalwartness','n.','The quality of being stalwart.'),('Stalworthhood','n.','Alt. of Stalworthness'),('Stalworthness','n.','The quality or state of being stalworth;\n   stalwartness; boldness; daring.'),('Stamens','pl. ','of Stamen'),('Stamina','pl. ','of Stamen'),('Stamen','n.','A thread; especially, a warp thread.'),('Stamen','n.','The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the\n   pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.'),('Stamened','a.','Furnished with stamens.'),('Stamin','n.','A kind of woolen cloth.'),('Stamina','n. pl.','See Stamen.'),('Stamina','n. pl.','The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or\n   gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal\n   bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute\n   their strength.'),('Stamina','n. pl.','Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support\n   of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a\n   constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.'),('Staminal','a.','Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in\n   stamens.'),('Staminate','a.','Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.'),('Staminate','a.','Having stamens, but lacking pistils.'),('Staminate','v. t.','To indue with stamina.'),('Stamineal','a.','Alt. of Stamineous'),('Stamineous','a.','Consisting of stamens or threads.'),('Stamineous','a.','Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens;\n   also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.'),('Staminiferous','a.','Bearing or having stamens.'),('Staminode','n.','A staminodium.'),('Staminodia','pl. ','of Staminodium'),('Staminodium','n.','An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an\n   abortive stamen.'),('Stammel','n.','A large, clumsy horse.'),('Stammel','n.','A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have\n   been often of a red color.'),('Stammel','n.','A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.'),('Stammel','a.','Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought\n   inferior to scarlet.'),('Stammered','imp. & p. p.','of Stammer'),('Stammering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stammer'),('Stammer','v. i.','To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or\n   words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and\n   diffivulty; to stutter.'),('Stammer','v. t.','To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly;\n   -- sometimes with out.'),('Stammer','n.','Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of\n   utterance; a stutter.'),('Stammerer','n.','One who stammers.'),('Stammering','a.','Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.'),('Stammering','n.','A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due\n   essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm,\n   by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a\n   spasmodic inspiration.'),('Stamped','imp. & p. p.','of Stamp'),('Stamping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stamp'),('Stamp','v. i.','To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the\n   foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;\n   as, he stamped his foot with rage.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush\n   by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate\n   with arms or initials.'),('Stamp','v. i.','Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp\n   virtuous principles on the heart.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc.,\n   into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp\n   or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter;\n   to stamp a legal document.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To strike; to beat; to crush.'),('Stamp','v. i.','To strike the foot forcibly downward.'),('Stamp','n.','The act of stamping, as with the foot.'),('Stamp','n.','The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on\n   other bodies, as a die.'),('Stamp','n.','The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.'),('Stamp','n.','that which is marked; a thing stamped.'),('Stamp','v. t.','A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a\n   cut; a plate.'),('Stamp','v. t.','An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or\n   tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the\n   stamp on a bill of exchange.'),('Stamp','v. t.','Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the\n   government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or\n   stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are\n   paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.'),('Stamp','v. t.','An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as\n   paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.'),('Stamp','v. t.','A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything\n   as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons\n   have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine\n   origin.'),('Stamp','v. t.','Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp,\n   or of a different stamp.'),('Stamp','v. t.','A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or\n   steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used\n   for pounding or bathing.'),('Stamp','v. t.','A half-penny.'),('Stamp','v. t.','Money, esp. paper money.'),('Stampede','v. t.','A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number\n   of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or\n   dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.'),('Stampede','v. i.','To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle,\n   horses, etc., also of armies.'),('Stampede','v. t.','To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or\n   drove of animals.'),('Stamper','n.','One who stamps.'),('Stamper','n.','An instrument for pounding or stamping.'),('Stamping','','a. & n. from Stamp, v.'),('Stance','n.','A stanza.'),('Stance','n.','A station; a position; a site.'),('Stanched','imp. & p. p.','of Stanch'),('Stanching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stanch'),('Stanch','v. t.','To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to\n   stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.'),('Stanch','v. t.','To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.'),('Stanch','v. i.','To cease, as the flowing of blood.'),('Stanch','n.','That which stanches or checks.'),('Stanch','n.','A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a\n   boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.'),('Stanch','v. t.','Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.'),('Stanch','v. t.','Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty;\n   steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.'),('Stanch','v. t.','Close; secret; private.'),('Stanch','v. t.','To prop; to make stanch, or strong.'),('Stanchel','n.','A stanchion.'),('Stancher','n.','One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing,\n   as of blood.'),('Stanchion','n.','A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a\n   stake or post, used for a support or stay.'),('Stanchion','n.','Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the\n   deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.'),('Stanchion','n.','A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.'),('Stanchless','a.','Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.'),('Stanchless','a.','Unquenchable; insatiable.'),('Stanchly','adv.','In a stanch manner.'),('Stanchness','n.','The quality or state of being stanch.'),('Stood','imp. & p. p.','of Stand'),('Standing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stand'),('Stand','n.','To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an\n   upright or firm position'),('Stand','n.','To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect\n   position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.'),('Stand','n.','To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed\n   by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.'),('Stand','n.','To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be\n   situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.'),('Stand','n.','To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause;\n   to halt; to remain stationary.'),('Stand','n.','To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against\n   tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last;\n   hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.'),('Stand','n.','To maintain one\'s ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or\n   yield; to be safe.'),('Stand','n.','To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be\n   fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.'),('Stand','n.','To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude;\n   to keep from falling into error or vice.'),('Stand','n.','To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a\n   particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in\n   the rank of gifts.'),('Stand','n.','To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to\n   be; to consist.'),('Stand','n.','To be consistent; to agree; to accord.'),('Stand','n.','To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to\n   stand for the harbor.'),('Stand','n.','To offer one\'s self, or to be offered, as a candidate.'),('Stand','n.','To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.'),('Stand','n.','To measure when erect on the feet.'),('Stand','n.','To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have\n   efficacy or validity; to abide.'),('Stand','n.','To appear in court.'),('Stand','v. t.','To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the\n   cold or the heat.'),('Stand','v. t.','To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.'),('Stand','v. t.','To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.'),('Stand','v. t.','To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on\n   the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.'),('Stand','v. t.','To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a\n   treat.'),('Stand','v. i.','The act of standing.'),('Stand','v. i.','A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or\n   opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.'),('Stand','v. i.','A place or post where one stands; a place where one may\n   stand while observing or waiting for something.'),('Stand','v. i.','A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons\n   stand for hire; as, a cab stand.'),('Stand','v. i.','A raised platform or station where a race or other\n   outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge\'s or the grand stand at\n   a race course.'),('Stand','v. i.','A small table; also, something on or in which anything\n   may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella\n   stand; a music stand.'),('Stand','v. i.','A place where a witness stands to testify in court.'),('Stand','v. i.','The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good,\n   bad, or convenient stand for business.'),('Stand','v. i.','Rank; post; station; standing.'),('Stand','v. i.','A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a\n   stand what to do.'),('Stand','v. i.','A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut;\n   also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from\n   one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another\n   kind of tree.'),('Stand','v. i.','A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred\n   pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.'),('Standage','n.','A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a\n   mine.'),('Standard','n.','A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other\n   ensign.'),('Standard','n.','That which is established by authority as a rule for the\n   measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original\n   specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard\n   pound, gallon, or yard.'),('Standard','n.','That which is established as a rule or model by\n   authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.'),('Standard','n.','The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy\n   established by authority.'),('Standard','n.','A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not\n   dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon\n   a wall or trellis.'),('Standard','n.','The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.'),('Standard','n.','An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold;\n   any upright in framing.'),('Standard','n.','An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of\n   beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies\n   horizontally.'),('Standard','n.','The sheth of a plow.'),('Standard','n.','A large drinking cup.'),('Standard','a.','Being, affording, or according with, a standard for\n   comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and\n   measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or\n   silver.'),('Standard','a.','Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as,\n   standard works in history; standard authors.'),('Standard','a.','Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard\n   fruit trees.'),('Standard','a.','Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.'),('Standard-bred','a.','Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied\n   to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted\n   by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.'),('Standardize','v. t.','To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or\n   adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.'),('Standard-wing','n.','A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which\n   has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.'),('Stand-by','n.','One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something\n   upon which one relies for constant use or in an emergency.'),('Standel','n.','A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.'),('Stander','n.','One who stands.'),('Stander','n.','Same as Standel.'),('Stander-by','n.','One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.'),('Standergrass','n.','A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort,\n   and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.'),('Standgale','n.','See Stannel.'),('Standing','a.','Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.'),('Standing','a.','Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.'),('Standing','a.','Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting;\n   as, a standing color.'),('Standing','a.','Established by law, custom, or the like; settled;\n   continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army;\n   legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing\n   committees.'),('Standing','a.','Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished\n   from a trundle-bed).'),('Standing','n.','The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of\n   being erect upon the feet; stand.'),('Standing','n.','Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence\n   in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long\n   standing; an officer of long standing.'),('Standing','n.','Place to stand in; station; stand.'),('Standing','n.','Condition in society; relative position; reputation;\n   rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.'),('Standish','n.','A stand, or case, for pen and ink.'),('Standpipe','n.','A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and\n   a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical\n   pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to\n   give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.'),('Standpipe','n.','A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the\n   water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the\n   steam.'),('Standpoint','n.','A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental\n   principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and\n   according to which they are compared and judged.'),('Standstill','n.','A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop;\n   a state or rest.'),('Stane','n.','A stone.'),('Stang','','imp. of Sting.'),('Stang','n.','A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.'),('Stang','n.','In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.'),('Stang','v. i.','To shoot with pain.'),('Stanhope','n.','A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage,\n   without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was\n   contrived.'),('Staniel','n.','See Stannel.'),('Stanielry','n.','Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.'),('Stank','a.','Weak; worn out.'),('Stank','v. i.','To sigh.'),('Stank','imp.','Stunk.'),('Stank','n.','Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.'),('Stank','n.','A dam or mound to stop water.'),('Stannary','a.','Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.'),('Stannaries','pl. ','of Stannary'),('Stannary','n.','A tin mine; tin works.'),('Stannate','n.','A salt of stannic acid.'),('Stannel','n.','The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall,\n   stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.'),('Stannic','a.','Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin;\n   specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a\n   higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.'),('Stanniferous','a.','Containing or affording tin.'),('Stannine','n.','Alt. of Stannite'),('Stannite','n.','A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin\n   pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.'),('Stanno-','','A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation\n   to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient.'),('Stannofluoride','n.','Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin\n   (stannum) and some other element.'),('Stannoso-','a.','A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting\n   relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds.'),('Stannotype','n.','A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.'),('Stannous','a.','Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically,\n   designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as\n   contrasted with stannic compounds.'),('Stannum','n.','The technical name of tin. See Tin.'),('Stannyel','n.','Alt. of Stanyel'),('Stanyel','n.','See Stannel.'),('Stant','3d pers. sing. pres.','Alt. of Stont'),('Stont','3d pers. sing. pres.','Stands.'),('Stanzas','pl. ','of Stanza'),('Stanza','n.','A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or\n   poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other\n   divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of\n   measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually\n   recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.'),('Stanza','n.','An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.'),('Stanzaic','a.','Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet\n   in stanzaic form.'),('Stapedial','a.','Of or pertaining to stapes.'),('Stapelia','n.','An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the\n   natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent\n   plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving\n   them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that\n   of carrion.'),('Stapes','n.','The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or\n   stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.'),('Staphyline','a.','Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.'),('Staphylinid','n.','Any rove beetle.'),('Staphyloma','n.','A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a\n   staphyloma of the cornea.'),('Staphylomatous','a.','Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with\n   staphyloma.'),('Staphyloplasty','n.','The operation for restoring or replacing the soft\n   palate when it has been lost.'),('Staphyloraphy','n.','Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy'),('Staphylorrhaphy','n.','The operation of uniting a cleft palate,\n   consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.'),('Staphylotomy','n.','The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.'),('Staple','n.','A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which\n   merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place\n   for wholesale traffic.'),('Staple','n.','Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.'),('Staple','n.','The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal\n   commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and\n   cotton are great staples of the United States.'),('Staple','n.','The principal constituent in anything; chief item.'),('Staple','n.','Unmanufactured material; raw material.'),('Staple','n.','The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse\n   staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.'),('Staple','n.','A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two\n   points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.'),('Staple','n.','A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one,\n   joining different levels.'),('Staple','n.','A small pit.'),('Staple','n.','A district granted to an abbey.'),('Staple','a.','Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities;\n   as, a staple town.'),('Staple','a.','Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled;\n   as, a staple trade.'),('Staple','a.','Fit to be sold; marketable.'),('Staple','a.','Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities;\n   belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.'),('stapled','imp. & p. p.','of Staple'),('stapling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Staple'),('Staple','v. t.','To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.'),('Stapler','n.','A dealer in staple goods.'),('Stapler','n.','One employed to assort wool according to its staple.'),('Star','n.','One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens;\n   any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.'),('Star','n.','The polestar; the north star.'),('Star','n.','A planet supposed to influence one\'s destiny; (usually pl.) a\n   configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.'),('Star','n.','That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament\n   worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.'),('Star','n.','Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an\n   asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a\n   blank where something is omitted, etc.'),('Star','n.','A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of\n   rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a\n   starlike appearance.'),('Star','n.','A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on\n   public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical\n   performer, etc.'),('Starred','imp. & p. p.','of Star'),('Starring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Star'),('Star','v. t.','To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies;\n   to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.'),('Star','v. i.','To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine\n   like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a\n   theatrical star.'),('Star-blind','a.','Half blind.'),('Starboard','v. t.','That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a\n   person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or\n   port.'),('Starboard','a.','Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or\n   lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.'),('Starboard','v. t.','To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel;\n   as, to starboard the helm.'),('Starblowlines','n. pl.','The men in the starboard watch.'),('Starch','a.','Stiff; precise; rigid.'),('Starch','n.','A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in\n   seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice,\n   etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without\n   taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed\n   between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of\n   commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making\n   paste, etc.'),('Starch','n.','Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.'),('Starched','imp. & p. p.','of Starch'),('Starching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Starch'),('Starch','v. t.','To stiffen with starch.'),('Star-chamber','n.','An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in\n   certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a\n   jury. It consisted of the king\'s council, or of the privy council only\n   with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or\n   examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long\n   Parliament in 1641.'),('Starched','a.','Stiffened with starch.'),('Starched','a.','Stiff; precise; formal.'),('Starchedness','n.','The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in\n   manners; formality.'),('Starcher','n.','One who starches.'),('Starchly','adv.','In a starched or starch manner.'),('Starchness','n.','Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of\n   manner; preciseness.'),('Starchwort','n.','The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine\n   quality of starch.'),('Starchy','a.','Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.'),('Starcraft','n.','Astrology.'),('Star-crossed','a.','Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.'),('Stare','n.','The starling.'),('stared','imp. & p. p.','of Stare'),('staring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stare'),('Stare','v. i.','To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear,\n   wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged\n   gaze on some object.'),('Stare','v. i.','To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence,\n   color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.'),('Stare','v. i.','To stand out; to project; to bristle.'),('Stare','v. t.','To look earnestly at; to gaze at.'),('Stare','n.','The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.'),('Starer','n.','One who stares, or gazes.'),('Starf','imp.','Starved.'),('Starfinch','n.','The European redstart.'),('Starfish','n.','Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to\n   the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has\n   five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more.\n   The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only\n   as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and\n   stellerid.'),('Starfish','n.','The dollar fish, or butterfish.'),('Stargaser','n.','One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in\n   derision or contempt, an astronomer.'),('Stargaser','n.','Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes\n   belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family\n   Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are\n   Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of\n   the eyes, which look directly upward.'),('Stargasing','n.','The act or practice of observing the stars with\n   attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or\n   astronomy.'),('Stargasing','n.','Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.'),('Staringly','adv.','With a staring look.'),('Stark','n.','Stiff; rigid.'),('Stark','n.','Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.'),('Stark','n.','Strong; vigorous; powerful.'),('Stark','n.','Severe; violent; fierce.'),('Stark','n.','Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.'),('Stark','adv.','Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.'),('Stark','v. t.','To stiffen.'),('Starkly','adv.','In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.'),('Starkness','n.','The quality or state of being stark.'),('Starless','a.','Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a\n   starless night.'),('Starlight','n.','The light given by the stars.'),('Starlight','a.','Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a\n   starlight night.'),('Starlike','a.','Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as,\n   starlike flowers.'),('Starlike','a.','Shining; bright; illustrious.'),('Starling','n.','Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied\n   genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or\n   greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish\n   white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc.\n   Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is\n   Sternopastor contra.'),('Starling','n.','A California fish; the rock trout.'),('Starling','n.','A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge\n   for protection and support; -- called also sterling.'),('Starlit','a.','Lighted by the stars; starlight.'),('Starmonger','n.','A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.'),('Starn','n.','The European starling.'),('Starnose','n.','A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the\n   nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also\n   star-nosed mole.'),('Starost','n.','A nobleman who possessed a starosty.'),('Starosty','n.','A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.'),('Starproof','a.','Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof\n   elm.'),('Star-read','n.','Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore;\n   astrology; astronomy.'),('Starred','a.','Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.'),('Starred','a.','Influenced in fortune by the stars.'),('Starriness','n.','The quality or state of being starry; as, the\n   starriness of the heavens.'),('Starry','a.','Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.'),('Starry','a.','Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;\n   stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.'),('Starry','a.','Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.'),('Starry','a.','Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.'),('Starshine','n.','The light of the stars.'),('Starshoot','n.','See Nostoc.'),('Star-spangled','a.','Spangled or studded with stars.'),('Starstone','n.','Asteriated sapphire.'),('started','imp. & p. p.','of Start'),('starting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Start'),('Start','v. i.','To leap; to jump.'),('Start','v. i.','To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from\n   surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary\n   act.'),('Start','v. i.','To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey;\n   to begin; as, to start business.'),('Start','v. i.','To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or\n   a seam may start under strain or pressure.'),('Start','v. t.','To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to\n   startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds\n   started a fox.'),('Start','v. t.','To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to\n   invent.'),('Start','v. t.','To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or\n   flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a\n   stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.'),('Start','v. t.','To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace\n   or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the\n   bolts in the vessel.'),('Start','v. t.','To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as,\n   to start a water cask.'),('Start','n.','The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion,\n   caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or\n   beginning of motion.'),('Start','n.','A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.'),('Start','n.','A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious\n   impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.'),('Start','n.','The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first\n   motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to\n   finish.'),('Start','v. i.','A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.'),('Start','v. i.','The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.'),('Start','v. i.','The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel\n   bucket.'),('Start','v. i.','The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.'),('Starter','n.','One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a\n   journey; the starter of a race.'),('Starter','n.','A dog that rouses game.'),('Startful','a.','Apt to start; skittish.'),('Startfulness','n.','Aptness to start.'),('Starthroat','n.','Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers\n   of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.'),('Starting','','a. & n. from Start, v.'),('Startingly','adv.','By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.'),('Startish','a.','Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a\n   horse.'),('Startled','imp. & p. p.','of Startle'),('Startling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Startle'),('Startle','v. t.','To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to\n   start.'),('Startle','v. t.','To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension;\n   to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.'),('Startle','v. t.','To deter; to cause to deviate.'),('Startle','n.','A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm,\n   surprise, or apprehension of danger.'),('Startlingly','adv.','In a startling manner.'),('Startlish','a.','Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; --\n   said especially of a hourse.'),('Start-up','n.','One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.'),('Start-up','n.','A kind of high rustic shoe.'),('Start-up','a.','Upstart.'),('Starvation','n.','The act of starving, or the state of being starved.'),('Starved','imp. & p. p.','of Starve'),('Starving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Starve'),('Starve','v. i.','To die; to perish.'),('Starve','v. i.','To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want;\n   to be very indigent.'),('Starve','v. i.','To perish or die with cold.'),('Starve','v. t.','To destroy with cold.'),('Starve','v. t.','To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is,\n   in law, murder.'),('Starve','v. t.','To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison\n   into a surrender.'),('Starve','v. t.','To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by\n   depriving them of proper light and air.'),('Starve','v. t.','To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.'),('Starvedly','adv.','In the condition of one starved or starving;\n   parsimoniously.'),('Starveling','n.','One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or\n   nutriment.'),('Starveling','a.','Hungry; lean; pining with want.'),('Starwort','n.','Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster.'),('Starwort','n.','A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped\n   flowers; star flower; chickweed.'),('Stasmia','pl. ','of Stasimon'),('Stasimon','n.','In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued\n   without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.'),('Stasis','n.','A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels,\n   due not to a lessening of the heart\'s beat, but presumably to some\n   abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena\n   observed in the capillaries in inflammation.'),('Statable','a.','That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question\n   at issue is statable.'),('Statal','a.','Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State\n   of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.'),('Statant','a.','In a standing position; as, a lion statant.'),('Statarian','a.','Fixed; settled; steady; statary.'),('Statarianly','adv.','Fixedly; steadly.'),('Statary','a.','Fixed; settled.'),('State','n.','The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any\n   given time.'),('State','n.','Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.'),('State','n.','Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous\n   circumstances; social importance.'),('State','n.','Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.'),('State','n.','A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a\n   seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.'),('State','n.','Estate, possession.'),('State','n.','A person of high rank.'),('State','n.','Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a\n   community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical\n   states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great\n   Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.'),('State','n.','The principal persons in a government.'),('State','n.','The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as,\n   the States-general of Holland.'),('State','n.','A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.'),('State','n.','A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people\n   who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the\n   government; a nation.'),('State','n.','In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies\n   politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which,\n   under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations\n   with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with\n   full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly\n   inhibited.'),('State','n.','Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity\n   between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase\n   and the abating of a disease; height; acme.'),('State','a.','Stately.'),('State','a.','Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.'),('Stated','imp. & p. p.','of State'),('Stating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of State'),('State','v. t.','To set; to settle; to establish.'),('State','v. t.','To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or\n   in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to\n   state the facts of a case, one\'s opinion, etc.'),('State','n.','A statement; also, a document containing a statement.'),('Statecraft','n.','The art of conducting state affairs; state management;\n   statesmanship.'),('Stated','a.','Settled; established; fixed.'),('Stated','a.','Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated\n   preaching; stated business hours.'),('Statedly','adv.','At stated times; regularly.'),('Stateful','a.','Full of state; stately.'),('Statehood','n.','The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking\n   Statehood.'),('Statehouse','n.','The building in which a State legislature holds its\n   sessions; a State capitol.'),('Stateless','a.','Without state or pomp.'),('Statelily','adv.','In a stately manner.'),('Stateliness','n.','The quality or state of being stately.'),('Stately','superl.','Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand;\n   as, statelymanners; a stately gait.'),('Stately','adv.','Majestically; loftily.'),('Statement','n.','The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or\n   in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.'),('Statement','n.','That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of\n   facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.'),('Statemonger','n.','One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state\n   affairs.'),('Stateprison','','See under State, n.'),('Stater','n.','One who states.'),('Stater','n.','The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in\n   value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or\n   about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called\n   stater.'),('Stateroom','n.','A magnificent room in a place or great house.'),('Stateroom','n.','A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin,\n   or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a\n   railway sleeping car.'),('States-general','n.','In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of\n   the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and\n   the third estate, or commonalty.'),('States-general','n.','In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed\n   of two chambers.'),('Statesmen','pl. ','of Statesman'),('Statesman','n.','A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and\n   art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.'),('Statesman','n.','One occupied with the affairs of government, and\n   influental in shaping its policy.'),('Statesman','n.','A small landholder.'),('Statesmanlike','a.','Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a\n   statesman.'),('Statesmanly','a.','Becoming a statesman.'),('Statesmanship','n.','The qualifications, duties, or employments of a\n   statesman.'),('Stateswomen','pl. ','of Stateswoman'),('Stateswoman','n.','A woman concerned in public affairs.'),('Stathmograph','n.','A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway\n   train.'),('Static','a.','Alt. of Statical'),('Statical','a.','Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as,\n   statical pressure; static objects.'),('Statical','a.','Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.'),('Statically','adv.','In a statical manner.'),('Statics','n.','That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium\n   of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on\n   them; -- distinguished from dynamics.'),('Stating','n.','The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the\n   statingof one\'s opinions.'),('Station','n.','The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing;\n   posture.'),('Station','n.','A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.'),('Station','n.','The spot or place where anything stands, especially where\n   a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a\n   time; as, the station of a sentinel.'),('Station','n.','A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place\n   where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of\n   passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.'),('Station','n.','The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.'),('Station','n.','The place at which an instrument is planted, or\n   observations are made, as in surveying.'),('Station','n.','The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a\n   species naturally occurs; a habitat.'),('Station','n.','A place to which ships may resort, and where they may\n   anchor safely.'),('Station','n.','A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is\n   assigned for duty.'),('Station','n.','A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for\n   the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive\n   measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).'),('Station','n.','An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or\n   passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.'),('Station','n.','Post assigned; office; the part or department of public\n   duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or\n   occupation; employment.'),('Station','n.','Situation; position; location.'),('Station','n.','State; rank; condition of life; social status.'),('Station','n.','The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week,\n   Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ,\n   and of his passion.'),('Station','n.','A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on\n   stated days to say stated prayers.'),('Station','n.','One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions\n   pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of\n   a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of\n   those representations of the successive stages of our Lord\'s passion\n   which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the\n   side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are\n   visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called\n   also Station of the cross.'),('Stationed','imp. & p. p.','of Station'),('Stationing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Station'),('Station','v. t.','To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the\n   occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the\n   right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships\n   on the coasts of Africa.'),('Stational','a.','Of or pertaining to a station.'),('Stationariness','n.','The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.'),('Stationary','a.','Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.'),('Stationary','a.','Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser,\n   greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.'),('Stationary','a.','Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of\n   vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.'),('-ries','pl. ','of Stationary'),('Stationary','n.','One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when\n   apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.'),('Stationer','a.','A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from\n   his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.'),('Stationer','a.','One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils,\n   blank books, and other articles used in writing.'),('Stationery','n.','The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper,\n   pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.'),('Stationery','a.','Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.'),('Statism','n.','The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.'),('Statist','n.','A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.'),('Statist','n.','A statistician.'),('Statistic','a.','Alt. of Statistical'),('Statistical','a.','Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical\n   knowledge, statistical tabulation.'),('Statistically','adv.','In the way of statistics.'),('Statistician','n.','One versed in statistics; one who collects and\n   classifies facts for statistics.'),('Statistics','n.','The science which has to do with the collection and\n   classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people\n   in a state.'),('Statistics','n.','Classified facts respecting the condition of the people\n   in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts,\n   property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the\n   country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest;\n   especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of\n   numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.'),('Statistics','n.','The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the\n   calculation of probabilities.'),('Statistology','n.','See Statistics, 2.'),('Stative','a.','Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or\n   quarters.'),('Statoblast','n.','One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs,\n   produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in\n   the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds.'),('Statocracy','n.','Government by the state, or by political power, in\n   distinction from government by ecclesiastical power.'),('Statua','n.','A statue.'),('Statuaries','pl. ','of Statuary'),('Statuary','n.','One who practices the art of making statues.'),('Statuary','n.','The art of carving statues or images as representatives\n   of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.'),('Statuary','n.','A collection of statues; statues, collectively.'),('Statue','n.','The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in\n   some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue\n   of Hercules, or of a lion.'),('Statue','n.','A portrait.'),('Statued','imp. & p. p.','of Statue'),('Statuing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Statue'),('Statue','v. t.','To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into\n   a statue.'),('Statued','a.','Adorned with statues.'),('Statueless','a.','Without a statue.'),('Statuelike','a.','Like a statue; motionless.'),('Statuesque','a.','Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a\n   statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue\n   artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.'),('Statuesquely','adv.','In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a\n   statue; like a statue.'),('Statuette','n.','A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less\n   than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or\n   clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a\n   figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.'),('Statuminate','v. t.','To prop or support.'),('Stature','n.','The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of\n   the human body.'),('Statured','a.','Arrived at full stature.'),('Status','n.','State; condition; position of affairs.'),('Status in quo','','Alt. of Status quo'),('Status quo','','The state in which anything is already. The phrase is\n   also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters\n   return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante\n   bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.'),('Statutable','a.','Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act\n   of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.'),('Statutable','a.','Made or being in conformity to statute; standard; as,\n   statutable measures.'),('Statutably','adv.','Conformably to statute.'),('Statute','n.','An act of the legislature of a state or country,\n   declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the\n   written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms\n   of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common\n   law, under Common, a.'),('Statute','a.','An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a\n   permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.'),('Statute','a.','An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by\n   statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also statute fair.'),('Statutory','a.','Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its\n   authority; as, a statutory provision.'),('Staunch','','Alt. of Staunchness'),('Staunchly','','Alt. of Staunchness'),('Staunchness','','See Stanch, Stanchly, etc.'),('Staurolite','n.','A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in\n   prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a\n   cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found\n   imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.'),('Staurolitic','a.','Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or\n   containing staurolite.'),('Stauroscope','n.','An optical instrument used in determining the position\n   of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.'),('Staurotide','n.','Staurolite.'),('Stave','n.','One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron\n   plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a\n   vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a\n   cask, a pail, etc.'),('Stave','n.','One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the\n   bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.'),('Stave','n.','A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.'),('Stave','n.','The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which\n   musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.'),('Staved','imp. & p. p.','of Stave'),('Stove','','of Stave'),('Staving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stave'),('Stave','n.','To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to\n   burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.'),('Stave','n.','To push, as with a staff; -- with off.'),('Stave','n.','To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with\n   off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.'),('Stave','n.','To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.'),('Stave','n.','To furnish with staves or rundles.'),('Stave','n.','To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking\n   iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has\n   been run.'),('Stave','v. i.','To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash\n   into fragments.'),('Staves','n.','pl. of Staff.'),('Staves','pl.','pl. of Stave.'),('Stavesacre','n.','A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its\n   seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a\n   parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.'),('Stavewood','n.','A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical\n   America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.'),('Staving','n.','A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling\n   a water wheel.'),('Staw','v. i.','To be fixed or set; to stay.'),('Stay','n.','A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being\n   extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part\n   of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays;\n   those which lead to the vessel\'s side are called backstays. See Illust.\n   of Ship.'),('Stayed','imp. & p. p.','of Stay'),('Staid','','of Stay'),('Staying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stay'),('Stay','v. i.','To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to\n   hold up; to support.'),('Stay','v. i.','To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to\n   satisfy in part or for the time.'),('Stay','v. i.','To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist\n   successfully.'),('Stay','v. i.','To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to\n   stop; to hold.'),('Stay','v. i.','To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.'),('Stay','v. i.','To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.'),('Stay','v. i.','To cause to cease; to put an end to.'),('Stay','v. i.','To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet\n   in a steam boiler.'),('Stay','v. i.','To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel\n   shall be presented to the wind.'),('Stay','v. i.','To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a\n   space of time; to stop; to stand still.'),('Stay','v. i.','To continue in a state.'),('Stay','v. i.','To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.'),('Stay','v. i.','To dwell; to tarry; to linger.'),('Stay','v. i.','To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.'),('Stay','v. i.','To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm\n   stayed.'),('Stay','v. i.','To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays\n   well.'),('Stay','v. i.','To change tack; as a ship.'),('Stay','n.','That which serves as a prop; a support.'),('Stay','n.','A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by\n   women, and rarely by men.'),('Stay','n.','Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn;\n   as, you make a short stay in this city.'),('Stay','n.','Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.'),('Stay','n.','Hindrance; let; check.'),('Stay','n.','Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness;\n   sobriety.'),('Stay','n.','Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or\n   stiffen them.'),('Stayed','a.','Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See\n   Staid.'),('Stayedly','adv.','Staidly. See Staidly.'),('Stayedness','n.','Staidness.'),('Stayedness','n.','Solidity; weight.'),('Stayer','n.','One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or\n   that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse,\n   man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.'),('Staylace','n.','A lace for fastening stays.'),('Stayless','a.','Without stop or delay.'),('Staymaker','n.','One whose occupation is to make stays.'),('Staynil','n.','The European starling.'),('Staysail','n.','Any sail extended on a stay.'),('Stayship','n.','A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to\n   them.'),('Stead','n.','Place, or spot, in general.'),('Stead','n.','Place or room which another had, has, or might have.'),('Stead','n.','A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.'),('Stead','n.','A farmhouse and offices.'),('Stead','v. t.','To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.'),('Stead','v. t.','To fill place of.'),('Steadfast','a.','Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.'),('Steadfast','a.','Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute;\n   unswerving; steady.'),('Steadfastly','adv.','In a steadfast manner; firmly.'),('Steadfastness','n.','The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness;\n   fixedness; constancy.'),('Steadily','adv.','In a steady manner.'),('Steadiness','n.','The quality or state of being steady.'),('Steading','n.','The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; --\n   called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.'),('Steady','n.','Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;\n   fixed; firm.'),('Steady','n.','Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle,\n   changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a\n   purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose,\n   or in the pursuit of an object.'),('Steady','n.','Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady\n   course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.'),('Steadied','imp. & p. p.','of Steady'),('Steadying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steady'),('Steady','v. t.','To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling,\n   or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant,\n   regular, or resolute.'),('Steady','v. i.','To become steady; to regain a steady position or state;\n   to move steadily.'),('Steak','v. t.','A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also\n   extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear\n   steak; pork steak; turtle steak.'),('Steal','n.','A handle; a stale, or stele.'),('Stole','imp.','of Steal'),('Stolen','p. p.','of Steal'),('Stealing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steal'),('Steal','v. t.','To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without\n   right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the\n   personal goods of another.'),('Steal','v. t.','To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence,\n   to creep furtively, or to insinuate.'),('Steal','v. t.','To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.'),('Steal','v. t.','To get into one\'s power gradually and by imperceptible\n   degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible\n   appropriation; -- with away.'),('Steal','v. t.','To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try\n   to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.'),('Steal','v. i.','To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or\n   theft.'),('Steal','v. i.','To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away,\n   unperceived; to go or come furtively.'),('Stealer','n.','One who steals; a thief.'),('Stealer','n.','The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the\n   stem or stern.'),('Stealing','n.','The act of taking feloniously the personal property of\n   another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.'),('Stealing','n.','That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in\n   the plural.'),('Stealingly','adv.','By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an\n   invisible motion.'),('Stealth','v. t.','The act of stealing; theft.'),('Stealth','v. t.','The thing stolen; stolen property.'),('Stealth','v. t.','The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed\n   manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in\n   either a good or a bad sense.'),('Stealthful','a.','Given to stealth; stealthy.'),('Stealthily','adv.','In a stealthy manner.'),('Stealthiness','n.','The state, quality, or character of being stealthy;\n   stealth.'),('Stealthlike','a.','Stealthy; sly.'),('Stealthy','superl.','Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely;\n   unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.'),('Steam','n.','The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted\n   when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.'),('Steam','n.','The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so\n   called in popular usage.'),('Steam','n.','Any exhalation.'),('Steamed','imp. & p. p.','of Steam'),('Steaming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steam'),('Steam','v. i.','To emit steam or vapor.'),('Steam','v. i.','To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.'),('Steam','v. i.','To move or travel by the agency of steam.'),('Steam','v. i.','To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.'),('Steam','v. t.','To exhale.'),('Steam','v. t.','To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for\n   softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to\n   steam food, etc.'),('Steamboat','n.','A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally\n   used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.'),('Steamboating','n.','The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or\n   of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.'),('Steamboating','n.','The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet\n   uncovered, or out of boards.'),('Steam engine','','An engine moved by steam.'),('Steamer','n.','A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.'),('Steamer','n.','A steam fire engine. See under Steam.'),('Steamer','n.','A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in\n   agricultural operations.'),('Steamer','n.','A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of\n   steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of\n   manufacture.'),('Steamer','n.','The steamer duck.'),('Steaminess','n.','The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness;\n   mistness.'),('Steamship','n.','A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of\n   steam; a steamer.'),('Steamy','a.','Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam;\n   vaporous; misty.'),('Stean','n. & v.','See Steen.'),('Steaningp','n.','See Steening.'),('Steapsin','n.','An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic\n   juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.'),('Stearate','n.','A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists\n   largely of sodium or potassium stearates.'),('Stearic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow;\n   resembling tallow.'),('Stearin','n.','One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some\n   vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized\n   by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it\n   materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the\n   fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with\n   three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called\n   tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.'),('Stearolic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the\n   acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white\n   crystalline substance, from oleic acid.'),('Stearone','n.','The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white\n   crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium\n   stearate.'),('Stearoptene','n.','The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; --\n   contrasted with elaeoptene.'),('Stearrhea','n.','seborrhea.'),('Stearyl','n.','The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.'),('Steatite','n.','A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown\n   color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for\n   coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.'),('Steatitic','n.','Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing\n   or resembling steatite.'),('Steatoma','n.','A cyst containing matter like suet.'),('Steatomatous','a.','Of the nature of steatoma.'),('Steatopyga','n.','A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of\n   Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.'),('Steatopygous','a.','Having fat buttocks.'),('Sted','adv.','Alt. of Stedfastly'),('Stedfast','adv.','Alt. of Stedfastly'),('Stedfastly','adv.','See Stead, Steadfast, etc.'),('Stee','n.','A ladder.'),('Steed','n.','A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; --\n   used chiefly in poetry or stately prose.'),('Steedless','a.','Having no steed; without a horse.'),('Steek','v. t.','Alt. of Steik'),('Steik','v. t.','To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to\n   sew; also, to fix; to fasten.'),('Steel','n.','A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties\n   between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one\n   per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an\n   alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be\n   tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and\n   fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.'),('Steel','n.','An instrument or implement made of steel'),('Steel','n.','A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.'),('Steel','n.','An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening\n   knives.'),('Steel','n.','A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.'),('Steel','n.','Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is\n   characterized by sternness or rigor.'),('Steel','n.','A chalybeate medicine.'),('Steeled','imp. & p. p.','of Steel'),('Steeling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steel'),('Steel','n.','To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor;\n   to steel an ax.'),('Steel','n.','To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or\n   obdurate.'),('Steel','n.','Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish,\n   or other qualities.'),('Steel','n.','To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron\n   by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.'),('Steelbow goods','','Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle,\n   implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing\n   tenant, as being the property of the landlord.'),('Steeler','n.','One who points, edges, or covers with steel.'),('Steeler','n.','Same as Stealer.'),('Steelhead','n.','A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from\n   Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.'),('Steelhead','n.','The ruddy duck.'),('Steeliness','n.','The quality of being steely.'),('Steeling','n.','The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with\n   steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.'),('Steely','a.','Made of steel; consisting of steel.'),('Steely','a.','Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.'),('Steelyard','n.','A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is\n   suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum,\n   and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce\n   equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated)\n   indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in\n   the plural form, steelyards.'),('Steem','n. & v.','See Esteem.'),('Steem','n. & v.','See 1st and 2nd Stem.'),('Steen','n.','A vessel of clay or stone.'),('Steen','n.','A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a\n   well, cistern, etc.; a steening.'),('Steen','v. t.','To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard\n   material.'),('Steenbok','n.','Same as Steinbock.'),('Steening','n.','A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as\n   for a well.'),('Steenkirk','n.','Alt. of Steinkirk'),('Steinkirk','n.','A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly\n   fashion.'),('Steep','a.','Bright; glittering; fiery.'),('Steeped','imp. & p. p.','of Steep'),('Steeping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steep'),('Steep','v. t.','To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence\n   of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used\n   figuratively.'),('Steep','v. i.','To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the\n   tea is steeping.'),('Steep','n.','Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid\n   to hasten the germination of seeds.'),('Steep','n.','A rennet bag.'),('Steep','v. t.','Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon;\n   ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a\n   level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep\n   ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.'),('Steep','v. t.','Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated;\n   high.'),('Steep','v. t.','Excessive; as, a steep price.'),('Steep','n.','A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any\n   elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon;\n   a precipice.'),('Steep-down','a.','Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.'),('Steepened','imp. & p. p.','of Steepen'),('Steepening','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steepen'),('Steepen','v. i.','To become steep or steeper.'),('Steeper','n.','A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.'),('Steepiness','n.','Steepness.'),('Steepish','a.','Somewhat steep.'),('Steeple','n.','A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the\n   whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.'),('Steeplechasing','n.','The act of riding steeple chases.'),('Steeple-crowned','a.','Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.'),('Steeple-crowned','a.','Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a\n   steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.'),('Steepled','a.','Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned\n   with steeples.'),('Steeply','adv.','In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous\n   declivity.'),('Steepness','n.','Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity;\n   as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.'),('Steepness','n.','Height; loftiness.'),('Steep-up','a.','Lofty and precipitous.'),('Steepy','a.','Steep; precipitous.'),('Steer','a.','A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a\n   castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under\n   Ox.'),('Steer','v. t.','To castrate; -- said of male calves.'),('Steered','imp. & p. p.','of Steer'),('Steering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steer'),('Steer','n.','To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied\n   especially to a vessel in the water.'),('Steer','v. i.','To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one\'s course.'),('Steer','v. i.','To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or\n   course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.'),('Steer','v. i.','To conduct one\'s self; to take or pursue a course of\n   action.'),('Steer','v. t.','A rudder or helm.'),('Steer','n.','A helmsman, a pilot.'),('Steerable','a.','Capable of being steered; dirigible.'),('Steerage','n.','The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the\n   steerage of a ship.'),('Steerage','n.','The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an\n   individual ship is affected by the helm.'),('Steerage','n.','The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.'),('Steerage','n.','Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under\n   the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having\n   the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest\n   rate of fare.'),('Steerage','n.','Direction; regulation; management; guidance.'),('Steerage','n.','That by which a course is directed.'),('Steerageway','n.','A rate of motion through the water sufficient to\n   render a vessel governable by the helm.'),('Steerer','n.','One who steers; as, a boat steerer.'),('Steering','','a. & n. from Steer, v.'),('Steerless','a.','Having no rudder.'),('Steerling','n.','A young small steer.'),('Steersmen','pl. ','of Steersman'),('Steersman','n.','One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.'),('Steersmate','n.','One who steers; steersman.'),('Steeved','imp. & p. p.','of Steeve'),('Steeving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Steeve'),('Steeve','v. i.','To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or\n   with the line of a vessel\'s keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.'),('Steeve','v. t.','To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said\n   of the bowsprit, etc.'),('Steeve','v. t.','To stow, as bales in a vessel\'s hold, by means of a\n   steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).'),('Steeve','n.','The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with\n   the line of the vessel\'s keel; -- called also steeving.'),('Steeve','n.','A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton\n   bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.'),('Steeving','n.','The act or practice of one who steeves.'),('Steeving','n.','See Steeve, n. (a).'),('Steg','n.','A gander.'),('Steganographist','n.','One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.'),('Steganography','n.','The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which\n   are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.'),('Steganophthalmata','n. pl.','The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called\n   also Steganophthalmia.'),('Steganopod','n.','One of the Steganopodes.'),('Steganopodes','n. pl.','A division of swimming birds in which all four\n   toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants,\n   gannets, and others.'),('Steganopodous','a.','Having all four toes webbed together.'),('Stegnosis','n.','Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or\n   ducts.'),('Stegnotic','a.','Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or\n   discharges generally.'),('Stegnotic','n.','A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.'),('Stegocephala','n. pl.','An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in\n   the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.'),('Stegosauria','n. pl.','An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs,\n   including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.'),('Stegosaurus','n.','A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a\n   powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.'),('Steik','v. t.','See Steek.'),('Stein','n. & v.','See Steen.'),('Steinbock','n.','The European ibex.'),('Steinbock','n.','A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus)\n   which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok.'),('Steingale','n.','The stannel.'),('Steining','n.','See Steening.'),('Steinkirk','n.','Same as Steenkirk.'),('Steinkle','n.','The wheater.'),('Stelae','pl. ','of Stela'),('Stela','n.','A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone,\n   etc.'),('Stele','n.','Same as Stela.'),('Stele','n.','A stale, or handle; a stalk.'),('Stelene','a.','Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar.'),('Stell','v. t.','To place or fix firmly or permanently.'),('Stell','v. t.','A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or\n   cilmbing.'),('Stell','v. t.','A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as\n   a shelter for sheep or cattle.'),('Stellar','a.','Alt. of Stellary'),('Stellary','a.','Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;\n   stellary orbs.'),('Stellary','a.','Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.'),('Stellate','a.','Alt. of Stellated'),('Stellated','a.','Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem\n   of a star.'),('Stellated','a.','Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common\n   center; as, stellate flowers.'),('Stellation','n.','Radiation of light.'),('Stelled','a.','Firmly placed or fixed.'),('Steller','n.','The rytina; -- called also stellerine.'),('Stellerid','n.','A starfish.'),('Stellerida','n. pl.','An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the\n   starfishes and ophiurans.'),('Stelleridan','n.','Alt. of Stelleridean'),('Stelleridean','n.','A starfish, or brittle star.'),('Stelliferous','a.','Having, or abounding with, stars.'),('Stelliform','a.','Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.'),('Stellify','v. t.','To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star;\n   to place among the stars, or in heaven.'),('Stellion','n.','A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern\n   Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with\n   black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.'),('Stellionate','n.','Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; --\n   chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons,\n   or selling that for one\'s own which belongs to another, etc.'),('Stellular','a.','Having the shape or appearance of little stars;\n   radiated.'),('Stellular','a.','Marked with starlike spots of color.'),('Stellulate','a.','Minutely stellate.'),('Stelmatopoda','n. pl.','Same as Gymnolaemata.'),('Stelography','n.','The art of writing or inscribing characters on\n   pillars.'),('Stem','v. i.','Alt. of Steem'),('Steem','v. i.','To gleam.'),('Stem','n.','Alt. of Steem'),('Steem','n.','A gleam of light; flame.'),('Stem','n.','The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind;\n   the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or\n   top.'),('Stem','n.','A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with\n   a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an\n   apple or a cherry.'),('Stem','n.','The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.'),('Stem','n.','A branch of a family.'),('Stem','n.','A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are\n   united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and\n   the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a\n   vessel; the bow.'),('Stem','n.','Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.'),('Stem','n.','Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a\n   tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring,\n   by which it is suspended, is attached.'),('Stem','n.','That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of\n   leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.'),('Stem','n.','The entire central axis of a feather.'),('Stem','n.','The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or\n   of a gorgonian.'),('Stem','n.','The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the\n   tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.'),('Stem','n.','The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except\n   by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.'),('Stem','v. t.','To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to\n   remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem\n   tobacco leaves.'),('Stem','v. t.','To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.'),('Stemmed','imp. & p. p.','of Stem'),('Stemming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stem'),('Stem','v. t.','To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel;\n   to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a\n   current.'),('Stem','v. i.','To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a\n   current.'),('Stem-clasping','a.','Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a\n   leaf or petiole.'),('Stemless','a.','Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.'),('Stemlet','n.','A small or young stem.'),('Stemmata','pl. ','of Stemma'),('Stemma','n.','One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.'),('Stemma','n.','One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.'),('Stemmer','n.','One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the\n   verbs).'),('Stemmery','n.','A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.'),('Stemmy','a.','Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea,\n   dried currants, etc.'),('Stemple','n.','A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.'),('Stemson','n.','A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and\n   apron in a ship\'s frame near the bow.'),('Stem-winder','n.','A stem-winding watch.'),('Stem-winding','a.','Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a\n   stem-winding watch.'),('Stench','v. t.','To stanch.'),('Stench','v. i.','A smell; an odor.'),('Stench','v. i.','An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.'),('Stench','n.','To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.'),('Stenchy','a.','Having a stench.'),('Stencil','n.','A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in\n   painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is\n   then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over\n   it. Called also stencil plate.'),('Stenciled','imp. & p. p.','of Stencil'),('Stencilled','','of Stencil'),('Stenciling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stencil'),('Stencilling','','of Stencil'),('Stencil','v. t.','To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to\n   form or print by means of a stencil.'),('Stenciler','n.','One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.'),('Stenoderm','n.','Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma,\n   native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or\n   rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.'),('Stenodermine','a.','Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which\n   includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.'),('Stenographed','imp. & p. p.','of Stenograph'),('Stenographing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stenograph'),('Stenograph','v. t.','To write or report in stenographic characters.'),('Stenograph','n.','A production of stenography; anything written in\n   shorthand.'),('Stenographer','n.','One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of\n   shorthand.'),('Stenographic','a.','Alt. of Stenographical'),('Stenographical','a.','Of or pertaining to stenography.'),('Stenographist','n.','A stenographer.'),('Stenography','n.','The art of writing in shorthand, by using\n   abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.'),('Stenophyllous','a.','Having narrow leaves.'),('Stenosis','n.','A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage,\n   tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from\n   stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized\n   contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not\n   spasmodic.'),('Stenostome','a.','Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain\n   small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their\n   jaws.'),('Stente','Obs. imp.','of Stent'),('Stent','obs. p. p.','of Stent'),('Stent','v. t.','To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or\n   cease; to stint.'),('Stent','v. i.','To stint; to stop; to cease.'),('Stent','n.','An allotted portion; a stint.'),('Stenting','n.','An opening in a wall in a coal mine.'),('Stentor','n.','A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence,\n   any person having a powerful voice.'),('Stentor','n.','Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus\n   Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a\n   bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the\n   spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.'),('Stentor','n.','A howling monkey, or howler.'),('Stentorian','a.','Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud;\n   powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs.'),('Stentorin','n.','A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See\n   Stentor, 2.'),('Stentorious','a.','Stentorian.'),('Stentoronic','a.','Stentorian.'),('Stentorophonic','a.','Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.'),('Stepped','imp. & p. p.','of Step'),('Stepping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Step'),('Step','a.','To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising\n   and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both\n   feet in succession.'),('Step','a.','To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as,\n   to step to one of the neighbors.'),('Step','a.','To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.'),('Step','a.','Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.'),('Step','v. t.','To set, as the foot.'),('Step','v. t.','To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.'),('Step','v. i.','An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a\n   pace.'),('Step','v. i.','A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in\n   ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.'),('Step','v. i.','The space passed over by one movement of the foot in\n   walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may\n   be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he\n   improved step by step, or by steps.'),('Step','v. i.','A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.'),('Step','v. i.','A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.'),('Step','v. i.','Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is\n   often known by his step.'),('Step','v. i.','Proceeding; measure; action; an act.'),('Step','v. i.','Walk; passage.'),('Step','v. i.','A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in\n   reaching to a high position.'),('Step','v. i.','In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to\n   receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform\n   upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.'),('Step','v. i.','One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps\n   of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the\n   belt runs.'),('Step','v. i.','A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a\n   vertical shaft revolves.'),('Step','v. i.','The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.'),('Step','v. i.','A change of position effected by a motion of translation.'),('Step-','','A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son,\n   daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is\n   not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent;\n   as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him\n   after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter,\n   Stepson, etc.'),('Stepbrother','n.','A brother by the marriage of one\'s father with the\n   mother of another, or of one\'s mother with the father of another.'),('Stepchild','n.','A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.'),('Stepchild','n.','A son or daughter of one\'s wife or husband by a former\n   marriage.'),('Stepdame','n.','A stepmother.'),('Stepdaughter','n.','A daughter of one\'s wife or husband by a former\n   marriage.'),('Stepfather','n.','The husband of one\'s mother by a subsequent marriage.'),('Stephanion','n.','The point on the side of the skull where the temporal\n   line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.'),('Stephanite','n.','A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black\n   color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver\n   ore.'),('Stephanotis','n.','A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of\n   Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite\n   leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.'),('Stephanotis','n.','A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of\n   Stephanotis floribunda.'),('Stepladder','n.','A portable set of steps.'),('Stepmother','n.','The wife of one\'s father by a subsequent marriage.'),('Stepparent','n.','Stepfather or stepmother.'),('Steppe','n.','One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia,\n   generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the\n   prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.'),('Stepped','a.','Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets\n   or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.'),('Stepper','n.','One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.'),('Stepping-stone','n.','A stone to raise the feet above the surface of\n   water or mud in walking.'),('Stepping-stone','n.','Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.'),('Stepsister','n.','A daughter of one\'s stepfather or stepmother by a\n   former marriage.'),('Stepson','n.','A son of one\'s husband or wife by a former marriage.'),('Stepstone','n.','A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in\n   entering the house.'),('-ster','','A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a\n   person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in\n   spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (=\n   bakester), youngster.'),('Stercobilin','n.','A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of\n   the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, --\n   identical with hydrobilirubin.'),('Stercolin','n.','Same as Serolin (b).'),('Stercoraceous','a.','Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature\n   of, or containing, dung.'),('Stercoranism','n.','The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.'),('Stercoranist','n.','A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were\n   alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo\n   the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.'),('Stercorarian','n.','A Stercoranist.'),('Stercorary','n.','A place, properly secured from the weather, for\n   containing dung.'),('Stercorate','n.','Excrement; dung.'),('Stercoration','n.','Manuring with dung.'),('Stercorianism','n.','The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.'),('Stercorin','n.','Same as Serolin (b).'),('Stercory','n.','Excrement; dung.'),('Sterculiaceous','a.','Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae)\n   of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma\n   Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.'),('Stere','n.','A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic\n   meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic\n   yards.'),('Stere','v. t. & i.','To stir.'),('Stere','n.','A rudder. See 5th Steer.'),('Stere','n.','Helmsman. See 6th Steer.'),('Sterelmintha','n. pl.','Same as Platyelminthes.'),('Stereo-','','A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in\n   stereo-chemistry, stereography.'),('Stereobate','n.','The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal;\n   -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.'),('Stereo-chemic','a.','Alt. of Stereo-chemical'),('Stereo-chemical','a.','Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical\n   space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.'),('Stereo-chemistry','n.','Chemistry considered with reference to the space\n   relations of atoms.'),('Stereochrome','n.','Stereochromic picture.'),('Stereochromic','a.','Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by\n   stereochromy.'),('Stereochromy','n.','A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in\n   which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in\n   which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).'),('Stereoelectric','a.','Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity\n   by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one\n   obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.'),('Stereogram','n.','A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a\n   way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a\n   stereograph.'),('Stereograph','n.','Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for\n   exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by\n   means of photography.'),('Stereographic','a.','Alt. of Stereographical'),('Stereographical','a.','Made or done according to the rules of\n   stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the\n   earth.'),('Stereographically','adv.','In a stereographical manner; by delineation on\n   a plane.'),('Stereography','n.','The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a\n   plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all\n   solids which are regularly defined.'),('Stereometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a\n   body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer.'),('Stereometer','n.','An instrument for determining the specific gravity of\n   liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids.'),('Stereometric','a.','Alt. of Stereometrical'),('Stereometrical','a.','Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or\n   obtained by stereometry.'),('Stereometry','n.','The art of measuring and computing the cubical\n   contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.'),('Stereomonoscope','n.','An instrument with two lenses, by which an image\n   of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to\n   present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons\n   at once.'),('Stereoplasm','n.','The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm.\n   See Hygroplasm.'),('Stereopticon','n.','An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic\n   lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of\n   a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a\n   manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and\n   accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic\n   lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.'),('Stereoscope','n.','An optical instrument for giving to pictures the\n   appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one,\n   through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the\n   purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with\n   two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are\n   superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.'),('Stereoscopic','a.','Alt. of Stereoscopical'),('Stereoscopical','a.','Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic\n   of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the\n   stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.'),('Stereoscopist','n.','One skilled in the use or construction of\n   stereoscopes.'),('Stereoscopy','n.','The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of\n   constructing the instrument or the views used with it.'),('Stereostatic','a.','Geostatic.'),('Stereotomic','a.','Alt. of Stereotomical'),('Stereotomical','a.','Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by\n   stereotomy.'),('Stereotomy','n.','The science or art of cutting solids into certain\n   figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of\n   stonecutting.'),('Stereotype','n.','A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or\n   of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate\n   with type-metal face, used for printing.'),('Stereotype','n.','The art or process of making such plates, or of\n   executing work by means of them.'),('Stereotyped','imp. & p. p.','of Stereotype'),('Stereotyping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stereotype'),('Stereotype','v. t.','To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the\n   stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.'),('Stereotype','v. t.','Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.'),('Stereotyped','a.','Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates.'),('Stereotyped','a.','Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as,\n   stereotyped opinions.'),('Stereotyper','n.','One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates,\n   or works in a stereotype foundry.'),('Stereotypery','n.','The art, process, or employment of making stereotype\n   plates.'),('Stereotypery','n.','A place where stereotype plates are made; a\n   stereotype foundry.'),('Stereotypic','a.','Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates.'),('Stereotypist','n.','A stereotyper.'),('Stereotypographer','n.','A stereotype printer.'),('Stereotypography','n.','The act or art of printing from stereotype\n   plates.'),('Stereotypy','n.','The art or process of making stereotype plates.'),('Sterhydraulic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic\n   press; resembling such a press in action or principle.'),('Sterile','a.','Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;\n   unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a\n   sterile year.'),('Sterile','a.','Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of\n   offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a\n   sterile flower, which bears only stamens.'),('Sterile','a.','Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile\n   fluid.'),('Sterile','a.','Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a\n   sterile production or author.'),('Sterility','n.','The quality or condition of being sterile.'),('Sterility','n.','Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state\n   of being free from germs or spores.'),('Sterilization','n.','The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering\n   sterile; also, the state of being sterile.'),('Sterilized','imp. & p. p.','of Sterilize'),('Sterilizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sterilize'),('Sterilize','v. t.','To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as\n   land; to exhaust of fertility.'),('Sterilize','v. t.','To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render\n   incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.'),('Sterilize','v. t.','To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid\n   or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial\n   or other organisms.'),('Sterlet','n.','A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian\n   Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest\n   caviare is made from its roe.'),('Sterling','n.','Same as Starling, 3.'),('Sterling','n.','Any English coin of standard value; coined money.'),('Sterling','n.','A certain standard of quality or value for money.'),('Sterling','a.','Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money\n   of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling\n   sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money\n   of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.'),('Sterling','a.','Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the\n   highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of\n   sterling good sense.'),('Stern','n.','The black tern.'),('Stern','superl.','Having a certain hardness or severity of nature,\n   manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed;\n   unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a\n   sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern\n   decree.'),('Stern','v. t.','The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.'),('Stern','v. t.','The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a\n   boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.'),('Stern','v. t.','Fig.: The post of management or direction.'),('Stern','v. t.','The hinder part of anything.'),('Stern','v. t.','The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a\n   dog.'),('Stern','a.','Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.'),('Sternage','n.','Stern.'),('Sternal','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the\n   sternum.'),('Sternbergite','n.','A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft\n   flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.'),('Sternebrae','pl. ','of Sternebra'),('Sternebra','n.','One of the segments of the sternum.'),('Sterned','a.','Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in\n   composition; as, square-sterned.'),('Sterner','n.','A director.'),('Sternforemost','adv.','With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance;\n   hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.'),('Sternite','n.','The sternum of an arthropod somite.'),('Sternly','adv.','In a stern manner.'),('Sternmost','a.','Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost\n   ship in a convoy.'),('Sternness','n.','The quality or state of being stern.'),('Sterno-','','A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection\n   with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.'),('Sternocoracoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.'),('Sternocostal','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the\n   sternocostal cartilages.'),('Sternohyoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or\n   cartilage.'),('Sternomastoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid\n   process.'),('Sternothyroid','a.','Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid\n   cartilage.'),('Sternpost','n.','A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam,\n   erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive\n   the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.'),('Sternsman','n.','A steersman.'),('Sternson','n.','The end of a ship\'s keelson, to which the sternpost is\n   bolted; -- called also stern knee.'),('Sterna','pl. ','of Sternum'),('Sternums','pl. ','of Sternum'),('Sternum','n.','A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous\n   plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most\n   vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.'),('Sternum','n.','The ventral part of any one of the somites of an\n   arthropod.'),('Sternutation','n.','The act of sneezing.'),('Sternutative','a.','Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.'),('Sternutatory','a.','Sternutative.'),('Sternutatory','n.','A sternutatory substance or medicine.'),('Sternway','n.','The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern\n   foremost.'),('Stern-wheel','a.','Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel\n   steamer.'),('Stern-wheeler','n.','A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side\n   wheels.'),('Sterquilinous','a.','Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty;\n   paltry.'),('Sterre','n.','A star.'),('Sterrink','n.','The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the\n   Antarctic Ocean.'),('Sterrometal','n.','Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which\n   cannon are sometimes made.'),('Stert','p. p.','Started.'),('Sterte','','p. p. of Start.'),('Stertorious','a.','Stertorous.'),('Stertorous','a.','Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines\n   inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely\n   breathing; snoring.'),('Sterve','v. t. & i.','To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.'),('Stet','subj. 3d pers. sing.','Let it stand; -- a word used by proof\n   readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission,\n   is to remain.'),('Stetted','imp. & p. p.','of Stet'),('Stetting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stet'),('Stet','v. t.','To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for\n   omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or\n   beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.'),('Stethal','n.','One of the higher alcohols of the methane series,\n   homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal\n   salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.'),('Stethograph','n.','See Pneumatograph.'),('Stethometer','n.','An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a\n   given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called\n   thoracometer.'),('Stethoscope','n.','An instrument used in auscultation for examining the\n   organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of\n   the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.'),('Stethoscope','v. t.','To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.'),('Stethoscopic','a.','Alt. of Stethoscopical'),('Stethoscopical','a.','Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made\n   by means of a stethoscope.'),('Stethoscopist','n.','One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.'),('Stethoscopy','n.','The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.'),('Steve','v. t.','To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship\'s hold. See Steeve.'),('Stevedore','n.','One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in\n   port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.'),('Steven','n.','Voice; speech; language.'),('Steven','n.','An outcry; a loud call; a clamor.'),('Stew','n.','A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a\n   vivarium.'),('Stew','n.','An artificial bed of oysters.'),('Stewed','imp. & p. p.','of Stew'),('Stewing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stew'),('Stew','v. t.','To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to\n   seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without\n   boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.'),('Stew','v. i.','To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in\n   heat and moisture.'),('Stew','v. t.','A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes\n   are furnished; a hothouse.'),('Stew','v. t.','A brothel; -- usually in the plural.'),('Stew','v. t.','A prostitute.'),('Stew','v. t.','A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.'),('Stew','v. t.','A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry;\n   confusion; as, to be in a stew.'),('Steward','n.','A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to\n   manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the\n   rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.'),('Steward','n.','A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a\n   ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc.\n   In naval vessels, the captain\'s steward, wardroom steward, steerage\n   steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide\n   for the messes under their charge.'),('Steward','n.','A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a\n   Methodist church.'),('Steward','n.','In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the\n   students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to\n   the accounts of the students.'),('Steward','n.','In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to\n   exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.'),('Steward','v. t.','To manage as a steward.'),('Stewardess','n.','A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in\n   passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.'),('Stewardly','adv.','In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.'),('Stewardship','n.','The office of a steward.'),('Stewartry','n.','An overseer or superintendent.'),('Stewartry','n.','The office of a steward; stewardship.'),('Stewartry','n.','In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the\n   lands under such jurisdiction.'),('Stewish','a.','Suiting a stew, or brothel.'),('Stewpan','n.','A pan used for stewing.'),('Stewpot','n.','A pot used for stewing.'),('Stey','n.','See Stee.'),('Sthenic','a.','Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states\n   attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and\n   characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous\n   system; as, a sthenic fever.'),('Stiacciato','n.','The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture\n   of the 15th and 16th centuries.'),('Stian','n.','A sty on the eye. See Styan.'),('Stibborn','a.','Stubborn.'),('Stibial','a.','Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.'),('Stibialism','n.','Antimonial intoxication or poisoning.'),('Stibiated','a.','Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).'),('Stibic','a.','Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of\n   antimony.'),('Stibiconite','n.','A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a\n   yellow color.'),('Stibine','n.','Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas\n   produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a\n   characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame.\n   Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.'),('Stibious','a.','Antimonious.'),('Stibium','n.','The technical name of antimony.'),('Stibium','n.','Stibnite.'),('Stibnite','n.','A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic\n   luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; --\n   called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.'),('Stibonium','n.','The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; --\n   called also antimonium.'),('Sticcado','n.','An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at\n   the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind\n   of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the\n   smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones\n   are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to\n   flexible sticks.'),('Stich','n.','A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.'),('Stich','n.','A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures),\n   one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old\n   Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the\n   Revised Version of the English Bible.'),('Stich','n.','A row, line, or rank of trees.'),('Stichic','a.','Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of\n   stichs, or lines.'),('Stichida','pl. ','of Stichidium'),('Stichidium','n.','A special podlike or fusiform branch containing\n   tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.'),('Stichomancy','n.','Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at\n   hazard.'),('Stichometrical','a.','Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by\n   stichs, or lines.'),('Stichometry','n.','Measurement of books by the number of lines which they\n   contain.'),('Stichometry','n.','Division of the text of a book into lines; especially,\n   the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense,\n   -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.'),('Stichwort','n.','A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).'),('Stick','v. t.','A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting,\n   from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size,\n   cut for fuel or timber.'),('Stick','v. t.','Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether\n   in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the\n   stick of a rocket; a walking stick.'),('Stick','v. t.','Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.'),('Stick','v. t.','A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or\n   stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.'),('Stick','v. t.','A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a\n   frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is\n   used.'),('Stick','v. t.','A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.'),('Stuck','imp. & p. p.','of Stick'),('Sticked','','of Stick'),('Sticking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stick'),('Stick','n.','To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab;\n   hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.'),('Stick','n.','To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to\n   pierce; as, to stick a needle into one\'s finger.'),('Stick','n.','To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in;\n   hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing;\n   as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.'),('Stick','n.','To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.'),('Stick','n.','To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.'),('Stick','n.','To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an\n   apple on a fork.'),('Stick','n.','To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick\n   on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any\n   manner.'),('Stick','n.','To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to\n   stick type.'),('Stick','n.','To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in\n   contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be\n   stuck.'),('Stick','n.','To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle;\n   as, to stick one with a hard problem.'),('Stick','n.','To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.'),('Stick','v. i.','To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks\n   to the wall.'),('Stick','v. i.','To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any\n   position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to\n   cleave; to be united closely.'),('Stick','v. i.','To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of\n   some obstacle; to be stayed.'),('Stick','v. i.','To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be\n   deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.'),('Stick','v. i.','To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.'),('Sticked','imp.','Stuck.'),('Sticker','n.','One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.'),('Sticker','n.','That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or\n   poses.'),('Sticker','n.','In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part)\n   a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.'),('Sticker','n.','Same as Paster, 2.'),('Stickfuls','pl. ','of Stickful'),('Stickful','n.','As much set type as fills a composing stick.'),('Stickiness','n.','The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue\n   or paste.'),('Sticking','','a. & n. from Stick, v.'),('Stickit','a.','Stuck; spoiled in making.'),('Stick-lac','n.','See the Note under Lac.'),('Stickled','imp. & p. p.','of Stickle'),('Stickling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stickle'),('Stickle','v. i.','To separate combatants by intervening.'),('Stickle','v. i.','To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a\n   pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.'),('Stickle','v. i.','To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the\n   other; to trim.'),('Stickle','v. t.','To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to\n   appease, as disputants.'),('Stickle','v. t.','To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by\n   intervening; hence, to arbitrate.'),('Stickle','v. t. & i.','A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current\n   below a waterfall.'),('Stickleback','v. t.','Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the\n   genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or\n   more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and\n   construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and\n   prickleback.'),('Stickler','v. t.','One who stickles.'),('Stickler','v. t.','One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a\n   second; an umpire.'),('Stickler','v. t.','One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling\n   things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender;\n   as, a stickler for ceremony.'),('Stick-seed','n.','A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family,\n   with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.'),('Sticktail','n.','The ruddy duck.'),('Stick-tight','n.','Beggar\'s ticks.'),('Sticky','superl.','Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive;\n   gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.'),('Stiddy','n.','An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy.'),('Stiff','superl.','Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or\n   flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.'),('Stiff','superl.','Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated;\n   neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.'),('Stiff','superl.','Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff\n   gale or breeze.'),('Stiff','superl.','Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate;\n   pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.'),('Stiff','superl.','Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected;\n   starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.'),('Stiff','superl.','Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.'),('Stiff','superl.','Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a\n   stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.'),('Stiff','superl.','Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff\n   charge; a stiff price.'),('Stiff-backed','a.','Obstinate.'),('Stiffened','imp. & p. p.','of Stiffen'),('Stiffening','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stiffen'),('Stiffen','v. t.','To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to\n   stiffen cloth with starch.'),('Stiffen','v. t.','To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to\n   stiffen paste.'),('Stiffen','v. t.','To make torpid; to benumb.'),('Stiffen','v. i.','To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the\n   adjective.'),('Stiffener','n.','One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of\n   stiff cloth in a cravat.'),('Stiffening','n.','Act or process of making stiff.'),('Stiffening','n.','Something used to make anything stiff.'),('Stiff-hearted','a.','Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.'),('Stiffish','a.','Somewhat stiff.'),('Stiffly','adv.','In a stiff manner.'),('Stiff-necked','a.','Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as,\n   stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.'),('Stiff-neckedness','n.','The quality or state of being stiff-necked;\n   stubbornness.'),('Stiffness','n.','The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness\n   of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.'),('Stifftail','n.','The ruddy duck.'),('Stiff-tailed','a.','Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.'),('Stifle','n.','The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the\n   hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to\n   the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.'),('Stifled','imp. & p. p.','of Stifle'),('Stifling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stifle'),('Stifle','v. t.','To stop the breath of by crowding something into the\n   windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to\n   choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle\n   one with smoke or dust.'),('Stifle','v. t.','To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to\n   stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.'),('Stifle','v. t.','To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother;\n   to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle\n   passion.'),('Stifle','v. i.','To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or\n   because some noxious substance prevents respiration.'),('Stifled','a.','Stifling.'),('Stifler','n.','One who, or that which, stifles.'),('Stifler','n.','See Camouflet.'),('Stigmas','pl. ','of Stigma'),('Stigmata','pl. ','of Stigma'),('Stigma','v. t.','A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.'),('Stigma','v. t.','Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish;\n   stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful\n   characterization.'),('Stigma','v. t.','That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is\n   fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and\n   is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of\n   Flower.'),('Stigma','v. t.','A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied\n   especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and\n   to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute\n   holes in such spots.'),('Stigma','v. t.','A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the\n   extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of\n   certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as\n   in the case of drunkards.'),('Stigma','v. t.','One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects,\n   myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.'),('Stigma','v. t.','One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids.\n   See Illust. of Scorpion.'),('Stigma','v. t.','One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of\n   Amphioxus.'),('Stigma','v. t.','A point so connected by any law whatever with another\n   point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a\n   plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same\n   plane.'),('Stigma','v. t.','Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed\n   upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the\n   crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.'),('Stigmaria','n.','The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus\n   Sigillaria.'),('Stigmata','n.','pl. of Stigma.'),('Stigmatic','n.','A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded;\n   one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.'),('Stigmatic','n.','A person who is marked or deformed by nature.'),('Stigmatic','n.','A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet\n   resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; -- for true\n   stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously,\n   as a sign of great holiness.'),('Stigmatic','a.','Alt. of Stigmatical'),('Stigmatical','a.','Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to\n   character.'),('Stigmatical','a.','Impressing with infamy or reproach.'),('Stigmatical','a.','Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.'),('Stigmatically','adv.','With a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.'),('Stigmatist','n.','One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the\n   marks of Christ\'s wounds. See Stigma, 8.'),('Stigmatization','n.','The act of stigmatizing.'),('Stigmatization','n.','The production of stigmata upon the body. See\n   Stigma, 8.'),('Stigmatized','imp. & p. p.','of Stigmatize'),('Stigmatizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stigmatize'),('Stigmatize','v. t.','To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients\n   stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.'),('Stigmatize','v. t.','To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some\n   mark of reproach or infamy.'),('Stigmatose','a.','Same as Stigmatic.'),('Stigonomancy','n.','Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.'),('Stike','n.','Stanza.'),('Stilar','a.','Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.'),('Stilbene','n.','A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large,\n   fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.'),('Stilbite','n.','A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous\n   silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike\n   aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or\n   yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called\n   also desmine.'),('Stile','n.','A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style.\n   See Style.'),('Stile','n.','Mode of composition. See Style.'),('Stile','v. i.','A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in\n   passing a fence or wall.'),('Stile','v. i.','One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary\n   members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.'),('Stilet','n.','A stiletto.'),('Stilet','n.','See Stylet, 2.'),('Stilettos','pl. ','of Stiletto'),('Stiletto','n.','A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed\n   blade.'),('Stiletto','n.','A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in\n   embroidery.'),('Stiletto','n.','A beard trimmed into a pointed form.'),('Stilettoed','imp. & p. p.','of Stiletto'),('Stilettoing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stiletto'),('Stiletto','v. t.','To stab or kill with a stiletto.'),('Still','adv.','Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or\n   sit still.'),('Still','adv.','Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the\n   animals are still.'),('Still','adv.','Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a\n   still evening; a still atmosphere.'),('Still','adv.','Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.'),('Still','adv.','Constant; continual.'),('Still','adv.','Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.'),('Still','n.','Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of\n   midnight.'),('Still','n.','A steep hill or ascent.'),('Still','a.','To this time; until and during the time now present; now no\n   less than before; yet.'),('Still','a.','In the future as now and before.'),('Still','a.','In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always;\n   ever; constantly; uniformly.'),('Still','a.','In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much\n   used with comparatives.'),('Still','a.','Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what\n   has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See\n   Synonym of But.'),('Still','a.','After that; after what is stated.'),('Stilled','imp. & p. p.','of Still'),('Stilling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Still'),('Still','a.','To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet,\n   or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the\n   raging sea.'),('Still','a.','To stop, as noise; to silence.'),('Still','a.','To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or\n   excitement; as, to still the passions.'),('Still','v.','A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of\n   liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic\n   liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus\n   used in in vaporization and condensation.'),('Still','v.','A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.'),('Still','v. t.','To cause to fall by drops.'),('Still','v. t.','To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and\n   condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.'),('Still','v. i.','To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.'),('Stillage','n.','A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.'),('Stillatitious','a.','Falling in drops; drawn by a still.'),('-ries','pl. ','of Stillatory'),('Stillatory','a.','An alembic; a vessel for distillation.'),('Stillatory','a.','A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is\n   performed.'),('Stillbirth','n.','The birth of a dead fetus.'),('Stillborn','a.','Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.'),('Stillborn','a.','Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.'),('Still-burn','p. pr. & vb. n.','To burn in the process of distillation;\n   as, to still-burn brandy.'),('Still-closing','a.','Ever closing.'),('Stiller','n.','One who stills, or quiets.'),('Stillhouse','n.','A house in which distillation is carried on; a\n   distillery.'),('Still-hunt','n.','A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or\n   under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object\n   quietly and cautiously.'),('Stillicide','n.','A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water\n   falling from the eaves.'),('Stillicidious','a.','Falling in drops.'),('Stilliform','a.','Having the form of a drop.'),('Stilling','n.','A stillion.'),('Stillion','n.','A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for\n   pottery while drying.'),('Stillness','n.','The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence;\n   calmness; inactivity.'),('Stillness','n.','Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.'),('Stillroom','n.','A room for distilling.'),('Stillroom','n.','An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and\n   the like, are kept.'),('Stillstand','n.','A standstill.'),('Stilly','a.','Still; quiet; calm.'),('Stilly','adv.','In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.'),('Stilpnomelane','n.','A black or greenish black mineral occurring in\n   foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a\n   hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.'),('Stilt','n.','A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to\n   raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to\n   the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the\n   hand or arm.'),('Stilt','n.','A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.'),('Stilt','n.','Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and\n   allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender.\n   Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.'),('Stilted','imp. & p. p.','of Stilt'),('Stilting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stilt'),('Stilt','v. t.','To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.'),('Stiltbird','n.','See Stilt, n., 3.'),('Stilted','a.','Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a\n   stilted style; stilted declamation.'),('Stiltify','v. t.','To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.'),('Stilty','a.','Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty\n   style.'),('Stime','n.','A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse.'),('Stimulant','a.','Serving to stimulate.'),('Stimulant','a.','Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in\n   any of its parts.'),('Stimulant','n.','That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.'),('Stimulant','n.','An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital\n   activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; -- sometimes used\n   without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a\n   stimulant.'),('Stimulated','imp. & p. p.','of Stimulate'),('Stimulating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stimulate'),('Stimulate','v. t.','To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or\n   animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or\n   by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the\n   prospect of glory.'),('Stimulate','v. t.','To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the\n   activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.'),('Stimulation','n.','The act of stimulating, or the state of being\n   stimulated.'),('Stimulation','n.','The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on\n   muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked;\n   especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves,\n   or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is\n   thrown into a state of activity; irritation.'),('Stimulative','a.','Having the quality of stimulating.'),('Stimulative','n.','That which stimulates.'),('Stimulator','n.','One who stimulates.'),('Stimulatress','n.','A woman who stimulates.'),('Stimulism','n.','The theory of medical practice which regarded life as\n   dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by\n   excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.'),('Stimulism','n.','The practice of treating disease by alcoholic\n   stimulants.'),('Stimuli','pl. ','of Stimulus'),('Stimulus','v. t.','A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or\n   spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to\n   labor and action.'),('Stimulus','v. t.','That which excites or produces a temporary increase of\n   vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts;\n   especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the\n   activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an\n   impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific\n   end organ.'),('Sting','v. t.','Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when\n   connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by\n   piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp\n   is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is\n   a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of\n   a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.'),('Sting','v. t.','A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which\n   secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs\n   usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.'),('Sting','v. t.','Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the\n   stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.'),('Sting','v. t.','The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of\n   stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.'),('Sting','v. t.','A goad; incitement.'),('Sting','v. t.','The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.'),('Stung','imp. & p. p.','of Sting'),('Stang','','of Sting'),('Stinging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Sting'),('Sting','v. t.','To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an\n   animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.'),('Sting','v. t.','To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with\n   remorse; to bite.'),('Sting','v. t.','To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.'),('Stingaree','n.','Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.'),('Stingbull','n.','The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco),\n   which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of\n   its dorsal fin. See Weever.'),('Stinger','n.','One who, or that which, stings.'),('Stingfish','n.','The weever.'),('Stingily','adv.','In a stingy manner.'),('Stinginess','n.','The quality or state of being stingy.'),('Stinging','a.','Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting;\n   inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon;\n   pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.'),('Stingless','a.','Having no sting.'),('Stingo','n.','Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.'),('Stingtail','n.','A sting ray.'),('Stingy','a.','Stinging; able to sting.'),('Stingy','superl.','Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious;\n   niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.'),('Stunk','imp. & p. p.','of Stink'),('Stank','','of Stink'),('Stinking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stink'),('Stink','v. i.','To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a\n   disgusting odor.'),('Stink','v. t.','To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.'),('Stink','n.','A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.'),('Stinkard','n.','A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.'),('Stinkard','n.','The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable\n   odor.'),('Stinkball','n.','A composition of substances which in combustion emit a\n   suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.'),('Stinker','n.','One who, or that which, stinks.'),('Stinker','n.','Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels\n   which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the\n   giant fulmar.'),('Stinkhorn','n.','A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a\n   fetid odor.'),('Stinking','','a. & n. from Stink, v.'),('Stinkingly','adv.','In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.'),('Stinkpot','n.','An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other\n   materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in\n   boarding an enemy\'s vessel.'),('Stinkpot','n.','A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.'),('Stinkpot','n.','The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.'),('Stinkstone','n.','One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar,\n   which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.'),('Stinkweed','n.','Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.'),('Stinkwood','n.','A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant\n   smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of\n   the South African Ocotea bullata.'),('Stint','n.','Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the\n   sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India\n   (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.'),('Stint','n.','A phalarope.'),('Stinted','imp. & p. p.','of Stint'),('Stinting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stint'),('Stint','v. t.','To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine;\n   to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.'),('Stint','v. t.','To put an end to; to stop.'),('Stint','v. t.','To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person),\n   upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the\n   day or for a certain time; to stent.'),('Stint','v. t.','To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of\n   mares.'),('Stint','v. i.','To stop; to cease.'),('Stint','v. t.','Limit; bound; restraint; extent.'),('Stint','v. t.','Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.'),('Stintance','n.','Restraint; stoppage.'),('Stintedness','n.','The state of being stinted.'),('Stinter','n.','One who, or that which, stints.'),('Stintless','a.','Without stint or restraint.'),('Stipe','n.','The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.'),('Stipe','n.','The stalk of a pistil.'),('Stipe','n.','The trunk of a tree.'),('Stipe','n.','The stem of a fungus or mushroom.'),('Stipel','n.','The stipule of a leaflet.'),('Stipellate','a.','Having stipels.'),('Stipend','n.','Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid\n   daily, monthly, or annually.'),('Stipend','v. t.','To pay by settled wages.'),('Stipendiarian','a.','Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.'),('Stipendiary','a.','Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a\n   stated price or compensation.'),('Stipendiaries','pl. ','of Stipendiary'),('Stipendiary','n.','One who receives a stipend.'),('Stipendiate','v. t.','To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support;\n   to pay.'),('Stipendless','a.','Having no stipend.'),('Stipites','pl. ','of Stipes'),('Stipes','n.','The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.'),('Stipes','n.','An eyestalk.'),('Stipitate','a.','Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds\n   of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.'),('Stipitiform','a.','Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.'),('Stippled','imp. & p. p.','of Stipple'),('Stippling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stipple'),('Stipple','v. t.','To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from\n   engraving in lines.'),('Stipple','v. t.','To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches\n   which together produce an even or softly graded surface.'),('Stipple','n.','Alt. of Stippling'),('Stippling','n.','A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or\n   small points instead of lines.'),('Stippling','n.','A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is\n   produced by many small touches.'),('Stiptic','a. & n.','See Styptic.'),('Stipulas','pl. ','of Stipula'),('Stipulae','pl. ','of Stipula'),('Stipula','n.','A stipule.'),('Stipula','n.','A newly sprouted feather.'),('Stipulaceous','a.','Alt. of Stipular'),('Stipular','a.','Of or pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules;\n   furnished with stipules; growing on stipules, or close to them;\n   occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular glands and stipular\n   tendrils.'),('Stipulary','a.','Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular.'),('Stipulate','a.','Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.'),('Stipulated','imp. & p. p.','of Stipulate'),('Stipulating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Stipulate'),('Stipulate','v. i.','To make an agreement or covenant with any person or\n   company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle\n   terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting\n   the armies of France.'),('Stipulation','n.','The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining;\n   an agreement.');
