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~Run away~, Flee, escape, take to one's heels, give leg bail, take one's self off.

~Runaway~, _n._ Fugitive, deserter.

~Run down~, ~1.~ Catch by chasing.

~2.~ Run against and sink.

~3.~ Crush, overthrow, overbear.

~4.~ Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down.

~Rung~, _n._ Round (_of a ladder_).

~Run in debt~, Get into debt, contract debts, become involved.

~Runlet~, _n._ Brook, RUN, small stream.

~Runnel~, _n._ [_Rare._] Run, rivulet.

~Runner~, _n._ ~1.~ Racer.

~2.~ Messenger, courier.

~3.~ Footman, foot-boy, livery servant.

~Run on~, Continue, hold on, be continued.

~Run out~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Extend, thrust out, push out.

~2.~ Waste, exhaust, expend.

~Run out~, [_Neuter._] ~1.~ Expire, be at end.

~2.~ Be wasted, be exhausted.

~3.~ Spread, expatiate.

~Run over~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Pass over.

~2.~ Recount (_cursorily_).

~Run over~, [_Neuter._] Overflow.

~Run riot~, Go to excess.

~Run the hazard~, RUN THE RISK.

~Run the risk~, Take the chance, risk it, run the hazard.

~Run through~, ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, stab.

~2.~ Waste, expend, exhaust, run out.

~Run up~, Grow, swell, increase, rise.

~Rupture~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, fracture, disruption.

~2.~ Quarrel, feud, altercation, squabble, contention, hostility.

~3.~ HERNIA.

~Rupture~, _v. a._ Break, burst.

~Rural~, _a._ Rustic, pastoral, country.

~Ruse~, _n._ [Fr.] Stratagem, trick, fraud, artifice, dodge, wile, manœuvre, deceit, deception, delusion, imposture, BAM, chouse, fetch, clap-trap, crafty device.

~Rush~, _n._ ~1.~ Straw (_as of little worth_), farthing, copper.

~2.~ Driving on, violent course.

~Rush~, _v. n._ Career, push on, press on.

~Rush out~, ~1.~ Issue, flow, flow out.

~2.~ Press out, hurry out, go out with a rush.

~Rust~, _n._ ~1.~ Hydrated peroxide of iron.

~2.~ Mildew, blight, must, mustiness, mould, smut.

~Rust~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gather rust, become rusty, be oxidized.

~2.~ Decay, degenerate, grow dull, become sluggish.

~Rustic~, _a._ ~1.~ Rural, country.

~2.~ Countrified, unpolished, uncouth, inelegant, hoiden, hoidenish, rough, rude, outlandish, boorish, barbarous.

~Rustic~, _n._ Swain, peasant, clown, boor, lout, hind, bumpkin, countryman.

~Rusticate~, _v. n_. Dwell or reside in the country.

~Rusticity~, _n_. Rudeness, clownishness, coarseness, boorishness, artlessness, simplicity.

~Rusty~, _a._ ~1.~ Covered with rust.

~2.~ Musty, fusty, mildewed.

~Rut~, _n._ ~1.~ Track of a wheel.

~2.~ Rote (_of the sea_).

~Ruta-baga~, _n._ Swedish turnip (_Brassica campestris_).

~Ruthless~, _a._ Merciless, pitiless, cruel, uncompassionate, unpitying, unmerciful, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, barbarous, fell, savage, ferocious, inhuman, hard-hearted.

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~Sabbath~, _n._ ~1.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Sunday, the Lord's day, the day of rest, the Christian sabbath, first day of the week (_among Christians_), seventh day of the week (_among Jews_).

~2.~ Rest, repose, time of rest.

~Sable~, _n._ ~1.~ Zibelline marten (_Mustela zibellina_).

~2.~ Pine marten, American sable (_Mustela abietum_).

~Sable~, _a._ Dark, dusky.

~Sabre~, _n._ [Written also _Saber_.] Cimeter, falchion, cavalry sword, dragoon's sword.

~Sabulous~, _a._ Sandy.

~Saccharine~, _a._ Sugary, sweet.

~Sacerdotal~, _a._ Priestly.

~Sack~, _n._ ~1.~ Bag, pouch.

~2.~ Spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravage.

~3.~ Sherry, sherry wine.

~Sack~, _v. a._ Ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, destroy, plunder, pillage, rifle, ransack, lay waste, take by storm.

~Sacrament~, _n._ ~1.~ Rite, ceremony, solemnity.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Eucharist, Communion, Lord's Supper.

~Sacred~, _a._ ~1.~ Hallowed, holy, divine.

~2.~ Religious, not secular, not profane.

~3.~ Dedicated, devoted, consecrated.

~4.~ Inviolable, not to be profaned.

~5.~ Venerable, sainted.

~Sacredness~, _n._ ~1.~ Holiness, sanctity.

~2.~ Inviolableness.

~Sacrifice~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Immolate, offer up.

~2.~ Surrender, give up.

~Sacrifice~, _n._ ~1.~ Immolation.

~2.~ Offering, oblation.

~3.~ Surrender.

~Sacrilege~, _n._ Profanation, desecration.

~Sacrilegious~, _a._ Irreverent, impious, blasphemous, profane, desecrating.

~Sacring-bell~, _n._ Saints' bell, mass bell.

~Sacristy~, _n._ Vestry, vestry-room.

~Sad~, _a._ ~1.~ Sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down.

~2.~ Gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegone.

~3.~ Grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable.

~Saddle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a saddle on.

~2.~ Load, burden, encumber.

~Saddle-horse~, _n._ Palfrey.

~Sad-iron~, _n._ Flat-iron.

~Sadness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sorrow, despondency, MELANCHOLY, depression, dejection, sorrowfulness, depression of spirits.

~2.~ Gloominess, mournfulness, dolefulness.

~Safe~, _a._ ~1.~ Secure, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unhurt, sound, free from harm, out of harm's way.

~2.~ Protected, guarded, under lock and key, under cover.

~3.~ Trusty, trustworthy, reliable, to be depended on, to be relied on.

~Safe~, _n._ ~1.~ Place of safety, secure place.

~2.~ Coffer, money-chest, strong box.

~Safe-conduct~, _n._ ~1.~ Escort, convoy, safeguard, protection.

~2.~ Pass, passport.

~Safeguard~, _n._ ~1.~ Defence, protection, security, bulwark, palladium.

~2.~ Convoy, escort, safe conduct.

~3.~ Pass, passport.

~Safety~, _n._ Security.

~Sag~, _v. n._ Bend (_by force of gravity_), settle, swag, give way.

~Sagacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Quick-scented, quick of scent.

~2.~ Discerning, intelligent, rational, gifted, sage, shrewd, acute, apt, keen, able, perspicacious, enlightened, wise, sharp-witted, keen- witted, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, long-headed.

~Sagaciousness~, _n._ Sagacity.

~Sagacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Sagaciousness, quickness of scent.

~2.~ Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, astuteness, penetration, ingenuity, discernment, perspicacity, sense, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Sage~, _a._ ~1.~ Wise, sagacious, sapient, discerning, shrewd, acute, intelligent, sensible.

~2.~ Prudent, grave, judicious, oracular, venerable.

~Sagittary~, _n._ (_Myth._) Centaur, archer, bowman.

~Said~, _a._ Aforesaid, before mentioned.

~Sail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail.

~2.~ Plough the deep, plough the waves.

~Sail~, _v. a._ Navigate.

~Sail-cloth~, _n._ Duck, canvas.

~Sailor~, _n._ Seaman, mariner, navigator, TAR, seafarer, seafaring man.

~Sail round~, Circumnavigate.

~Saint~, _n._ Holy person.

~Sainted~, _a._ ~1.~ Consecrated, sacred, holy.

~2.~ Canonized.

~Saint-John's bread~, _n._ Carob-tree, Algaroba tree, locust-tree (_Ceratonia siliqua_).

~Saintly~, _a._ Holy, devout, pious, religious, godly.

~Saint-Simonianism~, _n._ Fourierism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, socialism.

~Saint-Vitus's dance~, Chorea.

~Sake~, _n._ ~1.~ Reason, purpose, end, final cause.

~2.~ Score, account, regard, respect, consideration.

~Salable~, _a._ ~1.~ Vendible, marketable, fit for sale.

~2.~ In good demand, of ready sale.

~Salacious~, _a._ Lewd, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lascivious, wanton, libidinous, lickerish, concupiscent, lewd, loose, prurient, unchaste, incontinent.

~Salamander~, _n._ Eft, newt.

~Sal-ammoniac~, _n._ Chloride of ammonium, hydrochlorate of ammonia, muriate of ammonia.

~Salary~, _n._ Stipend, wages, hire, allowance, pay.

~Sale~, _n._ Demand, market, vent, opportunity to sell.

~Salient~, _a._ ~1.~ Projecting, prominent, standing out, in relief.

~2.~ Striking, remarkable.

~Saline~, _a._ Briny.

~Saline~, _n._ Salt-spring, salt-pit.

~Saliva~, _n._ Spittle.

~Sallow~, _a._ Yellow (_as from illness_), yellowish; of a pale, sickly color.

~Sally~, _n._ ~1.~ Sortie.

~2.~ Digression, excursion.

~3.~ Frolic, escapade, wild gayety.

~4.~ Jest, joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, JEU D'ESPRIT, sprightly fancy, flash of wit.

~Sally~, _v. n._ Rush out, issue suddenly, sally forth.

~Sally forth~, SALLY.

~Salmagundi~, _n._ Medley, olio, miscellany, mixture, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, pot-pourri, OLLA PODRIDA, MÉLANGE.

~Salmon-trout~, _n._ Sea-trout (_Salmo trutta_), hirling.

~Saloon~, _n._ Spacious room, reception room.

~Salsify~, _n._ [Written also _Salsafy_.] Oyster-plant (_Tragopogon porrifolius_).

~Sal-soda~, _n._ Carbonate of soda.

~Salt~, _n._ Chloride of sodium, muriate of soda, common salt.

~Saltation~, _n._ Leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault.

~Saltatory~, _a._ Leaping, jumping, skipping, hopping, dancing.

~Salt-cake~, _n._ Sulphate of soda (_artificially prepared from common salt_).

~Saltish~, _a._ Brackish, somewhat salty.

~Salt of hartshorn~, Sal-volatile, carbonate of ammonia (_solid and impure_), sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, volatile salts, smelling salts.

~Salt of lemons~, ~1.~ Binoxalate of potash, salt of sorrel, essential salt of lemons.

~2.~ Oxalic acid.

~Salt of sorrel~, ~1.~ Binoxalate of potash, salt of lemons.

~2.~ Oxalic acid.

~Salt of Tartar~, Pure carbonate of potash.

~Saltpetre~, _n._ [Written also _Saltpeter_.] Nitre, nitrate of potash.

~Salt-water~, _n._ Sea-water.

~Salt-wort~, _n._ Glass-wort, marsh-samphire (_Salicornia herbacea_).

~Salubrious~, _a._ Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome, salutiferous.

~Salubriousness~, _n._ SALUBRITY.

~Salubrity~, _n._ Healthiness, healthfulness, salutariness, wholesomeness, salubriousness.

~Salutariness~, _n._ SALUBRITY.

~Salutary~, _a._ ~1.~ Healthy, healthful, salubrious, wholesome, salutiferous, helpful.

~2.~ Advantageous, beneficial, serviceable, good.

~Salutation~, _n._ ~1.~ Greeting, salute, address.

~2.~ Obeisance, reverence, bow, courtesy.

~Salutatory~, _a._ [_U. S._] Greeting.

~Salutatory~, _n._ [_U. S._] Salutatory oration.

~Salute~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Greet, hail, address, welcome, bow to, nod to, show civility to, pay one's respects to, pay homage or obeisance to.

~2.~ Kiss, greet with a kiss.

~Salute~, _n._ ~1.~ Salutation, greeting, address.

~2.~ Kiss, buss.

~Salutiferous~, _a._ Healthy, healthful, salutary, salubrious, wholesome.

~Salvation~, _n._ Preservation, deliverance, redemption, rescue, escape from danger, security from evil.

~Salvo~, _n._ ~1.~ Exception, reservation.

~2.~ Volley, general discharge (_of fire-arms_).

~Sal-volatile~, _n._ Sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, carbonate of ammonia, smelling salts, salt of hartshorn.

~Same~, _a._ ~1.~ Identical, not different.

~2.~ Similar, like, corresponding; of like kind, sort, or degree.

~Sameness~, _n._ ~1.~ Identity, identicalness.

~2.~ Similarity, resemblance, correspondence.

~3.~ Monotony, want of variety.

~Sample~, _n._ ~1.~ Specimen, illustration.

~2.~ Example, pattern, instance.

~Sampler~, _n._ Pattern (_of needle-work_).

~Sanability~, _n._ Curableness, sanableness.

~Sanable~, _n._ Curable, remediable, healable.

~Sanableness~, _n._ Curableness, sanability.

~Sanative~, _a._ Healing, curative, curing, sanatory.

~Sanatory~, _a._ Healing, SANATIVE.

~Sanctification~, _n._ ~1.~ Justification, absolution, remission of sin.

~2.~ Consecration.

~Sanctified~, _a._ Consecrated, hallowed.

~Sanctifier~, _n._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The Holy Spirit.

~Sanctify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make holy, cleanse from sin.

~2.~ Consecrate, hallow.

~Sanctimonious~, _a._ Pharisaical, affectedly holy, hypocritically devout.

~Sanctimoniousness~, _n._ Pharisaism, hypocrisy, cant, formalism, pietism, sanctimony, assumed piety.

~Sanctimony~, _n._ Affected holiness, hypocritical devoutness, pretence of holiness, sanctimoniousness.

~Sanction~, _n._ Confirmation, ratification, countenance, support, authority, warranty, authorization.

~Sanction~, _v. a._ Ratify, confirm, countenance, support, authorize, warrant, allow, legalize, bind.

~Sanctity~, _n._ ~1.~ Purity, holiness, godliness, saintliness, goodness, piety, grace, religion, devotion.

~2.~ Sacredness, inviolability, solemnity.

~Sanctuary~, _n._ ~1.~ Sacred or holy place, consecrated spot, holy ground, SANCTUM SANCTORUM, Holy of Holies.

~2.~ Temple, church, place of worship, consecrated building.

~3.~ Asylum, refuge, shelter.

~Sanctum Sanctorum~, [L.] Sanctuary, Holy of Holies.

~Sand~, _n._ Gravel, small pebbles.

~Sand~, _v. a._ Cover or sprinkle with sand.

~Sand-flea~, _n._ Beach-flea, sandhopper.

~Sand-fly~, _n._ Midge (_Simulium nocivum_).

~Sandhopper~, _n._ Sand-flea, beach-flea.

~Sandiver~, _n._ Glass-gall.

~Sandy~, _a._ Sabulous.

~Sane~, _a._ Sound (_especially in mind_), healthy, sober, lucid, not disordered, not insane.

~Saneness~, _n._ Sanity.

~Sang froid~, [Fr.] Coolness, unconcern, indifference, cold blood.

~Sanguinary~, _a._ ~1.~ Bloody, murderous.

~2.~ Cruel, blood-thirsty, savage, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, fell.

~Sanguine~, _a._ ~1.~ Red, crimson.

~2.~ Warm, ardent, lively, animated.

~3.~ Confident, hopeful, enthusiastic, buoyant.

~Sanity~, _n._ Saneness, soundness.

~Sans-culotte~, _n._ [Fr.] ~1.~ Ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, ragged fellow.

~2.~ Jacobin, radical, republican.

~Sans souci~, [Fr.] Without care, with unconcern, free and easy.

~Sap~, _n._ Juice (_of a plant_).

~Sap~, _v. a._ Mine, undermine.

~Sap-head~, _n._ [_Cant term._] Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Sapid~, _a._ Savory, relishing.

~Sapidness~, _n._ Savoriness, savor, taste, sapidity.

~Sapidity~, _n._ SAPIDNESS.

~Sapience~, _n._ Wisdom, sageness, knowledge, sagacity, shrewdness, intelligence, sense.

~Sapient~, _a._ Wise, sage, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, acute, intelligent.

~Sapless~, _a._ ~1.~ Without sap, destitute of sap.

~2.~ Decayed, dry, old.

~Saponaceous~, _a._ Soapy.

~Sapor~, _n._ Taste, flavor, savor, gust, relish, smack.

~Sappiness~, _n._ ~1.~ Juiciness, succulence.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Silliness.

~Sappy~, _a._ ~1.~ Juicy, succulent.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Silly, underwitted, half-witted, foolish.

~Sap-rot~, _n._ Dry-rot, POWDER-POST.

~Saracen~, _n._ ~1.~ Arabian, Arab.

~2.~ Mussulman, Mahometan.

~Sarcasm~, _n._ Taunt, gibe, fling, satire, irony, ridicule, cutting jest, satirical remark.

~Sarcastic~, _a._ Severe, cutting, taunting, satirical, sharp, biting, mordacious.

~Sarcophagus~, _n._ Stone coffin.

~Sard~, _n._ Carnelian, sardel, sardine, sardius, sardoin.

~Sardel~, _n._ Sard.

~Sardine~, _n._ SARD.

~Sardius~, _n._ SARD.

~Sardoin~, _n._ SARD.

~Sarlac~, _n._ Yak, grunting ox of Tartary.

~Sarlyk~, _n._ Yak, grunting ox of Tartary.

~Sarment~, _n._ Runner, long twig; prostrate, filiform stem.

~Sash~, _n._ Girdle, band, belt, scarf.

~Satan~, _n._ Belial, Apollyon, Devil, the evil one, the arch-enemy, the arch-fiend, the tempter, the author of evil, the wicked one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend.

~Satanic~, _a._ Diabolical, infernal, hellish, devilish, malicious, malignant.

~Sate~, _v. a._ SATIATE.

~Satellite~, _n._ ~1.~ Moon, secondary planet.

~2.~ Attendant, follower, dependant, retainer, vassal.

~Satiate~, _v. a._ Sate, glut, gorge, surfeit, cloy, pall, overfeed.

~Satiety~, _n._ Repletion, surfeit, fulness, glut.

~Satire~, _n._ Ridicule, sarcasm, invective, irony, phillipic, diatribe, fling, squib, lampoon, pasquinade, cutting remark.

~Satirical~, _a._ Sarcastic, severe, taunting, censorious, cutting, biting, sharp, keen, poignant, invective, mordacious.

~Satirize~, _v. a._ Censure, ridicule, abuse, lampoon, lash, inveigh against.

~Satisfaction~, _n._ ~1.~ Gratification.

~2.~ Contentment, content, enjoyment, ease, comfort.

~3.~ Compensation, amends, requital, remuneration, indemnification, reparation, atonement, recompense.

~4.~ Discharge, payment.

~Satisfactorily~, _ad._ In a satisfactory manner, to one's heart's content.

~Satisfactory~, _a._ ~1.~ Gratifying, pleasing.

~2.~ Sufficient, conclusive, convincing, decisive.

~3.~ Compensating, atoning, that makes amends.

~Satisfy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Please, gratify, content.

~2.~ Recompense, requite, indemnify.

~3.~ Pay, discharge, settle.

~4.~ Convince, persuade.

~5.~ Fulfil, answer.

~Saturate~, _v. a._ Drench, fill full (_with a liquid absorbed_), impregnate or imbue fully.

~Saturation~, _n._ Repletion, fulness.

~Saturnalia~, _n. pl._ [L.] Revels, orgies, BACCHANALS.

~Saturnian~, _a._ ~1.~ Of Saturn.

~2.~ Palmy, joyous, halcyon, golden, happy.

~Saturnine~, _a._ Dull, heavy, grave, sad, gloomy, sedate.

~Sauce~, _n._ ~1.~ Seasoning, relish, condiment, appetizing compound.

~2.~ [_Low._] Impertinence, SAUCINESS.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Culinary vegetables.

~Saucebox~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Saucy fellow, impudent fellow.

~Sauciness~, _n._ Impertinence, insolence, impudence, pertness, malapertness, rudeness, SAUCE.

~Saucy~, _a._ Impertinent, impudent, pert, insolent, cavalier, rude, forward, bold, flippant, malapert.

~Saunders-blue~, _n._ Ultramarine.

~Saunter~, _v. n._ Loiter, linger, lag, delay, lounge, stroll, dilly- dally, wander about idly, move slowly.

~Saunterer~, _n._ Loiterer, lounger, stroller, lagger, laggard, rambler, idle wanderer.

~Sauria~, _n. pl._ Lizards.

~Saurian~, _n._ Lizard.

~Saury-pike~, _n._ Skipper (_Scomberesox saurus_).

~Savage~, _a._ ~1.~ Uncultivated (_as a forest_), wild, rough, sylvan.

~2.~ Uncivilized (_like an inhabitant of the woods_), untaught, rude, barbarous, unpolished, bearish.

~3.~ Untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, sanguinary, blood-thirsty.

~4.~ Inhuman, brutal, brutish, brute, cruel, fell, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, ruthless, merciless, heathenish, relentless, hard-hearted, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic.

~Savage~, _n._ Barbarian.

~Savanna~, _n._ [Written also _Savannah_.] Meadow, plain, plateau, prairie, pampas, open country, champaign country, table-land, steppe.

~Savant~, _n._ [Fr. _pl._ Savants.] Scholar, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati, man of science.

~Save~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver, rescue, protect, preserve, redeem.

~2.~ Reserve, keep, hold, husband, lay up, lay by.

~3.~ Spare, prevent, hinder, obviate, insure against.

~Save~, _prep._ Except, leaving out, not including.

~Saver~, _n._ ~1.~ Rescuer, deliverer, savior, preserver.

~2.~ Economist.

~Saving~, _a._ Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful.

~Savior~, _n._ ~1.~ Rescuer, saver, deliverer, preserver, protector, defender, guardian.

~2.~ [With _The_ or _Our_ prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Lamb of God.

~Saviour~, _n._ ~1.~ Rescuer, saver, deliverer, preserver, protector, defender, guardian.

~2.~ [With _The_ or _Our_ prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Lamb of God.

~Savor~, _n._ ~1.~ Taste, flavor, relish, gust, smack, GOÛT.

~2.~ Odor, scent, smell, fragrance.

~Savor~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Taste, smack.

~2.~ Partake, have a touch of.

~Savorless~, _a._ Tasteless, insipid, vapid, gustless, mawkish, stale, flat, without savor or relish.

~Savory~, _a._ Relishing, piquant, luscious, palatable, delicious, flavorous, nice, well-tasted.

~Saw~, _n._ Saying, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

~Sawney~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Saw-set~, _n._ Saw-wrest.

~Saw-wrest~, _n._ Saw-set.

~Say~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak, utter, allege, tell, affirm, declare, pronounce.

~2.~ Repeat, rehearse, recite.

~Saying~, _n._ ~1.~ Expression, observation, remark, declaration, statement.

~2.~ Proverb, saw, maxim, aphorism, adage, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

~Scabbard~, _n._ Sheath (_of a sword or a dagger_), case.

~Scabies~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) The itch, psora.

~Scabrous~, _a._ Rough, rugged, scraggy, cragged, uneven.

~Scaffold~, _n._ Stage, frame, scaffolding, STAGING.

~Scaffolding~, _n._ SCAFFOLD.

~Scalawag~, _n._ [_Low._] Scapegrace, miserable scamp, worthless fellow.

~Scald~, _v. a._ Burn (_with a hot liquid_).

~Scald-head~, _n._ PORRIGO, ringworm of the scalp.

~Scale~, _n._ ~1.~ Dish (_of a balance_).

~2.~ Balance.

~3.~ Gradation, progressive series.

~4.~ Lamina, layer, flake, LAMELLA, thin plate.

~Scale~, _v. a._ CLIMB, ascend, escalade, mount, clamber up.

~Scale off~, Exfoliate, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales.

~Scallion~, _n._ (_Bot._) Shallot (_Allium Ascalonicum_).

~Scallop~, _v. a._ Indent, notch.

~Scaly~, _a._ ~1.~ Flaky, lamelliform.

~2.~ [_Low._] Mean, scurvy, stingy, contemptible.

~Scaly ant-eater~, Pangolin.

~Scamp~, _n._ [_colloquial._] Rogue, rascal, cheat, knave, swindler, sharper, trickster, scoundrel, villain, scapegrace, SCALAWAG, worthless fellow.

~Scamper~, _v. n._ Scud, run, trip, hie, haste, hasten, speed.

~Scan~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recite metrically, divide into feet.

~2.~ Scrutinize, examine, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into.

~Scandal~, _n._ ~1.~ Defamation, aspersion, calumny, backbiting, slander, detraction, traducement, reproach, obloquy.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy, discredit, disrepute, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, ingloriousness.

~Scandalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Offend, give offence to.

~2.~ Vilify, asperse, defame, backbite, decry, calumniate, slander, reproach, libel, revile, satirize, lampoon, bring disgrace on, inveigh against.

~Scandalous~, _a._ ~1.~ Opprobrious, defamatory, libellous, slanderous.

~2.~ Disgraceful, shameful, infamous, disreputable, ignominious, atrocious, odious, inglorious.

~Scant~, _v. a._ Limit, straiten, stint.

~Scant~, _a._ Insufficient, SCANTY.

~Scantiness~, _n._ Insufficiency, meagreness, narrowness, deficiency, short supply, short measure.

~Scanty~, _a._ Insufficient, short, narrow, slender, meagre, lean, scant, deficient, not plentiful, not enough.

~Scapegrace~, _n._ Rogue, knave, SCAMP, SCALAWAG.

~Scaphoid~, _a._ (_Anat._) Boat-shaped, cymbiform, navicular.

~Scapula~, _n._ Shoulder-blade.

~Scar~, _n._ Cicatrix, cicatrice, seam.

~Scaramouch~, _n._ Buffoon, harlequin, clown, zany, PUNCH.

~Scarce~, _a._ ~1.~ Deficient, wanting, not plentiful, not abundant.

~2.~ Rare, uncommon, infrequent.

~Scarcely~, _ad._ Hardly, barely, but just, with difficulty.

~Scarcity~, _n._ Deficiency, dearth, want, insufficiency, lack.

~Scarcity-root~, _n._ Field-beet, mangel-wurzel (_Beta altissima_).

~Scare~, _v. a._ Frighten, affright, FRIGHT, intimidate, daunt, appall, terrify, make afraid, put in fear.

~Scarfskin~, _n._ Cuticle, epidermis.

~Scarlatina~, _n._ Scarlet-fever.

~Scarlet-fever~, _n._ Scarlatina.

~Scath~, _v. a._ Injure, harm, blast, destroy, damage, waste.

~Scathe~, _v. a._ Injure, harm, blast, destroy, damage, waste.

~Scathless~, _a._ Uninjured, unhurt, intact, unharmed, untouched.

~Scatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strew, sprinkle, throw about loosely.

~2.~ Dissipate, disperse, diffuse, distribute, spread.

~Scatter-brain~, _n._ Scatter-brains, shatter-brain; giddy, thoughtless person.

~Scatter-brained~, _a._ Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, shatter- brained.

~Scatter-brains~, _n. pl._ SCATTER-BRAIN.

~Scattered~, _a._ ~1.~ Strewn, sprinkled.

~2.~ Diffused, dispersed, spread about.

~3.~ Sporadic, occurring here and there.

~Scene~, _n._ Spectacle, exhibition, show, sight, view, display, representation, pageant.

~Scenery~, _n._ Landscape, prospect, view.

~Scenic~, _a._ Theatrical, dramatic.

~Scent~, _n._ Odor, smell, perfume, fragrance, redolence, balminess.

~Scent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smell, get scent of.

~2.~ Perfume, fill with odor, give odor to.

~Scentless~, _a._ Inodorous, without odor, destitute of smell.

~Sceptic~, _n._ [Written also _Skeptic_.] ~1.~ Doubter.

~2.~ Deist, infidel, unbeliever, free thinker.

~Sceptical~, _a._ [Written also _Skeptical_.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

~Scepticism~, _n._ [Written also _Skepticism_.] ~1.~ Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

~2.~ Unbelief, infidelity, deism, free thinking.

~Sceptre~, _n._ [Written also _Scepter_.] ~1.~ Royal mace.

~2.~ Royal power, sovereign authority.

~Schedule~, _n._ ~1.~ Scroll, document.

~2.~ INVENTORY, list, CATALOGUE, record, roll, REGISTER.

~Scheme~, _n._ ~1.~ Plan, system.

~2.~ Device, design, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.

~3.~ Draft, outline.

~Scheme~, _v. a._ Plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame.

~Scheme~, _v. n._ Intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention.

~Schemer~, _n._ Planner, projector, contriver.

~Schism~, _n._ ~1.~ Division (_in a church_), separation.

~2.~ Disunion, discord.

~Schismatic~, _n._ Sectary, heretic, nonconformist, dissenter, separatist.

~Schismatical~, _a._ Discordant, dissentient.

~Schistose~, _a._ Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky.

~Schistous~, _a._ Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky.

~Scholar~, _n._ ~1.~ Disciple, pupil, student, learner.

~2.~ SAVANT, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati.

~Scholarlike~, _a._ Scholarly.

~Scholarly~, _a._ Scholar-like.

~Scholars~, _n. pl._ LITERATI, savans, the learned, learned men.

~Scholarship~, _n._ ~1.~ Learning, erudition, knowledge, attainments, acquirements, acquired knowledge.

~2.~ Maintenance for a student.

~Scholastic~, _a._ ~1.~ Academic, literary, lettered, bookish.

~2.~ Pedantic, formal, after the manner of the schoolmen.

~Scholastic~, _n._ Schoolman.

~Scholiast~, _n._ Commentator, annotator, glossarist.

~Scholium~, _n._ Annotation, comment, remark, observation, note, elucidation, gloss.

~School~, _n._ ~1.~ Seminary, academy, institute, gymnasium, place of education.

~2.~ Sect, class, denomination.

~School~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Instruct, teach, educate, train, drill, exercise, indoctrinate.

~2.~ Tutor, discipline, control, govern, bring under subjection.

~School-book~, _n._ Text-book.

~School-fellow~, _n._ School-mate.

~Schooling~, _n._ Tuition, instruction, education, teaching, training, nurture, discipline.

~Schoolman~, _n._ Scholastic.

~School-master~, _n._ Instructor, preceptor, teacher, tutor, master, PEDAGOGUE.

~School-mate~, _n._ School-fellow.

~Sciatica~, _n._ Ischiagra, gout of the hip.

~Sciatic~, _a._ Of the hip, ischiadic, ischiatic.

~Sciatical~, _a._ Of the hip, ischiadic, ischiatic.

~Science~, _n._ ~1.~ Knowledge, information, learning.

~2.~ System of knowledge, body of knowledge, philosophical knowledge, knowledge of principles or general laws.

~3.~ Branch of knowledge.

~Scientific~, _a._ Philosophical, according to principles or general laws.

~Scilicet~, _ad._ [L.] Namely, VIDELICET, to wit, that is, that is to say, to particularize.

~Scintilla~, _n._ [L.] Spark, glimmer, jot, shadow, trace, iota, whit, tittle, bit, ace, grain, atom, particle, corpuscle, scrap, mite.

~Scintillant~, _a._ Sparkling.

~Scintillate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sparkle, twinkle, coruscate.

~2.~ Emit sparks.

~Scintillation~, _n._ ~1.~ Spark, sparkle, flash, coruscation.

~2.~ Twinkling, sparkling.

~Sciolism~, _n._ Smattering, shallowness, superficialness, imperfect knowledge, superficial knowledge, slight knowledge.

~Sciolist~, _n._ Smatterer, ignoramus, novice, greenhorn.

~Scion~, _n._ Sprout, shoot, twig, branch, cion, graft.

~Sclavonic~, _a._ Slavic, Slavonian.

~Sclerotic~, _n._ (_Anat._) White of the eye.

~Scoff~, _v. a._ Mock, deride, jeer, scoff at.

~Scoff~, _v. n._ Mock, jeer, jibe, sneer.

~Scoff~, _n._ ~1.~ Sneer, jibe, jeer, taunt, flout, biting jest.

~2.~ Derision, ridicule, mockery, raillery, scoffing, jeering.

~Scoffer~, _n._ Scorner, mocker, ridiculer, railer, derider, despiser, jeerer.

~Scold~, _v. a._ Berate, rate, censure, reprimand, blame, chide, scold at, BLOW UP.

~Scold~, _n._ Vixen, shrew, termagant.

~Scold at~, Rebuke, chide, reprimand, reprove, censure, condemn, denounce, blame, declaim against, inveigh against, exclaim against, rail at.

~Scolding~, _a._ Chiding, berating, abusive, vituperative.

~Scolding~, _n._ Railing, vituperation, abuse, JAW.

~Sconce~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Head, skull.

~2.~ Brains, sense.

~Scoop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excavate, hollow, scoop out.

~2.~ Lade out.

~Scoop out~, ~1.~ Excavate, make hollow, hollow out.

~2.~ Scoop, lade out.

~Scooper~, _n._ Avoset.

~Scope~, _n._ ~1.~ Purpose, proposal, drift, tendency, aim, mark, intention, intent, purport, design, object, view.

~2.~ Room, opportunity, margin, range, liberty, latitude, amplitude, free course, free play, full play, elbow room.

~Scorch~, _v. a._ Burn (_slightly_), singe, char, roast, parch.

~Score~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, incision, notch, furrow.

~2.~ Account, charge, bill, debt, reckoning.

~3.~ Reason, motive, ground, consideration, sake.

~4.~ Twenty.

~Score~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark, notch, furrow, cut, scratch.

~2.~ Record, note, charge, set down, jot down.

~Scoria~, _n._ Dross, slag, recrement.

~Scoriæ~, _n. pl_ Volcanic cinders, slaggy lavas.

~Scorn~, _v. a._ Contemn, despise, disdain, scout, slight, hold in contempt.

~Scorn~, _v. n._ Disdain.

~Scorn~, _n._ Contempt, disdain, derision, mockery, slight, sneer.

~Scorner~, _n._ Scoffer, derider, despiser, ridiculer, jeerer, mocker.

~Scornful~, _a._ Contemptuous, disdainful, derisive, contumelious.

~Scot~, _n._ Tax, contribution, reckoning.

~Scotch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut (_slightly_), wound (_superficially_).

~2.~ Stop (_as a wheel to prevent it from rolling back_), block.

~Scotch~, _a._ Scottish.

~Scotch-hoppers~, _n._ _pl._ Hoppers, hop-scotch.

~Scot-free~, _a._ ~1.~ Untaxed, without payment, without expense.

~2.~ Unhurt, uninjured, clear, safe.

~Scotticism~, _n._ Scottish idiom.

~Scottish~, _a._ Scotch.

~Scoundrel~, _n._ Knave, rogue, villain, rascal, scamp, cheat, trickster, swindler, sharper, scapegrace, caitiff, vile wretch, miscreant.

~Scoundrelism~, _n._ Knavery, roguery, villainy, rascality, turpitude, baseness.

~Scour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clean (_by friction_), make bright.

~2.~ Range over, brush along, pass swiftly over.

~3.~ Purge (_violently_).

~4.~ Rake, search closely.

~Scour~, _v. n._ Course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly.

~Scourge~, _n._ ~1.~ Whip, lash, thong, strap, cowhide.

~2.~ Punishment, affliction, curse, pest, bane, plague, annoyance, infliction, nuisance.

~Scourge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lash, whip.

~2.~ Punish, chastise, chasten.

~Scout~, _n._ Spy.

~Scout~, _v. n._ Act the spy.

~Scout at~, SCOUT, sneer at.

~Scout~, _v. a._ Ridicule, deride, disdain, despise, contemn, scorn, spurn, scoff at, laugh at, sneer at, hold in contempt.

~Scowl~, _v. n._ Frown; look angry, sour, or sullen.

~Scowl~, _n._ Frown.

~Scrabble~, _v._ _a._ Scribble, scrawl, scratch.

~Scrabble~, _v._ _n._ Scribble, scrawl.

~Scrabble~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Scramble, struggle, muss.

~Scraggy~, _a._ ~1.~ Rough, rugged, uneven, broken, craggy, scabrous.

~2.~ Lean, thin, lank, meagre, gaunt, skinny, emaciated, attenuated, scranny, scrawny.

~Scramble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Struggle (_as in climbing_), scrabble.

~2.~ Climb (_with difficulty_), clamber.

~Scramble~, _n._ Struggle, contest, muss, scrabble.

~Scranny~, _a._ [_Local._] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRAWNY.

~Scrap~, _n._ ~1.~ Fragment, bit, fraction, remnant, little piece, small part.

~2.~ Crumb, morsel, bite, mouthful.

~Scrape~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rub or abrade (_with something edged_).

~2.~ Gather, collect.

~Scrape~, _n._ Difficulty, perplexity, distress, embarrassment, hot water.

~Scrape acquaintance~, Make acquaintance, make one's self acquainted, curry favor.

~Scratch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark with a scratch, or with scratches.

~2.~ Wound slightly (_as with the nails_).

~3.~ Scribble, write carelessly.

~4.~ Dig (_with the claws_).

~Scratch~, _n._ ~1.~ Incision (_slight and ragged_).

~2.~ Slight wound (_as with the nails_).

~3.~ Scratch-wig, small wig, periwig, peruke.

~4.~ Scribble, scrawl.

~Scratch-cradle~, _n._ Cat's cradle, cratch-cradle.

~Scratches~, _n. pl._ [_Farriery_.] Grease.

~Scratch out~, Erase, obliterate, rub out.

~Scratch-wig~, _n._ SCRATCH, small wig.

~Scrawl~, _v. a._ Scribble, scrabble, scratch, write carelessly.

~Scrawl~, _v. n._ Scribble, scrabble.

~Scrawl~, _n._ Scribble, scratch, careless writing.

~Scrawler~, _n._ Scribbler.

~Scrawny~, _a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRANNY.

~Scream~, _v. n._ Shriek, screech, cry out (_in a shrill voice_).

~Scream~, _n._ Shriek, screech, yell, outcry, shrill cry.

~Screech~, _v. n._ Shriek, SCREAM.

~Screech~, _n._ SCREAM.

~Screed~, _n._ [_Scottish_.] ~1.~ Cry, outcry, shrill sound.

~2.~ Harangue, tirade.

~Screen~, _n._ ~1.~ Protection, guard, defence, shield.

~2.~ Veil, disguise, cloak, cover.

~Screen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hide, shelter, cover, conceal, shroud, mask, cloak, protect, defend.

~2.~ Riddle, sift.

~Screw~, _n._ Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow.

~Screw-jack~, _n._ Jack-screw.

~Screw-shaped~, _a._ Cochleary, cochleated, spiral, helical, winding.

~Screw-steamer~, _n._ Propeller.

~Scribble~, _v. n._ Scrawl, scrabble, scratch.

~Scribbler~, _n._ ~1.~ Scrawler.

~2.~ Petty author.

~Scribe~, _n._ ~1.~ Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.

~2.~ Clerk, secretary, notary.

~Scrimp~, _a._ [_Local._] Short, scanty.

~Scrimp~, _v. a._ [_Local._] Scant, contract, shorten, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce.

~Scrimp~, _n._ Miser, niggard, SCREW.

~Scrip~, _n._ ~1.~ Wallet, satchel, small bag.

~2.~ Certificate of stock.

~Scriptural~, _a._ Biblical, scripture, of the Scriptures, of the Bible.

~Scripture~, _n._ ~1.~ Writing, document.

~2.~ The Scriptures, the Bible, the Holy Scriptures.

~Scriptures~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The Bible, The Holy Scriptures, Scripture, Holy Writ, the word of God.

~Scripture~, _a._ SCRIPTURAL.

~Scrivener~, _n._ Writer (_by profession_), SCRIBE.

~Scrofula~, _n._ Struma, King's evil.

~Scroll~, _n._ ~1.~ Schedule, roll of paper or parchment.

~2.~ Flourish, paraph.

~3.~ Volute, spiral ornament.

~Scrouge~, _v. a._ [_Local, England_; _Colloquial, U. S._] Crowd, squeeze.

~Scrub~, _v. a._ Scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard.

~Scrub~, _v. n._ Work hard.

~Scrub~, _n._ Mean fellow.

~Scrubby~, _a._ ~1.~ Vile, mean, pitiful, poor, shabby, sorry, miserable, despicable.

~2.~ Small, diminutive, puny, stunted, dwarfed, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean.

~Scruple~, _n._ ~1.~ Hesitation, hesitancy, doubt, perplexity, qualm.

~2.~ Twenty grains.

~Scruple~, _v. n._ Hesitate, doubt, waver, fluctuate.

~Scrupulosity~, _n._ Over-nicety, conscientiousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, tenderness of conscience.

~Scrupulous~, _a._ ~1.~ Conscientious, punctilious, strict, nice.

~2.~ Cautious, careful, exact, vigilant.

~Scrupulousness~, _n._ SCRUPULOSITY.

~Scrutinize~, _v. a._ Examine, investigate, search, canvass, study, sift, explore, overhaul, probe, dissect, look into, search into, pry into.

~Scrutiny~, _n._ Search, examination, investigation, inquisition, exploration, sifting, searching or careful inquiry, close search, critical examination.

~Scud~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flee, run, speed, trip, hie, post, scamper, haste, hasten.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Drive before a gale.

~Scuddle~, _v. n._ Scuttle, hurry, bustle, run about (_in affecting to be busy_).

~Scuffle~, _v. n._ Struggle (_in a disorderly manner_), contend, fight, strive (_as in a close embrace_).

~Scuffle~, _n._ Contest (_of a disorderly kind_), struggle, fight, rencounter, encounter, broil, fray, brawl, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercation, set-to.

~Sculptor~, _n._ CARVER.

~Sculpture~, _n._ ~1.~ CARVING, statuary, plastic art.

~2.~ Carved work.

~Sculpture~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Carve, chisel, cut.

~2.~ Engrave, grave.

~Scum~, _n._ Froth, dross, refuse, scoria, recrement.

~Scurf~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Med._) Miliary scab.

~2.~ Soil, stain, foul remains.

~Scurfy~, _a._ Scabby, scabbed, scurvy, scaly, furfuraceons, lentiginous.

~Scurrile~, _a._ SCURRILOUS.

~Scurrilous~, _a._ ~1.~ Abusive, scurrile, reproachful, opprobrious, vituperative, insulting, insolent, contumelious, ribald, blackguard, indecent, offensive, foul-mouthed.

~2.~ Low, mean, vile, foul, coarse, vulgar, gross.

~Scurvy~, _a._ ~1.~ Scurfy, scabbed, scabby.

~2.~ Vile, mean, low, base, bad, sorry, contemptible, despicable, worthless, pitiful, abject.

~Scutate~, _a._ Clypeiform, shield-shaped.

~Scutcheon~, _n._ Shield, escutcheon, ensign armorial.

~Scuttle~, _v. n._ Hurry, bustle, scuddle, run about (_affecting to be busy_).

~Sea~, _n._ ~1.~ Ocean, main, the deep, the great deep, great sea, high sea.

~2.~ Wave, billow.

~Sea-ape~, _n._ SEA-FOX.

~Sea-board~, _n._ Beach, strand, shore, sea-coast.

~Sea-cabbage~, _n._ Sea-kale, sea-colewort (_Crambe maritima_).

~Sea-coal~, _n._ Mineral coal, pit coal.

~Sea-coast~, _n._ Sea-board, beach, strand, shore.

~Sea-colewort~, _n._ SEA-CABBAGE.

~Sea-cow~, _n._ ~1.~ Walrus, morse, seahorse (_Trichechus rosmarus_).

~2.~ Manatee, lamantine.

~Sea-cucumber~, _n._ Trepang, BÊCHE-DE-MER, sea-slug.

~Sea-egg~, _n._ Sea-urchin.

~Seafarer~, _n._ Mariner, seaman, sailor, tar, navigator, seafaring man.

~Seafaring~, _a._ Following the business of a seaman.

~Sea-fox~, _n._ Thrasher, sea-ape, fox-shark (_Carcharias vulpes_).

~Sea-horse~, _n._ (_Zool._) ~1.~ Walrus, morse, sea-cow (_Trichechus rosmarus_).

~2.~ Hippopotamus, river-horse.

~Sea-kale~, _n._ SEA-CABBAGE.

~Seal~, _n._ ~1.~ Stamp.

~2.~ Attestation, authentication, confirmation.

~Seal~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, fasten, secure.

~2.~ Confirm, ratify, authenticate, attest.

~Sea-loach~, _n._ Rockling, whistle-fish, (_Motella vulgaris_).

~Seam~, _n._ ~1.~ Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.

~2.~ Fissure, crevice.

~3.~ (_Mining._) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein.

~4.~ Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.

~Seam~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unite, join together.

~2.~ Scar, mark with scars.

~Seaman~, _n._ Sailor, mariner, navigator, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.

~Sea-mew~, _n._ Mew, gull, cob, sea-cob.

~Seamstress~, _n._ Sempstress, needlewoman.

~Séance~, _n._ [Fr.] Session, sitting.

~Sea-needle~, _n._ Gar-fish, snook, green-bone, gar-pike, sea-pike, long-nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (_Esox belone_ or _Belone vulgaris_).

~Sea-pike~, _n._ SEA-NEEDLE.

~Sear~, _v. a._ Cauterize, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

~Sear~, _a._ Dry, withered.

~Search~, _v. a._ Examine, explore, scrutinize, investigate, overhaul, probe, sift, look into, search into, pry into, peer into.

~Search~, _v. n._ Seek, inquire, mouse, peer, search, make search, make inquiry.

~Search~, _n._ Examination, inquiry, scrutiny, research, exploration, investigation, quest, pursuit.

~Searcher~, _n._ Seeker, explorer, examiner, inquirer, trier.

~Searching~, _a._ ~1.~ Penetrating, trying.

~2.~ Close, thorough.

~Seared~, _a._ ~1.~ Cauterized, burnt on the surface.

~2.~ Hardened, callous, impenitent, unrepentant, obdurate, graceless, incorrigible, shameless, irreclaimable.

~Sea-robber~, _n._ Pirate, corsair, buccaneer, freebooter, picaroon, marauder, sea-rover.

~Sea-rover~, _n._ SEA-ROBBER.

~Sea-salt~, _n._ Common salt (_obtained by evaporating sea-water_), chloride of sodium, muriate of soda.

~Sea-sickness~, _n._ Nausea (_caused by the tossing of a vessel at sea_).

~Sea-slug~, _n._ Trepang, sea-cucumber, BÊCHE-DE-MER.

~Season~, _n._ ~1.~ Period of the year.

~2.~ Time, conjuncture, interval, spell, term, space of time.

~Season~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Habituate, accustom, inure, harden, form, train, fit by habit.

~2.~ Mature, prepare.

~3.~ Make palatable, give relish to, give zest to.

~4.~ Moderate, temper, qualify.

~Season~, _v. n._ Be seasoned, become seasoned.

~Seasonable~, _a._ Timely, opportune, fit, convenient, suitable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the purpose.

~Seasoning~, _n._ Condiment, relish, sauce, appetizing substance.

~Seat~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, station, site, situation.

~2.~ Abode, dwelling, residence, mansion.

~3.~ Bottom, fundament.

~Seat~, _v. a._ Place, station, locate, establish, fix, set, settle, dispose.

~Sea-tortoise~, _n._ Turtle.

~Sea-trout~, _n._ Hirling, salmon-trout (_Salmo trutta_).

~Sea-unicorn~, _n._ Narwhal, unicorn-fish, unicorn whale (_Monodon monoceros_).

~Sea-urchin~, _n._ Sea-egg.

~Sea-water~, _n._ Salt-water, water of the sea.

~Sebaceous~, _a._ Fat, fatty, unctuous, greasy, oily, oleaginous, adipose.

~Secede~, _v. n._ Withdraw, retire, draw off.

~Seceder~, _n._ SECTARY, separatist.

~Secession~, _n._ Withdrawal.

~Seclude~, _v. a._ Separate (_from society_), keep apart.

~Secluded~, _a._ Retired, withdrawn, close, sequestered, isolated, private.

~Seclusion~, _n._ Separation, retirement, privacy, secrecy, obscurity, solitude.

~Second~, _a._ ~1.~ Next to the first (_in place or in time_).

~2.~ Secondary, inferior.

~Second~, _n._ ~1.~ Maintainer, supporter, helper, assistant, backer.

~2.~ Sixtieth part of a minute.

~3.~ Moment, instant, jiffy, trice, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

~Second~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Support, help, forward, assist, aid, promote, back, encourage, abet, further, advance, stand by, side with, take part with.

~2.~ Approve, favor.

~Secondary~, _a._ Subordinate, inferior, not primary, not first-rate, not of the first order.

~Second-sight~, _n._ Prophetic vision.

~Secrecy~, _n._ ~1.~ Concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER.

~2.~ Seclusion, retirement.

~Secret~, _a._ ~1.~ Hidden, hid, concealed, latent, occult, covert, obscure, recondite, privy, close, covered, shrouded, veiled, unseen, unknown.

~2.~ Clandestine, sly, underhand, underhanded, hugger-mugger.

~3.~ Secluded, retired, private.

~Secretary~, _n._ Scribe, clerk.

~Secrete~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hide, conceal, shroud, bury.

~2.~ Separate (_as from blood or sap_).

~Secretly~, _ad._ Privately, privily.

~Secret vice~, Onanism, masturbation, self-abuse, self-pollution.

~Sect~, _n._ Denomination, school.

~Sectarian~, _n._ Sectary, partisan.

~Sectary~, _n._ ~1.~ SECTARIAN.

~2.~ Dissenter, nonconformist, heretic, separatist, schismatic, seceder.

~Section~, _n._ Division, fragment, portion, part, piece.

~Sectional~, _a._ ~1.~ Fragmentary.

~2.~ Divided, made in pieces or distinct parts.

~3.~ [_Modern._] Partial, exclusive, narrow, selfish.

~Secular~, _a._ Temporal, worldly, civil, profane, lay, not spiritual.

~Secularism~, _n._ SECULARITY.

~Secularity~, _n._ Worldliness, secularism, secularness, secular or worldly spirit.

~Secularness~, _n._ SECULARITY.

~Secundines~, _n. pl._ Afterbirth, placenta.

~Secundum artem~, [L.] Skilfully, cleverly, well, in a skilful manner.

~Secure~, _a._ ~1.~ Certain, sure, assured, confident, sanguine.

~2.~ Safe, snug, free from danger.

~3.~ Fixed, fast, stable, immovable.

~Secure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guard, protect.

~2.~ Insure, assure, guarantee, make sure, make certain, make sure of.

~3.~ Fasten, make fast, make firm.

~4.~ Get, acquire, gain, procure, make, get possession of.

~Security~, _n._ ~1.~ Safety.

~2.~ Protection, safeguard, defence, guard, bulwark, palladium.

~3.~ Pledge, pawn, deposit, surety, stake.

~Sedate~, _a._ Calm, composed, collected, quiet, placid, serene, tranquil, still, unruffled, undisturbed, settled, imperturbable, sober, serious, staid, cool, philosophical.

~Sedative~, _a._ Soothing, tranquillizing, calming, emollient, assuasive, assuaging, lenient, lenitive, demulcent, balmy.

~Sedative~, _n._ Opiate, anodyne, narcotic.

~Sediment~, _n._ Dregs, lees, settlings, grounds, precipitate, DUNDER.

~Sedition~, _n._ Insurrection, riot, rising, rebellion, revolt, tumult, mutiny.

~Seditious~, _a._ Rebellious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, tumultuous, factious, riotous, incendiary.

~Sedlitz powders~, Rochelle powders.

~Seduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Allure, decoy, entice, attract, tempt, inveigle, mislead, lead astray, ensnare.

~2.~ Tempt to the surrender of chastity.

~Seducement~, _n._ SEDUCTION.

~Seduction~, _n._ ~1.~ Enticement, allurement, seducement, solicitation, attraction, temptation, witchery.

~2.~ Lure, decoy, bait.

~Seductive~, _a._ Enticing, alluring, tempting.

~Sedulity~, _n._ [_Rare._] SEDULOUSNESS.

~Sedulous~, _a._ Diligent, assiduous, industrious, laborious, active, busy, notable, diligently employed, busily engaged.

~Sedulousness~, _n._ Assiduity, assiduousness, industry, diligence, SEDULITY.

~See~, _n._ Diocese.

~See~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Behold, descry, view, spy.

~2.~ Perceive, notice, observe, discern, remark, comprehend, understand.

~3.~ Visit, call on.

~See~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Look.

~2.~ Inquire, examine, notice, mark, observe.

~3.~ Take heed, take care, be careful, be attentive, pay attention.

~See~, _interj._ Look, lo, behold, observe.

~See about~, Consider, take into consideration.

~Seed~, _n._ ~1.~ Semen, sperm.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Embryo (_with its envelope or pericarp_), matured ovule, kernel, grain.

~3.~ Original, first principle.

~4.~ Progeny, offspring, descendants, children.

~Seed-lobe~, _n._ Cotyledon.

~Seed-vessel~, _n._ Pericarp, pod, LEGUME, capsule.

~Seedy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Old (_as garments_), worn, faded, shabby.

~2.~ Poor, needy, destitute, indigent, distressed, penniless, pinched, out of money, short of money, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, in need, in want, in distress.

~Seeing~, _n._ ~1.~ Sight, vision.

~2.~ Perception.

~Seeing~, _conj._ Considering, since, inasmuch as, for the reason that.

~See into~, Comprehend, understand, see through, take in.

~Seek~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find.

~2.~ Solicit, ask, inquire for, try to get, endeavor to gain.

~Seek~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Search, make search, look.

~2.~ Try, strive, endeavor, attempt.

~Seek after~, Seek, search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find.

~Seeker~, _n._ Inquirer.

~Seek-sorrow~, _n._ Hypochondriac, self-tormentor.

~Seem~, _v. n._ Appear, look, appear to be, present the appearance, have the appearance, strike one as being.

~Seeming~, _n._ Show, appearance, semblance, look, color, guise.

~Seeming~, _a._ Apparent, specious, not real.

~Seemingly~, _ad._ Apparently, ostensibly, in show, in semblance, in appearance.

~Seemliness~, _n._ ~1.~ Fitness, propriety, decency.

~2.~ Comeliness, beauty.

~Seemly~, _a._ ~1.~ Fit, fitting, befitting, becoming, proper, appropriate, congruous, meet, decent, decorous, right.

~2.~ Comely, fair, beautiful, handsome, pretty, well-favored.

~Seer~, _n._ Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator.

~Seesaw~, _n._ ~1.~ Reciprocating motion.

~2.~ Tetter-totter, titter-totter.

~Seethe~, _v. a._ Boil.

~Seethe~, _v. n._ Boil, be hot.

~See through~, Comprehend, understand, see into, take in.

~See to~, Attend to, look to, look after.

~See with half an eye~, See easily, cannot help seeing.

~Segment~, _n._ Portion, section.

~Segregate~, _v. a._ Separate, dissociate, insulate, isolate, set apart, place by itself.

~Segregation~, _n._ Separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment.

~Seignior~, _n._ Lord.

~Seigniory~, _n._ Lordship, manor.

~Seine~, _n._ Net (_large_).

~Seize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gripe, grasp, snatch, clutch, catch, capture, grapple, NAB, lay hold on, lay hold of, take possession of, fasten upon, lay hands on, take hold of (_forcibly and suddenly_).

~2.~ Come upon suddenly (_as attacks of disease_).

~Seized of~, (_Law._) Possessing, possessed of.

~Seizure~, _n._ Taking, catching, griping, grasping, capture, appropriation.

~Seldom~, _ad._ Barely, not often, not frequently.

~Select~, _v. a._ Choose, pick, cull, prefer, pick out, single out, pitch upon, fix upon.

~Select~, _a._ Selected, chosen, picked, rare, choice, good, excellent, exquisite.

~Selection~, _n._ Choice, pick.

~Self-abasement~, _n._ Humiliation, humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness.

~Self-abnegation~, _n._ Self-denial, self-sacrifice.

~Self-abuse~, _n._ Onanism, masturbation, secret vice, self-pollution.

~Self-asserting~, _a._ Bold, forward, demonstrative, presuming.

~Self-command~, _n._ Self-control, self-government, self-possession.

~Self-complacency~, _n._ SELF-CONCEIT.

~Self-complacent~, _a._ SELF-CONCEITED.

~Self-conceit~, _n._ Vanity, conceit, BUMPTIOUSNESS, self-sufficiency, egotism, self-complacency, self-esteem.

~Self-conceited~, _a._ Vain, egotistical, conceited, BUMPTIOUS, self- complacent, self-sufficient.

~Self-control~, _n._ Self-command, self-government, self-restraint.

~Self-deception~, _n._ Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania.

~Self-denial~, _n._ Self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, mortification.

~Self-destruction~, _n._ Suicide, self-murder, self-slaughter.

~Self-esteem~, _n._ Self-complacency, self-conceit, self-sufficiency.

~Self-dubbed~, _a._ Pretended, would-be, self-styled, SOI-DISANT.

~Self-government~, _n._ ~1.~ Self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint.

~2.~ Democracy.

~Selfish~, _a._ Illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary, narrow, narrow- minded, self-seeking.

~Selfishness~, _n._ Undue love of self, self-interest, private interest, illiberality, meanness.

~Self-mastery~, _n._ Self-command, self-control.

~Self-murder~, _n._ Suicide, self-destruction, self-slaughter, self- homicide.

~Self-murderer~, _n._ Suicide, FELO-DE-SE.

~Self-pollution~, _n._ Onanism, masturbation, secret vice, self-abuse.

~Self-possessed~, _a._ Calm, placid, composed, unruffled, unexcited, cool, undisturbed, sedate.

~Self-possession~, _n._ Calmness, composure, coolness, self-command, self-control.

~Self-reliance~, _n._ Confidence (_in one's own powers_), assurance, firmness, courage, intrepidity, reliance on one's self.

~Self-restraint~, _n._ Self-command, self-mastery, self-control.

~Self-sacrifice~, _n._ Self-denial, self-abnegation.

~Self-same~, _a._ Same, identical, the very same, exactly the same.

~Self-seeker~, _n._ Selfish person.

~Self-seeking~, _a._ Selfish, illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary.

~Self-slaughter~, _n._ Suicide, self-murder, self-destruction.

~Self-styled~, _a._ Pretended, would-be, self-dubbed.

~Self-sufficiency~, _n._ Conceit, conceitedness, pride, haughtiness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-confidence.

~Self-sufficient~, _a._ Proud, haughty, overbearing, assuming, arrogant, overweening, consequential, lordly.

~Self-will~, _n._ Wilfulness, stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy, pig- headedness.

~Self-willed~, _a._ Wilful, dogged, obstinate, headstrong, pig-headed, stubborn.

~Sell~, _v._ _a._ Vend, dispose of, put up to sale, bring to the hammer.

~Seller~, _n._ Vender.

~Selvage~, _n._ List, strip of cloth (_forming an edge_).

~Semaphore~, _n._ Telegraph.

~Semblance~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, similitude.

~2.~ Show, appearance, seeming, figure, form.

~Semen~, _n._ [L.] Sperm, seed, MILT.

~Semi~, _n._ [L.] [_Used as a prefix._] Half.

~Semi-annual~, _a._ Half-yearly.

~Semi-barbarian~, _a._ SEMI-BARBAROUS.

~Semi-barbarous~, _a._ Half-civilized, semi-barbarian, semi-savage.

~Seminal~, _a._ Germinal, radical, original, rudimental.

~Seminary~, _n._ School, academy, high-school, institute, gymnasium, college, university, place of education, seminary of learning.

~Semi-savage~, _a._ Semi-barbarous, half-civilized, semi-barbarian.

~Semi-transparent~, _a._ Translucent, imperfectly transparent.

~Sempiternal~, _a._ Everlasting, endless, perpetual, ever-during, unending, eternal.

~Sempstress~, _n._ Seamstress, needlewoman.

~Send~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, hurl, cast, fling, impel, emit, project, toss, launch, lance, jaculate.

~2.~ Despatch, delegate, depute, send forth, send out.

~3.~ Transmit, forward.

~4.~ Give, bestow, grant, confer.

~Seneca oil~, _n._ Petroleum, rock oil, mineral oil, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar.

~Seneca-root~, _n._ [Written also _Senega-root_ and _Seneka-root_.] Virginia snake-root.

~Senility~, _n._ ~1.~ Old age.

~2.~ Imbecility (_from old age_), dotage.

~Senior~, _a._ Older, elder.

~Senior~, _n._ Elder.

~Seniority~, _n._ Eldership.

~Sensation~, _n._ ~1.~ Feeling (_without perception or a reference to any object that causes the feeling_), sense.

~2.~ Excitement, impression.

~Sense~, _n._ ~1.~ Faculty of perception.

~2.~ Feeling, sensibility, sensation.

~3.~ Intellect, mind, understanding, reason, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties.

~4.~ Discernment, perception, sagacity, wisdom, tact, gumption, ballast, common sense.

~5.~ Opinion, judgment, notion, idea, conception, apprehension, view.

~6.~ Signification, meaning, import, purport, interpretation.

~7.~ Consciousness, persuasion, conviction.

~Senseless~, _a._ ~1.~ Inert, not sentient, without perception.

~2.~ Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic.

~3.~ Unreasonable, foolish, nonsensical, stupid, doltish, preposterous.

~Sensibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Feeling, sensitiveness.

~2.~ Delicacy of feeling, tender feeling, quick emotion.

~Sensible~, _n._. ~1.~ Perceptible (_by any of the senses or by the mind_), that makes an impression.

~2.~ Cognizant, observant, aware, conscious, convinced, persuaded.

~3.~ Judicious, wise, discreet, sage, sagacious, reasonable, intelligent, rational, sober, sound.

~Sensitive~, _a._. ~1.~ Sentient, perceptive.

~2.~ Impressible, easily affected.

~Sensitize~, _v. a._ (_Photography._) Make sensitive to light.

~Sensual~, _a._ ~1.~ Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual.

~2.~ Voluptuous, luxurious.

~3.~ Lewd, dissolute, licentious.

~Sensualist~, _n._ Voluptuary, epicure, sybarite, free-liver, man of pleasure.

~Sensuality~, _n._ ~1.~ Voluptuousness, carnality.

~2.~ Lewdness, dissoluteness, licentiousness.

~Sensuous~, _a._ Affecting the senses (_mediately or immediately_), that concerns sensible objects or impressions derived from the senses.

~Sentence~, _n._ ~1.~ Decision, judgment, determination.

~2.~ (_Common Law._) Condemnation, doom, judgment passed on a criminal.

~3.~ (_Civil and Admiralty Law._) Judicial decree.

~4.~ Period, proposition.

~Sentence~, _v. a._ Doom, condemn, pass judgment upon.

~Sententious~, _a._ Pithy, terse, laconic, pointed, compact, full of meaning, very expressive, to the point, short and energetic.

~Sententiousness~, _n._ Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor.

~Sentient~, _a._ Perceiving, perceptive, sensitive.

~Sentiment~, _n._ ~1.~ Feeling, sensibility, tenderness, emotion.

~2.~ Thought (_prompted by feeling_), opinion, notion, judgment.

~3.~ Saying, maxim, toast, striking remark.

~Sentimental~, _a._ Tender, impressible, romantic.

~Sentimentalism~, _n._ Sentimentality, affectation of sentiment, affected sensibility.

~Sentimentality~, _n._ SENTIMENTALISM.

~Sentinel~, _n._ Watchman, guard, sentry, guardsman.

~Sentry~, _n._ ~1.~ SENTINEL.

~2.~ Watch, guard, watch and ward.

~Separable~, _a._ Divisible, discerpible.

~Separate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disjoin, disunite, disconnect, dispart, divide, detach, disengage, insulate, isolate.

~2.~ Sever, dissever, sunder, cleave, part.

~3.~ Withdraw, remove, eliminate.

~Separate~, _v._ _n._ Part, divide, cleave, be divided, be disunited, be separated.

~Separate~, _a._ Disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, disunited, dissociated, detached, distinct, discrete.

~Separately~, _ad._ Distinctly, singly, apart.

~Separation~, _n._ Disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation.

~Separatist~, _n._ Sectary, schismatic, dissenter, seceder, nonconformist, heretic.

~Separator~, _n._ Divider.

~Sepia~, _n._ ~1.~ Cuttle-fish.

~2.~ India ink.

~Sepulchral~, _a._ ~1.~ Monumental.

~2.~ Funereal, mournful, sombre, sad, woful, gloomy, dismal, lugubrious, melancholy.

~Sepulchre~, _n._ [Written also _Sepulcher_.] Tomb, grave, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home.

~Sepulture~, _n._ Burial, interment, inhumation.

~Sequel~, _n._ ~1.~ Continuation, succeeding part.

~2.~ Close, conclusion, termination, DÉNOUEMENT.

~3.~ Consequence, event, issue, upshot.

~Sequence~, _n._ Succession, series, course, order of succession.

~Sequester~, _v. a._ SEQUESTRATE.

~Sequestrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sequester, set aside.

~2.~ (_International Law._) Confiscate.

~Seraglio~, _n._ ~1.~ The Sultan's palace.

~2.~ Harem.

~Seraphic~, _a._ Angelic, celestial, heavenly, Elysium, blissful.

~Serene~, _a._ ~1.~ Calm, quiet, placid, tranquil, unruffled, peaceful, composed, undisturbed, collected, sedate.

~2.~ Clear, fair, bright.

~Serenity~, _n._ ~1.~ Calmness, peacefulness, tranquillity, collectedness, sedateness, composure, coolness, calm, peace.

~2.~ Clearness, fairness, brightness.

~Serf~, _n._ Slave (_attached to the soil_), bondman, thrall, bond- servant.

~Serfdom~, _n._ Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, vassalage, subjection.

~Serial~, _a._ Successive, consecutive, continuous, continued.

~Seriatim~, _ad._ [L.] In a series, in regular order.

~Sericulture~, _n._ Raising of silk-worms.

~Series~, _n._ Succession, order, sequence, course, line, row, concatenation.

~Serious~, _a._ ~1.~ Grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest, demure, not gay, not sportive or jocose.

~2.~ Important, weighty, great, momentous.

~Seriousness~, _n._ Gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness.

~Sermon~, _n._ Homily, exhortation, religious discourse.

~Sermonize~, _v. n._ Preach.

~Serous~, _a._ Thin (_as parts of animal fluids_), watery, wheyey.

~Serpent~, _n._ Snake.

~Serpentine~, _a._ Winding, meandering, crooked, anfractuous.

~Serpentine~, _n._ Ophite, green porphyry.

~Serrate~, _a._ Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (_on the edges_).

~Serrated~, _a._ Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (_on the edges_).

~Serried~, _a._ Close, compact, crowded.

~Servant~, _n._ ~1.~ Servitor, subaltern, dependant, subordinate helper.

~2.~ Menial, domestic, drudge, slave, HELP.

~Servant-maid~, _n._ Maid-servant, servant-girl, female domestic, GIRL, HELP, maid-of-all-work.

~Serve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Work for, labor for, be under the orders of, be subservient to.

~2.~ Aid, assist, help, succor, attend, oblige, wait on, minister to.

~3.~ Promote, advance, forward, benefit, contribute to, be of use to.

~4.~ Satisfy, content, be sufficient for.

~5.~ Treat, behave towards.

~Serve~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be a servant, be a slave, be in bondage, be in subjection.

~2.~ Obey, be dutiful, perform duty.

~3.~ Answer, do, conduce, minister, be sufficient, be of use, pass muster.

~4.~ Suit, be convenient, be suitable.

~Serve one's time~, Be an apprentice, serve one's apprenticeship.

~Service~, _n._ ~1.~ Labor (_for another_), work.

~2.~ Duty, office, business, employment.

~3.~ Benefit, advantage, profit, gain, good, use, utility, avail.

~4.~ Homage, mark of respect.

~5.~ Office of devotion, religious rite.

~6.~ Military duty.

~Serviceable~, _a._ Useful, helpful, profitable, advantageous, convenient, beneficial, available, operative.

~Service-berry~, _n._ June-berry (_the fruit of the shad-bush_).

~Service-book~, Missal, prayer-book, mass-book.

~Servile~, _a._ ~1.~ Dependent, menial, held in bondage, held in slavery, held in subjection.

~2.~ Slavish, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, low, beggarly, sneaking, base-minded, low-minded, meanly submissive.

~Servility~, _n._ ~1.~ Slavery, bondage, dependence.

~2.~ Slavishness, baseness, meanness, abjectness, abjection, obsequiousness, fawning, sycophancy.

~Servitor~, _n._ Servant, attendant, dependant, retainer, squire, lackey, valet, waiter, footman.

~Servitude~, _n._ Slavery, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, enslavement, serfdom, vassalage.

~Sesame~, _n._ Benne, oil-plant.

~Sesqui-carbonate of ammonia~, Sal-volatile, smelling-salts, carbonate of ammonia.

~Session~, _n._ Sitting (_of a court, of a legislature, &c._).

~Set~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, place, plant, station, locate, pitch (_as a tent_).

~2.~ Fix, establish, settle, determine, appoint, assign.

~3.~ Stake, wager, risk.

~4.~ Regulate, adjust, adapt.

~5.~ Stud, variegate, adorn.

~6.~ Sharpen, bring to an edge.

~7.~ Replace (_as a broken bone_).

~Set~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Decline, sink, go down (_as the sun_).

~2.~ Concrete, become hard.

~3.~ Flow, run, tend, move on.

~Set~, _a._ ~1.~ Regular, formal, established, prescribed.

~2.~ Firm, unyielding, obstinate.

~Set~, _n._ ~1.~ Suit, assortment.

~2.~ Group, CLIQUE, school, class, sect, party, gang, crew, knot, squad, pack, cluster, COTERIE, company.

~Set about~, Begin, commence, take in hand, apply one's self to.

~Setaceous~, _a._ Bristly.

~Set apart~, Reserve (_for a particular use_), appropriate, dedicate, consecrate, devote, set aside.

~Set aside~, ~1.~ Reserve, SET APART.

~2.~ Omit, leave out of the account.

~3.~ Reject, discard, annul.

~Set at defiance~, Defy.

~Set at naught~, ~1.~ Contemn, despise, undervalue.

~2.~ Break, infringe, transgress, violate.

~Set-down~, _n._ Rebuff, rebuke.

~Set down~, Register, record, state, put in writing, chronicle, make a note of, jot down, take down, make a memorandum of.

~Set fire to~, Kindle, inflame, ignite, set on fire.

~Set forth~, ~1.~ Manifest, exhibit, display, show, put forward.

~2.~ Publish, promulgate, make appear.

~3.~ Explain, expound, represent.

~Set free~, Liberate, release, emancipate, disenthral, clear, acquit.

~Set in~, ~1.~ Flow in.

~2.~ Be fairly begun, be established.

~Set off~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Portion off, define the boundaries of.

~2.~ Adorn, decorate, embellish, set out.

~Set off~, [_Neuter._] Start, set out.

~Set-off~, _n._ ~1.~ Decoration, ornament.

~2.~ Off-set.

~3.~ (_Law._) Counter-claim.

~Seton~, _n._ ~1.~ Rowel.

~2.~ Issue.

~Set on~, ~1.~ Incite, instigate, prompt, urge, impel, influence, actuate.

~2.~ Attack, assault, set upon.

~Set on fire~, Inflame, kindle, ignite, set fire to.

~Set on foot~, Originate, begin, set in motion.

~Set out~, [_Active._] Adorn, decorate, embellish, set off.

~Set out~, [_Neuter._] Start, set off.

~Set right~, Correct, put in order.

~Set store by~, Esteem highly, place a high value on, think a good deal of.

~Set the hand to~, Undertake, engage in.

~Set the heart upon~, Long for earnestly, fix one's desires upon.

~Settle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fix, establish, institute, ordain, appoint, confirm, make permanent.

~2.~ Decide, determine, make clear, free from doubt.

~3.~ Adjust, reconcile, regulate, arrange, make up.

~4.~ Compress, make close or compact.

~5.~ Colonize, people, plant, found.

~6.~ Liquidate, pay, discharge, close up.

~7.~ [_U. S._] Ordain as pastor.

~8.~ Clarify, free from dregs or impurities.

~9.~ Compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacify.

~Settle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Subside, sink, fall.

~2.~ Rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composed.

~3.~ Dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one's self, get a footing, get established, be stationary.

~4.~ Account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance, quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP.

~Settled~, _a._ Established, ordinary, common, wonted, usual, customary, every day.

~Settlement~, _n._ ~1.~ Adjustment, arrangement.

~2.~ Reconciliation, pacification.

~3.~ Liquidation, payment, discharge.

~4.~ Colonization.

~5.~ Colony.

~6.~ [_U. S._] Ordination, installation.

~Settle on~, ~1.~ Establish one's habitation upon.

~2.~ Fix on, determine upon, fix upon.

~Settler~, _n._ Colonist.

~Settling~, _n._ ~1.~ Planting, colonizing.

~2.~ Subsidence.

~Settlings~, _n. pl._ Lees, dregs, sediment.

~Set-to~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Fight, combat, contest, conflict.

~Set to rights~, Adjust, regulate, put in order, put to rights.

~Set up~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Erect, raise, elevate.

~2.~ Exalt, put in power.

~3.~ Institute, establish, found.

~4.~ Put in type.

~Set up~, [_Neuter._] Begin business.

~Set up for~, Profess, make pretensions to.

~Set upon~, Attack, assault, assail, have at, fly at, rush upon, set on.

~Sever~, _v. a._ Part, divide, separate, disjoin, disunite, sunder, detach, disconnect, disengage.

~Several~, _a._ ~1.~ Separate, distinct, particular, single.

~2.~ Various, manifold, different.

~3.~ Sundry, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

~Severe~, _a._ ~1.~ Rigid, stern, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous, stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, peremptory.

~2.~ Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.

~3.~ Simple, plain, unadorned, concise, chaste.

~4.~ Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting, sharp.

~5.~ Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, hard to bear.

~Severity~, _n._ ~1.~ Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, acrimony.

~2.~ Strictness, exactness, accuracy.

~3.~ Simplicity, plainness, conciseness.

~4.~ Sharpness, keenness, causticity.

~5.~ Extremity, afflictiveness, violence.

~Sew~, _v. n._ Work with needle and thread.

~Sew~, _v. a._ Stitch, BASTE.

~Sewage~, _n._ ~1.~ Contents of a sewer, sewerage.

~2.~ Drainage.

~Sewer~, _n._ Drain.

~Sewerage~, _n._ ~1.~ Drainage.

~2.~ Sewage, contents of a sewer.

~Sextuple~, _a._ Six-fold.

~Sexual~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the sexes.

~2.~ Of the genitals.

~Sexual organs~, Genitals, private parts.

~Shabby~, _a._ ~1.~ Ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out.

~2.~ Mean, base, low, vile, grovelling, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, pitiful, dirty, scurvy, abject, disgraceful, unhandsome, ungentlemanly.

~Shackle~, _n._ FETTER, gyve, chain, hamper, MANACLE, handcuff.

~Shackle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fetter, chain, manacle, hamper.

~2.~ Trammel, embarrass, obstruct, impede, restrict.

~Shackles~, _n. pl._ Fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers.

~Shackly~, _a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Loose, rickety.

~Shad-bush~, _n._ June-berry, shad-berry (_Amelanchier Canadensis_).

~Shade~, _n._ ~1.~ Shadow.

~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.

~3.~ Screen, curtain, veil.

~4.~ Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.

~5.~ Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.

~6.~ Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.

~Shade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade.

~2.~ Screen, cover, protect.

~Shadow~, _n._ ~1.~ Shade.

~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, gloom.

~3.~ Shelter, cover, protection, security.

~4.~ Type, image, adumbration, representation.

~Shadow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shade.

~2.~ Darken, obscure, cloud.

~3.~ Typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate.

~Shadow forth~, Typify, symbolize, represent, indicate, denote, show, shadow, foreshadow, stand for.

~Shadowy~, _a._ ~1.~ Shady, umbrageous, dark, obscure, dim, murky, gloomy.

~2.~ Unreal, unsubstantial, impalpable, visionary, imaginary, spectral, ghostly.

~Shady~, _a._ Shadowy, umbrageous.

~Shaft~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrow.

~2.~ Handle.

~3.~ Thill, pole.

~4.~ Trunk (_of a column_).

~5.~ Axis, spindle, arbor. ~Shagbark~, _n._ Shellbark (_Carya alba_).

~Shaggy~, _a._ Rough (_with long hair or wool_).

~Shah~, _n._ King of Persia, padisha.

~Shake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Agitate, convulse, make to tremble or quiver.

~2.~ Trill, sing with a trill.

~Shake~, _v. n._ Tremble, quake, quiver, totter, shudder, shiver.

~Shake~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, concussion, jar, jolt, shaking.

~2.~ Trill.

~3.~ Crack (in timber), fissure, cleft.

~Shakes~, _n. pl._ [_U. S._] Fever and ague.

~Shaking~, _n._ Agitation, concussion, jolting, jolt, shake.

~Shaky~, _a._ ~1.~ Unsound (_as timber_), full of clefts.

~2.~ Shaking, trembling.

~Shallow~, _a._ ~1.~ Shoal, not deep.

~2.~ Superficial, unintelligent, simple, ignorant, not profound.

~3.~ Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.

~Shallow~, _n._ Shoal, flat, shelf, bank.

~Shallow-brain~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Shallow-brained~, _a._ Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed, shallow-pated.

~Shallow-pated~, _a._ Shallow-brained.

~Sham~, _v. a._ Feign, pretend, make pretence of.

~Sham~, _n._ Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap.

~Sham~, _a._ Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe, not real.

~Shamble~, _v. n._ Hobble, shuffle.

~Shambles~, _n. pl._ Flesh market.

~Shame~, _n._ ~1.~ Abashment, mortification, confusion.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium, reproach, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, scandal, degradation.

~Shame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, humiliate, humble, put to shame, make ashamed, put down.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully, taint, stain, tarnish.

~3.~ Deride, jeer, ridicule, mock at, sneer at, point at.

~Shame-faced~, _a._ Bashful, diffident, over-modest.

~Shameful~, _a._ Disgraceful, scandalous, dishonorable, disreputable, infamous, outrageous, ignominious, opprobrious, base, vile, villanous, nefarious, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark.

~Shameless~, _a._ ~1.~ Impudent, unblushing, unabashed, immodest, frontless, assuming, brazen, brazen-faced, bold-faced, blustering, swaggering, vaporing, bluff, insolent, audacious, cool.

~2.~ Depraved, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, corrupt, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, abandoned, graceless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable, lost, lost to shame, dead to honor.

~Shamrock~, _n._ White trefoil, white clover (_Trifolium repens_).

~Shape~, _v. a._ Form, frame, mould, figure, fashion, model.

~Shape~, _n._ FORK (_with especial reference to what is visible_), figure, configuration, mould, fashion, outline, appearance, cut, build, cast, TOURNURE, external appearance.

~Shapely~, _a._ Symmetrical, comely, well-shaped.

~Share~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide, distribute, apportion, parcel out.

~2.~ Partake, participate in, have a portion of.

~Share~, _v. n._ Participate, have part, have a portion, go snacks.

~Share~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, portion, interest, allotment, apportionment, contingent, dividend, quota.

~2.~ Ploughshare.

~Share equally~, GO HALVES.

~Sharer~, _n._ Partaker, participator, communicant.

~Shark~, _n._ Sharper, cheat, swindler, blackleg, knave, trickster, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

~Sharp~, _a._ ~1.~ Acute, keen, with a fine edge.

~2.~ Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp- sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, keen-witted, sharp-witted, clear- sighted, long-headed, cunning.

~3.~ Biting, pungent, hot, burning, stinging, mordacious, acrid, piquant, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

~4.~ Severe, harsh, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, cutting, tart, pointed.

~5.~ Distressing, poignant, intense, very painful.

~6.~ Pinching, piercing, nipping.

~7.~ Strong, eager, fierce, ardent, violent.

~8.~ Shrill, high, not flat.

~Sharp~, _v. a._ Sharpen, make shrill.

~Sharpen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Edge, give an edge to, make keen.

~2.~ Make eager.

~3.~ Sharp, make shrill.

~4.~ Intensify, make more intense.

~Sharper~, _n._ Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave, blackleg, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

~Sharpness~,_ n._ ~1.~ Acuteness, keenness.

~2.~ Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness.

~3.~ Pungency, piquancy, acridity.

~4.~ Severity, sarcasm, satire.

~5.~ Poignancy, intensity, painfulness, keenness.

~6.~ Fierceness, violence, ardor.

~7.~ Shrillness, highness.

~Sharp-set~, _a._ Eager, hungry, ravenous, famishing.

~Sharp-shooter~, _n._ Good marksman.

~Sharp-sighted~, _a._ Keen, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted.

~Sharp-witted~, _a._ Acute, shrewd, quick, SHARP, discerning, sagacious, ingenious, intelligent, keen, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, long-headed, cunning.

~Shatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shiver, break in pieces, dash into fragments.

~2.~ Disorder, derange, make insane.

~Shatter-brain~, _n._ Scatter-brain, scatter brains, giddy or thoughtless person.

~Shatter-brained~, _a._ Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, scatter- brained.

~Shave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut off (_close to the surface_).

~2.~ Make smooth or bare (_as by cutting off hair closely_).

~3.~ Slice, cut in thin slices.

~4.~ Strip, fleece.

~5.~ Graze, skim, touch lightly (_in passing over_).

~Shear~, _v. a._ Cut, clip.

~Sheath~, _n._ ~1.~ Case (_as for a sword_), scabbard.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Base of a leaf (_when it is wrapped around a stem_).

~3.~ (_Ent._) Wing-case.

~Sheathe~, _v. a_. ~1.~ Put into a sheath, enclose in a sheath.

~2.~ Cover, line, case.

~Sheathed~, _a._ VAGINATE.

~Sheathe the sword~, Make peace.

~Sheathing~, _a._ VAGINANT.

~Sheathing~, _n._ Casing, lining.

~Shed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Spill, effuse, pour out.

~2.~ Spread, diffuse, scatter.

~3.~ Cast, throw off, put off, lay aside, let fall.