Chapter M (8)

~Shed~, _n._ Hut, hovel, cot, cabin.

~Shed-roof~, _n._ Pent roof, lean-to.

~Sheen~, _n._ Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.

~Sheepcot~, _n._ Sheepfold, sheep-pen.

~Sheepfold~, _n._ Sheepcot.

~Sheepish~, _a._ Timid, shame-faced, over-modest, very bashful, excessively diffident.

~Sheer~, _a._ ~1.~ Pure, unmixed, simple, mere, bare, naked.

~2.~ Perpendicular.

~Sheet-anchor~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Naut._) Principal anchor, largest anchor.

~2.~ Mainstay, chief support, main reliance.

~Sheet-tin~, _n._ Latten, tinned iron plate.

~Shelf~, _n._ ~1.~ Ledge.

~2.~ Shoal, shallow.

~Shell~, _n._ ~1.~ Case, capsule, outer covering.

~2.~ Bomb, hollow ball.

~3.~ Frame-work.

~4.~ Lyre, stringed instrument.

~Shell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull.

~2.~ Bombard.

~Shell~, _v. n._ Exfoliate, fall off, peel off, shell off.

~Shellbark~, _n._ Shagbark (_Carya alba_).

~Shell off~, SHELL, peel off.

~Shelter~, _n._ ~1.~ Asylum, refuge, retreat, covert, sanctuary, harbor, haven.

~2.~ Protection, shield, screen, defence, security, safety.

~Shelter~, _v. a._ Shield, screen, hide, shroud, protect, defend, cover, house, harbor, lodge, ensconce.

~Shelve~, _v. a._ Put on the shelf, put aside, give the go-by to.

~Shelve~, _v. n._ Slope, incline.

~She-monster~, _n._ Fury, beldam, vixen, virago, hag, jezebel, ugly old woman.

~Shepherd~, _n._ ~1.~ Herdsman (_of sheep_).

~2.~ Swain, rural lover.

~3.~ Pastor, minister, clergyman.

~Shepherd-spider~, _n._ Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs, harvest-man.

~Shibboleth~, _n._ Criterion, watchword, test.

~Shield~, _n._ ~1.~ Buckler, ægis.

~2.~ Safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium.

~3.~ Escutcheon, ensign armorial.

~Shield~, _v. a._ Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.

~Shield-shaped~, _a._ Scutate, clypeiform, peltate, peltated.

~Shift~, _v. a._ Change, alter, vary.

~Shift~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move, change place, change about.

~2.~ Change, vary, veer, chop.

~3.~ Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, devise ways and means.

~Shift~, _n._ ~1.~ Change.

~2.~ Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means.

~3.~ Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, doubling, stratagem, subterfuge, dodge, mask, ruse, wile, craft, device, artful contrivance.

~4.~ Chemise, smock.

~Shiftless~, _a._ Improvident, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without forecast, without foresight, careless of the future.

~Shillalah~, _n._ Club, cudgel.

~Shillaly~, _n._ Club, cudgel.

~Shimmer~, _v. n._ Glimmer, gleam, shine faintly.

~Shin~, _n._ Spine, fore part of the leg.

~Shindy~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Row, spree, riot, disturbance, uproar.

~Shine~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Beam, radiate, glitter, glisten, glow, blaze, be bright, be brilliant, emit rays of light.

~2.~ Be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous.

~Shine~, _n._ ~1.~ Fair weather.

~2.~ Brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, gloss.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Liking, fancy.

~Shingling-mill~, _n._ Furnace, forge.

~Shining~, _a._ ~1.~ Beaming, glittering, radiant, resplendent, effulgent, glowing, lucid, luminous, BRIGHT, shiny.

~2.~ Illustrious, splendid, conspicuous, distinguished.

~Shiny~, _a._ Bright, clear, SHINING.

~Ship-biscuit~, _n._ Pilot-bread, hard-bread.

~Ship-carpenter~, _n._ Shipwright.

~Ship of war~, Man-of-war.

~Shipwreck~, _n._ Wreck, ruin, perdition, destruction, miscarriage, overthrow, subversion, demolition.

~Shipwreck~, _v. a._ Wreck, strand, flounder, cast away.

~Shipwright~, _n._ Ship-carpenter.

~Shirk~, _v. a._ Avoid (_in a mean way_), evade, get off from.

~Shiver~, _v. a._ Shatter, break in pieces, dash to fragments.

~Shiver~, _v. n._ Shudder, quake, tremble.

~Shiver~, _n._ ~1.~ Fragment, bit, piece.

~2.~ Slice, sliver.

~3.~ Tremor.

~Shiver-spar~, _n._ Slate-spar.

~Shivering~, _a._ Friable, brittle, frangible, BRASH, easily shivered, not compact.

~Shoal~, _n._ ~1.~ Crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde, gang.

~2.~ Shallow, sand-bank.

~Shoal~, _v. n._ Grow shallow.

~Shoal~, _a._ Shallow.

~Shock~, _n._ ~1.~ Concussion, collision, clash, impact, percussion.

~2.~ Brunt, heat of onset.

~3.~ Blow, buffet.

~4.~ Stook, hattock.

~Shock~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Encounter, strike against, come into collision with.

~2.~ Offend, disgust, nauseate, sicken, scandalize, revolt, outrage.

~3.~ Stun, astound, stagger.

~4.~ Appall, terrify, affright.

~Shocking~, _a._ ~1.~ Repulsive, offensive, hateful, detestable, execrable, obnoxious, odious, disgusting, revolting, abominable, very bad.

~2.~ Dreadful, terrible, horrid, horrible, fearful, frightful, dire, horrific, awful, tremendous, hideous, monstrous, ghastly, grim, appalling.

~Shoemaker~, _n._ Crispin.

~Shoe-string~, _n._ Shoe-tie.

~Shoe-tie~, _n._ Shoe-string.

~Shooks~, _n. pl._ Staves.

~Shoot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dart, let fly.

~2.~ Fire, discharge, let off.

~3.~ Emit, project, propel, send forth, put forth, thrust forth.

~4.~ Hit or kill by a missile.

~Shoot~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fire, discharge a gun.

~2.~ Pass, fly, dart.

~3.~ Bud, sprout, germinate, pullulate.

~4.~ Project, jut, jut out.

~Shoot~, _n._ Sprout, branch, twig, scion, offshoot.

~Shoot up~, Grow, increase, spring up, run up, grow up, start up.

~Shop~, _n._ Store.

~Shopkeeper~, _n._ Tradesman, shopman, COUNTER-JUMPER, retail trader, petty trader.

~Shoplifter~, _n._ Shop-thief.

~Shoplifting~, _n._ Larceny, stealing, pilfering, theft, thievery, petty larceny.

~Shopman~, _n._ SHOPKEEPER.

~Shop-thief~, _n._ Shoplifter.

~Shore~, _n._ ~1.~ Coast, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast.

~2.~ Prop, support, stay, brace, buttress.

~Shore up~, Prop, support, prop up.

~Short~, _a._ ~1.~ Brief, not long.

~2.~ Near, direct, straight.

~3.~ Compendious, succinct, concise, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, CURT.

~4.~ Abrupt, blunt.

~5.~ Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect.

~6.~ Lacking, wanting, destitute.

~7.~ Brittle, friable, BRASH.

~8.~ (_Cookery._) Crisp.

~Short~, _ad._ Suddenly, abruptly, at once.

~Short-coming~, _n._ ~1.~ Deficiency.

~2.~ Slip, fault, error, failing, defect, weakness, weak side, blind side.

~Shorten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down.

~2.~ Lessen, diminish, reduce.

~Shortening~, _n._ ~1.~ Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment, contraction, reduction, retrenchment.

~2.~ Fat, fatty substance.

~Short-hand~, _n._ Stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy.

~Short-lived~, _a._ Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, TRANSITORY.

~Shortly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Soon, in a short time, in a little time.

~2.~ Briefly, concisely, tersely, in a few words.

~Short-sighted~, _a._ ~1.~ Myopic, purblind, near-sighted.

~2.~ Inconsiderate, imprudent, indiscreet.

~Short-sightedness~, _n._ Myopy, near-sightedness.

~Short-winged~, _a._ Brevipennate.

~Short-witted~, _a._ Unintelligent, shallow, stupid, dull, stolid, foolish, doltish, simple, soft, sappy, weak-headed, weak-minded, feeble-minded, half-witted, shallow-brained, dull-witted, blunt- witted, fat-witted.

~Shot~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge.

~2.~ Ball, bullet.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Marksman.

~Shote~, _n._ Pig, young hog.

~Shoulder~, _n._ Projection, protuberance.

~Shoulder-belt~, _n._ Baldric.

~Shout~, _v. n._ Exclaim, vociferate, halloo, hollo, holla, cry out.

~Shout~, _n._ Halloo, holla, huzza, yell, hoot, loud cry, loud call.

~Shove~, _v. a._ Push, propel, thrust, poke.

~Show~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhibit, display, present to view, set forth, bring to light.

~2.~ Exhibit to, point out to.

~3.~ Indicate, point out.

~4.~ Disclose, divulge, proclaim, publish, explain, make known, make clear.

~5.~ Prove, evince, manifest, express, demonstrate, make manifest.

~6.~ Conduct, guide, usher.

~7.~ Bestow, confer, grant.

~Show~, _v. n._ Seem, look, appear.

~Show~, _n._ ~1.~ Spectacle, exhibition, sight, representation, pageant.

~2.~ Parade, ostentation, flourish, dash, pomp, pageantry, splendor, display, ceremony.

~3.~ Semblance, resemblance, likeness, external appearance.

~4.~ Pretence, pretext, color, mask, simulation.

~Showery~, _a._ Rainy, wet.

~Show fight~, Take the offensive, lay about one.

~Show off~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Exhibit (_ostentatiously_), display, make a parade of.

~2.~ [_Neuter._] Make a show, display one's self, put on airs, give one's self airs, look big, hold up one's head, perk one's self up, ride a high horse, MAKE A SPLURGE, SPREAD ONE'S SELF.

~Showy~, _a._ ~1.~ Gaudy, flashy, gay, glaring, gairish, flaunting, gorgeous, splendid, fine, dressy, jaunty, airy, bedizened, pranked out.

~2.~ Grand, stately, ostentatious, pompous, magnificent.

~Shred~, _n._ ~1.~ Strip.

~2.~ Scrap, fragment, bit, piece, flitter, tatter, rag.

~Shrew~, _n._ ~1.~ Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, hag, beldam, turbulent woman.

~2.~ Shrew-mouse.

~Shrewd~, _a._ ~1.~ Artful, cunning, sly, wily, subtle, crafty, arch, astute, Machiavelian.

~2.~ Sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, keen, ingenious, discerning, intelligent, deep, profound.

~Shrewdness~, _n._ ~1.~ Cunning, archness, artfulness, subtlety, craft, astuteness, slyness, art, address, skill, policy.

~2.~ Sagacity, acumen, acuteness, perspicacity, sharpness, keenness, ingenuity, discernment, penetration, intelligence, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Shrewish~, _a._ Froward, peevish, petulant, scolding, brawling, clamorous.

~Shrew-mouse~, _n._ Shrew.

~Shriek~, _v. n._ Scream, screech, yell.

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

~Shrike~, _n._ Butcher-bird (_Lanius excubitor_).

~Shrill~, _a._ Acute, sharp, high, high-toned.

~Shrine~, _n._ Altar, place of worship, sacred place.

~Shrink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither.

~2.~ Recoil, blench, flinch, withdraw, swerve, draw back, give way, lack courage or resolution.

~Shrink from~, Abhor, nauseate, abominate, loathe, detest, feel disgust at, recoil from.

~Shrivel~, _v. a._ Parch, dry, dry up.

~Shrivel~, _v. n._ Shrink, contract, dwindle, wither, decrease.

~Shroud~, _n._ Winding sheet, grave-clothes.

~Shroud~, _v. a._ Cover, hide, veil, mask, cloak, screen, bury, muffle.

~Shrub~, _n._ Bush.

~Shrubby~, _a._ Bushy.

~Shrunk~, _a._ Shrivelled, withered, dwindled.

~Shudder~, _v. n._ Tremble, shake, quake, quiver.

~Shudder~, _n._ Tremor, shuddering.

~Shuddering~, _n._ Trembling, tremor, HORRIPILATION, horror.

~Shuffle~, _v. a._ Confuse, jumble, throw into disorder.

~Shuffle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade the truth.

~2.~ Struggle, shift, make shift.

~Shuffle~, _n._ Trick, quibble, prevarication, evasion, artifice, fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext.

~Shuffle off~, Discard, lay aside, get rid of.

~Shuffling~, _n._ Trick, SHUFFLE.

~Shuffling~, _a._ Fraudulent, quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous.

~Shun~, _v. a._ AVOID (_in a positive sense or denoting positive exertion_), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from.

~Shunt~, _v. a._ [_England._] Switch (_from one set of rails to another_).

~Shut~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, close up.

~2.~ Enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon.

~Shut out~, Exclude.

~Shut up~, ~1.~ Shut, close up.

~2.~ Confine, shut up, lock up.

~Shy~, _a._ ~1.~ Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest.

~2.~ Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.

~Shy~, _n._ ~1.~ Sudden start (_as of a horse_).

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fling, throw.

~Shy~, _v. a._ Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling.

~Shy~, _v. n._ Sheer, start aside.

~Shyster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Rogue, cheat, trickster, knave, shark, sharper, swindler, slyboots; sly, mean fellow.

~Sibilant~, _a._ Hissing.

~Siccative~, _a._ Drying.

~Siccity~, _n._ [_Rare._] Dryness, aridity, want of moisture.

~Sice~, _n._ Six (_at dice_).

~Sick~, _a._ ~1.~ Ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts.

~2.~ Nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach.

~3.~ Disgusted, tired, weary.

~Sicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nauseate, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.

~2.~ Disgust, weary.

~Sicken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Become sick, fall sick.

~2.~ Be disgusted, feel disgust.

~Sickening~, _a._ ~1.~ Nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling.

~2.~ Disgusting, distasteful, repulsive, revolting, foul, loathsome, offensive.

~Sickish~, _a._ Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.

~Sickle~, _n._ Reaping-hook.

~Sickle-shaped~, _a._ Falcate, falcated, hooked.

~Sickly~, _a._ Weak, feeble, ailing, languishing, unhealthy, piping, whining.

~Sickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Illness, disease, disorder, distemper, malady, complaint, ail, ailment, indisposition.

~2.~ Nausea.

~Side~, _n._ ~1.~ Verge, margin, edge, border.

~2.~ Party, sect, faction, interest.

~Side~, _a._ Lateral.

~Side~, _v. n._ Take sides.

~Side-board~, _n._ COMMODE.

~Side by side~, Abreast, along-side, by the side (_of one another_).

~Side-face~, _n._ Profile.

~Side-glance~, _n._ Ogle.

~Sidehill~, _n._ Declivity, hillside, slope, sloping ground.

~Sideling~, _a._ Sloping, inclined.

~Sideling~, _ad._ SIDEWISE.

~Sidelong~, _a._ Lateral, oblique, not direct.

~Sidelong~, _ad._ Laterally, obliquely.

~Sidereal~, _a._ Starry, stellar, astral.

~Side-saddle-flower~, _n._ Pitcher plant, huntsman's cup.

~Sidewalk~, _n._ Foot-way (_at the side of a street_), foot-path.

~Sideways~, _ad._ Laterally, SIDEWISE.

~Sidewise~, _ad._ Laterally, sideways, sideling.

~Siege~, _n._ Investment.

~Siesta~, _n._ [Sp.] Nap (_after dinner_).

~Sieve~, _n._ Bolt.

~Sift~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bolt.

~2.~ Scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into.

~Sigh~, _n._ Long breath.

~Sight~, _n._ ~1.~ Perception, view, ken, cognizance.

~2.~ Vision, sense of sight.

~3.~ Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.

~4.~ Inspection, examination.

~Sightless~, _a._ Blind, eyeless, unseeing.

~Sightly~, _a._ ~1.~ Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.

~2.~ Comely, handsome, beautiful.

~Sign~, _n._ ~1.~ Token, mark, note, indication, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem.

~2.~ Signal, beacon.

~3.~ Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen.

~Sign~, _v. a._ Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to.

~Signal~, _n._ Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.

~Signal~, _a._ Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted, conspicuous.

~Signal-fire~, _n._ Beacon.

~Signalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.

~2.~ Make a signal to.

~3.~ Indicate by a signal.

~Signature~, _n._ ~1.~ Stamp, mark.

~2.~ Sign-manual.

~Signet~, _n._ Seal (_especially of a sovereign_).

~Significance~, _n._ ~1.~ Meaning, import, purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significancy~, Meaning, import purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significant~, _a._ ~1.~ Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning.

~2.~ Important, weighty, momentous.

~Signification~, _n._ ~1.~ Expression.

~2.~ Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation.

~Signify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport.

~2.~ Express, declare, proclaim, make known.

~Signify~, _v. n._ Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

~Sign-manual~, _n._ Signature.

~Silence~, _n._ ~1.~ Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.

~3.~ Oblivion, obscurity.

~Silence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Still, hush, gag, stifle, muzzle, muffle, put to silence.

~2.~ Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put an end to.

~Silence~, _interj._ Hush, whist, mum, soft, tush, chut, tut, be still, be silent, hold your tongue.

~Silent~, _a._ ~1.~ Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.

~3.~ Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.

~4.~ Dormant, not active.

~Silex~, _n._ Silica, silicic acid, pure quartz, pure flint, oxide of silicon.

~Silica~, _n._ SILEX.

~Silicic acid~, SILEX.

~Silken~, _a._ Silky.

~Silk-weed~, _n._ Milk-weed, wild cotton.

~Silky~, _a._ Silken.

~Sill~, _n._ ~1.~ Lower piece of a frame (_as of a door or a window_).

~2.~ Ground-sill, ground-plate.

~Silly~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple, weak, childish, inept.

~2.~ Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical.

~Silt~, _n._ Sediment, deposit, alluvium.

~Silver~, _a._ ~1.~ Silvery, of silver.

~2.~ White, bright, of the color of silver.

~3.~ Soft and clear (_as sound_), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.

~Silvery~, _a._ SILVER.

~Similar~, _a._ Like, resembling.

~Similarity~, _n._ Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.

~Simile~, _n._ Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.

~Similitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.

~2.~ Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.

~Simmer~, _v. n._ Boil (_gently_), seethe, stew.

~Simmering~, _a._ Boiling, piping.

~Simoom~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simoon~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simper~, _v. n._ Smile (_affectedly_), smirk.

~Simper~, _n._ Smirk, affected smile.

~Simple~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.

~2.~ Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.

~3.~ Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple- hearted, simple-minded.

~4.~ Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.

~Simple~, _n._ Medicinal plant.

~Simple-hearted~, _a._ Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.

~Simple-minded~, _a._ SIMPLE-HEARTED.

~Simplicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.

~2.~ Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.

~3.~ Silliness, folly, weakness.

~Simplify~, _v. a._ Make simple.

~Simply~, _ad._ ~1.~ Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.

~2.~ Merely, barely, solely, of itself.

~Simulate~, _v. a._ Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.

~Simulation~, _n._ Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT, PRETENCE.

~Simultaneously~, _ad._ At the same time.

~Sin~, _n._ Offence (_against the divine law_), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

~Sin~, _v. n._ Trespass, do wrong.

~Sinapism~, _n._ Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

~Since~, _conj._ Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that, inasmuch as.

~Since~, _ad._ ~1.~ Ago, before this.

~2.~ From that time.

~Since~, _prep._ After, from the time of, subsequently to.

~Sincere~, _a._ ~1.~ True, real, unfeigned, genuine, unaffected, unvarnished, not pretended.

~2.~ Honest, ingenuous, open, frank, candid, hearty, undissembling, artless, guileless, single.

~Sincerity~, _n._ Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.

~Sinciput~, _n._ (_Anat._) Bregma, top of the head.

~Sine qua non~, [L.] Necessity, necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable thing, indispensable condition.

~Sinew~, _n._ Tendon.

~Sinewy~, _a._ Muscular, brawny, athletic, stalwart, strapping, robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

~Sinful~, _a._ Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong, criminal, mischievous, bad.

~Sinfulness~, _n._ Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.

~Sing~, _v. n._ Carol, chant, warble.

~Sing~, _v. a._ Carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.

~Singe~, _v. a._ Scorch, burn (_slightly_).

~Singer~, _n._ Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist, minstrel.

~Single~, _a._ ~1.~ Sole, one only.

~2.~ Particular, individual, separate.

~3.~ Unmarried, unwedded.

~4.~ Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded.

~5.~ Alone, solitary, isolated.

~6.~ Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous.

~Single~, _v. a._ Choose, select, single out.

~Single-handed~, _a._ Alone, unaided, unassisted, by one's self.

~Singleness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unity, individuality.

~2.~ Purity, simplicity.

~3.~ Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness.

~4.~ Celibacy, single blessedness.

~Single life~, Celibacy, unmarried state.

~Single out~, Choose, select, single, pick.

~Single-tree~, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree.

~Singular~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncompounded, not complex.

~2.~ Unusual, uncommon, rare, unwonted, strange, odd, extraordinary, eccentric, queer, BIZARRE, out of the way.

~3.~ Particular, peculiar, exceptional, unexampled, unparalleled, remarkable.

~Singularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncommonness, rareness, rarity, strangeness, oddness, abnormity, aberration, irregularity.

~2.~ Peculiarity, particularity, idiosyncrasy, individuality.

~3.~ Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.

~Sinister~, _a._ ~1.~ Left, on the left hand.

~2.~ Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious.

~3.~ Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal.

~Sink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall (_gradually_), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.

~2.~ Penetrate, enter.

~3.~ Be depressed, be overwhelmed.

~4.~ Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.

~Sink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.

~2.~ Dig, excavate, scoop out.

~3.~ Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.

~4.~ Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.

~5.~ Suppress, conceal, keep close.

~6.~ Reduce.

~Sink~, _n._ Drain, sewer.

~Sinless~, _a._ Guileless, innocent, spotless, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, unblemished, untarnished, undented, unsullied, pure.

~Sinlessness~, _n._ Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity, impeccability.

~Sinner~, _n._ Offender, delinquent, criminal, wrong-doer, evil-doer, wicked person, irreligious person.

~Sinologue~, _n._ Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese literature.

~Sinuate~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuated~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuosity~, _n._ Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.

~Sinuous~, _a._ Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.

~Sinus~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bay, recess.

~2.~ Fold, hollow, cavity.

~Sip~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sup.

~Sip~, _n._ Slight taste, small draught.

~Sire~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Father.

~2.~ Male parent (_of a beast_).

~Siren~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempter, seducer, Circe, bewitching or fascinating woman.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Mud iguana.

~Siren~, _a._ Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.

~Siriasis~, _n._ [L.] [_Med._] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sirius~, _n._ Canicula, dog-star.

~Siskin~, _n._ Aberdevine (_Carduelis spinus_).

~Sit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be seated, have a seat.

~2.~ Perch (_as a bird_).

~3.~ Stay, rest, settle.

~4.~ Brood (_as fowls_), incubate.

~5.~ Fit, be adjusted.

~6.~ Hold a session.

~Site~, _n._ Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat, station.

~Sitting~, _n._ Session.

~Situation~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, locality, station, location, site, position, seat, ground, spot.

~2.~ Condition, state, plight, case, predicament, category, circumstances.

~3.~ Post, station, office, BERTH, employment.

~Six-sided~, _a._ Hexahedral, cubic.

~Sixthly~, _ad._ In the sixth place.

~Sizable~, _a._ ~1.~ Of suitable size.

~2.~ Of considerable size.

~Size~, _n._ ~1.~ Bigness, greatness, magnitude, bulk, volume, dimensions.

~2.~ Sizing, weak glue, glutinous substance.

~Sizing~, _n._ Size, weak glue.

~Skein~, _n._ Knot.

~Skeleton~, _n._ ~1.~ Framework.

~2.~ Sketch, outline, draught, rough draught.

~Skeptic~, n. [Written also _Sceptic_] ~1.~ Doubter, pyrrhonist.

~2.~ Deist, infidel, unbeliever, freethinker.

~Skeptical~, _a._ [Written also _Sceptical_.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

~Skepticism~, _n._ [Written also _Scepticism_.] ~1.~ Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

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

~Sketch~, _n._ Outline, drawing, delineation, plan, skeleton, pencilling, plot, rough draft, first draft, design in outline.

~Sketch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw (_in outline_), chalk out, make a rough draught of.

~2.~ Depict, delineate, represent, portray, paint, pencil, shadow forth.

~Sketchy~, _a._ Incomplete, unfinished, only in outline.

~Skilful~, _a._ [Written also _Skillful_.] Skilled, well-versed, versed, conversant, proficient, learned, knowing, intelligent, ingenious, competent, able, clever, qualified, practised, trained, initiated, prepared, accomplished, expert, dexterous, adroit, apt, handy, ready, quick, masterly, good at, master of, at home in, in one's element.

~Skilfully~, _ad._ Ably, cleverly, well, in a skilful manner, SECUNDUM ARTEM.

~Skilfulness~, _n._ SKILL, dexterity.

~Skill~, _n._ Skilfulness, dexterity, dexterousness, aptness, adroitness, readiness, facility, expertness, cleverness, quickness, knack, address, ingenuity, ability.

~Skilled~, _a._ SKILFUL.

~Skim~, _v. n._ Pass lightly or superficially.

~Skin~, _n._ ~1.~ Hide, pelt, derm, CUTIS.

~2.~ Husk, hull, peel, rind.

~Skin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Flay, excoriate.

~2.~ Peel, pare.

~3.~ Cover with a skin or crust.

~Skin-deep~, _a._ Superficial, slight.

~Skin-flint~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, scrimp, screw, curmudgeon, lick-penny, sordid wretch.

~Skin-like~, _a._ Dermatoid.

~Skinny~, _a._ Lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled, fallen away.

~Skip~, _v. n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.

~Skip~, _v. a._ Disregard, omit, neglect, miss, skip over, pass without notice.

~Skip~, _n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.

~Skip over~, Disregard, SKIP.

~Skipper~, _n._ ~1.~ Master (_of a small vessel_), captain.

~2.~ (_Ich._) Saury-pike (_Scomberesox saurus_).

~3.~ [_Ent._] Cheese maggot.

~Skirmish~, _n._ Fight (_of slight consequence_), battle, collision, conflict, combat, brush, affair.

~Skirt~, _n._ ~1.~ Flap, loose part (_of a garment below the waist_).

~2.~ Petticoat.

~3.~ Edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part.

~Skirt~, _v. a._ Border, form the border or edge of.

~Skirting~, _n._ Skirting-board.

~Skirting-board~, _n._ Washboard, skirting, mop-board.

~Skittish~, _a._ Shy (_as a horse_), timid, timorous, easily frightened.

~Skittles~, _n. pl._ Ninepins.

~Skulk~, _v. n._ Lurk, hide, sneak, slink, lie hid.

~Skulker~, _n._ Lurker, shirk, sneak.

~Skull~, _n._ Cranium, brain-pan.

~Skunk-blackbird~, _n._ SKUNK-BIRD.

~Skunk-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, skunk-blackbird (_Emberiza oryzivora_).

~Skunk-cabbage~, _n._ Swamp-cabbage, (_Symplocarpus fœtidus_), skunk- weed.

~Skunk-weed~, _n._ SKUNK-CABBAGE.

~Sky~, _n._ Firmament, heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

~Sky-blue~, _a._ Cerulean, azure, sky-colored.

~Sky-color~, _n._ Azure, blue.

~Skyey~, _a._ Ethereal.

~Sky-lark~, _n._ Laverock (_Alauda arvensis_).

~Skylarking~, _n._ Frolicking, sporting, carousing.

~Slabber~, _v. a._ Slaver, slobber.

~Slabber~, _v. n._ Slaver, drivel.

~Slabber~, _n._ Slaver, slobber.

~Slabberer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slaverer.

~Slabby~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Viscous, sticky, glutinous, thick.

~2.~ Wet, slimy, muddy, sloppy.

~Slack~, _a._ ~1.~ Backward, remiss, careless, negligent.

~2.~ Slow, tardy, dilatory, lingering, not quick, not rapid.

~3.~ Loose, relaxed, not tight, not tense.

~Slack~, _v. n._ SLACKEN.

~Slack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ SLACKEN.

~2.~ Slake (_as lime_).

~Slacked-lime~, _n._ Hydrate of lime.

~Slacken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slack, abate, become less intense.

~2.~ Become loose or slack, be made less tight or tense.

~Slacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retard, slack, moderate, make slower.

~2.~ Loosen, relax, make less tight or tense, lessen the tension of.

~3.~ Lessen, diminish, abate.

~Slag~, _n._ Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders.

~Slake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quench, extinguish, allay.

~2.~ Slack (_as lime_).

~Slander~, _v. a._ Defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against.

~Slander~, _n._ Defamation (_maliciously uttered_), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon.

~Slanderer~, _n._ Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner.

~Slanderous~, _a._ Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious.

~Slang~, _n._ Cant, low language, colloquial expression, inelegant expression.

~Slant~, _a._ SLANTING.

~Slant~, _n._ Slope.

~Slant~, _v. n._ Slope, lean, incline.

~Slanting~, _a._ Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant.

~Slap~, _n._ Blow (_with something broad_), clap.

~Slap~, _ad._ With a slap.

~Slap~, _v. a._ Strike (_with something broad_), dab, pat.

~Slap-dash~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] In a hurry, in a hurry-scurry, without forethought, at hap hazard, at random.

~Slapjack~, _n._ Flapjack.

~Slash~, _v. a._ Slit.

~Slash~, _n._ Slit, long cut.

~Slashed~, _a._ ~1.~ Slit, cut.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Lancinate, multifid.

~Slattern~, _n._ Slut, drab, draggletail, slovenly woman.

~Slattern~, _a._ Sluttish, SLATTERNLY.

~Slatternly~, _a._ Sluttish, slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly, dirty.

~Slatternly~, _ad._ Sluttishly, negligently.

~Slaty~, _a._ Laminated, laminar, schistous, schistose.

~Slaughter~, _n._ Massacre, MURDER, carnage, bloodshed, butchery, ASSASSINATION, MANSLAUGHTER.

~Slaughter~, _v. a._ Massacre, slay, kill, butcher, despatch, MURDER.

~Slaughterer~, _n._ Murderer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut- throat.

~Slave~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondsman, vassal, SERF, thrall, bond-servant.

~2.~ Drudge.

~Slave~, _v. n._ Drudge, toil, moil.

~Slaver~, _n._ Drivel, slabber, slobber.

~Slaver~, _v. n._ Slabber, slobber, drivel.

~Slaverer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slabberer.

~Slavery~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondage, servitude, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, inthralment, enslavement, captivity.

~2.~ Drudgery.

~Slavish~, _a._ ~1.~ Servile, low, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, sneaking, beggarly, base-minded, low-minded.

~2.~ Drudging, laborious, menial.

~Slavonic~, _a._ Sclavonic.

~Slay~, _v. a._ Kill, slaughter, murder, massacre, destroy, despatch, ASSASSINATE.

~Slayer~, _n._ Killer, murderer, SLAUGHTERER.

~Sleazy~, _a._ Thin, flimsy, weak.

~Sled~, _n._ SLEDGE.

~Sledge~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Sled.

~2.~ Sledge-hammer.

~Sledge-hammer~, _n._ Sledge.

~Sleek~, _a._ Smooth, glossy.

~Sleep~, _v. n._ SLUMBER, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop asleep, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Sleep~, _n._ Slumber, repose, rest.

~Sleepiness~, _n._ Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to sleep.

~Sleepless~, _a._ Wakeful, without sleep.

~Sleep-walker~, _n._ Somnambulist, night-walker, noctambulist.

~Sleep-walking~, _n._ Somnambulism.

~Sleepy~, _a._ Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep.

~Sleight~, _n._ ~1.~ Sly artifice, artful trick.

~2.~ Adroitness, dexterity, manœuvring, dexterous management.

~Sleight of hand~, Legerdemain, hocus-pocus, jugglery.

~Slender~, _a._ ~1.~ Slim, thin, narrow, minute, CAPILLARY.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy.

~3.~ Small, little, inconsiderable.

~4.~ Meagre, scanty, sparing, inadequate, pitiful, lean, lenten, not ample, not enough.

~Slewed~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Drunk, fuddled, corned, tipsy, muddled, intoxicated, inebriated, maudlin, NAPPY, TIGHT, high, GROGGY, disguised, mellow, in liquor, HALF SEAS OVER, has had a drop too much, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.

~Sley~, _n._ Weaver's reed.

~Slice~, _v. a._ Cut (_into thin pieces_).

~Slice~, _n._ Collop, chop, thin piece.

~Slide~, _v. n._ Glide, slip, move smoothly.

~Slide~, _n._ Glide, slip.

~Slight~, _a._ ~1.~ Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little account.

~2.~ Weak, frail, feeble, fragile, flimsy, slender.

~3.~ Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty.

~Slight~, _n._ Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignity.

~Slight~, _v. a._ Neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise, scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on.

~Slightly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Little, in a small degree.

~2.~ Weakly, feebly, slenderly.

~3.~ Cursorily, negligently, hastily, in a superficial manner.

~4.~ Scornfully, contemptuously, disrespectfully, slightingly.

~Slightingly~, _ad._ Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously, slightly, with contempt, with scorn.

~Slim~, _a._ ~1.~ Slender, thin, narrow, lank, gaunt, meagre.

~2.~ Weak, slight, trivial, trifling, paltry, unsubstantial, inconsiderable, poor.

~Slime~, _n._ Mud, ooze, mire.

~Slimy~, _a._ ~1.~ Miry, muddy, oozy.

~2.~ Ropy, clammy, viscous, viscid, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, gelatinous, mucous, SLABBY.

~Sling~, _v. a._ Throw, cast, hurl, fling.

~Sling up~, [_Colloquial._] Hang, suspend.

~Slink~, _v. n._ Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.

~Slink away~, SLINK.

~Slip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glide, slide.

~2.~ Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault.

~Slip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put stealthily, convey secretly.

~2.~ Throw off, disengage one's self from.

~3.~ Loose, loosen, let loose, let go, let slip.

~Slip~, _n._ ~1.~ Slide, glide, move smoothly.

~2.~ Error, mistake, fault, lapse, shortcoming, trip, oversight.

~3.~ Cutting, twig, shoot.

~4.~ Strip, long and narrow piece.

~Slip away~, ~1.~ Escape, glide away, slide away.

~2.~ Sneak, skulk, slink, steal away, slink away.

~Slip on~, Put on hastily.

~Slippery~, _a._ ~1.~ Smooth, glib.

~2.~ Unstable, uncertain, changeable, mutable, unsteady, shaky.

~3.~ Treacherous, perfidious, faithless, knavish, dishonest, false.

~Slipslop~, _a._ Washy, trashy, feeble, poor.

~Slit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut (_lengthwise_).

~2.~ Sunder, divide, rend.

~Slit~, _n._ Long cut.

~Slobber~, _v. a._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Slobber~, _v. n._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Sloe~, _n._ Black-thorn (_Prunus spinosa_).

~Slogan~, _n._ [_Scotland._] War-cry or gathering-word (_of a Highland clan_).

~Slop~, _v. a._ Spill.

~Slope~, _n._ Inclination, acclivity or declivity.

~Slope~, _v. a._ Incline.

~Slope~, _v. n._ Incline, slant, take an oblique direction.

~Sloping~, _a._ Inclining, slanting, declivous, prone.

~Sloppy~, _a._ Plashy, splashy, muddy, SLABBY.

~Slosh~, _n._ Slush, sludge.

~Sloshy~, _a._ Slushy.

~Sloth~, _n._ Inactivity, inaction, laziness, indolence, idleness, inertness, sluggishness, torpor, lumpishness, supineness, slothfulness.

~Slothful~, _a._ Lazy, idle, inert, sluggish, indolent, dronish, inactive, lumpish, supine, torpid, slack.

~Slothfulness~, _n._ SLOTH.

~Slouch~, _n._ ~1.~ Lubber, clown, awkward fellow.

~2.~ Clownish gait.

~Slouching~, _a._ Awkward, uncouth, clownish, lubberly, loutish, ungainly.

~Slough~, _n._ Quagmire, morass, bog, fen.

~Slough~, _n._ Crust, scab, ESCHAR.

~Sloughy~, _a._ Miry, boggy.

~Slovenly~, _a._ ~1.~ Untidy, unclean, dowdy, not neat.

~2.~ Disorderly, loose.

~3.~ Perfunctory, heedless, reckless, careless.

~Slow~, _a._ ~1.~ Moderate, deliberate, not swift, not rapid, not speedy.

~2.~ Tardy, dilatory, late, inactive, sluggish.

~3.~ Dull, stupid, heavy, not alert, not prompt, not ready.

~Slow-back~, _n._ Idler, drone, sluggard, laggard, lounger, trifler, dawdler, doodle, slug, inefficient person.

~Slows~, _n._ (_Med._) Milk-sickness.

~Slow-worm~, _n._ Blind-worm (_Anguis fragilis_).

~Sludge~, _n._ Slosh, slush.

~Slug~, _n._ ~1.~ Snail (_without a shell_).

~2.~ Drone, sluggard, idler, slow-back.

~Sluggard~, _n._ Drone, lounger, idler, trifler, laggard, doodle, slug, slow-back.

~Sluggard~, _n._ SLUGGISH, lazy.

~Sluggish~, _a._ ~1.~ Inert, inactive, indolent, idle, lazy, slothful, dronish, lumpish, supine, phlegmatic.

~2.~ Slow, not brisk.

~Sluggishness~, _n._ Phlegm, apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, inertness, indolence, slothfulness, laziness, supineness, torpor, sloth.

~Sluice~, _n._ Opening, vent.

~Sluice-gate~, _n._ Flood-gate.

~Slum~, _n._ Close (_in a city_), alley, lane, dark retreat, low neighborhood.

~Slumber~, _v. n._ Sleep (_lightly_), doze, nap, snooze, lose one's self, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Slumber~, _n._ Sleep (_not deep or profound_), repose, rest, doze, nap, light sleep.

~Slumberous~, _a._ Soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific.

~Slump~, _v. n._ Sink (_as in walking on snow_).

~Slur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reproach, traduce, asperse, disparage, speak of slightingly or disrespectfully.

~2.~ Disregard, slight, pass by, pass over, gloss over, slur over.

~Slur~, _n._ Reproach, stigma, stain, brand.

~Slush~, _n._ ~1.~ Slosh, sludge.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Grease, fat.

~Slushy~, _a._ Sloshy.

~Slut~, _n._ Slattern, drab, draggletail.

~Sluttish~, _a._ Untidy, uncleanly, dirty.

~Sly~, _a._ Cunning, artful, crafty, wily, subtle, insidious, arch, shrewd, knowing.

~Slyboots~, _n._ Sharper, cheat, rogue, knave, trickster, shark, blackleg, swindler, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow, sly dog.

~Smack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Taste, have a taste, have a flavor.

~2.~ Have a tincture, have a quality.

~Smack~, _n._ ~1.~ Taste, savor, flavor, tang.

~2.~ Tincture, touch, tinge, dash, spice, infusion, sprinkling, little, small quantity.

~3.~ Buss, loud kiss.

~Small~, _a._ ~1.~ Little, diminutive, tiny, puny, dwarf, minikin, dwarfish, stunted, Liliputian, pygmean, pygmy, miniature, not great, not large.

~2.~ Minute, microscopic, molecular, atomic, corpuscular.

~3.~ Petty, trifling, trivial, inconsiderable, insignificant, unimportant.

~4.~ Slender, scanty, paltry, moderate.

~5.~ Feeble, weak, faint, slight.

~6.~ Mean, sordid, selfish, illiberal, ungenerous, mercenary, narrow, narrow-minded.

~7.~ Shallow, unintelligent, unintellectual, ungifted, sappy, stolid, dull, feeble-minded.

~Small-beer~, _n._ Table-beer.

~Small-clothes~, _n. pl._ Breeches.

~Smallish~, _a._ Somewhat small.

~Small portrait~, Miniature.

~Small-pox~, _n._ Variola.

~Smart~, _n._ Pungent or sharp pain, lancinating pain.

~Smart~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feel sharp pain.

~2.~ Suffer, be punished.

~Smart~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, stinging, keen, severe, poignant, pungent.

~2.~ Vigorous, forcible, effective, energetic.

~3.~ Lively, brisk, vivacious, agile, nimble, quick, alert, spry, active, stirring, prompt, ready, sprightly, spirited, dapper.

~4.~ Expert, dexterous, clever.

~5.~ Witty, acute, apt.

~6.~ Spruce, trim, nicely or showily dressed.

~Smartness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, keenness, poignancy, pungency.

~2.~ Vigor, force, energy.

~3.~ Liveliness, briskness, vivacity, agility, nimbleness, quickness, alertness, spryness, activity, sprightliness.

~4.~ Expertness, dexterity, cleverness.

~5.~ Wit, wittiness, acuteness, aptness.

~6.~ Spruceness, trimness.

~Smart-weed~, _n._ Water-poppet (_Polyganum hydropiper_).

~Smash~, _v. a._ Crush, mash, dash to pieces, break in pieces.

~Smatter~, _n._ SMATTERING.

~Smatterer~, _n._ Ignoramus, novice, sciolist, greenhorn.

~Smattering~, _n._ Smatter, sciolism, slight knowledge, superficial knowledge, imperfect knowledge.

~Smear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime, PAY.

~2.~ Contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully.

~Smear~, _n._ Daub, stain.

~Smeary~, _a._ Adhesive, viscous, viscid, glutinous, dauby, sticky.

~Smell a rat~, [_Colloquial._] Get an inkling, have a strong suspicion.

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

~Smell~, _v. n._ Have an odor, have a scent.

~Smell~, _n._ Scent, odor, perfume, fragrance, aroma.

~Smelling-salts~, _n. pl._ Sal-volatile, carbonate of ammonia, sesqui- carbonate of ammonia.

~Smell out~, Discover, find out, smoke out.

~Smelt~, _v. a._ Fuse (_as ore_), melt.

~Smew~, _n._ (_Ornith._) White-nun (_Mergus albellus_).

~Smift~, _n._ Fuse.

~Smirk~, _n._ Affected smile.

~Smirk~, _v. n._ Smile (_affectedly_), simper.

~Smite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strike, beat, box, cuff, buffet.

~2.~ Kill, slay, destroy.

~3.~ Afflict, chasten, punish.

~Smite~, _v. n._ Strike, collide.

~Smithery~, _n._ ~1.~ SMITHY.

~2.~ Smithing, smith's work.

~Smithing~, _n._ Smithery, smith's work.

~Smithy~, _n._ Smithery, stithy, FORGE, smith's shop.

~Smitten~, _part._ ~1.~ Struck.

~2.~ Killed, slain, destroyed.

~3.~ Afflicted, chastened, punished.

~4.~ Charmed, captivated, fascinated, delighted, pleased, attracted, taken.

~Smock~, _n._ ~1.~ Chemise, shift.

~2.~ Blouse, gabardine, smock-frock.

~Smock-frock~, _n._ SMOCK, blouse.

~Smoke~, _n._ ~1.~ Sooty vapor.

~2.~ Reek, steam, exhalation, effluvium, fume, mist.

~Smoke~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fumigate, expose to smoke.

~2.~ Draw into the mouth and puff out smoke from (_as tobacco in a pipe or a cigar_).

~Smoke~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Emit smoke; steam, reek.

~2.~ Smoke tobacco.

~Smoke out~, Discover, find out, smell out.

~Smoke-tree~, _n._ Venetian sumach (_Rhus cotinus_).

~Smoky~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the nature of smoke.

~2.~ Fumy, fuliginous.

~3.~ Filled with smoke.

~Smooth~, ~1.~ Even, level, plane, flat, not rough.

~2.~ Sleek, glossy.

~3.~ Unruffled, undisturbed.

~4.~ Easy, voluble, fluent, not harsh.

~5.~ Bland, mild, soothing, oily, flattering, adulatory, courtier- like, fair-spoken, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued.

~Smooth~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Level, flatten, make smooth.

~2.~ Ease, make easy.

~3.~ Calm, allay, assuage, mollify, mitigate, alleviate.

~Smooth-spoken~, _a._ Fair-spoken, SMOOTH-TONGUED.

~Smooth-tongued~, _a._ Plausible, flattering, adulatory, smooth, smooth-spoken, fair-spoken.

~Smother~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stifle, suffocate, choke.

~2.~ Suppress, repress, conceal, keep back, keep down.

~Smug~, _a._ Nice, spruce, trim, neat.

~Smuggler~, _n._ Contrabandist.

~Smut~, _n._ ~1.~ Dirt.

~2.~ Blight, blemish.

~3.~ Obscenity, ribaldry, smuttiness, obscene language.

~Smut~, _v. a._ Soil, tarnish, sully, taint, stain.

~Smutty~, _a._ ~1.~ Dirty, foul, soiled, stained, nasty.

~2.~ Obscene, ribald, indecent, indelicate, immodest, gross, coarse, loose.

~Snack~, _n._ [_England._] Luncheon, slight meal, hasty repast.

~Snag~, _n._ ~1.~ Knot, knarl, knob, projection.

~2.~ Tooth (_in contempt_).

~3.~ [_U. S._] Swaying trunk or branch of a tree (_fixed at one end in a river_).

~Snail~, _n._ ~1.~ SLUG.

~2.~ Drone, idler, sluggard, slow-back.

~Snail-shell~, _n._ Helix.

~Snake~, _n._ Serpent.

~Snake-bird~, _n._ Darter.

~Snake-head~, _n._ Shell-flower (_Chelone glabra_).

~Snake's-head~, _n._ Shell-flower (_Chelone glabra_).

~Snake-stone~, _n._ Ammonite.

~Snakish~, _a._ SNAKY.

~Snaky~, _a._ ~1.~ Serpentine, winding, snakish.

~2.~ Sly, cunning, artful, deceitful, insinuating.

~Snap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Break short, break short off.

~2.~ Bite, seize, catch at, snatch at, snap at.

~3.~ Crack (_as a whip_).

~Snap~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break short.

~2.~ Crackle, decrepitate, crepitate.

~Snap at~, ~1.~ Bite, seize, snap, catch at, snatch at.

~2.~ Snarl at, growl at.

~Snap~, _n._ ~1.~ Bite, catch, seizure.

~2.~ Clasp, fastening.

~3.~ Crack (_as of a whip_).

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Force, energy.

~Snap-dragon~, _n._ Flap-dragon.

~Snap judgment~, Hasty judgment, offhand decision, jumping to a conclusion, judgment without due consideration or adequate knowledge.

~Snappish~, _a._ Touchy, testy, crabbed, cross, crusty, irascible, waspish, petulant, perverse, froward, pettish, snarling, peevish, captious, churlish, splenetic, censorious, acrimonious, ill-tempered, out of sorts.

~Snare~, _n._ Gin, noose, net, trap, springs, toil.

~Snare~, _v. a._ Entrap, entangle, catch, ensnare.

~Snarl~, _v. n._ Growl, gnarl, grumble, murmur.

~Snarl~, _v. a._ Entangle, complicate, make knotty, involve in knots.

~Snarl~, _n._ Entanglement, tangle, complication.

~Snarling~, _a._ SNAPPISH.

~Snatch~, _v. a._ Grasp, clutch, gripe, wring, wrest, twitch, pluck, NAB, seize suddenly.

~Snatch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bit, fragment, portion, small part.

~2.~ Catch, short effort.

~Snatch at~, Seize, snap, catch at, snap at.

~Snath~, _n._ Snead.

~Snead~, _n._ Snath.

~Sneak~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Skulk, lurk, slink, peak, steal away, sneak off, slink away.

~2.~ Crouch, truckle.

~Sneak~, _n._ Shirk, lurker, mean fellow.

~Sneaking~, _a._ Servile, slavish, cringing, obsequious, fawning, grovelling, truckling, crouching, mean, low, base, abject, vile, beggarly, time-serving.

~Sneak off~, SNEAK, slink away.

~Sneer~, _v. n._ Scoff, gibe, jeer, flout, mock, fleer, rail, turn up the nose.

~Sneer~, _n._ Scoff, jeer, jibe, fling.

~Sneer at~, Deride, ridicule, scorn, disdain, scout, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, mock, look down upon, laugh at, rail at, turn up the nose at, POKE FUN AT.

~Sneezing~, _n._ Sternutation.

~Snicker~, _v. n._ Laugh (_under restraint_), titter, GIGGLE, snigger.

~Sniff~, _v. n._ Snuff.

~Sniff~, _v. a._ Snuff, inhale, breathe, breathe in.

~Sniff~, _n._ Snuff.

~Sniffle~, _v. n._ Snuffle.

~Snifting-valve~, _n._ Blow-valve.

~Snigger~, _v. n._ SNICKER.

~Snip~, _v. a._ Clip, cut, nip, nip off.

~Snip~, _n._ Clip, bit, cut, shred, fragment, piece.

~Snipe-fish~, _n._ Trumpet-fish, bellows-fish (_Centriscus scolopax_).

~Snivel~, _n._ Snot.

~Snivel~, _v. n._ Cry (_as a child_), blubber, whimper.

~Snivelly~, _a._ [Written also _Snively_.] ~1.~ Snotty.

~2.~ Whining, pitiful.

~Snob~, _n._ Upstart, mushroom, PARVENU, pretender to gentility, pretentious fellow.

~Snook~, _n._ Greenbone, garfish, gar-pike, sea-pike, sea-needle, long- nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (_Esox belone_ or _Belone vulgaris_).

~Snooze~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] SLUMBER, sleep, nap, doze, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Snot~, _n._ Snivel.

~Snotty~, _a._ Snivelly.

~Snout~, _n._ ~1.~ Nose (_of a beast_), muzzle.

~2.~ Nozzle.

~Snow-ball~, _n._ Guelder-rose (_Viburnum opulus_).

~Snow-ball-tree~, _n._ Guelder-rose (_Viburnum opulus_).

~Snow-goose~, _n._ Whitebrant (_Anser hyperboreus_).

~Snub~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nip, clip, dock, prune, cut short, cut down.

~2.~ Check (_with a tart remark_), reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide.

~3.~ Abash (_as a pretentious person_), humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert, discomfit, BLUFF, put down, take down, put to shame, make ashamed, take down a peg, send away with a flea in one's ear, teach one one's distance.

~Snuff~, _n._ Sniff.

~Snuff~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inhale, breathe, sniff, breathe in.

~2.~ Smell, scent.

~Snuff~, _v. n._ Snort (_as a horse_).

~Snuffle~, _v. n._ Sniffle.

~Snug~, _v. n._ SNUGGLE, nestle.

~Snug~, _a._ ~1.~ Close, concealed, not exposed.

~2.~ Comfortable, convenient, compact.

~Snuggery~, _n._ Snug place.

~Snuggle~, _v. n._ Nestle, cuddle, snug, lie snug, lie close.

~So~, _ad._ ~1.~ Thus, in like manner, for a like reason, with equal reason.

~2.~ To such a degree, in such a manner.

~3.~ Likewise, in the same manner, in such a manner, in this way.

~4.~ Such, in the same state or condition, as it is, as it was.

~5.~ Therefore, for this reason, on this account.

~6.~ Thus it is, so it is.

~7.~ Be it so, thus be it, it is well.

~So~, _conj._ Provided that, on condition that, in case that.

~Soak~, _v. a._ Steep, macerate, imbrue, drench.

~Soak~, _v. n._ Steep, be soaked.

~Soak in~, Imbibe, draw in, soak up.

~Soak up~, SOAK IN.

~Soaker~, n. [_Colloquial._] Tippler, toper, hard drinker.

~Soapstone~, _n._ Steatite.

~Soar~, _v. n._ Tower, mount, rise, ascend, fly aloft.

~Sob~, _v. n._ Weep, cry, sigh convulsively.

~So be it~, Amen.

~Sober~, _a._ ~1.~ Temperate, abstemious, abstinent, not drunken.

~2.~ Calm, moderate, cool, composed, unruffled, unimpassioned, dispassionate, steady, sedate, demure, staid, rational.

~3.~ Grave, solemn, serious, pensive.

~Soberness~, _n._ SOBRIETY.

~Sobriety~, _n._ ~1.~ Temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence.

~2.~ Calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, demureness, thoughtfulness, gravity.

~Sobriquet~, _n._ [Fr.] Nickname, byname.

~Sociability~, _n._ Sociableness, companionableness, sociality, good- fellowship.

~Sociable~, _a._ Companionable, SOCIAL, friendly, familiar, neighborly, conversable, inclined to society.

~Sociableness~, _n._ SOCIABILITY.

~Social~, _a._ ~1.~ Civil, civic, of society.

~2.~ Companionable, SOCIABLE, neighborly, formed for society.

~3.~ Convivial, festive.

~Socialism~, _n._ Communism, Fourierism, phalansterianism, Saint Simonianism, humanitarianism.

~Socialist~, _n._ Fourierite, communist.

~Sociality~, _n._ SOCIABILITY.

~Society~, _n._ ~1.~ Association, copartnership, partnership, fellowship, company, corporation, body, fraternity, sodality, brotherhood, social union.

~2.~ The community, the public, the world.

~Sociology~, _n._ Social science.

~Socius criminis~, [L.] Accomplice, confederate, accessary, abettor, PARTICEPS CRIMINIS.

~Sod~, _n._ Turf, clod.

~Soda~, _n._ Protoxide of sodium.

~Soda-ash~, _n._ Carbonate of soda (_impure_).

~Sodality~, _n._ Fraternity, brotherhood, society.

~Sodden~, _a._ ~1.~ Boiled, decocted, stewed.

~2.~ Soaked, steeped, drenched, thoroughly wet (_so as to be soft_).

~Sodomy~, _n._ Buggery, unnatural carnal intercourse.

~Sofa~, _n._ Couch, seat to recline on.

~Soft~, _a._ ~1.~ Impressible, yielding, not firm, not hard.

~2.~ Plastic, pliable, easily moulded.

~3.~ Smooth, delicate, fine, not rugged, not rough.

~4.~ Compliant, submissive, irresolute, facile.

~5.~ Mild, gentle, bland, kind, lenient, tender, not harsh, not severe.

~6.~ Simple, silly, foolish, weak.

~7.~ Quiet, easy, light.

~8.~ Mellifluous, dulcet, clear, flowing.

~Soft~, _interj._ Hold, stop, not so fast.

~Soften~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Intenerate, melt, touch, make tender, make soft.

~2.~ Assuage, appease, mitigate, moderate, alleviate, soothe, mollify, quiet, calm, still, quell, allay, relieve, ease, abate, temper, qualify, attemper, dull, lessen, blunt.

~Soften~, _v. n._ Grow soft.

~Soft roe~, MILT, sperm.

~Soft sawder~, [_Low._] Flattery, cajolery, blarney, SOFT SOAP.

~Soft soap~, ~1.~ Potash soap, semi-fluid soap.

~2.~ [_Low._] Flattery, SOFT SAWDER.

~Soi-disant~, [Fr.] Pretended, would-be, self-styled.

~Soil~, _v. a._ Foul, dirty, stain, pollute, sully, tarnish, defile, taint, contaminate, bedaub, begrime, besmear, bespatter, make foul.

~Soil~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, blot, spot, tarnish.

~2.~ Mould, loam, earth, ground.

~3.~ Land, country.

~Soirée~, _n._ [Fr.] Evening party.

~Sojourn~, _v. n._ Abide (_temporarily_), stay, tarry, lodge, rest, STOP, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, put up, take lodgings, have lodgings.

~Sojourn~, _n._ Stay, temporary abode.

~Solace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cheer, comfort, soothe, console.

~2.~ Allay, assuage, soften, mitigate, relieve.

~Soland-goose~, _n._ Gannet (_Sula barsanus_).

~Solar spectrum~, Prismatic spectrum.

~Soldier~, _n._ Warrior, fighting-man, man at arms.

~Soldier-like~, _a._ SOLDIERLY.

~Soldierly~, _a._ ~1.~ Warlike, martial, military, soldier-like.

~2.~ Valiant, brave, gallant, intrepid, courageous.

~Soldiery~, _n._ Soldiers, the military, the army, body of soldiers.

~Sole~, _a._ Single, only, solitary, alone, individual.

~Solecism~, _n._ ~1.~ Bad grammar, false syntax.

~2.~ Incongruity, impropriety, absurdity.

~Solemn~, _a._ ~1.~ Formal, ritual, ceremonial.

~2.~ Sacred, religious, devout, reverential, devotional.

~3.~ Serious, grave, sober.

~4.~ Awful, august, venerable, imposing, grand, stately, majestic.

~Solemnity~, _n._ ~1.~ Rite (_religious_), ceremonial, observance, ceremony.

~2.~ Awfulness, sacredness.

~3.~ Seriousness, gravity.

~Solemnize~, _v. a._ Celebrate (_with solemn ceremonies_), commemorate, observe, do honor to, honor, keep.

~Solicit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask (_earnestly_), request (_urgently_), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to.

~2.~ Invite, summon.

~Solicitant~, _n._ ~1.~ Solicitor, petitioner, asker.

~2.~ Aspirant, candidate.

~Solicitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Entreaty, importunity, supplication, imploration, appeal, petition, address, insistence, urgency, suit.

~2.~ Invitation, summons, bidding, call.

~Solicitor~, _n._ ~1.~ Asker, petitioner, solicitant.

~2.~ (_Law._) Chancery lawyer, equity lawyer.

~Solicitous~, _a._ Anxious, careful, concerned, apprehensive, troubled, uneasy, jealous.

~Solicitude~, _n._ Anxiety, care, carefulness, concern, trouble, perplexity.

~Solid~, _a._ ~1.~ Hard, firm, not fluid, not liquid.

~2.~ Dense, compact, not hollow.

~3.~ Strong, substantial, stable, sound, stout.

~4.~ Real, true, valid, just, weighty, important, grave, not frivolous, not fallacious.

~Solidarity~, _n._ [_Modern._] Consolidation (_of interests and responsibilities_), community (_in whatever befalls_), close fellowship, joint interest.

~Solidify~, _v. a._ Consolidate, compact, make solid.

~Solidify~, _v. n._ Become solid.

~Solidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Hardness, firmness, solidness.

~2.~ Density, compactness.

~3.~ Strength, stability, soundness.

~4.~ Reality, truth, weight, validity, justice, gravity, importance.

~5.~ (_Geom._) Volume, solid contents.

~Solidness~, _n._ SOLIDITY.

~Solidungulate~, _n._ Soliped.

~Soliloquize~, _v. n._ Talk to one's self.

~Soliloquy~, _n._ Monologue.

~Soliped~, _n._ Solidungulate.

~Solitaire~, _n._ [Fr.] Hermit, SOLITARY.

~Solitary~, _a._ ~1.~ Lone, lonely, alone, unaccompanied, companionless, without society, without company.

~2.~ Isolated, secluded, unfrequented, uninhabited, retired, deserted.

~3.~ Dismal, gloomy, desolate, cheerless, lonesome.

~4.~ Single, sole, individual.

~Solitary~, _n._ Hermit, anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitaire, EREMITE.

~Solitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Loneliness, isolation, seclusion, solitariness, lonely state, seclusiveness, lonely life, estrangement from the world.

~2.~ Desert, wilderness, waste, lonely place, deserted region.

~Soluble~, _a._ That may be dissolved, susceptible of solution.

~Soluble glass~, Silicate of soda (_or of potash_), liquor of flints.

~Solution~, _n._ ~1.~ Disruption, separation, breach, disjunction, disintegration.

~2.~ Explanation, explication, resolution, disentanglement, key.

~3.~ Liquefaction, dissolution, melting.

~Solvable~, _a._ Resolvable.

~Solve~, _v. a._ Explain, unfold, expound, interpret, elucidate, clear, make plain, resolve, clear up, throw light upon.

~Solvent~, _n._ Menstruum.

~Somatotomy~, _n._ Anatomy.

~Sombre~, _a._ [Written also _Somber_.] ~1.~ Shady, dusky, cloudy, murky, dark, dull, darksome, rayless, sunless, unilluminated, obscure, dismal, sombrous, gloomy.

~2.~ Melancholy, sad, mournful, doleful, lugubrious, funereal.

~Sombrous~, _a._ SOMBRE.

~Some~, _a._ ~1.~ More or less, a certain quantity of, a certain number of.

~2.~ One (_indefinitely_), a, an, any.

~3.~ About, near.

~4.~ Several, a considerable number.

~5.~ Some people, some persons.

~6.~ A part, a portion.

~Somebody~, _n._ ~1.~ One, some person, some one.

~2.~ Something, a person of consequence.

~Somehow~, _ad._ In some way, somehow or other.

~Somersault~, _n._ SOMERSET.

~Somerset~, _n._ Somersault, summerset, summersault.

~Something~, _n._ ~1.~ A thing (_indefinitely_).

~2.~ A part, a portion, a little.

~3.~ Somebody, a person of consequence.

~Something~, _ad._ SOMEWHAT.

~Somewhat~, _ad._ Something, in some degree, more or less.

~Somewhat~, _n._ Something, more or less, a little.

~Somewhere~, _ad._ In some place, in one place or another.

~Somewhither~, _ad._ To some place, to one place or another.

~Somnambulism~, _n._ Sleep-walking.

~Somnambulist~, _n._ Sleep-walker, night-walker, noctambulist.

~Somniferous~, _a._ Soporific, soporiferous, slumberous, somnific, narcotic.

~Somnific~, _a._ SOMNIFEROUS.

~Somnolence~, _n._ Sleepiness, drowsiness, doziness, somnolency.

~Somnolency~, _n._ SOMNOLENCE.

~Somnolent~, _a._ Sleepy, drowsy.

~Song~, _n._ ~1.~ Ballad, ditty, canticle, carol, canzonet.

~2.~ Lay, strain, poem, hymn, psalm, anthem.

~3.~ Poetry, poesy, verse, numbers.

~4.~ Trifle, small sum.

~Sonnet~, _n._ Poem (_of fourteen lines_).

~Son of man~, CHRIST.

~Sonorous~, _a._ ~1.~ Sounding, resonant, resounding, ringing.

~2.~ High-sounding.

~Soon~, _ad._ ~1.~ Shortly, presently, before long, pretty soon, by and by, in a short time.

~2.~ Early, at so early an hour.

~3.~ Lief, willingly, readily, gladly.

~Soot~, _n._ Crock.

~Soothe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Assuage, calm, quiet, appease, tranquillize, compose, pacify, sober, still, lull.

~2.~ Moderate, alleviate, palliate, lessen, allay, mollify, repress, check, temper, soften, attemper, deaden, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt.

~Soothsayer~, _n._ Seer, foreteller, predictor, prophet, diviner, haruspice, vaticinator, sorcerer, necromancer.

~Sooty~, _a._ Dark, dusky, murky, fuliginous.

~Sop~, _n._ Something to pacify, tub to the whale.

~Sophism~, _n._ Fallacy, paralogism, paralogy, quibble, fallacious argument.

~Sophistical~, _a._ Fallacious, illogical.

~Sophisticate~, _v. a._ Adulterate, debase, vitiate, pervert, corrupt.

~Sophisticate~, _a._ Adulterated, spurious, counterfeit, debased, vitiated, perverted, corrupted, sophisticated.

~Sophistication~, _n._ Adulteration, corruption.

~Sophistry~, _n._ Paralogy, paralogism, false logic, fallacious reasoning, flaw in the argument, inconclusive reasoning, reasoning in a circle, begging the question.

~Sophomorical~, _a._ Bombastic, inflated, turgid, stilted, swelling, pompous, extravagant, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGH- FALUTIN.

~Soporiferous~, _a._ SOPORIFIC.

~Soporific~, a. Somniferous, somnific, slumberous, soporiferous, narcotic, hypnotic.

~Soporific~, _n._ Narcotic.

~Soprano~, _n._ (_Mus._) Treble, descant, highest female voice.

~Sorcerer~, _n._ Magician, conjurer, juggler, enchanter, necromancer, charmer, wizard, exorcist, diviner, seer, soothsayer.

~Sorcery~, _n._ Divination (_by evil spirits_), magic, enchantment, witchcraft, necromancy, charm, spell, the black art.

~Sordid~, _a._ ~1.~ Mean, base, vile, low, degraded.

~2.~ Covetous, avaricious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, close, illiberal, ungenerous, penurious, close-fisted.

~Sore~, _n._ Ulcer, fester, abscess, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule.

~Sore~, _a._ ~1.~ Painful (_from inflammation_), tender.

~2.~ Pained, hurt, grieved.

~Sorely~, _ad._ Grievously, severely, violently, greatly.

~Sorghum~, _n._ Chinese sugar-cane.

~Sorrow~, _n._ ~1.~ Grief, sadness, affliction, mourning, trouble.

~2.~ Regret, vexation, chagrin.

~Sorrow~, _v. n._ Grieve, mourn, be sad.

~Sorrowful~, _a._ ~1.~ Grieved, afflicted, in sorrow, in mourning.

~2.~ Sad, mournful, grievous, lamentable, distressing, painful, dismal, doleful, melancholy, sorry, piteous, woful, rueful, moving pity, exciting compassion.

~Sorry~, _a._ ~1.~ Grieved, SORROWFUL.

~2.~ Mean, vile, base, poor, miserable, wretched, pitiful, abject, beggarly, rascally, contemptible, despicable, shabby, bad, low, paltry.

~3.~ Mournful, dismal, sad, painful, melancholy.

~Sort~, _n._ ~1.~ Kind, species, description, class, denomination, character, nature.

~2.~ Manner, way, degree.

~Sort~, _v. a._ Distribute (_into sorts_), assort, class, classify.

~Sort~, _v. n._ Associate, consort, fraternize, be in familiar intercourse.

~Sortie~, _n._ Sally.

~Sort with~, Suit, fit, agree with, be adapted to.

~So so~, ~1.~ [_Adverbially._] Moderately, passably, indifferently, tolerably well, pretty well.

~2.~ [_Adjectively._] Passable, tolerable, ordinary, middling, indifferent, pretty good, not bad.

~Sot~, _n._ Toper, tippler, drunkard, wine-bibber, dram-drinker.

~Sottish~, _a._ Stupid (_from intemperance_), dull, doltish, foolish, senseless, insensate, besotted.

~Sotto voce~, [It.] Softly, in a low voice, in an under tone, in a low tone, with bated breath.

~Soul~, ~1.~ Mind, spirit, inner man.

~2.~ Life, vital principle, animating principle.

~3.~ Essence, principal part, essential part, best part.

~4.~ Individual, person, man, human being, intelligent being.

~5.~ Ardor, fire, fervor, courage, energy, force.

~Soulless~, _a._ ~1.~ Lifeless.

~2.~ Mean, base, vile, low, spiritless.

~Sound~, _a._ ~1.~ Whole, entire, unbroken, undecayed, uninjured, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong.

~2.~ Healthy, hearty, hale, hardy, vigorous, in health, in good health, not diseased.

~3.~ Sane, well-balanced.

~4.~ Correct, true, valid, solid, weighty, reasonable, rational, sensible, judicious.

~5.~ Established, fixed, well-grounded.

~6.~ Profound, unbroken, undisturbed, fast.

~7.~ Heavy, lusty, forcible.

~8.~ Orthodox, of the true faith, not heretical.

~Sound~, _ad._ Soundly, profoundly.

~Sound~, _n._ ~1.~ Strait, narrows.

~2.~ Air-bladder (_of a fish_).

~3.~ Noise, report.

~Sound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Resound, make a noise, give out a sound.

~2.~ Appear by the sound.

~3.~ Try the depth (_of water_), throw the lead.

~Sound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cause to sound.

~2.~ Utter, express audibly.

~3.~ Celebrate (_by sounds_).

~4.~ Measure, fathom, try the depth of.

~5.~ Examine, test, try.

~Soundless~, _a._ ~1.~ Silent, noiseless.

~2.~ Unfathomable, bottomless, very deep, very profound.

~Soundness~, _n._ ~1.~ Wholeness, entireness.

~2.~ Healthiness, vigor.

~3.~ Saneness.

~4.~ Correctness, truth, rectitude, validity.

~5.~ Firmness, strength, solidity.

~Soup~, _n._ Broth.

~Sour~, _a._ ~1.~ Acid, tart, pricked.

~2.~ Cross, crabbed, morose, surly, testy, touchy, cantankerous, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill-natured.

~Sour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make acid, turn sour.

~2.~ Imbitter, make cross.

~Sour~, _v. n._ Turn sour, become acid.

~Source~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, spring, fountain, head, rise, cradle, beginning, commencement, fountain-head, starting point.

~2.~ Cause, original.

~Sour-gum~, _n._ Tupelo, pepperidge.

~Sourish~, _a._ Acidulous, somewhat sour, somewhat acid.

~Sourness~, _n._ ~1.~ Acidity, tartness.

~2.~ Acrimony, asperity, moroseness, crabbedness, churlishness, peevishness, petulance, ill temper, bad blood.

~Souse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pickle.

~2.~ Plunge, dip, immerse, submerge, douse, put under water (_or other liquid_).

~Souse~, _ad._ With a plunge.

~South~, _a._ Southern, southerly.

~South~, _ad._ Southward, towards the south.

~Southerly~, _a._ Southern, south.

~Southern~, _a._ Southerly, south.

~Southerner~, _n._ Southron.

~Southron~, _n._ Southerner.

~Souvenir~, _n._ [Fr.] Remembrancer, memento.

~Sovereign~, _a._ ~1.~ Supreme, regal, royal, imperial, monarchical.

~2.~ Chief, predominant, principal.

~3.~ Efficacious, effectual.

~Sovereign~, _n._ Monarch, autocrat, potentate, despot, king, emperor, prince, lord, queen, supreme ruler.

~Sovereignty~, _n._ Dominion, supremacy, empire, dynasty, kingdom, supreme power, supreme rule, absolute authority, chief sway.

~Sow~, _n._ Hog (_female_), pig, swine.

~Sow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter, strew, spread.

~2.~ Disseminate, disperse, propagate, spread abroad.

~3.~ Plant, put seed in.

~4.~ Besprinkle, scatter over.

~Sow~, _v. n._ Plant, scatter seed, put in seed.

~Sowens~, _n. pl._ [_Scottish._] Porridge (_made of the dust of oatmeal_), flummery.

~Spa~, _n._ Mineral spring.

~Space~, _n._ ~1.~ Extension, extent.

~2.~ _Capacity_, _room_.

~3.~ Distance, interval.

~4.~ [_Rare._] While, short time.

~Spacious~, _a._ Wide, extended, extensive, expansive, broad, ample, capacious, roomy.

~Span~, _n._ ~1.~ Nine inches.

~2.~ Brief period.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Pair (_of horses_).

~Spangle~, _n._ Sparkling ornament.

~Spanish-bayonet~, _n._ Yucca, Adam's needle, bear-grass.

~Spanish-fly~, _n._ Blister-fly, blister-beetle (_Cantharis vesicatoria_).

~Spank~, _v. a._ Strike (_with the open hand_), slap.

~Span-new~, _a._ Brand-new, fire-new, quite new, spick-and-span new.

~Spanworm~, _n._ Geometer, looper, canker-worm.

~Spar~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Box.

~2.~ Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, SPAT.

~Spare~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.

~2.~ Dispense with, do without, part with.

~3.~ Withhold, omit, forbear.

~4.~ Withhold from, keep from.

~5.~ Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.

~6.~ Preserve (_from any thing dreaded_).

~Spare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be frugal, be parsimonious.

~2.~ Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.

~3.~ Be lenient, be merciful, be tender.

~Spare~, _a._ ~1.~ Scanty, sparing, not abundant, not plentiful.

~2.~ Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.

~4.~ Superfluous, supernumerary, not used, not wanted.

~Spare hours,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Spare time,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Sparing~, _a._ ~1.~ Scanty, SPARE.

~2.~ Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical, not liberal.

~Spark~, _n._ ~1.~ Sparkle, scintillation, particle of fire, scintilla.

~2.~ Germ, element, active principle.

~3.~ Gallant, beau, buck; gay, dashing fellow.

~Sparkish~, _a._ Gay, showy, airy, fine.

~Sparkle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shine (_with intermissions_), glitter, glisten, glister, twinkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash.

~2.~ Mantle, effervesce, bubble, foam, froth.

~Sparkling~, _a._ ~1.~ Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing.

~2.~ Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling.

~3.~ Lively, glowing, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.

~Sparring~, _n._ Wrangling, quarrelling, contention, strife.

~Sparry iron~, Spathic iron, carbonate of iron.

~Sparse~, _a._ Scattered, spread here and there, not dense.

~Spartan~, _a._ Brave, courageous, hardy, undaunted, daring, intrepid, dauntless, fearless, bold, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalric, heroic, lion-hearted.

~Spasm~, _n._ ~1.~ Twitch, sudden contraction (_as of the muscles_).

~2.~ Fit, paroxysm, throe.

~Spasmodic~, a. Convulsive, fitful.

~Spasmodic cholera~, Asiatic cholera, cholera asphyxia.

~Spat~, _n._ [_Local, U. S._] Petty dispute, petty quarrel, war of words.

~Spat~, _v. n._ Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, spar, bicker, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~Spathic~, _a._ Foliated, lamellar.

~Spathic iron~, SPARRY IRON.

~Spatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sprinkle, besprinkle, bespatter, splash, plash.

~2.~ Daub, bedaub, smear, besmear, begrime, bedraggle, spot, stain, soil.

~Spatterdashes~, _n. pl._ Gaiters, leggings.

~Spawl~, _v. n._ Spit, sputter.

~Spawl~, _n._ Spit, spittle, saliva.

~Spawn~, _n._ ~1.~ Eggs (_of fish or of frogs_), hard roe.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Mycelium, filaments (_from which fungi originate_).

~Spawn~, _v. a._ [_In contempt._] Generate, produce, bring forth.

~Spawn~, _v. n._ [_In contempt._] Issue.

~Speak~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Articulate, enunciate, talk with articulate sounds.

~2.~ Plead, spout, hold forth, make a speech, discourse, harangue, declaim.

~3.~ Treat, make mention.

~4.~ Sound, resound.

~Speak~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Utter, express, deliver, pronounce, articulate.

~2.~ Announce, make known, spread abroad, proclaim, declare.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Hail.

~Speaker~, _n._ ~1.~ Discourser, orator, spokesman, prolocutor.

~2.~ Chairman, presiding officer.

~Speaking~, _n._ ~1.~ Talk, discourse.

~2.~ Elocution, declamation, oratory.

~Speak of~, Treat, discuss, mention, treat of, touch upon, speak about, talk about, make mention of.

~Speak to~, Accost, address, make up to.

~Speak well for~, Be creditable to, be commendatory of.

~Speak out~, Blab, open one's mind, unbosom one's self, unburden one's mind.

~Speak with~, Converse with, hold a conversation with.

~Spear~, _n._ ~1.~ Lance, javelin.

~2.~ Shoot, spire.

~Spear-hand~, _n._ Right-hand.

~Spear-shaped~, _a._ Hastate, hastated.

~Special~, _a._ ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, specific, especial.

~2.~ Extraordinary, uncommon.

~Speciality~, _n._ ~1.~ Particularity.

~2.~ Specialty, object of special attention, particular object of pursuit, pet subject.

~Specialty~, _n._ SPECIALITY.

~Specie~, _n._ Coin, cash, metallic money, hard money, stamped money.

~Species~, _n._ ~1.~ Group (_subordinate to a genus_).

~2.~ Kind, sort, description, variety.

~Specific~, _a._ ~1.~ Peculiar, particular, especial, characteristic.

~2.~ Definite, precise, specified.

~Specific~, _n._ ~1.~ Special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedy.

~2.~ Unfailing agent, sure means.

~Specification~, _n._ ~1.~ Designation (_of properties_), characterization.

~2.~ Particularization, detailed statement.

~Specify~, _v. a._ Designate, particularize, indicate, define, individualize, show clearly, name with precision.

~Specillum~, _n._ Stylet.

~Specimen~, _n._ Pattern, sample, model.

~Specious~, _a._ Fair (_apparently, but not really_), plausible, colorable, ostensible.

~Speck~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, spot, flaw, blemish, blot.

~2.~ Bit, mite, mote, atom, particle, corpuscle, scintilla, small thing.

~Speck~, _v. a._ Spot, stain (_in spots_).

~Speckle~, _v. a._ Mark with spots (_of a different color from that of the ground_).

~Spectacle~, _n._ ~1.~ Show, exhibition, sight, scene, representation, display, pageant, parade.

~2.~ Curiosity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.

~Spectacles~, _n. pl._ Glasses.

~Spectator~, _n._ Beholder, observer, bystander, looker-on, on-looker.

~Spectral~, _a._ Ghostly, phantom-like.

~Spectre~, _n._ [Written also _Specter_.] Apparition, ghost, spirit, shade, phantom, phantasm, illusion, ogre, sprite, GOBLIN, HOBGOBLIN.

~Spectrum~, _n._ Image, appearance, representation.

~Speculate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Meditate, contemplate, cogitate, reflect, ponder, muse, ruminate, think, consider.

~2.~ Trade (_hazardously_).

~Speculation~, _n._ ~1.~ Contemplation.

~2.~ Theory, scheme, hypothesis, supposition, conjecture, view, a priori reasoning.

~Speculatist~, _n._ Speculator, theorizer.

~Speculative~, _a._ ~1.~ Contemplative, unpractical, Platonic, philosophical, given to speculation.

~2.~ Theoretical, ideal, imaginary.

~3.~ Given to hazardous trading.

~Speculator~, _n._ ~1.~ Theorizer, speculatist.

~2.~ Trader (_who takes great risks in the hope of great gains_).

~Speculum~, _n._ [L.] Mirror, looking-glass, reflector.

~Speech~, _n._ ~1.~ Articulate utterance.

~2.~ Language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGO.

~3.~ Talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communication.

~4.~ Oration, discourse, address, harangue.

~Speechify~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Harangue, make a speech, hold forth.

~Speechless~, _a._ Mute, dumb, silent, mum.

~Speed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make haste.

~2.~ Succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish.

~3.~ Fare, get on.

~Speed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hasten, expedite, accelerate, hurry, despatch, quicken, precipitate, forward, urge or press forward, urge or press on.

~2.~ Assist, help, aid, help forward.

~3.~ Prosper, favor, make successful.

~Speed~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, despatch, celerity, swiftness, fleetness, velocity, quickness, rapidity, expedition.