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Saccharate
A salt of saccharic acid.
Sackage
The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack.
Sacramentary
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.
Salicin
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow () and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Sallow
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; .
Salubrity
The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; .
Sapiential
Having or affording wisdom.
Saveloy
A kind of dried sausage.
Scalawag
A scamp; a scapegrace.
Scald
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
Scug
To hide.
Sculpin
Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus , or , having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
Scurfiness
Quality or state of being scurfy.
Sea drake
The pewit gull.
Secco
Dry.
Sectist
One devoted to a sect; a sectary.
Seed
To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; .
Seity
Something peculiar to one's self.
Self-adjusting
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.
Self-communicative
Imparting or communicating by its own powers.
Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called also , , or .
Self-imposture
Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
Semiannual
Half-yearly.
Serenade
Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
Servian
Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.
Sheep's-foot
A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
Shewer
One who shews. See .
Shoreward
Toward the shore.
Significant
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
single-minded
Having a single purpose; concentrating on a single goal; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
Siphonic
Of or pertaining to a siphon.
Skippet
A small boat; a skiff.
Skyman
An aronaut.
Slackness
The quality or state of being slack.
Sleepwaking
The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
Sleevehand
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
Slent
See .
Slickens
The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
Smile
To express by a smile;
Snaggy
Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.
Sociology
That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.
Soken
A toll. See , , 2.
Solitariety
The state of being solitary; solitariness.
Songster
One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
Spang
A bound or spring.
Sparely
In a spare manner; sparingly.
Speculum
A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archology.
Speedwell
Any plant of the genus , mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.
Sperm whale
A very large toothed whale (), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also , and .
Spigurnel
Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
Spirit
To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; ; -- sometimes followed by .
Spirituality
The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
Splinter
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; .
Split
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; .
Spurging
A purging.
Squanderingly
In a squandering manner.
Stalk
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
Stick-lac
See the Note under .
Stramash
To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Strand
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.
Stratus
A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See .
Stupid
Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
Subadvocate
An under or subordinate advocate.
Subjectivist
One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.
Substract
To subtract; to withdraw.
Succor
Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
Sufflation
The act of blowing up or inflating.
Sundart
Sunbeam.
Superinduce
To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.
Supremity
Supremacy.
Surprisal
The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
Sweetening
The act of making sweet.
Sylvestrian
Sylvan.