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Sacciferous
Bearing a sac.
Sallow
The willow; willow twigs.
Sanctus
A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also .
Saurognathous
Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers ().
Scapegoat
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Scapolite
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
Scarecrow
Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.
Scolopacine
Of or pertaining to the , or Snipe family.
Scottish
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; .
Scripture
Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
Sea grass
Eelgrass.
Seannachie
A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.
Sea purslane
See under .
Selenide
A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; .
Selenonium
A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.
Self-deception
Self-deceit.
Self-registering
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; .
Sentiently
In a sentient or perceptive way.
Sequence
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
Serpiginous
Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another.
Serry
To crowd; to press together.
Sexton
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
Shackle
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
Shopen
of .
Shoulder
To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side.
Shovelful
As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
Shovelnose
The common sand shark. See under .
Shriek
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
Signation
Sign given; marking.
Siphuncle
The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.
Skim
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Skullcap
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
Slabberer
One who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
Slake
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; .
Slimily
In a slimy manner.
Snast
The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.
Snobocracy
Snobs, collectively.
Snowcap
A very small humming bird () native of New Grenada.
Soliloquize
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
Solitary
Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
Soporate
To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
Soredium
A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
Sound
The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; .
Spece
Species; kind.
Spittle
The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.
Spoiler
One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
Sprag
A young salmon.
Stampede
To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Stander-by
One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
Stanniferous
Containing or affording tin.
Step-
A prefix used before , , , , , , , etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; . See , , , etc.
Stereotypery
The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates.
Stinginess
The quality or state of being stingy.
Stocking
To dress in GBs.
Stormless
Without storms.
Straggler
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
Subagitation
Unlawful sexual intercourse.
Subordinate
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
Superficialize
To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way.
Superfoliation
Excess of foliation.
Superhuman
Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; .
Superintend
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; .
Supputate
To suppute.
Surplice
A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
Suttle
To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Swan
Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to , , and allied genera of the subfamily . They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
Swarmspore
One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain alg and fungi; a zospore.
Sweetness
The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
Synopsis
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
Synteretics
That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
Systemizer
One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.