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word: Scorodite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in
   orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron.


word: Scorpaenoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which
   includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and
   many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under
   Rockfish.


word: Scorpene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the
   European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).


word: Scorpio
wordtype: n.
definition:
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about
   the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs.


word: Scorpio
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star
   Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a
   scorpion.


word: Scorpion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the
   order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi,
   and a caudal sting.


word: Scotale
wordtype: n.
definition:
The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and
   drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his
   displeasure.


word: Scotch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock,
   etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.


word: Scotch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent
   slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.


word: Scotchman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and
   other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.


word: Scotist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan
   scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy
   and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas
   Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.


word: Scottish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their
   country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a
   Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.


word: Scoundreldom
wordtype: n.
definition:
The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels,
   collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.


word: Scour
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol
   brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to
   make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles
   of dress.


word: Scour
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off;
   to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or
   away.


word: Scourge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to
   inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline;
   a whip.


word: Scourge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or
   suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.


word: Scourge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
   sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.


word: Scout
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat
   with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.


word: Scout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially,
   one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition
   of an enemy.


word: Scout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called
   in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.


word: Scout
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for
   the purpose of observation, as a scout.


word: Scowl
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to
   put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.


word: Scowl
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the
   expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the
   countenance; an angry frown.


word: Scrabbed eggs
definition:
A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped,
   and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.


word: Scrabble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed
   by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a
   cliff or a tree.


word: Scrag
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a
   bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.


word: Scramble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
   scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.


word: Scramble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown
   upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch
   rudely at what is desired.


word: Scramble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring
   the yolks and whites together while cooking.


word: Scramble
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of jostling and pushing for something desired;
   eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a
   scramble for office.


word: Scrap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed;
   a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.


word: Scrape
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or
   rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing
   portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make
   even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp
   edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure,
   cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean;
   as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even
   surface.


word: Scrape
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to
   gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire
   avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up;
   as, to scrape money together.


word: Scrape
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence,
   as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; --
   usually with down.


word: Scrape
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To rub over the surface of anything with something which
   roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly
   and noisily along.


word: Scrape
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a
   scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of
   a pen.


word: Scrape
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which
   one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or
   scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.


word: Scraper
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from
   mud and the like, by drawing them across it.


word: Scraper
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping
   up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.


word: Scraper
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges,
   for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.


word: Scraper
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of
   which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the
   impression.


word: Scraping
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of scraping; the act or process of making even,
   or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.


word: Scraping
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something scraped off; that which is separated from a
   substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.


word: Scraping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one
   who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.


word: Scratch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something
   sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing
   something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or
   the like.


word: Scratch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the
   name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to
   erase; to efface; -- often with out.


word: Scratch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or
   by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark,
   furrow, or incision.


word: Scratch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are
   brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage;
   as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.


word: Scratch
wordtype: n.
definition:
Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered
   with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is
   very wet or muddy.


word: Scratch
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little
   or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a
   scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in
   billiards.


word: Scratchback
wordtype: n.
definition:
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, --
   used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.


word: Scrawl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write
   hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a
   letter.


word: Scream
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp
   outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek;
   to screech.


word: Screamer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three species of South American birds
   constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They
   have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned.
   They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry.
   The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The
   horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.


word: Screech
wordtype: v.
definition:
To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as
   in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.


word: Screed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat,
   applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.


word: Screed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster
   screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.


word: Screen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury,
   or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or
   protection; as, a fire screen.


word: Screen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height
   for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle
   from the choir, or the like.


word: Screen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall,
   etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern,
   solar microscope, etc.


word: Screen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving
   perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts,
   as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.


word: Screen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to
   separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter;
   to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from
   cold winds by a forest or hill.


word: Screen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen
   in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from
   the valuable; to sift.


word: Screw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
   continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a
   constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between
   one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved,
   motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the
   threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the
   perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the
   external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the
   internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.


word: Screw
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head
   with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much
   used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called
   also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.


word: Screw
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
   wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and
   furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the
   water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.


word: Screw
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
   severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an
   instructor.


word: Screw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A straight line in space with which a definite linear
   magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is
   used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be
   made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation
   parallel to that axis.


word: Screw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press,
   fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a
   lock on a door; to screw a press.


word: Screw-driver
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into
   their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the
   screw.


word: Scribble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
   correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.


word: Scribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another;
   especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a
   notary; a copyist.


word: Scribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and
   traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.


word: Scribe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a
   somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of
   level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called
   because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that
   he afterwards cuts.


word: Scrim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in
   openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India
   scrim.


word: Scrimp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put
   on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp
   the pattern of a coat.


word: Scrimshaw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving,
   and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.


word: Scrip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital
   of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint
   property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the
   date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol
   scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged
   for a bond share certificate.


word: Scriptorium
wordtype: n.
definition:
In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for
   writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.


word: Scriptory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used
   in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.


word: Scriptural
wordtype: a.
definition:
Contained in the Scriptures; according to the
   Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.


word: Scripture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either
   of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and
   chiefly in the plural.


word: Scripturist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the
   Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.


word: Scrofula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constitutional disease, generally hereditary,
   especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of
   the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a
   tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the
   skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a
   diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the
   capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous
   in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis
   (consumption).


word: Scrofulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as,
   scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.


word: Scroll
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or
   sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament
   is largely of some scroll pattern.


word: Scroll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended
   to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a
   seal.


word: Scrophulariaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a very large natural order
   of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually
   having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order
   includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup,
   yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.


word: Scrub
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a
   wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
   cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.


word: Scrub
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to
   scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a
   living.


word: Scrub
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the
   prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.


word: Scrub
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the common live stock of a region of no particular
   breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.


word: Scruple
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
   what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation
   proceeding from motives of conscience.


word: Scruple
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action,
   on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.


word: Scrupulosity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt;
   doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from
   the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and
   propierty; precision.


word: Scrupulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful;
   hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing
   wrong.


word: Scrupulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous
   abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.


word: Scrutinize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine closely; to inspect or observe with
   critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures
   of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.


word: Scrutiny
wordtype: n.
definition:
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent,
   who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.


word: Scrutiny
wordtype: n.
definition:
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an
   election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.


word: Scudo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and
   Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4
   shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about
   the same.


word: Scull
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single
   scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.


word: Scullery
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
   cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the
   coarse work is done; a back kitchen.


word: Sculpin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of
   the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with
   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.


word: Sculpin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys
   marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.


word: Sculptor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his
   first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic
   material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.


word: Sculpture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone,
   metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men,
   or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups,
   whether in plastic or hard materials.


word: Scum
wordtype: v.
definition:
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface
   of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by
   other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.


word: Scumble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a
   thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the
   stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a
   softened effect.


word: Scumbling
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and
   drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the
   surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in
   color, or which requires harmonizing.


word: Scunner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice;
   abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.


word: Scup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S.
   argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It
   appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad
   blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee,
   paugy, porgy, scuppaug.


word: Scupper
wordtype: v.
definition:
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a
   ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also
   scupper hole.


word: Scuppernong
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in
   the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.


word: Scurf
wordtype: n.
definition:
Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin
   scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp;
   dandruff.


word: Scurrile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly
   opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile
   taunts.


word: Scurrilous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort
   of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a
   scurrilous fellow.


word: Scurvy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about
   the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums,
   and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by
   paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned
   by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by
   lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a
   limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the
   system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.


word: Scut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail
   is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.


word: Scutch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by
   beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.


word: Scutcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or
   cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.


word: Scute
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on
   the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.


word: Scutellated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike
   surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon.


word: Scutelliplantar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having broad scutella on the front, and small
   scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.


word: Scutellum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of
   the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.


word: Scutellum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a
   thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed
   by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.


word: Scutibranchiata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart
   with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or
   shieldlike.


word: Scutiger
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera.
   They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.


word: Scutiped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with
   scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands
   terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.


word: Scuttle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large
   enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like
   hole in the side or bottom of a ship.


word: Scutum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with
   leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the
   heavy-armed infantry.


word: Scutum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper
   surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the
   prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.


word: Scylla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool
   Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical
   literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly
   considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis,"
   signifying a great peril on either hand.


word: Scyllaea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the
   small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral
   lobes, and on the median caudal crest.


word: Scyllarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea,
   remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat
   antennae. Also used adjectively.


word: Scyllite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste,
   resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from
   the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the
   skate.


word: Scyphophori
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical
   Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the
   tail.


word: Scyphus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called
   scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.


word: Scythe
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by
   hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast
   to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient
   for use.


word: Scythian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
   part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or
   inhabitants.


word: Scythian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically
   (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern
   Europe.


word: Sea
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean,
   found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank,
   generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger
   sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the
   Carribean Sea.


word: Sea
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish;
   as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water
   lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.


word: Sea
wordtype: n.
definition:
The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind;
   motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there
   was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.


word: Sea amenone
definition:
Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa,
   belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian.


word: Sea bass
definition:
A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis,
   atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It
   is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small
   white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea
   bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.


word: Seaboat
definition:
A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel
   considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or
   maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.


word: Sea bream
definition:
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially
   the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P.
   Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also
   old wife.


word: Sea cat
definition:
Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and
   Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species
   are found on the coasts of Central and South America.


word: Sea chickweed
definition:
A fleshy plant (Arenaria peploides) growing in large
   tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also
   sea sandwort, and sea purslane.


word: Sea clam
definition:
Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open
   seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common
   American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also
   beach clam, and surf clam.


word: Sea coal
definition:
Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was
   formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from
   charcoal, which was brought by land.


word: Sea cock
definition:
In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side,
   for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea.


word: Sea cocoa
definition:
A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in
   the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was
   found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and
   called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.


word: Sea colander
definition:
A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond
   of which is punctured with many little holes.


word: Sea corn
definition:
A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species
   of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.


word: Sea crayfish
definition:
Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied
   genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used
   as an article of food. See Lobster.


word: Sea cucumber
definition:
Any large holothurian, especially one of those
   belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American
   and European species. (P. frondosa).


word: Sea devil
definition:
Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus
   Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet
   across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.


word: Sea duck
definition:
Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the
   seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders,
   old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by
   the lobate hind toe.


word: Sea eagle
definition:
Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the
   genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H.
   pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the
   European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed
   sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle
   and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.


word: Sea elephant
definition:
A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the
   Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length
   of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of
   the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in
   length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on
   the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.


word: Sea fan
definition:
Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially
   Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies.


word: Sea fowl
definition:
Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk,
   gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.


word: Sea ginger
definition:
A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M.
   alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings
   the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.


word: Sea girdles
definition:
A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft
   fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle.


word: Sea god
definition:
A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to live in, or
   have dominion over, the sea, or some particular sea or part of the sea,
   as Neptune.


word: Seagoing
wordtype: a.
definition:
Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep
   sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to
   vessels.


word: Sea grape
definition:
A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy
   shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.


word: Sea horse
definition:
A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented
   in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It
   is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.


word: Sea-island
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of
   South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of
   long fiber produced on those islands.


word: Sea king
definition:
One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their
   lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse
   pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.


word: Seal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an
   impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a
   document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.


word: Seal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an
   instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed
   under hand and seal.


word: Seal
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on
   a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.


word: Seal
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which
   authenticates; that which secures; assurance.


word: Seal
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas
   or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the
   surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is
   filled with the liquid; a draintrap.


word: Seal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to
   confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.


word: Seal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard
   exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and
   measures; to seal silverware.


word: Seal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
   wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.


word: Sea lark
definition:
Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the
   ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling.


word: Sea legs
definition:
Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy
   weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a
   vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.


word: Sea lemon
definition:
Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of
   the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex
   yellow body.


word: Sea leopard
definition:
Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially
   Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic
   Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal.


word: Sealer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to
   seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.


word: Sea letter
definition:
The customary certificate of national character which
   neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport
   for a vessel and cargo.


word: Sealing wax
definition:
A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc.,
   used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.


word: Sea lion
definition:
Any one of several large species of seals of the family
   Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion
   (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion
   (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or
   California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the
   rocks near San Francisco.


word: Sea louse
definition:
Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of
   Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.


word: Wind
wordtype: n.
definition:
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the
   compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called
   the four winds.


word: Wind
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended
   with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs
   immediately after shearing.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse,
   so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.


word: Wind-broken
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture,
   dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that
   while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two;
   affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse.


word: Winder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that
   each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished
   from flyer.


word: Windfall
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a
   tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a
   violent wind, etc.


word: Windflower
wordtype: n.
definition:
The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to
   open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.


word: Windgall
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of
   a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain
   air.


word: Windiness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as,
   the windiness of the weather or the season.


word: Windiness
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce
   flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables.


word: Winding
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or
   bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires)
   wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.


word: Windlass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal
   cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or
   similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight.
   In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for
   raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is
   worked by hand or steam.


word: Windmill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the
   action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a
   horizontal shaft.


word: Window
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of
   light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some
   transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at
   pleasure.


word: Window
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other
   framework, which closes a window opening.


word: Windowpane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes
   maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food
   fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and
   water flounder.


word: Windpipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs;
   the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.


word: Wind-rode
wordtype: a.
definition:
Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the
   course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and
   tide opposed to each other.


word: Wind-sucking
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the
   swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing.
   See Cribbing, 4.


word: Wine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
   beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice,
   and (usually) allowing it to ferment.


word: Wine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or
   plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine;
   gooseberry wine; palm wine.


word: Wineberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in
   which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a
   kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.


word: Wineglassful
definition:
As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a
   wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four
   tablespoonfuls.


word: Wing
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat.
   They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for
   flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk,
   etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.


word: Wing
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most
   hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double
   membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.


word: Wing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is
   put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for
   winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.


word: Wing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of
   certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.


word: Wing
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest
   the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn
   up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.


word: Winged
wordtype: a.
definition:
Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the
   elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.


word: Winger
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold,
   being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.


word: Wing-footed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed
   Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.


word: Wing-footed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as
   to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod
   mollusks.


word: Wing-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells
   belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like
   a wing.


word: Wink
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to
   connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.


word: Wink
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids
   quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.


word: Winkle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the
   United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F.
   carica).


word: Winnebagoes
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tribe of North American Indians who originally
   occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven
   back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.


word: Winning
wordtype: n.
definition:
The money, etc., gained by success in competition or
   contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.


word: Winter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The season of the year in which the sun shines most
   obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.


word: Winter-ground
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To coved over in the season of winter, as for
   protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.


word: Winter's bark
definition:
The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri)
   of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first
   used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice
   admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.


word: Wintry
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to
   winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.


word: Wipe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry
   by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.


word: Wipe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; --
   usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.


word: Wiper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging
   piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers,
   lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own
   weight; a kind of cam.


word: Wiper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with
   which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.


word: Wire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed
   to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn
   through holes in a plate of steel.


word: Wire
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to;
   as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.


word: Wiredraw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow
   ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.


word: Wire-pulling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence,
   secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.


word: Wire-tailed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a
   long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.


word: Wireworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles,
   or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon
   hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to
   the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.


word: Wis
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the
   first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.


word: Wisdom
wordtype: a.
definition:
The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to
   make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means;
   discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.


word: Wise
wordtype: v.
definition:
Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning
   and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or
   improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing
   them; sagacious.


word: Wise
wordtype: v.
definition:
Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting
   wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as,
   a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a
   wise determination.


word: Wiseacre
wordtype: v.
definition:
One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a
   would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.


word: Wish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor
   of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to
   invoke; to imprecate.


word: Wishbone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; --
   called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and
   Furculum.


word: Wishy-washy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; --
   originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.


word: Wit
wordtype: v.
definition:
A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense
   chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits;
   at one's wits' end, and the like.


word: Wit
wordtype: v.
definition:
Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as
   to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining
   objects in such a manner.


word: Wit
wordtype: v.
definition:
A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius,
   fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for
   repartee, and the like.


word: Witch
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as
   possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil
   spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied
   chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.


word: Witch
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a
   charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said
   especially of a woman or child.


word: Witenagemote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A meeting of wise men; the national council, or
   legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the
   Norman Conquest.


word: With
wordtype: prep.
definition:
With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of
   nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like.


word: With
wordtype: prep.
definition:
To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance,
   assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.


word: With
wordtype: prep.
definition:
To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the
   firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.


word: Sonant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal
   sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced;
   tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels,
   semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b,
   d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc.,
   which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.


word: Sonata
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extended composition for one or two instruments,
   consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas
   for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.


word: Sonde
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also,
   a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.


word: Song
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the
   voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.


word: Sonnet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the
   octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet,
   of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.


word: Sonometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations
   of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It
   consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into
   different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is
   determined by a scale on the face of the box.


word: Soosoo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the
   river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat
   spatulate beak.


word: Soot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from
   fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and
   adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke;
   strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors
   smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.


word: Sooterkin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch
   women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a
   figurative sense; an abortive scheme.


word: Soothe
wordtype: a.
definition:
To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by
   compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.


word: Soothe
wordtype: a.
definition:
To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe
   a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.


word: Soothsaying
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of
   events; the art or practice of making predictions.


word: Sop
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
   especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to
   be eaten.


word: Sophism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist;
   hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.


word: Sophist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy,
   and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their
   fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth,
   weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general
   hatred and contempt.


word: Sophisticate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate;
   to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.


word: Sophomore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One belonging to the second of the four classes in an
   American college, or one next above a freshman.


word: Sophomorical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a
   sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as,
   sophomoric affectation.


word: Sophora
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the
   common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.


word: Soprano
wordtype: n.
definition:
The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind
   of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.


word: Sora
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
   Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and
   white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of
   the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina
   rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken,
   and orto.


word: Sorbic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb;
   specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series,
   found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white
   crystalline substance.


word: Sorbin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the
   ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white
   crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar.


word: Sorbite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite,
   found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a
   sirup or a white crystalline substance.


word: Sorbonist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the
   University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was
   suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.


word: Sorcery
wordtype: n.
definition:
Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of
   evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic;
   necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.


word: Sordes
wordtype: n.
definition:
Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected
   matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects
   on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended
   with great vital depression.


word: Sore
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
   inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.


word: Sore
wordtype: a.
definition:
A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are
   ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or
   diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.


word: Sorehon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which
   subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he
   wished to indulge in a revel.


word: Soreness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull;
   as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.


word: Sorghum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species,
   Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson
   grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under
   Indian).


word: Soricine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a
   shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).


word: Sorites
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of
   propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes
   forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites
   the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last
   proposition


word: Sororize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have
   sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize.


word: Sorosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers
   with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and
   pineapple.


word: Sorrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
   plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.


word: Sorrento work
definition:
Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated
   with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely,
   jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.


word: Sorrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the
   loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the
   expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil;
   regret; unhappiness; sadness.


word: Sorrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,
   feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.


word: Sorry
wordtype: a.
definition:
Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil;
   feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or
   affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.


word: Sort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual
   persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class
   or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort
   of poems.


word: Sort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be
   together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.


word: Sort
wordtype: n.
definition:
Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats,
   belonging to a case, separately considered.


word: Sort
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,
   as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to
   their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.


word: Sortie
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from
   a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.


word: Sostenuto
wordtype: a.
definition:
Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the
   sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of
   the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat
   prolonged or protacted.


word: Sothic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog
   Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.


word: Sou
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now
   displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly
   called a sou.


word: Souari nut
definition:
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American
   tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant;
   -- also called butternut.


word: Soubrette
wordtype: n.
definition:
A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term
   of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an
   intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.


word: Souffle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of
   eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very
   light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.


word: Soul
wordtype: n.
definition:
The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part
   of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of
   moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature,
   or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of
   life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary
   and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the
   moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in
   distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the
   understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In
   a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the
   vehicle of individual personal existence."


word: Soul
wordtype: n.
definition:
The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as,
   the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.


word: Soul
wordtype: n.
definition:
Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other
   noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or
   goodness.


word: Soul
wordtype: n.
definition:
A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually
   with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.


word: Souled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used
   chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.


word: Soulili
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus
   mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are
   black.


word: Sound
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or
   decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound
   tooth; a sound ship.


word: Sound
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --
   said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound
   understanding.


word: Sound
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true;
   faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
   thinker.


word: Sound
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to
   be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or
   reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.


word: Sound
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland
   and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea
   or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german
   Ocean; Long Island Sound.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to
   ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
   motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to
   probe.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to
   examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion;
   as, to sound a patient.


word: Sound
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by
   which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the
   bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.


word: Sound
wordtype: n.
definition:
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; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human
   voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill
   sound.


word: Sound
wordtype: n.
definition:
The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would
   occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the
   theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise
   on sound.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of
   the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible
   effect.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a
   certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof
   sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or
   sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a
   retreat; to sound a parley.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported;
   to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man
   or a great exploit.


word: Sound
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the
   same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of
   timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.


word: Sounder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an
   instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the
   communications being read by sound.


word: Sounding
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a
   sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.


word: Sounding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the
   sounding lead when it has touched bottom.


word: Sounding-board
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano,
   in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.


word: Sounding-board
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit
   or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.


word: Soundness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness
   of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or
   argument; soundness of faith.


word: Soup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and
   vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or
   flavored; strong broth.


word: Sour
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
   the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.


word: Sour
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed;
   peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.


word: Sour
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to
   sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances.


word: Sour
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon
   sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.


word: Source
wordtype: n.
definition:
The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of
   water or the like; a spring; a fountain.


word: Source
wordtype: n.
definition:
That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause
   or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.


word: Soursop
wordtype: n.
definition:
The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small
   tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is
   closely allied to the custard apple.


word: Souse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall
   suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.


word: Soutane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts
   reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom;
   especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in
   France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.


word: South
wordtype: n.
definition:
That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to
   the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the
   right of a person who faces the east.


word: South
wordtype: n.
definition:
A country, region, or place situated farther to the south
   than another; the southern section of a country.


word: South
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: That part of the United States which is south
   of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.


word: South
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a
   southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning;
   proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the
   south; southern; as, the south pole.


word: South
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south
   line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.


word: Southcottian
wordtype: n.
definition:
A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an
   Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling,
   preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.


word: Southeast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point of the compass equally distant from the south
   and the east; the southeast part or region.


word: Southeast
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or
   coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.


word: Southern
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding
   from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.


word: Southerner
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the
   Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.


word: Southernwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum)
   having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.


word: Southing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Distance southward from any point departure or of
   reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.


word: Southron
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country;
   formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.


word: South southerly
definition:
the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry.
   Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.


word: Southwards
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south
   than the east or west point; as, to go southward.


word: Southwest
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
   proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a
   southwest wind.


word: Southwester
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the
   like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.


word: Sovereign
wordtype: a.
definition:
Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
   or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign
   state; a sovereign discretion.


word: Sovereign
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person, body, or state in which independent and
   supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen,
   or emperor.


word: Sovereign
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the
   head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound
   sterling, or about $4.86.


word: Sovereignty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
   sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power;
   dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign;
   a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many
   sovereignties.


word: Sow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling
   up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the
   wall, or the like.


word: Sow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing;
   as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to
   propagate.


word: Sow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as
   land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to
   besprinkle.


word: Sowens
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland,
   made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which
   common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.


word: Soy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by
   subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long
   fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.


word: Space
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extension, considered independently of anything which it may
   contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.


word: Space
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing
   to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space
   between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a
   mile.


word: Space
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as
   not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or
   letters.


word: Spacious
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room;
   not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a
   spacious church; a spacious hall.


word: Spade
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting
   usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a
   handle like that of a shovel.


word: Spadefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on
   the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.


word: Spadefoot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus,
   esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade
   toad.


word: Spagyrist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who
   sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The
   spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists.


word: Spall
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off
   the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.


word: Spall
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of
   stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer
   surface.


word: Spalpeen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; --
   often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.


word: Span
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger
   when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.


word: Span
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or
   of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its
   supports.


word: Span
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be
   hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both
   ends can be used.


word: Span
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A pair of horses or other animals driven together;
   usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.


word: Span
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers
   extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a
   space or distance; to span a cylinder.


word: Spanaemia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid
   state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the
   blood, are deficient.


word: Spandrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
The irregular triangular space between the curve of an
   arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer
   moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or
   another arch above and inclosing them.


word: Spangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small plate or boss of shining metal; something
   brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.


word: Spangle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn
   with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.


word: Spaniel
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair
   and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and
   the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.


word: Spanker
wordtype: n.
definition:
The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft
   sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See
   Illust. under Sail.


word: Spanner
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head
   of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically,
   a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.


word: Spanner
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for
   moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the
   steam.


word: Spar
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and
   somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was
   especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous
   vein.


word: Spar
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or
   defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or
   amusement; to box.


word: Spare
wordtype: a.
definition:
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or
   valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.


word: Spare
wordtype: a.
definition:
To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without;
   to dispense with; to give up; to part with.


word: Spare
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be
   used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no
   spare time.


word: Spare
wordtype: n.
definition:
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after
   having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the
   pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a
   single spare.


word: Spark
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
   into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.


word: Sparkle
wordtype: n.
definition:
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
   particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of
   light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the
   stars sparkle.


word: Sparoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of
   spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea
   bream.


word: Sparrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of many species of small singing birds of the family
   Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many
   sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or
   house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its
   familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its
   fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.


word: Sparrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling
   the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See
   under Hedge.


word: Sparry
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with
   spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.


word: Sparse
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not
   being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.


word: Sparse
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
   applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.


word: Spartan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;
   hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.


word: Sparteine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the
   common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a
   colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.


word: parterie
wordtype: n.
definition:
Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum
   Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in
   Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and
   mattresses.


word: Spasmodic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring
   in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.


word: Spat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and
   after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.


word: Spatangoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having
   a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like
   ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on
   the under side.


word: Spathe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a
   spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and
   Illust. of Spadix.


word: Spatter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as
   water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling;
   as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.


word: Spattling-poppy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is
   sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.


word: Spatula
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat
   flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in
   compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.


word: Spavin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling
   developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also,
   the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation,
   and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.


word: Speak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to
   express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a
   man may not be able to speak.


word: Speak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
   utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.


word: Speak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare
   orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.


word: Speaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who
   utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad
   speaker.


word: Speaker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who
   presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order
   and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons,
   originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the
   Speaker of a House of Representatives.


word: Spear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
   thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or
   blade; a lance.


word: Spearfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related
   to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on
   the American coast and the Mediterranean.


word: Spearmint
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist
   soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.


word: Special
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion,
   or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special
   sermon.


word: Special
wordtype: a.
definition:
Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action,
   investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial
   terms; a special branch of study.


word: Specialism
wordtype: n.
definition:
Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch
   of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.


word: Specialist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a
   medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular
   parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.


word: Speciality
wordtype: n.
definition:
The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a
   person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an
   object of special attention; a special occupation or object of
   attention; a specialty.


word: Specialize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply to some specialty or limited object; to
   assign to a specific use; as, specialized knowledge.


word: Specialty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed;
   a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly
   specified.


word: Specialty
wordtype: n.
definition:
That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is
   specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a
   speciality.


word: Specie
definition:
abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,
   that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.


word: Species
wordtype: n.
definition:
Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible
   percept received by the imagination; an image.


word: Species
wordtype: n.
definition:
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and
   designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another
   conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it
   differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending
   to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus;
   and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to
   European, American, or the like, as species.


word: Species
wordtype: n.
definition:
In science, a more or less permanent group of existing
   things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties
   determined by scientific observation.


word: Species
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a
   species of generosity; a species of cloth.


word: Swarm
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with
   the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.


word: Swarm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from
   a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a
   like body of bees settled permanently in a hive.


word: Swarm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in
   motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.


word: Swarm
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body;
   -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer.


word: Swarmspore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies,
   produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore.


word: Swarmspore
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the
   sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.


word: Swash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank,
   or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea
   washes.


word: Swath
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from
   which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or
   cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.


word: Swather
wordtype: n.
definition:
A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the
   uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.


word: Sway
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To influence or direct by power and authority; by
   persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.


word: Sway
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and
   forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind;
   judgment swayed by passion.


word: Sway-backed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or
   as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other
   animals.


word: Swear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal
   to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or
   resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, or one
   regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the Koran, etc.


word: Swear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a
   statement; he swore against the prisoner.


word: Swear
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make an appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use
   the name of God or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in
   imprecation; to curse.


word: Swear
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the
   truth of the declaration; to make (a promise, threat, or resolve) under
   oath.


word: Swear
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put to an oath; to cause to take an oath; to
   administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by in or into; as, to swear
   witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he was sworn into
   office.


word: Sweat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to
   perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful
   sudorifics.


word: Sweat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To get something advantageous, as money, property, or
   labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a
   spendthrift; to sweat laborers.


word: Sweat
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an animal;
   the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a transparent,
   colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor, containing some fatty
   acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.


word: Swedenborgian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem
   church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and
   religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. Swedenborg
   claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world, through the
   opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord Jesus
   Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is
   the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the
   Scriptures, which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw
   the correspondence between natural and spiritual things.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose
   dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose
   of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also
   figuratively.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush,
   or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to
   sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a
   freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off
   multitudes.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion;
   hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an
   instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt,
   litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass
   with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to
   move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman
   sweeps through a drawing-room.


word: Sweep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through
   with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.


word: Sweep
wordtype: n.
definition:
The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood
   carried away everything within its sweep.


word: Sweep
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the
   rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.


word: Sweep
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal
   fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a
   well for drawing water.


word: Sweep
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the
   cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of
   all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.


word: Sweeping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or
   litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying
   everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things;
   as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation.


word: Sweepstakes
wordtype: sing. / pl.
definition:
The whole money or other things staked at a
   horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes
   to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously
   agreed.


word: Sweepwasher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from
   the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or
   places where these metals are used.


word: Sweet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of
   sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage;
   sweet fruits; sweet oranges.


word: Sweet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as,
   the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a
   sweet singer.


word: Sweet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive;
   fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.


word: Sweet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not changed from a sound or wholesome state.
   Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not
   putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.


word: Sweetbread
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former
   being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread.
   The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as
   food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.


word: Sweetbrier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely
   glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa
   micrantha.


word: Sweeten
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as,
   to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.


word: Sweeten
wordtype: a.
definition:
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;
   as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten
   the air.


word: Sweetmeat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons,
   nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a
   confection.


word: Sweetness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the
   adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.


word: Sweetwater
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice;
   -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.


word: Sweetweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria
   biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.


word: Sweetwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in
   Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other
   related trees.


word: Swell
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface
   or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed
   substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a
   bladder swells by inflation.


word: Swell
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To increase in size or extent by any addition; to
   increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its
   banks; sounds swell or diminish.


word: Swell
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
   in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.


word: Swell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to
   rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the
   rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.


word: Swell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
   extensive plain abounding with little swells.


word: Swell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves;
   the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the
   harbor.


word: Swell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the
   crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.


word: Swell
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and
   importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a
   swell neighborhood.


word: Swelling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers
   in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.


word: Swerve
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or
   duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the
   like; to deviate.


word: Swift
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with
   celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.


word: Swift
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged,
   insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the
   swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal
   muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different
   group allied to the humming birds.


word: Swiftlet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and
   Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted
   for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.


word: Swiftness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness;
   celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the
   swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body;
   swiftness of thought, etc.


word: Swig
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly
   with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.


word: Swig
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body
   upon the fall between the block and a cleat.


word: Swim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to
   float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than
   that of the fluid in which it is immersed.


word: Swim
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move progressively in water by means of strokes with
   the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.


word: Swimmeret
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed,
   appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of
   many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.


word: Swimming
wordtype: a.
definition:
That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in,
   swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.


word: Swindler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a
   practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a
   cheat.


word: Swine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical
   species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when
   extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the
   female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.


word: Swing
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward
   and forward, or from one side to the other.


word: Swing
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish;
   as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage;
   as, to swing a business.


word: Swing
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping
   it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches
   diameter.


word: Swing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory
   motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a
   pendulum.


word: Swing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose,
   upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation
   by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are
   attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in
   the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion
   is produced for amusement or exercise.


word: Swing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter
   of the largest object that can be turned in it.


word: Swinger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable
   pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos.


word: Swingle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as
   to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to
   scutch.


word: Swingle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet
   long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a
   scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and
   swingling wand.


word: Swinish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine;
   hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.


word: Switch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
   jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.


word: Switch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer
   by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a
   train; to switch a car from one track to another.


word: Swivel
wordtype: a.
definition:
A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a
   pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.


word: Swoon
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an
   apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint;
   -- often with away.


word: Sword
wordtype: n.
definition:
An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed
   blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including
   the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.


word: Swordbill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very
   long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.


word: Swordfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only
   representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food
   fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long,
   rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct
   spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth.
   It becomes sixteen feet or more long.


word: Sycamore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig.
   It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of
   Scripture.


word: Sycee
wordtype: n.
definition:
Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used
   as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.


word: Sychnocarpous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the capacity of bearing several successive
   crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.


word: Sycoceryl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an
   essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an
   Australian species of fig.


word: Syconus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden
   within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.


word: Sycophantical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a
   sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean
   adulation; parasitic.


word: Sycosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of
   the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.


word: Syenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
   feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called
   granite.


word: Syenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
   orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by
   pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or
   leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite
   syenite.


word: Syllabary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the
   indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese
   and Cherokee, instead of letters.


word: Syllabication
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of forming syllables; the act or method of
   dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.


word: Syllabism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables,
   rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.


word: Syllable
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary
   sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the
   voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it
   is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more
   consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of
   the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable.
   Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a
   pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of
   the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to
   Pronunciation, /275.


word: Syllable
wordtype: n.
definition:
In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from
   the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the
   voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken
   language.


word: Syllepsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather
   than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in
   gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.


word: Syllogism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The regular logical form of every argument, consisting
   of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises,
   and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from
   the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true,
   and the argument amounts to demonstration


word: Syllogistical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a
   syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic
   arguments or reasoning.


word: Sylph
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of very brilliant South American
   humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the
   blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).


word: Sylvan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran
   (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl
   tetrol, or methyl furfuran.


word: Sylvanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a
   steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in
   implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called
   graphic tellurium.


word: Sylvic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products;
   specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is
   the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris,
   and other species).


word: Symbol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which
   suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by
   convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion
   is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or
   patience.


word: Symbol
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or
   a summary of the articles of religion.


word: Symbol
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and
   consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or
   sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon,
   Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb
   for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under
   Element.


word: Symbolical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature
   of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;
   representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and
   knowledge.


word: Symbolics
wordtype: n.
definition:
that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds
   and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.


word: Symbolism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of symbolizing, or the state of being
   symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of
   truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.


word: Symbranchii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of slender eel-like fishes having the
   gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is
   generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw
   is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.


word: Symmetrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in
   parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a
   symmetrical body or building.


word: Symmetrical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding
   with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of
   organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2.


word: Symmetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each
   other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a
   thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work
   to the whole.


word: Symmetry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity
   in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts,
   such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally
   symmetrical.


word: Sympathetic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or
   some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic
   nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a
   modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by
   stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.


word: Sympathize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be
   affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of
   knowing the person to be thus affected.


word: Sympathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the
   quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings
   correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.


word: Sympathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a
   conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased,
   or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between
   them.


word: Sympathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs
   or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission
   of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote,
   or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on
   another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the
   brain.


word: Sympathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
That relation which exists between different persons by
   which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that
   of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often
   feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become
   hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering
   with hysteria.


word: Sympathy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on
   each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.


word: Symphony
wordtype: n.
definition:
A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear,
   whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.


word: Symphony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elaborate instrumental composition for a full
   orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four
   contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio,
   the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term
   has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with
   arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the
   "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any
   composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to
   certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.


word: Symphony
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in
   the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a
   ritornello.


word: Symphyla
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of small apterous insects having an
   elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of
   abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between
   myriapods and true insects.


word: Symphyseotomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for
   the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian
   section.


word: Symphysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of
   union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf.
   Articulation.


word: Sympiesometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure
   of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion
   of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.


word: Symplectic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next
   above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which
   unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.


word: Symploce
wordtype: n.
definition:
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and
   another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from
   heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the
   earth.


word: Sympodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in
   which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the
   other, as in the grapevine.


word: Symposiac
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking;
   happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.


word: Symposium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of short essays by different authors on a
   common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the
   philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.


word: Symptom
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible
   change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the
   kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond
   our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.


word: Symptom
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of
   something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay
   of public virtue.


word: Symptomatical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in
   concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence
   of something else.


word: Symptomatology
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science
   of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.


word: Syn-
definition:
A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time.
   Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.


word: Syneresis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two
   vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis;
   -- the opposite of diaeresis.


word: Synagogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose
   of worship, or the performance of religious rites.


word: Synagogue
wordtype: n.
definition:
The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews,
   first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; --
   called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the
   Sanhedrin.


word: Synalepha
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or
   diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as,
   th' army, for the army.


word: Synallaxine
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the outer and middle toes partially united; --
   said of certain birds related to the creepers.


word: Synanthrose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in
   the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the
   dahlia, and other Compositae.


word: Synapta
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have
   delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See
   Illustration in Appendix.


word: Synapticula
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of numerous calcareous processes which extend
   between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of
   the fungian corals.


word: Synarthrosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures.
   It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under
   Articulation, n., 1.


word: Synastry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence,
   similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological
   calculation.


word: Syncarp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a
   solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a
   similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.


word: Synchronistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according
   to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.


word: Synchronize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assign to the same date or period of time; as,
   to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.


word: Synchronize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the
   movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.


word: Synclastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said
   of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a
   tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; --
   opposed to anticlastic.


word: Synclinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane;
   as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to
   anticlinal.


word: Synclinorium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of
   a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and
   upturning.


word: Syncopate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters
   or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of
   "Gloucester."


word: Syncopate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a
   measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the
   accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.


word: Syncopation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by
   taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.


word: Syncopation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm,
   or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the
   second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.


word: Syncope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or
   syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for
   every.


word: Syncretist
wordtype: n.
definition:
an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the
   seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant
   sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned
   a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.


word: Syncretistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a
   syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of
   idols.


word: Syncytium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly
   wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists
   of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in
   ordinary striped muscle.


word: Syndactylous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the toes firmly united together for some
   distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers;
   gressorial.


word: Syndic
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in
   a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.


word: Syndicate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An association of persons officially authorized to
   undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association
   of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial
   or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and
   dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.


word: Syndrome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A group of symptoms occurring together that are
   characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a
   disease.


word: Syndyasmian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually;
   -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing
   their offspring.


word: Synecdoche
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for
   the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part
   (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as,
   cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for
   a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.


word: Synechia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the
   cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.


word: Synentognathi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti,
   without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the
   true flying fishes.


word: Synergism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that
   in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint
   agency, on the part both of God and of man.


word: Synergist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A remedy which has an action similar to that of another
   remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined
   with it.


word: Synergy
wordtype: n.
definition:
An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents
   such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as
   a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also
   synergism.


word: Syngenesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed
   to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of
   epigenesis.


word: Syngnathi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an
   elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The
   pipefishes and sea horses are examples.


word: Synocil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of
   several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.


word: Synodal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or
   archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish
   priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.


word: Synodical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or
   authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.


word: Synodical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period
   between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as
   of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical
   month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the
   moon or a planet.


word: Synoecious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in
   mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.


word: Synonym
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same
   language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words
   which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often
   be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.


word: Synonymous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same
   thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.


word: Synopsis
wordtype: n.
definition:
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.


word: Synoptical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the
   principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical
   statement of an argument.


word: Synoptist
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels,
   which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction
   from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his
   teachings.


word: Synovia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains
   mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.


word: Syntax
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of grammar which treats of the construction of
   sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary
   relations, according to established usage in any language.


word: Synthesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of making a compound by putting the
   ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made
   by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the
   building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their
   component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are
   identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur;
   thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made
   by synthesis.


word: Synthesis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The combination of separate elements of thought into a
   whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera,
   individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis.


word: Synthetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis
   or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to
   analytical.


word: Synthetical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Comprising within itself structural or other
   characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups;
   -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under
   Comprehensive, 3.


word: Syntonin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the
   albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly
   called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.


word: Syphilis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific,
   infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by
   hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as
   primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary,
   Secondary, and Tertiary.


word: Syphilization
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially
   when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.


word: True
wordtype: n.
definition:
Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of
   things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a
   true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when
   it states the facts.


word: True
wordtype: n.
definition:
Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact;
   accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.


word: True
wordtype: n.
definition:
Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or
   the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or
   perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer
   true to his charge.


word: True
wordtype: n.
definition:
Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine;
   pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.


word: True-blue
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived
   from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its
   unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.


word: Truelove
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
   perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.


word: Truffle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
   usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum)
   and the English truffle (T. aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of
   food.


word: Truism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is
   pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed
   to falsism.


word: Truly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with
   fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.


word: Truly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly
   attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or
   their country.


word: Trump
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a
   trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.


word: Trump
wordtype: n.
definition:
A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined
   by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other
   suits.


word: Trumpery
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense;
   falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out
   and of no value; rubbish.


word: Trumpet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and
   military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of
   a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape,
   and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the
   first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by
   means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their
   compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.


word: Trumpet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or
   conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.


word: Trumpet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise
   abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.


word: Trumpeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of long-legged South American
   birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant,
   and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They
   are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also
   agami, and yakamik.


word: Trumpeter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family
   Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as
   much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.


word: Trumpetweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum),
   often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small
   corymbed heads.


word: Trumpetwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the
   Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind
   instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet tree.


word: Truncated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
   equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.


word: Truncation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane,
   especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.


word: Trundle-bed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels,
   so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also,
   sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels.


word: Trundlehead
wordtype: n.
definition:
The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of
   the lower of two capstans on the sane axis.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and
   roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an
   artery, as distinct from the branches.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the
   capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
That segment of the body of an insect which is between the
   head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the
   truncus.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or
   cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing
   clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a
   traveler.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of
   sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be
   attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe
   directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.


word: Trunk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or
   metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a
   furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.


word: Trunk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are
   contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.


word: Trunkfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes,
   belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having
   an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony
   scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.


word: Trunnion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether
   gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the
   carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.


word: Trunnion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder,
   to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.


word: Truss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the
   body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a
   stomacher.


word: Truss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up
   the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other
   purposes.


word: Truss
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two
   points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points,
   with the least possible strain across the length of any member.
   Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often
   contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater
   massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in
   accordance with the exigencies of style.


word: Trussing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the
   like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the
   character of a truss.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
   justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person;
   confidence; reliance; reliance.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
Credit given; especially, delivery of property or
   merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate
   receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
   contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee
   or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or
   for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a
   confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the
   trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que
   trust.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating
   the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
   faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.


word: Trust
wordtype: n.
definition:
To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence
   of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their
   customers annually with goods.


word: Trustee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust,
   to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for
   public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of
   another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are
   attached in a trustee process.


word: Trustee
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in
   the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.


word: Trusty
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving
   confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.


word: Truth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or
   reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.


word: Truth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an
   example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.


word: Truth
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is true or certain concerning any matter or
   subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact;
   verity; reality.


word: Truth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or
   proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the
   great truths of morals.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow;
   to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the
   wild corn from the good.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in
   a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose
   of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try
   weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light
   tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by
   witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to
   try a cause, or a criminal.


word: Try
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide
   by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try
   conclusions.


word: Try
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an
   attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.


word: Trypsin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the
   pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a
   neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter
   of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and
   tyrosin.


word: Trypsinogen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is
   contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.


word: Tryptone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called
   because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.


word: Trysail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a
   lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a
   lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.


word: Try-square
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for
   laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is
   square.


word: Tryst
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of
   meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.


word: Tschego
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and
   chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It
   is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called
   also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.


word: Tsetse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans)
   whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but
   harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds
   uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.


word: Tub
wordtype: n.
definition:
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a
   kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head,
   -- used for various purposes.


word: Tub
wordtype: n.
definition:
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as,
   a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.


word: Tub
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of
   pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or
   opprobriously.


word: Tubal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining
   to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.


word: Tubbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine;
   especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to
   enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with
   safety.


word: Tubby
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without
   resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a
   tubby violin.


word: Tube
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance
   of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.


word: Tube
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and
   surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and
   forming a flue for the gases to pass through.


word: Tube
wordtype: n.
definition:
A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted
   or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other
   animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.


word: Tube-nosed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny
   tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.


word: Tuber
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy
   matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust.
   of Tuberous.


word: Tubercle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether
   natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the
   tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.


word: Tubercle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially,
   the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of
   a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which
   gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most
   frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.


word: Tuberculin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of
   the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.


word: Tuberculosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A constitutional disease characterized by the
   production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the
   lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary
   consumption.


word: Tuberose
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a
   liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant
   white blossoms.


word: Tubicolae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of annelids including those which
   construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments
   usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and
   Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.


word: Tubicorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered
   with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.


word: Tubinares
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels,
   shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular
   horny nostrils.


word: Tubing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece
   of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.


word: Tubipora
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral
   (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical
   tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are
   usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the
   tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.


word: Tubiporite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fossil coral of the genus Syringopora consisting of
   a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.


word: Tubular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe;
   fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or
   provided with, tubes.


word: Tubularia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike
   hydranths at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The
   gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer
   tentacles.


word: Tubularida
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of Hydroidea; the
   tubularians; -- called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.


word: Tubulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing
   with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a retort.


word: Tubulipore
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to
   Tubulipora and allied genera, having tubular calcareous calicles.


word: Tubulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally
   hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often
   expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.


word: Tubulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically
   (Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound
   flower.


word: Tucan
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles
   the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger.
   Called also tugan, and tuza.


word: Tuck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a
   narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's
   sleeves.


word: Tuck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place;
   as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into
   a pocket.


word: Tuckahoe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic
   United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining
   immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and
   Indian loaf.


word: Tucker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the
   breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a
   woman's dress in the 17th century and later.


word: Tucum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a
   Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings,
   etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum
   fiber.


word: Tudor
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from
   Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The
   first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.


word: Tufa
definition:
A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water,
   usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.


word: Tuft
wordtype: n.
definition:
A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or
   bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers
   or feathers.


word: Tuft
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English
   universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap
   worn by them.


word: Tufthunter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality,
   especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.


word: Tufthunting
wordtype: n.
definition:
The practice of seeking after, and hanging on,
   noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.


word: Tug
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
   continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to
   tug a ship into port.


word: Tuition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Superintending care over a young person; the particular
   watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward;
   guardianship.


word: Tuition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching;
   instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition
   was thorough.


word: Tuko-tuko
wordtype: n.
definition:
A burrowing South American rodent (Ctenomys
   Braziliensis). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It
   resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more
   nearly allied to the porcupines.


word: Tule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing
   abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.


word: Tulip
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are
   cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.


word: Tulipomania
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation
   of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.


word: Tulip-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell
   (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is
   sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.


word: Tulipwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian
   tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for
   inlaying.


word: Tullibee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes
   of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.


word: Tumble
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To play tricks by various movements and contortions of
   the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.


word: Tumble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination
   or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner;
   to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over,
   about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.


word: Tumbledung
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles
   belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The
   female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by
   means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she
   buries it.


word: Tumbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever,
   latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a
   particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be
   thrown in locking or unlocking.


word: Tumbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a
   gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches
   for sear point to enter.


word: Tumbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called
   because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be
   set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish
   his measure.


word: Tumbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit
   of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.


word: Tumbleweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots
   in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass,
   over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus
   albus, etc.


word: Tumbril
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies
   troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and
   the like.


word: Tumid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated;
   bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid
   style.


word: Tumor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the
   body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a
   neoplasm.


word: Tumult
wordtype: n.
definition:
The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually
   accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices;
   hurly-burly; noisy confusion.


word: Tumult
wordtype: n.
definition:
Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement;
   as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.


word: Tumultuous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous;
   disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.


word: Tumulus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave,
   particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a
   barrow.


word: Tun
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a
   pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.


word: Tun
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two
   pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun
   differs in quantity.


word: Tune
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one
   voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in
   unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody;
   an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune.
   See Air.


word: Tune
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just
   intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument;
   adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself
   or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.


word: Tune
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds;
   to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to
   tune a piano or a violin.


word: Tungsten
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element of the chromium group found in certain
   minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray
   metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic
   properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly
   increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6.
   Specific gravity, 18.


word: Tungstic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or
   resembling, tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.


word: Tungstite
wordtype: n.
definition:
The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a
   pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.


word: Tunguses
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern
   Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.


word: Tunic
wordtype: n.
definition:
An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes.
   It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and
   was confined at the waist by a girdle.


word: Tunic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples;
   also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments
   and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.


word: Tunicata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate,
   in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by
   some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with
   acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external
   tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one
   for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually
   dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated
   slits, and serves as a gill.


word: Tunicin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or
   tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the
   cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.


word: Tunnel
wordtype: n. .
definition:
A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at
   the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or
   other vessels; a funnel.


word: Tunnel
wordtype: n. .
definition:
An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or
   railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under
   rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.


word: Tunnel
wordtype: n. .
definition:
A level passage driven across the measures, or at right
   angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the
   drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the
   tunnel.


word: Tunnel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a
   tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.


word: Tunnel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under;
   as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.


word: Tunny
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging
   to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus /
   Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic
   Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is
   extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is
   called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.


word: Tupaiid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic
   insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in
   size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed.


word: Tupelo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood
   family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood
   is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum,
   sour gum, and pepperidge.


word: Turacin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of
   several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per
   cent of copper.


word: Turacou
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus
   Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green
   and red pigments found in their feathers.


word: Turanian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
   languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic,
   Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and
   Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who
   speak these languages.


word: Turanians
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of mankind including the
   Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and
   Polynesians.


word: Turban
wordtype: n.
definition:
A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most
   Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or
   shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes
   hanging down the neck.


word: Turban-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; --
   popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.


word: Turban-top
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat
   globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.).


word: Turbellaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive group of worms which have the body
   covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and
   Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.


word: Turbid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy;
   thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water;
   turbid wine.


word: Turbinal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to
   the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the
   olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.


word: Turbinated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
   base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.


word: Turbinated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large
   base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.


word: Turbine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed,
   but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which
   the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward
   from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above
   downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.


word: Turbinella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy
   shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.


word: Turbo
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or
   family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the
   inside, and a calcareous operculum.


word: Turbot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed
   as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color
   on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered
   over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also
   bannock fluke.


word: Turbot
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
   related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder
   (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta
   guttulata) of California.


word: Turcism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or
   expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.


word: Turf
wordtype: n.
definition:
That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is
   filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere
   and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.


word: Turgid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
   or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; --
   especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb;
   turgid fruit.


word: Turgid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
   bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.


word: Turk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
   etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.


word: Turkey
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
   Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris
   gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from
   the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long
   before the discovery of America.


word: Turmeric
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is
   externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron
   color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid
   taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical
   test.


word: Turmeric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained
   from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation
   of turmerol.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
   give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round,
   either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so
   as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face
   otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the
   head.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
   to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of;
   to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a
   coat.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
   direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both
   literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to
   turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the
   attention to or from something.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
   another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to
   devote.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
   alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or
   into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as,
   to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn
   prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian;
   to turn good to evil, and the like.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
   applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of
   stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to
   turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
   entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face
   differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a
   spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
   to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be deflected; to take a different direction or
   tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be
   transferred; as, to turn from the road.


word: Turn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
   transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood
   turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn
   Mohammedan.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about,
   a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order,
   position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn
   of the tide.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of
   occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend;
   a meander.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with
   another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or
   incidental occasion; appropriate time.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of
   kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or
   figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as,
   the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring
   symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad
   turn.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called
   from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which
   was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.


word: Turn
wordtype: n.
definition:
An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly
   consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made,
   with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being
   sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last,
   the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked
   note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in
   which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.


word: Turn-buckle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a
   swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.


word: Turnbull's blue
definition:
The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a
   dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing,
   calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.


word: Turnicimorphae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of birds including Turnix and allied
   genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them
   anatomically.


word: Turning
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
   a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.


word: Turnip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root
   of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the
   plant itself.


word: Turnip-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells
   belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.


word: Turnix
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or
   Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds
   resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of
   their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The
   hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern
   Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent
   islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See
   Turnicimorphae.


word: Turn-out
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops,
   etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing
   increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.


word: Turn-out
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied
   by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a
   siding; a switch.


word: Turn-out
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited;
   hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said
   to have a fine turn-out.


word: Turnover
wordtype: n.
definition:
A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a
   circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.


word: Turnpike
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at
   right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of
   beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
   See Turnstile, 1.


word: Turnpike
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages,
   animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road
   in repair; a tollgate.


word: Turnpike
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road;
   into a rounded form, as the path of a road.


word: Turnsole
wordtype: a.
definition:
A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
   named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.


word: Turnspit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small breed of dogs having a long body and short
   crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on
   which meat was roasting.


word: Turnstile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage
   of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See
   Turnpike, n., 1.


word: Turnstile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A similar arrangement for registering the number of
   persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.


word: Turnstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas
   and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and
   European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their
   habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other
   aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea
   lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.


word: Turntable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars,
   locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.


word: Turnus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
   now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The
   wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an
   orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also
   tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.


word: Turpentine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation
   of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native
   of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous
   trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.


word: Turpeth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar,
   and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes
   called vegetable turpeth.


word: Turpeth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic
   mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.


word: Turquois
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little
   copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually
   occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.


word: Turret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at
   one of the angles of a larger structure.


word: Turret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or
   even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high,
   usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place,
   for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other
   necessaries.


word: Turret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within
   which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on
   land.


word: Turret
wordtype: n.
definition:
The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger
   car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.


word: Turreted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.),
   having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often
   ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.


word: Turrilite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell
   forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.


word: Turritella
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and
   allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell,
   composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny
   multispiral operculum.


word: Turtledove
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to
   Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World;
   especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is
   noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to
   its mate.


word: Turtledove
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of pigeons more or less
   resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see
   under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).


word: Turtlehead
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having
   white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead,
   shell flower, and balmony.


word: Tuscan
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically
   designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and
   described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic
   of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks,
   but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.


word: Tuscaroras
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living
   on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in
   1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations,
   thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.


word: Tusk
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild
   boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.


word: Tusk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a
   similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in
   the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or
   offsets, is called a tooth.


word: Tussah silk
definition:
A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar
   other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.


word: Tussock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
   a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.


word: Tussock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid
   moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form
   long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and
   fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.


word: Tutelage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship;
   protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.


word: Tutelary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person
   or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.


word: Tutor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students,
   and is responsible for their discipline.


word: Tutsan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which
   a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves.


word: Tutty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a
   sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and
   consisting of a crude zinc oxide.


word: Tut-work
wordtype: n.
definition:
Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the
   amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.


word: Tuyere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is
   delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a
   forge.


word: Twang
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of
   a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.


word: Twang
wordtype: n.
definition:
A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string
   when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.


word: Twayblade
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only
   two leaves, as the species of Listera and of Liparis.


word: Tweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of
   wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two
   colors, before weaving.


word: Tweedle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
   fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.


word: Twelfth-night
wordtype: n.
definition:
The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after
   Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.


word: Twelfth-second
wordtype: n.
definition:
A unit for the measurement of small intervals of
   time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.


word: Twelve
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two,
   or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.


word: Twentieth
wordtype: a.
definition:
Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the
   tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.


word: Weasel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to
   the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender,
   elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and
   for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The
   ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in
   winter; others are brown at all seasons.


word: Weather
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or
   cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or
   any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the
   atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather,
   etc.


word: Weather
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up
   against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather
   the storm.


word: Weather
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to
   suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter,
   under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.


word: Weather
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as,
   weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather
   quarter, weather shrouds, etc.


word: Weather-beaten
wordtype: a.
definition:
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure
   to the weather, especially to severe weather.


word: Weatherboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along
   the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the
   shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath.


word: Weatherboarding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The covering or siding of a building, formed of
   boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.


word: Weathercock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because
   originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire
   with the wind, and showing its direction.


word: Weathercock
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and
   frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a
   fickle, inconstant person.


word: Weathered
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the surface altered in color, texture, or
   composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.


word: Weatherglass
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument to indicate the state of the
   atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence
   changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.


word: Weathering
wordtype: n.
definition:
The action of the elements on a rock in altering its
   color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.


word: Weave
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to
   form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave
   wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture;
   to unite intimately.


word: Weave
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as
   a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to
   weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to
   compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.


word: Weaving
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art
   of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.


word: Weaving
wordtype: n.
definition:
An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body,
   from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in
   throwing the shuttle.


word: Web
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting
   stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.


word: Web
wordtype: n.
definition:
The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and
   lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or
   railroad rail.


word: Web
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for
   connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.


word: Web
wordtype: n.
definition:
The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their
   bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many
   water birds and amphibians.


word: Web
wordtype: n.
definition:
The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a
   feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary
   feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather.


word: Webform
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious
   larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they
   retreat when not feeding.


word: Wed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of
   marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.


word: Wedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end,
   and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood,
   rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the
   six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of
   Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.


word: Wedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two
   rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular
   ends.


word: Wedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the
   classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied
   this position on the first list of 1828.


word: Wedge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a
   scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.


word: Wedge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by
   dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.


word: Wedgebill
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma
   cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like
   the earth of the plains where it lives.


word: Wedge-shell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves
   belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is
   wedge-shaped.


word: Wedge-tailed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers
   longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or
   less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe,
   under Wood.


word: Wedgwood ware
definition:
A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what
   is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and
   capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and
   minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set
   as jewels.


word: Weed
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning
   garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the
   plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.


word: Weed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the
   crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an
   unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.


word: Weep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry,
   or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other
   passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.


word: Weep
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to
   droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.


word: Weever
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of edible marine fishes
   belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have
   a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin
   is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful
   wounds.


word: Weevil
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or
   Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved
   downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants.
   The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by
   eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut
   weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The
   larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees
   and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See
   also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.


word: Weft
wordtype: n.
definition:
The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from
   selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.


word: Weigelia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to
   the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced
   from China.


word: Weigh
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
   that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth;
   to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh
   sugar; to weigh gold.


word: Weigh
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the
   mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or
   coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to
   balance.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by
   which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of
   gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or
   standards, as pounds, grams, etc.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the
   center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the
   balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit;
   as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;
   moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of
   estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries'
   weight.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to
   be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce
   weight.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
   heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a
   race; to weight a whip handle.


word: Weight
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the
   probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations,
   under Weight.


word: Weighty
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to
   convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.


word: Wear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose
   of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.


word: Wear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream,
   tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.


word: Wear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a
   vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in
   measuring the quantity of flowing water.


word: Weird
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting,
   magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird
   appearance, look, sound, etc.


word: Wekau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has
   short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.


word: Welcome
wordtype: n.
definition:
Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house,
   entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.


word: Welcome
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and
   entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to
   welcome a new idea.


word: Weld
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in
   Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket;
   dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color.


word: Weld
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two
   pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.


word: Weldon's process
definition:
A process for the recovery or regeneration of
   manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of
   lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor.


word: Welfare
wordtype: n.
definition:
Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of
   health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or
   calamity; prosperity; happiness.


word: Well
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to
   reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often
   walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.


word: Well
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the
   pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from
   damage and facilitate their inspection.


word: Well
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing
   vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the
   bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they
   are transported to market.


word: Well
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary
   screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.


word: Well
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a
   proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately;
   thoroughly.


word: Well
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish;
   satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.


word: Well
wordtype: a.
definition:
Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a
   natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as,
   it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that
   the mistake was discovered.


word: Well
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or
   sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.


word: Well-being
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or condition of being well; welfare;
   happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men
   or of society.


word: Welldrain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which
   receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.


word: Wellhole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in
   certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other
   purposes.


word: Well-informed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Correctly informed; provided with information; well
   furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.


word: Wellingtonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of
   California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.


word: Welsher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a
   chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain
   horses and absconds with it.


word: Welt
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or
   border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it


word: Welt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border
   to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a
   cord, and sewed down.


word: Welt
wordtype: n.
definition:
In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon
   the edges of plates that form a butt joint.


word: Welt
wordtype: n.
definition:
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or
   joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.


word: Welt
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to
   welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.


word: Welter
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about,
   especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.


word: Welter
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily
   weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.


word: Welwitschia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to
   the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and
   never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously
   developed, and at length split into diverging segments.


word: Wends
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and
   eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.


word: Wenlock group
definition:
The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great
   Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.


word: Went
definition:
imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect
   of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.


word: Wentletrap
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white,
   marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa,
   which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See
   Scalaria.


word: Were
definition:
The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive
   singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.


word: Weregild
wordtype: n.
definition:
The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man
   killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the
   lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the
   murderer.


word: Werewolf
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite,
   either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences,
   by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves,
   formerly general, is not now extinct.


word: Wernerian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German
   mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their
   external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the
   earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or
   according to, Werner's system.


word: Weroole
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for
   the variety of its colors; -- called also varied lorikeet.


word: Wert
definition:
The second person singular, indicative and subjunctive moods,
   imperfect tense, of the verb be. It is formed from were, with the
   ending -t, after the analogy of wast. Now used only in solemn or poetic
   style.


word: Wesleyanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated
   by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect
   called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2.


word: West
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the
   equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four
   cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles
   to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing
   north; the point directly opposite to east.


word: West
wordtype: n.
definition:
A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some
   other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.


word: West
wordtype: n.
definition:
The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having
   been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.


word: West
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, that part of the United States west of the
   Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the
   Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian
   Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.


word: West
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western
   direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward
   the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the
   west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.


word: Western
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in
   the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where
   the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.


word: Western
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course;
   coming from the west; as, a western breeze.


word: Westing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two
   meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a
   ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.


word: Wet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
   moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the
   surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.


word: Wet
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Employing, or done by means of, water or some other
   liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry
   extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.


word: Wet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
   to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip
   or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet
   cloth.


word: Westness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity;
   as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.


word: Westness
wordtype: n.
definition:
A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of
   being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season.


word: Whale
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
   of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet
   long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.


word: Whalebone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from
   the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in
   stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.


word: Whop
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to
   turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped
   over.


word: Whopper
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something uncommonly large of the kind; something
   astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.


word: Wharf
wordtype: n.
definition:
A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or
   other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the
   like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that
   vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo,
   passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.


word: Wharf
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone
   constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.


word: Wharfage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf
   for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking
   questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what
   did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
As an exclamatory word: -- (a) Used absolutely
   or independently; -- often with a question following.


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or
   how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an
   adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Used substantively with the antecedent
   suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those
   [things] which; -- called a compound relative.


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . .
   which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at,
   which.


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to
   the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.


word: What
wordtype: pron., a., & adv.
definition:
Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat;
   -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with
   repetition.


word: Whatever
wordtype: pron.
definition:
Anything soever which; the thing or things of any
   kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or
   another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all
   particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.


word: Wheal
wordtype: n.
definition:
A more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a
   similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale.


word: Wheal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on
   the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.


word: Wheat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
   furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most
   largely used by the human race.


word: Wheatear
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The
   male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black
   stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the
   middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird,
   chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and
   whitetail.


word: Wheatworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks
   the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with
   smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the
   minute young of the worm.


word: Wheel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk,
   whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii,
   and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for
   supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various
   purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a
   watch, etc.


word: Wheel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an
   axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of
   controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.


word: Wheel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an
   axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.


word: Wheel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or
   revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.


word: Wheel
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or
   pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.


word: Wheelbarrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two
   handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.


word: Wheeler
wordtype: n.
definition:
A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle
   wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.


word: Wheeling
wordtype: n.
definition:
Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on
   wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.


word: Wheel-shaped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with
   scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.


word: Wheelwright
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and
   wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.


word: Wheeze
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse
   sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some
   admixture of tone.


word: Whelk
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods
   belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum,
   common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as
   food in Europe.


word: Whelm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion
   in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.


word: Whelm
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse;
   to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.


word: Whelp
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a
   capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a
   windlass.


word: When
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or
   just after, the moment that; -- used relatively.


word: When
wordtype: adv.
definition:
While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a
   conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause,
   having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal
   proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have
   continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in
   the grounds.


word: Whence
wordtype: adv.
definition:
From what place; hence, from what or which source,
   origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.


word: Whence
wordtype: adv.
definition:
From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.;
   the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.


word: Where
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position,
   or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.


word: Where
wordtype: adv.
definition:
At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the
   case or instance in which; -- used relatively.


word: Where
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or
   issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are
   you going?


word: Whereabouts
wordtype: adv.
definition:
About where; near what or which place; -- used
   interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?


word: Whereas
wordtype: conj.
definition:
Considering that; it being the case that; since; --
   used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations,
   affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.


word: Whereas
wordtype: conj.
definition:
When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in
   truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that
   precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a
   different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something
   consequent.


word: Wherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind
   of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.


word: Wherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast
   rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls.


word: Wherry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the
   verjuice is expressed; -- sometimes called crab wherry.


word: Whet
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for
   the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a
   knife.


word: Whether
wordtype: conj.
definition:
In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or
   more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or
   by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple
   negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle
   not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely
   as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.


word: Whey
wordtype: n.
definition:
The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more
   thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.


word: Which
wordtype: a.
definition:
A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and
   adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer
   to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which
   man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route
   he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under
   What, pron., 1.


word: Which
wordtype: pron.
definition:
A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an
   antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is
   specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause
   (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has
   preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used
   of persons.


word: Which
wordtype: pron.
definition:
A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for
   any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and
   the like; as, take which you will.


word: Whichsoever
wordtype: pron. & a.
definition:
Whether one or another; whether one or the
   other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you
   take, it will lead you to town.


word: Whidah bird
definition:
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging
   to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season
   the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch,
   whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.


word: Whiffler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or
   course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.


word: Whiffler
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who went before procession to clear the way by
   blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head
   of a procession; a harbinger.


word: Whig
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a political party which grew up in England in the
   seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great
   contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of
   the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called
   Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power
   over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679,
   called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally
   superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.


word: Whig
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the political party in the United States from about
   1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.


word: While
wordtype: n.
definition:
Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a
   time; as, one while we thought him innocent.


word: While
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness
   or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away.


word: Whim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity;
   a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.


word: Whim
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or
   steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other
   purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.


word: Whimbrel
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small curlews, especially
   the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half
   curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Whimsical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim;
   having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.


word: Whinchat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
   called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.


word: Whine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
   childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the
   like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a
   mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.


word: Whinstone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks,
   and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks
   which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert.
   Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds
   of basalt.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender
   and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
   rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat;
   as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a
   perverse boy.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with
   sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords
   going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap;
   -- often with about, around, or over.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into
   gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the
   thread; as, to whip a ruffle.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; --
   with into, out, up, off, and the like.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly,
   the motion being that employed in using a whip.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do
   something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for
   correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a
   handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce
   party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a
   Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes
   are needed.


word: Whip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A call made upon members of a Parliament party to be in
   their places at a given time, as when a vote is to be taken.


word: Whipparee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of
   the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body
   and tail.


word: Whipparee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large sting ray (Rhinoptera bonasus, or R. quadriloba)
   of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be
   four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed
   ray.


word: Whipperin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and
   whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.


word: Whipperin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, one who enforces the discipline of a party, and
   urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary
   occasions.


word: Whippletree
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or
   tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or
   other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a
   singletree. See Singletree.


word: Whip-poor-will
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to
   the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar
   notes which it utters in the evening.


word: Whipsaw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a
   frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.


word: Whip-shaped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round,
   and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.


word: Whip-tom-kelly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West
   Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.


word: Whipworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found
   parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly,
   but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.


word: Whir
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly
   or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.


word: Whir
wordtype: n.
definition:
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling
   motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel.


word: Whirl
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
   to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.


word: Whirl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
   circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the
   whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel.


word: Whirl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
   of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.


word: Whirlbat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow,
   or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
   ancient boxers.


word: Snarl
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
   ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.


word: Snarl
wordtype: n.
definition:
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,
   difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication;
   embarrassing difficulty.


word: Snatch
wordtype: n.
definition:
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission
   or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.


word: Sneak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or
   go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away
   from company.


word: Sneer
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to
   utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a
   person.


word: Sneer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of
   contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt.


word: Sneeze
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and
   violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by
   irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.


word: Sneezeweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale)
   the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.


word: Sneezewort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied
   to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.


word: Sneezing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal
   passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by
   the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.


word: Sniff
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes
   done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.


word: Sniff
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is
   taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.


word: Snip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with
   shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off;
   to snatch away.


word: Snipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the
   family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.


word: Snob
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more
   fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his
   superiors.


word: Snob
wordtype: n.
definition:
A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who
   refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.


word: Snood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman,
   and is emblematic of her maiden character.


word: Snook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis)
   found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; --
   called also ravallia, and robalo.


word: Snoring
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the
   currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and
   soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is
   usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.


word: Snort
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to
   make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.


word: Snotter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line
   to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also,
   the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.


word: Snow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that
   she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large
   trysail is hoisted.


word: Snow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals
   or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great
   variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.


word: Snow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent)
   in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.


word: Snowberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the
   Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the
   Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.


word: Snowbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis)
   common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often
   appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but
   variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting,
   snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.


word: Snowbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
   winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; --
   called also blue snowbird. See Junco.


word: Snowdrop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white
   flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is
   cultivated in gardens for its beauty.


word: Snowflake
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
   Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but
   having all the perianth leaves of equal size.


word: Snowplough
wordtype: n.
definition:
An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger
   scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.


word: Snowshoe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about
   one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having
   a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on
   soft snow.


word: Snuffle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose
   when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.


word: Snug
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or
   together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.


word: Snuggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move one way and the other so as to get a close
   place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like
   reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to
   denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch
   as.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as
   or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not
   well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this
   or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; --
   with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also
   with the verb to be, as a predicate.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this
   reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.


word: So
wordtype: adv.
definition:
About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts;
   more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read
   only a page or so.


word: So
wordtype: interj.
definition:
Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as
   you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.


word: Soak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
   has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid;
   to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak
   cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.


word: Soak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
   sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.


word: Soak
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
   water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.


word: Soakage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also,
   the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.


word: Soap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
   and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or
   oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists
   of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic,
   stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification.
   By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties,
   whether used as a cleaning agent or not.


word: Soapberry tree
definition:
Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus
   saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in
   washing linen; -- also called soap tree.


word: Soaproot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which
   is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.


word: Soapwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink
   family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in
   water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.


word: Sob
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind
   of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing
   in of the breath.


word: Sobbing
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis
   being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.


word: Sober
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with
   passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled;
   self-possessed.


word: Sober
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm;
   as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.


word: Sobriety
wordtype: n.
definition:
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or
   overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as,
   the sobriety of riper years.


word: Soc
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
   district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the
   limits of that jurisdiction.


word: Soc
wordtype: n.
definition:
An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding
   all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.


word: Socage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate
   service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which
   the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order
   to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings
   rent.


word: SSociable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized
   by much conversation; as, a sociable party.


word: Sociable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal
   party or reception; as, a church sociable.


word: Social
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
   society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or
   concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social
   duties.


word: Social
wordtype: a.
definition:
Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal
   processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.


word: Socialism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a
   complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable
   distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often
   employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See
   Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.


word: Society
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relationship of men to one another when associated in
   any way; companionship; fellowship; company.


word: Society
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of persons associated for any temporary or
   permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness,
   pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary
   society.


word: Society
wordtype: n.
definition:
The persons, collectively considered, who live in any
   region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united
   together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who
   recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.


word: Society
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
   in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive
   formal entertainments.


word: Socinianism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian
   theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity
   of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity
   of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment.
   His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no
   existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin
   was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the
   imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be
   interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical,
   and not to be taken literally.


word: Socinianize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by,
   or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.


word: Sociology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of philosophy which treats of the
   constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social
   science.


word: Sock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome,
   -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished
   from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.


word: Sockdolager
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a
   poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.


word: Sockdolager
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination of two hooks which close upon each
   other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.


word: Socket
wordtype: n.
definition:
An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
   or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of
   the teeth.


word: Socle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base;
   especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.


word: Socratical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and
   teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and
   philosophizing.


word: Sod
wordtype: n.
definition:
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with
   the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.


word: Sodalite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring
   commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina
   and soda with some chlorine.


word: Sodamide
wordtype: n.
definition:
A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2,
   obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.


word: Sodden
wordtype: p. p.
definition:
Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture;
   saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.


word: Sodio-
definition:
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the
   presence of sodium or one of its compounds.


word: Sodium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
   always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is
   isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized
   that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept
   under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many
   salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining
   other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
   product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.


word: Soever
definition:
A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with
   who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all
   possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is
   sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.


word: Sofa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends;
   -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.


word: Soffit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of
   buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the
   like. See Illust. of Lintel.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded,
   or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable;
   -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood
   or metal.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not
   irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring;
   pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent
   contrast; as, soft hues or tints.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the
   ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild;
   conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose
   soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant
   (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute
   (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.


word: Soft
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Belonging to the class of sonant elements as
   distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in
   utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f,
   etc.


word: Softa
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of
   the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.


word: Soften
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
   violent, or to render of an opposite quality.


word: Soft-hearted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible
   of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.


word: Softness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to
   hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.


word: Soil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure,
   with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them
   out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to
   purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.


word: Soil
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound
   substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly
   adapted to support and nourish them.


word: Soil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for
   refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by
   other game, as deer.


word: Soil
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty;
   to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.


word: Soja
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which
   are used in preparing the sauce called soy.


word: Sojourn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a
   temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a
   permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.


word: Sol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of
   value, and is worth about 68 cents.


word: Sola
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist
   places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used
   for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.


word: Solace
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also,
   that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.


word: Solace
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve
   in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to
   persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.


word: Solanaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order
   Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order
   includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper,
   and many more.


word: Solanicine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid
   on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.


word: Solanidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine,
   as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.


word: Solanine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries
   of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from
   potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid,
   burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.


word: Solano
definition:
A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the
   Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.


word: Solanum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum),
   the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species;
   nightshade.


word: Solar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
   the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar
   system, below.


word: Solarium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an
   apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an
   apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.


word: Solarium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral
   shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical,
   and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls.
   Called also perspective shell.


word: Solarization
wordtype: n.
definition:
Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing
   it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning;
   excessive insolation.


word: Solatium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or
   loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured
   feelings.


word: Solder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting
   adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.


word: Solder
wordtype: n.
definition:
To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention
   of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join
   by means of metallic cement.


word: Soldier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
   private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of
   combatants.


word: Soldier
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
   or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or
   distinction.


word: Soldier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or
   termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The
   soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.


word: Soldierwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the
   West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.


word: Sole
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea
   and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common
   European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.


word: Sole
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the
   true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta
   bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other
   species.


word: Solecism
wordtype: n.
definition:
An impropriety or incongruity of language in the
   combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the
   idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.


word: Solely
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause
   solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.


word: Solemn
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by
   seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn
   earnestness.


word: Solemn
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with
   all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.


word: Solemnity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence;
   religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a
   sacrament.


word: Solemnity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that
   which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the
   solemnity of Westminster Abbey.


word: Solemnity
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to
   due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done
   valid.


word: Solemnness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity;
   impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.


word: Solen
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied
   genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.


word: Solenodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either one of two species of singular West Indian
   insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus),
   native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus),
   found in Cuba, is called almique.


word: Solenogastra
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to
   the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other
   gastropods.


word: Solenoglypha
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of serpents including those which have
   tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.


word: Solenoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire
   turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the
   effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and
   reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel
   circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits
   polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.


word: Solenostomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular
   snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.


word: Sol-fa
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending;
   as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse
   order.


word: Solfatara
wordtype: n.
definition:
A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur
   vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic
   activity.


word: Solfeggio
wordtype: n.
definition:
The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re,
   mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise
   upon these syllables.


word: Solferino
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one
   of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy,
   where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.


word: Solicit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to
   apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.


word: Solicitor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in
   court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation
   of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See
   the Note under Attorney.


word: Solicitor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The law officer of a city, town, department, or
   government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.


word: Solicitor-general
wordtype: n.
definition:
The second law officer in the government of
   Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States
   government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the
   chief law officer of some of the States.


word: Solicitous
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something
   desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.


word: Solicitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind
   occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly
   adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies;
   having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and
   liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as
   distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes,
   heavy.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united
   and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as
   opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just;
   genuine.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or
   root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.


word: Solid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material
   particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the
   supposed ultimate particles of matter.


word: Solidism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes
   of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids
   alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression
   of agents tending to produce disease.


word: Solidity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being solid; density;
   consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter,
   -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed
   to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter
   by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness;
   massiveness.


word: Solidity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth;
   certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the
   solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles,
   triuths, or opinions.


word: Solidungula
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse,
   ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.


word: Solifidian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is
   sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian.


word: Solifugae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs
   and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.


word: Solitaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to
   many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs
   or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled
   except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in
   draughts.


word: Solitaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which
   formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was
   larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for
   flight. Called also solitary.


word: Solitaire
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus
   Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called
   also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is
   called the invisible bird.


word: Solitary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Living or being by one's self; having no companion
   present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.


word: Solitary
wordtype: a.
definition:
ot much visited or frequented remote from society;
   retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.


word: Solitary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants
   or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy;
   dismal; as, the solitary desert.


word: Solitude
wordtype: a.
definition:
Remoteness from society; destitution of company;
   seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.


word: Solo
wordtype: a.
definition:
A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single
   person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.


word: Solomon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom
   and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.


word: Solon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence,
   a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.


word: Solstice
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest
   from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign
   Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the
   summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; --
   so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward
   or southward motion.


word: Solstice
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or
   solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust.
   in Appendix.


word: Solstitial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the
   northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.


word: Solubility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or
   solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or
   intricate difficulty.


word: Solubility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious
   articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.


word: Soluble
wordtype: a.
definition:
Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of
   solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not
   soluble in water.


word: Soluble
wordtype: a.
definition:
Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic
   problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained;
   as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.


word: Solution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of separating the parts of any body, or the
   condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.


word: Solution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the
   disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question;
   explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of
   the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the
   process.


word: Solution
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process by which a body (whether solid,
   liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or
   becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product
   reulting from such absorption.


word: Solution
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in
   which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.


word: Solvability
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being solvable; as, the
   solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.


word: Solvability
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all
   just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.


word: Solve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is
   obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or
   conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a
   problem.


word: Solvent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
   solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate
   solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or
   acids of metals, etc.


word: Somatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric;
   parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.


word: Somatopleure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into
   which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the
   notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are
   developed. See Splanchnopleure.


word: -some
definition:
A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the
   body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.


word: -some
wordtype: a.
definition:
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or
   same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality
   denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of
   mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.


word: Some
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a
   quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an
   indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons.
   Used also pronominally; as, I have some.


word: Some
wordtype: a.
definition:
A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc.,
   as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some
   man, that is, some one man.


word: Some
wordtype: a.
definition:
About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals,
   but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as,
   a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour
   hence.


word: Some
wordtype: a.
definition:
Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from
   other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.


word: Some
wordtype: a.
definition:
A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed
   sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.


word: Somehow
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In one way or another; in some way not yet known or
   designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives
   somehow.


word: Somerset
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head
   and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.


word: Something
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically
   designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown
   event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.


word: Somite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an
   animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome;
   metamere.


word: Somnambulism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of the nervous system in which an
   individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking
   state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary
   powers are partially awake; noctambulism.


word: Somnambulist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who
   walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.


word: Somnambulistic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism;
   affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.


word: Son
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male
   child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.


word: Superior
wordtype: a.
definition:
Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which,
   although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to
   originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral
   organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.


word: Superior
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station,
   office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable;
   as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.


word: Superiority
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality, state, or condition of being superior;
   as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.


word: Superlative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent;
   surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a
   woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine
   character.


word: Superlative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the
   quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The
   superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est,
   most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.


word: Superlative
wordtype: n.
definition:
The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs;
   also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as,
   strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives.


word: Supernatant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the
   liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted
   with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.


word: Supernaturalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency
   in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the
   Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in
   opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than
   physical or natural causes in the case.


word: Supernumerary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or
   quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary
   expense.


word: Supernumerary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual;
   especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill
   the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a
   person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage
   spectacle.


word: Superordination
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ordination of a person to fill a station
   already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical
   official, during his lifetime, of his successor.


word: Superparticular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the
   greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3
   to 4.


word: Superpartient
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the
   greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7
   to 10.


word: Superpose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that
   all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to
   superpose one plane figure on another.


word: Superposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of superposing, or the state of being
   superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one
   plane figure on another, in geometry.


word: Superroyal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of
   printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.


word: Superscribe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription,
   or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the
   like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a
   letter.


word: Superscription
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is written or engraved on the surface,
   outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter,
   envelope, or the like.


word: Supersede
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior
   power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render
   unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.


word: Supersedeas
wordtype: n.
definition:
A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer
   in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ.


word: Superstition
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme
   Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice;
   extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites
   not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or
   practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.


word: Superstition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in
   certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens,
   prognostics, or the like.


word: Superstitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from,
   or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious
   observances.


word: Superstitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in
   religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies
   and scruples in regard to religion.


word: Superstructure
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any material structure or edifice built on
   something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis


word: Supervene
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To come as something additional or extraneous; to
   occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or
   after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.


word: Supervise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect
   with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or
   the printing of a book.


word: Supine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the
   infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes
   called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.


word: Supplant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take
   the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor
   of a mistress or a prince.


word: Supple-jack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern
   United States, having a tough and pliable stem.


word: Supple-jack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia
   Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.


word: Supplement
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition
   to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically,
   a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to
   make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.


word: Supplement
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The number of degrees which, if added to a specified
   arc, make it 180¡; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short
   of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.


word: Supplementary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being,
   or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary
   sheet or volume.


word: Supplicate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask
   for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian
   efforts to spread the gospel.


word: Supplication
wordtype: n.
definition:
A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some
   military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert
   the anger of the gods.


word: Supply
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is
   wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are
   supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake;
   -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a
   furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.


word: Supply
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another
   in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as,
   to supply a pulpit.


word: Supply
wordtype: n.
definition:
The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities
   of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the
   plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies.


word: Supply
wordtype: n.
definition:
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress,
   to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as,
   to vote supplies.


word: Supply
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the
   place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant
   pulpit.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to
   uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear
   the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports
   an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed
   in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or
   misfortunes.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under
   affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to
   support the courage or spirits.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an
   actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of
   King Lear.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood;
   to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the
   ministers of the gospel.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to
   support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish;
   to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges;
   the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to
   back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present
   administration.


word: Support
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman
   supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by
   his two sons.


word: Support
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a
   prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.


word: Support
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which maintains or preserves from being overcome,
   falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence;
   maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good
   support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the
   support of a battery.


word: Supporter
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates,
   and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.


word: Supporter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some
   animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it.
   Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.


word: Suppose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as
   true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or
   application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or
   admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to
   be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system,
   what would be the result?


word: Suppose
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws
   of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.


word: Supposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or
   considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what
   is not proved.


word: Supposition
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture;
   surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.


word: Supposititious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not
   being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a
   supposititious child; a supposititious writing.


word: Suppository
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum;
   esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.


word: Suppress
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to
   reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
   suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.


word: Suppression
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of suppressing, or the state of being
   suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or
   tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the
   like.


word: Suppression
wordtype: n.
definition:
Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion;
   as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which
   signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without
   expulsion.


word: Suprabranchial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially
   to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.


word: Suprachoroidal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer
   of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.


word: Supraclavicle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the
   post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.


word: Supra-esophageal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the
   esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea.


word: Supraglotic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of
   the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.


word: Suprahepatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver;
   -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.


word: Supralapsarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of that class of Calvinists who believed that
   God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that
   the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part
   of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed
   before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf.
   Infralapsarian.


word: Supraoccipital
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated over, or in the upper part of, the
   occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone.


word: Supraspinous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated above a spine or spines; especially,
   situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the
   vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.


word: Suprastapedial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the
   columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the
   stapes, as in many animals.


word: Supratrochlear
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear
   surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal
   nerve.


word: Supremacy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of
   power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a
   king or a parliament.


word: Supreme
wordtype: a.
definition:
Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost;
   greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme
   glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.


word: Suradanni
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the
   Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves
   and fellies of wheels, and the like.


word: Surangular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a
   bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds.


word: Surbase
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base
   of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.


word: Surbased
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the vertical height from springing line to crown
   less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is
   surbased.


word: Surbed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a
   position different from that which it had in the quarry.


word: Surcharge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to
   overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.


word: Surcharge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as
   a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage
   will sustain. Blackstone.


word: Surcingle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or
   over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.


word: Surcoat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long
   and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently
   emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.


word: Surd
wordtype: a.
definition:
Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational
   numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd
   number.


word: Surd
wordtype: a.
definition:
Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper
   vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered;
   aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See
   Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.


word: Sure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt;
   implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.


word: Sure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be
   sure of success; to be sure of life or health.


word: Sure
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or
   disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.


word: Surety
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is bound with and for another who is primarily
   liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for
   another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for
   performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.


word: Suretyship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being surety; the obligation of a person
   to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.


word: Surface
wordtype: n.
definition:
The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
   one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies;
   the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond;
   the surface of the body.


word: Surface
wordtype: n.
definition:
A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness;
   superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.


word: Surface
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the side which is terminated by the flank
   prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.


word: Surface
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a
   smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.


word: Surfboat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a
   pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of
   contact with the beach.


word: Surfeit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the
   function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or
   uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.


word: Surge
wordtype: n.
definition:
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
   hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).


word: Surgeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or
   injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to
   cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors,
   etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional
   treatment.


word: Surgeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the
   family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp
   lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also
   surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.


word: Surgery
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of
   medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of
   diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which
   has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or
   fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines
   and constitutional treatment.


word: Surgical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of
   surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical
   instruments.


word: Surgy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling
   surges in motion or appearance; swelling.


word: Surloin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See
   Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable,
   orthography.


word: Surly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe;
   sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog;
   surly language; a surly look.


word: Surmark
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show
   where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.


word: Surmise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon
   feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of
   jealousy or of envy.


word: Surmise
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on
   slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.


word: Surmullet
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any one of various species of mullets of the family
   Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is
   highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.


word: Surname
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name or appellation which is added to, or over and
   above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.


word: Surplice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of
   the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of
   their ministrations.


word: Surplus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time
   greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.


word: Surplus
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as,
   surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.


word: Surprise
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of
   seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.


word: Surprise
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some
   act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by
   what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or
   astonishment.


word: Surprise
wordtype: n.
definition:
To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take
   unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.


word: Surprise
wordtype: n.
definition:
To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by
   something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his
   conduct surprised me.


word: Surprise
wordtype: n.
definition:
To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to
   bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be
   surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.


word: Surprising
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite
   wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape
   from danger.


word: Surrender
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver
   up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender
   one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a
   ship.


word: Surrender
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
   surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.


word: Surrender
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or
   power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to
   despair, to indolence, or to sleep.


word: Surrender
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a
   principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign
   state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder
   or reversion.


word: Surrender
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give up one's self into the power of another; to
   yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first
   summons.


word: Surrender
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or
   resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power
   of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of
   a right.


word: Surrender
wordtype: n.
definition:
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an
   immediate estate in remainder or reversion.


word: Surrender
wordtype: n.
definition:
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one
   government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.


word: Surreptitious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Done or made by stealth, or without proper
   authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as,
   a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal
   of goods.


word: Surrey
wordtype: n.
definition:
A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated)
   somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.


word: Surrogate
wordtype: n.
definition:
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of
   a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage
   licenses.


word: Surrogate
wordtype: n.
definition:
In some States of the United States, an officer who
   presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the
   settlement of estates.


word: Surround
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile
   forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest,
   as a city.


word: Surround
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by
   surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine,
   etc.


word: Surroyal
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of
   the antler of the stag or other large deer.


word: Surtout
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an
   overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.


word: Survey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention,
   as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey
   the surrounding country.


word: Survey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine with reference to condition, situation,
   value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a
   building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.


word: Survey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a
   tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and
   angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry
   and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.


word: Survey
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and
   royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value
   of the same.


word: Survey
wordtype: n.
definition:
A particular view; an examination, especially an official
   examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design
   to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the
   stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.


word: Survey
wordtype: n.
definition:
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position,
   or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether
   land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of
   country, or of a road or line through it.


word: Surveying
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art
   of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the
   length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the
   surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the
   act or occupation of making surveys.


word: Surveyor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who views and examines for the purpose of
   ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a
   surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.


word: Surveyor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the
   quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.


word: Surveyor
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the United States, an officer whose duties include the
   various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition,
   and value of merchandise brought into a port.


word: Survival
wordtype: n.
definition:
A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
   existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.


word: Survival
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient
   times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.


word: Survive
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer
   than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.


word: Survivorship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has
   a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death
   of other.


word: Susceptibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being susceptible; the
   capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.


word: Susceptibility
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or
   emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation;
   impressibility; sensitiveness.


word: Susceptible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any
   change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body
   susceptible of color or of alteration.


word: Susceptible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of impression; having nice sensibility;
   impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than
   adults; a man of a susceptible heart.


word: Suspect
wordtype: a.
definition:
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of
   suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to
   persons suspected of crime.


word: Suspect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion
   of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no
   evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something
   unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.


word: Suspect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or
   without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.


word: Suspect
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
   distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.


word: Suspectful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion;
   suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others.


word: Suspend
wordtype: n.
definition:
To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a
   ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.


word: Suspend
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of
   eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.


word: Suspend
wordtype: n.
definition:
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any
   privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of
   income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a
   member of a club.


word: Suspend
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as,
   to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative
   body.


word: Suspend
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop
   payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a
   commercial firm or a bank).


word: Suspender
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of
   straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.


word: Suspensation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of suspending, or the state of being
   suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.


word: Suspense
wordtype: a.
definition:
The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of
   uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension;
   indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for
   the verdict of a jury.


word: Suspense
wordtype: a.
definition:
A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when
   the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land
   and rent.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask
   a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office,
   powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a
   clergyman.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as,
   the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with,
   but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by
   straining; also, any substance in this state.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive
   expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or
   conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence
   condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application
   to the lord ordinary.


word: Suspension
wordtype: n.
definition:
The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into
   the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending
   the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.


word: Suspensor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is
   attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.


word: Suspensorium
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which suspends or holds up a part:
   especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of
   cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw
   with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.


word: Suspicion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension
   of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without
   proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.


word: Suspicious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving
   reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious
   innovations; suspicious circumstances.


word: Sustain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support;
   as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load;
   a rope sustains a weight.


word: Sustain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to
   nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.


word: Sustain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up
   under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.


word: Sustain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to
   sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained
   the action or suit.


word: Sustain
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or
   confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation,
   or a proposition.


word: Sustained
wordtype: a.
definition:
Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform;
   as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in
   music.


word: Sustenance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of sustaining; support; maintenance;
   subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.


word: Sustenance
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions;
   means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.


word: Sustentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of sustaining, or the state of being
   sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.


word: Sustentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The aggregate of the functions by which a living
   organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.


word: Sutor
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the
   fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).


word: Sutra
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar,
   meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the
   Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.


word: Suttee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on
   the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of
   self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely
   character.


word: Suture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or
   parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that
   which resembles a seam.


word: Suture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation,
   like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation
   itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.


word: Suture
wordtype: n.
definition:
The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in
   any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.


word: Suture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a
   legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.


word: Suture
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a
   crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.


word: Swab
wordtype: n.
definition:
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after
   washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.


word: Swab
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels,
   etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.


word: Swab
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle,
   for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to
   deep-seated parts, etc.


word: Swab
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod
   or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.


word: Swabber
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of
   war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.


word: Swaddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with
   clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.


word: Swage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used
   by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work,
   whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or
   the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge.


word: Swage
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of
   iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape.


word: Swain
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a
   cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.


word: Swainmote
wordtype: n.
definition:
A court held before the verders of the forest as judges,
   by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or
   freeholders, within the forest composing the jury.


word: Swallow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the
   family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail
   is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the
   swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.


word: Swallow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the
   true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney
   swallow, or swift.


word: Swallow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take into the stomach; to receive through the
   gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.


word: Swallow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without
   examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.


word: Swallowtail
wordtype: n.
definition:
An outwork with converging sides, its head or front
   forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also
   priestcap.


word: Swallowtail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large and handsome
   butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the
   posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long
   lobe.


word: Swallow-tailed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
   swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts;
   as, a swallow-tailed coat.


word: Swallowwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the
   Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white
   swallowwort.


word: Swamp
wordtype: n.
definition:
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
   not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.


word: Swamp
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to
   capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.


word: Swan
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging
   to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. 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.


word: Swan
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for
   grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.


word: Swans-down
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or
   cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.


word: Swan-upping
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young
   swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called
   also swan-hopping.


word: Tri-
definition:
A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or
   combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is
   prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.


word: Triable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming
   under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one
   court which is not triable in another.


word: Triacid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic
   acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid
   radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base.


word: Trial
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
   that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or
   temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.


word: Trial
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that
   which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as,
   his child's conduct was a sore trial.


word: Trial
wordtype: n.
definition:
The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause
   before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact
   in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in
   issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose
   of determining such issue.


word: Triangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of
   steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded
   by being struck with a small metallic rod.


word: Triangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground
   and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing
   corporal punishment, -- now disused.


word: Triangulares
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust.
   under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider.


word: Triangulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey
   by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.


word: Triangulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The series or network of triangles into which the
   face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a
   trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements
   necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be
   surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and
   distances of the several points connected by them.


word: Trias
wordtype: n.
definition:
The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so
   named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata,
   which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and
   Keuper.


word: Triatomic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a
   specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic;
   thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.


word: Tribalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling;
   tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or
   characteristics.


word: Tribasic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid
   base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of
   replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids;
   thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.


word: Tribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A family, race, or series of generations, descending from
   the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve
   tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.


word: Tribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A number of species or genera having certain structural
   characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.


word: Tribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude
   people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six
   Nations; the Seneca tribe.


word: Tribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from
   whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of
   Athens was divided into ten tribes.


word: Tribe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A family of animals descended from some particular female
   progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of
   shorthorns.


word: Tribunal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his
   associates sit for administering justice.


word: Tribunal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in
   England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.


word: Tribune
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect
   them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend
   their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by
   the senate and consuls.


word: Tribune
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches
   were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the
   legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address;
   any place occupied by a public orator.


word: Tributary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an
   acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the
   purpose of purchasing peace.


word: Tributary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make
   up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.;
   contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself
   tributary to the Mississippi.


word: Tributary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to
   a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection,
   or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.


word: Tribute
wordtype: n.
definition:
An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing,
   paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of
   submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of
   some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.


word: Tribute
wordtype: n.
definition:
A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service,
   etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or
   deserved; as, a tribute of affection.


word: Trica
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface
   marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.


word: Tricarballylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex
   tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet
   roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline
   substance.


word: Tricennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty
   years; occurring once in every thirty years.


word: Tricentenary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A period of three centuries, or three hundred years,
   also, the three-hundredth anniversary of any event; a tercentenary.


word: Triceps
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor
   of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon
   at the elbow.


word: Trichiasis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being
   turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion
   of the lids.


word: Trichina
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which,
   in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the
   voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When
   insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man,
   they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the
   ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young
   which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly
   by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines
   in large numbers produces trichinosis.


word: Trichinize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; --
   chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork.


word: Trichinosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in
   the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular
   pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is
   frequently fatal.


word: Trichinous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected
   with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat.


word: Trichite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common
   in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.


word: Trichiuriform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family
   Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails.


word: Trichobranchia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial
   filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.


word: Trichogyne
wordtype: n.
definition:
The slender, hairlike cell which receives the
   fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.


word: Trichomanes
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very
   delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on
   threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal
   involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are
   native in the United States.


word: Trichomatose
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affected with a disease which causes agglutination
   and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See
   Plica, 1.


word: Trichome
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any
   modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The
   sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes.


word: Trichoptera
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings
   covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is
   considered by some to be a distinct order.


word: Trichroism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting
   different colors in three different directions.


word: Trichromatic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having or existing in three different phases of
   color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds
   and insects.


word: Trick
wordtype: a.
definition:
An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly
   procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.


word: Trick
wordtype: a.
definition:
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or
   amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.


word: Trick
wordtype: a.
definition:
A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a
   trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.


word: Trick
wordtype: a.
definition:
The whole number of cards played in one round, and
   consisting of as many cards as there are players.


word: Trick
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to
   defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.


word: Trick
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or
   distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.


word: Triclinic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes
   intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.


word: Triclinium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three
   sides of a table, and usually in three parts.


word: Tricolor
wordtype: n.
definition:
The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white,
   and red, adopted at the first revolution.


word: Tricrotism
wordtype: n.
definition:
That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is
   a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing
   characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to
   the primary.


word: Tridacna
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the
   coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas)
   often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for
   baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.


word: Tridecane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a
   probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is
   produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.


word: Tridecatoic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the
   fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline
   substance.


word: Tridecatylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series,
   corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a
   light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene.


word: Trident
wordtype: n.
definition:
A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses;
   also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.


word: Trident
wordtype: n.
definition:
A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in
   one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.


word: Tridymite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal
   tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.


word: Triennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every
   three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a
   triennial visitation.


word: Trierarch
wordtype: n.
definition:
At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other
   citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.


word: Trifle
wordtype: n.
definition:
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
   dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial
   amusements.


word: Trifolium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers
   and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of
   which are called clover. See Clover.


word: Triforium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the
   roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the
   interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory
   windows.


word: Trig
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a
   wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.


word: Trigamist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who has been married three times; also, one who has
   three husbands or three wives at the same time.


word: Trigamous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male,
   female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.


word: Trigamy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three
   times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the
   same time.


word: Trigeminal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of
   cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main
   branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth;
   trifacial.


word: Trigenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2,
   obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde,
   as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint
   smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret.


word: Trigesimo-secundo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book composed of sheets so folded that each
   one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less
   definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32¡, and called
   thirty-twomo.


word: Trigger
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or
   detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a
   lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the
   piece.


word: Triglyph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at
   equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet,
   slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and
   perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or
   spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each
   of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.


word: Trigonal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a
   trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.


word: Trigone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the
   bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.


word: Trigonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct
   species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living
   species exist on the coast of Australia.


word: Trigonometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
That branch of mathematics which treats of the
   relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of
   deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the
   general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of
   arcs or angles.


word: Trigraph
wordtype: n.
definition:
Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but
   one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong.


word: Trihedral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is
   a solid angle bounded by three plane angles.


word: Trikosane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling
   paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in
   the molecule.


word: Trilemma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the
   major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See
   Dilemma.


word: Trilithon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such
   a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.


word: Trill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or
   with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.


word: Trill
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous
   vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.


word: Trill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid
   succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some
   one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or
   lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.


word: Trill
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound
   of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous
   tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.


word: Trillion
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to the French notation, which is used upon the
   Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a
   unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the
   English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the
   third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers
   annexed. See the Note under Numeration.


word: Trillium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved
   nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in
   threes.


word: Trilobite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods
   belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the
   Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the
   Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.


word: Trilogy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of three dramas which, although each of them is
   in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one
   historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an
   example.


word: Trim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip
   or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.


word: Trim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing
   the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center
   and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well;
   as, to trim a ship, or a boat.


word: Trim
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by
   which she is well prepared for sailing.


word: Trim
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building;
   especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a
   molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.


word: Trim
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for
   service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim,
   or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when
   his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits
   closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is
   trim when he stands erect.


word: Trimellic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic
   acid (called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.


word: Trimesitic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid,
   C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of
   mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Trimestrial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three
   months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.


word: Trimethyl
definition:
A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively)
   indicating the presence of three methyl groups.


word: Trimethylamine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3,
   obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic
   herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing
   three methyl groups.


word: Trimethylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene
   and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of
   compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.


word: Trimmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or
   the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor
   each; a timeserver.


word: Trimmer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor
   framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing
   joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.


word: Trimming
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust,
   ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental
   appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a
   dish; a relish; -- usually in the pluraltrimmings. --.


word: Trimorph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms,
   or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these
   distinct forms. See Trimorphism, 1.


word: Trimorphous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism;
   -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.


word: Trimorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property of crystallizing in three forms
   fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which
   crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See
   Pleomorphism.


word: Trimorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The coexistence among individuals of the same species
   of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate
   gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of
   having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; --
   contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism.


word: Trimurti
wordtype: n.
definition:
The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of
   Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.


word: Tringa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of limicoline birds including many species of
   sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.


word: Trinitarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St.
   John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the
   purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans.


word: Trinity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the
   Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to
   substance, but three persons as to individuality.


word: Trinity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a
   triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.


word: Trinodal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three knots or nodes; having three points from
   which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.


word: Trinomial
wordtype: n.
definition:
A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the
   sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.


word: Trinucleus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the
   glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.


word: Trio
wordtype: n.
definition:
Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting
   together; a set of three; three united.


word: Trio
wordtype: n.
definition:
The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or
   scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance
   forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments.


word: Trioctile
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when
   they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135
   degrees, distant from each other.


word: Tri/cious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on
   different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others
   pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the
   order Tri/cia.


word: Triolet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first
   line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the
   second being, repeated as the eighth.


word: Trionychoidea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx
   and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.


word: Trionyx
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the
   shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They
   are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise,
   soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.


word: Trioxide
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur
   trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.


word: Trip
wordtype: n. i.
definition:
To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly;
   to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It,
   5.


word: Trip
wordtype: n. i.
definition:
To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's
   balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to
   stumble.


word: Trip
wordtype: n. i.
definition:
Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense
   against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.


word: Trip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to
   lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to
   throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to
   trip up a man in wrestling.


word: Trip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an
   obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.


word: Trip
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or
   compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.


word: Trip
wordtype: n.
definition:
A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or
   balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.


word: Triparted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Parted into three piece; having three parts or pieces;
   -- said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross triparted.


word: Triphthong
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combination of three vowel sounds in a single
   syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three
   vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as,
   eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.


word: Triphthongal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three
   vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.


word: Triphylite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color,
   consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.


word: Tripinnatifid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf
   when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also
   are pinnatifid.


word: Triple-tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the
   warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle
   coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and
   becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long,
   and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales
   which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally,
   black perch, grouper, and flasher.


word: Triplite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a
   fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and
   manganese.


word: Triploblastic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of
   the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which
   the blastoderm splits into three layers.


word: Tripod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for
   supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other
   instrument.


word: Tripoli
wordtype: n.
definition:
An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used
   in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the
   siliceous shells of diatoms.


word: Tripos
wordtype: n.
definition:
A university examination of questionists, for honors; also,
   a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.


word: Tripping
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on
   the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as
   a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.


word: Triquadrantal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal
   triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles
   are consequently right angles.


word: Trisacramentarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who recognizes three sacraments, and no
   more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See
   Sacrament.


word: Trisected
wordtype: a.
definition:
Divided into three parts or segments by incisions
   extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.


word: Trisection
wordtype: n.
definition:
The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically:
   (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.


word: Trisnitrate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid;
   also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate
   of bismuth.


word: Trisoctahedron
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid of the isometric system bounded by
   twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an
   octahedron.


word: Trisplanchnic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic
   cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; --
   applied to the sympathetic nervous system.


word: Tristoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging
   to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two
   small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike
   bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.


word: Trisyllabical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of
   three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word.


word: Trite
wordtype: a.
definition:
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
   novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite
   subject.


word: Triternate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole
   separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts
   which each bear three leafiets.


word: Trithionic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic
   acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.


word: Triticin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from
   quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white
   amorphous substance.


word: Triton
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite,
   and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters
   as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower
   part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.


word: Triton
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to
   Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely
   colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are
   among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea
   trumpet.


word: Triton
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The
   common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and
   M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most
   common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See
   Illust. under Salamander.


word: Trituration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or
   impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc.


word: Triumph
wordtype: n.
definition:
A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor
   of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.


word: Triumph
wordtype: n.
definition:
To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success;
   to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.


word: Triumphal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph;
   indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal
   crown; a triumphal arch.


word: Triumvirate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coalition or association of three in office or
   authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the
   government of the Roman empire.


word: Triune
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity
   of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.


word: Triungulus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet
   armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil
   beetle, under Oil.


word: Trivalent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a valence of three; capable of being combined
   with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; --
   said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in
   ammonia.


word: Triverbial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to
   the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three
   characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called
   dies fasti.


word: Trivet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a
   stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.


word: Trivial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling;
   petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.


word: Trivium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric;
   -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.


word: Trocar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for
   exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.


word: Trochanter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two processes near the head of the femur, the
   outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small
   trochanter.


word: Trochanter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second
   when the trochantine is united with the coxa.


word: Trochee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second
   short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second
   unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.


word: Trochlea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the
   trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the
   ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit,
   through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye
   passes.


word: Trochlear
wordtype: n.
definition:
Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or
   connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the
   trochlear muscle of the eye.


word: Trochleary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea;
   trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.


word: Trochoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a
   line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any
   point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve
   rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in
   one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are
   all trochoids.


word: Trochoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to
   a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral
   column.


word: Trochosphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and
   bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior
   end.


word: Trochus
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells
   belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidae.
   Some of the species are called also topshells.


word: Troglodyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of
   constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of
   man were troglodytes.


word: Trogon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds
   belonging to the family Trogonidae. They are noted for the brilliant
   colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.


word: Troilite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in
   meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze
   color.


word: Troilus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, /
   Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front
   wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.


word: Troll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive
   size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and
   like places; a witch.


word: Troll
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a
   catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.


word: Troll
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn
   along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.


word: Troll
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to
   fish by drawing the hook through the water.


word: Trolly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms
   a means of connection between them and a railway car.


word: Trombone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought
   by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts,
   bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent
   double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by
   change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the
   instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare
   instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family
   of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is
   complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from
   note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown,
   it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when
   the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn
   and majestic.


word: Tromp
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part
   of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is
   carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led
   to a furnace.


word: Trona
wordtype: n.
definition:
A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral
   and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white
   crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes;
   -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.


word: Trones
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of
   two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and
   supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.


word: Troop
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or
   dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a
   captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company
   in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.


word: Tropaeolin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to any one of a series of orange-red
   dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid
   derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so
   called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium
   (Tropaeolum).


word: Trope
wordtype: n.
definition:
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from
   that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as
   changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of
   giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.


word: Trophi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including
   the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their
   appendages.


word: Trophic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing;
   as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on
   nutrition.


word: Trophosome
wordtype: n.
definition:
The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as
   distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.


word: Trophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of
   battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes
   trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.


word: Trophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp.
   (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons,
   offensive and defensive.


word: Trophy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of
   victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.


word: Tropic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
   atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance
   slightly soluble in water.


word: Tropic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere,
   situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23¡ 28/, and
   parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination
   north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the
   northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the
   Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they
   touch the ecliptic.


word: Tropic
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
   corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names.


word: Tropical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or
   incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical
   climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.


word: Tropical
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being
   of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.


word: Tropidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical
   dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.


word: Tropilidene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation
   of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with
   dipropargyl.


word: Tropist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the
   literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere
   tropes and figures of speech.


word: Trot
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
   called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.


word: Trot
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a
   walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and
   the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.


word: Troubadour
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a school of poets who flourished from the
   eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the
   south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and
   especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by
   intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory
   strain.


word: Trouble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite
   phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.


word: Troubler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or
   molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.


word: Trou-de-loup
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid,
   constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a
   pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.


word: Trough
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other
   liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one
   side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a
   mill wheel.


word: Trough
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and
   narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.


word: Troupial
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American
   birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus
   icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the
   species are called orioles in America.


word: Trousers
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the
   waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.


word: Trousseau
wordtype: n.
definition:
The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride,
   including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is
   provided for her by her family.


word: Trout
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo,
   Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly
   esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the
   species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend
   to the sea if they have an opportunity.


word: Trout
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less
   resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the
   same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common
   squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
   salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See
   Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.


word: Trouveur
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern
   France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.


word: Trover
wordtype: n.
definition:
An action to recover damages against one who found goods,
   and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies
   in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by
   another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an
   immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.


word: Troweled
definition:
Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled
   stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint.


word: Truant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially,
   one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a
   shirk.


word: Trubu
wordtype: n.
definition:
An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively
   caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.


word: Truce
wordtype: n.
definition:
A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of
   opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation
   or other purpose; an armistice.


word: Truck
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a
   small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.


word: Truck
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or
   more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry
   and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie
   in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.


word: Truck
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a
   masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.


word: Truck
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various
   purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.


word: Truck
wordtype: n.
definition:
Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade;
   small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised
   for the market.


word: Warble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a
   horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.


word: Warble
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the
   backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.


word: Warble
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner;
   to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are
   remarkable for warbling their songs.


word: Warbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing
   birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted
   songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and
   sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.


word: Warbler
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small, often bright
   colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily
   Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World
   warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.


word: Warburg's tincture
definition:
A preparation containing quinine and many other
   ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was
   invented by Dr. Warburg of London.


word: -wards
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or
   tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.


word: Ward
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship;
   specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n.,
   1.


word: Ward
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
   protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.


word: Ward
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement
   under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.


word: Ward
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to
   prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for
   passing it.


word: Ward
wordtype: n.
definition:
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a
   specific sense, to guard during the day time.


word: Ward
wordtype: n.
definition:
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous
   that approaches; -- usually followed by off.


word: Ward-corn
wordtype: n.
definition:
The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under
   Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.


word: Wardian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure
   for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants
   from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the
   inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.


word: Wardmote
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also,
   a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in
   matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.


word: Wardrobe
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing
   apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.


word: Wardship
wordtype: n.
definition:
The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a
   ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.


word: Ware
wordtype: a.
definition:
Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular
   kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the
   plural, goods; commodities; merchandise.


word: Warehouse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place in the warehouse of the government or
   customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.


word: Warm
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or
   no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.


word: Warm
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in
   spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly;
   irritable; excitable.


word: Warm
wordtype: superl.
definition:
In children's games, being near the object sought for;
   hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact
   concealed.


word: Warm
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their
   composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue
   and its compounds.


word: Warm
wordtype: a.
definition:
To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm;
   to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.


word: Warm-blooded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those
   animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more
   properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature
   whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.


word: Warmth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the
   warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth.


word: Warmth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor;
   fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or
   piety; he replied with much warmth.


word: Warmth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm
   colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work
   of color.


word: Warn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to
   give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by
   authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a
   house.


word: Warn
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or
   evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.


word: Warning
wordtype: n.
definition:
Caution against danger, or against faults or evil
   practices which incur danger; admonition; monition.


word: Warp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out
   of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.


word: Warp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp,
   attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.


word: Warp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land),
   for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy
   substance.


word: Warp
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be
   twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or
   shrinking.


word: Warp
wordtype: v.
definition:
A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one
   end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing
   line; a warping hawser.


word: Warrandice
wordtype: n.
definition:
The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject
   or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every
   claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the
   conveyance; warranty.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving
   authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or
   obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something
   which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument
   investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from
   loss or damage; commission; authority.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to
   make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to
   the administration of justice.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
An official certificate of appointment issued to an
   officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer,
   below.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to
   guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to
   do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved
   harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of
   the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.


word: Warrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to
   engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be,
   which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by
   it.


word: Warrantable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Authorized by commission, precept, or right;
   justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always
   warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.


word: Warranter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who
   contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of
   title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the
   warranter of a horse.


word: Warranty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of
   freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and,
   in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal
   value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and
   its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the
   covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of
   a real covenant.


word: Warranty
wordtype: n.
definition:
An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a
   certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it
   is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods
   by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but,
   as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor.


word: Warranty
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that
   certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the
   risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These
   warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are
   certain implied warranties.


word: Warren
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for
   keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.)
   called beasts and fowls of warren.


word: Warren
wordtype: n.
definition:
A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or
   prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to
   the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission.


word: Warrin
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor)
   remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also
   blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.


word: Wart
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by
   enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis
   which covers them.


word: Wart
wordtype: n.
definition:
An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true
   wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened
   protuberance on plants.


word: Wart hog
definition:
Either one of two species of large, savage African wild
   hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large,
   rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the
   eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The
   body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane.
   The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known.
   Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of
   the coasts of the Red Sea.


word: Wartwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name given to several plants because they were thought
   to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia),
   and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).


word: Warwickite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic
   crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of
   the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.


word: Wary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against
   deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent;
   circumspect; scrupulous; careful.


word: Was
wordtype: v.
definition:
The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the
   indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to
   apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub
   with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to
   wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to
   wash the bark of trees.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and
   moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as,
   heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action
   of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off,
   out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to
   perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water.


word: Wash
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a
   running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of
   road, a beach, etc.


word: Wash
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or
   dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.


word: Wash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or
   sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a
   river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes
   in Lincolnshire.


word: Wash
wordtype: n.
definition:
Substances collected and deposited by the action of water;
   as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc.


word: Wash
wordtype: n.
definition:
Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed
   dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs.


word: Wash
wordtype: n.
definition:
The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action
   of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.


word: Washboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the
   walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.


word: Washboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to
   keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a
   lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.


word: Washed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different
   color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.


word: Washer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a
   perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw
   to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent
   endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a
   joint to form a packing, etc.


word: Washer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern,
   tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.


word: Washerwoman
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its
   beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of
   water plants.


word: Washingtonian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society
   and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total
   abstinence.


word: Wash-off
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; --
   said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.


word: Washout
wordtype: n.
definition:
The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a
   portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a
   freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad,
   where the earth has been washed away.


word: Washstand
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin,
   and other requisites for washing the person.


word: Wasium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from
   wasite, but now identified with thorium.


word: Wasp
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous
   insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which
   includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow
   jackets.


word: Waspish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by
   snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.


word: Wassail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly
   much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or
   wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; --
   called also lamb's wool.


word: Wast
definition:
The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative
   mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style.
   See Was.


word: Waste
wordtype: a.
definition:
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by
   constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.


word: Waste
wordtype: a.
definition:
To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally;
   to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to
   lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by
   scattering or injury.


word: Waste
wordtype: a.
definition:
To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or
   by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.


word: Waste
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength,
   value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow
   less.


word: Waste
wordtype: v.
definition:
The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a
   squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure;
   devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by
   use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc.


word: Waste
wordtype: v.
definition:
That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated,
   uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or
   unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness.


word: Waste
wordtype: v.
definition:
That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse.
   Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the
   working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery,
   absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.


word: Waste
wordtype: v.
definition:
Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods,
   fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the
   prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.


word: Wastebook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book in which rough entries of transactions are made,
   previous to their being carried into the journal.


word: Wasteful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as,
   wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.


word: Wasteful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which
   is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a
   wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.


word: Waster
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one
   who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.


word: Wasteweir
wordtype: n.
definition:
An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of
   superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil;
   wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close
   observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a
   watching or guarding by night.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a
   watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The period of the night during which a person does duty
   as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till
   his relief; hence, a division of the night.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about
   the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.


word: Watch
wordtype: n.
definition:
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing
   watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.


word: Watch
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who
   together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time,
   usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and
   the starboard watch.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the
   lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to
   attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a
   fever.


word: Watch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of,
   for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and
   observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.


word: Watchdog
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and
   to give notice of the approach of intruders.


word: Watcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent
   observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.


word: Watchful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe
   closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be
   regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with
   against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the
   growth of vicious habits.


word: Watchhouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place where persons under temporary arrest by the
   police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.


word: Watchword
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion
   to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from
   an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who
   has not; a countersign; a password.


word: Water
wordtype: n.
definition:
The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a
   diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and
   transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first
   excellence.


word: Water
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted
   to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and
   Damaskeen.


word: Water
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An addition to the shares representing the capital of a
   stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is
   increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."


word: Water
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with
   water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.


word: Water
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a
   lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines;
   as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.


word: Water
wordtype: n.
definition:
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity
   or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute;
   to weaken.


word: Water arum
definition:
An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It
   is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.


word: Water barometer
definition:
A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric
   pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of
   mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in
   height.


word: Water bath
definition:
A device for regulating the temperature of anything
   subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another
   vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature;
   also, a vessel designed for this purpose.


word: Water bed
definition:
A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof
   fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden
   patients.


word: Water beetle
definition:
Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles
   belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and
   to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with
   great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.


word: Water buck
definition:
A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of
   Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer.
   It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water
   antelope, and waterbok.


word: Water bug
definition:
Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic,
   hemipterous insects belonging to Belostoma, Benacus, Zaitha, and other
   genera of the family Belostomatidae. Their hind legs are long and
   fringed, and act like oars. Some of these insects are of great size,
   being among the largest existing Hemiptera. Many of them come out of
   the water and fly about at night.


word: Water can
definition:
Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog
   lily; -- so called from the shape of the seed vessel. See Nuphar, and
   cf. Candock.


word: Water cart
definition:
A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale,
   or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.


word: Water celery
definition:
A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in
   ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.


word: Water cell
definition:
A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the
   cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a
   camel.


word: Water chestnut
definition:
The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old
   World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several
   hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water
   caltrop.


word: Water chevrotain
definition:
A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus
   aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied
   species. Called also water deerlet.


word: Water clock
definition:
An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the
   fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.


word: Water-closet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a
   contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.


word: Water cock
definition:
A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of
   Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male
   is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its
   head. Called also kora.


