A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology (part 6 of 7)

A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology (part 6 of 7)

~Scornful~, a. Contemptuous, disdainful, derisive, contumelious.

~Scot~, n. Tax, contribution, reckoning.

~Scotch~, v. a. ~1.~ Cut (slightly), wound (superficially).

~2.~ Stop (as a wheel to prevent it from rolling back), block.

~Scotch~, a. Scottish.

~Scotch-hoppers~, n. pl. Hoppers, hop-scotch.

~Scot-free~, a. ~1.~ Untaxed, without payment, without expense.

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

~Scotticism~, n. Scottish idiom.

~Scottish~, a. Scotch.

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

~Scoundrelism~, n. Knavery, roguery, villainy, rascality, turpitude, baseness.

~Scour~, v. a. ~1.~ Clean (by friction), make bright.

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

~3.~ Purge (violently).

~4.~ Rake, search closely.

~Scour~, v. n. Course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly.

~Scourge~, n. ~1.~ Whip, lash, thong, strap, cowhide.

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

~Scourge~, v. a. ~1.~ Lash, whip.

~2.~ Punish, chastise, chasten.

~Scout~, n. Spy.

~Scout~, v. n. Act the spy.

~Scout at~, SCOUT, sneer at.

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

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

~Scowl~, n. Frown.

~Scrabble~, v. a. Scribble, scrawl, scratch.

~Scrabble~, v. n. Scribble, scrawl.

~Scrabble~, n. [Colloquial.] Scramble, struggle, muss.

~Scraggy~, a. ~1.~ Rough, rugged, uneven, broken, craggy, scabrous.

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

~Scramble~, v. n. ~1.~ Struggle (as in climbing), scrabble.

~2.~ Climb (with difficulty), clamber.

~Scramble~, n. Struggle, contest, muss, scrabble.

~Scranny~, a. [Local.] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRAWNY.

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

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

~Scrape~, v. a. ~1.~ Rub or abrade (with something edged).

~2.~ Gather, collect.

~Scrape~, n. Difficulty, perplexity, distress, embarrassment, hot water.

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

~Scratch~, v. a. ~1.~ Mark with a scratch, or with scratches.

~2.~ Wound slightly (as with the nails).

~3.~ Scribble, write carelessly.

~4.~ Dig (with the claws).

~Scratch~, n. ~1.~ Incision (slight and ragged).

~2.~ Slight wound (as with the nails).

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

~4.~ Scribble, scrawl.

~Scratch-cradle~, n. Cat's cradle, cratch-cradle.

~Scratches~, n. pl. [Farriery.] Grease.

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

~Scratch-wig~, n. SCRATCH, small wig.

~Scrawl~, v. a. Scribble, scrabble, scratch, write carelessly.

~Scrawl~, v. n. Scribble, scrabble.

~Scrawl~, n. Scribble, scratch, careless writing.

~Scrawler~, n. Scribbler.

~Scrawny~, a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRANNY.

~Scream~, v. n. Shriek, screech, cry out (in a shrill voice).

~Scream~, n. Shriek, screech, yell, outcry, shrill cry.

~Screech~, v. n. Shriek, SCREAM.

~Screech~, n. SCREAM.

~Screed~, n. [Scottish.] ~1.~ Cry, outcry, shrill sound.

~2.~ Harangue, tirade.

~Screen~, n. ~1.~ Protection, guard, defence, shield.

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

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

~2.~ Riddle, sift.

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

~Screw-jack~, n. Jack-screw.

~Screw-shaped~, a. Cochleary, cochleated, spiral, helical, winding.

~Screw-steamer~, n. Propeller.

~Scribble~, v. n. Scrawl, scrabble, scratch.

~Scribbler~, n. ~1.~ Scrawler.

~2.~ Petty author.

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

~2.~ Clerk, secretary, notary.

~Scrimp~, a. [Local.] Short, scanty.

~Scrimp~, v. a. [Local.] Scant, contract, shorten, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce.

~Scrimp~, n. Miser, niggard, SCREW.

~Scrip~, n. ~1.~ Wallet, satchel, small bag.

~2.~ Certificate of stock.

~Scriptural~, a. Biblical, scripture, of the Scriptures, of the Bible.

~Scripture~, n. ~1.~ Writing, document.

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

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

~Scripture~, a. SCRIPTURAL.

~Scrivener~, n. Writer (by profession), SCRIBE.

~Scrofula~, n. Struma, King's evil.

~Scroll~, n. ~1.~ Schedule, roll of paper or parchment.

~2.~ Flourish, paraph.

~3.~ Volute, spiral ornament.

~Scrouge~, v. a. [Local, England; Colloquial, U. S.] Crowd, squeeze.

~Scrub~, v. a. Scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard.

~Scrub~, v. n. Work hard.

~Scrub~, n. Mean fellow.

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

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

~Scruple~, n. ~1.~ Hesitation, hesitancy, doubt, perplexity, qualm.

~2.~ Twenty grains.

~Scruple~, v. n. Hesitate, doubt, waver, fluctuate.

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

~Scrupulous~, a. ~1.~ Conscientious, punctilious, strict, nice.

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

~Scrupulousness~, n. SCRUPULOSITY.

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

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

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

~2.~ (Naut.) Drive before a gale.

~Scuddle~, v. n. Scuttle, hurry, bustle, run about (in affecting to be busy).

~Scuffle~, v. n. Struggle (in a disorderly manner), contend, fight, strive (as in a close embrace).

~Scuffle~, n. Contest (of a disorderly kind), struggle, fight, rencounter, encounter, broil, fray, brawl, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercation, set-to.

~Sculptor~, n. CARVER.

~Sculpture~, n. ~1.~ CARVING, statuary, plastic art.

~2.~ Carved work.

~Sculpture~, v. a. ~1.~ Carve, chisel, cut.

~2.~ Engrave, grave.

~Scum~, n. Froth, dross, refuse, scoria, recrement.

~Scurf~, a. ~1.~ (Med.) Miliary scab.

~2.~ Soil, stain, foul remains.

~Scurfy~, a. Scabby, scabbed, scurvy, scaly, furfuraceons, lentiginous.

~Scurrile~, a. SCURRILOUS.

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

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

~Scurvy~, a. ~1.~ Scurfy, scabbed, scabby.

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

~Scutate~, a. Clypeiform, shield-shaped.

~Scutcheon~, n. Shield, escutcheon, ensign armorial.

~Scuttle~, v. n. Hurry, bustle, scuddle, run about (affecting to be busy).

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

~2.~ Wave, billow.

~Sea-ape~, n. SEA-FOX.

~Sea-board~, n. Beach, strand, shore, sea-coast.

~Sea-cabbage~, n. Sea-kale, sea-colewort (Crambe maritima).

~Sea-coal~, n. Mineral coal, pit coal.

~Sea-coast~, n. Sea-board, beach, strand, shore.

~Sea-colewort~, n. SEA-CABBAGE.

~Sea-cow~, n. ~1.~ Walrus, morse, seahorse (Trichechus rosmarus).

~2.~ Manatee, lamantine.

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

~Sea-egg~, n. Sea-urchin.

~Seafarer~, n. Mariner, seaman, sailor, tar, navigator, seafaring man.

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

~Sea-fox~, n. Thrasher, sea-ape, fox-shark (Carcharias vulpes).

~Sea-horse~, n. (Zool.) ~1.~ Walrus, morse, sea-cow (Trichechus rosmarus).

~2.~ Hippopotamus, river-horse.

~Sea-kale~, n. SEA-CABBAGE.

~Seal~, n. ~1.~ Stamp.

~2.~ Attestation, authentication, confirmation.

~Seal~, v. a. ~1.~ Close, fasten, secure.

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

~Sea-loach~, n. Rockling, whistle-fish, (Motella vulgaris).

~Seam~, n. ~1.~ Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.

~2.~ Fissure, crevice.

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

~4.~ Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.

~Seam~, v. a. ~1.~ Unite, join together.

~2.~ Scar, mark with scars.

~Seaman~, n. Sailor, mariner, navigator, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.

~Sea-mew~, n. Mew, gull, cob, sea-cob.

~Seamstress~, n. Sempstress, needlewoman.

~Séance~, n. [Fr.] Session, sitting.

~Sea-needle~, n. Gar-fish, snook, green-bone, gar-pike, sea-pike, long-nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).

~Sea-pike~, n. SEA-NEEDLE.

~Sear~, v. a. Cauterize, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

~Sear~, a. Dry, withered.

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

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

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

~Searcher~, n. Seeker, explorer, examiner, inquirer, trier.

~Searching~, a. ~1.~ Penetrating, trying.

~2.~ Close, thorough.

~Seared~, a. ~1.~ Cauterized, burnt on the surface.

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

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

~Sea-rover~, n. SEA-ROBBER.

~Sea-salt~, n. Common salt (obtained by evaporating sea-water), chloride of sodium, muriate of soda.

~Sea-sickness~, n. Nausea (caused by the tossing of a vessel at sea).

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

~Season~, n. ~1.~ Period of the year.

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

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

~2.~ Mature, prepare.

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

~4.~ Moderate, temper, qualify.

~Season~, v. n. Be seasoned, become seasoned.

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

~Seasoning~, n. Condiment, relish, sauce, appetizing substance.

~Seat~, n. ~1.~ Place, station, site, situation.

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

~3.~ Bottom, fundament.

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

~Sea-tortoise~, n. Turtle.

~Sea-trout~, n. Hirling, salmon-trout (Salmo trutta).

~Sea-unicorn~, n. Narwhal, unicorn-fish, unicorn whale (Monodon monoceros).

~Sea-urchin~, n. Sea-egg.

~Sea-water~, n. Salt-water, water of the sea.

~Sebaceous~, a. Fat, fatty, unctuous, greasy, oily, oleaginous, adipose.

~Secede~, v. n. Withdraw, retire, draw off.

~Seceder~, n. SECTARY, separatist.

~Secession~, n. Withdrawal.

~Seclude~, v. a. Separate (from society), keep apart.

~Secluded~, a. Retired, withdrawn, close, sequestered, isolated, private.

~Seclusion~, n. Separation, retirement, privacy, secrecy, obscurity, solitude.

~Second~, a. ~1.~ Next to the first (in place or in time).

~2.~ Secondary, inferior.

~Second~, n. ~1.~ Maintainer, supporter, helper, assistant, backer.

~2.~ Sixtieth part of a minute.

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

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

~2.~ Approve, favor.

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

~Second-sight~, n. Prophetic vision.

~Secrecy~, n. ~1.~ Concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER.

~2.~ Seclusion, retirement.

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

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

~3.~ Secluded, retired, private.

~Secretary~, n. Scribe, clerk.

~Secrete~, v. a. ~1.~ Hide, conceal, shroud, bury.

~2.~ Separate (as from blood or sap).

~Secretly~, ad. Privately, privily.

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

~Sect~, n. Denomination, school.

~Sectarian~, n. Sectary, partisan.

~Sectary~, n. ~1.~ SECTARIAN.

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

~Section~, n. Division, fragment, portion, part, piece.

~Sectional~, a. ~1.~ Fragmentary.

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

~3.~ [Modern.] Partial, exclusive, narrow, selfish.

~Secular~, a. Temporal, worldly, civil, profane, lay, not spiritual.

~Secularism~, n. SECULARITY.

~Secularity~, n. Worldliness, secularism, secularness, secular or worldly spirit.

~Secularness~, n. SECULARITY.

~Secundines~, n. pl. Afterbirth, placenta.

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

~Secure~, a. ~1.~ Certain, sure, assured, confident, sanguine.

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

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

~Secure~, v. a. ~1.~ Guard, protect.

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

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

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

~Security~, n. ~1.~ Safety.

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

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

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

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

~Sedative~, n. Opiate, anodyne, narcotic.

~Sediment~, n. Dregs, lees, settlings, grounds, precipitate, DUNDER.

~Sedition~, n. Insurrection, riot, rising, rebellion, revolt, tumult, mutiny.

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

~Sedlitz powders~, Rochelle powders.

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

~2.~ Tempt to the surrender of chastity.

~Seducement~, n. SEDUCTION.

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

~2.~ Lure, decoy, bait.

~Seductive~, a. Enticing, alluring, tempting.

~Sedulity~, n. [Rare.] SEDULOUSNESS.

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

~Sedulousness~, n. Assiduity, assiduousness, industry, diligence, SEDULITY.

~See~, n. Diocese.

~See~, v. a. ~1.~ Behold, descry, view, spy.

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

~3.~ Visit, call on.

~See~, v. n. ~1.~ Look.

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

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

~See~, interj. Look, lo, behold, observe.

~See about~, Consider, take into consideration.

~Seed~, n. ~1.~ Semen, sperm.

~2.~ (Bot.) Embryo (with its envelope or pericarp), matured ovule, kernel, grain.

~3.~ Original, first principle.

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

~Seed-lobe~, n. Cotyledon.

~Seed-vessel~, n. Pericarp, pod, LEGUME, capsule.

~Seedy~, a. [Colloquial.] ~1.~ Old (as garments), worn, faded, shabby.

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

~Seeing~, n. ~1.~ Sight, vision.

~2.~ Perception.

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

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

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

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

~Seek~, v. n. ~1.~ Search, make search, look.

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

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

~Seeker~, n. Inquirer.

~Seek-sorrow~, n. Hypochondriac, self-tormentor.

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

~Seeming~, n. Show, appearance, semblance, look, color, guise.

~Seeming~, a. Apparent, specious, not real.

~Seemingly~, ad. Apparently, ostensibly, in show, in semblance, in appearance.

~Seemliness~, n. ~1.~ Fitness, propriety, decency.

~2.~ Comeliness, beauty.

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

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

~Seer~, n. Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator.

~Seesaw~, n. ~1.~ Reciprocating motion.

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

~Seethe~, v. a. Boil.

~Seethe~, v. n. Boil, be hot.

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

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

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

~Segment~, n. Portion, section.

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

~Segregation~, n. Separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment.

~Seignior~, n. Lord.

~Seigniory~, n. Lordship, manor.

~Seine~, n. Net (large).

~Seize~, v. a. ~1.~ Gripe, grasp, snatch, clutch, catch, capture, grapple, NAB, lay hold on, lay hold of, take possession of, fasten upon, lay hands on, take hold of (forcibly and suddenly).

~2.~ Come upon suddenly (as attacks of disease).

~Seized of~, (Law.) Possessing, possessed of.

~Seizure~, n. Taking, catching, griping, grasping, capture, appropriation.

~Seldom~, ad. Barely, not often, not frequently.

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

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

~Selection~, n. Choice, pick.

~Self-abasement~, n. Humiliation, humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness.

~Self-abnegation~, n. Self-denial, self-sacrifice.

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

~Self-asserting~, a. Bold, forward, demonstrative, presuming.

~Self-command~, n. Self-control, self-government, self-possession.

~Self-complacency~, n. SELF-CONCEIT.

~Self-complacent~, a. SELF-CONCEITED.

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

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

~Self-control~, n. Self-command, self-government, self-restraint.

~Self-deception~, n. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania.

~Self-denial~, n. Self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, mortification.

~Self-destruction~, n. Suicide, self-murder, self-slaughter.

~Self-esteem~, n. Self-complacency, self-conceit, self-sufficiency.

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

~Self-government~, n. ~1.~ Self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint.

~2.~ Democracy.

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

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

~Self-mastery~, n. Self-command, self-control.

~Self-murder~, n. Suicide, self-destruction, self-slaughter, self- homicide.

~Self-murderer~, n. Suicide, FELO-DE-SE.

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

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

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

~Self-reliance~, n. Confidence (in one's own powers), assurance, firmness, courage, intrepidity, reliance on one's self.

~Self-restraint~, n. Self-command, self-mastery, self-control.

~Self-sacrifice~, n. Self-denial, self-abnegation.

~Self-same~, a. Same, identical, the very same, exactly the same.

~Self-seeker~, n. Selfish person.

~Self-seeking~, a. Selfish, illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary.

~Self-slaughter~, n. Suicide, self-murder, self-destruction.

~Self-styled~, a. Pretended, would-be, self-dubbed.

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

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

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

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

~Sell~, v. a. Vend, dispose of, put up to sale, bring to the hammer.

~Seller~, n. Vender.

~Selvage~, n. List, strip of cloth (forming an edge).

~Semaphore~, n. Telegraph.

~Semblance~, n. ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, similitude.

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

~Semen~, n. [L.] Sperm, seed, MILT.

~Semi~, n. [L.] [Used as a prefix.] Half.

~Semi-annual~, a. Half-yearly.

~Semi-barbarian~, a. SEMI-BARBAROUS.

~Semi-barbarous~, a. Half-civilized, semi-barbarian, semi-savage.

~Seminal~, a. Germinal, radical, original, rudimental.

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

~Semi-savage~, a. Semi-barbarous, half-civilized, semi-barbarian.

~Semi-transparent~, a. Translucent, imperfectly transparent.

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

~Sempstress~, n. Seamstress, needlewoman.

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

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

~3.~ Transmit, forward.

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

~Seneca oil~, n. Petroleum, rock oil, mineral oil, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar.

~Seneca-root~, n. [Written also Senega-root and Seneka-root.] Virginia snake-root.

~Senility~, n. ~1.~ Old age.

~2.~ Imbecility (from old age), dotage.

~Senior~, a. Older, elder.

~Senior~, n. Elder.

~Seniority~, n. Eldership.

~Sensation~, n. ~1.~ Feeling (without perception or a reference to any object that causes the feeling), sense.

~2.~ Excitement, impression.

~Sense~, n. ~1.~ Faculty of perception.

~2.~ Feeling, sensibility, sensation.

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

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

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

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

~7.~ Consciousness, persuasion, conviction.

~Senseless~, a. ~1.~ Inert, not sentient, without perception.

~2.~ Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic.

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

~Sensibility~, n. ~1.~ Feeling, sensitiveness.

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

~Sensible~, n.. ~1.~ Perceptible (by any of the senses or by the mind), that makes an impression.

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

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

~Sensitive~, a.. ~1.~ Sentient, perceptive.

~2.~ Impressible, easily affected.

~Sensitize~, v. a. (Photography.) Make sensitive to light.

~Sensual~, a. ~1.~ Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual.

~2.~ Voluptuous, luxurious.

~3.~ Lewd, dissolute, licentious.

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

~Sensuality~, n. ~1.~ Voluptuousness, carnality.

~2.~ Lewdness, dissoluteness, licentiousness.

~Sensuous~, a. Affecting the senses (mediately or immediately), that concerns sensible objects or impressions derived from the senses.

~Sentence~, n. ~1.~ Decision, judgment, determination.

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

~3.~ (Civil and Admiralty Law.) Judicial decree.

~4.~ Period, proposition.

~Sentence~, v. a. Doom, condemn, pass judgment upon.

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

~Sententiousness~, n. Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor.

~Sentient~, a. Perceiving, perceptive, sensitive.

~Sentiment~, n. ~1.~ Feeling, sensibility, tenderness, emotion.

~2.~ Thought (prompted by feeling), opinion, notion, judgment.

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

~Sentimental~, a. Tender, impressible, romantic.

~Sentimentalism~, n. Sentimentality, affectation of sentiment, affected sensibility.

~Sentimentality~, n. SENTIMENTALISM.

~Sentinel~, n. Watchman, guard, sentry, guardsman.

~Sentry~, n. ~1.~ SENTINEL.

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

~Separable~, a. Divisible, discerpible.

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

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

~3.~ Withdraw, remove, eliminate.

~Separate~, v. n. Part, divide, cleave, be divided, be disunited, be separated.

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

~Separately~, ad. Distinctly, singly, apart.

~Separation~, n. Disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation.

~Separatist~, n. Sectary, schismatic, dissenter, seceder, nonconformist, heretic.

~Separator~, n. Divider.

~Sepia~, n. ~1.~ Cuttle-fish.

~2.~ India ink.

~Sepulchral~, a. ~1.~ Monumental.

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

~Sepulchre~, n. [Written also Sepulcher.] Tomb, grave, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home.

~Sepulture~, n. Burial, interment, inhumation.

~Sequel~, n. ~1.~ Continuation, succeeding part.

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

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

~Sequence~, n. Succession, series, course, order of succession.

~Sequester~, v. a. SEQUESTRATE.

~Sequestrate~, v. a. ~1.~ Sequester, set aside.

~2.~ (International Law.) Confiscate.

~Seraglio~, n. ~1.~ The Sultan's palace.

~2.~ Harem.

~Seraphic~, a. Angelic, celestial, heavenly, Elysium, blissful.

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

~2.~ Clear, fair, bright.

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

~2.~ Clearness, fairness, brightness.

~Serf~, n. Slave (attached to the soil), bondman, thrall, bond- servant.

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

~Serial~, a. Successive, consecutive, continuous, continued.

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

~Sericulture~, n. Raising of silk-worms.

~Series~, n. Succession, order, sequence, course, line, row, concatenation.

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

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

~Seriousness~, n. Gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness.

~Sermon~, n. Homily, exhortation, religious discourse.

~Sermonize~, v. n. Preach.

~Serous~, a. Thin (as parts of animal fluids), watery, wheyey.

~Serpent~, n. Snake.

~Serpentine~, a. Winding, meandering, crooked, anfractuous.

~Serpentine~, n. Ophite, green porphyry.

~Serrate~, a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).

~Serrated~, a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).

~Serried~, a. Close, compact, crowded.

~Servant~, n. ~1.~ Servitor, subaltern, dependant, subordinate helper.

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

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

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

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

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

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

~5.~ Treat, behave towards.

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

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

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

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

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

~Service~, n. ~1.~ Labor (for another), work.

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

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

~4.~ Homage, mark of respect.

~5.~ Office of devotion, religious rite.

~6.~ Military duty.

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

~Service-berry~, n. June-berry (the fruit of the shad-bush).

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

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

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

~Servility~, n. ~1.~ Slavery, bondage, dependence.

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

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

~Servitude~, n. Slavery, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, enslavement, serfdom, vassalage.

~Sesame~, n. Benne, oil-plant.

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

~Session~, n. Sitting (of a court, of a legislature, &c.).

~Set~, v. a. ~1.~ Put, place, plant, station, locate, pitch (as a tent).

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

~3.~ Stake, wager, risk.

~4.~ Regulate, adjust, adapt.

~5.~ Stud, variegate, adorn.

~6.~ Sharpen, bring to an edge.

~7.~ Replace (as a broken bone).

~Set~, v. n. ~1.~ Decline, sink, go down (as the sun).

~2.~ Concrete, become hard.

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

~Set~, a. ~1.~ Regular, formal, established, prescribed.

~2.~ Firm, unyielding, obstinate.

~Set~, n. ~1.~ Suit, assortment.

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

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

~Setaceous~, a. Bristly.

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

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

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

~3.~ Reject, discard, annul.

~Set at defiance~, Defy.

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

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

~Set-down~, n. Rebuff, rebuke.

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

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

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

~2.~ Publish, promulgate, make appear.

~3.~ Explain, expound, represent.

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

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

~2.~ Be fairly begun, be established.

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

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

~Set off~, [Neuter.] Start, set out.

~Set-off~, n. ~1.~ Decoration, ornament.

~2.~ Off-set.

~3.~ (Law.) Counter-claim.

~Seton~, n. ~1.~ Rowel.

~2.~ Issue.

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

~2.~ Attack, assault, set upon.

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

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

~Set out~, [Active.] Adorn, decorate, embellish, set off.

~Set out~, [Neuter.] Start, set off.

~Set right~, Correct, put in order.

~Set store by~, Esteem highly, place a high value on, think a good deal of.

~Set the hand to~, Undertake, engage in.

~Set the heart upon~, Long for earnestly, fix one's desires upon.

~Settle~, v. a. ~1.~ Fix, establish, institute, ordain, appoint, confirm, make permanent.

~2.~ Decide, determine, make clear, free from doubt.

~3.~ Adjust, reconcile, regulate, arrange, make up.

~4.~ Compress, make close or compact.

~5.~ Colonize, people, plant, found.

~6.~ Liquidate, pay, discharge, close up.

~7.~ [U. S.] Ordain as pastor.

~8.~ Clarify, free from dregs or impurities.

~9.~ Compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacify.

~Settle~, v. n. ~1.~ Subside, sink, fall.

~2.~ Rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composed.

~3.~ Dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one's self, get a footing, get established, be stationary.

~4.~ Account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance, quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP.

~Settled~, a. Established, ordinary, common, wonted, usual, customary, every day.

~Settlement~, n. ~1.~ Adjustment, arrangement.

~2.~ Reconciliation, pacification.

~3.~ Liquidation, payment, discharge.

~4.~ Colonization.

~5.~ Colony.

~6.~ [U. S.] Ordination, installation.

~Settle on~, ~1.~ Establish one's habitation upon.

~2.~ Fix on, determine upon, fix upon.

~Settler~, n. Colonist.

~Settling~, n. ~1.~ Planting, colonizing.

~2.~ Subsidence.

~Settlings~, n. pl. Lees, dregs, sediment.

~Set-to~, n. [Colloquial.] Fight, combat, contest, conflict.

~Set to rights~, Adjust, regulate, put in order, put to rights.

~Set up~, [Active.] ~1.~ Erect, raise, elevate.

~2.~ Exalt, put in power.

~3.~ Institute, establish, found.

~4.~ Put in type.

~Set up~, [Neuter.] Begin business.

~Set up for~, Profess, make pretensions to.

~Set upon~, Attack, assault, assail, have at, fly at, rush upon, set on.

~Sever~, v. a. Part, divide, separate, disjoin, disunite, sunder, detach, disconnect, disengage.

~Several~, a. ~1.~ Separate, distinct, particular, single.

~2.~ Various, manifold, different.

~3.~ Sundry, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

~Severe~, a. ~1.~ Rigid, stern, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous, stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, peremptory.

~2.~ Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.

~3.~ Simple, plain, unadorned, concise, chaste.

~4.~ Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting, sharp.

~5.~ Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, hard to bear.

~Severity~, n. ~1.~ Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, acrimony.

~2.~ Strictness, exactness, accuracy.

~3.~ Simplicity, plainness, conciseness.

~4.~ Sharpness, keenness, causticity.

~5.~ Extremity, afflictiveness, violence.

~Sew~, v. n. Work with needle and thread.

~Sew~, v. a. Stitch, BASTE.

~Sewage~, n. ~1.~ Contents of a sewer, sewerage.

~2.~ Drainage.

~Sewer~, n. Drain.

~Sewerage~, n. ~1.~ Drainage.

~2.~ Sewage, contents of a sewer.

~Sextuple~, a. Six-fold.

~Sexual~, a. ~1.~ Of the sexes.

~2.~ Of the genitals.

~Sexual organs~, Genitals, private parts.

~Shabby~, a. ~1.~ Ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out.

~2.~ Mean, base, low, vile, grovelling, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, pitiful, dirty, scurvy, abject, disgraceful, unhandsome, ungentlemanly.

~Shackle~, n. FETTER, gyve, chain, hamper, MANACLE, handcuff.

~Shackle~, v. a. ~1.~ Fetter, chain, manacle, hamper.

~2.~ Trammel, embarrass, obstruct, impede, restrict.

~Shackles~, n. pl. Fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers.

~Shackly~, a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Loose, rickety.

~Shad-bush~, n. June-berry, shad-berry (Amelanchier Canadensis).

~Shade~, n. ~1.~ Shadow.

~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.

~3.~ Screen, curtain, veil.

~4.~ Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.

~5.~ Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.

~6.~ Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.

~Shade~, v. a. ~1.~ Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade.

~2.~ Screen, cover, protect.

~Shadow~, n. ~1.~ Shade.

~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, gloom.

~3.~ Shelter, cover, protection, security.

~4.~ Type, image, adumbration, representation.

~Shadow~, v. a. ~1.~ Shade.

~2.~ Darken, obscure, cloud.

~3.~ Typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate.

~Shadow forth~, Typify, symbolize, represent, indicate, denote, show, shadow, foreshadow, stand for.

~Shadowy~, a. ~1.~ Shady, umbrageous, dark, obscure, dim, murky, gloomy.

~2.~ Unreal, unsubstantial, impalpable, visionary, imaginary, spectral, ghostly.

~Shady~, a. Shadowy, umbrageous.

~Shaft~, n. ~1.~ Arrow.

~2.~ Handle.

~3.~ Thill, pole.

~4.~ Trunk (of a column).

~5.~ Axis, spindle, arbor. ~Shagbark~, n. Shellbark (Carya alba).

~Shaggy~, a. Rough (with long hair or wool).

~Shah~, n. King of Persia, padisha.

~Shake~, v. a. ~1.~ Agitate, convulse, make to tremble or quiver.

~2.~ Trill, sing with a trill.

~Shake~, v. n. Tremble, quake, quiver, totter, shudder, shiver.

~Shake~, n. ~1.~ Agitation, concussion, jar, jolt, shaking.

~2.~ Trill.

~3.~ Crack (in timber), fissure, cleft.

~Shakes~, n. pl. [U. S.] Fever and ague.

~Shaking~, n. Agitation, concussion, jolting, jolt, shake.

~Shaky~, a. ~1.~ Unsound (as timber), full of clefts.

~2.~ Shaking, trembling.

~Shallow~, a. ~1.~ Shoal, not deep.

~2.~ Superficial, unintelligent, simple, ignorant, not profound.

~3.~ Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.

~Shallow~, n. Shoal, flat, shelf, bank.

~Shallow-brain~, n. Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Shallow-brained~, a. Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed, shallow-pated.

~Shallow-pated~, a. Shallow-brained.

~Sham~, v. a. Feign, pretend, make pretence of.

~Sham~, n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap.

~Sham~, a. Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe, not real.

~Shamble~, v. n. Hobble, shuffle.

~Shambles~, n. pl. Flesh market.

~Shame~, n. ~1.~ Abashment, mortification, confusion.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium, reproach, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, scandal, degradation.

~Shame~, v. a. ~1.~ Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, humiliate, humble, put to shame, make ashamed, put down.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully, taint, stain, tarnish.

~3.~ Deride, jeer, ridicule, mock at, sneer at, point at.

~Shame-faced~, a. Bashful, diffident, over-modest.

~Shameful~, a. Disgraceful, scandalous, dishonorable, disreputable, infamous, outrageous, ignominious, opprobrious, base, vile, villanous, nefarious, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark.

~Shameless~, a. ~1.~ Impudent, unblushing, unabashed, immodest, frontless, assuming, brazen, brazen-faced, bold-faced, blustering, swaggering, vaporing, bluff, insolent, audacious, cool.

~2.~ Depraved, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, corrupt, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, abandoned, graceless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable, lost, lost to shame, dead to honor.

~Shamrock~, n. White trefoil, white clover (Trifolium repens).

~Shape~, v. a. Form, frame, mould, figure, fashion, model.

~Shape~, n. FORK (with especial reference to what is visible), figure, configuration, mould, fashion, outline, appearance, cut, build, cast, TOURNURE, external appearance.

~Shapely~, a. Symmetrical, comely, well-shaped.

~Share~, v. a. ~1.~ Divide, distribute, apportion, parcel out.

~2.~ Partake, participate in, have a portion of.

~Share~, v. n. Participate, have part, have a portion, go snacks.

~Share~, n. ~1.~ Part, portion, interest, allotment, apportionment, contingent, dividend, quota.

~2.~ Ploughshare.

~Share equally~, GO HALVES.

~Sharer~, n. Partaker, participator, communicant.

~Shark~, n. Sharper, cheat, swindler, blackleg, knave, trickster, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

~Sharp~, a. ~1.~ Acute, keen, with a fine edge.

~2.~ Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp- sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, keen-witted, sharp-witted, clear- sighted, long-headed, cunning.

~3.~ Biting, pungent, hot, burning, stinging, mordacious, acrid, piquant, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

~4.~ Severe, harsh, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, cutting, tart, pointed.

~5.~ Distressing, poignant, intense, very painful.

~6.~ Pinching, piercing, nipping.

~7.~ Strong, eager, fierce, ardent, violent.

~8.~ Shrill, high, not flat.

~Sharp~, v. a. Sharpen, make shrill.

~Sharpen~, v. a. ~1.~ Edge, give an edge to, make keen.

~2.~ Make eager.

~3.~ Sharp, make shrill.

~4.~ Intensify, make more intense.

~Sharper~, n. Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave, blackleg, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

~Sharpness~, n. ~1.~ Acuteness, keenness.

~2.~ Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness.

~3.~ Pungency, piquancy, acridity.

~4.~ Severity, sarcasm, satire.

~5.~ Poignancy, intensity, painfulness, keenness.

~6.~ Fierceness, violence, ardor.

~7.~ Shrillness, highness.

~Sharp-set~, a. Eager, hungry, ravenous, famishing.

~Sharp-shooter~, n. Good marksman.

~Sharp-sighted~, a. Keen, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted.

~Sharp-witted~, a. Acute, shrewd, quick, SHARP, discerning, sagacious, ingenious, intelligent, keen, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, long-headed, cunning.

~Shatter~, v. a. ~1.~ Shiver, break in pieces, dash into fragments.

~2.~ Disorder, derange, make insane.

~Shatter-brain~, n. Scatter-brain, scatter brains, giddy or thoughtless person.

~Shatter-brained~, a. Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, scatter- brained.

~Shave~, v. a. ~1.~ Cut off (close to the surface).

~2.~ Make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely).

~3.~ Slice, cut in thin slices.

~4.~ Strip, fleece.

~5.~ Graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing over).

~Shear~, v. a. Cut, clip.

~Sheath~, n. ~1.~ Case (as for a sword), scabbard.

~2.~ (Bot.) Base of a leaf (when it is wrapped around a stem).

~3.~ (Ent.) Wing-case.

~Sheathe~, v. a. ~1.~ Put into a sheath, enclose in a sheath.

~2.~ Cover, line, case.

~Sheathed~, a. VAGINATE.

~Sheathe the sword~, Make peace.

~Sheathing~, a. VAGINANT.

~Sheathing~, n. Casing, lining.

~Shed~, v. a. ~1.~ Spill, effuse, pour out.

~2.~ Spread, diffuse, scatter.

~3.~ Cast, throw off, put off, lay aside, let fall.

~Shed~, n. Hut, hovel, cot, cabin.

~Shed-roof~, n. Pent roof, lean-to.

~Sheen~, n. Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.

~Sheepcot~, n. Sheepfold, sheep-pen.

~Sheepfold~, n. Sheepcot.

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

~Sheer~, a. ~1.~ Pure, unmixed, simple, mere, bare, naked.

~2.~ Perpendicular.

~Sheet-anchor~, n. ~1.~ (Naut.) Principal anchor, largest anchor.

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

~Sheet-tin~, n. Latten, tinned iron plate.

~Shelf~, n. ~1.~ Ledge.

~2.~ Shoal, shallow.

~Shell~, n. ~1.~ Case, capsule, outer covering.

~2.~ Bomb, hollow ball.

~3.~ Frame-work.

~4.~ Lyre, stringed instrument.

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

~2.~ Bombard.

~Shell~, v. n. Exfoliate, fall off, peel off, shell off.

~Shellbark~, n. Shagbark (Carya alba).

~Shell off~, SHELL, peel off.

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

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

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

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

~Shelve~, v. n. Slope, incline.

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

~Shepherd~, n. ~1.~ Herdsman (of sheep).

~2.~ Swain, rural lover.

~3.~ Pastor, minister, clergyman.

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

~Shibboleth~, n. Criterion, watchword, test.

~Shield~, n. ~1.~ Buckler, ægis.

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

~3.~ Escutcheon, ensign armorial.

~Shield~, v. a. Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.

~Shield-shaped~, a. Scutate, clypeiform, peltate, peltated.

~Shift~, v. a. Change, alter, vary.

~Shift~, v. n. ~1.~ Move, change place, change about.

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

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

~Shift~, n. ~1.~ Change.

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

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

~4.~ Chemise, smock.

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

~Shillalah~, n. Club, cudgel.

~Shillaly~, n. Club, cudgel.

~Shimmer~, v. n. Glimmer, gleam, shine faintly.

~Shin~, n. Spine, fore part of the leg.

~Shindy~, n. [Colloquial.] Row, spree, riot, disturbance, uproar.

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

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

~Shine~, n. ~1.~ Fair weather.

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

~3.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Liking, fancy.

~Shingling-mill~, n. Furnace, forge.

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

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

~Shiny~, a. Bright, clear, SHINING.

~Ship-biscuit~, n. Pilot-bread, hard-bread.

~Ship-carpenter~, n. Shipwright.

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

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

~Shipwreck~, v. a. Wreck, strand, flounder, cast away.

~Shipwright~, n. Ship-carpenter.

~Shirk~, v. a. Avoid (in a mean way), evade, get off from.

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

~Shiver~, v. n. Shudder, quake, tremble.

~Shiver~, n. ~1.~ Fragment, bit, piece.

~2.~ Slice, sliver.

~3.~ Tremor.

~Shiver-spar~, n. Slate-spar.

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

~Shoal~, n. ~1.~ Crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde, gang.

~2.~ Shallow, sand-bank.

~Shoal~, v. n. Grow shallow.

~Shoal~, a. Shallow.

~Shock~, n. ~1.~ Concussion, collision, clash, impact, percussion.

~2.~ Brunt, heat of onset.

~3.~ Blow, buffet.

~4.~ Stook, hattock.

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

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

~3.~ Stun, astound, stagger.

~4.~ Appall, terrify, affright.

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

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

~Shoemaker~, n. Crispin.

~Shoe-string~, n. Shoe-tie.

~Shoe-tie~, n. Shoe-string.

~Shooks~, n. pl. Staves.

~Shoot~, v. a. ~1.~ Dart, let fly.

~2.~ Fire, discharge, let off.

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

~4.~ Hit or kill by a missile.

~Shoot~, v. n. ~1.~ Fire, discharge a gun.

~2.~ Pass, fly, dart.

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

~4.~ Project, jut, jut out.

~Shoot~, n. Sprout, branch, twig, scion, offshoot.

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

~Shop~, n. Store.

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

~Shoplifter~, n. Shop-thief.

~Shoplifting~, n. Larceny, stealing, pilfering, theft, thievery, petty larceny.

~Shopman~, n. SHOPKEEPER.

~Shop-thief~, n. Shoplifter.

~Shore~, n. ~1.~ Coast, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast.

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

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

~Short~, a. ~1.~ Brief, not long.

~2.~ Near, direct, straight.

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

~4.~ Abrupt, blunt.

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

~6.~ Lacking, wanting, destitute.

~7.~ Brittle, friable, BRASH.

~8.~ (Cookery.) Crisp.

~Short~, ad. Suddenly, abruptly, at once.

~Short-coming~, n. ~1.~ Deficiency.

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

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

~2.~ Lessen, diminish, reduce.

~Shortening~, n. ~1.~ Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment, contraction, reduction, retrenchment.

~2.~ Fat, fatty substance.

~Short-hand~, n. Stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy.

~Short-lived~, a. Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, TRANSITORY.

~Shortly~, ad. ~1.~ Soon, in a short time, in a little time.

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

~Short-sighted~, a. ~1.~ Myopic, purblind, near-sighted.

~2.~ Inconsiderate, imprudent, indiscreet.

~Short-sightedness~, n. Myopy, near-sightedness.

~Short-winged~, a. Brevipennate.

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

~Shot~, n. ~1.~ Discharge.

~2.~ Ball, bullet.

~3.~ [Colloquial.] Marksman.

~Shote~, n. Pig, young hog.

~Shoulder~, n. Projection, protuberance.

~Shoulder-belt~, n. Baldric.

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

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

~Shove~, v. a. Push, propel, thrust, poke.

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

~2.~ Exhibit to, point out to.

~3.~ Indicate, point out.

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

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

~6.~ Conduct, guide, usher.

~7.~ Bestow, confer, grant.

~Show~, v. n. Seem, look, appear.

~Show~, n. ~1.~ Spectacle, exhibition, sight, representation, pageant.

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

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

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

~Showery~, a. Rainy, wet.

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

~Show off~, ~1.~ [Active.] Exhibit (ostentatiously), display, make a parade of.

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

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

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

~Shred~, n. ~1.~ Strip.

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

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

~2.~ Shrew-mouse.

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

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

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

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

~Shrewish~, a. Froward, peevish, petulant, scolding, brawling, clamorous.

~Shrew-mouse~, n. Shrew.

~Shriek~, v. n. Scream, screech, yell.

~Shriek~, n. Scream, screech, yell, shrill cry.

~Shrike~, n. Butcher-bird (Lanius excubitor).

~Shrill~, a. Acute, sharp, high, high-toned.

~Shrine~, n. Altar, place of worship, sacred place.

~Shrink~, v. n. ~1.~ Shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither.

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

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

~Shrivel~, v. a. Parch, dry, dry up.

~Shrivel~, v. n. Shrink, contract, dwindle, wither, decrease.

~Shroud~, n. Winding sheet, grave-clothes.

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

~Shrub~, n. Bush.

~Shrubby~, a. Bushy.

~Shrunk~, a. Shrivelled, withered, dwindled.

~Shudder~, v. n. Tremble, shake, quake, quiver.

~Shudder~, n. Tremor, shuddering.

~Shuddering~, n. Trembling, tremor, HORRIPILATION, horror.

~Shuffle~, v. a. Confuse, jumble, throw into disorder.

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

~2.~ Struggle, shift, make shift.

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

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

~Shuffling~, n. Trick, SHUFFLE.

~Shuffling~, a. Fraudulent, quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous.

~Shun~, v. a. AVOID (in a positive sense or denoting positive exertion), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from.

~Shunt~, v. a. [England.] Switch (from one set of rails to another).

~Shut~, v. a. ~1.~ Close, close up.

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

~Shut out~, Exclude.

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

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

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

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

~Shy~, n. ~1.~ Sudden start (as of a horse).

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Fling, throw.

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

~Shy~, v. n. Sheer, start aside.

~Shyster~, n. [Colloquial.] Rogue, cheat, trickster, knave, shark, sharper, swindler, slyboots; sly, mean fellow.

~Sibilant~, a. Hissing.

~Siccative~, a. Drying.

~Siccity~, n. [Rare.] Dryness, aridity, want of moisture.

~Sice~, n. Six (at dice).

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

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

~3.~ Disgusted, tired, weary.

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

~2.~ Disgust, weary.

~Sicken~, v. n. ~1.~ Become sick, fall sick.

~2.~ Be disgusted, feel disgust.

~Sickening~, a. ~1.~ Nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling.

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

~Sickish~, a. Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.

~Sickle~, n. Reaping-hook.

~Sickle-shaped~, a. Falcate, falcated, hooked.

~Sickly~, a. Weak, feeble, ailing, languishing, unhealthy, piping, whining.

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

~2.~ Nausea.

~Side~, n. ~1.~ Verge, margin, edge, border.

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

~Side~, a. Lateral.

~Side~, v. n. Take sides.

~Side-board~, n. COMMODE.

~Side by side~, Abreast, along-side, by the side (of one another).

~Side-face~, n. Profile.

~Side-glance~, n. Ogle.

~Sidehill~, n. Declivity, hillside, slope, sloping ground.

~Sideling~, a. Sloping, inclined.

~Sideling~, ad. SIDEWISE.

~Sidelong~, a. Lateral, oblique, not direct.

~Sidelong~, ad. Laterally, obliquely.

~Sidereal~, a. Starry, stellar, astral.

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

~Sidewalk~, n. Foot-way (at the side of a street), foot-path.

~Sideways~, ad. Laterally, SIDEWISE.

~Sidewise~, ad. Laterally, sideways, sideling.

~Siege~, n. Investment.

~Siesta~, n. [Sp.] Nap (after dinner).

~Sieve~, n. Bolt.

~Sift~, v. a. ~1.~ Bolt.

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

~Sigh~, n. Long breath.

~Sight~, n. ~1.~ Perception, view, ken, cognizance.

~2.~ Vision, sense of sight.

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

~4.~ Inspection, examination.

~Sightless~, a. Blind, eyeless, unseeing.

~Sightly~, a. ~1.~ Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.

~2.~ Comely, handsome, beautiful.

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

~2.~ Signal, beacon.

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

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

~Signal~, n. Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.

~Signal~, a. Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted, conspicuous.

~Signal-fire~, n. Beacon.

~Signalize~, v. a. ~1.~ Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.

~2.~ Make a signal to.

~3.~ Indicate by a signal.

~Signature~, n. ~1.~ Stamp, mark.

~2.~ Sign-manual.

~Signet~, n. Seal (especially of a sovereign).

~Significance~, n. ~1.~ Meaning, import, purport, sense.

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

~Significancy~, Meaning, import purport, sense.

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

~Significant~, a. ~1.~ Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning.

~2.~ Important, weighty, momentous.

~Signification~, n. ~1.~ Expression.

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

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

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

~Signify~, v. n. Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

~Sign-manual~, n. Signature.

~Silence~, n. ~1.~ Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.

~3.~ Oblivion, obscurity.

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

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

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

~Silent~, a. ~1.~ Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.

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

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

~4.~ Dormant, not active.

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

~Silica~, n. SILEX.

~Silicic acid~, SILEX.

~Silken~, a. Silky.

~Silk-weed~, n. Milk-weed, wild cotton.

~Silky~, a. Silken.

~Sill~, n. ~1.~ Lower piece of a frame (as of a door or a window).

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

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

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

~Silt~, n. Sediment, deposit, alluvium.

~Silver~, a. ~1.~ Silvery, of silver.

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

~3.~ Soft and clear (as sound), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.

~Silvery~, a. SILVER.

~Similar~, a. Like, resembling.

~Similarity~, n. Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.

~Simile~, n. Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.

~Similitude~, n. ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.

~2.~ Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.

~Simmer~, v. n. Boil (gently), seethe, stew.

~Simmering~, a. Boiling, piping.

~Simoom~, n. Samiel, kamsin.

~Simoon~, n. Samiel, kamsin.

~Simper~, v. n. Smile (affectedly), smirk.

~Simper~, n. Smirk, affected smile.

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

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

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

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

~Simple~, n. Medicinal plant.

~Simple-hearted~, a. Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.

~Simple-minded~, a. SIMPLE-HEARTED.

~Simplicity~, n. ~1.~ Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.

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

~3.~ Silliness, folly, weakness.

~Simplify~, v. a. Make simple.

~Simply~, ad. ~1.~ Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.

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

~Simulate~, v. a. Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.

~Simulation~, n. Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT, PRETENCE.

~Simultaneously~, ad. At the same time.

~Sin~, n. Offence (against the divine law), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

~Sin~, v. n. Trespass, do wrong.

~Sinapism~, n. Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

~Since~, conj. Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that, inasmuch as.

~Since~, ad. ~1.~ Ago, before this.

~2.~ From that time.

~Since~, prep. After, from the time of, subsequently to.

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

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

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

~Sinciput~, n. (Anat.) Bregma, top of the head.

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

~Sinew~, n. Tendon.

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

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

~Sinfulness~, n. Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.

~Sing~, v. n. Carol, chant, warble.

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

~Singe~, v. a. Scorch, burn (slightly).

~Singer~, n. Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist, minstrel.

~Single~, a. ~1.~ Sole, one only.

~2.~ Particular, individual, separate.

~3.~ Unmarried, unwedded.

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

~5.~ Alone, solitary, isolated.

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

~Single~, v. a. Choose, select, single out.

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

~Singleness~, n. ~1.~ Unity, individuality.

~2.~ Purity, simplicity.

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

~4.~ Celibacy, single blessedness.

~Single life~, Celibacy, unmarried state.

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

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

~Singular~, a. ~1.~ Single, uncompounded, not complex.

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

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

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

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

~3.~ Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.

~Sinister~, a. ~1.~ Left, on the left hand.

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

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

~Sink~, v. n. ~1.~ Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.

~2.~ Penetrate, enter.

~3.~ Be depressed, be overwhelmed.

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

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

~2.~ Dig, excavate, scoop out.

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

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

~5.~ Suppress, conceal, keep close.

~6.~ Reduce.

~Sink~, n. Drain, sewer.

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

~Sinlessness~, n. Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity, impeccability.

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

~Sinologue~, n. Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese literature.

~Sinuate~, a. SINUOUS.

~Sinuated~, a. SINUOUS.

~Sinuosity~, n. Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.

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

~Sinus~, n. [L.] ~1.~ Bay, recess.

~2.~ Fold, hollow, cavity.

~Sip~, v. a. Drink (a little at a time), sup.

~Sip~, n. Slight taste, small draught.

~Sire~, n. ~1.~ [Poetical.] Father.

~2.~ Male parent (of a beast).

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

~2.~ (Zoöl.) Mud iguana.

~Siren~, a. Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.

~Siriasis~, n. [L.] [Med.] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sirius~, n. Canicula, dog-star.

~Siskin~, n. Aberdevine (Carduelis spinus).

~Sit~, v. n. ~1.~ Be seated, have a seat.

~2.~ Perch (as a bird).

~3.~ Stay, rest, settle.

~4.~ Brood (as fowls), incubate.

~5.~ Fit, be adjusted.

~6.~ Hold a session.

~Site~, n. Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat, station.

~Sitting~, n. Session.

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

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

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

~Six-sided~, a. Hexahedral, cubic.

~Sixthly~, ad. In the sixth place.

~Sizable~, a. ~1.~ Of suitable size.

~2.~ Of considerable size.

~Size~, n. ~1.~ Bigness, greatness, magnitude, bulk, volume, dimensions.

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

~Sizing~, n. Size, weak glue.

~Skein~, n. Knot.

~Skeleton~, n. ~1.~ Framework.

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

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

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

~Skeptical~, a. [Written also Sceptical.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

~Skepticism~, n. [Written also Scepticism.] ~1.~ Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

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

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

~Sketch~, v. a. ~1.~ Draw (in outline), chalk out, make a rough draught of.

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

~Sketchy~, a. Incomplete, unfinished, only in outline.

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

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

~Skilfulness~, n. SKILL, dexterity.

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

~Skilled~, a. SKILFUL.

~Skim~, v. n. Pass lightly or superficially.

~Skin~, n. ~1.~ Hide, pelt, derm, CUTIS.

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

~Skin~, v. a. ~1.~ Flay, excoriate.

~2.~ Peel, pare.

~3.~ Cover with a skin or crust.

~Skin-deep~, a. Superficial, slight.

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

~Skin-like~, a. Dermatoid.

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

~Skip~, v. n. Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.

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

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

~Skip over~, Disregard, SKIP.

~Skipper~, n. ~1.~ Master (of a small vessel), captain.

~2.~ (Ich.) Saury-pike (Scomberesox saurus).

~3.~ [Ent.] Cheese maggot.

~Skirmish~, n. Fight (of slight consequence), battle, collision, conflict, combat, brush, affair.

~Skirt~, n. ~1.~ Flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist).

~2.~ Petticoat.

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

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

~Skirting~, n. Skirting-board.

~Skirting-board~, n. Washboard, skirting, mop-board.

~Skittish~, a. Shy (as a horse), timid, timorous, easily frightened.

~Skittles~, n. pl. Ninepins.

~Skulk~, v. n. Lurk, hide, sneak, slink, lie hid.

~Skulker~, n. Lurker, shirk, sneak.

~Skull~, n. Cranium, brain-pan.

~Skunk-blackbird~, n. SKUNK-BIRD.

~Skunk-bird~, n. Bobolink, skunk-blackbird (Emberiza oryzivora).

~Skunk-cabbage~, n. Swamp-cabbage, (Symplocarpus fœtidus), skunk- weed.

~Skunk-weed~, n. SKUNK-CABBAGE.

~Sky~, n. Firmament, heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

~Sky-blue~, a. Cerulean, azure, sky-colored.

~Sky-color~, n. Azure, blue.

~Skyey~, a. Ethereal.

~Sky-lark~, n. Laverock (Alauda arvensis).

~Skylarking~, n. Frolicking, sporting, carousing.

~Slabber~, v. a. Slaver, slobber.

~Slabber~, v. n. Slaver, drivel.

~Slabber~, n. Slaver, slobber.

~Slabberer~, n. Idiot, driveller, slaverer.

~Slabby~, a. [Rare.] ~1.~ Viscous, sticky, glutinous, thick.

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

~Slack~, a. ~1.~ Backward, remiss, careless, negligent.

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

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

~Slack~, v. n. SLACKEN.

~Slack~, v. a. ~1.~ SLACKEN.

~2.~ Slake (as lime).

~Slacked-lime~, n. Hydrate of lime.

~Slacken~, v. n. ~1.~ Slack, abate, become less intense.

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

~Slacken~, v. a. ~1.~ Retard, slack, moderate, make slower.

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

~3.~ Lessen, diminish, abate.

~Slag~, n. Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders.

~Slake~, v. a. ~1.~ Quench, extinguish, allay.

~2.~ Slack (as lime).

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

~Slander~, n. Defamation (maliciously uttered), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon.

~Slanderer~, n. Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer, maligner.

~Slanderous~, a. Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and malicious.

~Slang~, n. Cant, low language, colloquial expression, inelegant expression.

~Slant~, a. SLANTING.

~Slant~, n. Slope.

~Slant~, v. n. Slope, lean, incline.

~Slanting~, a. Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant.

~Slap~, n. Blow (with something broad), clap.

~Slap~, ad. With a slap.

~Slap~, v. a. Strike (with something broad), dab, pat.

~Slap-dash~, ad. [Colloquial.] In a hurry, in a hurry-scurry, without forethought, at hap hazard, at random.

~Slapjack~, n. Flapjack.

~Slash~, v. a. Slit.

~Slash~, n. Slit, long cut.

~Slashed~, a. ~1.~ Slit, cut.

~2.~ (Bot.) Lancinate, multifid.

~Slattern~, n. Slut, drab, draggletail, slovenly woman.

~Slattern~, a. Sluttish, SLATTERNLY.

~Slatternly~, a. Sluttish, slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly, dirty.

~Slatternly~, ad. Sluttishly, negligently.

~Slaty~, a. Laminated, laminar, schistous, schistose.

~Slaughter~, n. Massacre, MURDER, carnage, bloodshed, butchery, ASSASSINATION, MANSLAUGHTER.

~Slaughter~, v. a. Massacre, slay, kill, butcher, despatch, MURDER.

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

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

~2.~ Drudge.

~Slave~, v. n. Drudge, toil, moil.

~Slaver~, n. Drivel, slabber, slobber.

~Slaver~, v. n. Slabber, slobber, drivel.

~Slaverer~, n. Idiot, driveller, slabberer.

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

~2.~ Drudgery.

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

~2.~ Drudging, laborious, menial.

~Slavonic~, a. Sclavonic.

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

~Slayer~, n. Killer, murderer, SLAUGHTERER.

~Sleazy~, a. Thin, flimsy, weak.

~Sled~, n. SLEDGE.

~Sledge~, n. ~1.~ [England.] Sled.

~2.~ Sledge-hammer.

~Sledge-hammer~, n. Sledge.

~Sleek~, a. Smooth, glossy.

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

~Sleep~, n. Slumber, repose, rest.

~Sleepiness~, n. Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to sleep.

~Sleepless~, a. Wakeful, without sleep.

~Sleep-walker~, n. Somnambulist, night-walker, noctambulist.

~Sleep-walking~, n. Somnambulism.

~Sleepy~, a. Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep.

~Sleight~, n. ~1.~ Sly artifice, artful trick.

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

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

~Slender~, a. ~1.~ Slim, thin, narrow, minute, CAPILLARY.

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

~3.~ Small, little, inconsiderable.

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

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

~Sley~, n. Weaver's reed.

~Slice~, v. a. Cut (into thin pieces).

~Slice~, n. Collop, chop, thin piece.

~Slide~, v. n. Glide, slip, move smoothly.

~Slide~, n. Glide, slip.

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

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

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

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

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

~Slightly~, ad. ~1.~ Little, in a small degree.

~2.~ Weakly, feebly, slenderly.

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

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

~Slightingly~, ad. Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously, slightly, with contempt, with scorn.

~Slim~, a. ~1.~ Slender, thin, narrow, lank, gaunt, meagre.

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

~Slime~, n. Mud, ooze, mire.

~Slimy~, a. ~1.~ Miry, muddy, oozy.

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

~Sling~, v. a. Throw, cast, hurl, fling.

~Sling up~, [Colloquial.] Hang, suspend.

~Slink~, v. n. Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.

~Slink away~, SLINK.

~Slip~, v. n. ~1.~ Glide, slide.

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

~Slip~, v. a. ~1.~ Put stealthily, convey secretly.

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

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

~Slip~, n. ~1.~ Slide, glide, move smoothly.

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

~3.~ Cutting, twig, shoot.

~4.~ Strip, long and narrow piece.

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

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

~Slip on~, Put on hastily.

~Slippery~, a. ~1.~ Smooth, glib.

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

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

~Slipslop~, a. Washy, trashy, feeble, poor.

~Slit~, v. a. ~1.~ Cut (lengthwise).

~2.~ Sunder, divide, rend.

~Slit~, n. Long cut.

~Slobber~, v. a. Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Slobber~, v. n. Slabber, slaver, drivel.

~Sloe~, n. Black-thorn (Prunus spinosa).

~Slogan~, n. [Scotland.] War-cry or gathering-word (of a Highland clan).

~Slop~, v. a. Spill.

~Slope~, n. Inclination, acclivity or declivity.

~Slope~, v. a. Incline.

~Slope~, v. n. Incline, slant, take an oblique direction.

~Sloping~, a. Inclining, slanting, declivous, prone.

~Sloppy~, a. Plashy, splashy, muddy, SLABBY.

~Slosh~, n. Slush, sludge.

~Sloshy~, a. Slushy.

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

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

~Slothfulness~, n. SLOTH.

~Slouch~, n. ~1.~ Lubber, clown, awkward fellow.

~2.~ Clownish gait.

~Slouching~, a. Awkward, uncouth, clownish, lubberly, loutish, ungainly.

~Slough~, n. Quagmire, morass, bog, fen.

~Slough~, n. Crust, scab, ESCHAR.

~Sloughy~, a. Miry, boggy.

~Slovenly~, a. ~1.~ Untidy, unclean, dowdy, not neat.

~2.~ Disorderly, loose.

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

~Slow~, a. ~1.~ Moderate, deliberate, not swift, not rapid, not speedy.

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

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

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

~Slows~, n. (Med.) Milk-sickness.

~Slow-worm~, n. Blind-worm (Anguis fragilis).

~Sludge~, n. Slosh, slush.

~Slug~, n. ~1.~ Snail (without a shell).

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

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

~Sluggard~, n. SLUGGISH, lazy.

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

~2.~ Slow, not brisk.

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

~Sluice~, n. Opening, vent.

~Sluice-gate~, n. Flood-gate.

~Slum~, n. Close (in a city), alley, lane, dark retreat, low neighborhood.

~Slumber~, v. n. Sleep (lightly), doze, nap, snooze, lose one's self, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Slumber~, n. Sleep (not deep or profound), repose, rest, doze, nap, light sleep.

~Slumberous~, a. Soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific.

~Slump~, v. n. Sink (as in walking on snow).

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

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

~Slur~, n. Reproach, stigma, stain, brand.

~Slush~, n. ~1.~ Slosh, sludge.

~2.~ (Naut.) Grease, fat.

~Slushy~, a. Sloshy.

~Slut~, n. Slattern, drab, draggletail.

~Sluttish~, a. Untidy, uncleanly, dirty.

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

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

~Smack~, v. n. ~1.~ Taste, have a taste, have a flavor.

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

~Smack~, n. ~1.~ Taste, savor, flavor, tang.

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

~3.~ Buss, loud kiss.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Small-beer~, n. Table-beer.

~Small-clothes~, n. pl. Breeches.

~Smallish~, a. Somewhat small.

~Small portrait~, Miniature.

~Small-pox~, n. Variola.

~Smart~, n. Pungent or sharp pain, lancinating pain.

~Smart~, v. n. ~1.~ Feel sharp pain.

~2.~ Suffer, be punished.

~Smart~, a. ~1.~ Sharp, stinging, keen, severe, poignant, pungent.

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

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

~4.~ Expert, dexterous, clever.

~5.~ Witty, acute, apt.

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

~Smartness~, n. ~1.~ Sharpness, keenness, poignancy, pungency.

~2.~ Vigor, force, energy.

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

~4.~ Expertness, dexterity, cleverness.

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

~6.~ Spruceness, trimness.

~Smart-weed~, n. Water-poppet (Polyganum hydropiper).

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

~Smatter~, n. SMATTERING.

~Smatterer~, n. Ignoramus, novice, sciolist, greenhorn.

~Smattering~, n. Smatter, sciolism, slight knowledge, superficial knowledge, imperfect knowledge.

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

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

~Smear~, n. Daub, stain.

~Smeary~, a. Adhesive, viscous, viscid, glutinous, dauby, sticky.

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

~Smell~, v. a. Scent, get scent of.

~Smell~, v. n. Have an odor, have a scent.

~Smell~, n. Scent, odor, perfume, fragrance, aroma.

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

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

~Smelt~, v. a. Fuse (as ore), melt.

~Smew~, n. (Ornith.) White-nun (Mergus albellus).

~Smift~, n. Fuse.

~Smirk~, n. Affected smile.

~Smirk~, v. n. Smile (affectedly), simper.

~Smite~, v. a. ~1.~ Strike, beat, box, cuff, buffet.

~2.~ Kill, slay, destroy.

~3.~ Afflict, chasten, punish.

~Smite~, v. n. Strike, collide.

~Smithery~, n. ~1.~ SMITHY.

~2.~ Smithing, smith's work.

~Smithing~, n. Smithery, smith's work.

~Smithy~, n. Smithery, stithy, FORGE, smith's shop.

~Smitten~, part. ~1.~ Struck.

~2.~ Killed, slain, destroyed.

~3.~ Afflicted, chastened, punished.

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

~Smock~, n. ~1.~ Chemise, shift.

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

~Smock-frock~, n. SMOCK, blouse.

~Smoke~, n. ~1.~ Sooty vapor.

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

~Smoke~, v. a. ~1.~ Fumigate, expose to smoke.

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

~Smoke~, v. n. ~1.~ Emit smoke; steam, reek.

~2.~ Smoke tobacco.

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

~Smoke-tree~, n. Venetian sumach (Rhus cotinus).

~Smoky~, a. ~1.~ Of the nature of smoke.

~2.~ Fumy, fuliginous.

~3.~ Filled with smoke.

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

~2.~ Sleek, glossy.

~3.~ Unruffled, undisturbed.

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

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

~Smooth~, v. a. ~1.~ Level, flatten, make smooth.

~2.~ Ease, make easy.

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

~Smooth-spoken~, a. Fair-spoken, SMOOTH-TONGUED.

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

~Smother~, v. a. ~1.~ Stifle, suffocate, choke.

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

~Smug~, a. Nice, spruce, trim, neat.

~Smuggler~, n. Contrabandist.

~Smut~, n. ~1.~ Dirt.

~2.~ Blight, blemish.

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

~Smut~, v. a. Soil, tarnish, sully, taint, stain.

~Smutty~, a. ~1.~ Dirty, foul, soiled, stained, nasty.

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

~Snack~, n. [England.] Luncheon, slight meal, hasty repast.

~Snag~, n. ~1.~ Knot, knarl, knob, projection.

~2.~ Tooth (in contempt).

~3.~ [U. S.] Swaying trunk or branch of a tree (fixed at one end in a river).

~Snail~, n. ~1.~ SLUG.

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

~Snail-shell~, n. Helix.

~Snake~, n. Serpent.

~Snake-bird~, n. Darter.

~Snake-head~, n. Shell-flower (Chelone glabra).

~Snake's-head~, n. Shell-flower (Chelone glabra).

~Snake-stone~, n. Ammonite.

~Snakish~, a. SNAKY.

~Snaky~, a. ~1.~ Serpentine, winding, snakish.

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

~Snap~, v. a. ~1.~ Break short, break short off.

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

~3.~ Crack (as a whip).

~Snap~, v. n. ~1.~ Break short.

~2.~ Crackle, decrepitate, crepitate.

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

~2.~ Snarl at, growl at.

~Snap~, n. ~1.~ Bite, catch, seizure.

~2.~ Clasp, fastening.

~3.~ Crack (as of a whip).

~4.~ [Colloquial.] Force, energy.

~Snap-dragon~, n. Flap-dragon.

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

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

~Snare~, n. Gin, noose, net, trap, springs, toil.

~Snare~, v. a. Entrap, entangle, catch, ensnare.

~Snarl~, v. n. Growl, gnarl, grumble, murmur.

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

~Snarl~, n. Entanglement, tangle, complication.

~Snarling~, a. SNAPPISH.

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

~Snatch~, n. ~1.~ Bit, fragment, portion, small part.

~2.~ Catch, short effort.

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

~Snath~, n. Snead.

~Snead~, n. Snath.

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

~2.~ Crouch, truckle.

~Sneak~, n. Shirk, lurker, mean fellow.

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

~Sneak off~, SNEAK, slink away.

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

~Sneer~, n. Scoff, jeer, jibe, fling.

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

~Sneezing~, n. Sternutation.

~Snicker~, v. n. Laugh (under restraint), titter, GIGGLE, snigger.

~Sniff~, v. n. Snuff.

~Sniff~, v. a. Snuff, inhale, breathe, breathe in.

~Sniff~, n. Snuff.

~Sniffle~, v. n. Snuffle.

~Snifting-valve~, n. Blow-valve.

~Snigger~, v. n. SNICKER.

~Snip~, v. a. Clip, cut, nip, nip off.

~Snip~, n. Clip, bit, cut, shred, fragment, piece.

~Snipe-fish~, n. Trumpet-fish, bellows-fish (Centriscus scolopax).

~Snivel~, n. Snot.

~Snivel~, v. n. Cry (as a child), blubber, whimper.

~Snivelly~, a. [Written also Snively.] ~1.~ Snotty.

~2.~ Whining, pitiful.

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

~Snook~, n. Greenbone, garfish, gar-pike, sea-pike, sea-needle, long- nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).

~Snooze~, v. n. [Colloquial.] SLUMBER, sleep, nap, doze, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

~Snot~, n. Snivel.

~Snotty~, a. Snivelly.

~Snout~, n. ~1.~ Nose (of a beast), muzzle.

~2.~ Nozzle.

~Snow-ball~, n. Guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus).

~Snow-ball-tree~, n. Guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus).

~Snow-goose~, n. Whitebrant (Anser hyperboreus).

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

~2.~ Check (with a tart remark), reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide.

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

~Snuff~, n. Sniff.

~Snuff~, v. a. ~1.~ Inhale, breathe, sniff, breathe in.

~2.~ Smell, scent.

~Snuff~, v. n. Snort (as a horse).

~Snuffle~, v. n. Sniffle.

~Snug~, v. n. SNUGGLE, nestle.

~Snug~, a. ~1.~ Close, concealed, not exposed.

~2.~ Comfortable, convenient, compact.

~Snuggery~, n. Snug place.

~Snuggle~, v. n. Nestle, cuddle, snug, lie snug, lie close.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~So~, conj. Provided that, on condition that, in case that.

~Soak~, v. a. Steep, macerate, imbrue, drench.

~Soak~, v. n. Steep, be soaked.

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

~Soak up~, SOAK IN.

~Soaker~, n. [Colloquial.] Tippler, toper, hard drinker.

~Soapstone~, n. Steatite.

~Soar~, v. n. Tower, mount, rise, ascend, fly aloft.

~Sob~, v. n. Weep, cry, sigh convulsively.

~So be it~, Amen.

~Sober~, a. ~1.~ Temperate, abstemious, abstinent, not drunken.

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

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

~Soberness~, n. SOBRIETY.

~Sobriety~, n. ~1.~ Temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence.

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

~Sobriquet~, n. [Fr.] Nickname, byname.

~Sociability~, n. Sociableness, companionableness, sociality, good- fellowship.

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

~Sociableness~, n. SOCIABILITY.

~Social~, a. ~1.~ Civil, civic, of society.

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

~3.~ Convivial, festive.

~Socialism~, n. Communism, Fourierism, phalansterianism, Saint Simonianism, humanitarianism.

~Socialist~, n. Fourierite, communist.

~Sociality~, n. SOCIABILITY.

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

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

~Sociology~, n. Social science.

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

~Sod~, n. Turf, clod.

~Soda~, n. Protoxide of sodium.

~Soda-ash~, n. Carbonate of soda (impure).

~Sodality~, n. Fraternity, brotherhood, society.

~Sodden~, a. ~1.~ Boiled, decocted, stewed.

~2.~ Soaked, steeped, drenched, thoroughly wet (so as to be soft).

~Sodomy~, n. Buggery, unnatural carnal intercourse.

~Sofa~, n. Couch, seat to recline on.

~Soft~, a. ~1.~ Impressible, yielding, not firm, not hard.

~2.~ Plastic, pliable, easily moulded.

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

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

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

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

~7.~ Quiet, easy, light.

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

~Soft~, interj. Hold, stop, not so fast.

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

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

~Soften~, v. n. Grow soft.

~Soft roe~, MILT, sperm.

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

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

~2.~ [Low.] Flattery, SOFT SAWDER.

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

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

~Soil~, n. ~1.~ Stain, blot, spot, tarnish.

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

~3.~ Land, country.

~Soirée~, n. [Fr.] Evening party.

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

~Sojourn~, n. Stay, temporary abode.

~Solace~, v. a. ~1.~ Cheer, comfort, soothe, console.

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

~Soland-goose~, n. Gannet (Sula barsanus).

~Solar spectrum~, Prismatic spectrum.

~Soldier~, n. Warrior, fighting-man, man at arms.

~Soldier-like~, a. SOLDIERLY.

~Soldierly~, a. ~1.~ Warlike, martial, military, soldier-like.

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

~Soldiery~, n. Soldiers, the military, the army, body of soldiers.

~Sole~, a. Single, only, solitary, alone, individual.

~Solecism~, n. ~1.~ Bad grammar, false syntax.

~2.~ Incongruity, impropriety, absurdity.

~Solemn~, a. ~1.~ Formal, ritual, ceremonial.

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

~3.~ Serious, grave, sober.

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

~Solemnity~, n. ~1.~ Rite (religious), ceremonial, observance, ceremony.

~2.~ Awfulness, sacredness.

~3.~ Seriousness, gravity.

~Solemnize~, v. a. Celebrate (with solemn ceremonies), commemorate, observe, do honor to, honor, keep.

~Solicit~, v. a. ~1.~ Ask (earnestly), request (urgently), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to.

~2.~ Invite, summon.

~Solicitant~, n. ~1.~ Solicitor, petitioner, asker.

~2.~ Aspirant, candidate.

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

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

~Solicitor~, n. ~1.~ Asker, petitioner, solicitant.

~2.~ (Law.) Chancery lawyer, equity lawyer.

~Solicitous~, a. Anxious, careful, concerned, apprehensive, troubled, uneasy, jealous.

~Solicitude~, n. Anxiety, care, carefulness, concern, trouble, perplexity.

~Solid~, a. ~1.~ Hard, firm, not fluid, not liquid.

~2.~ Dense, compact, not hollow.

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

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

~Solidarity~, n. [Modern.] Consolidation (of interests and responsibilities), community (in whatever befalls), close fellowship, joint interest.

~Solidify~, v. a. Consolidate, compact, make solid.

~Solidify~, v. n. Become solid.

~Solidity~, n. ~1.~ Hardness, firmness, solidness.

~2.~ Density, compactness.

~3.~ Strength, stability, soundness.

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

~5.~ (Geom.) Volume, solid contents.

~Solidness~, n. SOLIDITY.

~Solidungulate~, n. Soliped.

~Soliloquize~, v. n. Talk to one's self.

~Soliloquy~, n. Monologue.

~Soliped~, n. Solidungulate.

~Solitaire~, n. [Fr.] Hermit, SOLITARY.

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

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

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

~4.~ Single, sole, individual.

~Solitary~, n. Hermit, anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitaire, EREMITE.

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

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

~Soluble~, a. That may be dissolved, susceptible of solution.

~Soluble glass~, Silicate of soda (or of potash), liquor of flints.

~Solution~, n. ~1.~ Disruption, separation, breach, disjunction, disintegration.

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

~3.~ Liquefaction, dissolution, melting.

~Solvable~, a. Resolvable.

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

~Solvent~, n. Menstruum.

~Somatotomy~, n. Anatomy.

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

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

~Sombrous~, a. SOMBRE.

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

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

~3.~ About, near.

~4.~ Several, a considerable number.

~5.~ Some people, some persons.

~6.~ A part, a portion.

~Somebody~, n. ~1.~ One, some person, some one.

~2.~ Something, a person of consequence.

~Somehow~, ad. In some way, somehow or other.

~Somersault~, n. SOMERSET.

~Somerset~, n. Somersault, summerset, summersault.

~Something~, n. ~1.~ A thing (indefinitely).

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

~3.~ Somebody, a person of consequence.

~Something~, ad. SOMEWHAT.

~Somewhat~, ad. Something, in some degree, more or less.

~Somewhat~, n. Something, more or less, a little.

~Somewhere~, ad. In some place, in one place or another.

~Somewhither~, ad. To some place, to one place or another.

~Somnambulism~, n. Sleep-walking.

~Somnambulist~, n. Sleep-walker, night-walker, noctambulist.

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

~Somnific~, a. SOMNIFEROUS.

~Somnolence~, n. Sleepiness, drowsiness, doziness, somnolency.

~Somnolency~, n. SOMNOLENCE.

~Somnolent~, a. Sleepy, drowsy.

~Song~, n. ~1.~ Ballad, ditty, canticle, carol, canzonet.

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

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

~4.~ Trifle, small sum.

~Sonnet~, n. Poem (of fourteen lines).

~Son of man~, CHRIST.

~Sonorous~, a. ~1.~ Sounding, resonant, resounding, ringing.

~2.~ High-sounding.

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

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

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

~Soot~, n. Crock.

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

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

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

~Sooty~, a. Dark, dusky, murky, fuliginous.

~Sop~, n. Something to pacify, tub to the whale.

~Sophism~, n. Fallacy, paralogism, paralogy, quibble, fallacious argument.

~Sophistical~, a. Fallacious, illogical.

~Sophisticate~, v. a. Adulterate, debase, vitiate, pervert, corrupt.

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

~Sophistication~, n. Adulteration, corruption.

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

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

~Soporiferous~, a. SOPORIFIC.

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

~Soporific~, n. Narcotic.

~Soprano~, n. (Mus.) Treble, descant, highest female voice.

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

~Sorcery~, n. Divination (by evil spirits), magic, enchantment, witchcraft, necromancy, charm, spell, the black art.

~Sordid~, a. ~1.~ Mean, base, vile, low, degraded.

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

~Sore~, n. Ulcer, fester, abscess, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule.

~Sore~, a. ~1.~ Painful (from inflammation), tender.

~2.~ Pained, hurt, grieved.

~Sorely~, ad. Grievously, severely, violently, greatly.

~Sorghum~, n. Chinese sugar-cane.

~Sorrow~, n. ~1.~ Grief, sadness, affliction, mourning, trouble.

~2.~ Regret, vexation, chagrin.

~Sorrow~, v. n. Grieve, mourn, be sad.

~Sorrowful~, a. ~1.~ Grieved, afflicted, in sorrow, in mourning.

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

~Sorry~, a. ~1.~ Grieved, SORROWFUL.

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

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

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

~2.~ Manner, way, degree.

~Sort~, v. a. Distribute (into sorts), assort, class, classify.

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

~Sortie~, n. Sally.

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

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

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

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

~Sottish~, a. Stupid (from intemperance), dull, doltish, foolish, senseless, insensate, besotted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

~Soulless~, a. ~1.~ Lifeless.

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

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

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

~3.~ Sane, well-balanced.

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

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

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

~7.~ Heavy, lusty, forcible.

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

~Sound~, ad. Soundly, profoundly.

~Sound~, n. ~1.~ Strait, narrows.

~2.~ Air-bladder (of a fish).

~3.~ Noise, report.

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

~2.~ Appear by the sound.

~3.~ Try the depth (of water), throw the lead.

~Sound~, v. a. ~1.~ Cause to sound.

~2.~ Utter, express audibly.

~3.~ Celebrate (by sounds).

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

~5.~ Examine, test, try.

~Soundless~, a. ~1.~ Silent, noiseless.

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

~Soundness~, n. ~1.~ Wholeness, entireness.

~2.~ Healthiness, vigor.

~3.~ Saneness.

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

~5.~ Firmness, strength, solidity.

~Soup~, n. Broth.

~Sour~, a. ~1.~ Acid, tart, pricked.

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

~Sour~, v. a. ~1.~ Make acid, turn sour.

~2.~ Imbitter, make cross.

~Sour~, v. n. Turn sour, become acid.

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

~2.~ Cause, original.

~Sour-gum~, n. Tupelo, pepperidge.

~Sourish~, a. Acidulous, somewhat sour, somewhat acid.

~Sourness~, n. ~1.~ Acidity, tartness.

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

~Souse~, v. a. ~1.~ Pickle.

~2.~ Plunge, dip, immerse, submerge, douse, put under water (or other liquid).

~Souse~, ad. With a plunge.

~South~, a. Southern, southerly.

~South~, ad. Southward, towards the south.

~Southerly~, a. Southern, south.

~Southern~, a. Southerly, south.

~Southerner~, n. Southron.

~Southron~, n. Southerner.

~Souvenir~, n. [Fr.] Remembrancer, memento.

~Sovereign~, a. ~1.~ Supreme, regal, royal, imperial, monarchical.

~2.~ Chief, predominant, principal.

~3.~ Efficacious, effectual.

~Sovereign~, n. Monarch, autocrat, potentate, despot, king, emperor, prince, lord, queen, supreme ruler.

~Sovereignty~, n. Dominion, supremacy, empire, dynasty, kingdom, supreme power, supreme rule, absolute authority, chief sway.

~Sow~, n. Hog (female), pig, swine.

~Sow~, v. a. ~1.~ Scatter, strew, spread.

~2.~ Disseminate, disperse, propagate, spread abroad.

~3.~ Plant, put seed in.

~4.~ Besprinkle, scatter over.

~Sow~, v. n. Plant, scatter seed, put in seed.

~Sowens~, n. pl. [Scottish.] Porridge (made of the dust of oatmeal), flummery.

~Spa~, n. Mineral spring.

~Space~, n. ~1.~ Extension, extent.

~2.~ Capacity, room.

~3.~ Distance, interval.

~4.~ [Rare.] While, short time.

~Spacious~, a. Wide, extended, extensive, expansive, broad, ample, capacious, roomy.

~Span~, n. ~1.~ Nine inches.

~2.~ Brief period.

~3.~ [U. S.] Pair (of horses).

~Spangle~, n. Sparkling ornament.

~Spanish-bayonet~, n. Yucca, Adam's needle, bear-grass.

~Spanish-fly~, n. Blister-fly, blister-beetle (Cantharis vesicatoria).

~Spank~, v. a. Strike (with the open hand), slap.

~Span-new~, a. Brand-new, fire-new, quite new, spick-and-span new.

~Spanworm~, n. Geometer, looper, canker-worm.

~Spar~, v. n. ~1.~ Box.

~2.~ Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, SPAT.

~Spare~, v. a. ~1.~ Reserve, save, lay by, lay aside, set apart, set aside.

~2.~ Dispense with, do without, part with.

~3.~ Withhold, omit, forbear.

~4.~ Withhold from, keep from.

~5.~ Give, grant, afford, allow, give up.

~6.~ Preserve (from any thing dreaded).

~Spare~, v. n. ~1.~ Be frugal, be parsimonious.

~2.~ Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.

~3.~ Be lenient, be merciful, be tender.

~Spare~, a. ~1.~ Scanty, sparing, not abundant, not plentiful.

~2.~ Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.

~4.~ Superfluous, supernumerary, not used, not wanted.

~Spare hours,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Spare time,~ Leisure, time to spare.

~Sparing~, a. ~1.~ Scanty, SPARE.

~2.~ Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical, not liberal.

~Spark~, n. ~1.~ Sparkle, scintillation, particle of fire, scintilla.

~2.~ Germ, element, active principle.

~3.~ Gallant, beau, buck; gay, dashing fellow.

~Sparkish~, a. Gay, showy, airy, fine.

~Sparkle~, v. n. ~1.~ Shine (with intermissions), glitter, glisten, glister, twinkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash.

~2.~ Mantle, effervesce, bubble, foam, froth.

~Sparkling~, a. ~1.~ Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing.

~2.~ Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling.

~3.~ Lively, glowing, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.

~Sparring~, n. Wrangling, quarrelling, contention, strife.

~Sparry iron~, Spathic iron, carbonate of iron.

~Sparse~, a. Scattered, spread here and there, not dense.

~Spartan~, a. Brave, courageous, hardy, undaunted, daring, intrepid, dauntless, fearless, bold, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalric, heroic, lion-hearted.

~Spasm~, n. ~1.~ Twitch, sudden contraction (as of the muscles).

~2.~ Fit, paroxysm, throe.

~Spasmodic~, a. Convulsive, fitful.

~Spasmodic cholera~, Asiatic cholera, cholera asphyxia.

~Spat~, n. [Local, U. S.] Petty dispute, petty quarrel, war of words.

~Spat~, v. n. Dispute, wrangle, quarrel, spar, bicker, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.

~Spathic~, a. Foliated, lamellar.

~Spathic iron~, SPARRY IRON.

~Spatter~, v. a. ~1.~ Sprinkle, besprinkle, bespatter, splash, plash.

~2.~ Daub, bedaub, smear, besmear, begrime, bedraggle, spot, stain, soil.

~Spatterdashes~, n. pl. Gaiters, leggings.

~Spawl~, v. n. Spit, sputter.

~Spawl~, n. Spit, spittle, saliva.

~Spawn~, n. ~1.~ Eggs (of fish or of frogs), hard roe.

~2.~ (Bot.) Mycelium, filaments (from which fungi originate).

~Spawn~, v. a. [In contempt.] Generate, produce, bring forth.

~Spawn~, v. n. [In contempt.] Issue.

~Speak~, v. n. ~1.~ Articulate, enunciate, talk with articulate sounds.

~2.~ Plead, spout, hold forth, make a speech, discourse, harangue, declaim.

~3.~ Treat, make mention.

~4.~ Sound, resound.

~Speak~, v. a. ~1.~ Utter, express, deliver, pronounce, articulate.

~2.~ Announce, make known, spread abroad, proclaim, declare.

~3.~ (Naut.) Hail.

~Speaker~, n. ~1.~ Discourser, orator, spokesman, prolocutor.

~2.~ Chairman, presiding officer.

~Speaking~, n. ~1.~ Talk, discourse.

~2.~ Elocution, declamation, oratory.

~Speak of~, Treat, discuss, mention, treat of, touch upon, speak about, talk about, make mention of.

~Speak to~, Accost, address, make up to.

~Speak well for~, Be creditable to, be commendatory of.

~Speak out~, Blab, open one's mind, unbosom one's self, unburden one's mind.

~Speak with~, Converse with, hold a conversation with.

~Spear~, n. ~1.~ Lance, javelin.

~2.~ Shoot, spire.

~Spear-hand~, n. Right-hand.

~Spear-shaped~, a. Hastate, hastated.

~Special~, a. ~1.~ Particular, peculiar, specific, especial.

~2.~ Extraordinary, uncommon.

~Speciality~, n. ~1.~ Particularity.

~2.~ Specialty, object of special attention, particular object of pursuit, pet subject.

~Specialty~, n. SPECIALITY.

~Specie~, n. Coin, cash, metallic money, hard money, stamped money.

~Species~, n. ~1.~ Group (subordinate to a genus).

~2.~ Kind, sort, description, variety.

~Specific~, a. ~1.~ Peculiar, particular, especial, characteristic.

~2.~ Definite, precise, specified.

~Specific~, n. ~1.~ Special medicine, sovereign remedy, infallible remedy.

~2.~ Unfailing agent, sure means.

~Specification~, n. ~1.~ Designation (of properties), characterization.

~2.~ Particularization, detailed statement.

~Specify~, v. a. Designate, particularize, indicate, define, individualize, show clearly, name with precision.

~Specillum~, n. Stylet.

~Specimen~, n. Pattern, sample, model.

~Specious~, a. Fair (apparently, but not really), plausible, colorable, ostensible.

~Speck~, n. ~1.~ Stain, spot, flaw, blemish, blot.

~2.~ Bit, mite, mote, atom, particle, corpuscle, scintilla, small thing.

~Speck~, v. a. Spot, stain (in spots).

~Speckle~, v. a. Mark with spots (of a different color from that of the ground).

~Spectacle~, n. ~1.~ Show, exhibition, sight, scene, representation, display, pageant, parade.

~2.~ Curiosity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.

~Spectacles~, n. pl. Glasses.

~Spectator~, n. Beholder, observer, bystander, looker-on, on-looker.

~Spectral~, a. Ghostly, phantom-like.

~Spectre~, n. [Written also Specter.] Apparition, ghost, spirit, shade, phantom, phantasm, illusion, ogre, sprite, GOBLIN, HOBGOBLIN.

~Spectrum~, n. Image, appearance, representation.

~Speculate~, v. n. ~1.~ Meditate, contemplate, cogitate, reflect, ponder, muse, ruminate, think, consider.

~2.~ Trade (hazardously).

~Speculation~, n. ~1.~ Contemplation.

~2.~ Theory, scheme, hypothesis, supposition, conjecture, view, a priori reasoning.

~Speculatist~, n. Speculator, theorizer.

~Speculative~, a. ~1.~ Contemplative, unpractical, Platonic, philosophical, given to speculation.

~2.~ Theoretical, ideal, imaginary.

~3.~ Given to hazardous trading.

~Speculator~, n. ~1.~ Theorizer, speculatist.

~2.~ Trader (who takes great risks in the hope of great gains).

~Speculum~, n. [L.] Mirror, looking-glass, reflector.

~Speech~, n. ~1.~ Articulate utterance.

~2.~ Language, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, LINGO.

~3.~ Talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, oral communication.

~4.~ Oration, discourse, address, harangue.

~Speechify~, v. n. [Colloquial.] Harangue, make a speech, hold forth.

~Speechless~, a. Mute, dumb, silent, mum.

~Speed~, v. n. ~1.~ Make haste.

~2.~ Succeed, prosper, thrive, flourish.

~3.~ Fare, get on.

~Speed~, v. a. ~1.~ Hasten, expedite, accelerate, hurry, despatch, quicken, precipitate, forward, urge or press forward, urge or press on.

~2.~ Assist, help, aid, help forward.

~3.~ Prosper, favor, make successful.

~Speed~, n. ~1.~ Haste, hurry, despatch, celerity, swiftness, fleetness, velocity, quickness, rapidity, expedition.

~3.~ Success, prosperity, good fortune, good luck, favorable issue.

~Speedy~, a. Swift, rapid, quick, fleet, hasty, prompt, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~Spell~, n. ~1.~ Charm, incantation, exorcism.

~2.~ Turn (at work).

~3.~ Season, term, period, interval, fit.

~Spell~, v. a. ~1.~ Represent by letters.

~2.~ Relieve (by taking a turn at work), help, aid, assist.

~Spell-bound~, a. Enchanted, under a spell, under magic influence.

~Speller~, n. [U. S.] Spelling-book.

~Spell out~, Interpret, decipher, unfold, read, unriddle, unravel, find out, make out.

~Spelling~, n. Orthography.

~Spelling-book~, n. SPELLER.

~Spelter~, n. Zinc.

~Spend~, v. a. ~1.~ Expend, disburse, lay out.

~2.~ Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up.

~3.~ Employ, devote, bestow, apply.

~4.~ Pass, lead.

~Spend~, v. n. ~1.~ Lay out money, incur expense.

~2.~ Vanish, be lost, be consumed.

~Spendthrift~, n. Prodigal, squanderer, waster, UNTHRIFT.

~Sperm~, n. Semen, seed.

~Spermaceti-whale~, n. Cachelot, sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus).

~Spermatic~, a. Seminal.

~Sperm-whale~, n. SPERMACETI-WHALE.

~Spew~, v. a. Vomit, puke, cast up, throw up.

~Spew~, v. n. Vomit, puke.

~Sphacelate~, v. n. Mortify.

~Sphacelation~, n. (Med.) Mortification.

~Sphacelus~, n. (Med.) Gangrene, mortification.

~Sphenoid~, a. (Anat.) Wedge-shaped, sphenoidal.

~Sphenoidal~, a. SPHENOID.

~Sphere~, n. ~1.~ Globe, ball, orb.

~2.~ Circuit, circle, compass, province, department, walk, beat, function, vocation, post, office, employment, capacity.

~3.~ Rank, standing, order.

~4.~ Region, realm, domain, quarter, country.

~Spherical~, a. Globular, orbicular, globated, globous, globose, rotund, round.

~Sphericity~, n. Rotundity, roundness, globosity.

~Spice~, n. ~1.~ Flavoring, flavor, relish, taste, savor, tincture, dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling.

~2.~ Grain, particle, small quantity.

~Spice-bush~, n. SPICE-WOOD.

~Spice-wood~, n. Spice-bush, Benjamin tree, wild allspice (Benzoin odoriferum or Laurus benzoin).

~Spick-and-span new~, Quite new, fire-new, brand-new.

~Spicy~, a. ~1.~ Aromatic, fragrant.

~2.~ Pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed.

~Spider's web~, Cobweb.

~Spigot~, n. Spile, stopper, stopple.

~Spike~, n. ~1.~ Ear (of grain), head.

~2.~ Large nail.

~Spile~, n. ~1.~ SPIGOT.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Pile.

~Spill~, v. a. Shed, effuse, pour out.

~Spin~, v. a. ~1.~ Twist (into thread).

~2.~ Twirl, whirl.

~Spin a long yarn~, Tell a long story.

~Spindle~, n. (Mech.) Axis, shaft, arbor.

~Spindle-shaped~, a. Fusiform.

~Spine~, n. ~1.~ Thorn.

~2.~ Backbone, spinal column, vertebral column.

~3.~ Shin, forepart of the leg.

~Spinney~, n. [Written also Spinny.] Thicket, grove.

~Spinose~, a. Thorny, spiny, spinous, briery.

~Spinous~, a. SPINOSE.

~Spin out~, Prolong, lengthen, protract, draw out.

~Spinster~, n. Single woman, maiden lady.

~Spiny~, a. Thorny, spinose, spinous, briery.

~Spiracle~, n. Aperture (especially in animal and vegetable bodies), blowhole, vent, orifice, pore.

~Spiral~, a. Winding (like the thread of a screw), cochleary, cochleated, spiry, helical, screw-shaped.

~Spiral~, n. Helix, worm.

~Spire~, n. ~1.~ Steeple.

~2.~ Shoot, spear.

~Spirit~, n. ~1.~ Vital essence (apart from matter), immaterial substance.

~2.~ Soul, pure intelligence, inner man.

~3.~ Apparition, ghost, spectre, shade, phantom, phantasm, sprite, fairy, elf, demon, genius.

~4.~ Disposition, temper, humor, mood, spirits, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~5.~ Courage, ardor, fire, energy, force, vigor, mettle, earnestness, enthusiasm, zeal, resolution, pluck, elevation of soul.

~6.~ Liveliness, animation, piquancy, warmth, glow.

~7.~ Person (as distinguished by peculiar qualities), individual.

~8.~ Meaning, significance, purport, intent, drift, gist, tenor, sense.

~9.~ Nature, character, complexion, characteristic quality.

~10.~ Alcohol, distilled liquor.

~11.~ [With The prefixed.] Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Comforter, The Spirit of God.

~Spirit away~, Kidnap, carry off (secretly).

~Spirited~, a. Animated, lively, vivacious, sprightly, ardent, earnest, active, alert, high-mettled, high-spirited, full of spirit, full of life.

~Spiritist~, n. Spiritualist.

~Spiritless~, a. ~1.~ Lifeless, breathless, extinct, dead.

~2.~ Dejected, depressed, discouraged, dispirited, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~3.~ Dull, torpid, sluggish, cold, apathetic, phlegmatic, languid, soulless, feeble, unenterprising.

~4.~ Heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, insipid, uninteresting.

~Spirit of Myrcia~, BAY-RUM.

~Spirit of Truth~, Paraclete, Comforter, The Dove, The Holy Ghost.

~Spirit-stirring~, a. Inspiring, animating, enlivening, cheering, exhilarating.

~Spirits~, n. pl. ~1.~ Disposition, temper, mood, humor, spirit, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~2.~ Distilled liquors, ardent spirits.

~Spiritual~, a. ~1.~ Immaterial, incorporeal, ethereal, ghostly.

~2.~ Mental, intellectual, ideal, abstract.

~3.~ Holy, divine, pure.

~4.~ Ecclesiastical, not lay, not secular.

~5.~ Internal, not literal.

~Spirituality~, n. ~1.~ Immateriality.

~2.~ Religious function (as of the church).

~3.~ Spiritual-mindedness.

~Spiritualize~, v. a. Purify, elevate, refine, make spiritual.

~Spiritual-mindedness~, n. Spirituality.

~Spirituous~, a. Alcoholic, ardent.

~Spirt~, v. n. Gush, jet, spout.

~Spirt~, v. a. Spout, throw out.

~Spiry~, a. ~1.~ Winding, wreathed, curled, spiral, helical, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.

~2.~ Pyramidal, tapering.

~Spit~, v. n. Spawl, sputter.

~Spit~, n. Spittle, saliva, spawl.

~Spit-box~, n. Spittoon.

~Spite~, n. ~1.~ Malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature.

~2.~ Defiance, opposition, despite, contempt.

~Spiteful~, a. Malicious, malignant, malevolent, malign, ill- disposed, evil-minded, ill-natured.

~Spittoon~, n. Spit-box.

~Splash~, v. n. Plash, dabble in water.

~Splash~, v. a. Dash, spatter, plash.

~Splay~, v. a. (Arch.) Slope (as the side of a window), slant.

~Spleen~, n. ~1.~ (Anat.) Milt.

~2.~ Anger, spite, animosity, gall, rancor, pique, malevolence, malignity, grudge, hatred, malice, ill humor, ill blood, bad blood.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondency, hypochondria, dejection, depression, dumps, megrims, the dismals, the blues, blue devils.

~Spleeny~, a. Angry, fretful, SPLENETIC.

~Splendid~, a. ~1.~ Shining, glowing, resplendent, effulgent, refulgent, bright, lustrous, radiant, beaming, brilliant.

~2.~ Showy, magnificent, gorgeous, sumptuous, pompous, superb, kingly.

~3.~ Illustrious, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished, pre-eminent, remarkable, famous, celebrated, glorious.

~4.~ Grand, heroic, sublime, lofty, noble.

~Splendor~, n. ~1.~ Lustre, brilliance, brilliancy, brightness, polish.

~2.~ Magnificence, pomp, stateliness, show, gorgeousness, pompousness, display, parade, ÉCLAT, striking effect.

~3.~ Eminence, celebrity, fame, glory.

~4.~ Grandeur, sublimity.

~Splenetic~, a. ~1.~ Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, choleric, snappish, cross.

~2.~ Morose, sullen, sulky, churlish, sour, crabbed.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondent, moping, gloomy, melancholic, hypochondriacal, jaundiced.

~Splice~, v. a. Braid together (as the ends of ropes), join together.

~Splinter~, v. a. Split (into thin pieces), shiver.

~Splinter~, v. n. Be split (into thin pieces), be shivered.

~Splinters~, n. pl. Flinders, fragments.

~Split~, v. a. ~1.~ Cleave, rive, rend, burst, SPLINTER, tear asunder.

~2.~ Divide, sunder, separate, part.

~Split~, v. n. ~1.~ Burst, be riven, be rent, SPLINTER, be split.

~2.~ Be broken, be dashed to pieces.

~Split~, n. Crack, fissure, rent.

~Split hairs~, Refine, be over-nice, affect nicety, make useless distinctions.

~Splurge~, n. [Colloquial, U. S.] Blustering effort.

~Splutter~, n. [Colloquial.] Bustle, stir.

~Splutter~, v. n. [Colloquial.] Stammer (through haste).

~Splutterer~, n. [Colloquial.] Stammerer.

~Spoil~, v. a. ~1.~ Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste.

~2.~ Injure, harm, disfigure, mar.

~Spoil~, v. n. ~1.~ Steal, pilfer, engage in robbery.

~2.~ Decay, be corrupted.

~Spoil~, n. BOOTY, pillage, plunder, prey, rapine.

~Spoiler~, n. ~1.~ Plunderer, robber, pillager.

~2.~ Destroyer, corrupter.

~Spoken~, a. Oral, parole, nuncupative, not written.

~Spokesman~, n. Speaker, prolocutor.

~Spoliate~, v. a. Rob, plunder, spoil.

~Spoliation~, n. Robbery, pillage, plundering, rapine, devastation, destruction.

~Sponge~, v. a. ~1.~ Wipe (with a sponge), cleanse.

~2.~ Dampen, wet.

~Sponger~, n. Parasite, hanger-on.

~Spongy~, a. Bibulous, porous.

~Sponsor~, n. ~1.~ Surety.

~2.~ Godfather or godmother.

~Spontaneity~, n. Spontaneousness.

~Spontaneous~, a. Voluntary, instinctive, uncompelled, unbidden, unconstrained, willing, gratuitous, free, of one's own accord.

~Spontaneousness~, n. Spontaneity.

~Spooney~, n. [Colloquial.] DUNCE, blockhead.

~Sporadic~, a. Scattered, occurring here and there.

~Sport~, n. ~1.~ Play, diversion, amusement, pastime, game, fun, frolic, gambol, prank, jest, recreation, hilarity, entertainment, merriment, mirth, jollity, joviality, pleasantry, merry-making.

~2.~ Mockery, derision, mock, ridicule, contemptuous mirth.

~Sport~, v. n. Play, frolic, disport, wanton, skip, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry.

~Sport~, v. a. [Colloquial.] Exhibit, display, make a show of.

~Sportive~, a. Jocose, jocular, waggish, frolicsome, playful, gamesome, DAFT, facetious, funny, merry, gay, debonair, vivacious, lively, sprightly, jocund, wanton, buxom, prankish, full of play, full of fun.

~Spot~, n. ~1.~ Speck, blot.

~2.~ Blemish, stain, taint, flaw.

~3.~ Place, locality.

~Spot~, v. a. ~1.~ Make spots on, dapple, variegate.

~2.~ Stain, sully, soil, tarnish, blemish.

~3.~ [Cant term,] Mark, take special note of.

~Spotless~, a. ~1.~ Unspotted, undefaced, perfect.

~2.~ Immaculate, unstained, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, blameless, stainless, innocent, pure.

~Spotted~, a. Speckled, bespeckled, bespotted, dotted, freckled, spotty.

~Spotty~, a. SPOTTED.

~Spousal~, a. Matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, bridal, marital.

~Spousals~, n. pl. Nuptials, espousals, marriage.

~Spouse~, n. Husband or wife, married person, consort.

~Spouseless~, a. Unmarried.

~Spout~, n. ~1.~ AJUTAGE, pipe.

~2.~ Nozzle, nose.

~Spout~, v. a. ~1.~ Spirt, pour out (through a narrow orifice).

~2.~ Utter (pompously), mouth, declaim, speak.

~Spout~, v. n. ~1.~ Gush, issue.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Declaim, rant, make a speech, hold forth.

~Spouter~, n. Declaimer.

~Sprain~, v. a. Strain (as a joint), twist, wrench.

~Spray~, n. ~1.~ Twig, shoot, sprig.

~2.~ Foam, froth, spume.

~Spread~, v. a. ~1.~ Extend, expand, mantle, stretch, dilate.

~2.~ Disperse, scatter, distribute, diffuse.

~3.~ Publish, divulge, propagate, disseminate, circulate, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad.

~4.~ Unfold, unfurl, open.

~5.~ Cover, overspread.

~Spread~, v. n. ~1.~ Extend, be expanded.

~2.~ Be dispersed, be scattered.

~3.~ Circulate, be circulated, be spread abroad.

~Spread~, n. ~1.~ Extent, reach, compass.

~2.~ Dissemination, circulation, propagation.

~Spread-eagle~, a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Bombastic, pompous, inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, sophomorical, HIGHFALUTIN, high-flowing, high-sounding.

~Spread over~, [Active and Neuter.] Overrun, run over.

~Spree~, n. [Colloquial.] ~1.~ Carousal, revel, revelry, revelling, jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies, carouse, cups, drinking bout.

~2.~ Row, riot, disturbance, SHINDY.

~Sprig~, n. Twig, shoot, spray.

~Sprightliness~, n. Liveliness, briskness, vivacity, animation, alertness, cheerfulness, gayety, frolicsomeness.

~Sprightly~, a. Lively, mercurial, animated, vigorous, vivacious, buoyant, brisk, active, alert, agile, blithe, blithesome, gay, airy, cheerful, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, pleasant.

~Spring~, v. n. ~1.~ Leap, bound, jump, vault, hop, CAPER.

~2.~ Rise, start, come forth.

~3.~ Arise, proceed, issue, put forth, shoot forth, make its appearance.

~4.~ Originate, emanate, flow, take its rise, have its origin.

~5.~ Rebound, fly back.

~6.~ Warp, bend.

~Spring~, n. ~1.~ Leap, bound, jump.

~2.~ Elasticity, resiliency, springiness, elastic force.

~3.~ Fountain, well, FOUNT, fountain-head.

~4.~ Source, original, origin, principle, cause.

~5.~ Vernal season.

~Spring a leak~, Begin to leak.

~Springe~, n. Snare, gin, noose, net, toil, trap.

~Spring-halt~, n. String-halt.

~Springiness~, n. Elasticity, resilience, spring.

~Springy~, a. Elastic, resilient, rebounding.

~Sprinkle~, v. a. ~1.~ Scatter, strew.

~2.~ Bedew, besprinkle.

~Sprinkle~, v. n. Rain (moderately).

~Sprinkler~, n. Watering pot.

~Sprinkling~, n. Affusion.

~Sprite~, n. Fairy, elf, spirit, ghost, spectre, apparition, shade, phantom, phantasm, goblin, hobgoblin.

~Sprout~, v. n. Shoot, germinate, vegetate, push, grow, pullulate, put forth, shoot forth, burst forth.

~Sprout~, n. ~1.~ Acrospire, plumule.

~2.~ Shoot, ratoon, young branch.

~Spruce~, a. Neat (without elegance), trim, nice, trig, line, finical, smart, jaunty, natty, foppish, dandyish.

~Spruce~, v. n. Prink, dress finically.

~Spruce~, v. a. Trim, deck, dress.

~Spry~, a. [Colloquial.] Active, lively, brisk, nimble, supple, agile, sprightly, quick, smart, prompt, alert, stirring, ready, dapper.

~Spume~, n. Foam, froth, spray.

~Spumous~, a. SPUMY.

~Spumy~, a. Foamy, frothy, spumous.

~Spunk~, n. ~1.~ Touchwood.

~2.~ Punk, amadou, agaric, German tinder.

~3.~ [Colloquial.] Spirit, pluck, mettle, energy, force, courage.

~Spur~, n. ~1.~ Goad, prick, point, rowel.

~2.~ Incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motive.

~3.~ Snag, point, knot, gnarl, knob, projection.

~4.~ Ergot, horn-seed, spurred rye.

~Spur~, v. a. ~1.~ Prick (with the spur).

~2.~ Stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drive.

~Spur~, v. n. Prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on.

~Spurious~, a. ~1.~ Illegitimate, bastard.

~2.~ Counterfeit, supposititious, meretricious, deceitful, sham, false, mock, pretended, feigned, clap-trap, fictitious, unauthentic, make-believe, not genuine.

~Spurn~, v. a. ~1.~ Kick.

~2.~ CONTEMN, scorn, scout, despise, disdain, make light of, look down upon, hold in contempt.

~Spurred-rye~, Ergot, spur.

~Sputter~, v. n. ~1.~ Spit, spawl.

~2.~ Splutter, stammer.

~Sputterer~, a. Stammerer, splutterer.

~Spy~, n. Scout, emissary (in disguise), secret agent.

~Spy~, v. a. See, behold, discern, espy.

~Squab~, a. ~1.~ Fat, plump, stout, portly, dumpy, squabbish, squabby.

~2.~ Unfledged, unfeathered.

~Squab~, n. Young pigeon.

~Squabbish~, a. Squabby, SQUAB.

~Squabble~, v. n. Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, contend, fight, jangle, TIFF.

~Squabble~, n. Brawl, wrangle, dispute, petty quarrel.

~Squabby~, a. Squabbish, SQUAB.

~Squad~, n. Gang, band, crew, set, knot, bevy, lot, small company.

~Squalid~, a. Filthy, nasty, dirty, foul, unclean.

~Squalidity~, n. Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.

~Squalidness~, n. Foulness, filthiness, squalidity, squalor.

~Squall~, v. n. Cry (as an infant), bawl, yell, scream, cry out.

~Squall~, n. ~1.~ Cry, bawl, yell, scream, outcry.

~2.~ Storm (sudden and brief), blast, gust, sudden breeze.

~Squally~, a. Gusty, blustering, stormy, tempestuous.

~Squalor~, n. [L.] Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.

~Squamate~, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squamated~, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squamose~, a. (Bot.) Scaly, squamate, squamated, squamous.

~Squamous~, a. Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squander~, v. a. Spend (profusely), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away.

~Squanderer~, n. Spendthrift, prodigal, waster.

~Square~, a. ~1.~ Quadrilateral and equi-angular.

~2.~ Perpendicular, making a right angle.

~3.~ Just, honest, fair, equitable, upright, exact, equal.

~4.~ Adjusted, balanced, settled, even.

~Square~, n. ~1.~ Four-sided figure (with equal sides and angles), quadrate.

~2.~ Square number.

~3.~ Open area (in a city or town).

~4.~ (Arch.) One hundred superficial feet.

~Square~, v. a. ~1.~ Make square.

~2.~ Regulate, adapt, fit, suit, accommodate.

~3.~ Adjust, settle, close, balance.

~4.~ (Arith.) Multiply into itself.

~Square~, v. n. Suit, fit, accord, harmonize, quadrate, comport, cohere, chime in, fall in.

~Squash~, v. a. Crush.

~Squat~, v. n. ~1.~ Crouch, cower, sit close to the ground.

~2.~ [Modern.] Settle (without title to the land), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

~Squat~, a. ~1.~ Crouching, cowering.

~2.~ Dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick.

~Squaw-vine~, n. Checkerberry, partridge-berry, winter-clover (Mitchella repens).

~Squeal~, v. n. Cry (as a pig), yell.

~Squeamish~, a. Fastidious, dainty, difficult, scrupulous, over-nice, hard to please.

~Squeeze~, v. a. ~1.~ Compress, gripe, pinch, nip, press closely.

~2.~ Force (between close bodies), drive.

~Squeeze~, v. n. Press, crowd, force a way, urge one's way.

~Squeeze out~, Press out, force out.

~Squeteague~, n. Weak-fish (Labrus squeteague or Onolithus regalis).

~Squib~, n. ~1.~ Cracker.

~2.~ Lampoon, pasquinade, satire.

~Squib~, v_. n._ [Colloquial.] Make lampoons, throw squibs, make sarcastic remarks.

~Squid~, n. Cuttle-fish.

~Squint~, v. n. Look askant, look askance, look obliquely.

~Squint-eyed~, a. Cock-eyed.

~Squire~, n. Esquire.

~Squireen~, n. [Modern, Eng.] Country-squire, petty squire.

~Squirm~, v. n. Writhe, wriggle.

~Squirt~, v. a. Eject (through a syringe).

~Squirt~, n. Syringe.

~Stab~, n. Thrust, stick.

~Stab~, v. a. Pierce, transfix, gore, spear.

~Stability~, n. ~1.~ Fixedness, durability, permanence, stableness.

~2.~ Constancy, steadiness, firmness.

~Stable~, a. ~1.~ Fixed, established, durable, enduring, permanent, immovable, immutable, unalterable, indestructible, unchangeable, invariable.

~2.~ Constant, steady, firm, steadfast, stanch, not fickle, not wavering.

~Stableness~, n. STABILITY.

~Stables~, n. pl. Mews.

~Stable-servant~, n. Groom, hostler.

~Staff~, n. ~1.~ Cane, stick, pole, rod, partisan, truncheon.

~2.~ Support, prop, stay.

~3.~ ÉTAT MAJOR, staff, staff-officers, commissioned officers.

~4.~ Stanza, verse, stave.

~Stag~, n. Hart, male red deer (Cervus elaphus).

~Stage~, n. ~1.~ Platform, scaffold, STAGING.

~2.~ Theatre, play-house.

~3.~ Step, degree.

~Stage-like~, a. Ranting, declamatory, STAGEY.

~Stagey~, a. [Colloquial.] Ranting, declamatory, bombastic, theatrical, stage-like.

~Stage-player~, n. Actor, performer, player, comedian, tragedian.

~Stagger~, v. n. Reel, totter, vacillate.

~Stagger~, v. a. Shock, astonish, astound, amaze, confound, dumfounder, pose, surprise, nonplus, strike with wonder, take by surprise.

~Staging~, n. [U. S.] Platform, scaffold.

~Stagnant~, a. ~1.~ Motionless, standing, close.

~2.~ Sluggish, inactive, inert, torpid, dull, heavy.

~Stagnate~, v. n. ~1.~ Be stagnant, stand still.

~2.~ Be dull, be inactive.

~Staid~, a. Sober, grave, steady, serious, sedate.

~Stain~, v. a. ~1.~ Soil, sully, contaminate, tarnish, spot, blot, blemish, discolor.

~2.~ Dye, tinge, color.

~3.~ Disgrace, pollute, corrupt, defile, dishonor, debase, deprave, contaminate, taint.

~Stain~, n. ~1.~ Blemish, tarnish, spot, blot, imperfection.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, contamination, taint.

~Stainless~, a. ~1.~ Spotless, untarnished, unspotted.

~2.~ Unsullied, faultless, innocent, uncorrupted, guiltless, pure.

~Stair~, n. ~1.~ STAIRS, flight of steps.

~2.~ Step (of a flight of stairs).

~Stairs~, n. pl. STAIR-CASE, flight of steps, flight of stairs, pair of stairs, set of steps.

~Stair-case~, n. Stairs (with casing, &c.), flight of stairs.

~Stake~, n. ~1.~ Stick (pointed for driving into the ground), picket, pale.

~2.~ Wager, bet, pledge.

~3.~ Risk, hazard, venture, adventure.

~Stake~, v. a. Risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put at hazard.

~Stale~, a. ~1.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh.

~2.~ Old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new.

~3.~ Trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel.

~Stalk~, v. n. ~1.~ Walk (stealthily).

~2.~ Stride, strut.

~Stalk~, n. Stem, petiole, pedicel, CULM, peduncle.

~Stalking-horse~, n. Mask, cover, pretence.

~Stall~, n. ~1.~ Stable.

~2.~ Compartment (as in a stable), cell, recess.

~3.~ Stand (where things are sold), shop, booth.

~4.~ Seat (for a dignitary in the choir of a church).

~Stall~, v. a. ~1.~ Put in a stable, keep in a stable.

~2.~ Set fast (as in mire), fix in a slough.

~Stallion~, n. Stud-horse, breeding-horse.

~Stalwart~, a. ~1.~ Strong, stout, sinewy, brawny, muscular, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, strapping, vigorous, powerful, puissant, able-bodied, Herculean, gigantic, stalworth.

~2.~ Brave, bold, manly, valiant, valorous, gallant, intrepid, daring, resolute, firm, indomitable, redoubtable.

~Stalworth~, a. STALWART.

~Stamina~, n. pl. ~1.~ Firm parts (that give strength), principal elements.

~2.~ Strength, vigor, force, stoutness, sturdiness, lustiness.

~Stammel~, a. Reddish (paler than scarlet).

~Stammer~, v. n. Stutter, hesitate (in speaking), falter, haw, hum and haw.

~Stammer~, n. Stutter, hesitate, falter.

~Stammerer~, n. Stutterer.

~Stammering~, n. Stuttering, faltering, difficulty of utterance.

~Stamp~, v. a. ~1.~ Beat (with the foot or a pestle).

~2.~ Impress, imprint, print, mark, brand, put a stamp on.

~Stamp~, n. ~1.~ Mark, impress, print, impression, brand.

~2.~ Make, cast, mould, form, fashion, cut, character, complexion.

~Stampede~, n. Sudden flight (as of horses from fright).

~Stanch~, v. a. Stop the flow of, stop from running.

~Stanch~, a. ~1.~ Strong, sound, stout.

~2.~ Steady, firm, constant, steadfast, resolute, stable, unwavering.

~Stanchion~, n. Prop, support.

~Stand~, v. n. ~1.~ Be upon the feet, rest on the feet.

~2.~ Be erect, continue erect, remain upright.

~3.~ Be placed, be situated.

~4.~ Remain, continue, abide, be fixed.

~5.~ Stop, halt, pause.

~6.~ Stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground.

~7.~ Rank, have rank, hold a place.

~8.~ Be (emphatically).

~9.~ Be valid, have force, have validity.

~10.~ Be a candidate.

~11.~ (Naut.) Steer, hold a course.

~Stand~, v. a. ~1.~ Endure, sustain, bear, weather, bear up against.

~2.~ Resist (without flinching), oppose, withstand, stand against.

~3.~ Abide, await, submit to.

~4.~ Put, place, set upright.

~Stand~, n. ~1.~ Stop, halt, stay.

~2.~ Post, position, place.

~3.~ Interruption, cessation, standstill.

~4.~ Small table.

~5.~ Stall, booth, shop.

~Standard~, n. ~1.~ Ensign, flag, banner, streamer, pennons, colors.

~2.~ Criterion, rule, test, touchstone.

~3.~ Model, gauge.

~4.~ Upright, support.

~5.~ (Bot.) Vexillum.

~Stand of arms~, Complete set of arms.

~Stand against~, Oppose, resist, withstand.

~Standard-bearer~, n. Ensign (of infantry), cornet (of cavalry), color-sergeant.

~Stand by~, ~1.~ Stand near, be near.

~2.~ Support, assist, aid, help, defend, side with, stand for, not desert.

~3.~ Defend, maintain, vindicate, make good, justify.

~Stand for~, ~1.~ Signify, mean, represent.

~2.~ Defend, support, aid, help, side with, stand by, not desert.

~Stand in hand~, Behoove, interest, concern, be important for, be advantageous for, be for one's interest.

~Stand in one's own light~, Act against one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered, quarrel with one's bread and butter, kill the goose which lays golden eggs, throw a stone in one's own garden.

~Stand in stead~, Benefit, profit, be of use, be of service, be advantageous.

~Stand off~, Keep off, keep at a distance.

~Stand one in~, Cost.

~Stand one's ground~, Stand, stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground.

~Stand out~, ~1.~ Project, jut, protrude, be prominent, jut out.

~2.~ Persist (in resistance), not yield, not comply.

~Stand-still~, n. Interruption, cessation, stop, stand.

~Stand to~, ~1.~ Abide by, adhere to.

~2.~ Be consistent with.

~3.~ (Naut.) Ply, urge, use vigorously.

~Stand to it~, Persist in the opinion, stick to it.

~Stand to reason~, Seem reasonable, appear consistent.

~Stand up for~, Defend, justify, uphold, support, sustain.

~Stand upon~, ~1.~ Insist upon.

~2.~ Value, pride one's self on, think much of.

~Stannel~, n. Kestrel, castrel, windhover (Falco tinnunculus).

~Stanza~, n. Verse, stave, staff.

~Staple~, n. ~1.~ Chief commodity (of a country or a district), principal production.

~2.~ Fibre (of cotton, wool, &c.), pile, filament.

~3.~ Raw material.

~4.~ Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part.

~Staple~, a. Chief, principal.

~Star~, n. ~1.~ Heavenly body.

~2.~ Asterisk, figure of a star.

~3.~ Fate, fortune, destiny, lot, doom.

~4.~ Eminent person (particularly an eminent actor).

~Starboard~, n. (Naut.) Right hand side (of a vessel, to a person looking forward).

~Starboard~, a. (Naut.) Right.

~Starch~, a. Stiff, STARCHED.

~Starched~, a. Stiff, precise, formal, prim, rigid, punctilious, ceremonious, starchy, affectedly exact.

~Starch-sugar~, n. Glucose, grape sugar.

~Stare~, v. n. Gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly.

~Star-finch~, n. Redstart (Phœnicura ruticilla).

~Star-fish~, n. Sea-star, five-finger.

~Star-flower~, n. ~1.~ Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum).

~2.~ Chickweed, star-wort.

~Stark~, a. Mere, simple, sheer, bare, downright, gross, unmistakable.

~Stark~, ad. Wholly, entirely, completely, fully.

~Star-like~, a. ~1.~ Bright, lustrous, twinkling.

~2.~ Radiated, stellate, stellated, stellular.

~Start~, v. n. ~1.~ Shrink, flinch, wince, startle.

~2.~ Depart, set out, set off.

~Start~, v. a. ~1.~ Rouse, alarm, startle.

~2.~ Evoke, raise, call forth.

~3.~ Begin, initiate, institute, set on foot.

~4.~ Move (suddenly).

~Start~, n. ~1.~ Startle, sudden motion.

~2.~ Fit, spasmodic effort.

~3.~ Beginning, outset.

~Starting-point~, n. Point of departure.

~Startle~, v. n. Shrink, wince, flinch, start.

~Startle~, v. a. ~1.~ Frighten, flight, affright, alarm, shock.

~2.~ Strike with wonder, surprise, astonish, astound, amaze.

~Startle~, n. Shock, START.

~Starvation~, n. Famishment.

~Starve~, v. n. Perish (especially with hunger).

~Starve~, v. a. Kill with hunger, starve to death.

~Starveling~, a. Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.

~Starveling~, n. Pauper, mendicant, beggar.

~Starwort~, n. STAR-FLOWER, chickweed.

~State~, n. ~1.~ Condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, category.

~2.~ Commonwealth, civil community, body politic.

~3.~ Pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glory.

~State~, v. a. Express (with particularity), explain, specify, set forth.

~State~, a. National, public.

~State-chamber~, n. Divan, audience-chamber, council-chamber.

~Stately~, a. ~1.~ Lofty, dignified, majestic, imperial, magnificent, grand, noble, princely, royal, palatial, elevated, august.

~2.~ Pompous, ceremonious, solemn, formal.

~Stately mansion~, Palace.

~Statement~, n. Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, description.

~Statesman~, n. Statist, politician.

~Station~, n. ~1.~ Place, position, post, location, situation.

~2.~ Office, function, business, employment, sphere of duty.

~3.~ Rank, standing, character, state, condition, STATUS.

~4.~ Depot (of a railroad), station-house.

~Station~, v. a. Place, locate, post, fix, establish, set.

~Stationary~, a. Fixed, stable, standing, still, quiescent, motionless, permanent, at rest, at a stand, standing still.

~Station-house~, n. Station (of a railroad), depot.

~Statist~, n. Statesman, politician.

~Statuary~, n. ~1.~ Sculpture, carving.

~2.~ Statues (collectively).

~Statue~, n. Image (made of some solid substance).

~Statuette~, n. Small statue, little image.

~Stature~, n. Height, tallness.

~Status~, n. [L.] Standing, rank, station, condition.

~Statute~, n. Law, act, enactment, ordinance.

~Staurolite~, n. ~1.~ STAUROTIDE.

~2.~ Harmotome.

~Staurotide~, n. Cross-stone, grenatite, staurolite.

~Stave~, n. Stanza, verse, staff.

~Stave~, v. a. Burst, break a hole in, stave in.

~Stave in~, Burst, STAVE.

~Stave off~, Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over.

~Stay~, v. n. ~1.~ Sojourn, tarry, abide, dwell, lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

~2.~ Remain, continue, stop, be fixed, stand still.

~3.~ Wait, attend, delay, linger.

~Stay~, v. a. ~1.~ Stop, restrain, check, hold, withhold, curb, keep in, rein in.

~2.~ Delay, obstruct, hinder.

~3.~ Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, shore up.

~Stay~, n. ~1.~ Sojourn, delay, halt, rest, repose, stop.

~2.~ Hinderance, obstruction, interruption, obstacle, impediment, check, bar, restraint, curb, stumbling block.

~3.~ Support, prop, staff, dependence, supporter, buttress.

~Stays~, n. pl. Corsets.

~Steadfast~, a. ~1.~ Fixed, fast, established.

~2.~ Resolute, firm, steady, stanch, constant, stable, pertinacious, unwavering, unhesitating, unshaken, unreserved, implicit.

~Steady~, a. ~1.~ Fixed, firm, not tottering.

~2.~ Regular, undeviating, unremitted, uniform.

~3.~ Constant, resolute, stanch, steadfast, stable, unwavering, persevering.

~Steal~, v. a. ~1.~ Purloin, pilfer, filch, CABBAGE, poach, peculate, embezzle, ROB, make off with, come unlawfully by.

~2.~ Allure, win, gain, draw over.

~Steal~, v. n. ~1.~ Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise theft.

~2.~ Pass stealthily, go unperceived.

~Stealer~, n. Thief, robber.

~Stealing~, n. Theft, robbery, larceny.

~Stealthy~, a. Sly, secret, private, clandestine, furtive, underhand, sneaking, skulking.

~Steam~, n. ~1.~ Vapor (especially of water).

~2.~ Mist, fume, reek, smoke, exhalation, effluvium.

~Steam~, v. n. ~1.~ Emit vapor.

~2.~ Evaporate, pass off in vapor.

~3.~ Navigate (by means of steam), plough the deep, plough the waves.

~Steamboat~, n. Steamer.

~Steamer~, n. Steamboat, steamship.

~Steamer-duck~, n. Race-horse (Micropterus brachypterus).

~Steamship~, n. Steamer.

~Steatite~, n. Soapstone.

~Steed~, n. [Poetical.] Horse (especially a war horse), charger.

~Steel~, v. a. ~1.~ Case-harden, edge or point with steel.

~2.~ Harden, strengthen, fortify, nerve, brace, make firm.

~Steep~, a. Precipitous, abrupt.

~Steep~, n. Precipice, abrupt declivity.

~Steep~, v. a. Soak, macerate, imbrue, drench, digest, seethe.

~Steeple~, n. Spire, tower, turret.

~Steeple-bush~, n. Hardhack (Spiræa tomentosa).

~Steer~, n. Young ox.

~Steer~, v. a. Direct (as a vessel by the helm), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of.

~Steer~, v. n. ~1.~ Direct one's course.

~2.~ Be directed, be governed.

~Steersman~, n. Helmsman, pilot, guide, conductor.

~Stellar~, a. Astral, starry.

~Stellate~, a. Star-like, radiated, stellular, stellated.

~Stellated~, a. STELLATE.

~Stellular~, a. STELLATE.

~Stem~, n. ~1.~ Trunk (of a tree), main stock.

~2.~ Peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk.

~3.~ Branch, shoot, scion.

~4.~ (Naut.) Forepart (of a ship), prow, beak, bow.

~5.~ (Mus.) Tail (of a note).

~Stem~, v. a. ~1.~ Oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against.

~2.~ Stop, check.

~Stench~, n. Stink, fetor, bad smell, offensive odor.

~Stench-trap~, n. Cesspool, stink-trap.

~Stenographer~, n. Stenographist.

~Stenographist~, n. Stenographer.

~Stenography~, n. Shorthand, tachygraphy, brachygraphy.

~Stentorian~, a. Stunning, deafening, very loud.

~Step~, n. ~1.~ Pace, tread.

~2.~ Stair.

~3.~ Degree, grade, gradation.

~4.~ Advancement, progression.

~5.~ Action, act, deed, proceeding.

~6.~ Measure, means, method, expedient.

~7.~ Round (of a ladder), rundle.

~8.~ Short distance, stone's throw, small space, few steps.

~Step~, v. n. Walk.

~Steppe~, n. Prairie, pampa, savanna.

~Stercoraceous~, a. Fecal.

~Sterile~, a. Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor.

~Sterility~, n. Barrenness, unfruitfulness, fruitlessness, unproductiveness, infecundity.

~Sterling~, a. Genuine, pure, true, real, substantial, positive.

~Stern~, a. ~1.~ Forbidding, austere, severe, rigid.

~2.~ Harsh, cruel, bitter, rigorous, strict, hard, unrelenting, inflexible, uncompromising.

~Stern~, n. Hinder part (of a vessel).

~Sternness~, n. ~1.~ Severity, austerity, rigidity.

~2.~ Harshness, asperity, rigor, inflexibility, cruelty.

~Sternum~, n. (Anat.) Breastbone.

~Sternutation~, n. Sneezing.

~Sternutative~, a. STERNUTATORY.

~Sternutatory~, a. Sternutative, errhine, that produces sneezing.

~Stertorous~, a. Snoring.

~Stew~, v. a. Boil (slowly), seethe, simmer.

~Stew~, v. n. Be boiled (slowly).

~Stew~, n. ~1.~ Brothel, bagnio, bawdy house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Confusion, difficulty, scrape, mess.

~3.~ BOUILLI, stewed meat.

~Steward~, n. ~1.~ Major-domo.

~2.~ Manciple.

~Stibial~, a. Antimonial.

~Stibium~, n. ~1.~ Antimony.

~2.~ STIBNITE.

~Stibnite~, n. Stibium, antimony glance.

~Stich~, n. Line, verse.

~Stick~, n. ~1.~ Rod, switch, birch.

~2.~ Club, bludgeon.

~3.~ Cane, staff.

~4.~ Piece of timber.

~5.~ Stab, thrust.

~Stick~, v. a. ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, transfix, stab, spear, gore.

~2.~ Insert, thrust, infix.

~3.~ Attach, paste, glue, cement.

~4.~ Fix (on something pointed).

~Stick~, v. n. ~1.~ Adhere, cleave, cling, hold, stay fixed.

~2.~ Abide, remain, stop, stay, hold fast, be infixed.

~3.~ Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stickle, be embarrassed, be puzzled.

~Stick at~, Hesitate about, doubt about, be puzzled by.

~Stick by~, Adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stick to.

~Stickle~, v. n. ~1.~ Struggle (pertinaciously and on trifling grounds), contend, altercate.

~2.~ Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick, be puzzled.

~Stickle-back~, n. Prickle-back.

~Stickler~, n. Pertinacious person.

~Stick out~, Project, protrude, be prominent.

~Stick Sulphur~, Cane brimstone, roll sulphur.

~Stick to~, ~1.~ Adhere to, STICK BY.

~2.~ Persevere in.

~Sticky~, a. Adhesive, glutinous, viscous, viscid, tenacious, gluey.

~Stiff~, a. ~1.~ Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible.

~2.~ Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising.

~4.~ Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram.

~5.~ Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt.

~6.~ Strong, fresh.

~Stiff-necked~, a. Stubborn, obdurate, dogged, mulish, headstrong, contumacious, cross-grained, unruly, intractable.

~Stifle~, v. a. ~1.~ Smother, choke, suffocate.

~2.~ Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench.

~3.~ Still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag.

~Stigma~, n. ~1.~ Mark (made with a hot iron), brand.

~2.~ Stain, blot, disgrace, reproach, dishonor.

~Stigmatize~, v. a. ~1.~ Brand, mark with a hot iron.

~2.~ Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, vilify, defame, discredit, brand, post.

~Stiletto~, n. ~1.~ Dagger, dirk, poniard.

~2.~ Bodkin.

~Still~, v. a. ~1.~ Silence, stifle, muffle, hush.

~2.~ Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth.

~Still~, a. ~1.~ Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum.

~2.~ Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly.

~3.~ Motionless, quiescent, at rest.

~Still~, ad. or conj. ~1.~ Yet, till now, to this time.

~2.~ However, nevertheless, notwithstanding.

~3.~ Always, ever, continually, habitually.

~Stilly~, a. Quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, still.

~Stilt~, n. Stilt-bird, long-legged plover (Himantopus melanopterus).

~Stilt-bird~, n. STILT.

~Stilted~, a. Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGH- FALUTIN, on stilts.

~Stimulant~, a. Stimulating, exciting, stimulative.

~Stimulant~, n. ~1.~ Stimulating medicine.

~2.~ Incentive, STIMULUS.

~Stimulate~, v. a. Incite, excite, instigate, animate, awaken, provoke, pique, encourage, inspirit, urge, prompt, goad, rouse, arouse, whet, foment, spur, impel, inflame, fire, kindle, stir up, set on, work up.

~Stimulative~, a. Stimulating, STIMULANT.

~Stimulative~, n. STIMULUS.

~Stimulus~, n. Incentive, spur, goad, incitement, stimulant, provocative, provocation, motive, encouragement.

~Sting~, v. a. ~1.~ Prick, wound, hurt.

~2.~ Afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart.

~Stingy~, a. Niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, miserly, close, mean, covetous, avaricious, sordid, close-fisted.

~Stink~, v. n. Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench.

~Stink~, n. Stench, fetor, FUNK, offensive odor, bad smell.

~Stinkard~, n. Teledu (Mydaus meliceps).

~Stink-stone~, n. Swinestone.

~Stink-trap~, n. Cesspool, stench-trap.

~Stint~, v. a. ~1.~ Limit, bound, restrain, confine.

~2.~ Straiten, pinch, distress, put on short allowance.

~3.~ [U. S.] Assign a task to.

~Stint~, v. n. Stop, cease, desist.

~Stint~, n. ~1.~ Limit, bound, restraint.

~2.~ Quantity assigned.

~3.~ Allotted task.

~Stipe~, n. Stalk (of a pistil), stem (of a mushroom or a fern).

~Stipend~, n. Salary, wages, allowance, pay, hire, compensation, remuneration.

~Stipple~, v. a. Engrave (by dots, instead of lines).

~Stipulate~, v. n. Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide.

~Stipulation~, n. Bargain, agreement, contract, engagement, obligation, covenant, indenture, concordat, pact, convention.

~Stir~, v. a. ~1.~ Move.

~2.~ Agitate, disturb.

~3.~ Discuss, argue, moot.

~4.~ Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on.

~Stir~, v. n. ~1.~ Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self.

~2.~ Be active, be in motion.

~3.~ Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice.

~4.~ [Colloquial.] Rise (from bed in the morning), get up.

~Stir~, n. ~1.~ Movement, activity, bustle, FUSS, hurry, flurry, fidget, ado.

~2.~ Agitation, excitement, confusion, tumult, commotion.

~Stir one's stumps~, [Colloquial.] Hasten, be quick, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet.

~Stirrer up~, Inciter, instigator.

~Stirring~, a. Active, lively, brisk, smart, industrious, diligent.

~Stir up~, Instigate, excite, STIR.

~Stitch~, v. a. ~1.~ Sew, sew together.

~2.~ Make stitches in.

~Stithy~, n. Smithy, smithery, FORGE, smith's shop.

~Stive~, v. a. ~1.~ Stow, stuff close.

~2.~ Make hot, close, or sultry.

~Stoat~, n. Ermine (Mustela erminea), meniver.

~Stock~, n. ~1.~ Trunk (of a tree), stalk, stem.

~2.~ Post, pillar, block, log.

~3.~ Handle (of an instrument), haft.

~4.~ Cravat, neckcloth.

~5.~ Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family.

~6.~ Capital, fund, invested property.

~7.~ Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.

~8.~ Live-stock, domestic animals (on a farm).

~Stock~, v. a. ~1.~ Store, supply, furnish, fill.

~2.~ Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by.

~Stock-dove~, n. Wild pigeon (of Europe), wood-pigeon (Columba ænas).

~Stockholder~, n. Shareholder.

~Stockish~, a. Stupid, blockish, STOLID.

~Stock-jobber~, n. Speculator in stocks, trader in stocks.

~Stocks~, n. pl. ~1.~ Funds (invested in joint-stock enterprises or in the obligations of a Government), public funds, public securities.

~2.~ Shares (in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a Government).

~Stock-still~, a. Stone-still, perfectly still.

~Stocky~, a. [Colloquial.] Stout, plump, chubbed, stubby, STUMPY, short and thick.

~Stoic~, n. Follower of Zeno, stoical philosopher.

~Stoic~, a. Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoical~, a. Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoicism~, n. ~1.~ Stoical philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~2.~ Apathy, insensibility, coolness, indifference, coldness, phlegm, cold blood.

~Stolen~, a. ~1.~ Purloined, pilfered, taken wrongfully.

~2.~ Furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, secret, sly.

~Stolid~, a. Stupid, dull, heavy, doltish, slow, foolish, blockish, obtuse, stockish.

~Stolidity~, n. Stupidity, dullness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness.

~Stolidness~, n. STOLIDITY.

~Stoma~, n. [Gr. pl. Stomata.] ~1.~ Pore (in plants).

~2.~ Breathing-hole (in articulate animals).

~Stomach~, n. ~1.~ Appetite.

~2.~ Inclination, desire, taste, liking.

~Stomach~, v. a. Brook, endure, bear, suffer, put up with.

~Stomachal~, a. STOMACHIC.

~Stomachic~, n. Cordial, medicine for the stomach, stomachal.

~Stomachic~, a. Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stomachical~, a. Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stone~, n. ~1.~ ROCK, PEBBLE.

~2.~ Gem, jewel, precious stone.

~3.~ Nut (of a drupe).

~4.~ Vesical calculus.

~5.~ Testicle.

~6.~ Monumental tablet.

~Stone~, v. a. ~1.~ Pelt with stones.

~2.~ Face with stone, line with stone.

~3.~ Free from stones.

~Stone-bed~, n. Quarry, stone-pit.

~Stone-blind~, a. Totally blind.

~Stone-coal~, n. Anthracite, blind-coal, glance-coal, hard-coal.

~Stone-cold~, a. Cold as stone.

~Stone-curlew~, n. Stone-plover (Œdicnemus crepitans).

~Stone-fruit~, n. Drupe.

~Stone-pit~, n. Quarry, stone-bed.

~Stone-plover~, n. STONE-CURLEW.

~Stone's cast~, n. STONE'S THROW.

~Stone's throw~, n. Stone's cast, short distance, few steps.

~Stone-still~, a. STOCK-STILL.

~Stone-weed~, n. Red-root (Lithospermum arvense).

~Stony-hearted~, a. Cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, remorseless, hard- hearted.

~Stook~, n. Shock (of corn), hattock.

~Stool~, n. ~1.~ Seat (without a back).

~2.~ Discharge (from the bowels), evacuation.

~3.~ [Local, U. S.] Decoy-bird.

~Stool-pigeon~, n. ~1.~ Decoy-pigeon.

~2.~ [U. S.] Decoy-rogue (employed by the police).

~Stoop~, v. n. ~1.~ Couch, bend forward, bend down, lean forward.

~2.~ Cower, yield, submit, succumb, surrender, knuckle, give in.

~3.~ Condescend, deign, vouchsafe.

~4.~ Swoop, descend, come down, bear down.

~5.~ Sink, fall.

~Stoop~, v. a. Lower, abase, bow, bend down, bend forward.

~Stoop~, n. ~1.~ Condescension.

~2.~ Swoop, descent.

~3.~ Flagon, bowl.

~4.~ [U. S.] Door-steps, porch.

~Stop~, v. a. ~1.~ Close, close up.

~2.~ HINDER, repress, restrain, suppress, obstruct, stay, intercept, preclude, thwart, impede, interrupt, block, blockade, barricade, check, bring to a stand-still, lay an embargo on.

~3.~ Leave, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, make an end of.

~4.~ Suspend, arrest, intermit, discontinue, quiet, put an end to.

~Stop~, v. n. ~1.~ Be at a stand-still, come to a stand, come to a stand-still, come to a dead lock, cease progress, halt, stand still, lie by, LIE TO.

~2.~ Cease, desist, forbear, leave off, break off.

~3.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Tarry, stay, lodge, take lodgings, have lodgings.

~Stop~, n. ~1.~ Pause, rest, intermission.

~2.~ Interruption, repression, obstruction, hinderance, obstacle, check, impediment.

~3.~ Point, mark of punctuation.

~Stop-cock~, n. Cock, tap.

~Stoppage~, n. Obstruction, hinderance, interruption, prevention.

~Stopper~, n. Stopple, plug.

~Stopple~, n. Stopper, plug.

~Store~, n. ~1.~ Stock, supply.

~2.~ Abundance, plenty, great quantity, great number.

~3.~ Warehouse, magazine, store-house, repository, depot.

~4.~ Shop.

~Store~, v. a. ~1.~ Garner, hoard, husband, deposit, save, reserve, treasure up, lay in, lay up, lay by, set by, store up, lay in store.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock, replenish, provide.

~Store-house~, n. Magazine, warehouse, repository, depot, store.

~Storge~, n. [Gr.] Parental love, instinctive affection (for offspring).

~Storm~, n. ~1.~ Tempest, gale, SQUALL, hurricane, TORNADO, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow).

~2.~ Disturbance, agitation, commotion, tumult, turmoil, clamor, sedition, insurrection, outbreak.

~3.~ Calamity, adversity, distress.

~4.~ Attack, assault, onslaught, onset, first brunt.

~Storm~, v. a. Attack (with violence, as a fortification), assault.

~Storm~, v. n. ~1.~ Blow violently (with or without rain, hail, or snow).

~2.~ Rage, fume.

~Storminess~, n. Tempestuousness, inclemency, roughness.

~Stormy~, a. ~1.~ Tempestuous, windy, gusty, squally, boisterous, blustering.

~2.~ Violent, passionate, rough.

~Stormy petrel~, Mother Carey's chicken (Procellaria pelagica).

~Story~, n. ~1.~ History.

~2.~ Narration, narrative, recital, relation, rehearsal, account, statement, tale.

~3.~ Fiction, fable, romance, novel.

~4.~ [Colloquial.] Falsehood, untruth, lie.

~5.~ Floor, loft.

~Stout~, a. ~1.~ Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, able-bodied.

~2.~ Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable.

~3.~ Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case.

~Stout-hearted~, a. Brave, valiant, valorous, courageous, resolute, gallant, intrepid, fearless, heroic, manly.

~Stove-pipe~, n. Funnel.

~Stow~, v. a. Pack, stuff, stive, wedge in, put in compactly.

~Strabism~, n. Squinting, STRABISMUS.

~Strabismus~, n. Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision.

~Straddle~, v. a. Bestride.

~Straggle~, v. n. Rove, ramble, stray, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray.

~Straggler~, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Straggling~, a. ~1.~ Roving, rambling, straying, strolling, wandering.

~2.~ Scattered, occurring here and there.

~3.~ Isolated, solitary.

~Strahlstein~, n. Actinolite, ray-stone.

~Straight~, a. ~1.~ Rectilinear, direct, short, near, right, undeviating, not crooked, not curved.

~2.~ Vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular.

~3.~ Just, fair, honorable, straightforward.

~Straight~, ad. Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, at once, without delay.

~Straight-edge~, n. Strike, strickle.

~Straighten~, v. a. Make straight.

~Straightforward~, a. ~1.~ Direct, undeviating, STRAIGHT.

~2.~ Honest, honorable, equitable, fair, just, square, even-handed.

~Straightforward~, ad. Directly, in a straight line, without turning to the right or to the left.

~Straightway~, ad. STRAIGHT, immediately.

~Strain~, v. a. ~1.~ Stretch, draw tightly.

~2.~ Wrench, sprain.

~3.~ Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength.

~4.~ Pervert (from the true intent), push too far.

~5.~ Force, constrain, compel.

~6.~ Filter, purify (by filtration).

~Strain~, v. n. ~1.~ Try hard, make great efforts.

~2.~ Percolate, filter, be filtered, be strained.

~Strain~, n. ~1.~ Extreme tension.

~2.~ Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.

~3.~ Sprain, wrench.

~4.~ Tune, melody, movement.

~5.~ Poem, lay, song, sonnet.

~6.~ Style, manner.

~Strait~, a. ~1.~ Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not wide.

~2.~ Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.

~Strait~, n. ~1.~ Narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrows.

~2.~ Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation.

~Straiten~, v. a. ~1.~ Confine, limit, constrict, contract.

~2.~ Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.

~3.~ Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.

~Straitened~, a. Distressed, perplexed, embarrassed.

~Strait-jacket~, n. Strait-waistcoat.

~Straight-laced~, a. Strict, rigid, formal, stiff, stern, rigorous, austere, uncompromising.

~Strait-waistcoat~, n. Strait-jacket.

~Strake~, n. (Ship building.) Streak, range of planks (on the side of a vessel).

~Stramonium~, n. Thorn-apple, stramony, Jamestown weed, apple Peru (Datura stramonium).

~Stramony~, n. STRAMONIUM.

~Strand~, n. Beach, shore, coast, seaboard, seacoast.

~Stranded~, a. Aground, ashore, wrecked, cast away.

~Strand~, v. n. Run aground, get ashore, be wrecked, be cast away.

~Strange~, a. ~1.~ Foreign, outlandish, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ New, novel, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, anomalous, singular, rare, irregular, extraordinary, wonderful, inexplicable, exceptional, unique, PRETERNATURAL, unheard of, out of the way.

~3.~ Odd, eccentric, queer, peculiar, BIZARRE.

~Stranger~, n. ~1.~ Foreigner, alien.

~2.~ Guest, visitor.

~Stranger~, a. ~1.~ Foreign, alien.

~2.~ Unacquainted, unknown.

~Strangle~, v. a. Choke, throttle, suffocate.

~Strap~, n. ~1.~ Thong.

~2.~ Strop, razor-strap, razor-strop.

~3.~ Ligature, tie, band.

~Strap~, v. a. ~1.~ Whip (with a strap).

~2.~ Bind (with a strap), fasten.

~3.~ Strop, sharpen (on a strap).

~Strapper~, n. [Colloquial.] Large person, giant, BOUNCER.

~Strapping~, a. [Colloquial.] Large, huge, vast, BOUNCING, portly, burly, stout, lusty, stalwart, gigantic, Herculean.

~Strata~, n. pl. [L. sing. Stratum.] Layers (as of rocks), beds.

~Stratagem~, n. Artifice, device, manœuvre, intrigue, wile, trick, fetch, finesse, ruse, dodge, crafty device, artful contrivance, stroke of policy.

~Strategetic~, a. Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetical~, a. Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetics~, n. pl. STRATEGY, generalship.

~Strategic~, a. Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategical~, a. Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategy~, n. Generalship, strategetics, tactics, military science.

~Stratified~, a. In strata, in layers.

~Stratum~, n. [L. pl. Strata.] Layer, bed.

~Straw~, n. Stalk (of grain after being thrashed).

~Stray~, v. n. ~1.~ Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.

~2.~ Swerve (from rectitude), err.

~Stray~, n. Estray.

~Stray~, a. [Colloquial.] Straying, wandering, gone astray.

~Strayer~, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, stroller, vagrant, straggler, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Streak~, n. ~1.~ Stripe.

~2.~ STRAKE.

~Streak~, v. a. Stripe.

~Streaked~, a. Striped, streaky.

~Streaky~, a. Striped, streaked.

~Stream~, n. ~1.~ Current, course, flow, rush, tide.

~2.~ River, rivulet, brook, run.

~Stream~, v. n. ~1.~ Flow, run, glide, pour.

~2.~ Issue, radiate, go forth.

~3.~ Extend, stretch out.

~Streamer~, n. Pennon, banner, flag, ensign, standard, colors.

~Streamlet~, n. Rill, brook, rivulet, runlet, runnel, run, BURN, small stream.

~Street~, n. Road, highway, public way.

~Street-walker~, n. STRUMPET, whore.

~Strength~, n. ~1.~ Power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve.

~2.~ Tenacity, toughness, solidity.

~3.~ Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness.

~4.~ Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution.

~5.~ Validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness.

~6.~ Vigor (of style), energy, nervous diction.

~7.~ Support, security, stay.

~Strengthen~, v. a. ~1.~ Fortify, brace, harden, steel, nerve, make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to.

~2.~ Intensify, make more intense.

~3.~ Invigorate, animate, impart health to.

~4.~ Confirm, corroborate, establish, justify, sustain, support.

~Strengthen~, v. n. Grow strong.

~Strengthening~, a. ~1.~ Fortifying, bracing.

~2.~ Invigorating, roborant, tonic.

~Strenuous~, a. Zealous, ardent, earnest, active, vigorous, resolute, energetic.

~Strenuously~, ad. Earnestly, ardently, vigorously, zealously, resolutely, energetically, actively, with all one's might, with might and main, tooth and nail, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS, HAMMER AND TONGS, through thick and thin, through fire and water.

~Stress~, n. ~1.~ Force, strain.

~2.~ Pressure, urgency.

~3.~ Importance, significance, weight.

~4.~ EMPHASIS, ACCENT.

~Stretch~, v. a. ~1.~ Strain, tighten, make tense.

~2.~ Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.

~3.~ Reach, stretch forth, hold out.

~4.~ Spread, expand, unfold, display.

~5.~ Exaggerate, extend too far.

~Stretch~, v. n. Extend, reach, be drawn out.

~Stretch~, n. ~1.~ Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.

~2.~ Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.

~Stretch forth~, Reach, hold out.

~Strew~, v. a. ~1.~ Scatter, spread.

~2.~ Cover, overspread.

~Stria~, n. [L. pl. Striæ.] Furrow, groove, channel.

~Striate~, a. Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Striated~, a. Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Stricken~, a. ~1.~ Struck, smitten, wounded, afflicted.

~2.~ Advanced (in years), far gone.

~Stricken hour~, Whole hour, entire hour.

~Strickle~, n. Strike, straight-edge.

~Strict~, a. ~1.~ Tight, strained.

~2.~ Exact, accurate, precise, very nice.

~3.~ Severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced.

~Stricture~, n. ~1.~ Animadversion, censure, criticism, critique, critical remark.

~2.~ (Med.) Contraction (of some duct, as the œsophagus).

~Stride~, n. Long step.

~Stride~, v. n. Take long steps.

~Stride~, v. a. Bestride.

~Stridor~, n. [L.] Grating, creaking, jarring, harsh sound.

~Stridulous~, a. Grating, harsh, creaking.

~Strife~, n. Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel.

~Strike~, v. a. ~1.~ Smite, beat, hit, knock, slap, bump, pound, give a blow to.

~2.~ Cast, dash, hurl.

~3.~ Impress, imprint, stamp, coin, mint.

~4.~ Thrust, force, drive, impel.

~5.~ Deal, inflict, give.

~6.~ Cause (by a sudden impulse), produce.

~7.~ Impress (suddenly), affect.

~8.~ Lower (as a sail), take down, haul down.

~Strike~, v. n. ~1.~ Deal a blow.

~2.~ Hit, clash, dash, collide, touch, come in contact.

~3.~ Sound (by percussion).

~4.~ Dart, penetrate, pass quickly, shoot.

~5.~ Yield, surrender, strike the flag.

~6.~ [Modern.] Rebel, mutiny, rise, quit work (in order to extort higher wages).

~Strike at~, Attempt to strike, aim a blow at, try to hit.

~Strike~, n. ~1.~ Stroke.

~2.~ Strickle, straight-edge.

~3.~ Suspension of work (in order to extort higher wages), turn-out.

~Strike for~, Start suddenly for, make for, move toward, go toward.

~Strike hands with~, Agree with, make a bargain with.

~Strike home~, Deal an effective blow.

~Strike in~, ~1.~ Enter suddenly.

~2.~ Interpose, interrupt.

~3.~ Disappear (from the surface).

~Strike in with~, Side with, take part with, conform to.

~Strike off~, ~1.~ Cut off (by a blow).

~2.~ Erase (from an account), strike out.

~3.~ Print (as copies of a book).

~Strike out~, [Active.] ~1.~ Produce (by a blow), force out.

~2.~ Erase, efface, strike off.

~3.~ Devise, contrive, invent, plan.

~Strike out~, [Neuter.] Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion.

~Strike the iron while it is hot~, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.

~Strike up~, ~1.~ Begin to beat (as drums).

~2.~ Begin to play or sing.

~Striking~, a. Affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING.

~String~, n. ~1.~ Line, cord, thread, twine, CHORD.

~2.~ Row, file, series, concatenation.

~String~, v. a. ~1.~ File, put on a string.

~2.~ Set in a row, put in line.

~3.~ Strengthen, fortify, make firm.

~Stringent~, a. ~1.~ Binding, contracting.

~2.~ STRICT, rigid, severe, rigorous.

~String-halt~, n. Spring-halt.

~Stringy~, a. ~1.~ Fibrous, filamentous.

~2.~ Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby.

~Strip~, v. a. ~1.~ Tear off, pull off, strip off.

~2.~ Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare.

~3.~ Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute.

~4.~ Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay waste.

~5.~ Milk dry.

~Strip~, v. n. Undress, uncover, take off the clothes.

~Strip~, n. Piece (long and narrow, torn off), slip, shred.

~Stripe~, v. a. Streak.

~Stripe~, n. ~1.~ Streak.

~2.~ Stroke (with a lash), blow.

~3.~ Wale, mark of the lash.

~Striped~, a. Streaked.

~Striped alder~, Witch-hazel.

~Striped squirrel~, Hackee, chipmunk.

~Stripling~, n. Lad, boy, youth, youngster, school-boy, YOUNKER.

~Strippings~, n. pl. Strokings.

~Strip off~, Strip, tear off, pull off.

~Strive~, v. n. ~1.~ Labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self out.

~2.~ Contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a contest.

~3.~ [Poetical.] Vie, compare, be comparable.

~Stroke~, n. ~1.~ Blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump.

~2.~ Attack, shock.

~3.~ Affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation.

~4.~ Touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect.

~Stroke~, v. a. Rub gently (with the hands, in one direction).

~Strokings~, n. pl. Strippings.

~Stroll~, v. n. Wander, ramble, rove, roam, straggle, stray, range, wander about, stray about.

~Stroll~, n. Ramble, walk, promenade, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving.

~Stroller~, n. Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, straggler, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Strolling~, a. Wandering, roving, vagrant, nomadic.

~Strong~, a. ~1.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, athletic, brawny, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, Herculean, able-bodied, hale, healthy, hardy, stout.

~2.~ Able, capable, efficient, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant.

~3.~ Firm, solid, compact, impregnable, well fortified.

~4.~ Energetic, active, vivid, intense.

~5.~ Violent, impetuous, vehement.

~6.~ Pungent, piquant, biting, sharp, racy, spicy, hot, peppery, high- seasoned, high-flavored.

~7.~ Tenacious, tough, cohesive, resisting, stubborn.

~8.~ Cogent, forcible, impressive, conclusive, persuasive.

~9.~ Ardent, eager, zealous, hearty, earnest.

~10.~ Alcoholic (in a high degree), intoxicating.

~Strong-box~, n. Coffer (for money), safe, money-chest.

~Stronghold~, n. Fort, fortress, castle, citadel, fortification, fastness, keep, bulwark, donjon, muniment, fortified place.

~Strong-scented~, a. STRONG-SMELLING.

~Strong-smelling~, a. Rank, FROWZY, fetid, strong-scented.

~Strop~, n. Strap, razor-strap, razor-strop.

~Strop~, v. a. Strap, sharpen (on a strap).

~Strow~, v. a. ~1.~ Strew, scatter, spread.

~2.~ Cover, overspread.

~Structure~, n. ~1.~ Construction, make, form, arrangement, conformation, configuration, contexture, texture, mode of building, manner of making.

~2.~ Edifice, fabric, building, erection, pile.

~Struggle~, v. n. ~1.~ Strive, labor, toil, endeavor, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best.

~2.~ Contend, contest, fight, have a contest.

~Struggle~, n. ~1.~ Labor, endeavor, effort, exertion, pains.

~2.~ Contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight.

~Strum~, v. a. Thrum, play, play upon.

~Struma~, n. ~1.~ (Med.) Scrofula, king's evil.

~2.~ (Bot.) Swelling, protuberance.

~Strumose~, a. Scrofulous.

~Strumous~, a. Scrofulous.

~Strumpet~, n. Harlot, prostitute, whore, courtesan, punk, wench, drab, Cyprian, street-walker, night-walker, woman of the town, woman of ill fame.

~Strut~, v. n. Walk (pompously), swell.

~Strut~, n. ~1.~ Pompous walk.

~2.~ (Arch.) Brace.

~Strychnia~, n. Strychnine.

~Strychnine~, n. Strychnia.

~Stub~, n. Stump.

~Stub~, v. a. ~1.~ Eradicate, grub up, extirpate.

~2.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Strike (as the toes, against a stump, stone, &c.).

~Stubbed~, a. Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubby, short and thick.

~Stubborn~, a. Obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, positive, contumacious, refractory, perverse, headstrong, cantankerous, wilful, dogged, mulish, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, intractable, indocile, heady, cross-grained, obdurate, stiff, pig-headed.

~Stubby~, a. Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubbed, STUMPY, short and thick.

~Stucco~, v. a. Cover with stucco.

~Stucco~, n. Plaster (for covering walls and ceilings), mortar, cement.

~Stud~, n. ~1.~ Post, prop.

~2.~ Knob (for ornament), boss.

~3.~ Button (for a shirt-bosom).

~Student~, n. Scholar, pupil, learner.

~Stud-horse~, n. Stallion, breeding horse.

~Studio~, n. Workshop (of an artist).

~Studious~, a. ~1.~ Meditative, reflective, contemplative, given to study, thoughtful.

~2.~ Diligent, assiduous, eager, zealous.

~Studious of~, Careful of, attentive to, interested in.

~Study~, n. ~1.~ Research, inquiry, investigation, close attention.

~2.~ Meditation, thought, reflection, cogitation, studious mood, contemplation.

~3.~ Subject of attention.

~Study~, v. n. ~1.~ Meditate, muse, reflect, cogitate, think, ponder, apply the mind.

~2.~ Be eager, be zealous, try hard, do one's best.

~Study~, v. a. ~1.~ Learn, apply the mind to.

~2.~ Investigate, examine, scrutinize, contemplate, ponder, weigh, sift, search into, meditate on, think about, reflect upon, inquire into, consider attentively, revolve in the mind.

~Stuff~, n. ~1.~ Material, matter, substance, raw material.

~2.~ Cloth, textile fabric.

~3.~ Mixture, medicine, potion.

~4.~ Trash, nonsense, absurdity, folly, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude, flummery.

~Stuff~, v. a. ~1.~ Cram, stow, pack, fill full.

~2.~ Press, crowd, squeeze.

~3.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Flatter, cajole, wheedle, coax, coddle.

~Stuff~, v. n. Cram, eat greedily.

~Stuffing~, n. ~1.~ Filling full.

~2.~ Dressing, force-meat.

~Stuffy~, a. [Scottish.] Stout, resolute.

~2.~ [Colloquial, U. S.] Angry (and obstinate), sulky, moody, irate, ireful, wrathful.

~Stultify~, v. a. Make foolish, prove foolish, make a fool of.

~Stumble~, v. n. ~1.~ Trip, miss one's footing, make a false step.

~2.~ Err, do wrong.

~Stumble~, n. ~1.~ Trip, false step.

~2.~ Error, blunder, failure.

~Stumble on~, Fall upon (by chance), light upon, come upon, strike upon.

~Stumbling-block~, n. Hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, barrier, difficulty, impediment, lion in the way.

~Stump~, n. Stub.

~Stump~, v. a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Challenge, dare.

~Stump it~, [Colloquial, U. S.] Take the stump, make electioneering speeches.

~Stumpy~, a. ~1.~ Full of stumps.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Stubby, dumpy, squat, short and thick.

~Stun~, v. a. ~1.~ Make senseless (by a blow).

~2.~ Stupefy, confound, bewilder.

~3.~ Deafen, make deaf.

~Stunning~, a. ~1.~ Deafening, stentorian, very loud.

~2.~ [Colloquial.] Striking, astonishing, wonderful.

~Stunt~, v. a. Dwarf, stop the growth of, hinder from growth.

~Stunted~, a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean.

~Stupe~, n. Fomentation, sweating bath.

~Stupe~, v. a. Foment, bathe with warm lotions.

~Stupefaction~, n. ~1.~ Lethargy, stupor, numbness.

~2.~ Insensibility, dulness, obtuseness, torpor, stupidity.

~Stupefactive~, a. Stupefying, narcotic.

~Stupefy~, v. a. Dull, blunt, benumb, muddle, hebetate, make stupid, make dull, make torpid.

~Stupefying~, a. Stupefactive, narcotic.

~Stupendous~, a. Astonishing, surprising, amazing, wonderful, wondrous, marvellous.

~Stupid~, a. ~1.~ Senseless, witless, dull, obtuse, foolish, DAFT, sluggish, insensible, brutish, insensate, muddy, muddy-brained, muddy- headed, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.

~2.~ Unentertaining, prosaic, pointless, prosy, flat, heavy, insipid, tame, vapid, bald, uninteresting, humdrum.

~3.~ Stupefied, drowsy, torpid, heavy, comatose, lethargic, morbidly sleepy.

~Stupidity~, n. ~1.~ Dulness, obtuseness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension.

~2.~ Lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest.

~3.~ Stupor, lethargy, torpor, COMA, stupefaction, morbid drowsiness.

~Stupor~, n. Lethargy, torpor, numbness, stupefaction, COMA.

~Stupration~, n. [Rare.] Ravishment, ravishing, rape, defloration, violation, constupration.

~Sturdy~, a. ~1.~ Bold (from coarseness or rudeness), obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, firm, stiff.

~2.~ Strong, lusty, robust, stout, stalwart, athletic, brawny, muscular.

~Stutter~, v. n. Stammer, hesitate, falter.

~Sty~, n. ~1.~ Hog-sty, pig-sty.

~2.~ Tumor (on the edge of the eyelid).

~3.~ Place of debauchery.

~Stygian~, a. Hellish, infernal, diabolical.

~Style~, n. ~1.~ Diction, phraseology, mode of expression, mode of speech, turn of expression, manner of writing.

~2.~ Manner, method, mode, way, form, fashion, cast, pattern.

~3.~ Title, appellation, name, designation, denomination, mode of address.

~4.~ Gnomon (of a dial).

~Style~, v. a. Denominate, name, designate, call, term, dub, christen.

~Stylet~, n. (Surgery.) Specillum.

~Stylish~, a. [Colloquial.] Fashionable, modish, genteel, courtly, polished, in fashion, in vogue, À LA MODE, having a run, the rage.

~Styptic~, n. Astringent (to stop bleeding).

~Styptic~, a. Astringent, binding, contracting.

~Styptical~, a. Astringent, binding, contracting.

~Suant~, a. [Local Eng. and U. S. Written also Suent.] ~1.~ Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.

~2.~ Easy, quiet.

~Suasion~, n. PERSUASION.

~Suasory~, a. Persuasive.

~Suavity~, n. Sweetness (of temper or of manner), urbanity, amenity, civility, politeness, courtesy, decorum, gentleness, mildness, pleasantness, agreeableness, complaisance, affability, amiability, obliging manner, good manners, good breeding.

~Subacid~, a. Slightly acid, somewhat acid, somewhat sour, sourish.

~Subaltern~, a. Inferior, subordinate.

~Subdivision~, n. ~1.~ Division, dividing, ramification.

~2.~ Part, portion, piece, fraction, section.

~Subdue~, v. a. ~1.~ Conquer, subjugate, vanquish, beat, crush, defeat, rout, discomfit, worst, overpower, overcome, overbear, overwhelm, master, choke, foil, quell, surmount, get the better of, get the upper hand of, put down, beat down.

~2.~ Tame, HAVE ON THE HIP, subject, control, make submissive, bring under rule.

~Subduer~, n. ~1.~ Conqueror, vanquisher, victor.

~2.~ Tamer.

~Subject~, v. a. ~1.~ Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate.

~2.~ Enslave, inthrall.

~3.~ Expose, make liable.

~4.~ Submit, refer.

~Subject~, a. ~1.~ Subservient, subjected, in bondage, under the lash, under one's thumb, under one's command, at one's command, at one's beck or call, at one's mercy.

~2.~ Submissive, obedient.

~3.~ Exposed, liable.

~Subject~, n. ~1.~ Dependent, subordinate.

~2.~ Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand.

~3.~ Hero, person treated of.

~4.~ Nominative, nominative case.

~5.~ Corpse, dead body, carcass.

~Subjection~, n. Dependence, subordination, subserviency.

~Subjective~, a. Mental, spiritual, ideal, psychological, metaphysical.

~Subject-matter~, n. SUBJECT, topic.

~Subjoin~, v. a. Add (at the end), annex, affix, suffix, postfix.

~Sub judice~, [L.] Under consideration, not yet decided.

~Subjugate~, v. a. CONQUER, vanquish, subdue, overcome, beat, overpower, overbear, overthrow, master, subject.

~Subjugation~, n. Conquest, mastery, subjection.

~Subjugator~, n. Conqueror, victor, enslaver.

~Sublet~, v. a. Underlet.

~Sublimate~, v. a. ~1.~ (Chem.) SUBLIME.

~2.~ Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.

~Sublimation~, n. ~1.~ Vaporization (of a solid, to be again condensed).

~2.~ Refinement, exaltation, elevation.

~Sublime~, a. ~1.~ High, elevated.

~2.~ Exalted (in excellence or dignity), great, noble, grand, lofty, dignified, stately, majestic.

~Sublime~, v. a. ~1.~ Vaporize (as a solid, to be again condensed), sublimate.

~2.~ Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.

~Sublime Porte~, Turkish court, Porte.

~Sublimity~, n. Grandeur, greatness, nobleness, loftiness, exaltation.

~Sublunary~, a. Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, of this world.

~Submerge~, v. a. Immerse, inundate, deluge, flood, overflow, overwhelm, drown, plunge, sink, submerse, put under water (or other liquid).

~Submerse~, v. a. SUBMERGE.

~Submission~, n. ~1.~ Surrender, cession, yielding.

~2.~ Obedience, resignation, compliance, acquiescence, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, humility, humiliation, self-abasement.

~3.~ Endurance, sufferance, long-sufferance, forbearance, fortitude.

~Submissive~, a. ~1.~ Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile.

~2.~ Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long- suffering.

~3.~ Humble, meek, lowly, profound.

~Submissiveness~, n. ~1.~ Pliancy, docility.

~2.~ Obedience, submission, resignation, compliance, passiveness, non- resistance.

~3.~ Humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness, self-abasement.

~Submit~, v. a. ~1.~ Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up.

~2.~ Refer, commit.

~Submit~, v. n. Yield, surrender, succumb, knuckle, stoop, crouch, give up, knock under, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

~Submit to~, Endure, tolerate, put up with, bear with, reconcile one's self to, be reconciled to, make the best of.

~Subordinate~, a. Inferior, subservient, subject, ancillary, minor, secondary.

~Subordinate~, n. Inferior, dependant.

~Subordinate~, v. a. Subject, make subordinate, make subservient.

~Subordination~, n. Subjection, subserviency.

~Suborn~, v. a. ~1.~ Procure indirectly.

~2.~ (Law.) Bribe (to commit perjury), bribe to take a false oath.

~Sub rosa~, [L.] Privately, secretly, confidentially, in confidence, under the rose, between ourselves, between you and me, ENTRE NOUS.

~Subscribe~, v. a. ~1.~ Sign, set one's name to, affix one's signature to.

~2.~ Promise to contribute.

~Subscribe~, v. n. ~1.~ Sign one's name (in token of consent).

~2.~ Agree, consent, assent, give consent, yield assent.

~3.~ Enter one's name (for a newspaper, &c.).

~4.~ Promise to contribute.

~Subsequent~, a. Following, succeeding, posterior.

~Subserve~, v. a. Promote, forward, further, serve, help forward, be subservient to, pander to, minister to.

~Subservience~, n. ~1.~ Subordination, inferiority.

~2.~ Usefulness, helpfulness.

~Subserviency~, n. ~1.~ Subordination, inferiority.

~2.~ Usefulness, helpfulness.

~Subservient~, a. ~1.~ Subordinate, inferior, subject.

~2.~ Useful, helpful, serviceable, conducive, subsidiary, ancillary, instrumental.

~Subside~, v. n. ~1.~ Sink, settle.

~2.~ Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less.

~Subsidence~, n. ~1.~ Sinking, settling.

~2.~ Decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb.

~Subsidiary~, a. Assistant, auxiliary, co-operating, subservient.

~Subsidize~, v. a. Supply with a subsidy.

~Subsidy~, n. Pecuniary aid (granted by one government to another).

~Subsist~, v. n. ~1.~ Exist, be, live.

~2.~ [Rare.] Remain, abide, continue.

~3.~ Be supported, obtain a livelihood, get a living.

~Subsist~, v. a. Feed, victual, ration, support, maintain.

~Subsistence~, n. ~1.~ Real being.

~2.~ Support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, viands, provision, victuals, meat, rations, grub, PROG, FEED, FORAGE.

~3.~ Inherence.

~Subsistent~, a. ~1.~ Substantial, really existing.

~2.~ Inherent.

~Substance~, n. ~1.~ Substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence.

~2.~ Meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.

~3.~ Body, matter, material, texture, stuff.

~4.~ Property, wealth, means, estate.

~Substantial~, a. ~1.~ Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance.

~2.~ True, positive, not imaginary.

~3.~ Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive.

~4.~ Responsible (pecuniarily), moderately wealthy.

~Substantials~, n. pl. Essential or material parts.

~Substantiate~, v. a. Establish, verify, prove, confirm, corroborate, ratify, make good.

~Substantiation~, n. Confirmation, corroboration, establishment, evidence, proof, ratification.

~Substantive~, n. (Gram.) Noun, name.

~Substitute~, v. a. Exchange, commute, put in the place of.

~Substitute~, n. ~1.~ Proxy, lieutenant, agent, deputy, LOCUM TENENS.

~2.~ Makeshift, temporary expedient.

~Substitution~, n. Exchange, COMMUTATION.

~Substratum~, n. Principle, element, groundwork, underlying substance, fundamental or primordial substance.

~Substructure~, n. Foundation.

~Subterfuge~, n. Evasion, excuse, shift, artifice, trick, quirk, shuffle, pretence, pretext, mask.

~Subterranean~, a. Underground, subterrene.

~Subterraneous~, a. Underground, subterrene.

~Subterrene~, a. SUBTERRANEAN.

~Subtile~, a. ~1.~ Rare, thin, light, airy, ethereal, sublimated, not dense, not gross.

~2.~ Delicate, fine, slender, nice, not coarse.

~Subtileness~, n. SUBTILTY.

~Subtilize~, v. a. ~1.~ Etherealize, make thin, light, or airy.

~2.~ Refine excessively, make over-nice.

~Subtilize~, v. n. Refine, be over-nice.

~Subtilty~, n. ~1.~ Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness.

~2.~ Fineness, slenderness, exility.

~3.~ Refinement, extreme nicety.

~Subtle~, a. ~1.~ Crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, arch, astute, designing, intriguing, insinuating, crooked, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~2.~ Acute, keen, shrewd, sagacious, deep, profound.

~Subtleness~, n. SUBTLETY.

~Subtlety~, n. ~1.~ Craft, craftiness, cunning, artifice, astuteness, artfulness, subtleness, guile.

~2.~ Acuteness, acumen, keenness, shrewdness, discernment, intelligence, cleverness, sagacity.

~Subtract~, v. a. Deduct, withdraw, take, take away.

~Subtraction~, n. Deduction.

~Subulate~, a. Awl-shaped.

~Subulated~, a. Awl-shaped.

~Suburbs~, n. pl. Environs, outskirts, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, confines, FAUBOURGS.

~Subvention~, n. Government bounty, government aid.

~Subversion~, n. ~1.~ Overturn, inversion.

~2.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition, ruin.

~Subversive~, a. Destructive, tending to the overthrow.

~Subvert~, v. a. ~1.~ Overturn, overset, invert, turn upside down.

~2.~ Destroy, ruin, overthrow, demolish, raze.

~Succedaneum~, n. Substitute.

~Succeed~, v. a. ~1.~ Follow, come after, be subsequent to.

~2.~ Take the place of, assume the office of.

~Succeed~, v. n. ~1.~ Follow, ensue, come afterwards, come subsequently.

~2.~ Prosper, flourish, prevail, thrive, hit, make a hit, come on, be successful, meet with success, go on well, go on swimmingly, have a run of luck, hit the right nail on the head, turn up trumps, have the game in one's hands.

~Succeed to~, ~1.~ Follow, succeed, come after.

~2.~ Take the place of, assume the authority of.

~Success~, n. ~1.~ Issue, result.

~2.~ Prosperity, luck, good fortune, good luck, lucky hit, fortunate hit, prosperous issue.

~Successful~, a. Prosperous, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, felicitous.

~Succession~, n. ~1.~ Sequence, consecution.

~2.~ Series, suite, progression, chain, concatenation.

~3.~ Lineage, race, line of descendants.

~4.~ (Mus.) Notes of melody (as distinguished from chords of harmony).

~Successive~, a. Consecutive.

~Successor~, n. Follower.

~Succinct~, n. Short, brief, concise, laconic, terse, compact, compendious, condensed, pithy, summary, curt.

~Succor~, v. a. ~1.~ Aid, assist, help, relieve.

~2.~ Cherish, foster, encourage, nurse.

~Succor~, n. Relief, aid, assistance, help, support, helping hand.

~Succory~, n. Chiccory.

~Succulence~, n. Juiciness.

~Succulency~, n. Juiciness.

~Succulent~, a. Juicy, sappy, lush, full of juice.

~Succumb~, v. n. Yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way.

~Such~, a. ~1.~ Like, similar, of that kind, of the like kind.

~2.~ So, in the same state or condition, as it is, as it was.

~Such a~, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.

~Such an~, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.

~Such as~, ~1.~ Of the same kind as, of the like kind as, of the kind that.

~2.~ The same as.

~Suck~, v. a. ~1.~ Draw into the mouth.

~2.~ Draw milk from (with the mouth).

~Suck in~, Imbibe, absorb, take in, suck up.

~Suckle~, v. a. Nurse, give suck to, feed at the breast.

~Suckling~, n. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little child, little one.

~Suck up~, Imbibe, SUCK IN.

~Sucrose~, n. Cane sugar.

~Sudatory~, n. Hot-house, sweating-bath, vapor-bath, sweating-room.

~Sudatory~, a. Sweating, perspiring.

~Sudden~, a. Unexpected, abrupt, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for.

~Suddenly~, a. Unexpectedly, abruptly, pop, on a sudden.

~Sue~, v. a. Prosecute, bring an action against, commence a suit against.

~Sue~, v. n. ~1.~ Beg, petition, entreat, plead, supplicate, implore, pray.

~2.~ Bring an action, make legal claim.

~Sue out~, (Law.) Obtain by judicial process.

~Suent~, a. [Local Eng. and U. S. Written also Suant.] ~1.~ Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.

~2.~ Easy, quiet.

~Suet~, n. Tallow (with adhering membranes).

~Suffer~, v. a. ~1.~ Undergo, feel, meet with, experience, go through.

~2.~ Endure, sustain, support, tolerate, bear, POCKET, bear up under, put up with.

~3.~ Permit, allow, indulge, admit, let, give permission to, give leave to.

~Suffer~, v. n. ~1.~ Feel pain.

~2.~ Be put to inconvenience.

~3.~ Be punished, undergo punishment.

~4.~ Be injured, be impaired, sustain loss or damage.

~Sufferance~, n. ~1.~ SUFFERING.

~2.~ Patience, moderation, long-suffering.

~3.~ Permission, allowance, toleration.

~Suffering~, n. ~1.~ Endurance, pain, distress, misery, sufferance, passion.

~2.~ Poverty, want.

~Suffice~, v. n. Be enough, be sufficient.

~Suffice~, v. a. Satisfy, content, be enough for.

~Sufficiency~, n. ~1.~ Adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply.

~2.~ Ability, qualification, capacity.

~Sufficient~, a. ~1.~ Adequate (to supply a want), ENOUGH, competent, ample, satisfactory.

~2.~ Qualified, fit, able.

~Suffix~, n. Affix, postfix.

~Suffocate~, v. a. Stifle, smother, choke, strangle, kill (by stopping respiration).

~Suffragan~, n. Bishop (as subject to an archbishop), assistant bishop, suffragan bishop.

~Suffragan bishop~, Suffragan, assistant bishop.

~Suffrage~, n. ~1.~ Vote, voice, ballot.

~2.~ Prayer (as uttered by a congregation in response to a minister).

~Suffuse~, v. a. Overspread, spread over.

~Sugar~, v. a. Sweeten.

~Sugar-beet~, n. Silesian beet, white beet (Beta alba).

~Sugar-berry~, n. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis).

~Sugar-maple~, n. Rock-maple (Acer saccharinum).

~Sugar of lead~, Acetate of lead.

~Sugary~, a. Sweet.

~Suggest~, v. a. Hint, intimate, insinuate, move, propose, indicate, prompt, give an inkling of, refer to, glance at, allude to, put in mind of, remind of.

~Suggestion~, n. Hint, intimation, insinuation, allusion.

~Suicide~, n. ~1.~ Self-murder, self-slaughter, self-homicide.

~2.~ Self-murderer, FELO DE SE.

~Sui generis~, [L.] Peculiar, individual, of its own kind.

~Suit~, n. ~1.~ Set, SUITE.

~2.~ Request, solicitation, petition, entreaty, prayer, supplication, appeal, invocation.

~3.~ Courtship, wooing, addresses.

~4.~ (Law.) Prosecution, process, trial, action, cause, case.

~Suit~, v. a. ~1.~ Fit, adapt, fashion, accommodate, level, match, make suitable or proper.

~2.~ Become, befit; be suited, fitted, or adapted to; be suitable for, be appropriate for.

~3.~ Please, gratify, make content.

~Suitable~, a. Fit, proper, meet, apt, appropriate, seemly, becoming, due, just, apposite, applicable, fitting, befitting, relevant, eligible, adapted, accordant, consonant, conformable, pertinent, convenient, PAT, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.

~Suite~, n. ~1.~ Train (of attendants), staff, retinue, followers, CORTÉGE.

~2.~ Set (particularly of apartments).

~Suitor~, n. ~1.~ Solicitor, petitioner, applicant, suppliant, supplicant.

~2.~ Wooer, lover, gallant.

~Sulcate~, a. Furrowed, grooved.

~Sulcated~, a. Furrowed, grooved.

~Sulkiness~, n. Moroseness, SULLENNESS.

~Sulky~, a. Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross- grained, ill-tempered, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.

~Sullen~, a. ~1.~ Cross, morose, SULKY.

~2.~ Gloomy, dismal, sombre, dark, funereal, mournful.

~Sullenness~, n. ~1.~ Moroseness, moodiness, sourness, churlishness, spleen, sulkiness, ill temper, bad blood.

~2.~ Gloominess, sombreness, dismalness.

~Sully~, v. a. Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate.

~Sulphate of baryta~, ~1.~ (Native.) Barytes, heavy-spar.

~2.~ (Artificially made.) Blanc-fix, permanent white.

~Sulphate of copper~, Blue vitriol.

~Sulphate of potash~, Vitriolated tartar.

~Sulphate of quinia~, Quinine.

~Sulphate of soda~, Glauber's salt, vitriolated soda.

~Sulphate of zinc~, White vitriol.

~Sulphur~, n. ~1.~ Brimstone.

~2.~ [An abbreviated term of commerce.] Flowers of sulphur, sublimed brimstone.

~Sulphuret of zinc~, Blende, black-jack, mock lead, false galena.

~Sulphuretted hydrogen~, Hydro-sulphuric acid.

~Sulphuric acid~, Oil of vitriol.

~Sultan~, n. Padishah, grand-seignior, Turkish emperor.

~Sultana~, n. Sultaness, Sultan's wife.

~Sultaness~, n. SULTANA.

~Sultry~, a. Hot and close, warm and damp.

~Sum~, n. ~1.~ Aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount.

~2.~ Quantity of money.

~3.~ SUMMARY, sum and substance.

~4.~ Question (in arithmetic), problem.

~Sum~, v. a. Add, add together, sum up, cast up.

~Summarily~, ad. ~1.~ Briefly, concisely, compendiously, in a few words.

~2.~ Without delay, by a short method.

~Summary~, a. Short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed.

~Summary~, n. Abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, RESUMÉ, sum and substance, the short and the long.

~Summer-duck~, n. Wood-duck (Anas sponsa or Dendronessa sponsa).

~Summersault~, n. SUMMERSET.

~Summerset~, n. Somerset, somersault, summersault.

~Summit~, n. Top, apex, vertex, acme, pinnacle, zenith, utmost height, culminating point.

~Summon~, v. a. ~1.~ Bid, cite, call, call for, send for, order to appear, notify to appear.

~2.~ (Mil.) Demand the surrender of.

~Summons~, n. Citation, official call or notice.

~Summon up~, Raise, rouse, arouse, call up, excite, pluck up, call into action.

~Summum bonum~, [L.] Greatest or highest good, supreme good.

~Sumptuous~, a. ~1.~ Costly, expensive, dear.

~2.~ Magnificent, splendid, gorgeous, stately, rich, superb, grand, showy.

~Sum up~, ~1.~ Add, compute, cast up, add together.

~2.~ Condense, epitomize, comprise in a few words, put in a nutshell.

~Sun~, n. Day-Star, orb of day.

~Sun-burnt~, a. Tanned, blowzy, ruddy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.

~Sunday~, n. The Sabbath, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.

~Sunder~, v. a. Disunite, disjoin, dispart, disconnect, part, separate, dissociate, divide, sever, dissever, break, part, tear asunder.

~Sundog~, n. Parhelion, mock-sun.

~Sundown~, n. Sunset.

~Sundry~, a. Several, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

~Sunless~, a. Rayless, beamless, dark, darksome, black, dismal, pitchy, Cimmerian.

~Sunlight~, n. Daylight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.

~Sunny~, a. ~1.~ Bright, shining, brilliant, clear, unclouded, fine, sunshiny.

~2.~ Warm, mild, genial, pleasant.

~3.~ Cheerful, joyful, happy.

~Sun-picture~, n. Photograph.

~Sunset~, n. Evening, sundown, close of the day.

~Sunshiny~, a. Bright, SUNNY.

~Sunstroke~, n. Insolation, SIRIASIS, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sup~, v. n. Take supper.

~Sup~, v. a. Drink (a little at a time), sip.

~Sup~, n. Sip, taste.

~Supawn~, n. [Indian word, Local U. S.] Mush, hasty-pudding (made of Indian meal).

~Superable~, n. Surmountable, conquerable, that may be overcome.

~Superabound~, v. n. Be very abundant, be exuberant.

~Superabundance~, n. Excess, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, superfluity, redundance, plethora, surfeit.

~Superabundant~, a. Exuberant, superfluous, excessive.

~Superadd~, v. a. Add (over and above), superinduce.

~Superannuated~, a. Decrepit, anile, aged, imbecile, doting, old- womanish, effete, rusty, time-worn, unfit for service, on the retired list, on the pension list.

~Superb~, a. ~1.~ Grand, stately, august, majestic, noble, magnificent, sumptuous, rich, splendid, showy, pompous.

~2.~ Elegant, beautiful, exquisite.

~Supercilious~, a. Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.

~Supereminence~, n. Pre-eminence, transcendence, marked superiority.

~Supereminent~, a. Pre-eminent, transcendent.

~Superficial~, a. ~1.~ External, exterior, outer, on the surface.

~2.~ Shallow, slight, smattering, not deep, not thorough, not profound.

~Superficies~, n. Surface, exterior, outside.

~Superfine~, a. Excellent, choice, prime, first-rate, very good, very fine.

~Superfluity~, n. Superabundance, excess, redundance, redundancy, exuberance, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

~Superfluous~, a. Excessive, superabundant, redundant, exuberant, unnecessary, needless, useless, expletive, more than enough.

~Superimpose~, v. a. Superpose.

~Superinduce~, v. a. Superadd, bring on.

~Superintend~, v. a. Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.

~Superintendence~, n. Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendency~, n. Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendent~, n. Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, BOSS.

~Superior~, a. ~1.~ High, higher, upper, paramount, more elevated.

~2.~ Of higher rank, more exalted, more dignified.

~3.~ Surpassing, noble, more eminent, more excellent.

~4.~ Predominant, prevalent.

~Superiority~, n. ~1.~ Pre-eminence, ascendency, predominance, supremacy, preponderance, advantage.

~2.~ Excellence, worthiness, nobility.

~Superior to~, Above, beyond the influence of, unaffected by.

~Superlative~, a. Supreme, most eminent, greatest, most excellent.

~Supernal~, a. Heavenly, celestial.

~Supernatural~, a. Miraculous, above nature, beyond the powers of nature, that exceeds the laws of nature.

~Supernumerary~, a. Odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (from a specified number).

~Superpose~, v. a. Superimpose.

~Supersede~, v. a. ~1.~ Suspend, annul, overrule, set aside, make void.

~2.~ Displace, replace, supplant.

~Superstition~, n. ~1.~ False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship.

~2.~ Belief in omens.

~Supervene~, v. n. Occur (with reference to something that precedes), happen, take place, be added, come as an accessory.

~Supervisal~, n. SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervise~, v. a. SUPERINTEND.

~Supervision~, n. SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervisor~, n. SUPERINTENDENT.

~Supine~, a. ~1.~ On the back.

~2.~ Indolent, sluggish, lazy, slothful, inert, torpid, languid, dull, lumpish, listless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive.

~Supper~, n. Tea, evening meal.

~Supplant~, v. a. ~1.~ Undermine, overthrow.

~2.~ Displace (by stratagem), replace, remove, supersede.

~Supple~, a. ~1.~ Pliant, flexible, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.

~2.~ Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, not obstinate.

~3.~ Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic.

~Supplement~, n. ~1.~ Addition (to supply something wanting), appendix, postscript, continuation, CODICIL.

~2.~ Counterpart, correlative, complement.

~Supplement~, v. a. Supply, add to.

~Supplemental~, a. SUPPLEMENTARY.

~Supplementary~, a. Additional, supplemental.

~Suppliant~, a. Supplicating, beseeching, entreating, imploring, begging, praying.

~Suppliant~, n. Petitioner, supplicant, applicant, solicitor, suitor.

~Supplicant~, n. SUPPLIANT.

~Supplicate~, v. a. Beg, implore, pray, invoke, entreat, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, ADJURE, obtest, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.

~Supplicate~, v. n. Entreat, beg, pray, petition, sue, implore, put up a prayer, prefer a request or petition.

~Supplication~, n. Entreaty, petition, solicitation, prayer, invocation, orison.

~Supplicatory~, a. Petitionary.

~Supply~, v. a. ~1.~ Provide, furnish, minister, replenish, stock, store, endue, endow, invest.

~2.~ Give, grant, afford, accommodate with.

~3.~ Serve instead of, take the place of.

~Supply~, n. Stock, store, reserve, provision, hoard.

~Support~, v. a. ~1.~ Sustain, uphold, prop, brace, bear up, hold up, shore up.

~2.~ Endure, bear, undergo, suffer, tolerate, put up with, go through.

~3.~ Cherish, nourish, maintain, provide for.

~4.~ Have, hold, keep up.

~5.~ Perform, play, act, take the part of.

~6.~ Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify.

~7.~ Assist, aid, help, second, patronize, abet, befriend, back, countenance, encourage, back up.

~8.~ Further, forward, advocate, vindicate.

~9.~ Accompany (as an assistant), attend, act as aid to.

~Support~, n. ~1.~ Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold.

~2.~ Base, basis, bed, foundation.

~3.~ Sustenance, maintenance, FEED, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping.

~4.~ Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort.

~Supportable~, a. Endurable, tolerable.

~Supporter~, n. ~1.~ Prop, stay, support, shore, brace.

~2.~ Sustainer, comforter.

~3.~ Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.

~Suppose~, v. a. ~1.~ Presume, conceive, apprehend, believe, imagine, consider, deem, think, judge, presuppose, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Imply, assume, presuppose, take for granted.

~Suppose~, v. n. Think, imagine, fancy, believe, surmise, conjecture, divine, guess, suspect, presume, OPINE, WEEN, RECKON.

~Supposition~, n. ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, guess, presumption.

~2.~ Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position.

~Supposititious~, a. Spurious, counterfeit, sham, mock, false, not genuine, foisted in.

~Suppress~, v. a. ~1.~ Crush, overpower, subdue, quell, overthrow, stifle, choke, smother, put down.

~2.~ Restrain, repress, keep back, stop, check.

~3.~ Conceal, keep secret, not tell, not reveal.

~Suppression~, n. ~1.~ Overthrow, crushing, quelling.

~2.~ Restraint, repression, check, stoppage.

~3.~ Concealment.

~4.~ (Gram. & Rhet.) Omission (as of a letter or a word).

~Suppurate~, v. n. Fester, maturate, discharge pus.

~Suppuration~, n. Festering, maturation, discharge of pus.

~Supremacy~, n. Domination, predominance, predominancy, lordship, mastership, mastery, sovereignty, supreme authority, upper hand.

~Supreme~, a. Highest, greatest, paramount, predominant, principal, chief, leading, first.

~Supreme good~, SUMMUM BONUM.

~Surcharge~, v. a. Overload, overburden, overcharge.

~Surcharged~, a. Overcharged, overloaded, overburdened, surfeited, plethoric, over-full.

~Surcingle~, n. Girth, girt, girdle, belt.

~Surd~, a. ~1.~ (Math.) Radical, incommensurable.

~2.~ (Orthoëpy.) Aspirate, toneless, unintonated, atonic, not sonant, not vocal, without vocality, pronounced with a simple breathing.

~Sure~, a. ~1.~ Certain, confident, positive, assured, fully convinced.

~2.~ Safe, secure, stable, firm, steady, trustworthy.

~3.~ Infallible, unfailing, never-failing.

~Sure~, ad. Certainly, SURELY.

~Surely~, ad. ~1.~ Certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, sure, without doubt.

~2.~ Safely, securely, firmly.

~Surety~, n. ~1.~ Certainty, indubitableness.

~2.~ Safety, security.

~3.~ Guaranty, pledge.

~4.~ Bondsman.

~Surf~, n. Breakers, breaking waves.

~Surface~, n. Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.

~Surfeit~, v. a. Satiate, glut, gorge, sate, cloy, pall, overfeed.

~Surfeit~, v. n. Be surfeited, feed to satiety.

~Surfeit~, n. Repletion, glut, fulness, satiety, plethora, excess, superabundance, redundance, superfluity.

~Surge~, n. Wave, billow, breaker.

~Surge~, v. n. ~1.~ Swell, rise high.

~2.~ (Naut.) Slip back.

~Surge~, v. a. (Naut.) Slack up suddenly (as a rope round a pin), let go.

~Surly~, a. Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill- natured.

~Surmise~, v. a. Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.

~Surmise~, n. Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess.

~Surmount~, v. a. Overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, vanquish, master, triumph over, rise above, get the better of.

~Surmountable~, a. Conquerable, superable, that may be surmounted.

~Surname~, n. Cognomen, family name.

~Surpass~, v. a. Excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun, override, transcend, cap, overtop, beat, go beyond.

~Surplus~, n. Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage.

~Surplusage~, n. ~1.~ Excess, SURPLUS.

~2.~ Irrelevant matter.

~Surprise~, n. Wonder, astonishment, amazement, admiration.

~Surprise~, v. a. ~1.~ Take unawares, take by surprise, take off one's guard.

~2.~ Astonish, amaze, startle, strike with wonder, take aback.

~Surrender~, v. a. Relinquish, cede, yield, resign, forego, abdicate, abandon, give up, give over, deliver up, part with.

~Surrender~, v. n. Yield, CAPITULATE, give up, give over, give in, give one's self up, strike one's flag or colors, cry quarter, cry quits.

~Surrender~, n. Relinquishment, renunciation, cession, resignation, abandonment, CAPITULATION.

~Surreptitious~, a. Fraudulently introduced, foisted in, done by stealth.

~Surreptitiously~, ad. Fraudulently, by stealth, without authority.

~Surround~, v. a. ~1.~ Encircle, environ, encompass, enclose.

~2.~ (Mil.) Invest, besiege, lay siege to.

~Surtout~, n. Overcoat.

~Surveillance~, n. [Fr.] Superintendence, inspection, oversight, supervision, care, charge, control, direction, management.

~Survey~, v. a. ~1.~ View, observe, overlook, take a view of.

~2.~ Inspect, examine, scrutinize.

~3.~ Measure and estimate (as lands or buildings).

~Survey~, n. ~1.~ View, sight, prospect.

~2.~ Inspection, examination, scrutiny.

~3.~ Mensuration (to determine areas, contours, &c.), surveying.

~Surveying~, n. SURVEY.

~Survive~, v. n. Remain alive, continue to live, live on.

~Survive~, v. a. Outlive, live longer than.

~Susceptibility~, n. Sensitiveness, impressibility, susceptibleness, susceptivity, excitability.

~Susceptible~, a. Susceptive impressible, sensitive, excitable.

~Susceptibleness~, n. SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Susceptive~, a. Susceptible.

~Susceptivity~, n. SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Suspect~, v. a. ~1.~ Surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, have no confidence in.

~3.~ Believe to be guilty.

~Suspect~, v. n. Be suspicious, have suspicion.

~Suspend~, v. a. ~1.~ Hang, SLING UP.

~2.~ Make to depend.

~3.~ Interrupt, intermit, stay, stop, discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, break off.

~4.~ Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off.

~5.~ Debar (as from an office) temporarily.

~Suspend~, v. n. Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy.

~Suspended~, a. Hanging, pendent, pendulous, pensile.

~Suspense~, n. ~1.~ Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude.

~2.~ Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, indecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving.

~3.~ Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause, rest, stay, quiescence.

~Suspension~, n. ~1.~ Hanging.

~2.~ Interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE.

~3.~ Delay, postponement.

~4.~ Temporary deprivation (as of an office).

~Suspicion~, n. ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, supposition, guess.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.

~Suspicious~, a. Distrustful, jealous, inclined to suspect, given to suspicion.

~Sustain~, v. a. ~1.~ Bear, support, uphold, preserve, hold up, keep from falling.

~2.~ Nourish, maintain, subsist, keep alive, supply with food.

~3.~ Suffer, undergo, endure.

~4.~ Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify.

~5.~ Justify, prove, establish, confirm.

~Sustenance~, n. ~1.~ Subsistence, support, maintenance.

~2.~ FOOD, victuals, provisions, BREAD.

~Suture~, n. Line of junction.

~Swab~, n. Mop.

~Swaddle~, v. a. Swathe.

~Swag~, v. n. Bend (by force of gravity), settle, sag, give way.

~Swagger~, v. n. Bluster, bully, vapor, brag, be insolent.

~Swaggerer~, n. Blusterer, bully, braggart, boaster, braggadocio, BLATHERSKITE.

~Swain~, n. Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman.

~Swale~, v. n. Melt (as a candle), waste, consume, sweal, waste away.

~Swallow~, v. a. ~1.~ GULP, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down.

~2.~ Absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up.

~3.~ Believe (without scruple), receive implicitly.

~4.~ Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with.

~5.~ Renounce, retract, recant, take back.

~6.~ Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.

~Swallow~, n. ~1.~ Throat, gullet, œsophagus.

~2.~ Voracity, gluttonous appetite.

~Swallow-tailed~, a. ~1.~ With pointed skirts.

~2.~ Dovetailed.

~Swallow up~, Absorb, engulf, destroy, swallow, suck in, suck up.

~Swamp~, n. Bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, spongy land, soft and wet ground.

~Swamp~, v. a. Ingulf, sink, whelm, swallow up.

~Swamp-cabbage~, n. Skunk-cabbage, skunk-weed (Symplocarpus fœtidus).

~Swamp-sassafras~, n. Sweet bay (Magnolia glauca).

~Swampy~, a. Boggy, fenny, marshy, undrained, wet and spongy.

~Swap~, v. a. [Colloquial.. Written also Swop.] Exchange, barter, trade.

~Swap~, n. Exchange, barter, barter-trade.

~Swape~, n. Sweep, swipe, well-sweep.

~Sward~, n. Turf, sod.

~Swarm~, n. Multitude (especially of winged insects), crowd, throng, concourse.

~Swarm~, v. n. ~1.~ Crowd, throng, gather in a swarm.

~2.~ Be crowded, be thronged, be filled.

~Swarthy~, a. Dark, tawny, black, of a dark complexion.

~Swathe~, v. a. Swaddle.

~Swathe~, n. Bandage.

~Sway~, v. a. ~1.~ Move, wield, swing, wave, brandish.

~2.~ Bias, prejudice, bend, turn, influence, persuade, prevail upon.

~3.~ Rule, govern, direct, guide, control.

~Sway~, v. n. Incline, lean.

~Sway~, n. Power, dominion, control, domination, command, rule, government, sovereignty, ascendancy, authority, predominance, mastership, mastery, supreme power.

~Sweal~, v. n. Melt (as a candle), SWALE.

~Swear~, v. n. ~1.~ Utter an oath, take oath, take an oath.

~2.~ Declare (solemnly), avow, affirm, depose, testify, state, say.

~3.~ Use profane language, take the name of God in vain.

~Swear~, v. a. Administer an oath to, put under oath.

~Sweat~, n. Perspiration, exudation, excretion, sweating.

~Sweat~, v. n. ~1.~ Perspire.

~2.~ Toll, labor, drudge.

~Sweat~, v. a. ~1.~ Exude.

~2.~ Put into a perspiration.

~Sweating~, n. Exudation, SWEAT.

~Sweating-bath~, n. Sudatory, vapor-bath, hot-house, sweating-room.

~Sweating-room~, n. SWEATING-BATH.

~Sweep~, v. a. ~1.~ Clean (with a broom).

~2.~ Graze, touch (in passing), brush, rub over.

~3.~ Traverse, pass over.

~4.~ Carry off, sweep off, sweep away.

~Sweep away~, ~1.~ Clear away (by a broom).

~2.~ Dislodge, remove, expel, drive off, sweep off.

~3.~ Destroy, overwhelm, carry off.

~Sweep~, n. ~1.~ Range, compass, scope.

~2.~ Swipe, swape, well-sweep.

~3.~ Destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation.

~Sweeping~, a. ~1.~ Destructive.

~2.~ Wholesale, extensive, broad.

~3.~ Unqualified, exaggerated.

~Sweepings~, n. pl. Refuse, offscourings, dirt, rubbish.

~Sweep off~, SWEEP AWAY.

~Sweepstakes~, n. ~1.~ Winner (in gaming or in horse-racing).

~2.~ Total stakes (at a horse-race).

~Sweet~, a. ~1.~ Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.

~2.~ Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.

~3.~ Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.

~4.~ Beautiful, fair, lovely.

~5.~ Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.

~6.~ Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.

~Sweet~, n. ~1.~ Sweetness, sweetest part.

~2.~ Dear, darling.

~Sweets~, n. pl. Saccharine substances.

~Sweet-bay~, n. ~1.~ Laurel (Laurus nobilis).

~2.~ Swamp-sassafras (Magnolia glauca).

~Sweet-bread~, n. Pancreas.

~Sweeten~, v. a. ~1.~ Make sweet.

~2.~ Soften, make mild, make tender.

~3.~ Give zest to, give a relish to.

~Sweeten~, v. n. Grow sweet, become sweet.

~Sweet-flag~, n. Sweet-rush (Acorus calamus).

~Sweet-gum~, n. Liquidambar (Liquid-ambar styraciflua).

~Sweetheart~, n. ~1.~ Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, CICISBEO.

~2.~ Flame, mistress, lady-love.

~Sweetmeat~, n. Confection, comfit, junket, sugar-plum.

~Sweetmeats~, n. pl. Confectionery.

~Sweetness~, n. ~1.~ Sweet.

~2.~ Agreeableness, pleasantness.

~3.~ Beauty, fairness, loveliness.

~4.~ Amiableness, gentleness, mildness, suavity.

~Sweet-oil~, n. Olive-oil.

~Sweet-potato~, n. Carolina potato (Batatas edulis or Convolvulus batatas).

~Sweet-rush~, n. SWEET-FLAG.

~Sweet-scented~, a. Fragrant, redolent, balmy, sweet-smelling.

~Sweet-smelling~, a. Fragrant, SWEET-SCENTED.

~Sweet-sounding~, a. Melodious, harmonious, symphonious, tuneful, dulcet, musical.

~Sweet-toned~, a. Euphonious, euphonic, mellifluous.

~Sweet-william~, n. Bunch-pink, bearded pink (Dianthus barbatus).

~Swell~, v. n. ~1.~ Dilate, expand, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (by expansion).

~2.~ Increase (by outward addition), augment, enlarge.

~3.~ Rise (as waves), heave, surge.

~4.~ Belly, be inflated.

~5.~ Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up.

~6.~ Be turgid or bombastic.

~7.~ Bulge, protuberate, swell out.

~Swell~, v. a. ~1.~ Dilate, expand, inflate.

~2.~ Enhance, heighten, aggravate.

~3.~ Puff up, make arrogant.

~Swell~, n. ~1.~ Swelling.

~2.~ Waves, billows.

~3.~ [Colloquial.] Fop, coxcomb, dandy, beau, exquisite, jackanapes, popinjay, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

~Swelling~, a. Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding.

~Swelling~, n. ~1.~ Swell.

~2.~ Protuberance, bump.

~Swell out~, Bulge, protuberate, swell.

~Swelter~, v. n. Be oppressed with heat, be overcome by heat.

~Swerve~, v. n. Deviate, depart, diverge, wander, turn aside, go astray.

~Swift~, a. ~1.~ Quick, fast, fleet, rapid, speedy, expeditious, flying.

~2.~ Ready, prompt, eager, zealous, forward.

~3.~ Sudden, instant.

~Swiftly~, ad. Quickly, speedily, expeditiously, trippingly, apace, posthaste, with speed, under press of sail or canvas, by forced marches, on eagle's wings, in double quick time, in seven-league boots, as fast as one's legs will carry one.

~Swig~, v. a. [Colloquial.] Guzzle, swill.

~Swill~, v. a. Drink (greedily), guzzle, SWIG, quaff.

~Swill~, n. hogwash, swillings.

~Swillings~, n. pl. SWILL.

~Swim~, v. n. ~1.~ Float, be borne up (on_ a liquid_).

~2.~ Be borne along (as on water, by effort or by a current), buffet the waves, float with the tide.

~3.~ Glide, skim.

~4.~ Be flooded, be inundated.

~5.~ Be dizzy (as the head).

~Swindle~, v. a. Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, bamboozle, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in.

~Swindle~, n. Cheat, fraud, imposition, deception, chouse, piece of knavery.

~Swindler~, n. Rogue, knave, cheat, impostor, trickster, sharper, blackleg, jockey, SHYSTER.

~Swindling~, n. Knavery, cheating.

~Swine~, n. sing. and pl. ~1.~ Hog, pig, SOW, porker.

~2.~ Hogs (collectively).

~Swine-pipe~, n. Redwing, wind-thrush, red-sided thrush (Turdus iliacus).

~Swine-stone~, n. Stink-stone.

~Swing~, v. n. ~1.~ Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

~2.~ Hang, dangle, hang loose.

~Swing~, n. ~1.~ Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.

~2.~ Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow room.

~Swinge~, v. a. Beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, bastinade, switch, chastise, punish.

~Swingel~, n. Swiple.

~Swingle~, n. Swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling-knife, swingling-wand.

~Swingle~, v. a. Dress with a swingle (as flax), beat with a swingle.

~Swingle-tree~, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree, single-tree.

~Swingling-knife~, n. Swingle.

~Swingling-staff~, n. Swingle.

~Swingling-wand~, n. Swingle.

~Swinish~, a. Hoggish, piggish, gross, sensual, brutish, beastly.

~Swinish multitude~, RABBLE, populace.

~Swipe~, n. Sweep, swape, well-sweep.

~Swiple~, n. Swingel.

~Switch~, n. Rod, twig, stick, birch.

~Switch~, v. a. Beat, whip, SWINGE.

~Switchel~, n. Sweetened water, molasses and water.

~Swivel~, n. ~1.~ CASTER.

~2.~ Turning link (in a chain).

~3.~ Swivel-gun.

~Swivel-gun~, n. Swivel.

~Swoon~, v. n. Faint, faint away.

~Swoon~, n. Syncope, fainting, fainting fit.

~Swoop~, v. a. Seize (as a hawk its prey), clutch, catch up, pounce upon.

~Swoop~, v. n. Stoop, descend, come down, bear down.

~Swoop~, n. ~1.~ Clutch, seizure.

~2.~ Stoop, descent.

~Swop~, v. a. [Colloquial. Written also Swap.] Exchange, barter, trade.

~Sword~, n. Sabre, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, cimeter, rapier, claymore.

~Sword-arm~, n. Right arm.

~Sword-fish~, n. Gar-fish, horn-fish, sea-needle, gar-pike, sea- pike, long-nose, gore-bill, snook, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).

~Sword-hand~, n. Right hand.

~Sword-player~, n. Fencer, gladiator.

~Sword-shaped~, a. Ensiform.

~Sworn enemies~, Irreconcilable enemies.

~Sworn friends~, Intimate friends, dear friends, bosom-friends.

~Sybarite~, n. Voluptuary, epicure.

~Sybaritic~, a. Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.

~Sybaritical~, a. Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.

~Sycamore~, n. [U. S.] Plane-tree, button-wood, button-ball tree, water-beech (Platanus Occidentalis).

~Sycophancy~, n. Servility, obsequiousness, fawning, gross flattery.

~Sycophant~, n. Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.

~Sycophantic~, a. Fawning, cringing, servile, slavish, parasitic, obsequious, supple, grovelling, meanly submissive.

~Syllabus~, n. Abstract, abridgment, outline, epitome, summary, compend, digest, compendium, synopsis, breviary, brief, sum and substance.

~Sylph~, n. Fairy, fay.

~Sylva~, n. Trees (of a country).

~Sylvan~, a. ~1.~ Forest-like.

~2.~ Woody, shady.

~Sylvan~, n. Satyr, faun.

~Symbol~, n. Emblem, type, sign, token, figure, representative.

~Symbolic~, a. Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.

~Symbolical~, a. Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.

~Symbolization~, n. Representation, indication, prefigurement.

~Symbolize~, v. a. Prefigure, typify, emblematize, be symbolical of.

~Symmetrical~, a. Proportional (in the several parts), regular, shapely, harmonious, congruent, well-proportioned.

~Symmetry~, n. Proportion, harmony, shapeliness, regularity, order, regular arrangement.

~Sympathetic~, a. Compassionate, sympathizing, commiserating, pitiful, tender, kind, affectionate, loving, with the heart in the right place.

~Sympathize with~, Feel sympathy with, feel for, enter into the feelings of, have pity for, fraternize with, make common cause with.

~Sympathy~, n. ~1.~ Compassion, commiseration, condolence, pity, tenderness, kindliness, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion.

~2.~ Agreement, harmony, correspondence, correlation, affinity, union, concert.

~3.~ Mutual influence.

~Symphonious~, a. Harmonious, consonant, accordant, concordant, musical.

~Symphony~, n. Consonance, harmony, music.

~Symptom~, n. Indication, sign, mark, note, token.

~Symptomatic~, a. Indicative.

~Symptomatical~, a. Indicative.

~Synchronal~, a. Simultaneous, synchronical, synchronistic, synchronous.

~Synchronism~, n. Simultaneousness.

~Synchronistic~, a. SYNCHRONAL.

~Synchronous~, a. SYNCHRONAL.

~Syncope~, n. ~1.~ (Gram.) Elision (in the middle of a word).

~2.~ (Med.) Swoon, fainting, fainting fit.

~Synergetic~, a. Co-operating, co-operative, synergistic.

~Synergistic~, a. SYNERGETIC.

~Synonymes~, n. pl. [Written also Synonyms.] Equivalent words (of the same language), words of the same meaning.

~Synod~, n. Council.

~Synonymous~, a. Equivalent, of the same meaning, of similar meaning, that express the same idea.

~Synopsis~, n. Abridgment, epitome, abstract, outline, compend, compendium, summary, syllabus, digest, sum and substance, general view.

~Synthesis~, n. Combination (of elements), composition, putting together.

~Syringe~, n. Squirt.

~System~, n. ~1.~ A whole (viewed with reference to the interdependence of its parts), combination of parts to form a whole.

~2.~ Scheme, body, plan, theory, connected view.

~3.~ Order, method, regularity, rule.

~Systematic~, a. Methodical, orderly, regular.

~Systematical~, a. Methodical, orderly, regular.

~Systematize~, v. a. Methodize, arrange, harmonize, regulate, order, reduce to order, put into a systematic form.

T

~Tabby~, n. ~1.~ Watered silk.

~2.~ Brindled cat, tabby cat.

~Tabby~, v. a. WATER.

~Tabby~, a. ~1.~ Of a waved or watered appearance.

~2.~ Brindled, brinded.

~Tabefaction~, n. Emaciation (by tabes), wasting away.

~Tabernacle~, n. ~1.~ Tent, pavilion, habitation.

~2.~ Temple, church, chapel, cathedral, minster, meeting-house, place of worship, sacred place.

~3.~ PYX.

~Tabernacle~, v. n. Dwell (temporarily), sojourn, be housed.

~Tabes~, n. [L.] (Med.) Emaciation (accompanied by fever), wasting, consumption.

~Table~, n. ~1.~ Slab, tablet.

~2.~ Stand (to take food from), board.

~3.~ Food, diet, provision, fare, repast, victuals.

~4.~ Index, list, catalogue, syllabus, synopsis, condensed statement.

~Tableau~, n. [Fr.] Picture, scene, representation.

~Table-beer~, n. Small-beer.

~Table-d'hòte~, n. [Fr.] Ordinary, public table.

~Table-land~, n. Elevated plain.

~Taboo~, n. Interdict, prohibition.

~Taboo~, v. a. Interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched.

~Tabouret~, n. [Fr.] Stool.

~Tabular~, a. ~1.~ Of a table.

~2.~ Flat, plane.

~3.~ Laminated, lamellar, lamelliform, foliated, scaly, flaky.

~Tabula rasa~, [L.] Smooth tablet, blank tablet.

~Tabularize~, v. a. Tabulate, put into a tabular form.

~Tabulate~, v. a. TABULARIZE.

~Tacamahac~, n. Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).

~Tachygraphy~, n. Stenography, shorthand, brachygraphy.

~Tacit~, a. Implied, understood, inferred, silent, unexpressed (by words).

~Taciturn~, a. Silent (by habit), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words.

~Taciturnity~, n. Reserve, closeness, reticence, habitual silence.

~Tack~, v. a. ~1.~ Fasten (slightly), attach, append, affix, tag.

~2.~ Nail (with tacks).

~3.~ (Naut.) Put about, change the course of.

~Tack~, v. n. (Naut.) Go about, tack ship.

~Tack~, n. Small nail.

~Tackle~, n. ~1.~ Pulley.

~2.~ Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture.

~Tackle~, v. a. [Local and Colloquial.] ~1.~ Harness.

~2.~ Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.

~Tackling~, n. ~1.~ Equipment, TACKLE.

~2.~ Harness.

~Tact~, n. ~1.~ [Rare.] Touch, feeling, sense of feeling.

~2.~ Adroitness (in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly), skill (in saying or doing what is most appropriate to the occasion), quick judgment, nice perception.

~Tactician~, n. Manœuvrer, wire-puller, adroit manager.

~Tactics~, n. ~1.~ Strategy, military science.

~2.~ Management, manœuvring, policy.

~Tactile~, a. Tangible, palpable.

~Tadpole~, n. Polliwog, porwiggle, purwiggy, polliwig.

~Taffrail~, n. Stern rail.

~Tag~, n. ~1.~ Metal point (at the end of a string).

~2.~ Label, card.

~3.~ Cue, catchword.

~4.~ Game of tag.

~Tag~, v. a. ~1.~ Attach a tag to, fit with a tag.

~2.~ Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack.

~Tag after~, [Colloquial.] Follow closely, keep at one's heels.

~Tail~, n. ~1.~ End, extremity, fag-end, hinder part.

~2.~ Skirt, flap.

~3.~ (Mus.) Stem (of a note).

~Tailor~, n. ~1.~ Maker of men's clothes.

~2.~ (Ich.) Blue-fish, ship-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator).

~Tail-piece~, n. Appendage.

~Taint~, v. a. ~1.~ Imbue, impregnate.

~2.~ Corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid.

~3.~ Tarnish, stain, sully.

~Taint~, n. ~1.~ Tincture, tinge, stain.

~2.~ Infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement.

~3.~ Fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot.

~Take~, v. a. ~1.~ Receive, accept.

~2.~ Seize, grasp, gripe, clasp, lay hold of, get hold of.

~3.~ Entrap, insnare, circumvent.

~4.~ Capture, catch, make prisoner of.

~5.~ Captivate, delight, please, interest, attract, allure, engage, fascinate, bewitch, enchant, charm.

~6.~ Understand, interpret, suppose, regard, consider, think, hold, believe.

~7.~ Choose, select, elect, espouse, be in favor of.

~8.~ Assume, admit, adopt, put on.

~9.~ Delineate, portray, figure, draw, paint, sketch, copy.

~10.~ Get, procure, gain, obtain.

~11.~ Use, employ, occupy, make use of, avail one's self of.

~12.~ Swallow, take down.

~13.~ Experience, feel, perceive, be sensible of, be conscious of.

~14.~ Bear, endure, tolerate.

~15.~ Require, need, be necessary.

~Take~, v. n. ~1.~ Catch, be fixed.

~2.~ Please, be well received, be welcomed.

~3.~ Go, proceed, resort, direct one's course.

~Take advantage of~, ~1.~ Turn to account, make use of.

~2.~ Impose upon (by some advantage of superior knowledge or of opportunity).

~Take after~, ~1.~ Copy, imitate.

~2.~ Resemble, be like.

~Take a horn~, [Colloquial.] Take a drink (of spirituous liquor).

~Take aim~, Aim.

~Take air~, Be made public, be disclosed, get abroad, become known.

~Take a shine to~, [Colloquial.] Take a liking to, take a fancy to, feel a liking for.

~Take away~, Remove.

~Take back~, ~1.~ Take again.

~2.~ Recall, revoke, recant, withdraw, retract, disavow, abjure.

~Take breath~, Rest, stop to rest.

~Take care~, Be careful.

~Take care of~, Oversee, superintend, take charge of.

~Take courage~, Be encouraged, take heart.

~Take down~, ~1.~ Take from above.

~2.~ Reduce, lower, depress.

~3.~ Humble, abash, humiliate.

~4.~ Pull to pieces, pull down.

~5.~ Swallow, take.

~6.~ Record, note, make a note of, write down.

~Take effect~, ~1.~ Be efficacious.

~2.~ Go into operation.

~Take exception~, ~1.~ Object, dissent, make objection.

~2.~ Take it ill, be displeased, be offended.

~Take fire~, Be ignited, be inflamed.

~Take for~, Mistake for.

~Take for granted~, Admit, allow, concede.

~Take French leave~, Depart informally, take leave unceremoniously.

~Take from~, ~1.~ Deduct from, subtract from, take away from.

~2.~ Derogate from, detract from.

~3.~ Deprive, dispossess.

~Take heart~, Be encouraged, take courage.

~Take heed~, Beware, be cautious, be careful.

~Take heed to~, Attend to, pay attention to.

~Take hold of~, Seize, fix on.

~Take horse~, ~1.~ Set out to ride.

~2.~ Be covered (as a mare).

~Take in~, ~1.~ Receive, admit.

~2.~ Comprise, enclose, encompass.

~3.~ Comprehend, understand.

~4.~ Lessen, contract, make smaller.

~5.~ [Colloquial.] Cheat, circumvent, gull, deceive, impose upon.

~Take in good part~, Receive kindly, not be angry about, not be offended at.

~Take in hand~, ~1.~ Undertake, engage in, set the hand to.

~2.~ Deal with (in the way of correction or discipline).

~Take in tow~, Tow, draw, drag, haul, pull.

~Take it~, Think, suppose, presume, believe, imagine, conclude.

~Take it ill~, Be offended, be displeased, take exception.

~Take leave~, Depart, go, go away, bid adieu, bid farewell, be off, take one's departure, take one's self off, make one's exit, MAKE TRACKS.

~Take notice~, Observe, remark, pay attention.

~Take oath~, Swear solemnly.

~Take off~, ~1.~ Remove, take away.

~2.~ Cut off.

~3.~ Withdraw, withhold.

~4.~ Destroy, kill.

~5.~ Swallow, drink.

~6.~ Imitate, personate, mimic.

~Take on~, (Neuter.) ~1.~ Complain, lament, be much affected.

~2.~ (Active.) Assume, be willing to bear, take upon, take up.

~Take out~, ~1.~ Remove, withdraw, draw out.

~2.~ Obliterate, efface, destroy.

~Take part~, ~1.~ Share, partake.

~2.~ Unite, join.

~Take place~, ~1.~ Happen, occur.

~2.~ Prevail, have effect.

~Take root~, Be rooted, be firmly established.

~Take sides~, Favor one side, take up the cause of one side.

~Take the air~, Breathe the open air, go abroad in the open air.

~Take the lead~, Lead the way, go before, go ahead, go in the van.

~Take the place of~, Supply the place of, be a substitute for, stand in the shoes of.

~Take time by the forelock~, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines, strike the iron while it is hot.

~Take to~, ~1.~ Apply to, be fond of.

~2.~ Have recourse to, betake one's self to.

~Take to do~, [Colloquial.] Reprove, TAKE TO TASK.

~Take to flight~, Flee, fly, run away, take to one's heels.

~Take to heart~, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much affected by, take on about, be much troubled by, lay to heart.

~Take to one's heels~, Flee, fly, run away, take to flight.

~Take to task~, Reprove, reprimand, chide, take to do.

~Take up~, ~1.~ Raise, lift.

~2.~ Begin (especially where another has left off).

~3.~ Fasten (with a ligature).

~4.~ Engross, engage, employ.

~5.~ Occupy, fill, cover.

~6.~ Arrest, seize, catch.

~7.~ Assume, adopt, take on, take upon.

~8.~ Pay (as a note), discharge, settle.

~Take up arms~, Begin war, commence hostilities.

~Take up one's connection~, Terminate one's relations.

~Take upon one's self~, ~1.~ Assume, undertake.

~2.~ Incur.

~Take up the gauntlet~, Accept the challenge.

~Take up with~, Be contented with.

~Taking~, a. ~1.~ Pleasing, alluring, captivating, attractive.

~2.~ Infectious, catching.

~Tale~, n. ~1.~ Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance.

~2.~ Account, count, reckoning.

~Tale-bearer~, n. Tell-tale, tattler.

~Talent~, n. Gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte.

~Talented~, a. Gifted, of talent, of brilliant parts.

~Talipes~, n. (Surgery.) Club-foot.

~Talisman~, n. Charm, amulet, phylactery.

~Talismanic~, a. Magical.

~Talk~, v. n. ~1.~ Speak, converse, CONFABULATE.

~2.~ Confer, reason, deliberate.

~3.~ Prattle, prate.

~Talk~, v. a. Speak, utter.

~Talk~, n. ~1.~ Conversation, converse, colloquy, PARLEY, discourse, conference, communication, dialogue, confabulation, chat, GOSSIP, oral intercourse.

~2.~ Report, rumor, bruit, town talk.

~Talkative~, a. Loquacious, garrulous, chatty, conversable, COZY.

~Talk big~, [Colloquial.] Boast, brag, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, exalt one's self, magnify one's self.

~Talk over~, ~1.~ Recount, tell, rehearse.

~2.~ Talk about, confer or converse about, have a conversation about.

~Tall~, a. High (in stature), lofty, elevated, towering.

~Tallness~, n. Height (of stature).

~Tallow~, n. Suet (freed from adhering membranes).

~Tally~, n. Mate, match, counterpart.

~Tally~, v. n. Match, agree, accord, conform, correspond, harmonize, square, comport, cohere, quadrate, coincide, chime in, fall in.

~Talon~, n. Claw (of a bird), nail.

~Tamarack~, n. Hackmatack, American larch, black larch (Larix pendula or Americana).

~Tame~, a. ~1.~ Domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild.

~2.~ Subdued, crushed, submissive.

~3.~ Spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor.

~Tame~, v. a. ~1.~ Domesticate, make tame, make docile.

~2.~ Subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate.

~Tamper~, v. n. ~1.~ Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, have to do (in a tentative way).

~2.~ Intrigue, deal secretly.

~Tan~, v. a. ~1.~ Convert into leather, impregnate with tannin.

~2.~ Imbrown, make tawny.

~Tang~, n. Smack, taste, flavor, savor.

~Tangible~, a. ~1.~ Tactile, palpable.

~2.~ Real, certain, positive, substantial, substantive, solid.

~Tangle~, v. a. Interweave (confusedly), intertwine, complicate, perplex, snarl, entangle.

~Tangle~, n. Complication, intricacy, perplexity, snarl.

~Tank~, n. Cistern, reservoir.

~Tanned~, a. Imbrowned, sun-burnt, ruddy, blowzy, blowzed, ruddy- faced.

~Tantalize~, v. a. Torment (by exciting hopes and refusing to gratify them), vex, tease, irritate, provoke.

~Tantamount~, a. Equivalent, equal.

~Tantamount to~, The same as, equal to, as good as.

~Tap~, v. a. ~1.~ Broach.

~2.~ Rap, strike (lightly).

~Tap~, v. n. Rap.

~Tap~, n. ~1.~ Gentle blow, light stroke.

~2.~ Spigot, plug, stopper, stopple.

~Taper~, n. Light, small candle.

~Taper~, a. Conical, pyramidal, tapering.

~Taper~, v. a. Make taper, make conical.

~Taper~, v. n. Take a conical form, have a conical shape.

~Tapering~, a. Conical, TAPER.

~Tapioca~, n. Purified cassava, manioc.

~Tapped~, a. Abroach, broached, on tap.

~Tar~, n. Sailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, seafaring man.

~Tardiness~, n. Slowness, dilatoriness, delay, slackness, procrastination, putting off.

~Tardy~, a. ~1.~ Slow, snail-like, sluggish, not swift.

~2.~ Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, procrastinating, not prompt.

~Target~, n. Mark (to be shot at).

~Tariff~, n. Schedule of duties (on imports or on exports).

~Tarn~, n. Pool (among mountains), pond, lake.

~Tarnish~, v. a. Soil, stain, sully, deface, discolor, dull, blemish.

~Tarnish~, n. Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.

~Tarriance~, n. Stay, delay, tarrying.

~Tarry~, v. n. ~1.~ Stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings.

~2.~ Wait, linger, delay, loiter, be slow, remain long.

~Tart~, a. ~1.~ Sour, acid, pricked.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, caustic, crabbed, sharp, snappish, testy, snarling, petulant, acrimonious, ill-tempered, ill-humored.

~Tartar~, n. ~1.~ Argol, bitartrate of potash (crude).

~2.~ Ill-tempered person.

~Tartarean~, a. Infernal, hellish, tartareous.

~Tartar-emetic~, n. Tartarized antimony, tartrated antimony, tartrate of potash and antimony.

~Tartareous~, a. Tartarean.

~Tartarized antimony~, TARTAR-EMETIC.

~Tartarus~, n. Hades, Erebus, Hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

~Tartness~, n. ~1.~ Sourness, acidity.

~2.~ Acrimony, harshness, asperity, severity, piquancy, sharpness, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, ill temper, bad blood.

~Task~, n. ~1.~ Work, labor, toil, drudgery.

~2.~ Employment, business, undertaking, enterprise.

~3.~ Lesson, exercise.

~Task~, v. a. ~1.~ Impose a task on.

~2.~ Burden, oppress, tax.

~Taskmaster~, n. Overseer.

~Taste~, v. a. ~1.~ Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.

~2.~ Experience, perceive, feel.

~Taste~, v. n. ~1.~ Try the flavor.

~2.~ Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.

~3.~ Have perception, have experience.

~Taste~, n. ~1.~ Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.

~2.~ Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.

~3.~ Sense of taste.

~4.~ Fondness, liking, partiality.

~5.~ Discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception.

~Tasteful~, a. ~1.~ Savory.

~2.~ TASTY, in good taste.

~Tasteless~, a. Insipid, flat, without relish.

~Tasty~, a. Elegant, refined, tasteful, in good taste.

~Tatterdemalion~, n. Ragamuffin, ragged fellow, wretch, SANS-CULOTTE.

~Tattered~, a. Torn, ragged.

~Tatters~, n. pl. Rags.

~Tattle~, v. n. ~1.~ Prate, prattle, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, talk idly or thoughtlessly, talk at random, spin a long yarn.

~2.~ Blab, gossip, tell tales.

~Tattle~, n. Prate, prattle, gossip, twaddle, twattle, gabble, palaver, balderdash, nonsense, idle talk, senseless talk.

~Tattler~, n. ~1.~ Prattler, babbler, chatterer, prater, gossip, gadabout, gadder, rattle-head, idle talker.

~2.~ Gossip, tale-bearer.

~Tattoo~, n. Beat of drum (to summon soldiers to quarters at night).

~Taught~, a. (Naut.) Tight, tense, not slack, stretched, strained.

~Taunt~, v. a. Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.

~Taunt~, n. Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure, reproach, insult, jeer, gibe, quip, quirk, caustic remark.

~Taurus~, n. (Astron.) The Bull.

~Tautog~, n. Black-fish (Labrus Americanus).

~Tautological~, a. Repetitious, verbose, diffuse, redundant, pleonastic.

~Tautology~, n. Repetition (of the same idea in different words), redundancy, iteration, reiteration, pleonasm, verbosity, diffuseness, redundant expression.

~Tavern~, n. Inn, hotel, CARAVANSARY, house, public house.

~Tawdry~, a. Showy (without elegance), gaudy, flashy, glittering, in bad taste.

~Tawny~, a. Fulvous, fulvid, yellowish-brown, dull yellow.

~Tax~, n. ~1.~ Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy.

~2.~ Demand, burden, charge, requisition.

~Tax~, v. a. ~1.~ Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon.

~2.~ Burden, load, task, make demands upon.

~3.~ Accuse, charge, lay upon.

~Tear~, v. a. ~1.~ Rend, sever, sunder, pull asunder, pull in pieces, pull apart.

~2.~ Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, claw, mangle.

~3.~ Snatch away, force away.

~Tearful~, a. Weeping.

~Tear off~, Pull off, strip off.

~Tear up~, Pull up, rip up.

~Tease~, v. a. Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.

~Tea-service~, n. TEA-SET.

~Tea-set~, n. Tea-service, tea-things.

~Teat~, n. Dug, nipple, pap.

~Tea-things~, n. pl. TEA-SET.

~Tedder~, n. Tether.

~Tea~, n. ~1.~ Infusion (especially of the dried leaves of the tea- plant), decoction.

~2.~ Supper, evening meal.

~Tea-berry~, n. Partridge-berry, deer-berry, boxberry, wintergreen, mountain-tea (Gaultheria procumbens).

~Teach~, v. a. ~1.~ Instruct, inform, educate, enlighten, train, discipline, drill, school, tutor, indoctrinate, initiate, give instruction to, give lessons to.

~2.~ Communicate, impart, inculcate, instil, preach.

~3.~ Admonish, direct, guide, counsel, show, tell, advise, signify to, suggest to, indicate to, point out to.

~Teach~, v. n. Act as teacher, practise teaching.

~Teachable~, a. Docile, apt, apt to learn.

~Teacher~, n. Instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame.

~Tedious~, a. Wearisome (in consequence of being prolonged), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest.

~Tediousness~, n. Wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness, tedium, ENNUI.

~Tedium~, n. TEDIOUSNESS.

~Teem~, v. n. ~1.~ Conceive, be pregnant.

~2.~ Abound, be full, be prolific, be stocked.

~Teeming~, a. Fraught, replete, full, prolific.

~Teeter~, v. n. Seesaw, titter, titter-totter, tetter-totter.

~Teething~, n. Dentition.

~Teetotal~, a. [Colloquial.] Entire, complete, total.

~Tegument~, n. ~1.~ Covering, cover, integument, capsule, case.

~2.~ Skin.

~Tehee~, v. n. [Colloquial.] Giggle, titter.

~Teledu~, n. Stinkard (Mydaus meliceps).

~Telegram~, n. Telegraphic despatch.

~Telegraph~, n. Semaphore.

~Telegraph~, v. a. ~1.~ Convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph.

~2.~ WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.

~Telescope~, n. Spy-glass.

~Tell~, v. a. ~1.~ Express, utter, speak, state, mention, communicate, publish, speak of, make mention of.

~2.~ Relate, recount, rehearse, narrate, describe, report, give an account of.

~3.~ Inform, teach, instruct, acquaint, apprise, make known to, explain to, disclose to, communicate to, make known to.

~4.~ Disclose, reveal, divulge, confess, betray, acknowledge, own, declare, make known.

~5.~ Number, count, enumerate, compute, reckon, take an account of, run over, sum up, call over.

~6.~ Discern, discover, make out, distinguish.

~Tell~, v. n. ~1.~ Give account, make report.

~2.~ Take effect, be effective, hit the nail on the head.

~Telling~, a. Effective.

~Tell-tale~, n. Tattler, talebearer.

~Tell-tale~, a. Babbling, tattling.

~Telluric~, a. Terrestrial, earthly.

~Temerity~, n. Recklessness (of disposition), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.

~Temper~, v. a. ~1.~ Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.

~2.~ Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper.

~3.~ Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate.

~4.~ Bring to the right degree of hardness (as iron, by sudden cooling).

~5.~ ANNEAL.

~Temper~, n. ~1.~ Due mixture, just combination.

~2.~ Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.

~3.~ Disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain.

~4.~ Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.

~5.~ Degree of hardness.

~6.~ [Colloquial.] Anger, passion, irritation.

~Temperament~, n. Constitution, temper, nature, organization, idiosyncrasy, habit.

~Temperance~, n. Moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control.

~Temperate~, a. ~1.~ Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.

~2.~ Chaste, continent.

~3.~ Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.

~4.~ Duly tempered (as regards heat and cold), not excessive.

~Temperature~, n. Degree of heat.

~Tempest~, n. ~1.~ Storm, hurricane, gale, squall, tornado, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning).

~2.~ Excitement, tumult, disturbance, perturbation, violent outbreak.

~Tempestuous~, a. ~1.~ Stormy, windy, breezy, squally, gusty, blustering, boisterous.

~2.~ Violent, turbulent, tumultuous, impetuous.

~Temple~, n. ~1.~ FANE.

~2.~ Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house.

~Temporal~, a. ~1.~ Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical.

~2.~ Transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY.

~Temporary~, a. Transitory, transient, fleeting, evanescent, ephemeral, short-lived, temporal, brief, not permanent, not eternal, for a time, of short duration.

~Temporize~, v. n. Trim, comply with occasions, yield to circumstances, fall in with current opinion, act the time-server, be on the fence, wait to see which way the cat will jump.

~Temporizer~, n. Trimmer, time-server.

~Tempt~, v. a. ~1.~ Try, test, prove, put to trial.

~2.~ Entice (especially to evil), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over.

~3.~ Incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt.

~Temptation~, n. ~1.~ Enticement (especially to evil), allurement.

~2.~ Bribe, bait, lure, decoy, golden apple, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens.

~Tempter~, n. Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.

~Tenable~, a. Defensible, capable of being held or defended.

~Tenacious~, a. ~1.~ Retentive, apt to retain.

~2.~ Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.

~Tenaciousness~, n. TENACITY.

~Tenacious of~, Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining.

~Tenacity~, n. ~1.~ Retentiveness, tenaciousness.

~2.~ Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity.

~3.~ Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy.

~Tenant~, n. Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.

~Tenantable~, a. Habitable.

~Tend~, v. a. Watch, guard, keep, protect, attend, accompany, nurse, take care of, wait on.

~Tend~, v. n. ~1.~ Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.

~2.~ Incline, lean, verge, trend, make, be directed.

~3.~ Conduce, contribute, lead.

~Tendency~, n. Inclination, leaning, direction, determination, bearing, bent, bias, drift, course, aim, scope, proclivity, aptitude, proneness, predisposition, propensity, turn, disposition, liability.

~Tender~, a. ~1.~ Soft, delicate, not firm.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, young, infantile, youthful, not strong.

~3.~ Effeminate, feminine, womanly, not hardy, not robust.

~4.~ Sensitive, easily pained.

~5.~ Compassionate, kind, affectionate, sympathetic, pitiful, merciful, lenient, mild, tender-hearted.

~6.~ Pathetic, affecting, touching.

~7.~ Painful (to speak of or treat of), unpleasant, disagreeable.

~Tender~, v. a. Offer, proffer, present, volunteer.

~Tender~, n. ~1.~ Attendant.

~2.~ Offer, proffer, proposal.

~Tender-hearted~, a. Affectionate, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, tender, pitiful.

~Tenderness~, n. ~1.~ Softness, delicacy, want of firmness.

~2.~ Weakness, want of strength, feebleness.

~3.~ Effeminacy, womanly quality.

~4.~ Soreness, sensitiveness.

~5.~ Compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindness.

~6.~ Pathos.

~7.~ Caution, carefulness.

~Tender of~, Concerned about, careful of.

~Tendon~, n. Sinew.

~Tendril~, n. (Bot.) Filament, cirrus.

~Tenebrious~, a. TENEBROUS.

~Tenebrous~, a. Dark, dusky, darksome, gloomy, tenebrious.

~Tenement~, n. House, dwelling, habitation, domicile.

~Tenet~, n. Doctrine, dogma, opinion, notion, principle, position, belief, creed, way of thinking.

~Tenor~, n. ~1.~ Course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character.

~2.~ Meaning, intent, purport, import, sense, spirit, drift, gist, significance.

~3.~ (Music.) Highest part (for a man's voice).

~Tense~, a. Tight, stretched, strained, TAUGHT, rigid, not loose, not lax.

~Tension~, n. ~1.~ Stretching, straining.

~2.~ Strain, rigor, severe effort.

~3.~ (Physics.) Expansive force, elastic force.

~Tent~, n. Pavilion.

~Tentacle~, n. Feeler.

~Tentacula~, n. pl. [L.] Feelers, tentacles.

~Tentative~, a. Trying, essaying, experimental.

~Tenth~, n. Tithe.

~Ten thousand~, Myriad.

~Tenuity~, n. ~1.~ Thinness, fineness, slenderness, exility.

~2.~ Rarity, rareness, subtility, etherealness.

~Tenure~, n. ~1.~ (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).

~2.~ Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).

~Tepid~, a. Lukewarm, slightly warm.

~Tergiversation~, n. ~1.~ Evasion, shift, subterfuge.

~2.~ Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.

~Term~, n. ~1.~ Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.

~2.~ Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time.

~3.~ Word (considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word), expression, name, denomination.

~4.~ Member (of a syllogism, of an equation, of a fraction, of a proportion, &c.).

~Term~, v. a. Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.

~Termagant~, n. Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.

~Termes~, n. [L. pl. Termites.] White ant, termite.

~Terminal~, a. ~1.~ Limiting, bounding.

~2.~ Final, ultimate.

~Terminate~, v. a. ~1.~ Bound, limit, set bounds to.

~2.~ End, conclude, complete, close, finish, bring to an end, put an end to.

~Terminate~, v. n. ~1.~ End, cease, close, be limited, stop short, come to an end.

~2.~ Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.

~Termination~, n. ~1.~ Ending.

~2.~ Limit, bound, period.

~3.~ End, conclusion, completion, issue, result, consequence, effect.

~Terminology~, n. Glossology, nomenclature.

~Terminus~, n. [L. pl. Termini.] Limit, boundary, mete, term.

~Termite~, n. Termes, white ant.

~Terms~, n. pl. Conditions, stipulations, provisions.

~Tern~, n. Sea-swallow.

~Ternary~, a. Triplicate, threefold.

~Terrace~, n. Plateau, esplanade.

~Terra firma~, [L.] Solid earth, firm foundation.

~Terra Japonica~, [Low L.] Catechu, gambler, cutch, Japan earth.

~Terrene~, a. TERRESTRIAL.

~Terrestrial~, a. Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.

~Terrible~, a. Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.

~Terrific~, a. Frightful, TERRIBLE.

~Terrify~, v. a. Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror.

~Territory~, n. Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

~Terror~, n. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread.

~Terrorism~, n. State of terror, reign of terror.

~Terse~, a. Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, not diffuse, not verbose, not prolix, not rambling, not wordy, not loose, not long-winded, not pleonastic, not tautological.

~Tessellated~, a. Checkered, inlaid, mosaic.

~Test~, n. ~1.~ Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.

~2.~ Criterion, standard, touchstone.

~3.~ [Chem.] Reägent.

~Test~, v. a. Try, prove, subject to trial, put to the proof, experiment upon, make trial of, make an experiment with, give a trial to.

~Testacea~, n. pl. TESTACEANS.

~Testaceans~, n. pl. Shell-fish (with thick entire shells like the clam), mollusks.

~Testament~, n. Will, last will and testament.

~Testify~, v. n. Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.

~Testify~, v. a. Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.

~Testimonial~, n. ~1.~ Credential, certificate, recommendation, voucher.

~2.~ Monument, remembrancer, record.

~Testimony~, n. ~1.~ Affirmation, declaration, deposition, attestation.

~2.~ Proof (by a witness), evidence, ground of belief.

~Testy~, a. Peevish, petulant, fretful, pettish, touchy, cross, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, irascible, irritable, captious, hasty, quick, peppery.

~Tetanus~, n. [L.] (Med.) Spasm, spasmodic contraction of the muscles.

~Tête-à-tête~, [Fr.] ~1.~ (Adverbially.) Face to face, cheek by jowl.

~2.~ (As a noun.) Close conversation, private conversation, familiar conference.

~Tether~, n. Tedder.

~Tetter~, n. Herpes, fret, ringworm.

~Tetter-totter~, v. n. See-saw, teeter, titter, titter-totter.

~Text~, n. ~1.~ Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy.

~2.~ Verse (of scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.

~3.~ Topic, subject, theme, thesis.

~Textile~, a. Woven.

~Texture~, n. ~1.~ Fabric, web.

~2.~ Structure, make, organization, constitution, tissue.

~Thank~, v. a. Return thanks to, make acknowledgments to.

~Thanks~, n. pl. Acknowledgments (for favors), expressions of gratitude.

~Thankful~, a. Grateful (with a desire to give thanks), obliged, beholden, indebted, under obligation.

~Thankfulness~, n. Gratitude (with a desire to acknowledge it), sense of obligation, feeling of obligation.

~Thankless~, a. ~1.~ Ungrateful, unthankful.

~2.~ Unpleasant (as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable.

~Thaumaturgies~, n. THAUMATURGY.

~Thaumaturgist~, n. Necromancer, sorcerer, magician, conjurer, juggler, seer, wizard, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.

~Thaumaturgy~, n. Necromancy, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, theurgy, wonder-working, the black art, feats of magic.

~Thaw~, v. n. Melt (after freezing), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid.

~Thaw~, v. a. Melt (something frozen), dissolve.

~Thawing~, n. Melting, dissolving, liquefaction.

~The Advocate~, CHRIST.

~The Almighty~, GOD, Jehovah.

~The Anointed~, CHRIST.

~The Arch Enemy~, SATAN.

~The Arch Fiend~, SATAN.

~Theatre~, n. [Written also Theater.] ~1.~ Play-house.

~2.~ Scene, field, arena.

~Theatric~, a. ~1.~ Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

~Theatrical~, a. ~1.~ Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.

~2.~ Ostentatious, showy, pompous.

~Theatricals~, n. pl. Dramatic performances.

~The Bible~, The Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, the sacred volume.

~The blues~, Melancholy, dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, blue devils, depression of spirits, the dismals.

~The boards~, The stage (of a theatre).