| shipbuilder | (noun) a business that builds and repairs ships | - |
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| (noun) a person who builds ships as a business | Synonyms: ship builder |
| (noun) a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels | Synonyms: ship builder, shipwright |
| shoulder | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: berm |
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| (noun) the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder | - |
| (noun) the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm | - |
| (noun) a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula | Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder joint |
| (noun) a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg | - |
| shredder | (noun) a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | - |
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| shudder | (noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) | Synonyms: tremor |
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| (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, thrill, tingle |
| siderite | (noun) a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron | - |
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| (noun) iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate | Synonyms: chalybite |
| sideroblast | (noun) an erythroblast having granules of ferritin | - |
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| siderocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin | - |
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| sideropenia | (noun) a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage | - |
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| siderophilin | (noun) a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron | Synonyms: beta globulin, transferrin |
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| siderosis | (noun) fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers | - |
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| sidewinder | (noun) small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve | Synonyms: Crotalus cerastes, horned rattlesnake |
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| (noun) air-to-air missile with infrared homing device | - |
| sightreader | (noun) a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) | - |
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| skateboarder | (noun) someone who skates on a skateboard | - |
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| skidder | (noun) a tractor used to haul logs over rough terrain | - |
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| (noun) a worker who uses a skid to move logs | - |
| (noun) a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction | Synonyms: slider, slipper |
| slander | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration |
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| (noun) words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another | - |
| slanderer | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, traducer, vilifier |
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| slanderousness | (noun) The property of being both untrue and harmful to a reputation. | - |
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| slaveholder | (noun) someone who holds slaves | Synonyms: slave owner, slaver |
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| sledder | (noun) someone who rides a sled | - |
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| slenderness | (noun) the quality of being slight or inadequate | - |
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| (noun) the property of an attractively thin person | Synonyms: slightness, slimness |
| (noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | Synonyms: tenuity, thinness |
| slider | (noun) a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown | - |
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| (noun) freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets | Synonyms: Pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin |
| (noun) someone who races the luge | Synonyms: luger |
| (noun) a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction | Synonyms: skidder, slipper |
| smallholder | (noun) a person owning or renting a smallholding | - |
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| smolder | (noun) a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame | Synonyms: smoulder |
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| smoulder | (noun) a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame | Synonyms: smolder |
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| snowboarder | (noun) someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| solder | (noun) an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces | - |
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| solderer | (noun) a worker who joins or mends with solder | - |
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| soldering | (noun) fastening firmly together | Synonyms: bonding |
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| sounder | (noun) a device for making soundings | - |
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| speeder | (noun) a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit | Synonyms: speed demon |
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| spellbinder | (noun) an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound | - |
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| spender | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: disburser, expender |
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| (noun) someone who spends money prodigally | Synonyms: scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift |
| spider | (noun) predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey | - |
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| (noun) a skillet made of cast iron | - |
| (noun) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | Synonyms: wanderer |
| spiderflower | (noun) any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers | Synonyms: cleome |
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| spiderwort | (noun) any plant of the family Commelinaceae | Synonyms: dayflower |
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| spreader | (noun) a hand tool for spreading something | - |
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| (noun) a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | Synonyms: broadcaster |
| squanderer | (noun) a recklessly extravagant consumer | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate |
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| squandering | (noun) spending resources lavishly and wastefully | - |
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| squandermania | (noun) prodigious squandering (usually by a government) | - |
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| stakeholder | (noun) someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | - |
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| stander | (noun) an organism (person or animal) that stands | - |
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| stepladder | (noun) a folding portable ladder hinged at the top | Synonyms: step ladder |
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| stockholder | (noun) someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | Synonyms: shareholder, shareowner |
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| strider | (noun) a person who walks rapidly with long steps | - |
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| subdivider | (noun) someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites) | - |
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| suborder | (noun) (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order | - |
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| succeeder | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, success, winner |
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| superorder | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass | - |
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| surfboarder | (noun) someone who engages in surfboarding | Synonyms: surfer |
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| surrejoinder | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder | - |
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| surrender | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, fall |
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| (noun) the delivery of a principal into lawful custody | - |
| (noun) a verbal act of admitting defeat | Synonyms: giving up, yielding |
| (noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: resignation |
| surrenderer | (noun) a person who yields or surrenders | Synonyms: yielder |
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| suspender | (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: brace, gallus |
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| taxidermist | (noun) a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display | Synonyms: animal stuffer, stuffer |
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| taxidermy | (noun) the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance | - |
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| tender | (noun) ship that usually provides supplies to other ships | Synonyms: supply ship |
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| (noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore | Synonyms: cutter, pinnace, ship's boat |
| (noun) car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water | - |
| (noun) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | Synonyms: bid |
| (noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | Synonyms: attendant, attender |
| (noun) something that can be used as an official medium of payment | Synonyms: legal tender, stamp |
| tenderfoot | (noun) an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) | - |
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| tendergreen | (noun) Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage | Synonyms: Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis, spinach mustard |
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| tenderheartedness | (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderness |
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| tenderisation | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderization |
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| tenderiser | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderizer |
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| tenderization | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderisation |
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| tenderizer | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderiser |
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| tenderloin | (noun) the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column | Synonyms: undercut |
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| (noun) a city district known for its vice and high crime rate | Synonyms: combat zone |
| tenderness | (noun) a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) | Synonyms: softheartedness |
| (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness |
| (noun) warm compassionate feelings | Synonyms: tenderheartedness |
| (noun) a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) | Synonyms: rawness, soreness |
| tenpounder | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, ladyfish |
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| threader | (noun) a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops | Synonyms: bodkin |
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| thunder | (noun) street names for heroin | Synonyms: big H, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack |
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| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: boom, roar, roaring |
| (noun) a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning | - |
| thunderbird | (noun) (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird | - |
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| thunderbolt | (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderclap |
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| (noun) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | Synonyms: bolt, bolt of lightning |
| thunderclap | (noun) a single sharp crash of thunder | - |
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| (noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderbolt |
| thundercloud | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud |
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| thunderer | (noun) a noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder | - |
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| thunderhead | (noun) a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm | - |
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| thunderousness | (noun) The state or condition of being very loud, suggestive of thunder; booming loudness. | - |
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| thundershower | (noun) a short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning | - |
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| thunderstorm | (noun) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning | Synonyms: electric storm, electrical storm |
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| tinder | (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, punk, spunk, touchwood |
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| tinderbox | (noun) a box for holding tinder | - |
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| (noun) a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence | - |
| toothpowder | (noun) a dentifrice in the form of a powder | Synonyms: tooth powder |
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| trader | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: bargainer, dealer, monger |
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| transgendered | (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transexual, transsexual |
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| transponder | (noun) electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply | - |
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| tsundere | (noun) a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
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| (noun) a character development process that describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warmer side over time. | - |
| udder | (noun) mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) | Synonyms: bag |
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| ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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| underachievement | (noun) poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) | - |
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| underachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underperformer |
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| underbelly | (noun) the quality of being weak or unprotected | - |
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| (noun) the soft belly or underside of an animal's body | Synonyms: underbody |
| (noun) lower side | - |
| underbodice | (noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: camisole |
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| underbody | (noun) the soft belly or underside of an animal's body | Synonyms: underbelly |
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| underboss | (noun) an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) | - |
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| underbrush | (noun) the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest | Synonyms: undergrowth, underwood |
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| undercarriage | (noun) framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle | - |
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| undercharge | (noun) an insufficient charge | - |
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| (noun) a price that is too low | - |
| underclass | (noun) the social class lowest in the social hierarchy | Synonyms: lower class |
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| underclassman | (noun) an undergraduate who is not yet a senior | Synonyms: lowerclassman |
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| underclothes | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothing, underwear |
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| underclothing | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underwear |
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| undercoat | (noun) thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair | Synonyms: underfur |
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| (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat |
| (noun) seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion | Synonyms: underseal |