| safari | (noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | Synonyms: campaign, hunting expedition |
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| saki | (noun) small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail | - |
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| (noun) Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot | Synonyms: rice beer, sake |
| salai | (noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense | Synonyms: Boswellia serrata |
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| salami | (noun) highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried | - |
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| salmagundi | (noun) cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing | - |
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| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, smorgasbord, variety |
| salmi | (noun) ragout of game in a rich sauce | - |
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| samurai | (noun) feudal Japanese military aristocracy | - |
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| (noun) a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy | - |
| sandhi | (noun) the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech) | - |
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| sannyasi | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasin, sanyasi |
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| sanyasi | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasi, sannyasin |
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| sari | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: saree |
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| sashimi | (noun) very thinly sliced raw fish | - |
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| satori | (noun) (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment | - |
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| scallopini | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopine |
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| scampi | (noun) large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic | - |
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| semi | (noun) a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle | Synonyms: semitrailer |
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| (noun) a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together | Synonyms: articulated lorry, rig, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig |
| (noun) one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | Synonyms: semifinal |
| seniti | (noun) 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga in Tonga | - |
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| senpai | (noun) someone who is older or other superior to the speaker | - |
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| shogi | (noun) a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces | - |
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| shoji | (noun) a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper | - |
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| shufti | (noun) a quick look around (originally military slang) | - |
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| si | (noun) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: te, ti |
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| ski | (noun) narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow | - |
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| souari | (noun) large South American evergreen tree having trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil | Synonyms: Caryocar nuciferum, souari nut, souari tree |
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| souvlaki | (noun) made of lamb | Synonyms: souvlakia |
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| spaghetti | (noun) pasta in the form of long strings | - |
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| (noun) spaghetti served with a tomato sauce | - |
| spaghettini | (noun) thin spaghetti | - |
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| spermaceti | (noun) a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale | - |
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| staphylococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus |
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| streptococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | Synonyms: strep, streptococcus |
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| sugi | (noun) tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood | Synonyms: Cryptomeria japonica, Japan cedar, Japanese cedar |
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| sukiyaki | (noun) thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce | - |
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| sushi | (noun) rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed | - |
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| swami | (noun) a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect | - |
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| tabi | (noun) a sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese | Synonyms: tabis |
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| tabooli | (noun) a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat | Synonyms: tabbouleh |
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| tahini | (noun) a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds | - |
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| taichi | (noun) a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health | Synonyms: t'ai chi, t'ai chi chuan, tai chi, tai chi chuan, taichichuan |
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| takoyaki | (noun) a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan | - |
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| taxi | (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: cab, hack, taxicab |
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| tekki | (noun) a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing) | Synonyms: techie |
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| teriyaki | (noun) beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled | - |
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| tetri | (noun) 100 tetri equal 1 lari in Georgia | - |
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| ti | (noun) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: si, te |
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| (noun) shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii | Synonyms: Cordyline terminalis |
| timpani | (noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | Synonyms: kettle, kettledrum, tympani, tympanum |
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| tipi | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: teepee, tepee |
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| titi | (noun) small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: titi monkey |
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| (noun) tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers | Synonyms: buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla |
| (noun) deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves | Synonyms: Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood |
| toitoi | (noun) used by Maoris for thatching | Synonyms: Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toetoe |
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| topi | (noun) a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal | Synonyms: Damaliscus lunatus, sassaby |
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| (noun) a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun | Synonyms: pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topee |
| tortellini | (noun) small ring-shaped stuffed pasta | - |
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| tripoli | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: rottenstone |
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| tsunami | (noun) a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption | - |
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| tympani | (noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | Synonyms: kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympanum |
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| uakari | (noun) medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail | - |
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| ugli | (noun) large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin | Synonyms: tangelo, ugli fruit |
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| unai | (noun) relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot | Synonyms: Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unau |
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| (noun) a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot | Synonyms: Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unau |
| venturi | (noun) a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor) | - |
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| vermicelli | (noun) pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti | - |
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| wadi | (noun) gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season | - |
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| wapiti | (noun) large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male | Synonyms: American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, elk |
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| (noun) common deer of temperate Europe and Asia | Synonyms: American elk, Cervus elaphus, elk, red deer |
| wasabi | (noun) the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish | - |
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| (noun) a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root | - |
| xi | (noun) the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| yagi | (noun) a sharply directional antenna | Synonyms: Yagi aerial |
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| yeti | (noun) a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas | Synonyms: abominable snowman |
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| yogi | (noun) one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight | - |
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| yokai | (noun) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore | - |
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| ziti | (noun) medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces | - |
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| zombi | (noun) several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur | Synonyms: zombie |
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| (noun) a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force | Synonyms: living dead, zombie |
| (noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | Synonyms: automaton, zombie |
| (noun) a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | Synonyms: snake god, zombie |
| (noun) (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body | Synonyms: zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit |
| zori | (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: pusher |
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| zucchini | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: courgette |
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| (noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: courgette |