| skedaddle | (noun) a hasty flight | - |
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| skeet | (noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird | Synonyms: skeet shooting, trapshooting |
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| skeg | (noun) a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost | - |
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| skein | (noun) coils of worsted yarn | - |
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| skeleton | (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, underframe |
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| (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Synonyms: frame, skeletal system, systema skeletale |
| (noun) a scandal that is kept secret | Synonyms: skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard |
| (noun) something reduced to its minimal form | - |
| skep | (noun) a domed beehive made of twisted straw | - |
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| (noun) a large round wicker basket (used on farms) | - |
| skepful | (noun) the quantity a skep can hold | - |
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| skeptic | (noun) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | Synonyms: doubter, sceptic |
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| skepticism | (noun) doubt about the truth of something | Synonyms: disbelief, incredulity, mental rejection, scepticism |
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| (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: agnosticism, scepticism |
| sketch | (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: study |
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| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, survey |
| (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cartoon |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: vignette |
| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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| sketcher | (noun) an implement for sketching | - |
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| (noun) someone who draws sketches | - |
| sketchiness | (noun) incompleteness of details | - |
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| skewer | (noun) a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted | - |
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| skewness | (noun) an oblique or slanting asymmetry | Synonyms: lopsidedness |
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