steeper | (noun) a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping | - |
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steepish | (adjective) somewhat steep | - |
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steeple | (noun) a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | Synonyms: spire |
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steeplechase | (noun) a horse race over an obstructed course | - |
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(noun) a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump | - |
steeplechaser | (noun) a horse trained to run in steeplechases | - |
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steeplejack | (noun) someone who builds or maintains very tall structures | - |
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steeply | (adverb) in a steep manner | - |
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steepness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitousness |
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storekeeper | (noun) a merchant who owns or manages a shop | Synonyms: market keeper, shopkeeper, tradesman |
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sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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(noun) a movement in an arc | - |
(noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
(noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
(noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
(noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
(verb) win an overwhelming victory in or on | - |
(verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: broom |
(verb) clean by sweeping | - |
(verb) make a big sweeping gesture or movement | Synonyms: swing, swing out |
(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sail |
(verb) sweep across or over | Synonyms: brush |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep up, tangle |
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, traverse |
(verb) cover the entire range of | - |
sweeper | (noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | - |
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(noun) a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet | Synonyms: carpet sweeper |
(noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) | - |
sweeping | (adjective) ignoring distinctions | Synonyms: wholesale |
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(adjective) taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination | - |
(noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
sweepingly | (adverb) in a sweeping manner | - |
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sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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teepee | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: tepee, tipi |
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threepence | (noun) former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies | - |
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threepenny | (adjective) of trifling worth | Synonyms: sixpenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, twopenny |
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(adjective) used of nail size; 1 1/4 in long | - |
timekeeper | (noun) a measuring instrument or device for keeping time | Synonyms: horologe, timepiece |
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(noun) a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees | - |
(noun) (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed | Synonyms: timer |
timekeeping | (noun) the act or process of determining the time | - |
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tollkeeper | (noun) someone employed to collect tolls | Synonyms: toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollman |
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tweep | (noun) A person using Twitter | - |
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unsleeping | (adjective) fully awake | Synonyms: wide-awake |
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upkeep | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: care, maintenance |
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(noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation |
weep | (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: cry |
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weeper | (noun) a person who weeps | Synonyms: crier |
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(noun) a hired mourner | - |
weepiness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: tearfulness |
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weeping | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful |
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(adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous |
(noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, tears |
weepy | (adjective) liable to weep easily | - |
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woodcreeper | (noun) any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers | Synonyms: tree creeper, wood-creeper, woodhewer |
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