sluggard | (noun) an idle slothful person | Synonyms: slug |
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smorgasbord | (noun) an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal | - |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
snakebird | (noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill | Synonyms: anhinga, darter |
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snowbird | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowflake |
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(noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: junco |
(noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: fieldfare, Turdus pilaris |
snowboard | (noun) a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes | - |
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(verb) glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board | - |
songbird | (noun) any bird having a musical call | Synonyms: songster |
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soundboard | (noun) (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument | Synonyms: sounding board |
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southeastward | (adjective) toward the southeast | - |
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(noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
(adverb) in a southeastward direction | Synonyms: southeastwardly |
southward | (adjective) moving toward the south | Synonyms: southbound |
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(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | Synonyms: due south, S, south |
(adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southerly, southwards |
southwestward | (adjective) toward the southwest | - |
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(noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwest, SW |
(adverb) in a southwestward direction | Synonyms: southwestwardly |
spaceward | (adverb) towards outer space | Synonyms: spacewards |
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spikenard | (noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity | Synonyms: nard |
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splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
springboard | (noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |
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(noun) a flexible board for jumping upward | - |
standard | (adjective) established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence | - |
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(adjective) conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind | - |
(adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | Synonyms: received |
(adjective) commonly used or supplied | - |
(adjective) regularly and widely used or sold | Synonyms: stock |
(noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: banner |
(noun) an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support) | - |
(noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: criterion |
(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone |
(noun) the value behind the money in a monetary system | Synonyms: monetary standard |
(noun) a board measure = 1980 board feet | - |
starboard | (adjective) located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | - |
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(noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
(verb) turn to the right, of helms or rudders | - |
steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
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steward | (noun) someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else | - |
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(noun) a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management | Synonyms: shop steward |
(noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: custodian, keeper |
(noun) an attendant on an airplane | Synonyms: flight attendant |
(noun) the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements | - |
stiltbird | (noun) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover |
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stinkbird | (noun) crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings | Synonyms: hoactzin, hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin |
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stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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straightforward | (adjective) pointed directly ahead | - |
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(adjective) without evasion or compromise | Synonyms: square, straight |
(adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: aboveboard |
(adjective) free from ambiguity | - |
strawboard | (noun) a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp | - |
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substandard | (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, inferior |
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surd | (adjective) produced without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: hard, unvoiced, voiceless |
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(noun) a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords | Synonyms: voiceless consonant |
surfbird | (noun) sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America | Synonyms: Aphriza virgata |
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surfboard | (noun) a narrow buoyant board for riding surf | - |
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(verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surf |
sward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, turf |
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swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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swineherd | (noun) a herder or swine | Synonyms: pigman |
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switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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tabard | (noun) a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald | - |
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tailboard | (noun) a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading | Synonyms: tailgate |
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tailorbird | (noun) tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest | Synonyms: Orthotomus sutorius |
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tankard | (noun) large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
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teeterboard | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teetertotter, tilting board |
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third | (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | Synonyms: 3rd, tertiary |
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(noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | Synonyms: third base |
(noun) the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: third gear |
(noun) the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball | Synonyms: third base |
(noun) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it | - |
(noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole | Synonyms: one-third, tierce |
(noun) following the second position in an ordering or series | - |
(adverb) in the third place | Synonyms: thirdly |
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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tiltyard | (noun) (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | - |
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timecard | (noun) a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day | - |
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(noun) a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day | - |
tropicbird | (noun) mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land | Synonyms: boatswain bird, tropic bird |
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turd | (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: crap, dirt, poop, shit, shite |
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undergird | (verb) make secure underneath | Synonyms: brace up |
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(verb) lend moral support to | - |
unheard | (adjective) not necessarily inaudible but not heard | - |
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unitard | (noun) a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance | Synonyms: body suit, cat suit, leotard |
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untoward | (adjective) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | Synonyms: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly |
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(adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: adverse, inauspicious |
upward | (adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place | Synonyms: up |
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(adjective) directed up | - |
(adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: up, upwardly, upwards |
(adverb) to a later time | Synonyms: up, upwards |
urochord | (noun) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region | - |
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(noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochordate |
vanguard | (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field | Synonyms: cutting edge, forefront |
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(noun) the leading units moving at the head of an army | Synonyms: van |
(noun) any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) | Synonyms: avant-garde, new wave, van |
vineyard | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vinery |
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wakeboard | (noun) a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat | Synonyms: wake board |
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wallboard | (noun) a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | Synonyms: dry wall, drywall |
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ward | (noun) block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care | Synonyms: hospital ward |
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(noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: cellblock |
(noun) a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections | - |
(noun) a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another | - |
(verb) watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect | Synonyms: guard |
warlord | (noun) supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak | - |
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washboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: splashboard |
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(noun) device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on | - |
wasteyard | (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard |
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watchword | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, word |
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(noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry |
waterbird | (noun) freshwater aquatic bird | Synonyms: water bird, waterfowl |
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wayward | (adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrary, obstinate, perverse |
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weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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(noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
weaverbird | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver, weaver finch |
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weird | (adjective) strikingly odd or unusual | - |
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(adjective) suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | Synonyms: eldritch, uncanny, unearthly |
westward | (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westbound, westerly |
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(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees | Synonyms: due west, W, west |
(adverb) toward the west | Synonyms: westwards |
whipcord | (noun) a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib | - |
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(noun) closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips | - |
whirlybird | (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: chopper, eggbeater, helicopter |
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windward | (adjective) on the side exposed to the wind | - |
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(noun) the side of something that is toward the wind | - |
(noun) the direction from which the wind is coming | - |
(adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
wizard | (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | Synonyms: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizardly |
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(noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist |
(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz |
word | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify | - |
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(noun) a promise | Synonyms: parole, word of honor |
(noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: intelligence, news, tidings |
(noun) a brief statement | - |
(noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: discussion, give-and-take |
(noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, watchword |
(noun) a verbal command for action | - |
(noun) a string of bits stored in computer memory | - |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase |
workboard | (noun) a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work | Synonyms: work-board |
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yard | (noun) an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) | - |
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(noun) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen | - |
(noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building | Synonyms: curtilage, grounds |
(noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, railyard |
(noun) a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) | - |
(noun) a tract of land where logs are accumulated | - |
(noun) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride | Synonyms: pace |
(noun) a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) | Synonyms: cubic yard |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand |
yardbird | (noun) a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks | Synonyms: yard bird |
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(noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | Synonyms: con, convict, inmate, yard bird |
yellowbird | (noun) American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer | Synonyms: goldfinch, New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis |
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(noun) yellow-throated American wood warbler | Synonyms: Dendroica petechia, golden warbler, yellow warbler |