| scrutiniser | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutinizer |
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| scrutinize | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinise |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinise, size up, take stock |
| scrutinizer | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutiniser |
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| scrutiny | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: examination |
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| (noun) a prolonged intense look | - |
| scry | (verb) divine by gazing into crystals | - |
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| scuba | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, aqualung |
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| scud | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scudding |
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| (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, shoot |
| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: rack |
| scudding | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scud |
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| scuff | (noun) the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) | - |
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| (noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: mule |
| (verb) poke at with the foot or toe | - |
| (verb) mar by scuffing | - |
| (verb) get or become scuffed | - |
| (verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: drag |
| scuffer | (noun) a lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole; worn as play shoes by children and as sportswear by adults | - |
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| scuffle | (noun) disorderly fighting | Synonyms: dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, tussle |
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| (noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scramble |
| (noun) a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling | Synonyms: Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe |
| (verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | Synonyms: tussle |
| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle |
| scull | (noun) a racing shell that is propelled by sculls | - |
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| (noun) each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman | - |
| (noun) a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward | - |
| (verb) propel with sculls | - |
| sculler | (noun) someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward) | - |
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| scullery | (noun) a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done | - |
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| sculling | (noun) rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | - |
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| scullion | (noun) a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) | - |
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| sculpin | (noun) any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths | - |
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| sculpt | (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: grave, sculpture |
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| (verb) create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material | Synonyms: sculpture |
| sculpted | (adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: graven, sculptured |
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| sculptor | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: carver, sculpturer, statue maker |
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| sculptress | (noun) a woman sculptor | - |
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| sculptural | (adjective) relating to or consisting of sculpture | - |
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| (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptured, sculpturesque |
| sculpture | (noun) creating figures or designs in three dimensions | Synonyms: carving |
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| (noun) a three-dimensional work of plastic art | - |
| (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: grave, sculpt |
| (verb) create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material | Synonyms: sculpt |
| sculptured | (adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: graven, sculpted |
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| (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculpturesque |
| sculpturer | (noun) an artist who creates sculptures | Synonyms: carver, sculptor, statue maker |
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| sculpturesque | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculptured |
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| scum | (noun) a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid | - |
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| (noun) worthless people | Synonyms: trash |
| (verb) remove the scum from | - |
| scumbag | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| scumble | (noun) the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture | - |
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| scummy | (adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: abject, low-down, low, miserable, scurvy |
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| (adjective) covered with scum | - |
| scunner | (noun) a strong dislike | - |
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| scup | (noun) porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America | Synonyms: southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus |
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| (noun) found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish | Synonyms: northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops |
| (noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: porgy |
| (noun) flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| scupper | (noun) drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard | - |
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| (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer |
| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay |
| scuppernong | (noun) amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States | - |
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| scurf | (noun) (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | - |
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| (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scale |
| scurfy | (adjective) having or producing or covered with scurf | - |
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| (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly |
| scurrility | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: billingsgate |
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| scurrilous | (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: abusive, opprobrious |
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| scurrilously | (adverb) in a scurrilous manner | - |
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| scurry | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scramble |
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| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scuttle, skitter |
| scurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: hurrying |
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| scurvily | (adverb) in a despicable, ignoble manner | Synonyms: basely, meanly |
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| scurvy | (adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: abject, low-down, low, miserable, scummy |
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| (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | Synonyms: scorbutus |
| scut | (noun) a short erect tail | - |
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| scutcheon | (noun) a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | Synonyms: escutcheon |
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| (noun) a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers | Synonyms: escutcheon, finger plate |
| scute | (noun) large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake | - |
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| scuttle | (noun) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire | Synonyms: coal scuttle |
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| (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: hatchway, opening |
| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scurry, skitter |
| scuttlebutt | (noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | Synonyms: comment, gossip |
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| scyphozoan | (noun) any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle | - |
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| scyphus | (noun) an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base | - |
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| scythe | (noun) an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground | - |
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| (verb) cut with a scythe | - |
| sea | (noun) a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | - |
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| (noun) turbulent water with swells of considerable size | - |
| (noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | Synonyms: ocean |
| seabag | (noun) a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear | - |
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| seabed | (noun) the bottom of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor |
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| seabird | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seafowl |
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| seaboard | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaside |
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| seaborgium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 106 | Synonyms: atomic number 106, element 106, Sg |
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| seaborne | (adjective) conveyed by sea | - |
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| seacoast | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seashore |
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| seafarer | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar |
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| seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
| (noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
| seafood | (noun) edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | - |
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| seafowl | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seabird |
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| seafront | (noun) the waterfront of a seaside town | - |
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| seagirt | (adjective) surrounded or enclosed by the sea | - |
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| seagoing | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seafaring |
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| seagrass | (noun) any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds | - |
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| seagull | (noun) mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | Synonyms: gull, sea gull |
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| seahorse | (noun) small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | Synonyms: sea horse |
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| (noun) either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | Synonyms: sea horse, walrus |
| seal | (noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions | - |
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| (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: stamp |
| (noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters | Synonyms: sealing wax |
| (noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure | - |
| (noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture | - |
| (noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval |
| (noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) | - |
| (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: sealskin |
| (verb) decide irrevocably | - |
| (verb) hunt seals | - |
| (verb) close with or as if with a seal | - |
| (verb) affix a seal to | - |
| (verb) make tight; secure against leakage | Synonyms: seal off |
| (verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: varnish |
| sealant | (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealer |
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| sealed | (adjective) closed or secured with or as if with a seal | - |
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| (adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: certain |
| (adjective) undisclosed for the time being | - |
| (adjective) determined irrevocably | - |
| (adjective) apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious | - |
| (adjective) covered with a waterproof coating | - |
| (adjective) (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster | Synonyms: plastered |
| sealer | (noun) an official who affixes a seal to a document | - |
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| (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealant |
| sealing | (noun) the act of treating something to make it repel water | Synonyms: waterproofing |
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| sealskin | (noun) a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin | - |
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| (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: seal |
| seam | (noun) joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces | - |
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| (noun) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, wrinkle |
| (verb) put together with a seam | - |
| seaman | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, tar |
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| seamanlike | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanly |
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| seamanly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanlike |
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| seamanship | (noun) skill in sailing | - |
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| seamed | (adjective) having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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| (adjective) (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams | Synonyms: lined |
| seamless | (adjective) not having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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| (adjective) perfectly consistent and coherent | - |
| (adjective) smooth, especially of skin | Synonyms: unlined, unseamed |
| seamount | (noun) an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | - |
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| seamster | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: sartor, tailor |
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| seamstress | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, needlewoman, sempstress |
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| seamy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid |
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| (adjective) showing a seam | - |
| seance | (noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: session, sitting |
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| seaplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
| seaport | (noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | Synonyms: harbor, harbour, haven |
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| seaquake | (noun) an earthquake at the sea bed | Synonyms: submarine earthquake |
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| sear | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered |
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| (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| search | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, hunting |
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| (noun) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | - |
| (noun) an investigation seeking answers | - |
| (noun) the examination of alternative hypotheses | - |
| (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: lookup |
| (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, research |
| (verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | Synonyms: look for, seek |
| (verb) subject to a search | - |
| (verb) search or seek | Synonyms: look |
| searcher | (noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | Synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle |
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| (noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, seeker |
| (noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | - |
| searching | (adjective) exploring thoroughly | - |
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| (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, probing |
| (adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: trenchant |
| searchingly | (adverb) in a searching manner | - |
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| searchlight | (noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction | - |
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| seared | (adjective) having the surface burned quickly with intense heat | - |
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| searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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| searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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| seascape | (noun) a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | Synonyms: waterscape |
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| (noun) a view of the sea | - |