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seizure,n.apprehension,grasping;capture; confiscation,usurpation.seldom,adv.infrequently,rarely.select,v.pickout,choose, prefer,cull, singleout, elect.--a.choice.Antonyms:promiscuous, indiscriminate.selecting,a.elective, eclectic.selection,n.choice, election, preference,pick;collection, assortment.Antonyms: promiscuity, indiscrimination.self,n.ego, person, individual.Associated words: egoism, egoist, egoistic,egotism, egotist,egotistical.self-abasement,n.self-degradation,humility, meekness.self-abuse,n.masturbation, onanism,secret vice, self-pollution.self-acting,a.automatic.self-conceit,n.egotism,overweening, priggishness,vanity.self-conceited,a.egotistical,vain,overweening, priggish, opinionated,bumptious,conceited.self-consumption,n.autophagy.self-defense,n.Associated word:: jujutsu.self-deification,n.autotheism.self-denial,n.self-abnegation, asceticism, self-sacrifice, abstemiousness.Antonyms: self-indulgence,sensuality, voluptuousness.self-denying,a.self-sacrificing,unselfish,ascetic,abstemious.self-evident,a.axiomatic,obvious.self-examination,n.introspection; autoscopy.self-explanatory,a.obvious.self-fear,n.self-distrust, autophoby.self-fertilization,n.autogamy.self-government,n.self-control; democracy; autonomy.Antonyms:subjection, heteronomy,abandon, subordination.self-heating,a.idiothermic.self-importance,n.pompousness, pomposity,vanity,conceit.self-important,a.pompous,vain, opinionated,bumptious.selfish,a.ungenerous,narrow,illiberal,uncharitable.self-knowledge,n.autology.self-murderer,n.suicide,felo-de-se.self-possessed,a.composed, unruffled,sedate,calm, collected.self-possession,n.composure, equanimity,calmness,aplomb.Antonyms:discomposure,agitation.self-righteous,a.pharisaic, sanctimonious.self-sufficiency,n.self-complacency.self-taught person.autodidact, automath.self-worship,n.autolatry, idiolatry.sell,v.vend,barter,exchange;betray; (Slang)deceive, impose upon,cheat.sell,n.(Slang) imposition,cheat, hoax,deception,trick,fraud.seller,n.vender, vendor.selling,n.vendition,barter, vending,sale.selvedge,n.listing.semen,n.sperm,seed.Associated words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, emission,vesiculæ seminales, fecundate.semicircle,n.hemicycle.send,v.dispatch, commission,delegate; transmit,forward.send back.return,remand, recommit.sending back.return,remand, remandment, recommitment.senile,a.decrepit,feeble, aged, infirm.senility,n.dotage, decrepitude, oldage.seniority,n.eldership,superiority.sensation,n.consciousness,feeling,perception;excitement.Associated words: æsthesiology, sensorium,sentient, sensific, sensory, sentiency, insentient, sensifacient, sensiferous, sensificatory,sensitive, æsthesiometer, æsthesiogen, catalepsy, anæsthesia.sensational,a.melodramatic, emotional,exciting,thrilling.sense,n.perception,sensation,sensibility,feeling, æsthesia;apprehension,understanding;wisdom,sagacity;judgment,notion,opinion,sentiment,view; conviction, consciousness.Associated words: æsthematology, æsthesiography,sensuous,sensual,sensuality, sensuousness.sense,v.(Colloq.)perceive, recognize.senseless,a.insensible,unconscious;absurd,silly,nonsensical, inept,foolish,idiotic, fatuous,unwise.senselessness,n.insensibility,unconsciousness; fatuity,absurdity.sensibility,n.susceptibility, sensitiveness,delicacy,feeling, emotion.sensible,a.apprehensible, perceptible;susceptible, impressible,conscious, cognizant,aware;wise,judicious,discreet,intelligent.Antonyms:insensible,unconscious.sensitive,a.susceptible, impressible,sentient,irritable.sensual,a.unspiritual,carnal,fleshly,sensuous;voluptuous,luxurious, sybaritic,wanton,licentious, self-indulgent.sensualist,n.voluptuary,epicure, sybarite.sensuality,n.voluptuousness, carnality, sybaritism; wantonness, licentiousness, self-gratification.sensuous,a.sensual.Antonym: insensuous.sentence,n.opinion,decision, determination,judgment;axiom,maxim,precept,posy,adage, epigram, apothegm,saying.sententious,a.terse,pithy, laconic, epigrammatic.sentient,a.sensitive, perceptive,conscious,susceptible.Antonyms: insentient, insusceptible.sentiment,n.thought,feeling;judgment,notion,opinion;maxim,saying, toast;sensibility, susceptibility.sentimental,a.romantic, impressible, emotional,lackadaisical.Antonyms:unsentimental,matter-of-fact, pragmatical.sentinel,n.guard, sentry,watchman,picket, vidette, perdue.Associated word: cordon.separable,a.divisible, detachable, severable,partible.Antonym:inseparable.separate,v.divide,dissolve,detach, sunder,sever,disconnect,part, disjoin,withdraw,rend, dissociate,disengage,isolate, disunite, eliminate, disintegrate, segregate,scatter,disperse, dissipate, sequester,cleave, insulate, dissever, deglutinate.separate,a.detached,disconnected, disjoined, separated, apart, distinct,isolated, segregated, disunited, severed, withdrawn.separation,n.division, segregation, disunion,disconnection, sequestration, disjunction,dissolution, disengagement, disintegration, insulation,isolation,rupture, dissociation, divorce, analysis, decomposition,detachment, demarcation, severance,partition, deglutination.separatist,n.nonconformist,dissenter, sectary,schismatic.sequel,n.continuation,conclusion,consequence,result,outcome.sequence,n.succession, series,following;result,sequel,consequence.sequestered,a.secluded.sere,a.dry, withered,sear.serenade,n.nocturne; (burlesque) charivari, callithump.serene,a.calm, placid, composed, tranquil, unruffled, unclouded.serenity,n.calmness,composure, tranquillity; cloudlessness,clearness.serf,n.bondman, thrall,slave, bondservant, villein.serfdom,n.thralldom,slavery,subjection,bondage,servitude.serious,a.grave,earnest,thoughtful,solemn,staid,sober,demure, saturnine; momentous,important,weighty,grave;dangerous,alarming,critical.seriousness,n.gravity.Antonyms:levity, frivolity,triviality.sermon,n.homily, exhortation (religious),discourse.Associated words: homiletics, homiletic, homilist.serpent,n.snake, reptile, ophidian; basilisk,cockatrice, amphisbæna.Associated words: ophiology, ophiolatry, ophiophagous, ophiography, herpetology, ophidian, ophiologic, ophiomorphous, herpetologist, herpetotomy, herpetotomist, ophiologist, ophiomancy, echidna, echidnine,fang, uræus, serpentry, reptilian, anguiform, anguine.serpentine,a.serpentlike,subtle, sinuous,winding, zigzag, tortuous.servant,n.dependent, subaltern, subordinate,helper, servitor,attendant, retainer;domestic,maid,menial,drudge, valet,flunky,groom, coistril,lackey,underling, fag, coolie, butler, factotum,orderly, soubrette, equerry.serve,v.attend, wait upon;promote,advance, contribute, conduce to; subserve;treat,requite;satisfy, suffice,content,answer,do;deal,distribute.service,n.labor, employment,office,duty,business,function,ministry;ritual,ceremony,rite;advantage,benefit, avail,use,utility;homage, obeisance.servile,a.slavish,abject,cringing,groveling,obsequious;dependent, enslaved.servitude,n.bondage,enslavement.set,v.place, put,fix,establish, locate,station; adjust, regulate,adapt;oppose,obstruct;appoint,assign.set,a.fixed,immovable,rigid,firm,obstinate,inflexible,unyielding;regular,uniform, established, prescribed, ordained, appointed.set,n.clique,group,class,party,coterie,circle,band,company.set aside.displace,supersede.setback,n.(Colloq.)backset,check,repulse,reverse, relapse.set-off,n.offset; counterclaim,equivalent.set-out,n.display,equipage,rig, turnout; (Colloq.) preparations.settle,v.fix,establish; ordain,install; adjust, determine,decide;sink,subside,fall; precipitate;quiet,calm,pacify, tranquillize; colonize,people.settlement,n.establishment; ordination,installation; colonization,colony;adjustment;subsidence.settler,n.pioneer, colonist.settlings,n. pl.sediment,dregs, lees, precipitate,grounds, feculence; foots.set-to,n.(Colloq.)contest,conflict,encounter,combat,fight,scrimmage.seven,n.heptade.Associated words: septenary, septuple, septette, septenate, septemvirate, septemvir, heptarchy.sevenfold,a.septuple.seven languages.Associated word: heptaglot.seven-sided,a.heptagonal, septilateral.seven-sided figure.heptagon, heptahedron.seventy,n.Associated words: septuagenary, septuagesimal, Septuagint.seventy years.Associated words: septuagenarian, septuagenary.seven years.septennate.Associated words: septennial, septennially, septenary.sever,v.part,divide, disunite,separate, disjoin,detach,disconnect.several,a.various,diverse,manifold,divers,sundry.severe,a.drastic,harsh,stern,rigorous,exact,cruel;serious,sedate,grave, austere,sober;distressing, afflictive,sharp, acute,violent,intense;inexorable,stern,exacting, peremptory,unrelenting,unmerciful;plain, austere, unembellished, unadorned;methodical,strict,precise,exact.severity,n.rigor, rigorousness, harshness,exactness, cruelty;seriousness, gravity;violence, intensity, acuteness; austerity, simplicity, plainness;exactness, strictness, preciseness.sew,v.stitch;baste.sewer,n.Associated words: sewerage, sewage.sewing woman.seamstress.sex,n.Associated words: sexual, gender,bisexual, unisexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, androgyne, androgyny, gonad.sexless,a.asexual, agamous.sexton,n.janitor (of a church), sacristan, sacrist.sexual desire.lust, venerealappetite, sexualappetite, carnalappetite, lasciviousness,venery, concupiscence, salacity, salaciousness, aphrodisia; satyriasis (immoderate); nymphomania (morbid in women); (of animals) œstrus,rut,heat, œstruation.Antonym: anaphrodisia.Associated words: aphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, amative, amativeness, amorous, amorousness, amatory, antiorgastic, philter, œstrual,sedative, erotic, erotomania, sadism, satyromaniac.sexual intercourse.coition,copulation,venery, sexual conjunction; (illicit) fornication, bawdry;prostitution, putage;adultery; incest;rape; (unnatural) sodomy, buggery, pederasty; (of birds) tread.Antonyms: continence,chastity,virginity.Associated words: venereal, incontinence, incontinent,unchastity, copulatory, gonorrhea,clap, syphilis, cenogamy, infibulation, intromittent, access, nonaccess, orgasm, fecundation,impregnate,impregnation, copulate,lecher,lechery, lecherous,libertine, libertinism, house of assignation, bawd, procurer, bawdry,pander, catamite.sexual love.venery, amorousness, amativeness.sexual organs.genitals,privates, privateparts, organs ofgeneration, pudenda, virilia; (male)penis,testicles; (female external) vulva, pudendum; (internal)womb, uterus, ovaries, vagina, clitoris.Associated words: agamic, agamous, protandric, protandrism, nympha,maidenhead, pudic, pubes, spermatheca, gonad,masturbation, infibulation.sexual power.virility; fecundity.Associated word: emasculate.sexual weakness.(male) impotency, sexual debility, invirility, emasculation, eviration; (female)sterility, defemination, infecundity.shabby,a.seedy,threadbare, tacky (Colloq.);mean,despicable,scurvy,contemptible.shack,n.(Colloq.)vagabond,tramp, loafer;hut,shanty,hovel,cabin.shackle,n.handcuff,manacle,fetter.shackle,v.manacle,hamper,fetter;impede, trammel.shade,n.umbrage,shadow;pl.darkness,obscurity,gloom, shadows;retreat,seclusion;screen,protection,curtain,awning,blind;spirit,ghost,specter,phantom, manes; minutedifference,variation, nuance.shade,v.screen;obscure,dim, obfuscate,cloud,darken,eclipse.shadow,n.shade,darkness, penumbra, adumbration; prefiguration.Associated words: sciagraphy, sciomachy, periscian, silhouette, sciomancy.shadow,v.shade,screen; adumbrate,typify,symbolize;cloud,obscure.shadowy,a.unsubstantial,visionary, illusory, chimerical.shady,a.umbrageous,shadowy, umbriferous;sheltered, screened; (Colloq.) equivocal,questionable,corrupt.shaft,n.arrow,spear,missile;column,obelisk;handle, helve;spire,pinnacle;pole,tongue,thill; axis.shake,v.agitate,jar,jolt, convulse, concuss,jounce, dodder,tremble, trill,shiver, totter, joggle, jiggle,wave,vibrate,shudder.

seizure,n.apprehension,grasping;capture; confiscation,usurpation.

seldom,adv.infrequently,rarely.

select,v.pickout,choose, prefer,cull, singleout, elect.--a.choice.Antonyms:promiscuous, indiscriminate.

selecting,a.elective, eclectic.

selection,n.choice, election, preference,pick;collection, assortment.Antonyms: promiscuity, indiscrimination.

self,n.ego, person, individual.Associated words: egoism, egoist, egoistic,egotism, egotist,egotistical.

self-abasement,n.self-degradation,humility, meekness.

self-abuse,n.masturbation, onanism,secret vice, self-pollution.

self-acting,a.automatic.

self-conceit,n.egotism,overweening, priggishness,vanity.

self-conceited,a.egotistical,vain,overweening, priggish, opinionated,bumptious,conceited.

self-consumption,n.autophagy.

self-defense,n.Associated word:: jujutsu.

self-deification,n.autotheism.

self-denial,n.self-abnegation, asceticism, self-sacrifice, abstemiousness.Antonyms: self-indulgence,sensuality, voluptuousness.

self-denying,a.self-sacrificing,unselfish,ascetic,abstemious.

self-evident,a.axiomatic,obvious.

self-examination,n.introspection; autoscopy.

self-explanatory,a.obvious.

self-fear,n.self-distrust, autophoby.

self-fertilization,n.autogamy.

self-government,n.self-control; democracy; autonomy.Antonyms:subjection, heteronomy,abandon, subordination.

self-heating,a.idiothermic.

self-importance,n.pompousness, pomposity,vanity,conceit.

self-important,a.pompous,vain, opinionated,bumptious.

selfish,a.ungenerous,narrow,illiberal,uncharitable.

self-knowledge,n.autology.

self-murderer,n.suicide,felo-de-se.

self-possessed,a.composed, unruffled,sedate,calm, collected.

self-possession,n.composure, equanimity,calmness,aplomb.Antonyms:discomposure,agitation.

self-righteous,a.pharisaic, sanctimonious.

self-sufficiency,n.self-complacency.

self-taught person.autodidact, automath.

self-worship,n.autolatry, idiolatry.

sell,v.vend,barter,exchange;betray; (Slang)deceive, impose upon,cheat.

sell,n.(Slang) imposition,cheat, hoax,deception,trick,fraud.

seller,n.vender, vendor.

selling,n.vendition,barter, vending,sale.

selvedge,n.listing.

semen,n.sperm,seed.Associated words: seminal, spermatic, spermatism, gonic, aspermatism, aspermia, seminific, seminiferous, spermatoid, spermatozoid, spermic, spermary, spermatorrhea, spermatozoa, emission,vesiculæ seminales, fecundate.

semicircle,n.hemicycle.

send,v.dispatch, commission,delegate; transmit,forward.

send back.return,remand, recommit.

sending back.return,remand, remandment, recommitment.

senile,a.decrepit,feeble, aged, infirm.

senility,n.dotage, decrepitude, oldage.

seniority,n.eldership,superiority.

sensation,n.consciousness,feeling,perception;excitement.Associated words: æsthesiology, sensorium,sentient, sensific, sensory, sentiency, insentient, sensifacient, sensiferous, sensificatory,sensitive, æsthesiometer, æsthesiogen, catalepsy, anæsthesia.

sensational,a.melodramatic, emotional,exciting,thrilling.

sense,n.perception,sensation,sensibility,feeling, æsthesia;apprehension,understanding;wisdom,sagacity;judgment,notion,opinion,sentiment,view; conviction, consciousness.Associated words: æsthematology, æsthesiography,sensuous,sensual,sensuality, sensuousness.

sense,v.(Colloq.)perceive, recognize.

senseless,a.insensible,unconscious;absurd,silly,nonsensical, inept,foolish,idiotic, fatuous,unwise.

senselessness,n.insensibility,unconsciousness; fatuity,absurdity.

sensibility,n.susceptibility, sensitiveness,delicacy,feeling, emotion.

sensible,a.apprehensible, perceptible;susceptible, impressible,conscious, cognizant,aware;wise,judicious,discreet,intelligent.Antonyms:insensible,unconscious.

sensitive,a.susceptible, impressible,sentient,irritable.

sensual,a.unspiritual,carnal,fleshly,sensuous;voluptuous,luxurious, sybaritic,wanton,licentious, self-indulgent.

sensualist,n.voluptuary,epicure, sybarite.

sensuality,n.voluptuousness, carnality, sybaritism; wantonness, licentiousness, self-gratification.

sensuous,a.sensual.Antonym: insensuous.

sentence,n.opinion,decision, determination,judgment;axiom,maxim,precept,posy,adage, epigram, apothegm,saying.

sententious,a.terse,pithy, laconic, epigrammatic.

sentient,a.sensitive, perceptive,conscious,susceptible.Antonyms: insentient, insusceptible.

sentiment,n.thought,feeling;judgment,notion,opinion;maxim,saying, toast;sensibility, susceptibility.

sentimental,a.romantic, impressible, emotional,lackadaisical.Antonyms:unsentimental,matter-of-fact, pragmatical.

sentinel,n.guard, sentry,watchman,picket, vidette, perdue.Associated word: cordon.

separable,a.divisible, detachable, severable,partible.Antonym:inseparable.

separate,v.divide,dissolve,detach, sunder,sever,disconnect,part, disjoin,withdraw,rend, dissociate,disengage,isolate, disunite, eliminate, disintegrate, segregate,scatter,disperse, dissipate, sequester,cleave, insulate, dissever, deglutinate.

separate,a.detached,disconnected, disjoined, separated, apart, distinct,isolated, segregated, disunited, severed, withdrawn.

separation,n.division, segregation, disunion,disconnection, sequestration, disjunction,dissolution, disengagement, disintegration, insulation,isolation,rupture, dissociation, divorce, analysis, decomposition,detachment, demarcation, severance,partition, deglutination.

separatist,n.nonconformist,dissenter, sectary,schismatic.

sequel,n.continuation,conclusion,consequence,result,outcome.

sequence,n.succession, series,following;result,sequel,consequence.

sequestered,a.secluded.

sere,a.dry, withered,sear.

serenade,n.nocturne; (burlesque) charivari, callithump.

serene,a.calm, placid, composed, tranquil, unruffled, unclouded.

serenity,n.calmness,composure, tranquillity; cloudlessness,clearness.

serf,n.bondman, thrall,slave, bondservant, villein.

serfdom,n.thralldom,slavery,subjection,bondage,servitude.

serious,a.grave,earnest,thoughtful,solemn,staid,sober,demure, saturnine; momentous,important,weighty,grave;dangerous,alarming,critical.

seriousness,n.gravity.Antonyms:levity, frivolity,triviality.

sermon,n.homily, exhortation (religious),discourse.Associated words: homiletics, homiletic, homilist.

serpent,n.snake, reptile, ophidian; basilisk,cockatrice, amphisbæna.Associated words: ophiology, ophiolatry, ophiophagous, ophiography, herpetology, ophidian, ophiologic, ophiomorphous, herpetologist, herpetotomy, herpetotomist, ophiologist, ophiomancy, echidna, echidnine,fang, uræus, serpentry, reptilian, anguiform, anguine.

serpentine,a.serpentlike,subtle, sinuous,winding, zigzag, tortuous.

servant,n.dependent, subaltern, subordinate,helper, servitor,attendant, retainer;domestic,maid,menial,drudge, valet,flunky,groom, coistril,lackey,underling, fag, coolie, butler, factotum,orderly, soubrette, equerry.

serve,v.attend, wait upon;promote,advance, contribute, conduce to; subserve;treat,requite;satisfy, suffice,content,answer,do;deal,distribute.

service,n.labor, employment,office,duty,business,function,ministry;ritual,ceremony,rite;advantage,benefit, avail,use,utility;homage, obeisance.

servile,a.slavish,abject,cringing,groveling,obsequious;dependent, enslaved.

servitude,n.bondage,enslavement.

set,v.place, put,fix,establish, locate,station; adjust, regulate,adapt;oppose,obstruct;appoint,assign.

set,a.fixed,immovable,rigid,firm,obstinate,inflexible,unyielding;regular,uniform, established, prescribed, ordained, appointed.

set,n.clique,group,class,party,coterie,circle,band,company.

set aside.displace,supersede.

setback,n.(Colloq.)backset,check,repulse,reverse, relapse.

set-off,n.offset; counterclaim,equivalent.

set-out,n.display,equipage,rig, turnout; (Colloq.) preparations.

settle,v.fix,establish; ordain,install; adjust, determine,decide;sink,subside,fall; precipitate;quiet,calm,pacify, tranquillize; colonize,people.

settlement,n.establishment; ordination,installation; colonization,colony;adjustment;subsidence.

settler,n.pioneer, colonist.

settlings,n. pl.sediment,dregs, lees, precipitate,grounds, feculence; foots.

set-to,n.(Colloq.)contest,conflict,encounter,combat,fight,scrimmage.

seven,n.heptade.Associated words: septenary, septuple, septette, septenate, septemvirate, septemvir, heptarchy.

sevenfold,a.septuple.

seven languages.Associated word: heptaglot.

seven-sided,a.heptagonal, septilateral.

seven-sided figure.heptagon, heptahedron.

seventy,n.Associated words: septuagenary, septuagesimal, Septuagint.

seventy years.Associated words: septuagenarian, septuagenary.

seven years.septennate.Associated words: septennial, septennially, septenary.

sever,v.part,divide, disunite,separate, disjoin,detach,disconnect.

several,a.various,diverse,manifold,divers,sundry.

severe,a.drastic,harsh,stern,rigorous,exact,cruel;serious,sedate,grave, austere,sober;distressing, afflictive,sharp, acute,violent,intense;inexorable,stern,exacting, peremptory,unrelenting,unmerciful;plain, austere, unembellished, unadorned;methodical,strict,precise,exact.

severity,n.rigor, rigorousness, harshness,exactness, cruelty;seriousness, gravity;violence, intensity, acuteness; austerity, simplicity, plainness;exactness, strictness, preciseness.

sew,v.stitch;baste.

sewer,n.Associated words: sewerage, sewage.

sewing woman.seamstress.

sex,n.Associated words: sexual, gender,bisexual, unisexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, androgyne, androgyny, gonad.

sexless,a.asexual, agamous.

sexton,n.janitor (of a church), sacristan, sacrist.

sexual desire.lust, venerealappetite, sexualappetite, carnalappetite, lasciviousness,venery, concupiscence, salacity, salaciousness, aphrodisia; satyriasis (immoderate); nymphomania (morbid in women); (of animals) œstrus,rut,heat, œstruation.Antonym: anaphrodisia.Associated words: aphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, amative, amativeness, amorous, amorousness, amatory, antiorgastic, philter, œstrual,sedative, erotic, erotomania, sadism, satyromaniac.

sexual intercourse.coition,copulation,venery, sexual conjunction; (illicit) fornication, bawdry;prostitution, putage;adultery; incest;rape; (unnatural) sodomy, buggery, pederasty; (of birds) tread.Antonyms: continence,chastity,virginity.Associated words: venereal, incontinence, incontinent,unchastity, copulatory, gonorrhea,clap, syphilis, cenogamy, infibulation, intromittent, access, nonaccess, orgasm, fecundation,impregnate,impregnation, copulate,lecher,lechery, lecherous,libertine, libertinism, house of assignation, bawd, procurer, bawdry,pander, catamite.

sexual love.venery, amorousness, amativeness.

sexual organs.genitals,privates, privateparts, organs ofgeneration, pudenda, virilia; (male)penis,testicles; (female external) vulva, pudendum; (internal)womb, uterus, ovaries, vagina, clitoris.Associated words: agamic, agamous, protandric, protandrism, nympha,maidenhead, pudic, pubes, spermatheca, gonad,masturbation, infibulation.

sexual power.virility; fecundity.Associated word: emasculate.

sexual weakness.(male) impotency, sexual debility, invirility, emasculation, eviration; (female)sterility, defemination, infecundity.

shabby,a.seedy,threadbare, tacky (Colloq.);mean,despicable,scurvy,contemptible.

shack,n.(Colloq.)vagabond,tramp, loafer;hut,shanty,hovel,cabin.

shackle,n.handcuff,manacle,fetter.

shackle,v.manacle,hamper,fetter;impede, trammel.

shade,n.umbrage,shadow;pl.darkness,obscurity,gloom, shadows;retreat,seclusion;screen,protection,curtain,awning,blind;spirit,ghost,specter,phantom, manes; minutedifference,variation, nuance.

shade,v.screen;obscure,dim, obfuscate,cloud,darken,eclipse.

shadow,n.shade,darkness, penumbra, adumbration; prefiguration.Associated words: sciagraphy, sciomachy, periscian, silhouette, sciomancy.

shadow,v.shade,screen; adumbrate,typify,symbolize;cloud,obscure.

shadowy,a.unsubstantial,visionary, illusory, chimerical.

shady,a.umbrageous,shadowy, umbriferous;sheltered, screened; (Colloq.) equivocal,questionable,corrupt.

shaft,n.arrow,spear,missile;column,obelisk;handle, helve;spire,pinnacle;pole,tongue,thill; axis.

shake,v.agitate,jar,jolt, convulse, concuss,jounce, dodder,tremble, trill,shiver, totter, joggle, jiggle,wave,vibrate,shudder.


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