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shriek,n.screech,yell,scream.shrill,a.piercing, acute, strident.shrink,v.contract, shrivel,decrease,dwindle;flinch,recoil,blench,wince, winch.shrinkage,n.contraction; (Colloq.) depreciation.shrinking,a.coy,shy,diffident,bashful,modest,retiring.shroud,n.winding-sheet,grave-clothes, cerements.shroud,v.mask,screen,cloak, conceal.shrub,n.bush;pl.shrubbery,thicket, boscage, bosket.shuck,n.shell,husk,pod, shale.--v.shell, enucleate.shudder,n.tremor.--v.tremble,shake,shiver,quake.shuffle,v.jumble, intermix; equivocate, prevaricate,quibble,shift; shamble.shuffle,n.artifice,evasion, prevarication,trick,sophism,ruse.shun,v.avoid, elude,evade, eschew.shut,v.close;debar,exclude, preclude; (shut up)confine,imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure.shy,a.timid,coy,backward,retiring,diffident,wary,cautious; (Slang)short,lacking.shyness,n.diffidence, coyness,timidity,bashfulness.shyster,n.(Slang)knave,impostor,rogue,cheat.sick,a.ill, unwell, ailing,indisposed,diseased, morbid; nauseated, queasy, squeamish,qualmish; disgusted, surfeited,weary,palled, satiated.sick,v.sick on,incite,urge.sicken,v.nauseate,disgust,pall,surfeit,decay, languish.sickening,a.nauseating,disgusting,fulsome,nauseous,revolting.sickle-shaped,a.falcate, falcated.sickly,a.invalid, unwell,unhealthy, ailing;unwholesome;pale,languid,haggard,puny,peaked.sickness,n.illness,malady,ailment,complaint,disorder, distemper, morbidity,indisposition,invalidism,disease.Associated words: morbidity, morbific, malinger, malingerer, malingery, decumbiture, convalescent,convalescence, relapse, malaise, clinic.sickness of stomach.nausea,qualm, qualmishness.side,n.flank;faction,sect,party.Associated words: lateral, laterality, laterally, collateral, bilateral, equilateral, quadrilateral, longilateral,lopsided, multilateral, perimeter, ambidexter, ambidextrous, ambidexterity.side,a.lateral, collateral,incidental.side by side.in apposition.Associated words: apposition, juxtaposition, juxtapose, juxtaposit.side dish.entrée, entremets.sidehill,n.descent, declivity,decline,slope.sidelong,a.lateral, oblique.sidesman,n.partisan.sidetrack,v.shunt; (Colloq.) switch off, divert.sideways,adv..sidewise,askance, obliquely, laterally.sidewise,adv.sideways,askance.siding,n.sidetrack, turnout;clapboards, weatherboarding.siege,n.investment, blockade, besiegement.Associated words: obsidional,besiege, beleaguer, obsess, obsession,beset.Siena marble.brocatel.sieve,n.strainer, sifter,bolt, bolter,riddle, tammis, tammy.sievelike,a.cribrate, cribrose, cribriform.sift,v.bolt, cribble,riddle;investigate.sifting,n.bolting; (Pharm.) cribration;investigation.sigh,n.suspiration.--v.suspire.sight,n.vision;seeing,view,perception; visibility;spectacle, phenomenon, panorama, vista, gapeseed, cynosure; (Colloq.) greatnumber,many,multitude, greatquantity.Associated words: optics, optical, optic, ocular, optician, caligo, astigmatism, perimeter, perimetry, amaurosis, visual, visualize,apparition.sightly,a.comely,attractive, handsome.sign,n.omen, auspice, portent, prodigy, prognostic,augury,foretoken,presage;mark,token,indication,symptom, index, emblem, symbol;trace,vestige, ensign,signal,beacon;gesture,motion;signature.Associated words:ominous,portentous, augurial, semeiology, semeiological, sematology, semiotic, semeiography.sign,v.signify,mark,indicate,betoken; subscribe.signal,n.sign, ensign,beacon.Associated word: pharology.signal,a.memorable,remarkable,noticeable,notable.signature,n.autograph, sign-manual.Associated word: signatory.signer,n.subscriber, signatory.significance,n.meaning, import;consequence,importance,force.significant,a.momentous,important; indicative, significative.Antonyms:insignificant,unimportant, meaningless.signification,n.meaning, import, acceptation,sense.signify,v.indicate,betoken,denote;mean;matter.silence,n.stillness,quietness; taciturnity, muteness,reserve;secrecy.silence,v.still,hush,quiet,suppress,lull,quell,appease.silent,a.still,quiet,noiseless, inaudible; taciturn,reserved,mute; quiescent.silkworms,n. pl.Associated words: sericulture, mulberry, cocoon, filature, cocoonery, bombic, bombyx, filator, muscardine.silky,a.sericeous, silken.sill,n.threshold; windowsill.silliness,n.folly,foolishness, puerility, stupidity, inanity, inaneness,absurdity,senselessness, ineptitude.silly,a.witless,foolish,simple, fatuous,imbecile,half-witted;stupid,unwise, inept,absurd, inane,nonsensical,senseless,puerile.silver,n.argentum; bullion (uncoined silver).Associated words: filigree, platinum, desilverize, desilverization, patio, vermeil, fulguration, silversmith.silvery,a.silver, argent, argentine, argentous, argentiferous.similar,a.like, corresponding, resembling, homogeneous, analogous.similarity,n.analogy, homogeneity,likeness, similitude,correspondence.simile,n.comparison,metaphor.simoon,n.desert wind, khamsin, samiel.simper,n.smirk.simple,a.incomplex, uncompounded,single,elementary, uncombined, mere;plain,unaffected,artless,naïve,unsophisticated;credulous,gullible,silly, oafish.Antonyms:complex,complicated,intricate,artful,crafty, elaborate.simpleton,n.dolt,dunce,numskull, lackbrain, oaf, witling,fool.simulate,v.pretend,feign.simulation,n.pretense,feint,feigning,affectation.simultaneous,a.contemporaneous, synchronal, synchronous.sin,n.iniquity,transgression,wickedness, delinquency, peccadillo,offense, peccancy, unrighteousness.Associated words: ponerology, hamartiology, peccable, peccability, peccant,peccavi, impeccable, impeccability.sin,v.dowrong,trespass,transgress.sincere,a.heartfelt,genuine,unfeigned, undissembling.Antonyms: Seeinsincere.sincerity,n.honesty, unaffectedness,frankness.Antonyms:insincerity, dissimulation.sinew,n.tendon;muscle, thew.sinful,a.iniquitous,wrong,immoral,wicked, depraved,vicious,unrighteous.sinfulness,n.iniquity,immorality, depravity,wickedness.sing,v.carol,warble,chant, hymn,hum, troll, yodel, croon.singe,v.sweal, swale,scorch.singer,n.vocalist, songster, songstress,minstrel, chanter, cantatrice, cantor, prima donna, precentor, bard, troubadour, jongleur, musician.single,a.individual,alone,particular,isolated,sporadic,solitary;unmarried, celibate;simple, unmixed;honest,sincere, ingenuous,frank.single,v.singleout,choose,select,separate,isolate, segregate.single-hearted,a.sincere,honest,guileless.single-minded,a.artless,undesigning,guileless.singsong,n.monotone.--a.monotonous, drawling.singular,a.unusual, unconventional,uncommon,strange,peculiar, unwonted,rare,extraordinary, exceptional,odd,whimsical,eccentric,bizarre,queer,unique, unprecedented, unexampled,curious.singularity,n.peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, individuality;curiosity,freak,abnormality, rarity,abnormity, queerness,eccentricity.sinister,a.left;unlucky, inauspicious,evil,wrong,forbidding.sink,v.subside, descend,decline,fall;immerse,submerge, engulf,merge.sinker,n.plummet.sinking,n.subsidence,fall,decrease,decline.sinless,a.innocent,guiltless, undefiled,perfect,blameless,faultless.sinner,n.wrong-doer, delinquent, miscreant, trespasser. Seewrong-doer.siren,a.bewitching,fascinating,enticing.sister,n.Associated words: sororicide, sororize, sorosis, sororal.site,n.location.sitting,n.Associated words: sedentary, assession, astasia.situation,n.position,place,post, employment,job,location,site,station,position; circumstance,condition,plight, predicament, exigency.sitz bath.hipbath.six,n.Associated words: sexenary, hexaplar, sextant, sextuple, sextet, sestet, sextic, senary.six-cornered,a.hexangular, hexagonal.six days.hexahemeron.six fingersortoes.Associated words: sexidigitism, sexidigitist.sixfold,a.sextuple.six-footed,a.hexapod.six months.semester.Associated words:half-yearly, semi-annual, bi-annual, semestral.six-sided,a.cubic, hexahedral, hexagonal.six-sided body.cube, hexahedron.six-sided figure.hexagon.sixty,n.Associated words: sexagenary, sexagesimal.sixty years.Associated words: sexagenarian, sexagenary.six years.Associated words: sexennial, sexennially.size,n.magnitude,volume, dimensions, amplitude,bulk,extent,bigness.skedaddle,v.(Slang) runaway, flee, decamp,scuttle,scamper,scurry.skeptic,n.unbeliever,infidel.skeptical,a.doubtful, disbelieving, incredulous.Antonym:credulous.skepticism,n.doubt, incredulity, infidelity; Pyrrhonism.Antonym: credulity.sketch,n.draught,outline,plan,drawing,design, scenario, esquisse.sketch,v.draught,portray,draw,depict, delineate.skid,n.drag,clog, skidpan.skill,n.adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic,dexterity, proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness,knack.Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism,quackery, inexpertness, clumsiness.skillful,a.skilled,expert, adroit,dexterous,adept,masterly,proficient,deft,able,efficient,competent,accomplished.Antonyms:unskillful, empirical, maladroit.skimp,v.(Colloq.)scamp,slight,scrimp,save.skimpy,a.(Colloq.)scant,skimp.skin,n.integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle,scarfskin; trueskin, dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon, ecderon;pelt, pell, pelage, peltry;hide, kip;husk, hull, glume; (of fruit)peel, peeling,rind, paring, epicarp; pellicle,film; episperm, testa, tegmen;slough, exuviae (cast-off-skin);parchment, vellum.Antonyms: pulp,flesh.Associated words: dermatology, dermatologist, dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermatitis, dermatography, dermatoid, smegma, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic, subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate, desquamation,slough, dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal, apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.skin,v.flay, excoriate;pare,peel; (Slang)cheat,defraud,fleece.skin-deep,a.superficial.skinflint,n.miser, niggard, curmudgeon,scrimp,screw.skinny,a.emaciated,gaunt,rawboned,poor.skip,v.omit,pass,disregard;caper,gambol,jump,leap; ricochet.skip,n.omission;gambol,caper,hop,leap; ricochet.skipper,n.sea-captain; cheese maggot.skirt,n.petticoat (underskirt);kilt; fustanella; kirtle;margin,border,edge,rim.skirt opening.placket.skit,n.reflection,jeer,gibe,satire,squib.skittish,a.timorous,shy;volatile,restless,wanton.skulk,v.sneak, slink, lurk.skull,n.cranium; death's-head.Associated words: cranial, acrania, acranial, craniology,phrenology, trepan, trephine, fontanel, sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal, sinciput.skullcap,a.calotte.sky,n.firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens.Associated words:meridian,zenith, nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.sky-blue,a.azure, cerulean.skyey,a.ethereal.slack,a.lax,loose, relaxed;remiss,negligent,careless,shiftless;inactive,slow.slacken,v.moderate,retard,slack,reduce;loosen,relax;diminish,abate,mitigate;slake;relax,flag.slackness,n.looseness, laxity,negligence, remissness,carelessness, shiftlessness;relaxation,diminution.slag,n.scoria, cinders, recrement,dross,refuse.slake,v.quench;slack;abate,decrease,allay.slam-bang,adv.(Collog.) violently, forcibly, noisily, loudly.slander,v.malign,defame, traduce, asperse,vilify, calumniate,backbite,scandalize,libel.slander,n.defamation, calumny, aspersion,libel, vilification,scandal,abuse, traducement,backbiting, roorback, vituperation.slanderous,a.defamatory,malicious, vituperative, calumnious,libellous.slant,n.slope,incline,inclination, obliquity.--v.slope,incline.slanting,a.sloping, oblique,slant.--n.obliquity,inclination,tilt.

shriek,n.screech,yell,scream.

shrill,a.piercing, acute, strident.

shrink,v.contract, shrivel,decrease,dwindle;flinch,recoil,blench,wince, winch.

shrinkage,n.contraction; (Colloq.) depreciation.

shrinking,a.coy,shy,diffident,bashful,modest,retiring.

shroud,n.winding-sheet,grave-clothes, cerements.

shroud,v.mask,screen,cloak, conceal.

shrub,n.bush;pl.shrubbery,thicket, boscage, bosket.

shuck,n.shell,husk,pod, shale.--v.shell, enucleate.

shudder,n.tremor.--v.tremble,shake,shiver,quake.

shuffle,v.jumble, intermix; equivocate, prevaricate,quibble,shift; shamble.

shuffle,n.artifice,evasion, prevarication,trick,sophism,ruse.

shun,v.avoid, elude,evade, eschew.

shut,v.close;debar,exclude, preclude; (shut up)confine,imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure.

shy,a.timid,coy,backward,retiring,diffident,wary,cautious; (Slang)short,lacking.

shyness,n.diffidence, coyness,timidity,bashfulness.

shyster,n.(Slang)knave,impostor,rogue,cheat.

sick,a.ill, unwell, ailing,indisposed,diseased, morbid; nauseated, queasy, squeamish,qualmish; disgusted, surfeited,weary,palled, satiated.

sick,v.sick on,incite,urge.

sicken,v.nauseate,disgust,pall,surfeit,decay, languish.

sickening,a.nauseating,disgusting,fulsome,nauseous,revolting.

sickle-shaped,a.falcate, falcated.

sickly,a.invalid, unwell,unhealthy, ailing;unwholesome;pale,languid,haggard,puny,peaked.

sickness,n.illness,malady,ailment,complaint,disorder, distemper, morbidity,indisposition,invalidism,disease.Associated words: morbidity, morbific, malinger, malingerer, malingery, decumbiture, convalescent,convalescence, relapse, malaise, clinic.

sickness of stomach.nausea,qualm, qualmishness.

side,n.flank;faction,sect,party.Associated words: lateral, laterality, laterally, collateral, bilateral, equilateral, quadrilateral, longilateral,lopsided, multilateral, perimeter, ambidexter, ambidextrous, ambidexterity.

side,a.lateral, collateral,incidental.

side by side.in apposition.Associated words: apposition, juxtaposition, juxtapose, juxtaposit.

side dish.entrée, entremets.

sidehill,n.descent, declivity,decline,slope.

sidelong,a.lateral, oblique.

sidesman,n.partisan.

sidetrack,v.shunt; (Colloq.) switch off, divert.

sideways,adv..sidewise,askance, obliquely, laterally.

sidewise,adv.sideways,askance.

siding,n.sidetrack, turnout;clapboards, weatherboarding.

siege,n.investment, blockade, besiegement.Associated words: obsidional,besiege, beleaguer, obsess, obsession,beset.

Siena marble.brocatel.

sieve,n.strainer, sifter,bolt, bolter,riddle, tammis, tammy.

sievelike,a.cribrate, cribrose, cribriform.

sift,v.bolt, cribble,riddle;investigate.

sifting,n.bolting; (Pharm.) cribration;investigation.

sigh,n.suspiration.--v.suspire.

sight,n.vision;seeing,view,perception; visibility;spectacle, phenomenon, panorama, vista, gapeseed, cynosure; (Colloq.) greatnumber,many,multitude, greatquantity.Associated words: optics, optical, optic, ocular, optician, caligo, astigmatism, perimeter, perimetry, amaurosis, visual, visualize,apparition.

sightly,a.comely,attractive, handsome.

sign,n.omen, auspice, portent, prodigy, prognostic,augury,foretoken,presage;mark,token,indication,symptom, index, emblem, symbol;trace,vestige, ensign,signal,beacon;gesture,motion;signature.Associated words:ominous,portentous, augurial, semeiology, semeiological, sematology, semiotic, semeiography.

sign,v.signify,mark,indicate,betoken; subscribe.

signal,n.sign, ensign,beacon.Associated word: pharology.

signal,a.memorable,remarkable,noticeable,notable.

signature,n.autograph, sign-manual.Associated word: signatory.

signer,n.subscriber, signatory.

significance,n.meaning, import;consequence,importance,force.

significant,a.momentous,important; indicative, significative.Antonyms:insignificant,unimportant, meaningless.

signification,n.meaning, import, acceptation,sense.

signify,v.indicate,betoken,denote;mean;matter.

silence,n.stillness,quietness; taciturnity, muteness,reserve;secrecy.

silence,v.still,hush,quiet,suppress,lull,quell,appease.

silent,a.still,quiet,noiseless, inaudible; taciturn,reserved,mute; quiescent.

silkworms,n. pl.Associated words: sericulture, mulberry, cocoon, filature, cocoonery, bombic, bombyx, filator, muscardine.

silky,a.sericeous, silken.

sill,n.threshold; windowsill.

silliness,n.folly,foolishness, puerility, stupidity, inanity, inaneness,absurdity,senselessness, ineptitude.

silly,a.witless,foolish,simple, fatuous,imbecile,half-witted;stupid,unwise, inept,absurd, inane,nonsensical,senseless,puerile.

silver,n.argentum; bullion (uncoined silver).Associated words: filigree, platinum, desilverize, desilverization, patio, vermeil, fulguration, silversmith.

silvery,a.silver, argent, argentine, argentous, argentiferous.

similar,a.like, corresponding, resembling, homogeneous, analogous.

similarity,n.analogy, homogeneity,likeness, similitude,correspondence.

simile,n.comparison,metaphor.

simoon,n.desert wind, khamsin, samiel.

simper,n.smirk.

simple,a.incomplex, uncompounded,single,elementary, uncombined, mere;plain,unaffected,artless,naïve,unsophisticated;credulous,gullible,silly, oafish.Antonyms:complex,complicated,intricate,artful,crafty, elaborate.

simpleton,n.dolt,dunce,numskull, lackbrain, oaf, witling,fool.

simulate,v.pretend,feign.

simulation,n.pretense,feint,feigning,affectation.

simultaneous,a.contemporaneous, synchronal, synchronous.

sin,n.iniquity,transgression,wickedness, delinquency, peccadillo,offense, peccancy, unrighteousness.Associated words: ponerology, hamartiology, peccable, peccability, peccant,peccavi, impeccable, impeccability.

sin,v.dowrong,trespass,transgress.

sincere,a.heartfelt,genuine,unfeigned, undissembling.Antonyms: Seeinsincere.

sincerity,n.honesty, unaffectedness,frankness.Antonyms:insincerity, dissimulation.

sinew,n.tendon;muscle, thew.

sinful,a.iniquitous,wrong,immoral,wicked, depraved,vicious,unrighteous.

sinfulness,n.iniquity,immorality, depravity,wickedness.

sing,v.carol,warble,chant, hymn,hum, troll, yodel, croon.

singe,v.sweal, swale,scorch.

singer,n.vocalist, songster, songstress,minstrel, chanter, cantatrice, cantor, prima donna, precentor, bard, troubadour, jongleur, musician.

single,a.individual,alone,particular,isolated,sporadic,solitary;unmarried, celibate;simple, unmixed;honest,sincere, ingenuous,frank.

single,v.singleout,choose,select,separate,isolate, segregate.

single-hearted,a.sincere,honest,guileless.

single-minded,a.artless,undesigning,guileless.

singsong,n.monotone.--a.monotonous, drawling.

singular,a.unusual, unconventional,uncommon,strange,peculiar, unwonted,rare,extraordinary, exceptional,odd,whimsical,eccentric,bizarre,queer,unique, unprecedented, unexampled,curious.

singularity,n.peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, individuality;curiosity,freak,abnormality, rarity,abnormity, queerness,eccentricity.

sinister,a.left;unlucky, inauspicious,evil,wrong,forbidding.

sink,v.subside, descend,decline,fall;immerse,submerge, engulf,merge.

sinker,n.plummet.

sinking,n.subsidence,fall,decrease,decline.

sinless,a.innocent,guiltless, undefiled,perfect,blameless,faultless.

sinner,n.wrong-doer, delinquent, miscreant, trespasser. Seewrong-doer.

siren,a.bewitching,fascinating,enticing.

sister,n.Associated words: sororicide, sororize, sorosis, sororal.

site,n.location.

sitting,n.Associated words: sedentary, assession, astasia.

situation,n.position,place,post, employment,job,location,site,station,position; circumstance,condition,plight, predicament, exigency.

sitz bath.hipbath.

six,n.Associated words: sexenary, hexaplar, sextant, sextuple, sextet, sestet, sextic, senary.

six-cornered,a.hexangular, hexagonal.

six days.hexahemeron.

six fingersortoes.Associated words: sexidigitism, sexidigitist.

sixfold,a.sextuple.

six-footed,a.hexapod.

six months.semester.Associated words:half-yearly, semi-annual, bi-annual, semestral.

six-sided,a.cubic, hexahedral, hexagonal.

six-sided body.cube, hexahedron.

six-sided figure.hexagon.

sixty,n.Associated words: sexagenary, sexagesimal.

sixty years.Associated words: sexagenarian, sexagenary.

six years.Associated words: sexennial, sexennially.

size,n.magnitude,volume, dimensions, amplitude,bulk,extent,bigness.

skedaddle,v.(Slang) runaway, flee, decamp,scuttle,scamper,scurry.

skeptic,n.unbeliever,infidel.

skeptical,a.doubtful, disbelieving, incredulous.Antonym:credulous.

skepticism,n.doubt, incredulity, infidelity; Pyrrhonism.Antonym: credulity.

sketch,n.draught,outline,plan,drawing,design, scenario, esquisse.

sketch,v.draught,portray,draw,depict, delineate.

skid,n.drag,clog, skidpan.

skill,n.adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic,dexterity, proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness,knack.Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism,quackery, inexpertness, clumsiness.

skillful,a.skilled,expert, adroit,dexterous,adept,masterly,proficient,deft,able,efficient,competent,accomplished.Antonyms:unskillful, empirical, maladroit.

skimp,v.(Colloq.)scamp,slight,scrimp,save.

skimpy,a.(Colloq.)scant,skimp.

skin,n.integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle,scarfskin; trueskin, dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon, ecderon;pelt, pell, pelage, peltry;hide, kip;husk, hull, glume; (of fruit)peel, peeling,rind, paring, epicarp; pellicle,film; episperm, testa, tegmen;slough, exuviae (cast-off-skin);parchment, vellum.Antonyms: pulp,flesh.Associated words: dermatology, dermatologist, dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermatitis, dermatography, dermatoid, smegma, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic, subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate, desquamation,slough, dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal, apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.

skin,v.flay, excoriate;pare,peel; (Slang)cheat,defraud,fleece.

skin-deep,a.superficial.

skinflint,n.miser, niggard, curmudgeon,scrimp,screw.

skinny,a.emaciated,gaunt,rawboned,poor.

skip,v.omit,pass,disregard;caper,gambol,jump,leap; ricochet.

skip,n.omission;gambol,caper,hop,leap; ricochet.

skipper,n.sea-captain; cheese maggot.

skirt,n.petticoat (underskirt);kilt; fustanella; kirtle;margin,border,edge,rim.

skirt opening.placket.

skit,n.reflection,jeer,gibe,satire,squib.

skittish,a.timorous,shy;volatile,restless,wanton.

skulk,v.sneak, slink, lurk.

skull,n.cranium; death's-head.Associated words: cranial, acrania, acranial, craniology,phrenology, trepan, trephine, fontanel, sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal, sinciput.

skullcap,a.calotte.

sky,n.firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens.Associated words:meridian,zenith, nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.

sky-blue,a.azure, cerulean.

skyey,a.ethereal.

slack,a.lax,loose, relaxed;remiss,negligent,careless,shiftless;inactive,slow.

slacken,v.moderate,retard,slack,reduce;loosen,relax;diminish,abate,mitigate;slake;relax,flag.

slackness,n.looseness, laxity,negligence, remissness,carelessness, shiftlessness;relaxation,diminution.

slag,n.scoria, cinders, recrement,dross,refuse.

slake,v.quench;slack;abate,decrease,allay.

slam-bang,adv.(Collog.) violently, forcibly, noisily, loudly.

slander,v.malign,defame, traduce, asperse,vilify, calumniate,backbite,scandalize,libel.

slander,n.defamation, calumny, aspersion,libel, vilification,scandal,abuse, traducement,backbiting, roorback, vituperation.

slanderous,a.defamatory,malicious, vituperative, calumnious,libellous.

slant,n.slope,incline,inclination, obliquity.--v.slope,incline.

slanting,a.sloping, oblique,slant.--n.obliquity,inclination,tilt.


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