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sanguinary |
1. Accompanied by bloodshed and carnage. 2. Bloodthirsty. 3. Consisting of or st [...] |
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sanguine |
1a. (archaic) The colour of blood. b. Ruddy; florid. Said of the complexion. 2. [...] |
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sardonic |
Implying scorn or mockery overlaid with cynicism. Can describe both content and [...] |
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sartorial |
Pertaining to clothes, fashion or a tailor. |
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sectary |
A dissenter from an established church. |
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sectile |
Capable of being cut or severed smoothly by a knife. |
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segue |
1. (music) An uninterrupted transition from one movement to another. v. segued [...] |
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sententious |
Meaning: Terse, pithy and aphoristic in expression. Fond of using maxims or aph [...] |
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sequacious |
(archaic) Disposed to follow others in a slavish or unquestioning way. |
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sequestrate |
1. (archaic) To set apart. 2. (law) To seize. |
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seraglio |
1. A large harem. 2. A sultan's palace. |
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sere |
(literary) Withered; dry. |
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setose |
Bristly or bristle-like; setaceous. |
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similitude |
1. Similarity. 2. Something closing resembling another; a counterpart; a double. [...] |
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slatternly |
1. Slovenly; untidy. 2. Characteristic of a slattern. n. Slattern. 1. A woman w [...] |
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solicitude |
Anxiety or concern. |
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solipsism |
A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and th [...] |
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sorrel |
1. Brownish orange to light brown. 2. A horse of this colour. |
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soubriquet |
An affectionate or humorous nickname. An assumed name.
(variation: sobrique [...] |
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sough |
(pr. `sow' or `suf') To make a soft or soothing sound, especially murmuring or r [...] |
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specious |
1. Seemingly fair or reasonable, but actually not so; deceptive - `a specious re [...] |
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splenetic |
1. (archaic) Melancholy. 2. Ill tempered, spiteful or irritable. ~n. An ill-hum [...] |
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stele |
1. An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculpted surface used as a monu [...] |
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stertor |
A heavy snoring sound in deep sleep, caused by obstruction of the air passages. |
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sybarite |
A person devoted to pleasure and luxury. Also `sybaritic' |
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syllogism |
1. A deduction from a general premise to its logical conclusion. 2. A subtle or [...] |