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savant

(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

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savor

(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

(verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

(verb) taste appreciatively; "savor the soup"

(verb) give taste to

(verb) have flavor; taste of something

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sawdust

(noun) fine particles of wood made by sawing wood

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scabbard

(noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

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scent

(noun) any property detected by the olfactory system

(noun) an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant

(verb) apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day"

(verb) catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"

(verb) cause to smell or be smelly

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scribble

(noun) an aimless drawing

(noun) poor handwriting

(verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail

(verb) write carelessly

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scurvy

(noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

(adjective satellite) of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

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seal

(noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

(noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

(noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

(noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

(noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

(noun) an indication of approved or superior status

(noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"

(noun) a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land"

(noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal"

(verb) decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"

(verb) hunt seals

(verb) cover with varnish

(verb) close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax"

(verb) make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"

(verb) affix a seal to; "seal the letter"

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secular

(adjective satellite) concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music"

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sedulous

(adjective satellite) marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

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seminal

(adjective satellite) containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

(adjective) pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid"

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sententious

(adjective satellite) concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

(adjective satellite) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

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sequence

(noun) the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"

(noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

(noun) a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"

(noun) several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

(noun) serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

(verb) arrange in a sequence

(verb) determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"

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serrated

(adjective satellite) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

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serration

(noun) a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off"

(noun) a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip"

(noun) the condition of being serrated; "the serrations of a city skyline"

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servile

(adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

(adjective) pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"

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servile

(adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

(adjective) pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"

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severance

(noun) the act of severing

(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

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shaft

(noun) the hollow shaft of a feather

(noun) a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

(noun) a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

(noun) a vertical passage into a mine

(noun) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

(noun) a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

(noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon

(noun) obscene terms for penis

(noun) the main (mid) section of a long bone

(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

(noun) a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

(noun) a column of light (as from a beacon)

(verb) defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

(verb) equip with a shaft

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shallow

(noun) a stretch of shallow water

(verb) become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"

(verb) make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

(adjective) lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball

(adjective) not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"

(adjective satellite) lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

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shard

(noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact

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sheath

(noun) a dress suitable for formal occasions

(noun) a protective covering for a knife or sword

(noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

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shove

(noun) the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"

(verb) push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

(verb) come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

(verb) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

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shrewd

(adjective satellite) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

(adjective satellite) used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

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shrill

(verb) utter a shrill cry

(adjective satellite) high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"

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shun

(verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

(verb) expel from a community or group

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shunt

(noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

(noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"

(verb) transfer to another track, of trains

(verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

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sidestep

(noun) a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

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sinuous

(adjective satellite) curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"

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skiff

(noun) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

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skit

(noun) a short theatrical episode

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slack

(noun) a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"

(noun) the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

(noun) a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in slack water"

(noun) a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

(noun) dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

(verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

(verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

(verb) make less active or intense

(verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

(verb) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

(verb) release tension on; "slack the rope"

(verb) be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"

(verb) avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

(adjective satellite) lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

(adjective satellite) flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

(adjective satellite) lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"

(adjective satellite) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

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slake

(verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

(verb) make less active or intense

(verb) satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

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slate

(noun) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

(noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

(noun) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

(noun) thin layers of rock used for roofing

(verb) designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"

(verb) cover with slate; "slate the roof"

(verb) enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president"

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sluggard

(noun) an idle slothful person

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soar

(noun) the act of rising upward into the air

(verb) go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"

(verb) fly a plane without an engine

(verb) fly upwards or high in the sky

(verb) rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes"

(verb) fly by means of a hang glider

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sober

(verb) become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

(verb) become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

(verb) cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"

(adjective satellite) lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"

(adjective) not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

(adjective satellite) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

(adjective) completely lacking in playfulness

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sobriety

(noun) abstaining from excess

(noun) a manner that is serious and solemn

(noun) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs

(noun) the state of being sober

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sodden

(adjective satellite) wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"

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soggy

(adjective satellite) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess"

(adjective satellite) soaked with moisture; "a soggy lawn"; "the flood left waterlogged fields"

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solemnity

(noun) a trait of dignified seriousness

(noun) a solemn and dignified feeling

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solvent

(noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

(noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"

(adjective) capable of meeting financial obligations

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somatic

(adjective satellite) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

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soot

(noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

(verb) coat with soot

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sophisticated

(adjective satellite) marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite"; "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris"

(adjective satellite) ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"

(adjective satellite) intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"

(adjective) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"

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sophistry

(noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

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sordid

(adjective satellite) meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

(adjective satellite) foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

(adjective satellite) unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

(adjective satellite) morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the

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spear

(noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon

(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

(verb) pierce with a spear; "spear fish"

(verb) thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"

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specious

(adjective satellite) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"

(adjective satellite) plausible but false; "a specious claim"

(adjective satellite) plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert