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- SATIREA literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work o
- SATRAPYThe territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of West Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, inc
- SATYRA sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured w
- SATYRICOf or pertaining to a satyr.
- SAURELAny carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially Trachurus trachurus, of Europe and America, and Trachurus picturatus of California; the skipjack, scad or horse mackerel.
- SAUROIDResembling or relating to the saurians.
- SCALENEHaving sides all unequal in length.
- SCANDALIZETo cause great offense to (someone); to shock with something scandalous.
- SCAPHOIDShaped like a boat.
- SCARIFYTo remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- SCATOLOGYThe scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
- SCATTERTo (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- SCAZONA limping satiric meter in classical verse.
- SCENEThe location of an event that attracts attention.
- SCENIChaving beautiful scenery; picturesque
- SCEPTREAn ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
- SCHEMAAn outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- SCHEMATAplural of schema
- SCHEMATIZETo organize according to a scheme.
- SCHEMEAn artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
- SCHISMA split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
- SCHISMAA very small interval equal to half a comma.
- SCHISTAny of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
- SCHIZOIDCharacterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.
- SCHIZONTA cell that divides by schizogony.
- SCHOLARA student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
- SCHOLIONA scholium.
- SCHOLIUMA note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
- SCIAENOIDOf or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
- SCIATICOf, or relating to the ischium.
- SCIURINEPertaining to or characteristic of squirrels.
- SCLERAThe white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
- SCLERODERMAlternative form of scleroderma.
- SCLERODERMAA chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
- SCLEROMAinduration of the tissues
- SCLEROTIUMA compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity
- SCOLEXThe structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
- SCOLIONAny of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
- SCOLOPENDRAA mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
- SCOMBROIDPertaining to mackerel.
- SCOPOPHILEOne who is subject to scopophilia.
- SCORIAThe slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
- SCORODITEAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
- SCORPIOIDOf, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
- SCORPIONAny of the order Scorpiones of arachnids related to spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting at the end.
- SCOTIAA concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.
- SCOTOMAAn area of impaired or lost vision within a visual field otherwise in a good (or at least healthy) state.
- SCOTOMYdizziness with dimness of sight
- SCOTOPIAThe vision of an eye under low-light conditions.
- SCULPINA small fish of the family Cottidae, usually lacking scales. Often found on river bottoms and in tidal pools.
- SCYBALAa hardened mass of feces
- SCYTALEA cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography by the ancient Spartans.
- SECERNTo separate or set apart (someone or something from other persons or things).
- SEINEA long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
- SEISMA shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.
- SEISMICRelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
- SELACHIANPertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, incl
- SELENITEA soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O).
- SELENIUMA nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
- SEMANTICOf or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
- SEMANTICSA branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
- SEMAPHOREAny equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- SEMASIOLOGYSemantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
- SEMATICActing as a sign of danger.
- SEMATOLOGYThe science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.
- SEMEAnything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
- SEMEIONA unit of time, a division of a foot; a mora.
- SEMIOLOGYSemiotics, the study of signs.
- SEMIOTICOf or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
- SEMIOTICSThe study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
- SENVYThe mustard plant or its seed.
- SEPIAA dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
- SEPTICOf or pertaining to sepsis.
- SERICEOUSOf or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
- SHAWMA mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
- SHINGLESHerpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
- SHULAn Ashkenazi synagogue.
- SHULEDAn Ashkenazi synagogue.
- SHULINGAn Ashkenazi synagogue.
- SIALICOf or pertaining to saliva.
- SIBYLA pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
- SIDEROLITEAn iron meteorite; a siderite.
- SIGMAThe eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (Σ, σ), the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.
- SIGMATICHaving the consonant s added to the root in order to form a tense or case stem.
- SIGMOIDSemi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C).
- SILKENMade of silk.
- SILPHIUMA plant, thought to be extinct, used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome in cooking and as a contraceptive.
- SIMAThe upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
- SIMIANOf or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
- SIMPATICOHaving a compatible temperament or pleasing qualities.
- SIPHONA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
- SIRENOne of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- SISTRUMAn ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.
- SITOPHOBIAA morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.
- SKATOLEA mildly toxic white crystalline organic compound of the indole family, occurring naturally in faeces and coal tar, 3-methylindole (C9H9N).
- SKENEAn element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
- SKETCHTo make a brief, basic drawing.
- SKEUOMORPHA design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.
- SKIAGRAMA picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.
- SKIATRONA kind of cathode ray tube that replaces the conventional light-emitting phosphor layer on the face of the tube screen with a scotophor such as potassium chloride.