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- SHOULDERThe part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- SHRIFTThe act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
- SIGILA seal, signature or signet.
- SILEXFlint.
- SILTMud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- SOPORIFICSomething inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- SORTIESplural of sortie
- SPURNTo reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- STRICKENStruck by something.
- STURGEONAny of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially c
- TARDYLate; overdue or delayed.
- TAWDRYTawdry lace.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TOKENISMA policy of formally complying with efforts to achieve a goal by making small, token gestures; especially to hire a minimal number of ethnically diverse or disadvantaged people.
- TRIBUNEAn elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
- TRIUMPHALOf, relating to, or being a triumph.
- TUTELAGEThe act of guarding, protecting, or guiding.
- UNIPODSynonym of monopod.
- URIALA bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a
- URSA
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VAUNTEDHighly or widely praised or boasted about.
- VELOUTE
- VERITASTruth, particularly of a transcendent character.
- VESTEDSettled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
- VEXATIOUSCausing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
- VIABLYIn a viable way.
- VIOLAAny of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
- WAIFAn article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belon
- WAXENGrown.
- WAXINGAn act of applying wax.
- WENDTo direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
- WHINNYA gentle neigh.
- WIFELYOf, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
- WILYSly, cunning, full of tricks.
- WINGEDHaving wings.
- WISTERIAAny of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.
- WORSTEDYarn made from long strands of wool.
- WRITA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- XENOPHOBEOne who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
- ZENITHThe point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
- ZEPHYRA light wind from the west.