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- RESETTo set back to the initial state.
- RHOSplural of rho
- SANGFROIDComposure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
- SCRUMA tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- SEAQUAKEA hydrostatic pressure disturbance caused by an earthquake or volcano in the seabed.
- SECLUSIONThe act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
- 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.
- SEXTILEOf or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
- SHEEPFOLDAn enclosure for keeping sheep.
- SHEEPISHHaving the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
- SHIFTWORKScheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
- SHIVA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- SHOWBIZClipping of showbusiness.
- SHRIVENpast participle of shrive
- SHRIVINGpresent participle and gerund of shrive
- SHUNTEDsimple past and past participle of shunt
- SLAKINGpresent participle and gerund of slake
- SLINKYFurtive, stealthy or catlike.
- SLUGGERSplural of slugger
- SLUICEDsimple past and past participle of sluice
- SMELTEDsimple past and past participle of smelt
- SNIFTERTo sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- SOFFITSplural of soffit
- SOUFFLEAlternative spelling of soufflé (“dish made with eggs”).
- STITCHEROne who stitches.
- STONEWAREA type of pottery that is fired at a high temperature and is dense, opaque and nonporous.
- STONEWARESplural of stoneware
- STUBBORNRefusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
- SUBPOENAA writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to
- SWARTHYTawny, dusky, dark.
- SWERVEDsimple past and past participle of swerve
- SWIFTLYIn a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
- SWOOPEDsimple past and past participle of swoop
- SWORDMANA swordsman.
- TAILSPINThe rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- TALONSplural of talon
- TEEMINGpresent participle and gerund of teem
- TELEPHONICOf, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
- THANKFULLYIn a thankful manner; giving thanks.
- THRUSTEDsimple past and past participle of thrust
- THWACKSplural of thwack
- TORICSPertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. Which, in any of several technical senses, admits a high degree of symmetry, allowing combinatorial methods
- TOTALINGpresent participle and gerund of total
- TURDUCKENA dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing.
- TUXEDOESplural of tuxedo
- TWINKLESplural of twinkle
- TYMPANICOf, relating to, or resembling a drum.
- TYPOGRAPHICRelating to typography
- UNTOWARDUnfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- UPSIDEThe highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- VAGUSEllipsis of vagus nerve.
- VAPIDITYThe state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
- VELOURSplural of velour
- VIANDSplural of viand
- VIRULENTOf animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- VULPINESplural of vulpine
- WADIA valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
- WAGYUAny of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
- WAIFSplural of waif
- WARZONESplural of warzone
- WASHDAYA day when laundry is washed.
- WASHERMANA man who washes people's laundry, usually for payment.
- WEAKLINGSplural of weakling
- WEALWealth, riches.
- WEAVINGSplural of weaving
- WEFTINGThe horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
- WHARVESplural of wharf
- WHISTAny of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
- WHOMSTNonstandard form of who or whom.
- WIGHTA living creature, especially a human being.
- WOADSplural of woad
- WOODLICEplural of woodlouse
- WORDSMITHOne who uses words skilfully.
- WRANGLEDsimple past and past participle of wrangle
- WROTHFull of anger; wrathful.
- XYSTA xystus.
- YONIThe vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
- YONICIn the shape of a vulva (yoni).
- ZYGOTEA eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.
- ZYGOTESplural of zygote