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Dark, gloomy; or, black clothing of mourners | Sable | 100%
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Excessive sweetness or sentimentality | Saccharine | 100%
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Wrestling style that uses judo techniques | Sambo | 100%
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An urn with a spigot to release hot water for tea | Samovar | 100%
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Make something holy, consecrate; purify from sin | Sanctify | 100%
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Secluded space for reflection; or, a hallowed place of spiritual purity | Sanctum | 100%
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Delicious; appetizing in taste | Sapid | 100%
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Possessing wisdom and discernment | Sapient | 100%
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Woman’s garment consisting of several yards of lightweight cloth | Sari | 100%
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Unrestrained revelry; licentious revelry | Saturnalia | 100%
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Person who is exceptionally talented in their field | Savant | 100%
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An Islamic title denoting noble lineage | Sayyid | 100%
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Sheath for a sword or knife | Scabbard | 100%
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Loosen, scratch, or breakup some surface, such as a field or the skin | Scarify | 100%
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Delight or pleasure derived from the pain and hardships of others | Schadenfreude | 100%
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A structured framework or mental model; diagrammatic plan | Schema | 100%
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Thin, emaciated, or scrawny person or animal | Scrag | 100%
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Loose rock and sediment on a mountain slope | Scree | 100%
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A portable covered chair typically carried by two servants | Sedan | 100%
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Predominantly inactive and given to sitting; or, settled, not migratory | Sedentary | 100%
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Diligent, hardworking, persevering | Sedulous | 100%
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A mythical seal that can transform into a human | Selkie | 100%
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The meaning and interpretation of words and language | Semantics | 100%
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Objects that can be perceived or experienced | Sensibilia | 100%
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Brief statement converting a general wisdom; aphorism | Sententia | 100%
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Dull brown pigment often associated with old art or photography | Sepia | 100%
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Structure for storing human remains; tomb | Sepulchre | 100%
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Isolate or separate from others for some particular purpose | Sequester | 100%
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Luck in finding unexpected valuable or pleasant things | Serendipity | 100%
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Small lines or strokes on the letters of some typefaces | Serif | 100%
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Church official responsible for burials and various maintenance tasks | Sexton | 100%
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Chaotic, disorganized, in complete disarray | Shambolic | 100%
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Grooved wheel used with a rope to form a pulley | Sheave | 100%
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Sliding doors made of paper and wood | Shoji | 100%
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Displaying an irritable and nagging demeanor | Shrewish | 100%
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Prophetess; wise or mystical woman | Sibyl | 100%
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A symbol or emblem imbued with mystical or magical significance | Sigil | 100%
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Small, personal seal or engraved emblem used for personal authentication | Signet | 100%
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Display a feigned or affected smile, often with underlying insincerity | Simper | 100%
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Nervous or easily frightened; prone to fleeing | Skittish | 100%
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Showing a lack of neatness, thoroughness, or proper organization | Slipshod | 100%
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Tarnish or stain; sully | Smirch | 100%
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Lavish array of food items, featuring diverse culinary choices | Smorgasbord | 100%
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Irritable, difficult, or aggressive in disposition | Snarly | 100%
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State of agitation or irritation, especially when over trivial matters | Snit | 100%
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Dull, torpid, sluggish | Sodden | 100%
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Self-proclaimed; purported without established credentials (hyphenated) | Soi-disant | 100%
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Reside temporarily; or, a short visit | Sojourn | 100%
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Personal discourse; the act of talking to oneself | Soliloquy | 100%
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Self-centred to the point of sociopathy; having extreme egocentricity | Solipsistic | 100%
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Wise and just legislator | Solon | 100%
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Producing rich, deep, resonant sound or voice | Sonorous | 100%
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Sleep inducing; tending to cause drowsiness | Soporific | 100%
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Subtle hint; the mere trace of a clue or ingredient | Soupçon | 100%
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Simple, austere; marked by extreme frugality and self-discipline | Spartan | 100%
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Intermittent; or, given to irregular and sudden bursts of activity or violence | Spasmodic | 100%
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Thorny; having a prickly or irritable disposition | Spinous | 100%
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A person who is spirited, assertive, and often impulsive | Spitfire | 100%
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The trail or tracks left by a wild animal; or, the trace of some person or thing | Spoor | 100%
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Occuring irregularly or in unpredictable intervals | Sporadic | 100%
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Steel bar or block used to stop or control the motion of a vehicle or machinery | Sprag | 100%
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Frothy foam or scum, often due to agitation | Spume | 100%
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Sordid; foul, wrechted, morally repulsive | Squalid | 100%
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Low to the ground; or, stout and dumpy in appearance | Squatty | 100%
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Easily nauseated or disgusted | Squeamish | 100%
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Upright post or support | Stanchion | 100%
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Support, assist, or replace someone or something effectively | Stead | 100%
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Large earthenware beer mug | Stein | 100%
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Labourer who loads and unloads cargo from ships | Stevedore | 100%
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One who receives a sum of money provided at regular intervals | Stipendiary | 100%
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Person who displays self-control or indifference in regards to pleasure or pain | Stoic | 100%
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Unemotional, impassive; or, resolute and able to endure difficulty without emotion | Stolid | 100%
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Temporary measure to address an issue until a permanent solution is found | Stopgap | 100%
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Basin or vessel for holding liquids, especially in religious ceremonies; or, a beverage vessel or flagon | Stoup | 100%
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Arrange or differentiate into structured layers | Stratify | 100%
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Harsh, loud and grating in tone; discordance | Strident | 100%
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Dazed; in a state of deep lethargy, often due to illness or intoxication | Stuporous | 100%
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Slender, pointed instrument for writing or drawing | Stylus | 100%
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Obstruct or hinder the progress of | Stymie | 100%
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Having the property of stopping bleeding; astringent | Styptic | 100%
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Smoothly gracious and sophisticated, often superficially | Suave | 100%
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Situated below, either hierarchically or spatially | Subjacent | 100%
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Include or incorporate something under a broader category or concept | Subsume | 100%
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Cunning strategy employed to deceive or mislead | Subterfuge | 100%
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Female demon that seduces men to harm them | Succubus | 100%
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Gradually spread or diffuse through a space, often referring to fluid or emotion | Suffuse | 100%
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Boundless, incalculable | Sumless | 100%
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Sever or separate forcefully; disunite | Sunder | 100%
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Earnestly and humbly appeal to a higher power | Supplicate | 100%
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Form or discharge pus; fester | Suppurate | 100%
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Irrational or nonsensical | Surd | 100%
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Broad area of dark or tanned land; or, dark and dusky in complexion | Swarth | 100%
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Splash around hoisily in water; or, move violently and loudly; or, swagger, bravado | Swash | 100%
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Wrap in cloth or bandages; or, envelop | Swathe | 100%
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Characterized by excessive flattery or insincere praise to gain favor; fawning | Sycophantic | 100%
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Official or representative of a corporation or government; or, a magistrate | Syndic | 100%
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Council or assembly of religious leaders | Synod | 100%
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Rhythmic contraction, especially the rhythmic contraction of the heart | Systole | 100%
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Prominent, standing out | Salient | 67%
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Characterized by romantic or sexual attraction between women | Sapphic | 67%
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Pertaining to dressing well and tailored clothes | Sartorial | 67%
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Thorough defeat; overwhelming loss | Shellacking | 67%
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A likeness or resemblence between two entities; counterpart | Similitude | 67%
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Charactized by a formal, rigid, or uptight demeanor | Starchy | 67%
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Characterized by tortuous, winding, or twisting elements | Serpentine | 50%
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Having a congenial and harmonious disposition; mutual understanding | Simpatico | 50%
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Deceive, outwit, or trap someone cleverly | Snooker | 50%
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Flood, freshet; sudden and unusually large or heavy outpouring | Spate | 50%
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Fine, spray-like water droplets blown from breaking waves | Spindrift | 50%
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Magnificent; extraordinarily impressivein appearance | Splendiferous | 50%
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Couch, sofa; cushioned seat found in carriages | Squab | 50%
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Using fine dots or specks for engraving or for producing shading in artwork | Stipple | 50%
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The act of gaining influence through argument or entreaty | Suasion | 50%
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Add supplemental material; affix, attach | Subjoin | 50%
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Tapering to a fine point; awl-like or needle-shaped | Subulate | 50%
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Causing perspiration or sweating | Sudoriferous | 50%
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Displaying haughty disdain or patronizing arrogance | Supercilious | 50%
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Perceptions or occurences above the threshold of conscious awareness; able to stimulate a response | Supraliminal | 50%
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Civilian merchant who sells provisions to a military unit | Sutler | 50%
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Low-lying, marshy depression or valley often found between hills | Swale | 50%
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Verging on dizziness or disorientation | Swimmy | 50%
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Woman characterized by a delicate and ethereal appearance; or, a mythological female spirit | Sylph | 50%
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Characterized by the blending of diverse religious or cultural traditions | Syncretic | 50%
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Sleepwalking; a state of performing actions while asleep | Somnambulism | 40%
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Inviolable and sacred; hallowed | Sacrosanct | 33%
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Thin and weak, often unsteady | Spindly | 33%
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Projection from the side of a ship, such as a gun platform | Sponson | 33%
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Financial grant or subsidy provided to support a specific project or institution | Subvention | 33%
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The display of aggression to assert dominance (hyphenated) | Sabre-Rattling | 0%
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Relating to priests or priesthood; sacred or religious in character | Sacerdotal | 0%
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Possessing keen perception, wisdom, and sound judgment | Sagacious | 0%
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Arabic obeisance or ceremonial greeting | Salaam | 0%
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Inappropriate suggestiveness; the quality of lewdness | Salacity | 0%
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A rotating forward jump in figure skating | Salchow | 0%
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Yellowish and pale in complexion | Sallow | 0%
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Energetic dance; or, abrupt movement or leap | Saltation | 0%
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Cross-shaped symbol on a flag; an “X” | Saltire | 0%
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Dull, insipid, lacking in character | Saltless | 0%
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Break in continuity; gap in logic | Saltus | 0%
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Promoting good health and well-being | Salubrious | 0%
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Producing a positive effect; remedial | Salutary | 0%
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Barrage of weapons fire; fusillade | Salvo | 0%
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The practice of kindness and charity | Samaritanism | 0%
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The underground distribution of forbidden or censored literature | Samizdat | 0%
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Triangular pastry filled with meat or vegetables | Samosa | 0%
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East-Asian, flat-bottomed boat used for fishing | Sampan | 0%
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Having the power to heal or cure; therapeutic | Sanative | 0%
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Hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, or moral superiority | Sanctimonious | 0%
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Hinder a competing party through covert or unfair means | Sandbag | 0%
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Bubbling with optimism; cheerfully eager | Sanguine | 0%
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Radical, working-class, political extremist (non-hyphenated compound word) | Sansculotte | 0%
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Without worry; carefree and relaxed (two words) | Sans souci | 0%
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The act or chemical process of making soap | Saponification | 0%
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Military specialist for explosives and fortifications | Sapper | 0%
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Exhibiting cynical or mocking humour | Sardonic | 0%
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Mass of floating vegetation; or, vast, stable seaweed region of the ocean | Sargasso | 0%
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A chemical weapon that acts as a nerve agent | Sarin | 0%
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Strut flamboyantly in an exaggerative manner | Sashay | 0%
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Completely gratify a want or need | Sate | 0%
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Soak completely and thoroughly | Saturate | 0%
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Steady and gloomy in mood; surly, melancholic | Saturnine | 0%
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Lead poisoning | Saturnism | 0%
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Walk leisurely and aimlessly; or, an unhurried stroll | Saunter | 0%
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Having a pattern or structure that resembles a ladder | Scalariform | 0%
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The analysis of poetic meter and rhythm | Scansion | 0%
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Cowardly character who demonstrates exaggerated buffoonery | Scaramouch | 0%
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A ditch adjacent to a parapet; or, an abrupt, cliff-like slope | Scarp | 0%
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A wasteful person; or, an excessively generous philanthropist | Scattergood | 0%
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An essential plot element for a genre of story (three words; spaces scramble, too) | Scène à faire | 0%
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Person involved in the latest trends and fashions | Scenester | 0%
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An awkward buffoon; a bumbler | Schlemiel | 0%
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Carry with some effort; or, a dull and tedious task | Schlep | 0%
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An unstressed mid-central vowel sound | Schwa | 0%
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Minuscule amount or minute trace of a substance | Scintilla | 0%
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Genealogical descendent; the heir of an aristocratic family | Scion | 0%
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Process of splitting or dividing; or, a schism | Scission | 0%
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Showing symptoms associated with scurvy | Scorbutic | 0%
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Slag; waste material from metal smelting and refining | Scoria | 0%
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Blind spot; localized part of the field of vision that is absent of vision | Scotoma | 0%
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A blind spot; a localized area in the field of vision lacking sight | Scotoma | 0%
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Long, ranting speech or writing | Screed | 0%
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Scribe or professional writer, often of legal papers | Scrivener | 0%
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Feeling of doubt or hesitation arising from moral considerations | Scruple | 0%
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Diligent and meticulous in moral or ethical matters | Scrupulous | 0%
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Capable of being understood or deciphered | Scrutable | 0%
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Divination by crystal gazing | Scry | 0%
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Rapidly move in the manner of low-level clouds | Scud | 0%
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Room for dishwashing and kitchenwork | Scullery | 0%
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Kitchen helper or menial kitchen worker | Scullion | 0%
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Opening cut through the bulwarks of a ship to allow passage of water; or, thwart a plan | Scupper | 0%
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Given to abusive, vulgar, or offensive language | Scurrilous | 0%
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Rumour-filled gossip; or, a cask on a ship with enough fresh water for a day | Scuttlebutt | 0%
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Fatty or waxy in appearance or composition | Sebaceous | 0%
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Withdrawal into seclusion, often from a political entity | Secession | 0%
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Having bigoted, narrow-minded views, especially prejudice against outsiders | Sectarian | 0%
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Capable of being easily cut, shaped, or carved | Sectile | 0%
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Pertaining to worldly matters, not spiritual or religious | Secular | 0%
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Maintaining a calm, unruffled disposition | Sedate | 0%
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The promotion of rebellion or resistance against established authority. | Sedition | 0%
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Female prophet or clairvoyant | Seeress | 0%
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Isolate or ostracize for specific, often cultural or racial, criteria | Segregate | 0%
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A smooth transition between ideas or topics | Segue | 0%
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Profoundly, earth-shatteringly impactful; utterly transformative | Seismic | 0%
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The edge of a woven fabric, usually more tightly wound to prevent fraying | Selvage | 0%
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System of communication that uses visual cues, particularly two flags | Semaphore | 0%
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Everlasting, enduring without end | Sempiternal | 0%
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Grouping or numbering based on the number six | Senary | 0%
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The state or condition of being elderly or near the end of the average lifespan | Senescence | 0%
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Medical conditions or health issues arising after a primary illness | Sequela | 0%
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Angelic, divine, heavenly | Seraphic | 0%
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Dry, withered; in a state of desiccation | Sere | 0%
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Navigation instrument used for measuring angles | Sextant | 0%
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Hebrew greeting and farewell, meaning “peace” | Shalom | 0%
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Crude, makeshift dwelling or shelter | Shanty | 0%
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Demonstrating a bashful or self-conscious demeanour | Sheepish | 0%
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Phrase or password distinguishing the in-group from an out-group | Shibboleth | 0%
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Thick, knotty stick or club used as a cudgel | Shillelagh | 0%
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Shallow area in a body of water, such as a sandbar | Shoal | 0%
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A horn, often a ram’s, that is blown for Jewish ceremonies | Shofar | 0%
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A person who engages in unethical or unscrupulous legal practices | Shyster | 0%
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The illicit exchange of money or good for religious favours or positions | Simony | 0%
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Representation or image that closely resembles the original | Simulacrum | 0%
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Position or job that requires little or no work but provides salary | Sinecure | 0%
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Bending and twisting in a smooth, flowing manner | Sinuous | 0%
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Endlessly laborious and ultimately fruitless task | Sisyphean | 0%
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Ancient Scandinavian poet or bard, known for composing sagas and epics | Skald | 0%
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Move in a disorderly or frantic manner; scurry | Skelter | 0%
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Deceptive or underhanded behaviour; trickery | Skullduggery | 0%
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Hydrate, quench one's thirst; treat a person or object with water | Slake | 0%
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Hasty and careless; lacking in attention to detail | Slapdash | 0%
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Untidy because of laziness; slovenly | Slatternly | 0%
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Artful dexterity or clever maneuvering | Sleight | 0%
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Plod through a persistently arduous task | Slog | 0%
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A habitually lazy or indolent person | Sluggard | 0%
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Characterized by a drowsy, tranquil, or sleep-inducting quality | Slumberous | 0%
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Insincerely ingratiating in demeanour or speech; possessing false earnestness | Smarmy | 0%
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A slight or superficial understanding of a subject | Smattering | 0%
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Very small or miniscule quantity or portion | Smidgen | 0%
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Seize or obtain an item skullfully and quickly | Snaffle | 0%
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Exhibiting an attitude of disdain or condescension; dismissively haughty | Sniffy | 0%
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Descriptive or familiar name for a person; nickname | Sobriquet | 0%
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A conclusively powerful blow or argument that definitely settles the matter | Sockdolager | 0%
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Formal association with shared social, and often religious, objectives | Sodality | 0%
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Elegant evening social function | Soiree | 0%
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A grammatical error; or, an embarrassing breach of social etiquette | Solecism | 0%
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Deeply worried or anxious; showing heightened concern and vigilance | Solicitous | 0%
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Extreme egocentrism; or, philosophical belief that only one's own mind exists | Solipsism | 0%
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Trained wine expert; manager of a restaurant's wine service | Sommelier | 0%
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State of drowsiness or sleepiness, especially during the day | Somnolence | 0%
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Predict the future; prophecize | Soothsay | 0%
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Involving clever but untrue arguments, often intended to deceive | Sophistic | 0%
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Adulterate information or data to manipulate or mislead others | Sophisticate | 0%
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Displaying immaturity, inexperience, or lack of sophistication in judgment | Sophomoric | 0%
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Casting lots (using random chance) as a means for divination | Sortilege | 0%
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System where individuals are chosen for public office through random selection | Sortition | 0%
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Flirtatious young woman, especially in theatrical comedies | Soubrette | 0%
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Soft murmuring or rustling sound, such as the wind | Sough | 0%
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Squarely; directly, with military precision | Spang | 0%
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Small, shiny decoration | Spangle | 0%
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A devoted, servile person | Spaniel | 0%
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Superficially plausible but actually deceptive or misleading | Specious | 0%
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Investor who engages in high risk ventures; or, one who guesses with weak evidence | Speculator | 0%
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Hobby where one explores caves and underground caverns | Spelunking | 0%
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Person who maintains an enigmatic or mysterious figure | Sphinx | 0%
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Energetically wity; intellectually refined | Spirituel | 0%
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Containing a high concentration of alcohol | Spirituous | 0%
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Relating to the internal organs; visceral | Splanchnic | 0%
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Characterized by irritability, ill-temper, or a tendency to anger | Splenetic | 0%
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The act of plundering or looting, especially in a destructive manner | Spoliation | 0%
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An unintentional swap of the initial sounds of words, such as "blushing crows" instead of "crushing blows" | Spoonerism | 0%
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Intuitive understanding of language and its nuances; or, the character of a language | Sprachgefühl | 0%
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The ability to perform with effortless grace, nonchalance, or artful ease | Sprezzatura | 0%
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Youthfully energetic; full of vitality and liveliness | Sprightly | 0%
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Trap typically attached to an elastic sapling to ensnare small animals | Springe | 0%
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Lacking validity, legitimacy, or credibility | Spurious | 0%
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Brief, intense commotion, outcry, or commotion | Squall | 0%
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Suppress or crush with forcible authority; stifle | Squelch | 0%
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Short, satirical piece of writing | Squib | 0%
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Marked by short, abrupt articulation; abrupt or disjointed | Staccato | 0%
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Having a calm, steady, unadventurous demeanor | Staid | 0%
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Tapering, icicle-like mineral deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave | Stalactite | 0%
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Spiritual Elder or advisor in Eastern Orthodox Christianity | Starets | 0%
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Sculptor | Statuary | 0%
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Upright stone slab or pillar, usually inscribed to serve as a memorial or monument | Stela | 0%
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Arranged in a star-shaped pattern; resembling a star in shape | Stellate | 0%
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Characterized by noisy, laboured breathing, resembling snoring | Stentorous | 0%
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Editorial instructing to disregard a correction; "let it stand" | Stet | 0%
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Single line or metric unit in verse or poetry | Stich | 0%
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Dialogue in which characters exchange rapid, single lines of speech, such as in an argument or dispute | Stichomythia | 0%
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Refuse to comply out of stubborness, usually without sufficient reason | Stickle | 0%
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Slender, sharply pointed dagger | Stiletto | 0%
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Covered walkway or portico, typically supported by columns; Ancient Greek portico where philosophers gathered | Stoa | 0%
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Excessively filling or unappetizing; or, dull and conservative | Stodgy | 0%
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Plug a hole, opening, or vent to prevent the escape of a substance | Stopple | 0%
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Moving in a direction opposite the natural grain or pattern; against the grain, especially in woodcarving | Stoss | 0%
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Cross-eyedness; the misalignment of the eyes | Strabismus | 0%
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Facing difficulties or financial constrainments; suffering privation | Straitened | 0%
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Method of torture where a victim is suspended by their hands, which are bound behind their back | Strappado | 0%
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Cunning or deceitful tactic, particularly in warfare or politics | Stratagem | 0%
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Broad, flat valley or lowland region, typically formed by a river | Strath | 0%
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Crumbly topping for baked good made of fat, sugar, and flour | Streusel | 0%
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One of many parallel lines or grooves etched into a surface | Striation | 0%
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Critical or censorious remark or comment; condemnation | Stricture | 0%
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Unpleasant, shrill, creaking noise | Stridor | 0%
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Covered with stiff, straight, bristly hairs | Strigose | 0%
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Strip of leather or fabric used to sharpen razors or blades | Strop | 0%
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Stanza; division in a poem or song | Strophe | 0%
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Goiter; swelling of the thyroid gland | Struma | 0%
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Potent toxin commonly used in the Victorian era in rat poison | Strychnine | 0%
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Render ineffective, absurd, or meaningless; impair, invalidate | Stultify | 0%
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Mental numbness or confusion, often resulting from shock or disbelief | Stupefaction | 0%
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Dark, gloomy, or hellish in nature; profoundly dark and forbidding | Stygian | 0%
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Slender probe used in medical procedures; or, a very pointed and very sharp dagger | Stylet | 0%
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Foundational structure that supports columns or pillars | Stylobate | 0%
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Occurring beneath the skin | Subdermal | 0%
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An entity exerting its influence to dominate, supress, or submerge some weaker entity | Subduction | 0%
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Suddenly or abruptly, especially in music; without delay | Subito | 0%
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Bring under complete domination; subdue, conquer | Subjugate | 0%
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Negate, cancel; deny the crux of a formal or legal argument | Sublate | 0%
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Transform or refine something, like emotions or impulses, into a more acceptable or elevated form | Sublimate | 0%
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Existing on or relating to the earth; worldly, not celestial | Sublunary | 0%
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Induce someone to commit perjury or another unlawful act | Suborn | 0%
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Crafty or sly in a subtle or covert way; sagacious, discerning | Subtile | 0%
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Substitute or replacement, especially in the context of medicine or therapy | Succedaneum | 0%
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Following in a sequence or position; subsequent | Succedent | 0%
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Assistance, support, or relief provided during times of distress or need | Succor | 0%
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Room in a bathhouse for therapeutic or relaxing sweating | Sudatorium | 0%
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Tacit acceptance or permission of something undesirable, often out of necessity | Sufferance | 0%
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Muslic mystic | Sufi | 0%
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One of a kind; unique (two words) | Sui generis | 0%
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Having legal capacity of oneself; able to act independently (two words) | Sui juris | 0%
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Having a temperment marked by anger, irritability, bitterness or a quick temper; or, blasphemous | Sulferous | 0%
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Tarnish or soil another's reputation or purity | Sully | 0%
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Comprehensive treatise, typically in philosophy or theology | Summa | 0%
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Combine to create a cumulative effect | Summate | 0%
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The highest or ultimate good, particularly in philosophical or ethical contexts (two words) | Summum bonum | 0%
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Packhorse or mule, especially one used to carry military supplies | Sumpter | 0%
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Relating to regulations that limit extravagant spending or personal indulgence | Sumptuary | 0%
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Lavish, luxurious, overly expensive | Sumptuous | 0%
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An assortment of small, unspecified goods or supplies | Sundries | 0%
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Traditional practices and customs of Islam based on Muhammad's teachings | Sunna | 0%
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Obsolete due to old age or extended service; outdated or excessively old-fashioned | Superannuated | 0%
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Going beyond what is required or expected, especially in moral or religious matters | Supererogatory | 0%
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Outward or surface appearance of an object | Superficies | 0%
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Of the highest degree or quality; the best | Superlative | 0%
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Pertaining to the heavens or the divine; transcendent, celestial, or superlatively good | Supernal | 0%
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Higher in rank or authority | Superordinate | 0%
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Occur as an additional, unexpected result | Supervene | 0%
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Rotation of the forearm and hand so the palm faces upwards | Supination | 0%
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Disposed to lethargy, apathy, or indolence; given to listless loafing | Supine | 0%
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Replace or displace someone, especially by using cunning or strategy | Supplant | 0%
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Expressing a humble and earnest plea or request; humbly entreating | Suppliant | 0%
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Falsely presented as genuine or authentic; fraudulent or counterfeit | Supposititious | 0%
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Temporary respite or cessation of pain or suffering | Surcease | 0%
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Excessive amount; overabundance | Surfeit | 0%
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Loose, white religious vestment, often worn during church services | Surplice | 0%
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Done secretly; clandestine or stealthy | Surreptitious | 0%
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Process of designating a surrogate or alternate representative; substitution | Surrogation | 0%
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Man's long, fashionable outer coat or overgarment | Surtout | 0%
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Monitor or observe closely; maintain active supervision over a person | Surveil | 0%
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Inducing uncertainty or pause, especially in legal procedures | Suspensive | 0%
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Deep, often audible sigh expressing relief or exhaustion | Suspire | 0%
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Act of providing support, maintenance, or nourishment; preservation, maintenance | Sustentation | 0%
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Soft, murmuring or rustling sound, like a gentle whisper | Susurrus | 0%
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Dominant or controlling authority in a political relationship; overlord or feudal lord | Suzerain | 0%
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Slender and gracefully elegant in figure; lithe | Svelte | 0%
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Person who manipualtes or exercises control over another for personal gain | Svengali | 0%
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Rustic fellow, peasant; or, a suitor | Swain | 0%
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Display pretentious or ostentatious behaviour; show off | Swank | 0%
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Stretch of land covered with grass, such as a lawn | Sward | 0%
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Dusky or blackened; or, malignant, harmful | Swart | 0%
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Liquid waste or refuse, especially remnants of food fed to pigs; or, drink in a gluttonous manner | Swill | 0%
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Person who seeks excessive luxury and self-indulgence in life | Sybarite | 0%
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Characterized by the love of luxury and pleasure | Sybaritic | 0%
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One who flatters others for personal gain | Sycophant | 0%
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Relating to or characteristic of the woods or forest; wooded | Sylvan | 0%
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Disrupt or interrupt the regular flow, especially or pattern of music or speech; cut short | Syncopate | 0%
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Abnormal fusion of two or more human fingers or toes | Syndactyly | 0%
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Figure of speech where a part represents the whole | Synecdoche | 0%
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Harmonious interaction where the whole is greater than the sum of its part; or, belief in the cooperation of divine grace and human will | Synergism | 0%
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Merging of sensory experiences, like hearing colours or tasing words | Synesthesia | 0%
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Pertaining to the structural relationship of words in a sentence | Syntagmatic | 0%
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Effective conjunction of multiple elements in a coordinated manner; or, alignment of three celestial bodies | Syzygy | 0%
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