Scaphopoda : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

scaphopod
n 1: burrowing marine mollusk

English Dictionary: Scaphopoda	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scaphopoda n small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells Synonym(s): Scaphopoda, class Scaphopoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ship of the line n a warship intended for combat [syn: man-of-war, {ship of the line}]
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Sivapithecus n fossil primates found in India
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sofa bed n a sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible, sofa bed]
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spiffed up adj dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p), dressed-up, dressed to the nines(p), dressed to kill(p), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up]
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svoboda n (Russia) freedom
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scopiped \Sco"pi*ped\ (?; 277), n. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scopuliped}.
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{Right line}, a straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two points. {Ship of the line}, formerly, a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; -- called also {line of battle ship}.
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sofa \So"fa\, n.; pl. {Sofas}. [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sof[85].] A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. --Cowper. {Sofa bed}, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; -- called also {sofa bedstead}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sofa \So"fa\, n.; pl. {Sofas}. [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sof[85].] A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. --Cowper. {Sofa bed}, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; -- called also {sofa bedstead}.
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Spyboat \Spy"boat`\, n. A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. --Arbuthnot.
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Suavify \Suav"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suavified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suavifying}.] [Suave + -fy.] To make affable or suave.
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Subepidermal \Subep`ider"mal\, a. Situated immediately below the epidermis.
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Subepithelial \Subep`ithe"li*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the epithelium.
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Subhepatic \Sub`he*pat"ic\, a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subobtuse \Sub`ob*tuse"\, a. Partially obtuse.
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Subovate \Sub*o"vate\, a. Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.
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Subovated \Subo"vated\, a. Subovate. [R.]
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.