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   salaried
         adj 1: receiving a salary; "salaried members of the staff" [ant:
                  {free-lance}, {freelance}, {self-employed}]
         2: receiving or eligible for compensation; "salaried workers";
            "a stipendiary magistrate" [syn: {compensated},
            {remunerated}, {salaried}, {stipendiary}]
         3: for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work";
            "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" [syn:
            {compensable}, {paying(a)}, {remunerative}, {salaried},
            {stipendiary}]

English Dictionary: Scleroderma bovista by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saleratus
n
  1. a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
    Synonym(s): bicarbonate of soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, baking soda, saleratus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
schoolyard
n
  1. the yard associated with a school
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scleredema
n
  1. a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerite
n
  1. hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scleritis
n
  1. inflammation of the sclera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scleroderma
n
  1. an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
    Synonym(s): scleroderma, dermatosclerosis
  2. genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma, genus Scleroderma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scleroderma aurantium
n
  1. an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scleroderma bovista
n
  1. an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange- yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scleroderma citrinum
n
  1. an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scleroderma flavidium
n
  1. an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sclerodermataceae
n
  1. a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single- layered peridium; includes earthballs
    Synonym(s): Sclerodermataceae, family Sclerodermataceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sclerodermatales
n
  1. an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
    Synonym(s): Sclerodermatales, order Sclerodermatales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotic
adj
  1. relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; "a sclerotic patient"
    Synonym(s): sclerotic, sclerosed
  2. of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; "sclerotic tissue"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotic coat
n
  1. the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball
    Synonym(s): sclera, sclerotic coat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotinia
n
  1. any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sclerotiniaceae
n
  1. a fungus family of order Helotiales [syn: Sclerotiniaceae, family Sclerotiniaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sclerotium
n
  1. form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
    Synonym(s): Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium
  2. compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotium disease
n
  1. plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed
    Synonym(s): sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotium rot
n
  1. plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed
    Synonym(s): sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sclerotomy
n
  1. surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silurid
n
  1. Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
    Synonym(s): silurid, silurid fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
silurid fish
n
  1. Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin
    Synonym(s): silurid, silurid fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Siluridae
n
  1. Old World catfishes
    Synonym(s): Siluridae, family Siluridae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slurred
adj
  1. spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
    Synonym(s): slurred, thick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar day
n
  1. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
    Synonym(s): day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar dish
n
  1. a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
    Synonym(s): solar dish, solar collector, solar furnace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar heater
n
  1. a heater that makes direct use of solar energy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar radiation
n
  1. radiation from the sun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar telescope
n
  1. a telescope designed to make observations of the sun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar thermal system
n
  1. a system that converts sunlight into heat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar trap
n
  1. a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
    Synonym(s): suntrap, solar trap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solleret
n
  1. armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel
    Synonym(s): solleret, sabaton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swallow wort
n
  1. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swallowwort
n
  1. tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
    Synonym(s): blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias curassavica
  2. perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): celandine, greater celandine, swallowwort, swallow wort, Chelidonium majus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Szilard
n
  1. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
    Synonym(s): Szilard, Leo Szilard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil,
      OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root]
      153.]
      1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
            wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels
            through the water.
  
                     Behoves him now both sail and oar.      --Milton.
  
      2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
  
      3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]
  
                     Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
  
      5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
  
      Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as
               the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
  
      6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon
            the water.
  
      Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails},
               and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to
               yards, with their foot lying across the line of the
               vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs
               with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft
               sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after
               leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are
               quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases
               under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark},
               {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}.
  
      {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft
            for bending.
  
      {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff.
  
      {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the
            seams square.
  
      {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
           
  
      {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are
            stowed when not in use.
  
      {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is
            extended.
  
      {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of
            peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
           
  
      {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}.
  
      {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails.
  
      {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of
            sail.
  
      {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the
            wind.
  
      {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence,
            to begin a voyage.
  
      {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or
            take in a part.
  
      {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in
            saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to
            acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.
  
      {Under sail}, having the sails spread.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sal91ratus \Sal`[91]*ra"tus\, n.
      See {Saleratus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salary \Sal"a*ry\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salaried}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Salarying}.]
      To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to;
      as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salaried \Sal"a*ried\, a.
      Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary
      attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saleratus \Sal`e*ra"tus\, n. [NL. sal a[89]ratus; -- so called
      because it is a source of fixed air (carbon dioxide). See
      {Sal}, and and {A[89]rated}.] (Old Chem.)
      A[89]rated salt; a white crystalline substance having an
      alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate
      (see under {Sodium}.) It is largely used in cooking, with
      sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute
      for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders,
      and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
      A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
      always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
      It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
      readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and
      to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
      liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
      state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
      (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
      product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific
      gravity 0.97.
  
      {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
            produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
            is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
  
      {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance,
            {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of
            sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and
            also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in
            baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas
            (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking
            soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium
            carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium
            dicarbonate}, etc.
  
      {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance,
            {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
            the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
            large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
            soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
            chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing
            soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and
            {Trona}.
  
      {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}.
  
      {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH},
            having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
            quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
            carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
            manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
            Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By
            extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saleratus \Sal`e*ra"tus\, n. [NL. sal a[89]ratus; -- so called
      because it is a source of fixed air (carbon dioxide). See
      {Sal}, and and {A[89]rated}.] (Old Chem.)
      A[89]rated salt; a white crystalline substance having an
      alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate
      (see under {Sodium}.) It is largely used in cooking, with
      sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute
      for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders,
      and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
      A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
      always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
      It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
      readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and
      to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
      liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
      state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
      (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
      product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific
      gravity 0.97.
  
      {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
            produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
            is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
  
      {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance,
            {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of
            sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and
            also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in
            baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas
            (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking
            soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium
            carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium
            dicarbonate}, etc.
  
      {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance,
            {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
            the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
            large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
            soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
            chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing
            soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and
            {Trona}.
  
      {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}.
  
      {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH},
            having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
            quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
            carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
            manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
            Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By
            extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saliretin \Sal`i*re"tin\, n. [Saligenin + Gr. [?] resin.]
      (Chem.)
      A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action
      of dilute acids on saligenin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scelerat \Scel"er*at\, n. [F. sc[82]l[82]rat from L. sceleratus,
      p. p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a
      crime.]
      A villain; a criminal. [Obs.] --Cheyne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scholarity \Scho*lar"i*ty\, n. [OF. scholarit[82], or LL.
      scholaritas.]
      Scholarship. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Schoolward \School"ward\, adv.
      Toward school. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerite \Scle"rite\ (skl[emac]"r[imac]t), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle,
      especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scleroderm \Scler"o*derm\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard
      + de`rma skin: cf. F. scl[82]roderme.]
      (a) (Zo[94]l.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes
            ({Sclerodermi}) having the skin covered with hard scales,
            or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
      (b) One of the Sclerodermata.
      (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scleroderm \Scler"o*derm\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard
      + de`rma skin: cf. F. scl[82]roderme.]
      (a) (Zo[94]l.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes
            ({Sclerodermi}) having the skin covered with hard scales,
            or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
      (b) One of the Sclerodermata.
      (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerodermic \Scler`o*der"mic\, Sclerodermous
   \Scler`o*der"mous\, (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with
            hard plates.
      (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerodermite \Scler`o*der"mite\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The hard integument of Crustacea.
      (b) Sclerenchyma.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerodermic \Scler`o*der"mic\, Sclerodermous
   \Scler`o*der"mous\, (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with
            hard plates.
      (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scleroid \Scle"roid\, a. [Gr. [?]; sklhro`s hard + [?] form.]
      (Bot.)
      Having a hard texture, as nutshells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotal \Scle*ro"tal\, a. (Anat.)
      Sclerotic. -- n. The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the
      eye. --Owen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Sclerotium \[d8]Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr.
      Gr. sklhro`s hard.]
      1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
            {Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, n. [Cf. F. scl[82]rotique.] (Anat.)
      The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of {Eye}
      (d) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or
      the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. sklhro`s hard: cf. F.
      scl[82]rotique.]
      1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to
            the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often
            cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
  
      2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye;
            sclerotical.
  
      3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
  
      {Sclerotic parenchyma} (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers
            a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied
            to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but
            not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of
            cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotic \Scle*rot"ic\, a. [Gr. sklhro`s hard: cf. F.
      scl[82]rotique.]
      1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to
            the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often
            cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
  
      2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye;
            sclerotical.
  
      3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
  
      {Sclerotic parenchyma} (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers
            a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied
            to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but
            not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of
            cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotical \Scle*rot"ic*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Sclerotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotome \Scler"o*tome\ (skl[ecr]r"[osl]*t[omac]m or
      skl[emac]r"[osl]*t[omac]m), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + te`mnein
      to cut.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions
      which separate the myotomes. -- {Scler`o*tom"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sclerotome \Scler"o*tome\ (skl[ecr]r"[osl]*t[omac]m or
      skl[emac]r"[osl]*t[omac]m), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + te`mnein
      to cut.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions
      which separate the myotomes. -- {Scler`o*tom"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shallow-hearted \Shal"low-heart`ed\, a.
      Incapable of deep feeling. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shell \Shell\, n. [OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin
      to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill.
      Cf. {Scale} of fishes, {Shale}, {Skill}.]
      1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
            Specifically:
            (a) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a
                  hazelnut shell.
            (b) A pod.
            (c) The hard covering of an egg.
  
                           Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him
                           in the shell.                              --Shak.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external
                  covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other
                  invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes,
                  it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the
                  hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo,
                  the tortoise, and the like.
            (e) (Zo[94]l.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having
                  such a covering.
  
      2. (Mil.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for
            a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive
            substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means
            of which the projectile is burst and its fragments
            scattered. See {Bomb}.
  
      3. The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and
            shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  
      4. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior
            structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the
            shell of a house.
  
      5. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin
            inclosed in a more substantial one. --Knight.
  
      6. An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre
            having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a
            tortoise shell.
  
                     When Jubal struck the chorded shell.   --Dryden.
  
      7. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  
      8. pl. The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is
            often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  
      9. (Naut.) The outer frame or case of a block within which
            the sheaves revolve.
  
      10. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood
            or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  
      {Message shell}, a bombshell inside of which papers may be
            put, in order to convey messages.
  
      {Shell bit}, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in
            boring wood. See {Bit}, n., 3.
  
      {Shell button}.
            (a) A button made of shell.
            (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one
                  for the front and the other for the back, -- often
                  covered with cloth, silk, etc.
  
      {Shell cameo}, a cameo cut in shell instead of stone.
  
      {Shell flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Turtlehead}.
  
      {Shell gland}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is
                  formed in embryonic mollusks.
            (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of
                  various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc.
  
      {Shell gun}, a cannon suitable for throwing shells.
  
      {Shell ibis} (Zo[94]l.), the openbill of India.
  
      {Shell jacket}, an undress military jacket.
  
      {Shell lime}, lime made by burning the shells of shellfish.
           
  
      {Shell marl} (Min.), a kind of marl characterized by an
            abundance of shells, or fragments of shells.
  
      {Shell meat}, food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous
            mollusks. --Fuller.
  
      {Shell mound}. See under {Mound}.
  
      {Shell of a boiler}, the exterior of a steam boiler, forming
            a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing
            also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical,
            or locomotive, boiler.
  
      {Shell road}, a road of which the surface or bed is made of
            shells, as oyster shells.
  
      {Shell sand}, minute fragments of shells constituting a
            considerable part of the seabeach in some places.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Siluridan \Si*lu"ri*dan\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any fish of the family {Silurid[91]} or of the order
      Siluroidei.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Siluroid \Si*lu"roid\, n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of
      fishes including numerous species, among which are the
      American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of
      the Old World, as the sheatfish ({Silurus glanis}) of Europe.
      -- n. A siluroid fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slur \Slur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slurring}.] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[?]ra,
      slo[?]ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren,
      sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D.
      sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]
      1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
            --Cudworth.
  
      2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson.
  
      3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over
            lightly or with little notice.
  
                     With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his
                     crimes.                                             --Dryden.
  
      4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
  
                     To slur men of what they fought for.   --Hudibras.
  
      5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
  
      6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to
            connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
            --Busby.
  
      7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to
            mackle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slurred \Slurred\, a. (Mus.)
      Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style,
      like notes marked with a slur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.
      s[omac]l, Icel. s[omac]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.
      sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}.
      {Sun}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
            the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar
            influence. See {Solar system}, below.
  
      2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
            [Obs.]
  
                     And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.
  
      3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the
            ecliptic; as, the solar year.
  
      4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected
            by its influence.
  
                     They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {Solar cycle}. See under {Cycle}.
  
      {Solar day}. See {Day}, 2.
  
      {Solar engine}, an engine in which the energy of solar heat
            is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a
            steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
  
      {Solar flowers} (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at
            certain hours.
  
      {Solar lamp}, an argand lamp.
  
      {Solar microscope}, a microscope consisting essentially,
            first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight
            through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window
            shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for
            converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a
            small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image
            of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or
            in a darkened box.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Day \Day\, n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. d[91]g; akin to OS., D.,
      Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah
      (for dhagh ?) to burn. [fb]69. Cf. {Dawn}.]
      1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
            next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
            darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
  
      2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
            ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
            by the interval between two successive transits of a
            celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
            specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
            sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
            of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
            {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is
            the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day},
            below.
  
      3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
            usage or law for work.
  
      4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
            reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
            thing; age; time.
  
                     A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
                                                                              --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. )
  
                     If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must
                     with patience all the terms attend.   --Dryden.
  
      5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
            contest, some anniversary, etc.
  
                     The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin
                     Crispianus.                                       --Shak.
  
                     His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
                                                                              --Roscommon.
  
      Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
               daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.
      s[omac]l, Icel. s[omac]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.
      sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}.
      {Sun}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
            the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar
            influence. See {Solar system}, below.
  
      2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
            [Obs.]
  
                     And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.
  
      3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the
            ecliptic; as, the solar year.
  
      4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected
            by its influence.
  
                     They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {Solar cycle}. See under {Cycle}.
  
      {Solar day}. See {Day}, 2.
  
      {Solar engine}, an engine in which the energy of solar heat
            is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a
            steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
  
      {Solar flowers} (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at
            certain hours.
  
      {Solar lamp}, an argand lamp.
  
      {Solar microscope}, a microscope consisting essentially,
            first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight
            through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window
            shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for
            converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a
            small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image
            of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or
            in a darkened box.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Day \Day\, n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. d[91]g; akin to OS., D.,
      Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah
      (for dhagh ?) to burn. [fb]69. Cf. {Dawn}.]
      1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
            next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
            darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
  
      2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
            ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
            by the interval between two successive transits of a
            celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
            specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
            sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
            of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
            {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is
            the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day},
            below.
  
      3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
            usage or law for work.
  
      4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
            reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
            thing; age; time.
  
                     A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
                                                                              --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. )
  
                     If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must
                     with patience all the terms attend.   --Dryden.
  
      5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
            contest, some anniversary, etc.
  
                     The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin
                     Crispianus.                                       --Shak.
  
                     His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
                                                                              --Roscommon.
  
      Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
               daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Solar month}. See under {Month}.
  
      {Solar oil}, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.
           
  
      {Solar phosphori} (Physics), certain substances, as the
            diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna
            phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become
            phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to
            sunlight or other intense light.
  
      {Solar plexus} (Anat.), a nervous plexus situated in the
            dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of
            several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating
            nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating
            nerve fibers.
  
      {Solar spots}. See {Sun spots}, under {Sun}.
  
      {Solar system} (Astron.), the sun, with the group of
            celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve
            round it. The system comprises the major planets, with
            their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the
            comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the
            zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites
            that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in
            number, of which the Earth has one (see {Moon}.), Mars
            two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune
            one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far
            discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first
            four of which were found near the beginning of the
            century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
  
      Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the
               comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are
               exhibited in the following tables: -- I. -- Major
               Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth
               being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of
               orbit.Diameter in miles
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
               II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from
               sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of
               orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54
               Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
  
      {Solar telegraph}, telegraph for signaling by flashes of
            reflected sunlight.
  
      {Solar time}. See {Apparent time}, under {Time}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Solar month}. See under {Month}.
  
      {Solar oil}, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.
           
  
      {Solar phosphori} (Physics), certain substances, as the
            diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna
            phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become
            phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to
            sunlight or other intense light.
  
      {Solar plexus} (Anat.), a nervous plexus situated in the
            dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of
            several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating
            nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating
            nerve fibers.
  
      {Solar spots}. See {Sun spots}, under {Sun}.
  
      {Solar system} (Astron.), the sun, with the group of
            celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve
            round it. The system comprises the major planets, with
            their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the
            comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the
            zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites
            that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in
            number, of which the Earth has one (see {Moon}.), Mars
            two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune
            one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far
            discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first
            four of which were found near the beginning of the
            century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
  
      Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the
               comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are
               exhibited in the following tables: -- I. -- Major
               Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth
               being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of
               orbit.Diameter in miles
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
               II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from
               sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of
               orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54
               Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
  
      {Solar telegraph}, telegraph for signaling by flashes of
            reflected sunlight.
  
      {Solar time}. See {Apparent time}, under {Time}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solert \So"lert\, a. [L. solers, sollers, -ertis,clever,
      skillful.]
      Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] --Cudworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solertiousness \So*ler"tious*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solleret \Sol*ler*et"\, n. [F. soleretim. fr. OF. soler shoe.]
      A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a
      shoe), worn with medi[91]val armor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) See {Celandine}.
            (b) A poisonous plant ({Vincetoxicum officinale}) of the
                  Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also
                  called {white swallowwort}.
  
      {African swallowwort}, a plant of the genus Stapelia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Celandine \Cel"an*dine\ (s[ecr]l"[acr]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE.
      celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[82]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia
      (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr.
      chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a
      swallow.] (Bot.)
      A perennial herbaceous plant ({Chelidonium majus}) of the
      poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine
      in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is
      used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also {greater
      celandine} and {swallowwort}.
  
      {Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swallowwort \Swal"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) See {Celandine}.
            (b) A poisonous plant ({Vincetoxicum officinale}) of the
                  Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also
                  called {white swallowwort}.
  
      {African swallowwort}, a plant of the genus Stapelia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Celandine \Cel"an*dine\ (s[ecr]l"[acr]n*d[imac]n), n. [OE.
      celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch[82]lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia
      (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr.
      chelido`nios, fr. chelidw`n the swallow, akin to L. hirundo a
      swallow.] (Bot.)
      A perennial herbaceous plant ({Chelidonium majus}) of the
      poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine
      in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is
      used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also {greater
      celandine} and {swallowwort}.
  
      {Lasser celandine}, the pilewort ({Ranunculus Ficaria}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Shaler Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 69596)
      Location: 40.52086 N, 79.96401 W
      Population (1990): 30533 (11830 housing units)
      Area: 28.8 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Silerton, TN (town, FIPS 68560)
      Location: 35.34049 N, 88.80489 W
      Population (1990): 59 (37 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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