shoreward
         adj 1: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an
                  inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from
                  seaward winds" [syn: {inshore}, {onshore}, {seaward},
                  {shoreward}] [ant: {offshore}, {seaward}]

English Dictionary: Sierra redwood	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sierra redwood n extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism Synonym(s): giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle n British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930) Synonym(s): Conan Doyle, A. Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur John Evans n British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941) Synonym(s): Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans
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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington n English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944) Synonym(s): Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
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Sir Arthur Sullivan n English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900) Synonym(s): Sullivan, Arthur Sullivan, Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan
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Sir Arthur Travers Harris n British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) Synonym(s): Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris
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Sir Howard Walter Florey n British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) Synonym(s): Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey
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sorority n a social club for female undergraduates
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square root n a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
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square yard n a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square [syn: square yard, sq yd]
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swearword n profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" Synonym(s): curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sharewort \Share"wort`\, n. (Bot.)       A composite plant ({Aster Tripolium}) growing along the       seacoast of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel.       ma[?]ra.] (Bot.)       A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much       used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is       cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.          Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,                etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.                madder yellow.          {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia             arvensis}) resembling madder.          {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in             the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.          {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium             Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.       feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.       folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]       1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;             cultivated ground; the open country.          2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece             inclosed for tillage or pasture.                         Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.          3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.                         In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.                         What though the field be lost?            --Milton.          4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:             (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn                   or projected.             (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one                   view.                               Without covering, save yon field of stars.                                                                               --Shak.                               Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.          5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much             of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon             it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented             as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).          6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,             operation, or achievement; province; room.                         Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.                                                                               --Macaulay.          7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor             contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the             betting.          8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the             players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also             {outfield}.          Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of                belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with                reference to the operations and equipments of an army                during a campaign away from permanent camps and                fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is                sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field                fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field                geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes                investigations or collections out of doors. A survey                uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,                measurment, observations, etc., made in field work                (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field                hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.                Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.          {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.          {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the             use of a marching army.          {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha             Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.          {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the             positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.          {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket             ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.          {Field day}.             (a) A day in the fields.             (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for                   instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.             (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.          {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the             driving of stray cattle to the pound.          {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),             found in Southern Europe.          {Field glass}. (Optics)             (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a                   race glass.             (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches                   long, and having 3 to 6 draws.             (c) See {Field lens}.          {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The skylark.             (b) The tree pipit.          {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the             eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound             microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called             also {field glass}.          {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in             dyeing.          {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred             in the British and other European armies.          {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the             campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer             mouse}.          {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain             and below that of general.          {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial             consisting of one field officer empowered to try all             cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison             and regimental courts. --Farrow.          {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover             ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the             Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).          {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting             small game.          {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).             (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]          {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to             hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.          {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.          {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.          {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,             the entire space within which objects are seen.          {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.          {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.          {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under             {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.             (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.             (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.          {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a             horse, etc.) against all comers.          {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sherardize \Sher"ard*ize\, v. t. [From Sherard Cowper-Coles, the       inventor.] (Metal.)       To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see,       below).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor galvanizing \Va"por gal"va*niz`ing\ (Metal.)       A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces       with zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of,       as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc; -- called also       {Sherardizing}. Vapor galvanizing is accomplished by heating       the articles to be galvanized together with zinc dust in an       air tight receptacle to a temperature of about 600[f8] F.,       which is 188[f8] below the melting point of zinc, or by       exposing the articles to vapor from molten zinc in a separate       receptacle, using hydrogen or other reducing gas to prevent       oxidation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.       bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of       African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.       Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and       cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B.             bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of             the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is             larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of             marshy places and rivers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same             genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also             {Cape buffalo}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America.          5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below.          6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below.          {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri             ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries.          {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus             {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon             buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.          {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}.          {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for             fuel. [U.S.]          {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium             reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient             grazing grounds of the American bison.          {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish             ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; --             called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}.          {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water             fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi             valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the             big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the             small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important             species used as food.          {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small             dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the             black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in             the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great             injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of             cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a             species with similar habits.          {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass             ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high,             covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,             feed. [U.S.]          {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an             American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub             itself; oilnut.          {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America,             prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in             sleighs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shoreward \Shore"ward\, adv.       Toward the shore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Square \Square\, a.       1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,             a square figure.          2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.          3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and             angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a             square frame.          4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.                         She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to                      her.                                                   --Shak.          5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square             dealing.          6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the             accounts square.          7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.                         By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. --Beau.                                                                               & Fl.          8. (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and             parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a             square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.          Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or                combination, as in square-built, square-cornered,                square-cut, square-nosed, etc.          {Square foot}, an area equal to that of a square the sides of             which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches.          {Square knot}, a knot in which the terminal and standing             parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust.             under {Knot}.          {Square measure}, the measure of a superficies or surface             which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly.             The units of square measure are squares whose sides are             the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet,             square meters, etc.          {Square number}. See {square}, n., 6.          {Square root of a number} [or] {quantity} (Math.), that             number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces             the given number or quantity.          {Square sail} (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard             suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a             schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail             boomed out. See Illust. of {Sail}.          {Square stern} (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining             the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a             round stern, which has no transom.          {Three-square}, {Five-square}, etc., having three, five,             etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file.          {To get square with}, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sherrard, IL (village, FIPS 69368)       Location: 41.31844 N, 90.50526 W       Population (1990): 697 (280 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61281