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   Saran Wrap
         n 1: a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap)
               that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food [syn: {cling
               film}, {clingfilm}, {Saran Wrap}]

English Dictionary: Sir Henry Morgan by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sciuromorpha
n
  1. large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
    Synonym(s): Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scorner
n
  1. a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression
    Synonym(s): sneerer, scorner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screamer
n
  1. someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn: roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller]
  2. a sensational newspaper headline
  3. gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
  4. a very hard hit ball
    Synonym(s): scorcher, screamer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screener
n
  1. a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screenwriter
n
  1. someone who writes screenplays [syn: screenwriter, {film writer}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Serenoa repens
n
  1. small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
    Synonym(s): saw palmetto, scrub palmetto, Serenoa repens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shareowner
n
  1. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation [syn: stockholder, shareholder, shareowner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Bessemer
n
  1. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
    Synonym(s): Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Joseph Wood
n
  1. English conductor (1869-1944) [syn: Wood, {Sir Henry Wood}, Sir Henry Joseph Wood]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm
n
  1. English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956) [syn: Beerbohm, Max Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Morgan
n
  1. a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
    Synonym(s): Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
n
  1. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
    Synonym(s): Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Percy
n
  1. English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
    Synonym(s): Percy, Sir Henry Percy, Hotspur, Harry Hotspur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
n
  1. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
    Synonym(s): Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Henry Wood
n
  1. English conductor (1869-1944) [syn: Wood, {Sir Henry Wood}, Sir Henry Joseph Wood]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Martin Frobisher
n
  1. English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
    Synonym(s): Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
n
  1. Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) [syn: Wheeler, {Sir Mortimer Wheeler}, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squirmer
n
  1. one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips"
    Synonym(s): wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Syrian Arab Republic
n
  1. an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
    Synonym(s): Syria, Syrian Arab Republic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scorner \Scorn"er\, n.
      One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a
      scoffer at religion. [bd]Great scorners of death.[b8]
      --Spenser.
  
               Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
               unto the lowly.                                       --Prov. iii.
                                                                              34.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Screamer \Scream"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of three species of South American birds constituting
      the family {Anhimid[91]}, and the suborder {Palamede[91]}.
      They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either
      crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as
      guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or
      chajas, belong to the genus {Chauna}. The horned screamer, or
      kamichi, is {Palamedea cornuta}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Screamer \Scream"er\, n.
      1. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
            [Slang]
  
      2. An exclamation mark. [Printer's Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Palamede91 \[d8]Pal`a*me"de*[91]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied
      South American birds; -- called also {screamers}. In many
      anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but
      they externally resemble the wading birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scrimer \Scri"mer\, n. [F. escrimeur. See {Skirmish}.]
      A fencing master. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surmark \Sur"mark`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
      A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show
      where the angles of the timbers are to be placed. [Written
      also {sirmark}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sorner \Sorn"er\, n.
      One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.
      [Scot.] --De Quncey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surmark \Sur"mark`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
      A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show
      where the angles of the timbers are to be placed. [Written
      also {sirmark}.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Screamer
  
      An extension of {Common Lisp} providing {nondeterministic}
      {backtracking} and {constraint} programming.
  
      {(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z)}.
  
      [Isn't all backtracking nondeterministic by definition?]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   screen reader
  
      A {text-to-speech} system, intended for use by
      blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a
      computer display.
  
      (1998-10-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   screen refresh
  
      {refresh rate}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Screenwrite
  
      A columnar format {third generation programming
      language} similar in layout to {assembler} and used for
      {transaction processing}, solely on the {Honeywell} {Bull}
      {TPS6} {database}/transaction management system on their Level
      6 {DPS6} {minicomputers} running under the {GCOS6} {operating
      system}.   In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities
      and the Ministry of Defense.   Being proprietary technology,
      its popularity waned with the introduction of {open systems}
      standards, {relational databases} and {fourth generation
      languages} but it is believed that some systems made it
      through {Y2K}.
  
      [Dates?]
  
      (2003-05-15)
  
  
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