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sackbut
n 1: a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

English Dictionary: sauceboat	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sauceboat n a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saucepot n a cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling
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schizopetalon n a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers Synonym(s): schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri
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Schizopetalon walkeri n a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers Synonym(s): schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri
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Schizophyta n former term for the Cyanophyta [syn: Schizophyta, division Schizophyta]
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Schizopoda n in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea
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sea captain n an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper]
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sea spider n any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs Synonym(s): sea spider, pycnogonid
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sesquipedalia n a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
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sesquipedalian adj given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" Synonym(s): polysyllabic, sesquipedalian n a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sesquipedality n using long words
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sexcapade n a sexual escapade; an illicit affair
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sexpot n a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal [syn: {sex kitten}, sexpot, sex bomb]
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sick-abed adj confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]
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sickbed n the bed on which a sick person lies
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sissified adj having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]
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six-footer n a person who is at least six feet tall
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six-spot n a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips Synonym(s): six-spot, six
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size of it n the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" Synonym(s): size, size of it
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sociopath n someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') Synonym(s): sociopath, psychopath
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sociopathic adj of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder
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sociopathic personality n a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term) Synonym(s): antisocial personality disorder, sociopathic personality, psychopathic personality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
susceptibility n the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] Antonym(s): immunity, unsusceptibility
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susceptible adj (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" Antonym(s): insusceptible, unsusceptible easily impressed emotionally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
susceptibleness n the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] Antonym(s): immunity, unsusceptibility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf. F. scarab[82]e.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus {Scarab[91]us}, or family {Scarab[91]id[91]}, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarab[91]us sacer}, and {S. Egyptiorum}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sackbut \Sack"but\, n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see {Sack} a bag) + bouter to push (see {Butt} to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also {sagbut}.] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Note: The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sackbut \Sack"but\, n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see {Sack} a bag) + bouter to push (see {Butt} to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also {sagbut}.] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Note: The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Schizomycetes \[d8]Schiz`omyce"tes\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to split + [?], -[?], a fungus.] (Biol.) An order of {Schizophyta}, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See {Schizophyta}, in the Supplement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schizophyte \Schiz"o*phyte\, n. [Schizo- + Gr. [?] a plant.] (Biol.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schizopod \Schiz"o*pod\ (?; 277), n. (Zo[94]l.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
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Schizopod \Schiz"opod\ (?; 277), Schizopodous \Schizop"o*dous\, a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schizopod \Schiz"opod\ (?; 277), Schizopodous \Schizop"o*dous\, a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sea captain \Sea" cap"tain\ The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
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Sea spider \Sea" spi"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See {Maioid}, and {Spider crab}, under {Spider}. (b) Any pycnogonid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesquipedal \Sesquip"edal\, Sesquipedalian \Ses`quipeda"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquip[82]dal, L. sesquipedalis.] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesquipedal \Sesquip"edal\, Sesquipedalian \Ses`quipeda"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquip[82]dal, L. sesquipedalis.] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesquipedalianism \Ses`quipeda"lianism\, Sesquipedalism \Sesquip"edal*ism\, n. Sesquipedality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesquipedalianism \Ses`quipeda"lianism\, Sesquipedalism \Sesquip"edal*ism\, n. Sesquipedality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesqyipedality \Ses`qyipedal"i*ty\, n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. --Sterne. 2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sexfid \Sex"fid\, Sexifid \Sex"i*fid\, a. [Sex- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. sexfide.] (Bot.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sexfid \Sex"fid\, Sexifid \Sex"i*fid\, a. [Sex- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. sexfide.] (Bot.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sick \Sick\, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[a2]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj[?]kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under {Illness}. Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. --Mark i. 30. Behold them that are sick with famine. --Jer. xiv. 18. 2. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache. 3. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery. He was not so sick of his master as of his work. --L'Estrange. 4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings. --Fuller. {Sick bay} (Naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital. {Sick bed}, the bed upon which a person lies sick. {Sick berth}, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war. {Sick headache} (Med.), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea. {Sick list}, a list containing the names of the sick. {Sick room}, a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness. Note: [These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.] Syn: Diseased; ill; disordered; distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Six-footer \Six"-foot`er\, n. One who is six feet tall. [Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus {Cucurbita}, or gourd kind. Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called {Cucurbita verrucosa}, the Barbary or China squash, {C. moschata}, and the great winter squash, {C. maxima}, but the distinctions are not clear. {Squash beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica, [or] Galeruca vittata}) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. {Squash bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large black American hemipterous insect ({Coreus, [or] Anasa, tristis}) injurious to squash vines.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Susceptibility \Suscep`tibil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Susceptibilities}. [Cf. F. susceptibilit[82].] 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected. 2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. {Magnetic susceptibility} (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson. Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Susceptibility \Suscep`tibil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Susceptibilities}. [Cf. F. susceptibilit[82].] 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected. 2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. {Magnetic susceptibility} (Physics), the intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. --Sir W. Thomson. Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Susceptible \Suscep"tible\, a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see {Sub-}) + capere to take. See {Capable}.] 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young. 2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper. I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb. -- {Suscep"tibleness}, n. -- {Suscep"ti*bly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper. I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb. -- {Suscep"tibleness}, n. -- {Suscep"ti*bly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Susception \Sus*cep"tion\, n. [L. susceptio: cf. F. susception. See {Susceptible}.] The act of taking; reception.
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Susceptive \Suscep"tive\, a. Susceptible. --I. Watts. -- {Suscep"tive*ness}, n.
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Susceptive \Suscep"tive\, a. Susceptible. --I. Watts. -- {Suscep"tive*ness}, n.
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Susceptivity \Sus`ceptiv"ity\, n. Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. [R.] --Wollaston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Susceptor \Sus*cep"tor\, n. [L. See {Susceptible}.] One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. --Puller. Shipley.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sackbut (Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sosipater (See {SOPATER}.)