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   samiel
         n 1: a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
               North Africa [syn: {simoom}, {simoon}, {samiel}]

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Samuel n (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
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sanely adv with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably" Synonym(s): sanely, sensibly, reasonably Antonym(s): unreasonably in a sane or lucid manner; "she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic" Antonym(s): crazily, dementedly, insanely, madly
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sawmill n a large sawing machine a mill for dressing logs and lumber Synonym(s): lumbermill, sawmill
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sea mile n a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) Synonym(s): sea mile, mile
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seemly adj according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonym(s): becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly
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senile adj mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" Synonym(s): doddering, doddery, gaga, senile
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SGML n (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted Synonym(s): standard generalized markup language, SGML
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simal n East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Synonym(s): red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica
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simile n a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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simnel n a crisp bread of fine white flour a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
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Sinhala adj of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" Synonym(s): Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese n the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
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small adv on a small scale; "think small" Antonym(s): big adj limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" Synonym(s): small, little Antonym(s): big, large limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket- size country" Synonym(s): minor, modest, small, small- scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" Synonym(s): little, small slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" Synonym(s): humble, low, lowly, modest, small lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" Synonym(s): little, minuscule, small (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" Synonym(s): little, small have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" Synonym(s): modest, small made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" Synonym(s): belittled, diminished, small n the slender part of the back a garment size for a small person
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Smalley n American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943) Synonym(s): Smalley, Richard Smalley, Richard E. Smalley, Richard Errett Smalley
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smell n the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" Synonym(s): smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception any property detected by the olfactory system Synonym(s): olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonym(s): spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents Synonym(s): smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality the act of perceiving the odor of something Synonym(s): smell, smelling v inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense emit an odor; "The soup smells good" smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" Synonym(s): smack, reek, smell become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" Synonym(s): smell, smell out, sense
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smelly adj offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" Synonym(s): fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
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smile n a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement Synonym(s): smile, smiling, grin, grinning v change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"
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smiley n an emoticon of a smiling face
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smilo n perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America Synonym(s): smilo, smilo grass, Oryzopsis miliacea
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snail n freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic Synonym(s): escargot, snail v gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
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Somali adj of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture; "Somali coffee is excellent" Synonym(s): Somalian, Somali n a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia Synonym(s): Somalian, Somali the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali
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Somalia n a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare
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squamule n a minute scale
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sunnily adv in a cheerful manner; "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly" Synonym(s): pleasantly, cheerily, sunnily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. {Simoom}.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
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Sawmill \Saw"mill`\, n. A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
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Scamell \Scam"ell\, [or] Scammel \Scam"mel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [[bd]Tempest,[b8] ii. 2] is not known.
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d8Scamillus \[d8]Sca*mil"lus\, n.; pl. {Scamilli}. [L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.] (Arch.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
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Scamell \Scam"ell\, [or] Scammel \Scam"mel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [[bd]Tempest,[b8] ii. 2] is not known.
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Sea mile \Sea" mile`\ A geographical mile. See {Mile}.
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Sea-mail \Sea"-mail`\, n. [Sea + (perhaps) Mall Mally, for Mary; hence, Prov. E. mally a hare.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull; the mew.
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Sea-mell \Sea"-mell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The sea mew.
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Seemly \Seem"ly\, adv. [Compar. {Seemlier}; superl. {Seemliest}.] In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly. Suddenly a men before him stood, Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad, As one in city or court or place bred. --Milton.
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Seemly \Seem"ly\, a. [Compar.{Seemlier}; superl. {Seeliest}.] [Icel. s[?]miligr, fr. s[?]mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See {Seem}, v. i.] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. He had a seemly nose. --Chaucer. I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons. --Shak. Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. --Hooker. Syn: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.
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Semele \Sem"e*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?].] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
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Senile \Se"nile\, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s[82]nile. See {Senior}.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness. [bd]Senile maturity of judgment.[b8] --Boyle. {Senile gangrene} (Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.
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Sheenly \Sheen""ly\, adv. Brightly. [R.] --Mrs. Browning.
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Simial \Sim"i*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Simian; apelike.
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Simile \Simi"*le\, n.; pl. {Similes}. [L., from similis. See {Similar}.] (Rhet.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. --Shak.
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Simnel \Sim"nel\, n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. {Semolina}.] 1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. --Fuller. 2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick.
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Skin \Skin\, n. [Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.] 1. (Anat.) The external membranous integument of an animal. Note: In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue. 2. The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat. 3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See {Bottle}, 1. [bd]Skins of wine.[b8] --Tennyson. 4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants. 5. (Naut.) (a) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. --Totten. (b) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing. {Skin friction}, {Skin resistance} (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel. {Skin graft} (Surg.), a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See {Graft}, v. t., 2. {Skin moth} (Zo[94]l.), any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus. {Skin of the teeth}, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. --Job xix. 20. {Skin wool}, wool taken from dead sheep.
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Small \Small\, adv. 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] [bd]I wept but small.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]It small avails my mood.[b8] --Shak. 2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous] You may speak as small as you will. --Shak.
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Small \Small\, n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back. 2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.] --Hood. Dickens. 3. pl. Same as {Little go}. See under {Little}, a.
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Small \Small\, v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.]
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Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[91]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat.] 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. To compare Great things with small. --Milton. 2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business. 3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean. A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle.
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Smally \Smal"ly\, adv. In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. [R.] --Ascham.
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Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.] 1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes. 2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8] --Shak. Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
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Smell \Smell\, v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. --Milton. 3. To exercise the sense of smell. --Ex. xxx. 38. 4. To exercise sagacity. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smell \Smell\, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See {Smell}, v. t.] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See {Sense}. 2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. Breathing the smell of field and grove. --Milton. That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. --Bacon. Syn: Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.
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Smile \Smile\ (sm[imac]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smiled} (sm[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiling}.] [OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker. [root]173. Cf. {Admire}, {Marvel}, {Smirk}.] 1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently. He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not. --Shak. She smiled to see the doughty hero slain. --Pope. When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled. --Byron. 2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer. 'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised my modesty, and smiled. --Pope. 3. To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty. The desert smiled, And paradise was opened in the wild. --Pope. 4. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
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Smile \Smile\, v. t. 1. To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors. 2. To affect in a certain way with a smile. [R.] And sharply smile prevailing folly dead. --Young.
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Smile \Smile\, n. [CF. Dan. smiil, Sw. smil. See {Smile}, v. i.] 1. The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to {frown}. Sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles: for smiles from reason flow. --Milton. 2. A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile. 3. Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence. [bd]The smile of heaven.[b8] --Shak. 4. Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring. The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone. --Bryant.
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Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
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Snell \Snell\, n. A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
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Snell \Snell\, a. [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG. snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.] Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. --Dr. J. Brown.
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Snowl \Snowl\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]
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Snowy \Snow"y\, a. 1. White like snow. [bd]So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.[b8] --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. [bd]The snowy top of cold Olympus.[b8] --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). {Snowy heron} (Zo[94]l.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also {plume bird}. {Snowy lemming} (Zo[94]l.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus torquatus}), which turns white in winter. {Snowy owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea Scandiaca}, or {N. nivea}) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also {white owl}. {Snowy plover} (Zo[94]l.), a small plover ({[92]gialitis nivosa}) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.
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Somali \Soma"li\, Somal \Somal"\, n. (Ethnol.) A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.
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Somali \Soma"li\, Somal \Somal"\, n. (Ethnol.) A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.
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Somewhile \Some"while`\, adv. Once; for a time. Though, under color of shepherds, somewhile There crept in wolves, full of fraund and guile. --Spenser.
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Somnial \Som"ni*al\, a. [L. spmnialis dream bringing, fr. somnium dream, fr. somnus sleep.] Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams. The somnial magic superinducted on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind. --Coleridge.
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Soonly \Soon"ly\, adv. Soon. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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d8Squamella \[d8]Squa*mel"la\, n.; pl. {Squamell[91]}. [NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale.] (Bot.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
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d8Squamula \[d8]Squam"u*la\ (? [or] ?), n.; pl. {Squamul[91]}. [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
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Squamule \Squam"ule\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Squamula}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000. Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in 25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. 2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. 3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak. 4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv. 11. I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon Basilike. {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis. {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}. {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}. {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus {Amara}. {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger bittern}. {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}. {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot. {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}. See Illustration in Appendix. {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and allied genera, having numerous rays. {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague. {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above. {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9. Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sawmill, AZ (CDP, FIPS 64590) Location: 35.89169 N, 109.15352 W Population (1990): 507 (206 housing units) Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Simla, CO (town, FIPS 70635) Location: 39.14078 N, 104.08089 W Population (1990): 481 (228 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80835
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Smiley, TX (city, FIPS 68300) Location: 29.27148 N, 97.63755 W Population (1990): 463 (192 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78159
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Snell, VA Zip code(s): 22553
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Snow Hill, MD (town, FIPS 73075) Location: 38.17321 N, 75.39162 W Population (1990): 2217 (927 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21863 Snow Hill, NC (town, FIPS 62760) Location: 35.45144 N, 77.67452 W Population (1990): 1378 (607 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28580
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sunol, CA Zip code(s): 94586
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
smiley n. See {emoticon}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
snail vt. To {snail-mail} something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SGML {Standard Generalized Markup Language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIML/I Simulation language, descendant of ASPOL. ["The Simulation Language SIML/I", M.H. MacDougall, Proc NCC 1979, pp. 39-44].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMULA SIMUlation LAnguage. See {Lund Simula}, {SIMULA 67}, {SIMULA I}. See also {Association for SIMULA Users}, {C++SIM}, {FLEX}, {MODSIM}, {SIMSCRIPT}. A simula-to-{C} {compiler} project is underway. E-mail: Harald Thingelstad . {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:bit.listserv.simula}. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMULA 67 A version of {SIMULA I}? {Association for SIMULA Users} Simula a.s., Postboks 4403 - Torshov, N-0402 Oslo 4, Norway, versions for almost every computer. E-mail: Henry Islo . {(ftp:/lund.se:/mac/misc/simula/)}, {(ftp://ftp.fenk.wau.nl/pub/simula/compilers)}, {(ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/cim/)}. ["Object-Oriented Programming with SIMULA", Bjorn Kirkerud, A-W 1989]. ["Data Processing - Programming Languages - SIMULA", Swedish Standard SS 63 61 14 (1987), available through ANSI]. [Difference from SIMULA I?] (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMULA I SIMUlation LAnguage. An extension to {ALGOL 60} for the {Univac 1107} designed in 1962 by Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl and implemented in 1964. SIMULA I was designed for {discrete simulation}. It introduced the {record} {class}, leading the way to {data abstraction} and {object-oriented programming} languages like {Smalltalk}. It also featured {coroutines}. SIMULA's philosophy was the result of addressing the problems of describing complex systems for the purpose of simulating them. This philosophy proved to be applicable for describing complex systems generally (not just for simulation) and so SIMULA is a general-purpose object-oriented application programming language which also has very good discrete event simulation capability. Virtually all OOP products are derived in some manner from SIMULA. For a description of the evolution of SIMULA and therefore the fundamental concepts of OOP, see Dahl and Nygaard in ["History of Programming Languages". Ed. R. W. Wexelblat. Addison-Wesley, 1981]. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
smail {snail-mail}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMALL 1. Functional, lazy, untyped. ["SMALL - A Small Interactive Functional System", L. Augustsson, TR 28, U Goteborg and Chalmers U, 1986]. 2. A {toy language} used to illustrate {denotational semantics}. ["The Denotational Description of Programming Languages", M.J.C. Gordon, Springer 1979].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMIL 1. The {machine language} for a Swedish computer. {(ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/mirrors/info-mac/lang/smil-emulator.hqx)}. 2. {Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language}. (2000-04-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
smiley {emoticon}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SML 1. {Standard ML}. 2. Small Machine Language. Barnes, ICI 1969. Real-time language, an ALGOL variant, and the predecessor of RTL. "SML User's Guide", J.G.P. Barnes, ICI, TR JGPB/69/35 (1969).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SML# An extension of SML/NJ with polymorphic field selection and nondestructive field update. "A Compilation Method for ML-style Polymorphic Record Calculi", A. Ohori, POPL 1992. {(ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/sml#/)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SML 1. {Standard ML}. 2. Small Machine Language. Barnes, ICI 1969. Real-time language, an ALGOL variant, and the predecessor of RTL. "SML User's Guide", J.G.P. Barnes, ICI, TR JGPB/69/35 (1969).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SML# An extension of SML/NJ with polymorphic field selection and nondestructive field update. "A Compilation Method for ML-style Polymorphic Record Calculi", A. Ohori, POPL 1992. {(ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/sml#/)}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Samuel heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might become the mother of a son. Her prayer was graciously granted; and after the child was weaned she brought him to Shiloh nd consecrated him to the Lord as a perpetual Nazarite (1:23-2:11). Here his bodily wants and training were attended to by the women who served in the tabernacle, while Eli cared for his religious culture. Thus, probably, twelve years of his life passed away. "The child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men" (2:26; comp. Luke 2:52). It was a time of great and growing degeneracy in Israel (Judg. 21:19-21; 1 Sam. 2:12-17, 22). The Philistines, who of late had greatly increased in number and in power, were practically masters of the country, and kept the people in subjection (1 Sam. 10:5; 13:3). At this time new communications from God began to be made to the pious child. A mysterious voice came to him in the night season, calling him by name, and, instructed by Eli, he answered, "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth." The message that came from the Lord was one of woe and ruin to Eli and his profligate sons. Samuel told it all to Eli, whose only answer to the terrible denunciations (1 Sam. 3:11-18) was, "It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good", the passive submission of a weak character, not, in his case, the expression of the highest trust and faith. The Lord revealed himself now in divers manners to Samuel, and his fame and his influence increased throughout the land as of one divinely called to the prophetical office. A new period in the history of the kingdom of God now commenced. The Philistine yoke was heavy, and the people, groaning under the wide-spread oppression, suddenly rose in revolt, and "went out against the Philistines to battle." A fierce and disastrous battle was fought at Aphek, near to Ebenezer (1 Sam. 4:1, 2). The Israelites were defeated, leaving 4,000 dead "in the field." The chiefs of the people thought to repair this great disaster by carrying with them the ark of the covenant as the symbol of Jehovah's presence. They accordingly, without consulting Samuel, fetched it out of Shiloh to the camp near Aphek. At the sight of the ark among them the people "shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again." A second battle was fought, and again the Philistines defeated the Israelites, stormed their camp, slew 30,000 men, and took the sacred ark. The tidings of this fatal battle was speedily conveyed to Shiloh; and so soon as the aged Eli heard that the ark of God was taken, he fell backward from his seat at the entrance of the sanctuary, and his neck brake, and he died. The tabernacle with its furniture was probably, by the advice of Samuel, now about twenty years of age, removed from Shiloh to some place of safety, and finally to Nob, where it remained many years (21:1). The Philistines followed up their advantage, and marched upon Shiloh, which they plundered and destroyed (comp. Jer. 7:12; Ps. 78:59). This was a great epoch in the history of Israel. For twenty years after this fatal battle at Aphek the whole land lay under the oppression of the Philistines. During all these dreary years Samuel was a spiritual power in the land. From Ramah, his native place, where he resided, his influence went forth on every side among the people. With unwearied zeal he went up and down from place to place, reproving, rebuking, and exhorting the people, endeavouring to awaken in them a sense of their sinfulness, and to lead them to repentance. His labours were so far successful that "all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord." Samuel summoned the people to Mizpeh, one of the loftiest hills in Central Palestine, where they fasted and prayed, and prepared themselves there, under his direction, for a great war against the Philistines, who now marched their whole force toward Mizpeh, in order to crush the Israelites once for all. At the intercession of Samuel God interposed in behalf of Israel. Samuel himself was their leader, the only occasion in which he acted as a leader in war. The Philistines were utterly routed. They fled in terror before the army of Israel, and a great slaughter ensued. This battle, fought probably about B.C. 1095, put an end to the forty years of Philistine oppression. In memory of this great deliverance, and in token of gratitude for the help vouchsafed, Samuel set up a great stone in the battlefield, and called it "Ebenezer," saying, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" (1 Sam. 7:1-12). This was the spot where, twenty years before, the Israelites had suffered a great defeat, when the ark of God was taken. This victory over the Philistines was followed by a long period of peace for Israel (1 Sam. 7:13, 14), during which Samuel exercised the functions of judge, going "from year to year in circuit" from his home in Ramah to Bethel, thence to Gilgal (not that in the Jordan valley, but that which lay to the west of Ebal and Gerizim), and returning by Mizpeh to Ramah. He established regular services at Shiloh, where he built an altar; and at Ramah he gathered a company of young men around him and established a school of the prophets. The schools of the prophets, thus originated, and afterwards established also at Gibeah, Bethel, Gilgal, and Jericho, exercised an important influence on the national character and history of the people in maintaining pure religion in the midst of growing corruption. They continued to the end of the Jewish commonwealth. Many years now passed, during which Samuel exercised the functions of his judicial office, being the friend and counsellor of the people in all matters of private and public interest. He was a great statesman as well as a reformer, and all regarded him with veneration as the "seer," the prophet of the Lord. At the close of this period, when he was now an old man, the elders of Israel came to him at Ramah (1 Sam. 8:4, 5, 19-22); and feeling how great was the danger to which the nation was exposed from the misconduct of Samuel's sons, whom he had invested with judicial functions as his assistants, and had placed at Beersheba on the Philistine border, and also from a threatened invasion of the Ammonites, they demanded that a king should be set over them. This request was very displeasing to Samuel. He remonstrated with them, and warned them of the consequences of such a step. At length, however, referring the matter to God, he acceded to their desires, and anointed Saul (q.v.) to be their king (11:15). Before retiring from public life he convened an assembly of the people at Gilgal (ch. 12), and there solemnly addressed them with reference to his own relation to them as judge and prophet. The remainder of his life he spent in retirement at Ramah, only occasionally and in special circumstances appearing again in public (1 Sam. 13, 15) with communications from God to king Saul. While mourning over the many evils which now fell upon the nation, he is suddenly summoned (ch.16) to go to Bethlehem and anoint David, the son of Jesse, as king over Israel instead of Saul. After this little is known of him till the time of his death, which took place at Ramah when he was probably about eighty years of age. "And all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah" (25:1), not in the house itself, but in the court or garden of his house. (Comp. 2 Kings 21:18; 2 Chr. 33:20; 1 Kings 2:34; John 19:41.) Samuel's devotion to God, and the special favour with which God regarded him, are referred to in Jer. 15:1 and Ps. 99:6.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Shemuel heard of God. (1.) The son of Ammihud. He represented Simeon in the division of the land (Num. 34:20). (2.) Used for "Samuel" (1 Chr. 6:33, R.V.). (3.) A prince of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Snail (1.) Heb. homit, among the unclean creeping things (Lev. 11:30). This was probably the sand-lizard, of which there are many species in the wilderness of Judea and the Sinai peninsula. (2.) Heb. shablul (Ps. 58:8), the snail or slug proper. Tristram explains the allusions of this passage by a reference to the heat and drought by which the moisture of the snail is evaporated. "We find," he says, "in all parts of the Holy Land myriads of snail-shells in fissures still adhering by the calcareous exudation round their orifice to the surface of the rock, but the animal of which is utterly shrivelled and wasted, 'melted away.'"
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Samlah, his raiment; his left hand; his astonishment
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Samuel, heard of God; asked of God
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Shemuel, appointed by God
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Somalia Somalia:Geography Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia Map references: Africa Area: total area: 637,660 sq km land area: 627,340 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas Land boundaries: total 2,366 km, Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,626 km, Kenya 682 km Coastline: 3,025 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm International disputes: southern half of boundary with Ethiopia is a Provisional Administrative Line; territorial dispute with Ethiopia over the Ogaden Climate: principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north Natural resources: uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 46% forest and woodland: 14% other: 38% Irrigated land: 1,600 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: famine; use of contaminated water contributes to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification natural hazards: recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Law of the Sea; signed, but not ratified - Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban Note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal Somalia:People Population: 7,347,554 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 45% (female 1,653,175; male 1,650,377) 15-64 years: 51% (female 1,845,886; male 1,932,012) 65 years and over: 4% (female 138,264; male 127,840) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 15.58% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 45.53 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 13.3 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 123.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 119.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.74 years male: 55.48 years female: 56 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 7.13 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Somali(s) adjective: Somali Ethnic divisions: Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000 Religions: Sunni Muslim Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 24% male: 36% female: 14% Labor force: 2.2 million (very few are skilled laborers) by occupation: pastoral nomad 70%, agriculture, government, trading, fishing, handicrafts, and other 30% Somalia:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Somalia former: Somali Republic Digraph: SO Type: none Capital: Mogadishu Administrative divisions: 18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed Independence: 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic) National holiday: NA Constitution: 25 August 1979, presidential approval 23 September 1979 Legal system: NA Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: Somalia has no functioning government; the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the regime of Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre on 27 January 1991; the present political situation is one of anarchy, marked by inter-clan fighting and random banditry Legislative branch: unicameral People's Assembly People's Assembly (Golaha Shacbiga): not functioning Judicial branch: Supreme Court (not functioning) Political parties and leaders: the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the former regime on 27 January 1991; formerly the only party was the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), headed by former President and Commander in Chief of the Army Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre Other political or pressure groups: numerous clan and subclan factions are currently vying for power Member of: ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: Somalian Embassy ceased operations on 8 May 1991 US diplomatic representation: note: the US Embassy in Mogadishu was evacuated and closed indefinitely in January 1991; Ambassador Daniel SIMPSON, ambassador to Kenya, represents US interests in Somalia liaison office: US Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya address: corner of Moi Avenue and Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi mailing address: P.O. Box 30137, Unit 64100, Nairobi or APO AE 09831 telephone: [254] (2) 334141 FAX: [254] (2) 340838 Flag: light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; design based on the flag of the UN (Italian Somaliland was a UN trust territory) Economy Overview: One of the world's poorest and least developed countries, Somalia has few resources. Moreover, much of the economy has been devastated by the civil war. Agriculture is the most important sector, with livestock accounting for about 40% of GDP and about 65% of export earnings. Nomads and seminomads who are dependent upon livestock for their livelihood make up about 70% of the population. Crop production generates only 10% of GDP and employs about 20% of the work force. The main export crop is bananas; sugar, sorghum, and corn are grown for the domestic market. The small industrial sector is based on the processing of agricultural products and accounts for less than 10% of GDP; most facilities have been shut down because of the civil strife. The greatly increased political turmoil of 1991-93 has resulted in a substantial drop in agricultural output, with widespread famine. In 1994 economic conditions stabilized in the countryside but may turn worse in 1995 if civil strife intensifies after the UN withdrawal. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $500 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% (1994) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $58 million (1990 est.) commodities: bananas, live animals, fish, hides partners: Saudi Arabia, Italy, FRG (1986) Imports: $249 million (1990 est.) commodities: petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials partners: US 13%, Italy, FRG, Kenya, UK, Saudi Arabia (1986) External debt: $1.9 billion (1989) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: prior to the civil war, 75,000 kW, but now almost completely shut down due to war damage; note - UN and relief organizations use their own portable power systems production: NA kWh consumption per capita: NA kWh Industries: a few small industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down) (1994) Agriculture: dominant sector, led by livestock raising (cattle, sheep, goats); crops - bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane; not self-sufficient in food; distribution of food disrupted by civil strife; fishing potential largely unexploited Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $639 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.1 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $336 million Currency: 1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Somali shillings (So. Sh.) per US$1 - approximately 5,000 (1 January 1995), 2,616 (1 July 1993), 4,200 (December 1992), 3,800.00 (December 1990), 490.7 (1989), Fiscal year: calendar year Somalia:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 22,500 km paved: 2,700 km unpaved: gravel 3,000 km; improved, stabilized earth 16,800 km (1992) Pipelines: crude oil 15 km Ports: Bender Cassim (Boosaaso), Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca, Mogadishu Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,529 GRT/6,892 DWT ships by type: cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1 Airports: total: 76 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 14 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 16 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 33 Somalia:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; the public telecommunications system was completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; all relief organizations depend on their own private systems (1993) local: NA intercity: NA international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: NA televisions: NA Somalia:Defense Forces Branches: no functioning central government military forces; clan militias continue to battle for control of key economic or political prizes Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,736,673; males fit for military service 972,203 (1995 est. Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP