Saddam
         n 1: Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of
               Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937) [syn: {Hussein},
               {Husain}, {Husayn}, {Saddam Hussein}, {Saddam}, {Saddam bin
               Hussein at-Takriti}]

English Dictionary: stain	by the DICT Development Group
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sadden v make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden, joy] come to feel sad Antonym(s): gladden
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Sao Tome n capital of Sao Tome and Principe
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Satan n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Synonym(s): Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness
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sateen n a cotton fabric with a satiny finish
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satin n a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
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satiny adj having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" Synonym(s): satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
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scotoma n an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field
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Scythian adj of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language n a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
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sedan n a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors Synonym(s): sedan, saloon a closed litter for one passenger Synonym(s): sedan, sedan chair
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Sedna n a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun
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sedum n any of various plants of the genus Sedum
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seedtime n any time of new development the time during which seeds should be planted
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set down v put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. Synonym(s): write down, set down, get down, put down reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" Synonym(s): land, set down put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here" Synonym(s): set down, put down, place down go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton" Synonym(s): disembark, debark, set down Antonym(s): embark, ship leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" Synonym(s): drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
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set in v enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in" Synonym(s): set in, kick in blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide" become established; "winter has set in"
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set on v attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" Synonym(s): assail, assault, set on, attack
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Seton n United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) Synonym(s): Seton, Elizabeth Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Mother Seton
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shaitan n (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray [syn: shaitan, shaytan]
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shaytan n (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray [syn: shaitan, shaytan]
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shittim n shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit Synonym(s): southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides
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shodden adj wearing footgear Synonym(s): shod, shodden, shoed [ant: unshod, unshoed]
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shoot down v move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" Synonym(s): tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" Synonym(s): down, shoot down, land thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" Synonym(s): kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
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shoot-down n murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
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shout down v silence or overwhelm by shouting
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show time n the point in time at which an entertainment (a movie or television show etc.) is scheduled to begin
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showdown n a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off]
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showtime n the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" Synonym(s): beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset Antonym(s): end, ending, middle
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shut down v cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" Synonym(s): close up, close, fold, shut down, close down Antonym(s): open, open up
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shut in v surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" Synonym(s): enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
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shut-in adj somewhat introverted Synonym(s): introvertish, shut-in confined usually by illness Synonym(s): homebound, housebound, shut-in n someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury Synonym(s): invalid, shut-in
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shutdown n termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" Synonym(s): closure, closedown, closing, shutdown
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Sidney n English poet (1554-1586) [syn: Sidney, {Sir Philip Sidney}]
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Sidon n the main city of ancient Phoenicia [syn: Sayda, Saida, Sidon]
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sit down v take a seat Synonym(s): sit down, sit [ant: arise, {get up}, rise, stand up, uprise] show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" Synonym(s): seat, sit, sit down be seated Synonym(s): sit, sit down Antonym(s): lie, stand, stand up
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sit in v attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in on your Intermediate Hittite class?" participate in an act of civil disobedience
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sit-down n a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached Synonym(s): sit-down, sit-down strike
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sit-in n a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move
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sodden adj wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" Synonym(s): sodden, soppy
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sodium n a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) Synonym(s): sodium, Na, atomic number 11
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sodom n any location known for vice and corruption (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
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sodomy n intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman Synonym(s): sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse
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Soudan n a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 Synonym(s): Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea Synonym(s): Sudan, Soudan
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soutane n a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests
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Soutine n French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943) Synonym(s): Soutine, Chaim Soutine
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Squatina n type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks [syn: Squatina, genus Squatina]
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stain n a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" Synonym(s): stain, discoloration, discolouration (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible the state of being covered with unclean things Synonym(s): dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis Synonym(s): mark, stigma, brand, stain an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonym(s): blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain v color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" Synonym(s): tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
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stay on v continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" Synonym(s): stay, stay on, continue, remain
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steam n water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere v travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" Synonym(s): steamer, steam emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming" rise as vapor get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" Synonym(s): steam, steam clean cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
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steamy adj filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels" Synonym(s): steaming, steamy hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather" Synonym(s): muggy, steamy, sticky feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" Synonym(s): aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on(p)
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Steen n Dutch genre painter (1626-1679) Synonym(s): Steen, Jan Steen
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stein n a mug intended for serving beer Synonym(s): beer mug, stein experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946) Synonym(s): Stein, Gertrude Stein
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Steinway n United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871) Synonym(s): Steinway, Henry Steinway, Henry Engelhard Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
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stem n (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Synonym(s): root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ Synonym(s): stalk, stem cylinder forming a long narrow part of something Synonym(s): shank, stem the tube of a tobacco pipe front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow, stem a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it Synonym(s): stem turn, stem v grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" cause to point inward; "stem your skis" stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" Synonym(s): stem, stanch, staunch, halt remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
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stemma n a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" Synonym(s): lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock an eye having a single lens Synonym(s): simple eye, stemma, ocellus
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sthene n a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons
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Stheno n (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
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STM n what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it [syn: short-term memory, STM, immediate memory]
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stoma n a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass Synonym(s): stoma, stomate, pore a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
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stone adj of any of various dull tannish or grey colors n a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" Synonym(s): rock, stone building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" Synonym(s): rock, stone a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" Synonym(s): gem, gemstone, stone an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone" the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" Synonym(s): stone, pit, endocarp United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone United States filmmaker (born in 1946) Synonym(s): Stone, Oliver Stone United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) Synonym(s): Stone, Lucy Stone United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) Synonym(s): Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946) Synonym(s): Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone United States architect (1902-1978) Synonym(s): Stone, Edward Durell Stone a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone" v kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock" Synonym(s): stone, lapidate remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" Synonym(s): pit, stone
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stony adj abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" Synonym(s): rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" Synonym(s): flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony hard as granite; "a granitic fist" Synonym(s): granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony
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stun v make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" Synonym(s): stun, stupefy hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag Synonym(s): sandbag, stun overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" Synonym(s): stun, bedaze, daze
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stymie n a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole Synonym(s): stymie, stymy a thwarting and distressing situation Synonym(s): stymie, stymy v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" Synonym(s): obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
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stymy n a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole Synonym(s): stymie, stymy a thwarting and distressing situation Synonym(s): stymie, stymy v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" Synonym(s): obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
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Sudan n a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 Synonym(s): Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea Synonym(s): Sudan, Soudan
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sudden adj happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" Antonym(s): gradual
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SWAT team n a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations Synonym(s): SWAT team, SWAT squad, Special Weapons and Tactics team, Special Weapons and Tactics squad
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Sweden n a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula Synonym(s): Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige
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sweeten v make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate] Antonym(s): acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
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Swietinia n tropical American mahogany trees [syn: Swietinia, {genus Swietinia}]
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Sydney n the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sadden \Sad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddened}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Saddening}.]       To make sad. Specifically:       (a) To render heavy or cohesive. [Obs.]                         Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great                      prejudice it doth to clay lands.      --Mortimer.       (b) To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.       (c) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or             sorrowful.                         Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. --Pope.
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Sadden \Sad"den\, v. i.       To become, or be made, sad. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satan \Sa"tan\, n. [Heb. s[be]t[be]n an adversary, fr. s[be]tan       to be adverse, to persecute: cf. Gr. [?], [?], L. Satan,       Satanas.]       The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness;       the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.                   I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke x.                                                                               18.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sateen \Sat*een"\, n. [Cf. {Satin}.]       A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy       surface resembling satin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satin \Sat"in\, n. [F. satin (cf. Pg. setim), fr. It. setino,       from seta silk, L. saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a       bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin.       sz-t[81]n, sz-twan. Cf. {Sateen}.]       A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof,       which has a glossy surface.                   Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue.   --Chaucer.          {Denmark satin}, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff,             woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes.          {Farmer's satin}. See under {Farmer}.          {Satin bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bower bird. Called             also {satin grackle}.          {Satin flower} (Bot.) See {Honesty}, 4.          {Satin spar}. (Min.)       (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly             luster.       (b) A similar variety of gypsum.          {Satin sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the shining flycatcher ({Myiagra             nitida}) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of             the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster.          {Satin stone}, satin spar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satiny \Sat"in*y\, a.       Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny       appearance; a satiny texture.
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Sation \Sa"tion\, n. [L. satio, fr. serere, satum, to sow.]       A sowing or planting. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Schiedam \Schie*dam"\, n. [Short for Schiedam schnapps.]       Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
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Scotomy \Scot"o*my\, n. [NL. scotomia, from Gr. [?] dizziness,       fr. [?] to darken, fr. sko`tos darkness: cf. F. scotomie.]       1. Dizziness with dimness of sight. [Obs.] --Massinger.          2. (Med.) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the             appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern       part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language       or inhabitants.          {Scythian lamb}. (Bot.) See {Barometz}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, n.       1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.),             one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied             Eastern Europe.          2. The language of the Scythians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian       legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom       sprang the races of mankind.]       Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of       languages of simple structure and low grade (called also       {Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the       northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of       pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these       languages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sdan \Sdan\, v. & n.       Disdain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sedan \Se*dan"\, n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France,       where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into       England in the time of King Charles I.]       A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single       person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also       {sedan chair}.
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Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS.       s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat,       Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men.       world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.]       1. (Bot.)             (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or                   more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a                   currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.             (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a                   pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;                   as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.                               And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,                            the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree                            yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in                            itself.                                       --Gen. i. 11.          Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and                within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is                either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the                albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of                the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where                the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the                closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.          2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;             -- not used in the plural.          3. That from which anything springs; first principle;             original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.          4. The principle of production.                         Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which                      may the like in coming ages breed.      --Waller.          5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of             Abraham; the seed of David.          Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to                any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,                though rarely used in the plural.          6. Race; generation; birth.                         Of mortal seed they were not held.      --Waller.          {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation             of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag             encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which             swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and             the sides of the hole.          {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the             embryo state; the ovule.          {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed.          {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for             seed.          {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as             cotton seed.          {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2             (a) .          {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera             {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds.                      {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,             formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some             species of Phylloxera.          {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon.          {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.          {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.          {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size             suitable for transplantation to a new locality.          {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value.          {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are             sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.          {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a             funicle.          {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks             resembling seeds in form and color.          {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the             seeds; a pericarp.          {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels,             especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the             seeds of various plants.          {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.             [Southern U.S.]
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Seedtime \Seed"time`\, n. [AS. s[?]d[c6]ma.]       The season proper for sowing.                   While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and                cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and                night, shall not cease.                           --Gen. viii.                                                                               22.
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Setdown \Set"down`\, n.       The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a       retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such       effect.
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Seten \Set"en\,       obs. imp. pl. of {Sit}. Sat. --Chaucer.
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Sethen \Seth"en\, adv. & conj.       See {Since}. [Obs.]
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Setim \Se"tim\, n.       See {Shittim}.
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Seton \Se"ton\, n. [F. s[82]ton (cf. It. setone), from L. seta a       thick, stiff hair, a bristle.] (Med. & Far.)       A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the       like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as       to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
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d8Shaitan \[d8]Shai"tan\, d8Sheitan \[d8]Shei"tan\, n. [Written       also {sheytan}.] [Hind. shait[be]n, fr. Ar.       shai[tsdot][be]n.]       1. Among Mohammedans:             (a) An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil.             (b) One of bad disposition; a fiend. [Colloq.]          2. (Meteor.) A dust storm. [India]
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Shittim \Shit"tim\, Shittim wood \Shit"tim wood`\, n.       The wood of the shittah tree.
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Shoot \Shoot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shot}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shooting}. The old participle {Shotten} is obsolete. See       {Shotten}.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i.,       sce[a2]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie[?]en, OHG. sciozan,       Icel. skj[?]ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to       jump. [root]159. Cf. {Scot} a contribution, {Scout} to       reject, {Scud}, {Scuttle}, v. i., {Shot}, {Sheet}, {Shut},       {Shuttle}, {Skittish}, {Skittles}.]       1. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow             or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile,             as an object.                         If you please To shoot an arrow that self way.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; --             followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as             an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.                         The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one                      another.                                             --Boyle.          3. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile;             often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a             word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.                         When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's                      dove house.                                       --A. Tucker.          4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden             motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to             emit.                         An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. --Beau. & Fl.                         A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot                      corpses by scores.                              --Macaulay.          5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; --             often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.                         They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. --Ps.                                                                               xxii. 7.                         Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.                         Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or                      else pared with a paring chisel.         --Moxon.          7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a             rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.                         She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.   --Dryden.          8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to             color in spots or patches.                         The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with                      purple, and green, and yellow.            --Tennyson.          {To be shot of}, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.             [Colloq.] [bd]Are you not glad to be shot of him?[b8]                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Shotten \Shot"ten\, n. [Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten,       sceoten, p. p. of sce[a2]tan.]       1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. --Shak.          2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
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Sithen \Sith"en\, adv. & conj. [See {Since}.]       Since; afterwards. See 1st {Sith}. [Obs.]                   Fortune was first friend and sithen foe. --Chaucer.
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Sit \Sit\, v. i. [imp. {Sat}({Sate}, archaic); p. p. {Sat}       ({Sitten}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sitting}.] [OE. sitten,       AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G.       sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde,       Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr.       sad. [root]154. Cf. {Assess},{Assize}, {Cathedral}, {Chair},       {Dissident}, {Excise}, {Insidious}, {Possess}, {Reside},       {Sanhedrim}, {Seance}, {Seat}, n., {Sedate}, {4th Sell},       {Siege}, {Session}, {Set}, v. t., {Sizar}, {Size},       {Subsidy}.]       1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the             trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes             of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on             the ground.                         And he came and took the book put of the right hand                      of him that sate upon the seat.         --Bible (1551)                                                                               (Rev. v. 7.)                         I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak.          2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a             branch, pole, etc.          3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest             in any position or condition.                         And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben,                      Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit                      here?                                                --Num. xxxii.                                                                               6.                         Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak.          4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as,             a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.                         The calamity sits heavy on us.            --Jer. Taylor.          5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.                         This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so                      easy on me as you think.                     --Shak.          6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit;             -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood;             to incubate.                         As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them                      not.                                                   --Jer. xvii.                                                                               11.          8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a             relative position; to have direction.                         Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which                      way soever the wind sits.                  --Selden.                         Sits the wind in that quarter?            --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body;             as, to sit in Congress.          10. To hold a session; to be in session for official             business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts,             etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit             to-night.          11. To take a position for the purpose of having some             artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture             or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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Sitten \Sit"ten\, obs.       p. p. of {Sit}, for sat.
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Sittine \Sit"tine\, a. [NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr.       [?][?][?].] (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the family {Sittid[91]}, or nuthatches.
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Skaddon \Skad"don\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The larva of a bee. [Prov. Eng.]
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A week or so will probably reconcile us.      --Gay.          Note: See the Note under {Ill}, adv.          {So} . . . {as}. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative             correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the             equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative             assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By             Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as             . . . as is now common. See the Note under {As}, 1.                         So do, as thou hast said.                  --Gen. xviii.                                                                               5.                         As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps.                                                                               ciii. 15.                         Had woman been so strong as men.         --Shak.                         No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay.          {So far}, to that point or extent; in that particular.             [bd]The song was moral, and so far was right.[b8]             --Cowper.          {So far forth}, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon.          {So forth}, further in the same or similar manner; more of             the same or a similar kind. See {And so forth}, under             {And}.          {So, so}, well, well. [bd]So, so, it works; now, mistress,             sit you fast.[b8] --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably             well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. [bd]His leg is             but so so.[b8] --Shak.          {So that}, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or             result that.          {So then}, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.
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Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.       {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.       sethen, AS. se[a2][?]an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.       sieden, Icel. sj[?][?]a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a       burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]       To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to       seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]                   Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons                of the prophets.                                    --2 Kings iv.                                                                               38.
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Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Sodding}.]       To cover with sod; to turf.
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Sodden \Sod"den\, a. [p. p. of {Seethe}.]       Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture;       saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
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Sodden \Sod"den\, v. i.       To be seethed; to become sodden.
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Sodden \Sod"den\, v. t.       To soak; to make heavy with water.
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Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)       A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature       always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.       It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so       readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and       to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar       liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free       state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals       (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial       product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific       gravity 0.97.          {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually             produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which             is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.          {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance,             {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of             sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and             also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in             baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas             (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking             soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium             carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium             dicarbonate}, etc.          {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance,             {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in             the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in             large quantities from common salt. It is used in making             soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many             chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing             soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and             {Trona}.          {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}.          {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH},             having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of             quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium             carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the             manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.             Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By             extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
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Sodomy \Sod"om*y\, n. [From Sodom. a country mentioned in the       Bible: cf. F. sodomite.]       Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. --Gen.       xix. 5.
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Soudan \Sou*dan"\, n.[F.]       A sultan. [Obs.]
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Sowdan \Sow"dan\, n. [F. soudan. See {Soldan}.]       Sultan. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See {Mere} lake, and       {maid}.]       A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the       upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a       sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.          Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of                the ancients.          {Mermaid fish} (Zo[94]l.) the angel fish ({Squatina}).          {Mermaid's glove} (Zo[94]l.), a British branched sponge             somewhat resembling a glove.          {Mermaid's head} (Zo[94]l.), a European spatangoid sea urchin             ({Echinocardium cordatum}) having some resemblance to a             skull.          {Mermaid weed} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or             pectinate leaves ({Proserpinaca palustris} and {P.             pectinacea}).
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Stain \Stain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stained}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Staining}.] [Abbrev. fr. distain.]       1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make             foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor             stained with blood.          2. To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by             processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the             material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining             with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain             wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to             stain glass.          3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to             blot; to soil; to tarnish.                         Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity,                      Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.                                                                               --Milton.          4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.                         She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.                         That did all other beasts in beauty stain.                                                                               --Spenser.          {Stained glass}, glass colored or stained by certain metallic             pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for             making ornament windows.          Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace;                taint.          Usage: {Paint}, {Stain}, {Dye}. These denote three different                   processes; the first mechanical, the other two,                   chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat                   of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is                   to impart color to its substance. To stain is said                   chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of                   fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one,                   commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the                   other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
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Stain \Stain\, v. i.       To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
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Stain \Stain\, n.       1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on             a garment or cloth. --Shak.          2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.                         Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.                                                                               --Pope.          3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.                         Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish                      or stain of heresy.                           --Hooker.          4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney.          5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]                         You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak.          Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color;                disgrace; infamy; shame.
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Stane \Stane\, n.       A stone. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Stanno- \Stan"no-\ [L. stannum tin.] (Chem.)       A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation       to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an       ingredient.
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Steam \Steam\, n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[a0]m       vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps       originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.       Gr. [?] to erect, [?] a pillar, and E. stand.]       1. The elastic, a[89]riform fluid into which water is             converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the             state of vapor.          2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so             called in popular usage.          3. Any exhalation. [bd]A steam og rich, distilled             perfumes.[b8] --Milton.          {Dry steam}, steam which does not contain water held in             suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to             superheated steam.          {Exhaust steam}. See under {Exhaust}.          {High steam}, [or] {High-pressure steam}, steam of which the             pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.          {Low steam}, [or] {Low-pressure steam}, steam of which the             pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,             that of the atmosphere.          {Saturated steam}, steam at the temperature of the boiling             point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also             applied to {wet steam}.          {Superheated steam}, steam heated to a temperature higher             than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It             can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,             and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged             steam}, {anhydrous steam}, and {steam gas}.          {Wet steam}, steam which contains water held in suspension             mechanically; -- called also {misty steam}.          Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to                denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived                from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;                as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or                steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam                heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.          {Steam blower}.             (a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet                   or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.             (b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.          {Steam boiler}, a boiler for producing steam. See {Boiler},             3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the             boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,             which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,             enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and             through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which             delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the             dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g             the safety value; hthe water gauge.          {Steam car}, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a             locomotive.          {Steam carriage}, a carriage upon wheels moved on common             roads by steam.          {Steam casing}. See {Steam jacket}, under {Jacket}.          {Steam chest}, the box or chamber from which steam is             distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,             etc., and which usually contains one or more values; --             called also {valve chest}, and {valve box}. See Illust. of             {Slide valve}, under {Slide}.          {Steam chimney}, an annular chamber around the chimney of a             boiler furnace, for drying steam.          {Steam coil}, a coil of pipe, or collection of connected             pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,             etc.          {Steam colors} (Calico Printing), colors in which the             chemical reaction fixed the coloring matter in the fiber             is produced by steam.          {Steam cylinder}, the cylinder of a steam engine, which             contains the piston. See Illust. of {Slide valve}, under             {Slide}.          {Steam dome} (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the             boiler, from which steam is conduced to the engine. See             Illust. of Steam boiler, above.          {Steam fire engine}, a fire engine consisting of a steam             boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,             combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by             horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.          {Steam fitter}, a fitter of steam pipes.          {Steam fitting}, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;             also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.          {Steam gas}. See {Superheated steam}, above.          {Steam gauge}, an instrument for indicating the pressure of             the steam in a boiler. The {mercurial steam gauge} is a             bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which             is connected with the boiler while the other is open to             the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the             mercury in the long limb of the tume to a height             proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,             especially for high pressures, consists of a spring             pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer             of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,             closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to             straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or             a mass of confined air, etc.          {Steam gun}, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles             may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.          {Steam hammer}, a hammer for forging, which is worked             directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided             vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder             located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as             Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is             attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the             piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end             of the cylinder.          {Steam heater}.             (a) A radiator heated by steam.             (b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,                   piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.          {Steam jacket}. See under {Jacket}.          {Steam packet}, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and             running periodically between certain ports.          {Steam pipe}, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a             pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.          {Steam plow} [or] {plough}, a plow, or gang of plows, moved             by a steam engine.          {Steam port}, an opening for steam to pass through, as from             the steam chest into the cylinder.          {Steam power}, the force or energy of steam applied to             produce results; power derived from a steam engine.          {Steam propeller}. See {Propeller}.          {Steam pump}, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is             usually direct-acting.          {Steam room} (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above             the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.          {Steam table}, a table on which are dishes heated by steam             for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,             restaurant, etc.          {Steam trap}, a self-acting device by means of which water             that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will             be discharged without permitting steam to escape.          {Steam tug}, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling             ships.          {Steam vessel}, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or             steamship; -- a steamer.          {Steam whistle}, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as             of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly             discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a             warning signal. The steam issues from a narrow annular             orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or             hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,             and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a             common whistle.
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Steam \Steam\, v. t.       1. To exhale. [Obs.] --Spenser.          2. To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for             softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to             steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
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Steam \Steam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Steaming}.]       1. To emit steam or vapor.                         My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, O'er his                      warm blood, that steams into the air. --Dryden.                         Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming                      with fire intence.                              --J. Philips.          2. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.                         The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air.                                                                               --Boyle.          3. To move or travel by the agency of steam.                         The vessel steamed out of port.         --N. P.                                                                               Willis.          4. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
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Steamy \Steam"y\, a.       Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous;       misty. --Cowper.
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Stean \Stean\, n. & v.       See {Steen}. --Spenser.
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Steen \Steen\, n. [AS. st[?]na. See {Stone}.] [Written also       {stean}.]       1. A vessel of clay or stone. [bd]An huge great earth-pot             steane.[b8] --Spenser.          2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of             a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
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Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[?]nan to adorn with stones or gems.       See {Stone}.]       To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard       material. [Written also {stean}, and {stein}.]
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Stean \Stean\, n. & v.       See {Steen}. --Spenser.
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Steen \Steen\, n. [AS. st[?]na. See {Stone}.] [Written also       {stean}.]       1. A vessel of clay or stone. [bd]An huge great earth-pot             steane.[b8] --Spenser.          2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of             a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
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Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[?]nan to adorn with stones or gems.       See {Stone}.]       To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard       material. [Written also {stean}, and {stein}.]
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Steem \Steem\, n. & v.       See {Esteem}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Steem \Steem\, n. & v.       See 1st and 2nd {Stem}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, v. i.       To gleam. [Obs.]                   His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And]                stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. --Chaucer.
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Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, n.       A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
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Steen \Steen\, n. [AS. st[?]na. See {Stone}.] [Written also       {stean}.]       1. A vessel of clay or stone. [bd]An huge great earth-pot             steane.[b8] --Spenser.          2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of             a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
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Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[?]nan to adorn with stones or gems.       See {Stone}.]       To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard       material. [Written also {stean}, and {stein}.]
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Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[?]nan to adorn with stones or gems.       See {Stone}.]       To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard       material. [Written also {stean}, and {stein}.]
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Stein \Stein\, n. & v.       See {Steen}.
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Steen \Steen\, v. t. [AS. st[?]nan to adorn with stones or gems.       See {Stone}.]       To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard       material. [Written also {stean}, and {stein}.]
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Stein \Stein\, n. & v.       See {Steen}.
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Stem \Stem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stemming}.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf.       G. stemmen to press against.]       To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to       resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow       of, as a current. [bd]An argosy to stem the waves.[b8]       --Shak.                   [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.                                                                               --Denham.                   Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
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Stem \Stem\, v. i.       To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a       current.                   Stemming nightly toward the pole.            --Milton.
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Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, v. i.       To gleam. [Obs.]                   His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And]                stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. --Chaucer.
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Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, n.       A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
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Stem \Stem\, n. [AS. stemn, stefn, st[91]fn; akin to OS. stamn       the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G.       stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, stem       of a ship, stofn, stomn, stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk, Dan.       stamme. Cf. {Staff}, {Stand}.]       1. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any             kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches             or the head or top.                         After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they                      spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in                      the trunk or the stem.                        --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.                         The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats down                      the slender stem and breaded grain.   --Dryden.          2. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf             with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as,             the stem of an apple or a cherry.          3. The stock of a family; a race or generation of             progenitors. [bd]All that are of noble stem.[b8] --Milton.                         While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true                      descent.                                             --Herbert.          4. A branch of a family.                         This is a stem Of that victorious stock. --Shak.          5. (Naut.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of             a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is             scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper             end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.          6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.                         Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years.                                                                               --Fuller.          7. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a             tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to             which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.          8. (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or             rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly             subterranean.          9. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The entire central axis of a feather.             (b) The basal portion of the body of one of the                   Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.          10. (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of             a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.          11. (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains             unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a             given inflection; theme; base.          {From stem to stern} (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the             other, or through the whole length.          {Stem leaf} (Bot.), a leaf growing from the stem of a plant,             as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf.
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Stem \Stem\, v. t.       1. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to             remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from;             as, to stem tobacco leaves.          2. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
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Stemmy \Stem"my\, a.       Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea,       dried currants, etc. [Colloq.]
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Stian \Sti"an\, n.       A sty on the eye. See {Styan}.
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Stime \Stime\, n. [Etymology uncertain.]       A slight gleam or glimmer; a glimpse. [Prov. Eng.]       --Halliwell.
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Stimey \Sti"mey\, Stimie \Sti"mie\, n. & v. t.       See {Stymie}.
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Stimey \Sti"mey\, Stimie \Sti"mie\, n. & v. t.       See {Stymie}.
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Stymie \Sty"mie\, n. Also Stimy \Sti"my\ . [Orig. uncertain.]       (Golf)       The position of two balls on the putting green such that,       being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly       between the other and the hole at which the latter must be       played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this       position.
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Stymie \Sty"mie\, v. t. Also Stimy \Sti"my\ . (Golf)       To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &       OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,       Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],       a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]       1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular             mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy             threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a             stone.[b8] --Chaucer.                         They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for                      mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.          Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are                called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the                finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone                is much and widely used in the construction of                buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,                abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.          2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]             --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]             --Shak.          3. Something made of stone. Specifically:             (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]                               Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will                            mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.                                                                               --Shak.             (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.                               Should some relenting eye Glance on the where                            our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.          4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the             kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.          5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.          6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a             cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.          7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice             varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]          Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8                lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5                lbs.          8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;             insensibility; as, a heart of stone.                         I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.          9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of             stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a             book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also             {imposing stone}.          Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other                words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or                stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or                pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or                stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone                falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some                adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed                by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;                as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,                etc.          {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or             Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.          {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.          {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as             after the explosion of a meteor.          {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.          {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.          {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when             stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for             weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze             age} succeeded to this.          {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as             {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --             called also {sea perch}.          {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.          {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by             dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.             --Tylor.          {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;             especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow             in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.          {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of             bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).          {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the             genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.          {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a             bruise by a stone.          {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.                      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small             fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus             {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they             inflict painful wounds.          {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.          {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.          {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the                   southern coast of the United States and much used as                   food.             (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).          {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus             torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of             the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).          {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus                   crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also                   {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.             (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]             (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]          {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.          {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.          {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.          {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})             which grows on rocks and walls.          {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of             pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied             genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.             The larv[91] are aquatic.          {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a             drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.          {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.          {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a             thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,             -- used for breaking stone.          {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its             habit of sitting on bare stones.          {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.          {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.          {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.          {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela             foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white             throat; -- called also {beech marten}.          {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.          {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used             in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short             distances.          {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.          {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli             Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.          {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},             and {Pi[a4]on}.          {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.          {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.          {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European stone curlew.             (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the                   genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.                   recurvirostris}).             (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]             (d) The ringed plover.             (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to                   other species of limicoline birds.          {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})                   of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,                   often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},                   {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.             (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma                   anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.          {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a             stone may be thrown by the hand.          {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.             [Local, U.S.]          {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) See {Stone roller}             (a), above.             (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in                   the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a                   three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.          {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be             done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Stone \Stone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stoning}.] [From {Stone}, n.: cf. AS. st[?]nan, Goth.       stainjan.]       1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.                         And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and                      saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. --Acts vii.                                                                               59.          2. To make like stone; to harden.                         O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak.          3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to             stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.          4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with             stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.          5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
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Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.       perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s       dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E.       freckle.] (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several             other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the             common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or]             Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).          2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes             belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related             families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.          {Black perch}.             (a) The black bass.             (b) The flasher.             (c) The sea bass.          {Blue perch}, the cunner.          {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.          {Red perch}, the rosefish.          {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.          {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of             the perch.          {Silver perch}, the yellowtail.          {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.          {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small             silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
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Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS.       st[be]nig. See {Stone}.]       1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in,             stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony             tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.          2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.                         The stony dart of senseless cold.      --Spenser.          3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate;             perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;             as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.          {Stony coral}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone coral}, under             {Stone}.
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Stoom \Stoom\, v. t. [D. stommen to adulterate, to drug (wine).       [fb]163. Cf. {Stum}.]       To stum. [R.]
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Stum \Stum\, n. [D. stom must, new wort, properly, dumb; cf. F.       vin muet stum. Cf. {Stammer}, {Stoom}.]       1. Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise             fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must.                         Let our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine.                                                                               --B. Jonson.                         And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the             admixture of must. --Hudibras.
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Stum \Stum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stumming}.]       To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new       fermentation.                   We stum our wines to renew their spirits. --Floyer.
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Stun \Stun\, n.       The condition of being stunned.
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Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Stunning}.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian       to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st[94]hnen, Icel.       stynja, Gr. [?], Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or       from the same source as E. astonish. [fb]168.]       1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render             senseless by a blow, as on the head.                         One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy                      mace to stun the foe.                        --Dryden.          2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome;             especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.                         And stunned him with the music of the spheres.                                                                               --Pope.          3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.                         William was quite stunned at my discourse. --De Foe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Styan \Sty"an\, n.       See {Sty}, a boil. [R.] --De quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stymie \Sty"mie\, n. Also Stimy \Sti"my\ . [Orig. uncertain.]       (Golf)       The position of two balls on the putting green such that,       being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly       between the other and the hole at which the latter must be       played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this       position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stymie \Sty"mie\, v. t. Also Stimy \Sti"my\ . (Golf)       To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, adv.       Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]                   Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, n.       An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.          {All of a sudden}, {On a sudden}, {Of a sudden}, sooner than             was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly.                         How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! --Milton.                         He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden.                                                                               --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F.       soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come       unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub       under, secretly + ire to go. See {Issue}, and cf.       {Subitaneous}.]       1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief             notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common             preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. [bd]O sudden             wo![b8] --Chaucer. [bd]For fear of sudden death.[b8]             --Shak.                         Sudden fear troubleth thee.               --Job xxii.                                                                               10.          2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.                         Never was such a sudden scholar made. --Shak.                         The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the                      sudden eye.                                       --Milton.          3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] --Shak.          Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. --                {Sud"den*ly}, adv. -- {Sud"den*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE.       swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te,       OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr,       s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for       suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to       sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.]       1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;             saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet             beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.          2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a             sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.                         The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.                                                                               --Longfellow.          3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the             sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet             voice; a sweet singer.                         To make his English sweet upon his tongue.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne.          4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;             as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.                         Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,                      and plains.                                       --Milton.          5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon.          6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:             (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.             (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,                   sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.          7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;             winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.                         Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?                                                                               --Job xxxviii.                                                                               31.                         Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one                      established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold.          Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining                compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,                sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.          {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}.          {Sweet apple}. (Bot.)             (a) Any apple of sweet flavor.             (b) See {Sweet-top}.          {Sweet bay}. (Bot.)             (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}).             (b) Swamp sassafras.          {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora}             ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and             producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.                      {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of the North American plants of the                   umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots                   and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray.             (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing                   in England.          {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet             flag}, below.          {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum})             from which the gum ladanum is obtained.          {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}.          {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites             sagittata}) found in Western North America.          {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.             See the Note under {Corn}.          {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub             ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having             sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.                      {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus})             having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent             aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and             America. See {Calamus}, 2.          {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter             fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch             myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}.          {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass.          {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar             styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}.          {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary             purposes.          {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William.          {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}.          {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}.          {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten.          {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea             Ageratum}) allied to milfoil.          {Sweet oil}, olive oil.          {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}.          {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.          {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag.          {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous             ether}, under {Spirit}.          {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea             moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); --             called also {sultan flower}.          {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for             sweetmeats. [Colloq.]          {Sweet William}.             (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many                   varieties.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also                   {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale.          {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}.          {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or             special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.             [Colloq.] --Thackeray.          Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. i.       To become sweet. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sweetened}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Sweetening}.] [See {Sweet}, a.]       1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.          2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as,             to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.          3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the             temper.          4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to             sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden.                         And sweeten every secret tear.            --Keble.          5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.                         Correggio has made his memory immortal by the                      strength he has given to his figures, and by                      sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them                      into each other.                                 --Dryden.          6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;             as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been             infected; to sweeten the air.          7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry             and sweeten soils.          8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten             water, butter, or meat.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Scottown, OH       Zip code(s): 45678
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Seaton, IL (village, FIPS 68458)       Location: 41.10190 N, 90.79921 W       Population (1990): 221 (99 housing units)       Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61476
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sedan, KS (city, FIPS 63750)       Location: 37.12737 N, 96.18469 W       Population (1990): 1306 (704 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67361    Sedan, MN (city, FIPS 59188)       Location: 45.57699 N, 95.24550 W       Population (1990): 63 (28 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56380    Sedan, NM       Zip code(s): 88436
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sedona, AZ (city, FIPS 65350)       Location: 34.85927 N, 111.79512 W       Population (1990): 7720 (4658 housing units)       Area: 50.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 86336
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sidney, AR (town, FIPS 64280)       Location: 36.00426 N, 91.65897 W       Population (1990): 271 (90 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72577    Sidney, IA (city, FIPS 73065)       Location: 40.74596 N, 95.64437 W       Population (1990): 1253 (535 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 51652    Sidney, IL (village, FIPS 69875)       Location: 40.02438 N, 88.07184 W       Population (1990): 1027 (401 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61877    Sidney, IN (town, FIPS 69678)       Location: 41.10502 N, 85.74290 W       Population (1990): 167 (68 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Sidney, KY       Zip code(s): 41564    Sidney, MI       Zip code(s): 48885    Sidney, MT (city, FIPS 67900)       Location: 47.71238 N, 104.16372 W       Population (1990): 5217 (2363 housing units)       Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 59270    Sidney, NE (city, FIPS 45295)       Location: 41.13374 N, 102.97005 W       Population (1990): 5959 (2741 housing units)       Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 69162    Sidney, NY (village, FIPS 67334)       Location: 42.30589 N, 75.39774 W       Population (1990): 4720 (2038 housing units)       Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 13838    Sidney, OH (city, FIPS 72424)       Location: 40.28884 N, 84.16324 W       Population (1990): 18710 (7386 housing units)       Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 45365    Sidney, TX       Zip code(s): 76474
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sidon, MS (town, FIPS 67840)       Location: 33.40742 N, 90.20823 W       Population (1990): 596 (222 housing units)       Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38954
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Wayne, WI (village, FIPS 75275)       Location: 42.56665 N, 89.88044 W       Population (1990): 478 (202 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53587
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Southam, ND       Zip code(s): 58327
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Ann, MO (city, FIPS 63956)       Location: 38.72585 N, 90.38778 W       Population (1990): 14489 (6784 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Anne, IL (village, FIPS 66638)       Location: 41.02333 N, 87.71701 W       Population (1990): 1153 (437 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Steen, MN (city, FIPS 62662)       Location: 43.51324 N, 96.26222 W       Population (1990): 176 (69 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56173
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stem, NC (town, FIPS 64940)       Location: 36.19981 N, 78.72323 W       Population (1990): 249 (111 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 27581
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stone, ID       Zip code(s): 83280    Stone, KY       Zip code(s): 41567
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sudan, TX (city, FIPS 70772)       Location: 34.06752 N, 102.52486 W       Population (1990): 983 (458 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 79371
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sutton, AK (CDP, FIPS 74500)       Location: 61.71726 N, 148.88123 W       Population (1990): 308 (142 housing units)       Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)    Sutton, ND       Zip code(s): 58484    Sutton, NE (city, FIPS 47955)       Location: 40.60764 N, 97.85834 W       Population (1990): 1353 (610 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68979    Sutton, VT       Zip code(s): 05867    Sutton, WV (town, FIPS 78580)       Location: 38.66674 N, 80.71072 W       Population (1990): 939 (474 housing units)       Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sweet Home, OR (city, FIPS 71950)       Location: 44.40169 N, 122.70212 W       Population (1990): 6850 (2834 housing units)       Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97386
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SATAN          {Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SDM          {Schematic Data Model}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SO-DIMM          {Small Outline DIMM}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SSADM          A software engineering method and toolset required by some UK       government agencies.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stdin          {standard input/output}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STDM          {statistical time division multiplexing}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STDWIN          A windowing interface from {CWI} with windows, menus, modal       dialogs, mouse and keyboard input, scroll bars, drawing       primitives, etc that is portable between {platform}s.   STDWIN       is available for {Macintosh} and the {X Window System}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
STONE          A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the       German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design,       implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching.
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
sodium    Symbol: Na    Atomic number: 11    Atomic weight: 22.9898    Soft silvery reactive element belonging to group 1 of the periodic table    (alkali metals). It is highly reactive, oxidizing in air and reacting    violently with water, forcing it to be kept under oil. It was first    isolated by Humphrey Davy in 1807.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Satan       adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word       so rendered has the article "the adversary" (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7).       In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with       Diabolos, or the devil, and is so used more than thirty times.                He is also called "the dragon," "the old serpent" (Rev. 12:9;       20:2); "the prince of this world" (John 12:31; 14:30); "the       prince of the power of the air" (Eph. 2:2); "the god of this       world" (2 Cor. 4:4); "the spirit that now worketh in the       children of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2). The distinct personality       of Satan and his activity among men are thus obviously       recognized. He tempted our Lord in the wilderness (Matt.       4:1-11). He is "Beelzebub, the prince of the devils" (12:24). He       is "the constant enemy of God, of Christ, of the divine kingdom,       of the followers of Christ, and of all truth; full of falsehood       and all malice, and exciting and seducing to evil in every       possible way." His power is very great in the world. He is a       "roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Pet. 5:8). Men are       said to be "taken captive by him" (2 Tim. 2:26). Christians are       warned against his "devices" (2 Cor. 2:11), and called on to       "resist" him (James 4:7). Christ redeems his people from "him       that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Heb. 2:14).       Satan has the "power of death," not as lord, but simply as       executioner.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Scythian       The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to       the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered       far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was       anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to       a great extent, includes the same territories." They were the       descendants of Japheth (Gen. 9:27). It appears that in apostolic       times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity       (Col. 3:11).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Shittim       acacias, also called "Abel-shittim" (Num. 33:49), a plain or       valley in the land of Moab where the Israelites were encamped       after their two victories over Sihon and Og, at the close of       their desert wanderings, and from which Joshua sent forth two       spies (q.v.) "secretly" to "view" the land and Jericho (Josh.       2:1).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sidon       fishing; fishery, Gen. 10:15, 19 (A.V. marg., Tzidon; R.V.,       Zidon); Matt. 11:21, 22; Luke 6:17. (See {ZIDON}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sitnah       strife, the second of the two wells dug by Isaac, whose servants       here contended with the Philistines (Gen. 26:21). It has been       identified with the modern Shutneh, in the valley of Gerar, to       the west of Rehoboth, about 20 miles south of Beersheba.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sodom       burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10;       14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it       fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29;       Deut. 23:17). This city and its awful destruction are frequently       alluded to in Scripture (Deut. 29:23; 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; 3:9;       13:19; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46-56; Zeph. 2:9; Matt. 10:15; Rom.       9:29; 2 Pet. 2:6, etc.). No trace of it or of the other cities       of the plain has been discovered, so complete was their       destruction. Just opposite the site of Zoar, on the south-west       coast of the Dead Sea, is a range of low hills, forming a mass       of mineral salt called Jebel Usdum, "the hill of Sodom." It has       been concluded, from this and from other considerations, that       the cities of the plain stood at the southern end of the Dead       Sea. Others, however, with much greater probability, contend       that they stood at the northern end of the sea. [in 1897].
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sodoma       (Rom. 9:29; R.V., "Sodom"), the Greek form for Sodom.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Stone       Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of       important events (Gen. 28:18; Josh. 24:26, 27; 1 Sam. 7:12,       etc.). They were gathered out of cultivated fields (Isa. 5:2;       comp. 2 Kings 3:19). This word is also used figuratively of       believers (1 Pet. 2:4, 5), and of the Messiah (Ps. 118:22; Isa.       28:16; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11, etc.). In Dan. 2:45 it refers       also to the Messiah. He is there described as "cut out of the       mountain." (See {ROCK}.)                A "heart of stone" denotes great insensibility (1 Sam. 25:37).                Stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events, as by       Jacob at Bethel (Gen. 28:18), at Padan-aram (35:4), and on the       occasion of parting with Laban (31:45-47); by Joshua at the       place on the banks of the Jordan where the people first "lodged"       after crossing the river (Josh. 6:8), and also in "the midst of       Jordan," where he erected another set of twelve stones (4:1-9);       and by Samuel at "Ebenezer" (1 Sam. 7:12).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Satan, contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Shittim, thorns
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Siddim, the tilled field
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sidon, hunting; fishing; venison
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sitnah, hatred
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sodom, their secret; their cement
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Sudan       Sudan:Geography       Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and    Eritrea       Map references: Africa       Area:    total area: 2,505,810 sq km    land area: 2.376 million sq km    comparative area: slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US       Land boundaries: total 7,687 km, Central African Republic 1,165 km,    Chad 1,360 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km,    Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km, Zaire 628 km       Coastline: 853 km       Maritime claims:    contiguous zone: 18 nm    continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: administrative boundary with Kenya does not    coincide with international boundary; administrative boundary with    Egypt does not coincide with international boundary creating the    "Hala'ib Triangle," a barren area of 20,580 sq km, tensions over this    disputed area began to escalate in 1992 and remain high       Climate: tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April    to October)       Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west       Natural resources: small reserves of petroleum, iron ore, copper,    chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold       Land use:    arable land: 5%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 24%    forest and woodland: 20%    other: 51%       Irrigated land: 18,900 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife    populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion;    desertification    natural hazards: dust storms    international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Endangered    Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;    signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Desertification       Note: largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its    tributaries       Sudan:People       Population: 30,120,420 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 46% (female 6,801,001; male 7,124,892)    15-64 years: 52% (female 7,706,864; male 7,830,980)    65 years and over: 2% (female 280,297; male 376,386) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 2.35% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 41.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 11.74 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)    note: the flow of refugees from the civil war in Sudan into    neighboring countries continues, often at the rate of tens of    thousands annually; Uganda was the main recipient of Sudanese refugees    in the past year; repatriation of Eritrean and Ethiopean refugees in    Sudan continues       Infant mortality rate: 77.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 54.71 years    male: 53.81 years    female: 55.65 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 6 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Sudanese (singular and plural)    adjective: Sudanese       Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other    1%       Religions: Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%,    Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)       Languages: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of    Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English    note: program of Arabization in process       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1983)    total population: 32%    male: 44%    female: 21%       Labor force: 6.5 million    by occupation: agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government    6%    note: labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment    (1983 est.)       Sudan:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Republic of the Sudan    conventional short form: Sudan    local long form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan    local short form: As-Sudan    former: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan       Digraph: SU       Type: ruling military junta - Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) -    dissolved on 16 October 1993 and government civilianized       Capital: Khartoum       Administrative divisions: 9 states (wilayat, singular - wilayat or    wilayah*); A'ali an Nil, Al Wusta*, Al Istiwa'iyah*, Al Khartum, Ash    Shamaliyah*, Ash Sharqiyah*, Bahr al Ghazal, Darfur, Kurdufan    note: on 14 February 1994, the 9 states comprising Sudan were divided    into 26 new states; the new state boundary alignments are undetermined       Independence: 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)       National holiday: Independence Day, 1 January (1956)       Constitution: 12 April 1973, suspended following coup of 6 April 1985;    interim constitution of 10 October 1985 suspended following coup of 30    June 1989       Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20    January 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed    Islamic law in the northern states; the council is still studying    criminal provisions under Islamic law; Islamic law applies to all    residents of the northern states regardless of their religion; some    separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with    reservations       Suffrage: none       Executive branch:    Chief of State and Head of Government: President Lt. General Umar    Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 16 October 1993); prior to 16 October    1993, BASHIR served concurrently as Chief of State, Chairman of the    RCC, Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence (since 30 June 1989);    First Vice President Major General al-Zubayr Muhammad SALIH (since 19    October 1993); Second Vice President (Police) Maj. General George    KONGOR (since NA February 1994); note - upon its dissolution on 16    October 1993, the RCC's executive and legislative powers were devolved    to the President and the Transitional National Assembly (TNA), Sudan's    appointed legislative body    cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president; note - on 30 October    1993, President BASHIR announced a new, predominantly civilian    cabinet, consisting of 20 federal ministers, most of whom retained    their previous cabinet positions; on 9 February 1995, he abolished    three ministries and redivided their portfolios to create several new    ministries; these changes increased National Islamic Front presence at    the ministerial level and consolidated its control over the Ministry    of Foreign Affairs; President BASHIR's government is dominated by    members of Sudan's National Islamic Front, a fundamentalist political    organization formed from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1986; front leader    Hasan al-TURABI controls Khartoum's overall domestic and foreign    policies       Legislative branch: appointed 300-member Transitional National    Assembly; officially assumes all legislative authority for Sudan until    the proposed 1995 resumption of national elections       Judicial branch: Supreme Court, Special Revolutionary Courts       Political parties and leaders: none; banned following 30 June 1989    coup       Other political or pressure groups: National Islamic Front, Hasan    al-TURABI       Member of: ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO,    G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF,    IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD,    UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Ahmad SULAYMAN    chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 338-8565 through 8570    FAX: [1] (202) 667-2406       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Donald K. PETTERSON    embassy: Shar'ia Ali Abdul Latif, Khartoum    mailing address: P. O. Box 699, Khartoum; APO AE 09829    telephone: 74700, 74611 (operator assistance required)    FAX: Telex 22619 AMEMSD       Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with    a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side       Economy       Overview: Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic political    instability, adverse weather, high inflation, a drop in remittances    from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies. Governmental    entities account for more than 70% of new investment. The private    sector's main areas of activity are agriculture and trading, with most    private industrial investment predating 1980. Agriculture employs 80%    of the work force. Industry mainly processes agricultural items.    Sluggish economic performance over the past decade, attributable    largely to declining annual rainfall, has reduced levels of per capita    income and consumption. A large foreign debt and huge arrearages    continue to cause difficulties. In 1990 the International Monetary    Fund took the unusual step of declaring Sudan noncooperative because    of its nonpayment of arrearages to the Fund. After Sudan backtracked    on promised reforms in 1992-93, the IMF threatened to expel Sudan from    the Fund. To avoid expulsion, Khartoum agreed to make payments on its    arrears to the Fund, liberalize exchange rates, and reduce subsidies.    These measures have been partially implemented. The government's    continued prosecution of the civil war and its growing international    isolation led to a further deterioration of the nonagricultural    sectors of the economy during 1994. Agriculture, on the other hand,    after several disappointing years, enjoyed a bumper fall harvest in    1994; its strong performance produced an overall growth rate in GDP of    perhaps 7%.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $23.7 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 7% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $870 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 112% (FY93/94 est.)       Unemployment rate: 30% (FY92/93 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $493 million    expenditures: $1.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $225    million (1994 est.)       Exports: $419 million (f.o.b., FY93/94)    commodities: gum arabic 29%, livestock/meat 24%, cotton 13%, sesame,    peanuts    partners: Western Europe 46%, Saudi Arabia 14%, Eastern Europe 9%,    Japan 9%, US 3% (FY87/88)       Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., FY93/94)    commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum products, manufactured goods,    machinery and equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles    partners: Western Europe 32%, Africa and Asia 15%, US 13%, Eastern    Europe 3% (FY87/88)       External debt: $17 billion (June 1993 est.)       Industrial production: growth rate 6.8% (FY92/93 est.); accounts for    11% of GDP       Electricity:    capacity: 500,000 kW    production: 1.3 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 42 kWh (1993)       Industries: cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap    distilling, shoes, petroleum refining       Agriculture: accounts for 35% of GDP; major products - cotton,    oilseeds, sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sheep; marginally    self-sufficient in most foods       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.5 billion;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $5.1 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $3.1 billion;    Communist countries (1970-89), $588 million       Currency: 1 Sudanese pound (#Sd) = 100 piastres       Exchange rates: official rate - Sudanese pounds (#Sd) per US$1 - 434.8    (January 1995), 277.8 (1994), 153.8 (1993), 69.4 (1992), 5.4288    (1991), 4.5004 (1990); note - the commercial rate is 300 Sudanese    pounds per US$1       Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June       Sudan:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 5,516 km    narrow gauge: 4,800 km 1.067-m gauge; 716 km 1.6096-m gauge plantation    line       Highways:    total: 20,703 km    paved: bituminous treated 2,000 km    unpaved: gravel 4,000 km; improved earth 2,304 km; unimproved earth    12,399 km       Inland waterways: 5,310 km navigable       Pipelines: refined products 815 km       Ports: Juba, Khartoum, Kusti, Malakal, Nimule, Port Sudan, Sawakin       Merchant marine:    total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 43,024 GRT/122,379 DWT    ships by type: cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2       Airports:    total: 70    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3    with paved runways under 914 m: 13    with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 14    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 33       Sudan:Communications       Telephone system: NA telephones; large, well-equipped system by    African standards, but barely adequate and poorly maintained by modern    standards    local: NA    intercity: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radio    communications, troposcatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14    stations    international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 ARABSAT earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 11, FM 0, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 3    televisions: NA       Sudan:Defense Forces       Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 6,806,588; males fit for    military service 4,185,206; males reach military age (18) annually    313,958 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $600 million, 7.3% of    GDP (FY93/94 est.)
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Sweden       Sweden:Geography       Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia,    and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway       Map references: Europe       Area:    total area: 449,964 sq km    land area: 410,928 sq km    comparative area: slightly smaller than California       Land boundaries: total 2,205 km, Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km       Coastline: 3,218 km       Maritime claims:    continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation    exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: none       Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly    cloudy summers; subarctic in north       Terrain: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west       Natural resources: zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber,    uranium, hydropower potential       Land use:    arable land: 7%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 2%    forest and woodland: 64%    other: 27%       Irrigated land: 1,120 sq km (1989 est.)       Environment:    current issues: acid rain damaging soils and lakes; pollution of the    North Sea and the Baltic Sea    natural hazards: ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in    the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic    international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air    Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air    Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental    Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered    Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,    Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical    Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air    Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Law of the Sea       Note: strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North    Seas       Sweden:People       Population: 8,821,759 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 19% (female 810,859; male 854,553)    15-64 years: 64% (female 2,761,060; male 2,856,012)    65 years and over: 17% (female 887,597; male 651,678) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 0.46% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 13.19 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 10.84 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 2.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 78.43 years    male: 75.64 years    female: 81.39 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 1.97 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Swede(s)    adjective: Swedish       Ethnic divisions: white, Lapp (Sami), foreign born or first-generation    immigrants 12% (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)       Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal    1%, other 3.5% (1987)       Languages: Swedish    note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities; immigrants speak    native languages       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)    total population: 99%       Labor force: 4.552 million (84% unionized,1992)    by occupation: community, social and personal services 38.3%, mining    and manufacturing 21.2%, commerce, hotels, and restaurants 14.1%,    banking, insurance 9.0%, communications 7.2%, construction 7.0%,    agriculture, fishing, and forestry 3.2% (1991)       Sweden:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Kingdom of Sweden    conventional short form: Sweden    local long form: Konungariket Sverige    local short form: Sverige       Digraph: SW       Type: constitutional monarchy       Capital: Stockholm       Administrative divisions: 24 provinces (lan, singular and plural);    Alvsborgs Lan, Blekinge Lan, Gavleborgs Lan, Goteborgs och Bohus Lan,    Gotlands Lan, Hallands Lan, Jamtlands Lan, Jonkopings Lan, Kalmar Lan,    Kopparbergs Lan, Kristianstads Lan, Kronobergs Lan, Malmohus Lan,    Norrbottens Lan, Orebro Lan, Ostergotlands Lan, Skaraborgs Lan,    Sodermanlands Lan, Stockholms Lan, Uppsala Lan, Varmlands Lan,    Vasterbottens Lan, Vasternorrlands Lan, Vastmanlands Lan       Independence: 6 June 1809 (constitutional monarchy established)       National holiday: Day of the Swedish Flag, 6 June       Constitution: 1 January 1975       Legal system: civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts    compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state: King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 19 September 1973); Heir    Apparent Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree, daughter of the King    (born 14 July 1977)    head of government: Prime Minister Ingvar CARLSSON (since 6 October    1994); Deputy Prime Minister Mona SAHLIN (since 6 October 1994)    cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the prime minister       Legislative branch: unicameral    Parliament (Riksdag): elections last held 18 September 1994 (next to    be held NA September 1998); results - Social Democrats 45.4%, Moderate    Party (Conservatives) 22.3%, Center Party 7.7%, Liberals 7.2%, Left    Party 6.2%, Greens 5.8%, Christian Democrats 4.1%, New Democracy Party    1.2%; seats - (349 total) Social Democrats 162, Moderate Party    (Conservatives) 80, Center Party 27, Liberals 26, Left Party 22,    Greens 18, Christian Democrats 14; note - the New Democracy Party did    not receive a seat because parties require a minimum of 4.8% of votes    for a seat in parliament       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Hogsta Domstolen)       Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party, Ingvar    CARLSSON; Moderate Party (conservative), Carl BILDT; Liberal People's    Party, Maria LEISSNER; Center Party, Olof JOHANSSON; Christian    Democratic Party, Alf SVENSSON; New Democracy Party, Vivianne FRANZEN;    Left Party (VP; Communist), Gudrun SCHYMAN; Communist Workers' Party,    Rolf HAGEL; Green Party, no formal leader but party spokesperson is    Birger SHLAUG       Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CCC,    CE, CERN, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 6, G- 8, G- 9, G-10, GATT,    IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,    ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR,    NAM (guest), NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, ONUSAL, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN,    UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMOGIP,    UNOMIG, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador Carl Henrik Sihver LILJEGREN    chancery: 1501 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20005    telephone: [1] (202) 467-2600    FAX: [1] (202) 467-2699    consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas L. SIEBERT    embassy: Strandvagen 101, S-115 89 Stockholm    mailing address: use embassy street address    telephone: [46] (8) 783 53 00    FAX: [46] (8) 661 19 64       Flag: blue with a yellow cross that extends to the edges of the flag;    the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the    style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)       Economy       Overview: Aided by a long period of peace and neutrality during World    War I through World War II, Sweden has achieved an enviable standard    of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive    welfare benefits. It has a modern distribution system, excellent    internal and external communications, and a skilled labor force.    Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an    economy that is heavily oriented toward foreign trade. Privately owned    firms account for about 90% of industrial output, of which the    engineering sector accounts for 50% of output and exports. In 1990,    agriculture accounted for only 1.2% of GDP and 1.9% of the jobs,    Sweden being about 50% sufficient in most products. In the last few    years, however, this extraordinarily favorable picture has been    clouded by inflation, growing unemployment, and a gradual loss of    competitiveness in international markets. Although Prime Minister    BILDT's center-right minority coalition had hoped to charge ahead with    free-market-oriented reforms, a skyrocketing budget deficit - about    14% of GDP in FY93/94 projections - and record unemployment have    forestalled many of the plans. Unemployment in 1994 is estimated at    around 9% with another 5% in job training. Continued heavy foreign    exchange speculation forced the government to cooperate in late 1992    with the opposition Social Democrats on two crisis packages - one a    severe austerity pact and the other a program to spur industrial    competitiveness - which basically set economic policy through 1997. In    November 1992, Sweden broke its tie to the EC's ECU, and the krona has    since depreciated about 25% against the dollar. The boost in export    competitiveness from the depreciation helped lift Sweden out of its    3-year recession. To curb the budget deficit and bolster confidence in    the economy, the new Social Democratic government is proposing cuts in    welfare benefits, subsidies, defense, and foreign aid. Sweden has    harmonized its economic policies with those of the EU, which it joined    at the start of 1995.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $163.1 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 2.4% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $18,580 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (1994 est.)       Unemployment rate: 8.8% (1994 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $47.9 billion    expenditures: $70.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA    (FY93/94)       Exports: $59.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994)    commodities: machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood,    iron and steel products, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products    partners: EC 55.8% (Germany 15%, UK 9.7%, Denmark 7.2%, France 5.8%),    EFTA 17.4% (Norway 8.4%, Finland 5.1%), US 8.2%, Central and Eastern    Europe 2.5% (1992)       Imports: $49.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994)    commodities: machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals,    motor vehicles, foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing    partners: EC 53.6% (Germany 17.9%, UK 6.3%, Denmark 7.5%, France    4.9%), EFTA (Norway 6.6%, Finland 6%), US 8.4%, Central and Eastern    Europe 3% (1992)       External debt: $NA       Industrial production: growth rate 9% (1994)       Electricity:    capacity: 34,560,000 kW    production: 141 billion kWh    consumption per capita: 14,891 kWh (1993)       Industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and    telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed    foods, motor vehicles       Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates, with milk and dairy    products accounting for 37% of farm income; main crops - grains, sugar    beets, potatoes; 100% self-sufficient in grains and potatoes; Sweden    is about 50% self-sufficient in most products       Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics shipped via the CIS    and Baltic states for the European market       Economic aid:    donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $10.3 billion       Currency: 1 Swedish krona (SKr) = 100 oere       Exchange rates: Swedish kronor (SKr) per US$1 - 7.4675 (January 1995),    7.7160 (1994), 7.7834 (1993), 5.8238 (1992), 6.0475 (1991) 5.9188    (1990)       Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June       Sweden:Transportation       Railroads:    total: 12,000 km (includes 953 km of privately owned railways)    standard gauge: 10,742 km 1.435-m gauge (7,502 km electrified and    1,152 km double track); 8 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified; privately    owned)    narrow gauge: 61 km 0.891-m gauge (electrified; privately owned)    other: 1,189 km NA-m gauge (1994)       Highways:    total: 135,859 km    paved: 97,818 km (including 936 km of expressways)    unpaved: gravel 38,041 km (1991)       Inland waterways: 2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges       Pipelines: natural gas 84 km       Ports: Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar,    Karlshamn, Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall       Merchant marine:    total: 157 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,872,350 GRT/2,075,722    DWT    ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 24, chemical tanker 25, combination    ore/oil 1, container 2, oil tanker 31, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated    cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 37, short-sea passenger 8, specialized    tanker 4, vehicle carrier 12       Airports:    total: 253    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2    with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 84    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 26    with paved runways under 914 m: 129    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4       Sweden:Communications       Telephone system: 8,200,000 telephones; excellent domestic and    international facilities; automatic system    local: NA    intercity: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic;    parallel microwave network carries TV, radio, and some additional    telephone channels    international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean)    and 1 EUTELSAT earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 360 (mostly repeaters), shortwave 0    radios: 7 million       Television:    broadcast stations: 880 (mostly repeaters)    televisions: 3.5 million       Sweden:Defense Forces       Branches: Swedish Army, Royal Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,133,420; males fit for    military service 1,864,258; males reach military age (19) annually    52,937 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $5.4 billion, 2.4% of    GDP (FY94/95)