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   safe period
         n 1: that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which
               conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately
               before of after menstruation)

English Dictionary: sweep over by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
safebreaker
n
  1. a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
    Synonym(s): safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scipio Africanus
n
  1. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
    Synonym(s): Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scipio Africanus Major
n
  1. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
    Synonym(s): Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skip over
v
  1. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
    Synonym(s): jump, pass over, skip, skip over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soap opera
n
  1. a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subway fare
n
  1. the fare charged for riding a subway train
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subwoofer
n
  1. a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweep over
v
  1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scapiform \Sca"pi*form\, a. (Bot.)
      Resembling a scape, or flower stem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scobiform \Scob"i*form\, a. [L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust,
      scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme.]
      Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scopiferous \Sco*pif"er*ous\, a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scopiform \Sco"pi*form\, a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.]
      Having the form of a broom or besom. [bd]Zeolite, stelliform
      or scopiform.[b8] --Kirwan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scyphiform \Scy"phi*form\, a. [L. scyphus a cup + -form.] (Bot.)
      Cup-shaped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sebiferous \Se*bif"er*ous\, a. [L. sebum tallow + -ferous.]
      1. (Bot.) Producing vegetable tallow.
  
      2. (Physiol.) Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous,
            or sebaceous, glands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sebiparous \Se*bip"a*rous\, a. [L. sebum tallow + parere to
      bring forth.] (Physiol.)
      Same as {Sebiferous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
      jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
      cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]
      A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
      held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
      reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
      {gaol}.]
  
               This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.
  
      {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
            [Slang]
  
      {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either
            legally or by violence.
  
      {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.
  
      {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
            it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
            people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.
           
  
      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district
            around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
            certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
  
      {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
            {Scandinavian lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
            ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.
  
      {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
            government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
            ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
  
      {General ship}. See under {General}.
  
      {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
            -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.
  
      {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship
            boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
            further use.
  
      {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
            selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
            transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
           
  
      {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
            vessels.
  
      {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
            shipwright.
  
      {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
            furniture of vessels.
  
      {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
            deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.
  
      {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
            {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}.
  
      {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.
  
      {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
           
  
      {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
            the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
            England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
            the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
            revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
            and was one of the causes which led to the death of
            Charles. It was finally abolished.
  
      {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.
  
      {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
            of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.
  
      {Ship railway}.
            (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
                  which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
                  repairs.
            (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
                  overland between two water courses or harbors.
  
      {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.
  
      {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
            unloading.
  
      {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.
  
      {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
            required by law to be provided, and the production of
            which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
            papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
            party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
            bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.
  
      {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
      jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
      cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.]
      A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
      held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
      reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
      {gaol}.]
  
               This jail I count the house of liberty.   --Milton.
  
      {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
            [Slang]
  
      {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either
            legally or by violence.
  
      {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}.
  
      {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
            it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
            people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}.
           
  
      {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district
            around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
            certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
  
      {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
            {Scandinavian lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
            ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.
  
      {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
            government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
            ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
  
      {General ship}. See under {General}.
  
      {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
            -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.
  
      {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship
            boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
            further use.
  
      {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
            selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
            transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
           
  
      {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
            vessels.
  
      {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
            shipwright.
  
      {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
            furniture of vessels.
  
      {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
            deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.
  
      {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
            {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}.
  
      {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.
  
      {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
           
  
      {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
            the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
            England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
            the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
            revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
            and was one of the causes which led to the death of
            Charles. It was finally abolished.
  
      {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.
  
      {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
            of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.
  
      {Ship railway}.
            (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
                  which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
                  repairs.
            (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
                  overland between two water courses or harbors.
  
      {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.
  
      {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
            unloading.
  
      {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.
  
      {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
            required by law to be provided, and the production of
            which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
            papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
            party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
            bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.
  
      {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shoveboard \Shove"board`\, Shovegroat \Shove"groat`\, n.
      The same as {Shovelboard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n.
      1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving
            pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the
            game itself. Called also {shuffleboard}, {shoveboard},
            {shovegroat}, {shovelpenny}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shoveboard \Shove"board`\, Shovegroat \Shove"groat`\, n.
      The same as {Shovelboard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n.
      1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving
            pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the
            game itself. Called also {shuffleboard}, {shoveboard},
            {shovegroat}, {shovelpenny}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Subfibrous \Sub*fi"brous\, a.
      Somewhat fibrous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Subibfer \Sub`ib*fer"\, v. t. & i.
      To infer from an inference already made. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Subopercular \Sub`o*per"cu*lar\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
      -- n. The suboperculum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suboperculum \Sub`o*per"cu*lum\, n. [NL. See {Sub-},
      {Operculum}.] (Anat.)
      The lower opercular bone in fishes.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spofford, NH
      Zip code(s): 03462
   Spofford, TX (city, FIPS 69560)
      Location: 29.17244 N, 100.41103 W
      Population (1990): 68 (39 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78877
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