sigh, sighed, sighing, sighs.verbs
intransitive verb use.to exhale.audibly in a long, deep breath, as in weariness or relief (God takes note of those who sigh and cry about the state of things in the world and for the laments of others); we all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard they were safe); to emit a similar sound (willow branches sighing in the wind); to feel longing or grief; yearn (sighing for their lost youth)
transitive verb use.to express with or as if with an audible exhalation; to lament
sigh.noun,.plural.sighs
the act or sound of sighing
sigher.noun,.plural.sighers

self-interest.noun,.plural.self-interests
selfish or excessive.regard for one's personal.advantage or interest; personal advantage or interest
self-interested.adjective

snarky, snarkier, snarkiest.adjectives
to be annoying; sharply.critical (being untrained, the horse snarkily resisted being led by raising his head, stamping his foot and vocalizing displeasure)
snarkily.adverb

squint, squinted, squinting, squints.verbs
intransitive verb use.to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight
transitive verb use.to cause to squint; to close the eyes partly while looking
squint.noun,.plural.squints
the act or an instance of squinting
squint.adjective
squinty.adjective
squint-eyed
squinter.noun,.plural.squinters

sidestep, sidestepped, sidestepping, sidesteps.verbs
intransitive verb use.to step aside (sidestepped to make the way clear for the kids on their tricycles coming down the hill); to dodge an issue or a responsibility
transitive verb use.to step out of the way of; to evade; skirt (she sidestepped a difficult question)
sidestepper.noun,.plural.sidesteppers

staple.noun,.plural.staples
a principal.raw.material or commodity grown or produced in a region (potatoes are the meal staple in many countries); a basic dietary item, such as flour, rice, potatoes or corn; a major item of trade in.steady.demand (toilet paper is a staple in almost all grocery stores)
staple.adjective
produced or stocked in large.quantities to meet steady demand (potatoes is a staple crop); principal; main (a staple topic of conversation is the weather)

staple.noun,.plural.staples
a U-shaped metal.loop with pointed ends, driven into a surface to hold a bolt, hook or hasp or to hold wiring.in place; a thin piece of wire that is driven by a device through sheets of paper or similar.material and flattened to serve as a fastening
staple, stapled, stapling, staples.transitive verbs
to secure or fasten by means of a staple or staples

staple, stapled, stapling, staples.transitive verbs
to grade.fibers.according to length and fineness; from Middle English 'a market for purchase of export goods' and from Anglo-Norman 'estaple' which is perhaps from Middle Dutch 'stapel' meaning 'heap' and 'emporium'

sublunary.also.sublunar.adjective
situated beneath the moon; of this world; Earthly

Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498 A.D.
Italian Christian preacher and reformer. A Dominican.friar, he gained a vast popular following and drove the Medici family of many popes out of Florence in 1494. He then set up a democratic.republic. He is noted in history for being against tyrannicalrulers and a corrupt clergy. He was later executed for criticizing Pope Alexander VI.

songbird.noun,.plural.songbirds
a bird having a melodious song or call

shack.noun,.plural.shacks
a small, crudely.built.cabin; a shanty
shack, shacked, shacking, shacks.intransitive verbs
to live or dwell (farm hands shacking in bunkhouses)

shanty.noun,.plural.shanties
a roughly.built, ramshackle cabin; a shack

stipend.noun,.plural.stipends
a fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance; from Middle English 'stipendie' which is from Old French 'stipipendium' meaning 'small payment' and from Latin 'stipendium' meaning 'soldier's pay'

Saxon.noun,.plural.Saxons
a member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. with the Angles and Jutes; a native or inhabitant of Saxony; the West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples
Saxon.adjective
Saxony.noun
a historical region (map) of northern Germany and the original home of the Saxons; it was conquered by Charlemagne in the 8th century and became a duchy after his death. Its borders were eventually extended southeastward as the region was subdivided and redivided. The dukes of Saxony became electors of the Holy Roman Empire in 1356 and in 1806 the elector was elevated to kingship but lost half his territory to Prussia in 1815. A later kingdom of Saxony was part of the German Empire in 1871-1918.

saxony.noun,.plural.saxonies
a high-grade fine soft wool fabric, similar in weave to tweed, originally made from the wool of sheep raised in Saxony; a woven carpet having a cut pile of dense, erect.tufts

Siloam.noun
a small suburban pool with steps to go into it; comprised with Easton's Bible Dictionary: water intermittently flows into this pool from a subterranean channel springs, the length of this channel, which has several windings, is 1,750 feet, though the direct distance is only 1,100 feet; the pool itself is 53 feet in length from north to south, 18 feet wide and 19 deep and the water passes from it by a channel cut in the rock into the gardens below

subterranean.adjective
situated.or.operating.beneath the Earth's surface; underground
subterraneanly.adverb

sacrifice.noun,.plural.sacrifices
forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of something considered to have a greater value or claim (he often sacrificed his off time from work to help less fortunate individuals find meaning in their lives); something so forfeited; the act.of.offering.something to a deity.in.propitiation, homage or thankfulness, such as.ritualistic.slaughter of an animal or as in the case of the sacrifice of Emmanuel the Christ; there were two kinds of sacrifices in the Old Testament; a list of them
sacrifice, sacrificed, sacrificing, sacrifices.verbs
intransitive verb use.to make or offer a sacrifice
transitive verb use.to offer as a sacrifice to a deity; to forfeit one thing for another thing considered to be of greater value; to sell or give away at a loss
sacrificer.noun,.plural.sacrificers
sacrificial.adjective
of, relating.to.or.concerned with a sacrifice (a sacrificial offering)
sacrificially.adverb