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style.noun,.plural.styles
the way
in which something is said, done, expressed
or performed (a style of speech and writing); the style of something is
the general
way in which it is done or presented, which often shows the attitudes
of the people involved
(our children's different
needs and learning styles create.challenges
for parents); the combination
of distinctive.features
of literary
or artistic.expression,
execution
or performance.characterizing
a particular
person, group,
school
or era;
sort;
type
(a style of furniture); a quality
of imagination
and individuality.expressed
in one's actions and tastes
(does things with style); a comfortable
and cozy.mode
of existence
(living in style); a mode of living (the style of living well); the fashion
of the moment, especially of dress; vogue;
a particular
fashion (the style of the 1920's); a customary.manner
of presenting printed material,
including.usage,
punctuation,
spelling, typography
and arrangement;
a form
of address; a title; an implement
used for etching
or engraving;
a slender, pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets;
the needle of a phonograph;
the style aka gnomon of a sundial
style, styled, styling,
styles.transitive
verbs
to make consistent
with rules of style (style a manuscript); to give style to (style hair)
styling.noun,.plural.stylings
styler.noun,.plural.stylers
stylize,
stylized,
stylizing,
stylizes.transitive
verbs
to give style to (they redesigned
the car to increase its appeal
to the eye)
stylization.noun,.plural.stylizations
stylizer.noun,.plural.stylizers
style.noun,.plural.styles
Botany:
the usually slender
part of a pistil, situated
between the ovary
and the stigma
stile.noun,.plural.stiles
a set or series of steps
for crossing a fence or wall; a turnstile
stile.noun,.plural.stiles
a vertical.member
of a panel or frame, as in a door
or window sash
sustenance.noun
the supporting of life or health; maintenance;
the act of sustaining; the condition
of being sustained
sop, sopped,
sopping,
sops.verbs
intransitive
verb use.something yielded to placate
or soothe; a bribe; to be or become thoroughly.soaked
or saturated
transitive verb use.to
dip, soak or drench
in a liquid; saturate; to take up by absorption
(sop up water with a paper towel)
sop.noun
a piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid
stern,
sterner,
sternest.adjectives
hard, harsh
or severe in manner
or character.(a
stern disciplinarian); grim, gloomy or
forbidding
in appearance or outlook; firm or unyielding; uncompromising; inexorable;
relentless
sternly.adverb
sternness.noun
synonyms.severe,
austere,
gruff,
harsh
Nautical:.stern.noun,.plural.sterns
in nautical.terms,
the rear part of a ship or boat; rear part or section
strake.noun,.plural.strakes
in nautical.terms,
a single continuous line of planking or metal plating extending on a vessel's
hull from stem to stern, used as seamen walked back and forth attending
to raising or lowering the sails
stress.noun,.plural.stresses
importance, significance
or emphasis
placed on something; the relative.force
with which a sound or syllable
is spoken; the emphasis
placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase,
such as the ' in describing the pronunciation
of the word accent (ak' sent) showing that the vocal stress is on the ak'
part of the pronunciation
stress,
stressed,
stressing,
stresses.transitive
verbs
to place emphasis on (stressed the importance
of basic fire safety)
stress.noun,.plural.stresses
a mentally or emotionally
disruptive
or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse
external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized
by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability
and depression; a stimulus
or circumstance
causing such a condition
(bullies have to be removed from
educational systems and because of their actions they are undeserving
of continued opportunities for bullying; bullies are usually the 'black
sheep' of a family and why?)
stressful.adjective
full of or tending
to cause stress
stressfully.adverb
stressfulness.noun
stress,
stressed,
stressing,
stresses.transitive
verbs
to place emphasis on (stressed the importance
of basic fire safety); to subject
to mental pressure, tension or strain;
stressful.adjective
full of or tending
to cause stress
stressed-out.adjective
undergoing or suffering the effects of stress
stress out.phrasal
verb
to subject to or undergo extreme stress, as from
working
stress.noun,.plural.stresses
Physics:.an
applied force or system of forces that tends
to strain or deform
a body; the internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system
of forces to subject
to physical pressure, tension or strain; to be subject mechanical pressure
or force; to construct so as to withstand a specified stress
stressed-out.adjective
undergoing or suffering the effects of stress
sacred.adjective
dedicated spiritual things such
as; the things of the spirit (Exodus
3:5 "And he said, Draw not nigh hither. Put off your shoes from off
your feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground."); made
or declared holy,
such as the ancient ark of
the covenant; worthy of religious
veneration;
dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose or person
sacredly.adverb
sacredness.noun
synonym.sanctified
sacerdotal.adjective
of.or.relating.to
priests or the priesthood;
priestly; of or relating to sacerdotalism
sacerdotally.adverb
sacerdotalism.noun
the belief that priests act as mediators
between God and human beings
sea urchin.noun,.plural.sea
urchins
any of various echinoderms of the class Echinoidea,
having a soft body enclosed in a round, symmetrical,
calcareous shell covered with long spines (*)
sage.noun,.plural.sages
one venerated
for experience, judgment
and wisdom
as the ancient Rishis
were
sage, sager,
sagest.adjectives
having or exhibiting wisdom
and calm judgment; proceeding
from or marked
by wisdom and calm judgment (sage advice)
sagely.adverb
sageness.noun
sagacity.noun
the quality
of being.discerning,
sound
in judgment
and farsightedness; wisdom;
keen
in perception
sagacious.adjective
having
or showing keen discernment,
soundjudgment
and farsightedness; shrewd
sagaciously.adverb
sagaciousness.noun
sage.noun
any of various plants of the genus Salvia, especially
S. officinalis, having aromatic grayish-green, opposite leaves used as
a cooking herb; also called ramona
sinusoid.noun
Mathematics: sine
1. The ordinate of the endpoint of an arc of a
unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the
arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1,
0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative
2. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length
of the side opposite an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
Fournier showed long ago that any signal can be
described as a sum of sine and cosine waveforms of different amplitudes
(sizes) and frequencies. If the signal under consideration is an image,
the sines and cosines become functions
of space, undulating between light and dark as one moves
across the image from top to bottom. The particular wave pattern as shown
on an oscilloscope.
stupendous.adjectve
of astounding force, volume, degree or excellence;
marvelous; amazingly large or great; huge
stupendously.adverb
stupendousness.noun.(many
words ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
can make the word be clumsy)
subsequent.adjective
following in time or order; succeeding
subsequently.adverb
subsequentness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
sympathetic.adjective
a sympathetic relationship
or affinity between people or
things is one in which whatever affects one individual, correspondingly
affects the other; of, expressing, feeling or resulting from sympathy (a
sympathetic glance); favorably inclined (sympathetic to her proposal);
agreeably suited to one's disposition
or mood; congenial.(sympathetic
surroundings); of, relating to or acting on the sympathetic
nervous system (a sympathetic neuron)
sympathetically.adverb
sympathize, sympathized,
sympathizing,
sympathizes.intransitive
verbs
to feel or express compassion,
as for another's suffering; if you sympathize with someone who is in a
bad situation, you show that you are sorry for them (I must tell you how
much I sympathize with you for your loss; he would sympathize but he wouldn't
comprehend);
if you sympathize with someone's feelings,
you care for them and are not
critical
of them (some Europeans sympathize with the Americans over the issue; he
liked Max and sympathized with his ambitions); if you sympathize with a
proposal or action, you approve of it and are willing to support it); commiserate;
to share or understand the feelings or ideas of another (sympathized with
the other members); to be in accord;
correspond
sympathizer.noun,.plural.sympathizers
sympathizingly.adverb
sympathy.noun,.plural.sympathies
if you have sympathy for
someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them and show this
in the way you behave towards them, praying for them and helping in ways
you are able to; a relationship or an affinity
between people or things in which whatever affects one, correspondingly
affects the other; mutual understanding
or affection arising from this relationship or affinity; the act or power
of sharing the feelings of another; compassion
or commiseration; pity;
harmonious
agreement; accord.(he
is in sympathy with their beliefs); a feeling of loyalty; allegiance;
often used in the plural (sympathies usually are with families first)
simpatico.adjective
of
like mind or temperament;
compatible;
having attractive qualities; pleasing
sympathetic nervous system.proper
noun
the part of the
autonomic nervous system originating in the thoracic and lumbar regions
of the spinal cord that in general inhibits or opposes the physiological
effects of the parasympathetic
nervous system, as in tending
to reduce digestive secretions,
speeding up the heart and contracting.blood
vessels
symptom.noun,.plural.symptoms
a characteristic
sign or indication
of the existence of something else
symptomatically.adverb
symptomless.adjective
synonym-sign
symptomatic.adjective
of, relating to or based on symptoms;
constituting
a symptom (a rise in unemployment symptomatic of a weakening economy)
somatic nervous system
all information in the body that you are conscious
of comes from the somatic nervous system; this system allows voluntary
control over skeletal muscle - you intend to move your arm and you do;
see also autonomic
nervous system
somatic.adjective
of, relating to or affecting the body, especially
as
distinguished from a body
part, the mind or the environment; corporeal
or physical; bodily; of or relating to the wall of the body cavity, especially
as distinguished from the head, limbs or viscera
(soft internal organs); of or relating to a somatic cell or the
somatoplasm
somatically.adverb
somatoplasm.noun
the entirety of specialized protoplasm,
other than germ plasm, constituting
the body; the protoplasm of a somatic cell
somatoplastic.adjective
scavenge,
scavenged,
scavenging,
scavenges.verbs
transitive verb use.to
take or gather something usable from discarded material (the cabal
regards you as worthy of discarding
and uses their depopulation agenda to justify the riddance of you by vaccinations
and other poisonings, while
they rob you blind with their
government policies, see
their book); to collect and remove refuse from (the oceans are scavened
by sharks, snails and many other scavengers); to search through for salvageable
material (scavenged the garbage cans for food scraps)
intransitive verb use.to
feed on dead or decaying matter; to search through refuse for useful material
sect.noun,.plural.sects
a
distinct
unit of people within a larger group, a section
(for example, the law societies, audiology,
religious cults and agencies
calling themselves associations, such
as health service agencies who, even in a country called free
on the surface, set up dictatorship
pockets and determine
policies all medical professionals must follow, even though all
to often policies are adverse to
advancing human health and threaten and/or intimidate
those averse to the 'party line' regarding
job loss if not following the dictates of the association; this is totalitarianism
and we can call them criminals);
compare
cult
sectarian.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.characteristic
of a sect; adhering or confined
to the dogmatic limits of a sect
or denomination;
partisan;
narrow minded; parochial
sectarian.noun,.plural.sectarians
a member of a sect; one characterized
by bigoted.adherence
to a factional viewpoint (partisan
politics)
sectarianism.noun,.plural.sectarianisms
snob.noun,.plural.snobs
one who overtly imitates,
obsequiously.admires
and offensively
seeks to associate
only with those one regarded
as being superior
to others and who tends
to rebuff
or ignore.altogether
those regarded as one's inferiors;
one who affects
an offensive air
of self-satisfied
superiority in matters
of taste or intellect
snobby.adjective
snobbish.adjective
of, befitting or resembling
a snob;
pretentious
snobbishly.adverb
snobbishness.noun
snobbery.noun,.plural.snobberies
snobbish behavior or an
instance of it
snobbism.noun
snobbery
sedition.noun,.plural.seditions
conduct or language inciting
rebellion against an authority, such as the laws of Creator-Father-God
(Matthew 22:36-40) being impugned;
insurrection
seditionist.noun,.plural.seditionists
seditious.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.having
the nature
of sedition;
insubordinate
seditiously.adverb
seditiousness.noun,.plural.seditiousnesses
Sufi.noun,.plural.Sufis.pronounced
soo fee
a Moslem.mystic
Sufi.adjective
of or relating to the Sufis, who were Islamic.mystics,
such as was Hafiz;
also, late in the life of the great Islamic poet Rumi
or possibly after his passing, his followers organized a Sufi sect
called Mawlawiyah or Mevlevi, known in the West as the whirling
or dancing, dervishes
Sufic.or.Sufistic.adjective
Sufism.noun
Islamic mysticism
swift, swifter,
swiftest.adjectives
moving or capable of moving with great speed;
fast; quick to act or react
swift, swiftly.adverbs
swiftly
swiftness.noun
swift.noun
a reel used to hold yarn as it is being wound
off; any of various small, dark, insect-eating birds of the family Apodidae,
related to the hummingbirds and noted for their long, strong wings and
swift flight; any of various small, fast-moving North American lizards
of the genera Sceloporus and Uta
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