slingshot.noun,.plural.slingshots
a Y-shaped stick having an elastic strap attached to the prongs, used for slinging small stones
sling.noun,.plural.slings
a weapon consisting of a looped.strap in which a stone is whirled and then let fly, called a slingshot; a looped rope, strap or chain for supporting, cradling or hoisting something (a strap of a shoe that fits over the heel); a strap used to carry a backpack over the shoulders; a band.suspended from the neck to support an injured arm or hand; the act of hurling a missile
sling, slung (past tense.and.past participle of sling), slinging, slings.transitive verbs
to hurl with or as if with a sling; throw; to place or carry in a sling; to move by means of a sling by raising or lowering (sling cargo into a hold of a ship); to hang loosely or freely; let swing
slinger.noun,.plural.slingers

snout.noun,.plural.snouts
the projecting nose, jaws or anterior.facial.part of an animal's head; a similar.prolongation of the anterior portion of the head in certain insects, such as weevils; a spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection

shingle.noun,.plural.shingles
a thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building; a small signboard, as one indicating a professional office (the new doctor in town hung his shingle out on the door)
shingle, shingled, shingling, shingles.transitive verbs
to cover a roof or building with shingles
shingler.noun,.plural.shinglers

shingles.plural noun
shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist, apparently caused by the body trying to rid itself of toxins such as from vaccinations and/or poisoning from metals and 'foods' both produced with toxins and then sprayed with toxins

stool.noun,.plural.stools
a stool is a seat supported on legs or a pedestal but has no support for your arms or back; a backless and armless single seat; also, stools are the pieces of solid waste.matter that are passed out of a person's body through their bowels; a bowel movement; an evacuation; evacuated fecal matter
stool, stooled, stooling, stools.intransitive verbs
to defecate

stadium.noun,.plural.stadiums
a stadium is a large sports ground with rows of seats all round it (a baseball stadium; a football stadium)

shutter.noun,.plural.shutters
each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light; one that shuts, a shutter; a mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film, thus forming a picture
shutter, shuttered, shuttering, shutters.transitive verbs
to furnish with shutters (locked the doors and shuttered the windows); to cause to cease operations; close down (shuttered the store for the holiday) 
Music: the movable louvers on a pipe organ, controlled by pedals, that open and close the swell (sound) box

shut, shutting, shuts.verbs
transitive verb use.to move a door or lid for example, so as to block passage through an opening; to block entrance to or exit from; close; to cause to stop operating (shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation)
intransitive verb use.to move or become moved so as to block passage; close (a door that shuts by itself); to stop operating (the electricity shuts off at midnight)
shut.noun
the act or time of shutting (did you shut the door?)
shut off.phrasal verb
to stop the flow or passage of; cut off (shut off the hot water by closing a valve); to close off; isolate (shut off the toilet water until the leak is fixed)
shut up.phrasal verb
to cause someone to stop speaking; silence; to stop speaking (it was a long meeting and finally the speaker decided to shut up)
shut one's eyes to.idiom
to refuse to consider or acknowledge (administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive.corruption)

skirmish.noun,.plural.skirmishes
a minor or preliminary.conflict or dispute (a skirmish over the rules before the debate began)
skirmish, skirmished, skirmishing, skirmishes.intransitive verbs
to engage in a minor dispute
skirmisher.noun,.plural.skirmishers

scrimmage.noun,.plural.scrimmages
in football, the contest.between two teams from the time the ball is snapped until it is declared dead, meaning it is out of play until a referee allows it to again be used in play; in sports, a practice.session or informal game, as between two units made up of the same team; a tussle; a skirmish
scrimmage, scrimmaged, scrimmaging, scrimmages.intransitive verbs
to engage in a scrimmage
line of scrimmage.noun
a line in North American football where the ball is placed at the beginning of a period of play

J. D. Salinger
wrote the book.The Catcher In The Rye, published in 1951. The influential and widely acclaimed story details the two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he searches for truth and rails against the phoniness of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally ill, in a psychiatrist's office. The events in the book are related after his recovery. Major critical and popular recognition came with the publication of.The Catcher in the Rye, whose central character, a sensitive, rebellious adolescent, relates in authentic teenage idiom his flight from the phony adult world and his search for innocence and truth. The humor and colourful language of the book place it in the tradition of Mark Twain's.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

saline.adjective
of, relating.to.or.containing salt; salty
saline.noun,.plural.salines
a saline solution
salinize, salinized, salinizing, salinizes.transitive verbs
to treat with salt
salinization.noun,.plural.salinizations
salinity.noun,.plural.salinities
different salts have varying.compositions of minerals

scent.noun,.plural.scents
a distinctive, often.agreeable.odor; fragrance; smell; a perfume; an odor left by the passing by of an animal; the sense of smell (a bear's keen scent; chemically scented candles and incense are nauseous to many people)
scent, scented, scenting, scents.verbs
transitive verb use.to perceive or identify by the sense of smell (dogs scenting the smells in their territory); to fill with a pleasant odor; perfume (when blossoms scent the air)
intransitive verb use.to hunt prey by means of the sense of smell
scentless.adjective

sweat, sweated.or.sweat, sweating, sweats.verbs
intransitive verb use.to excrete.perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire; to exude in droplets, as moisture from certain cheeses or sap from a tree; to fret or worry
transitive verb use.to excrete moisture through a porous surface, such as the skin; to gather and condense moisture on a surface; to cause to perspire, as by heat or strenuous exercise
sweat.noun,.plural.sweats
the colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration; condensation of moisture in the form of droplets on a surface; the process of sweating
no sweat.idiom
easily done or handled

scoop.noun,.plural.scoops
a scoop is a round deep spoon for serving food, for example ice cream or mashed potato (a flour scoop); the amount that such a utensil can hold; a thick handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food; a portion of food gathered with this utensil; a ladle; a dipper; the bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe; an exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative to be presented before a competitor can
scoop, scooped, scooping, scoops.transitive verbs
to take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop; to hollow out by digging
scooper.noun,.plural.scoopers
scoopful.noun,.plural.scoopfuls

scour, scoured, scouring, scours.verbs
transitive verb use.to clean, polish or wash by scrubbing vigorously (scour a dirty oven; scour grease from a pan); offscouring
intransitive verb use.to scrub something in order to clean or polish it
scour.noun,.plural.scours
a scouring action or effect
scourer.noun,.plural.scourers

scour, scoured, scouring, scours.verbs
transitive verb use.to search through or over thoroughly (they scoured the area along the beach to find the keys she had dropped)
intransitive verb use.to range over or about an area, especially in a search
scourer.noun,.plural.scourers