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Sisterly

Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

Sistine

Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

Sisyphean

Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.

Sisyphus

A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.

Sit

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Site

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

Sited

Having a site; situated.

Sitfast

A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

Sith

Since; afterwards; seeing that.

Sithe

To cut with a scythe; to scythe.

Sithen

Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.

Sitology

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.

Sitophobia

A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

Sitter

One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

Sittine

Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.

Sitting

The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

Situated Situate

Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

Situation

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

Situs

The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.

Siva

One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.

Sivan

The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.

Sivatherium

A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.

Six

The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

Six-shooter

A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.

Sixfold

Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.

Sixpence

An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Sixpenny

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

Sixscore

Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

Sixteen

The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

Sixteenth

The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

Sixth

The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

Sixtieth

The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

Sixty

The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Sixty-fourth

Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Sizable

Of considerable size or bulk.

Sizar

One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.

Sizarship

The position or standing of a sizar.

Size

To take greater size; to increase in size.

Sized

Adjusted according to size.

Siziness

The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

Sizing

The act of sorting with respect to size.

Sizy

Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.

Sizzle

A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.

Skag

An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

Skat

A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.

Skate

Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

Skatol

A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.

Skean

A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]

Skedaddle

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

Skee

A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.

Skeel

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Skeet

A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

Skeg

A sort of wild plum.

Skein

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

Skeletology

That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

Skeleton

Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Skeletonize

To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.

Skeletonizer

Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

Skelp

A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

Skelter

To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.

Skep

A coarse round farm basket.

Skeptic

One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

Skeptical Skeptic

Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.

Skepticism

An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

Skepticize

To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

Skerry

A rocky isle; an insulated rock.

Sketch

To make sketches, as of landscapes.

Sketchiness

The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

Sketchy

Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.

Skew

To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Skewbald

Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.

Ski

A long, flat, narrow runner made of wood, plastic or metal, curved upwards in front, having a fitting allowing it to be attached to the foot, and used for gliding or sliding over snow. Commonly used in the plural, to designate the pair.

Skid

To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

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