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Snary

Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Snast

The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle.

Snatch

A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Snatcher

One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Snath

The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Sneak

A mean, sneaking fellow.

Sneak-cup

One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.

Sneaking

Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

Sneap

A reprimand; a rebuke.

Sneb

To reprimand; to sneap.

Sned

To lop; to snathe.

Sneer

The act of sneering.

Sneeze

A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

Sneezeweed

A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

Sneezewood

The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

Sneezewort

A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.

Sneezing

The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

Snell

A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.

Snet

The clear of mucus; to blow.

Snew

To snow; to abound.

Snib

A reprimand; a snub.

Snicker

A half suppressed, broken laugh.

Snide

Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.

Snider Snider rifle

A breech-loading rifle formerly used in the British service; -- so called from the inventor.

Sniff

The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.

Sniffing

A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

Sniffle

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

Sniggle

To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.

Snip

A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.

Snipe

To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.

Snipebill

A plane for cutting deep grooves in moldings.

Snipefish

The bellows fish. A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

Snite

To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle.

Snivel

Mucus from the nose; snot.

Sniveler

One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.

Snively

Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.

Snob

A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

Snobbery

The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.

Snobbish

Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious.

Snobbishness

Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

Snod

Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.

Snoff

A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.

Snood

To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.

Snook

A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. The cobia. The garfish.

Snooze

To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.

Snore

A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.

Snoring

The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.

Snort

To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.

Snot

To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.

Snotter

A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.

Snotty

Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.

Snout

To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Snouty

Resembling a beast's snout.

Snow

To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.

Snow-blind

Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.

Snow-broth

Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.

Snow-capped

Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.

Snowberry

A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.

Snowbird

An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn. Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. The fieldfare.

Snowcap

A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.

Snowdrop

A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.

Snowflake

A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

Snowl

The hooded merganser.

Snowplough Snowplow

An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

Snowshed

A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

Snowshoe

A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Snowshoer

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.

Snowslip

A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.

Snub

A knot; a protuberance; a song.

Snub-nosed

Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.

Snudge

A miser; a sneaking fellow.

Snuff

The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

Snuffbox

A small box for carrying snuff about the person.

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