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Southwestern

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Souvenir

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Sovereign

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

Sovereignly

In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.

Sovereignty

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.

Sow

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Sowar

In India, a mounted soldier.

Sowbane

The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

Sowens

A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.

Sower

One who, or that which, sows.

Soya Soy

A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

Soybean

An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.

Soybean oil

an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; -- called also soya oil. It is also used in preparing the sauce called soy or soy sauce.

Soyned

Filled with care; anxious.

Sozzle

One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.

Spa

A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

Spaad

A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

Space

To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.

Space age

the time during which humans engaged in space exploration; -- generally considered as beginning on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union placed the first artificial satellite into orbit around the earth.

Space cadet

a person who appears disconnected from reality, or living in his own world; -- sometimes used of people who are under the influence of mind-altering drugs.

Space flight

the process or event in which vehicles travel into outer space.

space heater

a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel.

space probe

an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight.

space shuttle

a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used.

space sickness

a group of symptoms, prominently nausea, but sometimes including lethargy, headache, and sweating, occuring under the weightless conditions of space flight.

space station

a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.

Space suit

a protective suit covering the whole body, completely airtight and designed to withstand internal pressure, worn by astronauts to protect them from the vacuum and other hazards of outer space. It typically contains an air supply and other life-support equipment to allow functioning independent of any other equipment for a period of time while in space.

Space travel

the process of travelling in or into outer space.

Space walk

any activity by a human outside of the protective environment of a spacecraft while it is in outer space, requiring a space suit to protect the person from the vacuum and other hazards of space.

space-time

the four-dimensional coordinate system in which all physical objects of the known universe are located, and in which all physical events occur; it consists of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension; -- also called the space-time continuum.

spacecraft

a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine.

spaceport

a facility where vehicles are launched into space.

Spacious

Extending far and wide; vast in extent.

Spad

A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Spade

To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

Spadefish

An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

Spadefoot

Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

Spadeful

As much as a spade will hold or lift.

Spader

One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

Spadiceous

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.

Spadille

The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.

Spadix

A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

Spadroon

A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.

Spae

To foretell; to divine.

Spaghetti

A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.

Spagyrist

A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.

Spale

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

Spall

To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

Spalpeen

A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Spalt

To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.

Span

To be matched, as horses.

Spanaemia

A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

Spanaemic

Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.

Spancel

To tie or hobble with a spancel.

Spandex

An elastic textile material, used for clothing

Spandogs

A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

Spandrel

The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.

Spang

A spangle or shining ornament.

Spangle

To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.

Spangler

One who, or that which, spangles.

Spangly

Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.

Spaniard

A native or inhabitant of Spain.

Spank

To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.

spanking

Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.

spanner

One who, or that which, spans.

spanworm

The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankerworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.

spar

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

Spar

A contest at sparring or boxing.

Sparable

A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.

Sparada

A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

Sparble

To scatter; to disperse; to rout.

Spare

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

Sparely

In a spare manner; sparingly.

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