~Sidewise~, _ad._ Laterally, sideways, sideling.
~Siege~, _n._ Investment.
~Siesta~, _n._ [Sp.] Nap (_after dinner_).
~Sieve~, _n._ Bolt.
~Sift~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bolt.
~2.~ Scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss,
examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into.
~Sigh~, _n._ Long breath.
~Sight~, _n._ ~1.~ Perception, view, ken, cognizance.
~2.~ Vision, sense of sight.
~3.~ Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.
~4.~ Inspection, examination.
~Sightless~, _a._ Blind, eyeless, unseeing.
~Sightly~, _a._ ~1.~ Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.
~2.~ Comely, handsome, beautiful.
~Sign~, _n._ ~1.~ Token, mark, note, indication, index, symptom,
manifestation, symbol, emblem.
~2.~ Signal, beacon.
~3.~ Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic,
auspice, foreboding, omen.
~Sign~, _v. a._ Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to.
~Signal~, _n._ Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.
~Signal~, _a._ Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted,
conspicuous.
~Signal-fire~, _n._ Beacon.
~Signalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.
~2.~ Make a signal to.
~3.~ Indicate by a signal.
~Signature~, _n._ ~1.~ Stamp, mark.
~2.~ Sign-manual.
~Signet~, _n._ Seal (_especially of a sovereign_).
~Significance~, _n._ ~1.~ Meaning, import, purport, sense.
~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.
~Significancy~, Meaning, import purport, sense.
~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.
~Significant~, _a._ ~1.~ Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant
with meaning.
~2.~ Important, weighty, momentous.
~Signification~, _n._ ~1.~ Expression.
~2.~ Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation.
~Signify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate,
indicate, purport.
~2.~ Express, declare, proclaim, make known.
~Signify~, _v. n._ Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.
~Sign-manual~, _n._ Signature.
~Silence~, _n._ ~1.~ Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.
~2.~ Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.
~3.~ Oblivion, obscurity.
~Silence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Still, hush, gag, stifle, muzzle, muffle, put
to silence.
~2.~ Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put an end to.
~Silence~, _interj._ Hush, whist, mum, soft, tush, chut, tut, be
still, be silent, hold your tongue.
~Silent~, _a._ ~1.~ Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.
~2.~ Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.
~3.~ Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.
~4.~ Dormant, not active.
~Silex~, _n._ Silica, silicic acid, pure quartz, pure flint, oxide of
silicon.
~Silica~, _n._ SILEX.
~Silicic acid~, SILEX.
~Silken~, _a._ Silky.
~Silk-weed~, _n._ Milk-weed, wild cotton.
~Silky~, _a._ Silken.
~Sill~, _n._ ~1.~ Lower piece of a frame (_as of a door or a window_).
~2.~ Ground-sill, ground-plate.
~Silly~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple,
weak, childish, inept.
~2.~ Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous,
nonsensical.
~Silt~, _n._ Sediment, deposit, alluvium.
~Silver~, _a._ ~1.~ Silvery, of silver.
~2.~ White, bright, of the color of silver.
~3.~ Soft and clear (_as sound_), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.
~Silvery~, _a._ SILVER.
~Similar~, _a._ Like, resembling.
~Similarity~, _n._ Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism,
analogy, correspondence, parity.
~Simile~, _n._ Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.
~Similitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.
~2.~ Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.
~Simmer~, _v. n._ Boil (_gently_), seethe, stew.
~Simmering~, _a._ Boiling, piping.
~Simoom~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.
~Simoon~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.
~Simper~, _v. n._ Smile (_affectedly_), smirk.
~Simper~, _n._ Smirk, affected smile.
~Simple~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed,
elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.
~2.~ Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.
~3.~ Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE,
frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple-
hearted, simple-minded.
~4.~ Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.
~Simple~, _n._ Medicinal plant.
~Simple-hearted~, _a._ Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.
~Simple-minded~, _a._ SIMPLE-HEARTED.
~Simplicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.
~2.~ Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.
~3.~ Silliness, folly, weakness.
~Simplify~, _v. a._ Make simple.
~Simply~, _ad._ ~1.~ Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.
~2.~ Merely, barely, solely, of itself.
~Simulate~, _v. a._ Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.
~Simulation~, _n._ Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT,
PRETENCE.
~Simultaneously~, _ad._ At the same time.
~Sin~, _n._ Offence (_against the divine law_), iniquity,
unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.
~Sin~, _v. n._ Trespass, do wrong.
~Sinapism~, _n._ Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.
~Since~, _conj._ Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that,
inasmuch as.
~Since~, _ad._ ~1.~ Ago, before this.
~2.~ From that time.
~Since~, _prep._ After, from the time of, subsequently to.
~Sincere~, _a._ ~1.~ True, real, unfeigned, genuine, unaffected,
unvarnished, not pretended.
~2.~ Honest, ingenuous, open, frank, candid, hearty, undissembling,
artless, guileless, single.
~Sincerity~, _n._ Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness,
artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.
~Sinciput~, _n._ (_Anat._) Bregma, top of the head.
~Sine qua non~, [L.] Necessity, necessary, requisite, essential,
indispensable thing, indispensable condition.
~Sinew~, _n._ Tendon.
~Sinewy~, _a._ Muscular, brawny, athletic, stalwart, strapping,
robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.
~Sinful~, _a._ Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong,
criminal, mischievous, bad.
~Sinfulness~, _n._ Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness,
criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.
~Sing~, _v. n._ Carol, chant, warble.
~Sing~, _v. a._ Carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.
~Singe~, _v. a._ Scorch, burn (_slightly_).
~Singer~, _n._ Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist,
minstrel.
~Single~, _a._ ~1.~ Sole, one only.
~2.~ Particular, individual, separate.
~3.~ Unmarried, unwedded.
~4.~ Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded.
~5.~ Alone, solitary, isolated.
~6.~ Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous.
~Single~, _v. a._ Choose, select, single out.
~Single-handed~, _a._ Alone, unaided, unassisted, by one's self.
~Singleness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unity, individuality.
~2.~ Purity, simplicity.
~3.~ Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness.
~4.~ Celibacy, single blessedness.
~Single life~, Celibacy, unmarried state.
~Single out~, Choose, select, single, pick.
~Single-tree~, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree.
~Singular~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncompounded, not complex.
~2.~ Unusual, uncommon, rare, unwonted, strange, odd, extraordinary,
eccentric, queer, BIZARRE, out of the way.
~3.~ Particular, peculiar, exceptional, unexampled, unparalleled,
remarkable.
~Singularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncommonness, rareness, rarity, strangeness,
oddness, abnormity, aberration, irregularity.
~2.~ Peculiarity, particularity, idiosyncrasy, individuality.
~3.~ Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.
~Sinister~, _a._ ~1.~ Left, on the left hand.
~2.~ Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous,
injurious.
~3.~ Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal.
~Sink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall (_gradually_), subside, descend, go down, go
to the bottom.
~2.~ Penetrate, enter.
~3.~ Be depressed, be overwhelmed.
~4.~ Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.
~Sink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf,
plunge, dip.
~2.~ Dig, excavate, scoop out.
~3.~ Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring
down, let down.
~4.~ Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.
~5.~ Suppress, conceal, keep close.
~6.~ Reduce.
~Sink~, _n._ Drain, sewer.
~Sinless~, _a._ Guileless, innocent, spotless, faultless, immaculate,
impeccable, unblemished, untarnished, undented, unsullied, pure.
~Sinlessness~, _n._ Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity,
impeccability.
~Sinner~, _n._ Offender, delinquent, criminal, wrong-doer, evil-doer,
wicked person, irreligious person.
~Sinologue~, _n._ Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese
literature.
~Sinuate~, _a._ SINUOUS.
~Sinuated~, _a._ SINUOUS.
~Sinuosity~, _n._ Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.
~Sinuous~, _a._ Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal,
sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.
~Sinus~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bay, recess.
~2.~ Fold, hollow, cavity.
~Sip~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sup.
~Sip~, _n._ Slight taste, small draught.
~Sire~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Father.
~2.~ Male parent (_of a beast_).
~Siren~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempter, seducer, Circe, bewitching or fascinating
woman.
~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Mud iguana.
~Siren~, _a._ Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.
~Siriasis~, _n._ [L.] [_Med._] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL,
stroke of the sun.
~Sirius~, _n._ Canicula, dog-star.
~Siskin~, _n._ Aberdevine (_Carduelis spinus_).
~Sit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be seated, have a seat.
~2.~ Perch (_as a bird_).
~3.~ Stay, rest, settle.
~4.~ Brood (_as fowls_), incubate.
~5.~ Fit, be adjusted.
~6.~ Hold a session.
~Site~, _n._ Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat,
station.
~Sitting~, _n._ Session.
~Situation~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, locality, station, location, site,
position, seat, ground, spot.
~2.~ Condition, state, plight, case, predicament, category,
circumstances.
~3.~ Post, station, office, BERTH, employment.
~Six-sided~, _a._ Hexahedral, cubic.
~Sixthly~, _ad._ In the sixth place.
~Sizable~, _a._ ~1.~ Of suitable size.
~2.~ Of considerable size.
~Size~, _n._ ~1.~ Bigness, greatness, magnitude, bulk, volume,
dimensions.
~2.~ Sizing, weak glue, glutinous substance.
~Sizing~, _n._ Size, weak glue.
~Skein~, _n._ Knot.
~Skeleton~, _n._ ~1.~ Framework.
~2.~ Sketch, outline, draught, rough draught.
~Skeptic~, n. [Written also _Sceptic_] ~1.~ Doubter, pyrrhonist.
~2.~ Deist, infidel, unbeliever, freethinker.
~Skeptical~, _a._ [Written also _Sceptical_.] Doubting, disbelieving,
incredulous.
~Skepticism~, _n._ [Written also _Scepticism_.] ~1.~ Doubt,
incredulity, Pyrrhonism.
~2.~ Unbelief, infidelity, free-thinking.
~Sketch~, _n._ Outline, drawing, delineation, plan, skeleton,
pencilling, plot, rough draft, first draft, design in outline.
~Sketch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw (_in outline_), chalk out, make a rough
draught of.
~2.~ Depict, delineate, represent, portray, paint, pencil, shadow forth.
~Sketchy~, _a._ Incomplete, unfinished, only in outline.
~Skilful~, _a._ [Written also _Skillful_.] Skilled, well-versed,
versed, conversant, proficient, learned, knowing, intelligent,
ingenious, competent, able, clever, qualified, practised, trained,
initiated, prepared, accomplished, expert, dexterous, adroit, apt,
handy, ready, quick, masterly, good at, master of, at home in, in
one's element.
~Skilfully~, _ad._ Ably, cleverly, well, in a skilful manner, SECUNDUM
ARTEM.
~Skilfulness~, _n._ SKILL, dexterity.
~Skill~, _n._ Skilfulness, dexterity, dexterousness, aptness,
adroitness, readiness, facility, expertness, cleverness, quickness,
knack, address, ingenuity, ability.
~Skilled~, _a._ SKILFUL.
~Skim~, _v. n._ Pass lightly or superficially.
~Skin~, _n._ ~1.~ Hide, pelt, derm, CUTIS.
~2.~ Husk, hull, peel, rind.
~Skin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Flay, excoriate.
~2.~ Peel, pare.
~3.~ Cover with a skin or crust.
~Skin-deep~, _a._ Superficial, slight.
~Skin-flint~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, scrimp, screw,
curmudgeon, lick-penny, sordid wretch.
~Skin-like~, _a._ Dermatoid.
~Skinny~, _a._ Lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled,
fallen away.
~Skip~, _v. n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.
~Skip~, _v. a._ Disregard, omit, neglect, miss, skip over, pass
without notice.
~Skip~, _n._ Leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER.
~Skip over~, Disregard, SKIP.
~Skipper~, _n._ ~1.~ Master (_of a small vessel_), captain.
~2.~ (_Ich._) Saury-pike (_Scomberesox saurus_).
~3.~ [_Ent._] Cheese maggot.
~Skirmish~, _n._ Fight (_of slight consequence_), battle, collision,
conflict, combat, brush, affair.
~Skirt~, _n._ ~1.~ Flap, loose part (_of a garment below the waist_).
~2.~ Petticoat.
~3.~ Edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part.
~Skirt~, _v. a._ Border, form the border or edge of.
~Skirting~, _n._ Skirting-board.
~Skirting-board~, _n._ Washboard, skirting, mop-board.
~Skittish~, _a._ Shy (_as a horse_), timid, timorous, easily frightened.
~Skittles~, _n. pl._ Ninepins.
~Skulk~, _v. n._ Lurk, hide, sneak, slink, lie hid.
~Skulker~, _n._ Lurker, shirk, sneak.
~Skull~, _n._ Cranium, brain-pan.
~Skunk-blackbird~, _n._ SKUNK-BIRD.
~Skunk-bird~, _n._ Bobolink, skunk-blackbird (_Emberiza oryzivora_).
~Skunk-cabbage~, _n._ Swamp-cabbage, (_Symplocarpus fœtidus_), skunk-
weed.
~Skunk-weed~, _n._ SKUNK-CABBAGE.
~Sky~, _n._ Firmament, heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.
~Sky-blue~, _a._ Cerulean, azure, sky-colored.
~Sky-color~, _n._ Azure, blue.
~Skyey~, _a._ Ethereal.
~Sky-lark~, _n._ Laverock (_Alauda arvensis_).
~Skylarking~, _n._ Frolicking, sporting, carousing.
~Slabber~, _v. a._ Slaver, slobber.
~Slabber~, _v. n._ Slaver, drivel.
~Slabber~, _n._ Slaver, slobber.
~Slabberer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slaverer.
~Slabby~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Viscous, sticky, glutinous, thick.
~2.~ Wet, slimy, muddy, sloppy.
~Slack~, _a._ ~1.~ Backward, remiss, careless, negligent.
~2.~ Slow, tardy, dilatory, lingering, not quick, not rapid.
~3.~ Loose, relaxed, not tight, not tense.
~Slack~, _v. n._ SLACKEN.
~Slack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ SLACKEN.
~2.~ Slake (_as lime_).
~Slacked-lime~, _n._ Hydrate of lime.
~Slacken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slack, abate, become less intense.
~2.~ Become loose or slack, be made less tight or tense.
~Slacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retard, slack, moderate, make slower.
~2.~ Loosen, relax, make less tight or tense, lessen the tension of.
~3.~ Lessen, diminish, abate.
~Slag~, _n._ Refuse, dross, recrement, cinders.
~Slake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quench, extinguish, allay.
~2.~ Slack (_as lime_).
~Slander~, _v. a._ Defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry,
reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel,
lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against.
~Slander~, _n._ Defamation (_maliciously uttered_), CALUMNY,
aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon.
~Slanderer~, _n._ Calumniator, backbiter, libeller, defamer, traducer,
maligner.
~Slanderous~, _a._ Calumnious, defamatory, libellous, false and
malicious.
~Slang~, _n._ Cant, low language, colloquial expression, inelegant
expression.
~Slant~, _a._ SLANTING.
~Slant~, _n._ Slope.
~Slant~, _v. n._ Slope, lean, incline.
~Slanting~, _a._ Inclining, sloping, oblique, slant.
~Slap~, _n._ Blow (_with something broad_), clap.
~Slap~, _ad._ With a slap.
~Slap~, _v. a._ Strike (_with something broad_), dab, pat.
~Slap-dash~, _ad._ [_Colloquial._] In a hurry, in a hurry-scurry,
without forethought, at hap hazard, at random.
~Slapjack~, _n._ Flapjack.
~Slash~, _v. a._ Slit.
~Slash~, _n._ Slit, long cut.
~Slashed~, _a._ ~1.~ Slit, cut.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Lancinate, multifid.
~Slattern~, _n._ Slut, drab, draggletail, slovenly woman.
~Slattern~, _a._ Sluttish, SLATTERNLY.
~Slatternly~, _a._ Sluttish, slovenly, slattern, untidy, uncleanly,
dirty.
~Slatternly~, _ad._ Sluttishly, negligently.
~Slaty~, _a._ Laminated, laminar, schistous, schistose.
~Slaughter~, _n._ Massacre, MURDER, carnage, bloodshed, butchery,
ASSASSINATION, MANSLAUGHTER.
~Slaughter~, _v. a._ Massacre, slay, kill, butcher, despatch, MURDER.
~Slaughterer~, _n._ Murderer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-
throat.
~Slave~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondsman, vassal, SERF, thrall, bond-servant.
~2.~ Drudge.
~Slave~, _v. n._ Drudge, toil, moil.
~Slaver~, _n._ Drivel, slabber, slobber.
~Slaver~, _v. n._ Slabber, slobber, drivel.
~Slaverer~, _n._ Idiot, driveller, slabberer.
~Slavery~, _n._ ~1.~ Bondage, servitude, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom,
inthralment, enslavement, captivity.
~2.~ Drudgery.
~Slavish~, _a._ ~1.~ Servile, low, mean, base, cringing, obsequious,
fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, sneaking, beggarly,
base-minded, low-minded.
~2.~ Drudging, laborious, menial.
~Slavonic~, _a._ Sclavonic.
~Slay~, _v. a._ Kill, slaughter, murder, massacre, destroy, despatch,
ASSASSINATE.
~Slayer~, _n._ Killer, murderer, SLAUGHTERER.
~Sleazy~, _a._ Thin, flimsy, weak.
~Sled~, _n._ SLEDGE.
~Sledge~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Sled.
~2.~ Sledge-hammer.
~Sledge-hammer~, _n._ Sledge.
~Sleek~, _a._ Smooth, glossy.
~Sleep~, _v. n._ SLUMBER, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop
asleep, take a nap, take a SIESTA.
~Sleep~, _n._ Slumber, repose, rest.
~Sleepiness~, _n._ Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to
sleep.
~Sleepless~, _a._ Wakeful, without sleep.
~Sleep-walker~, _n._ Somnambulist, night-walker, noctambulist.
~Sleep-walking~, _n._ Somnambulism.
~Sleepy~, _a._ Drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep.
~Sleight~, _n._ ~1.~ Sly artifice, artful trick.
~2.~ Adroitness, dexterity, manœuvring, dexterous management.
~Sleight of hand~, Legerdemain, hocus-pocus, jugglery.
~Slender~, _a._ ~1.~ Slim, thin, narrow, minute, CAPILLARY.
~2.~ Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy.
~3.~ Small, little, inconsiderable.
~4.~ Meagre, scanty, sparing, inadequate, pitiful, lean, lenten, not
ample, not enough.
~Slewed~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Drunk, fuddled, corned, tipsy, muddled,
intoxicated, inebriated, maudlin, NAPPY, TIGHT, high, GROGGY,
disguised, mellow, in liquor, HALF SEAS OVER, has had a drop too much,
THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND.
~Sley~, _n._ Weaver's reed.
~Slice~, _v. a._ Cut (_into thin pieces_).
~Slice~, _n._ Collop, chop, thin piece.
~Slide~, _v. n._ Glide, slip, move smoothly.
~Slide~, _n._ Glide, slip.
~Slight~, _a._ ~1.~ Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial,
petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little account.
~2.~ Weak, frail, feeble, fragile, flimsy, slender.
~3.~ Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty.
~Slight~, _n._ Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt,
scorn, disdain, indignity.
~Slight~, _v. a._ Neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise,
scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on.
~Slightly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Little, in a small degree.
~2.~ Weakly, feebly, slenderly.
~3.~ Cursorily, negligently, hastily, in a superficial manner.
~4.~ Scornfully, contemptuously, disrespectfully, slightingly.
~Slightingly~, _ad._ Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously,
slightly, with contempt, with scorn.
~Slim~, _a._ ~1.~ Slender, thin, narrow, lank, gaunt, meagre.
~2.~ Weak, slight, trivial, trifling, paltry, unsubstantial,
inconsiderable, poor.
~Slime~, _n._ Mud, ooze, mire.
~Slimy~, _a._ ~1.~ Miry, muddy, oozy.
~2.~ Ropy, clammy, viscous, viscid, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous,
gelatinous, mucous, SLABBY.
~Sling~, _v. a._ Throw, cast, hurl, fling.
~Sling up~, [_Colloquial._] Hang, suspend.
~Slink~, _v. n._ Sneak, skulk, steal away, slip away, slink away.
~Slink away~, SLINK.
~Slip~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glide, slide.
~2.~ Err, trip, mistake, fall into error, commit a fault.
~Slip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put stealthily, convey secretly.
~2.~ Throw off, disengage one's self from.
~3.~ Loose, loosen, let loose, let go, let slip.
~Slip~, _n._ ~1.~ Slide, glide, move smoothly.
~2.~ Error, mistake, fault, lapse, shortcoming, trip, oversight.
~3.~ Cutting, twig, shoot.
~4.~ Strip, long and narrow piece.
~Slip away~, ~1.~ Escape, glide away, slide away.
~2.~ Sneak, skulk, slink, steal away, slink away.
~Slip on~, Put on hastily.
~Slippery~, _a._ ~1.~ Smooth, glib.
~2.~ Unstable, uncertain, changeable, mutable, unsteady, shaky.
~3.~ Treacherous, perfidious, faithless, knavish, dishonest, false.
~Slipslop~, _a._ Washy, trashy, feeble, poor.
~Slit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut (_lengthwise_).
~2.~ Sunder, divide, rend.
~Slit~, _n._ Long cut.
~Slobber~, _v. a._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.
~Slobber~, _v. n._ Slabber, slaver, drivel.
~Sloe~, _n._ Black-thorn (_Prunus spinosa_).
~Slogan~, _n._ [_Scotland._] War-cry or gathering-word (_of a Highland
clan_).
~Slop~, _v. a._ Spill.
~Slope~, _n._ Inclination, acclivity or declivity.
~Slope~, _v. a._ Incline.
~Slope~, _v. n._ Incline, slant, take an oblique direction.
~Sloping~, _a._ Inclining, slanting, declivous, prone.
~Sloppy~, _a._ Plashy, splashy, muddy, SLABBY.
~Slosh~, _n._ Slush, sludge.
~Sloshy~, _a._ Slushy.
~Sloth~, _n._ Inactivity, inaction, laziness, indolence, idleness,
inertness, sluggishness, torpor, lumpishness, supineness, slothfulness.
~Slothful~, _a._ Lazy, idle, inert, sluggish, indolent, dronish,
inactive, lumpish, supine, torpid, slack.
~Slothfulness~, _n._ SLOTH.
~Slouch~, _n._ ~1.~ Lubber, clown, awkward fellow.
~2.~ Clownish gait.
~Slouching~, _a._ Awkward, uncouth, clownish, lubberly, loutish,
ungainly.
~Slough~, _n._ Quagmire, morass, bog, fen.
~Slough~, _n._ Crust, scab, ESCHAR.
~Sloughy~, _a._ Miry, boggy.
~Slovenly~, _a._ ~1.~ Untidy, unclean, dowdy, not neat.
~2.~ Disorderly, loose.
~3.~ Perfunctory, heedless, reckless, careless.
~Slow~, _a._ ~1.~ Moderate, deliberate, not swift, not rapid, not
speedy.
~2.~ Tardy, dilatory, late, inactive, sluggish.
~3.~ Dull, stupid, heavy, not alert, not prompt, not ready.
~Slow-back~, _n._ Idler, drone, sluggard, laggard, lounger, trifler,
dawdler, doodle, slug, inefficient person.
~Slows~, _n._ (_Med._) Milk-sickness.
~Slow-worm~, _n._ Blind-worm (_Anguis fragilis_).
~Sludge~, _n._ Slosh, slush.
~Slug~, _n._ ~1.~ Snail (_without a shell_).
~2.~ Drone, sluggard, idler, slow-back.
~Sluggard~, _n._ Drone, lounger, idler, trifler, laggard, doodle,
slug, slow-back.
~Sluggard~, _n._ SLUGGISH, lazy.
~Sluggish~, _a._ ~1.~ Inert, inactive, indolent, idle, lazy, slothful,
dronish, lumpish, supine, phlegmatic.
~2.~ Slow, not brisk.
~Sluggishness~, _n._ Phlegm, apathy, insensibility, dulness,
indifference, inertness, indolence, slothfulness, laziness,
supineness, torpor, sloth.
~Sluice~, _n._ Opening, vent.
~Sluice-gate~, _n._ Flood-gate.
~Slum~, _n._ Close (_in a city_), alley, lane, dark retreat, low
neighborhood.
~Slumber~, _v. n._ Sleep (_lightly_), doze, nap, snooze, lose one's
self, take a nap, take a SIESTA.
~Slumber~, _n._ Sleep (_not deep or profound_), repose, rest, doze,
nap, light sleep.
~Slumberous~, _a._ Soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific.
~Slump~, _v. n._ Sink (_as in walking on snow_).
~Slur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reproach, traduce, asperse, disparage, speak of
slightingly or disrespectfully.
~2.~ Disregard, slight, pass by, pass over, gloss over, slur over.
~Slur~, _n._ Reproach, stigma, stain, brand.
~Slush~, _n._ ~1.~ Slosh, sludge.
~2.~ (_Naut._) Grease, fat.