a laminate of two or more sheets of glass with a sheet of plastic between each sheet
glass that has been tempered to break into rounded grains rather than sharp shards
glass reinforced with wire netting

Sally

proper noun

(given name, female, ), pet form of Sarah
nickname for the Salvation Army

sand

noun

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see w:Grain_size, grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. Sand may be blown around by the wind; gravel is too heavy, and silt (on beaches) does not usually have time to dry out between tides.
(often in plural sands) a beach or other expanse of sand.
(obsolete) Personal courage (used before or around 1920s)
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

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adjective (no (compar) or (superl))

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

sander

noun (wikipedia, sander, sander (machine))

A person employed to sand wood.
A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
A device which spreads sand in snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
(archaic)Previously a small device resembling a saltshaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

sandpaper

noun

A strong paper coated with sand or other abrasive material for smoothing and polishing.

verb

(transitive) To polish or grind (a surface) with or as if with .

SAW

initialism (wikipedia, Peace be upon him)

sallalahu aleyhi wasallam - Peace be upon him

category:Islam

sawbuck

noun

a framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse
(slang) a ten-dollar bill

sawdust

noun

Collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

sawhorse

noun

A device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material (for example, timber), especially during cutting with a saw or similar device.

sawmill

noun

A machine, building or companyused for cutting (milling) lumber.

He brought his portable and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.

The old still ahs its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.

The sells lumber to carpenters and sawdust to gardeners.

scab

noun

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
(colloquial or obsolete) The scabies.
The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.

1882: Scab was the terror of the sheep farmer, and the peril of his calling. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 306.
1. Several different diseases of potato, potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by Streptomyces -bacteria.
2. Short form for common scab, a relatively harmless variety of caused by Streptomyces scabies.
3. (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
4. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
5. (slang) A worker who works for less than the rate fixed by the trade union.
6. (slang) A strikebreaker.
7. (botany) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus disease, diseases attacking cultivated plants, and forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

verb (scabs, scabbing, scabbed, scabbed)

(intransitive) To get covered by a scab.
(intransitive) To act as strikebreaker.
(transitive) (Australian slang) To beg (for), cadge, bum

I scabbed some money off a friend.

scabrous

adjective

covered with scales or scab, scabs, or otherwise extremely rough

After the incident with the gasoline, Noel's burnt arm remained , and was susceptible to infections.

having indecent sexual content or connotation, i.e. "rough"

The novel was a flagrantly bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.

scaffold

noun

A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

verb

(transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

scaffolding

noun

A temporary modular system of metal tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. The framework may also be made of bamboo or wood.

scaling ladder

noun

A ladder for the purpose of scale
Etymology 1, scaling the walls of a besieged fortification.

scantling

noun

a small, upright timber used in construction
(especially, in plural) The dimension of a piece of timber used in construction (especially of a ship)

scoop

noun

Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually including a handle used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

''She kept a in the dog food

The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

Use one of coffee for each pot.

I'll have one of chocolate ice-cream

A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.

He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.

(automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.

Scotch

proper noun (es, -)

(as a plural noun) The people of Scotland (less correct than Scots or Scottish).
The Scottish dialect of English.
(uncountable) Whisky made in Scotland
(countable) Any variety of Scotch.
(countable) A glass of Scotch.

adjective

Of or from Scotland.

scraper

noun

An instrument with which anything is scraped.
An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.
An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.
One who scrapes.
One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

screen

noun

A physical divider intended to block an area from view.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.

- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, "Problems":
- : You won't find me living for the
  1. The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
  2. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
  3. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
  Jones caught the foul up against the .

verb

To filter by passing through a screen.

Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing

The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.

(context, film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.

To fit with a screen.

We need to this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

screwdriver

noun

A hand or machine tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.
A drink made of vodka and orange juice.

screwed

verb

participle of screw

adjective

In a lot of trouble
(vulgar, slang) To become shagged or fucked

They found out about our betrayal, so now we're .

scribe

noun

One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching.

verb (scrib, ing)

To write, or to record.
To write or draw with a scribe.

scupper

noun

A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

verb

thwart, destroy

Quotations

"We can't allow US tantrums to global justice" http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,747744,00.html

This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

scutch

noun

An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them

verb (scutch, es)

to beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibers from flax stalks

2005: "Scutching": the title of subsection 32.10.3 in section 32.10 "PROCESSING FIBER FLAX" " John Martin, Warren Leonard, David Stamp, Richard Waldren, Principles of Field Crop Production (4th Edition)

1976: His prey was more often the over-scutched huswives, the threepenny whores with well-whipped backs, both from the beadle and their own hot-blooded clients. " Robert Nye, Falstaff =

season

noun (plural seasons)

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
A part of a year when something particular happens: mating season, rainy season, football season.
(Obsolete) that which gives relish

You lack the season of all natures, sleep. w:Shakespeare, Shakespeare

(cricket) the period over which a series of test matches are played

selvage

noun

The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
The border on a sheet of postage stamps.

Set

proper noun (also Seth)

An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.

setback

noun

An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.

After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.
The required distance between a structure and a road.
(possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
A backset; a check; a repulse; a ; a relapse. (webster)

sett

noun (plural setts)

The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
A small. square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.

shackle

noun

A restraint fit over an appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain.
A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.

verb (shackling, shackled, shackled)

To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.
By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something.

This law would effectively its opposition.

shaft

noun

the long narrow body of a spear or arrow
a beam or ray of light
any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive shaft of an engine
the main axis of a feather
(lacrosse) the long narrow body of a lacrosse stick
a long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc
a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator
a ventilation or heating conduit
a malicious act, as in "to give someone the shaft"

shake

noun

The act of shaking something.

The cat gave the mouse a .

A milkshake.
Ground-up marijuana.

verb (shakes, shaking, shook, shaken)

(transitive) (ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly from side to side.

The earthquake shook the building.

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

Her father's death shook her terribly.

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something)

I can't the feeling that I forgot something.

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

She shook with grief.

(intransitive) To shake hands.

OK, let's on it.

shank

noun

The lower part of the leg; shin.
meat, Meat from that part of an animal.
A straight, narrow part of an object; shaft; stem
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached
(sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon
(slang) Bad.

verb

(archaic) To travel on foot
(slang) To stab

adjective

bad, Bad.

shear

noun

a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing

(physics) a force that produces a shearing strain

verb (shears, shearing, sheared or shore, shorn or sheared)

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- : So trenchant was the Templar"s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
  1. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping
- (physics) To deform because of shearing forces

sheathe

verb (sheathes, sheathing, sheathed, sheathed)

To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath
To encase something with a protective covering

shell

noun

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal:

- The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
- A pod.
- The hard covering of an egg.
- The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
- The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  1. Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
  2. (plural: ) An artillery projectile or charge case:
- A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuze or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
- The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  1. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
  2. (garment) A top, usually worn by women, with short or no sleeves that fastens, if it does, in the rear.
  3. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
  4. (music) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
  5. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  6. The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
  7. (nautical) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  8. A drum shell; the usually wooden, cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and attaching drum heads.
  9. (computing) A general-purpose environment, usually CLI, command-line-oriented, within which other commands are invoked and their interactions controlled.
  10. (context, chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.

verb

To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
To bombard, to fire projectiles at.
(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

shim

noun

A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
1. a wedge or washer inserted into gaps in machinery to help with fitting or alignment

shingle

noun

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).

verb (shingl, ing)

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

shoe

noun

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boot, boots, which do.

- Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
  1. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
- Throw the from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
  1. Something resembling a shoe by function, like a brake shoe.
- Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.

verb (shoes, shoeing, shod)

To equip an object with a protection against wear.

- The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.
  1. To put horseshoes on a horse.

shoot

noun

The bud of a plant.
A photography session.
(professional wrestling slang) In professional wrestling, an event that is unscripted or legitimate.

verb (shoots, shooting, shot, shot, or rarely shotten)

To fire one or more shots.

The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.

To hit with a shot.

He was shot by a police officer.

To move very quickly and suddenly.

After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.

To photograph.
To blame a messenger for the contents of the message.

Please don't the messenger.

(professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, to deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed-to script).
(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
(sports) To make the stated score.

In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.

shop

noun

An establishment that sells goods to the public.
A place where things are crafted, a workshop.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Short for wood shop, a class taught typically in junior high school, teaching vocational skill. Also metal shop could be shortened this way

verb (shops, shopping, shopped)

(intransitive) To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something (I went shopping; he"s shopping for clothes).
(transitive) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of (a suspect) to the police.
(context, transitive, Internet) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

siding

noun

The material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding.

(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).

verb

(present participle of, side)

Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help with one party or the other.

sill

noun

(also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill.

A horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame.
A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.

skew

verb

(transitive) To change or alter in a particular direction.

A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.

adjective

(mathematics) Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).

skid

noun

An out of control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
A ski shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.

skim

verb (skim, m, ed)

To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)
To ricochet
To read quickly, skipping some detail
(transitive) to scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

adjective

(context, of milk) having lowered fat content

skylight

noun

A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
wikipedia:Diffuse sky radiation, Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere

slab

noun

A large, flat shaped piece of material such as stone, concrete, clay, butter etc..
A paving stone, flagstone
(computing) the equivalent to a 12-bit byte in some computers
(Australian) a box containing twenty-four 375 ml aluminium cans of beer
(Slang) full-size luxury pre-1980 GM vehicles, primarily Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac

sleeper

noun

(countable) Someone who sleeps.
(countable) A saboteur or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
(countable) A railroad sleeping car.
(countable)(context, rail transport, UK) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
1. Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
2. (countable) A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae. Also "sleeper goby."
3. (clothing) A type of pajamas, pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers its whole body, including their feet.
Aaron, Devin, Ryan H., Cody, Ryan O., Wade, Lisa and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.
1. A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joist, joists beneath and floorboard, floorboards above.

Slick

proper noun

A term of address, generally applied to males, possibly including strangers, implying that the person addressed is slick in the sense of "sophisticated", but often used sarcastically.

That was a great move locking your keys in the car, Slick.

Don't you look good tonight, Slick!

slump

noun

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

verb (slumps, slumping, slumped)

(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
(intransitive) To slouch or droop.
(intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

slush

noun (slushes)

Half-melted snow

As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but left on the piste.

(plural slushes) flavored shaved ice

smooth

adjective (smoother, smoothest)

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 229e.
- : Teaching that's done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother.
  1. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
  We hope for a transition to the new system.

snap

noun

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
A sudden break.
An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
The act of hitting a middle or ring finger against the palm after a quick frictive movement between the thumb and that finger.
A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot)
The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
A thin circular cookie or similar good:

a ginger

Brisk, cold weather that passes quickly.

a cold snap

Something accomplished with quickly or with little or no effort.

It'll be a to get that finished.

a very short period of time

I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a .

Phaseolus vulgaris; a snap bean.
The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
Common name for a scrapbooking embellishment, more properly termed a rivet.
Yorkshire: food in general or a packed meal in particular.
A card game, primarily for children (see w:snap (game), snap (game))

verb (snap, p, ing)

(intransitive) To break apart suddenly or at once.
(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
(intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

She really should take a break before she snaps.

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
(transitive) To snatch with or like with the teeth.
(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound.
(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, such as a fastener.
(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
(transitive) To snap one's fingers. To make a sound using the middle finger and thumb.
(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
(transitive) To take a photograph; to photograph.

He snapped a picture of me with my mouth open and my eyes closed.

(transitive) To pass the ball from the center to a back, to hike the ball.

sneck

noun

(context, Northern England) A latch or catch.
(context, Northern England) The nose.
A cut.

verb

(transitive) To latch, to lock.
(transitive) To cut.

snip

noun

The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
A low price, a bargain

That wholesale lot on eBay was a at $10

A small amount of something; a pinch.

the snip

A euphemism for a vasectomy

verb (snipp, ing)

To gently cut off with short sharp actions (usually with scissors).

I don't want you to take much hair off, just snip my mullet off.

snout

noun

The long, projecting nose, mouth and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

''The pig rooted around in the dirt with its

The nose of a man, (in contempt).

His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent .

The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

If you place the right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.

The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.

verb to snout

To furnish with a nozzle or point.

soil pipe

noun

A pipe that carries off liquid wastes from a toilet

soldier

noun

A member of an army, of any rank.
A guardsman.
A member of the Salvation Army.
A piece of butter, buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
A term of affection for a young boy.

verb

To continue.
To be a soldier.

sounding board

noun

A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound
(context, by extension) Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view
A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability

space heating

noun

Heating of rooms within buildings.

- 1973: US Congress: House Committee on Science and Astronautics: Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Energy Research and Development and Space Technology: Hearings Before the Subcommittee - The use of fossil fuel resources for electric space heating has been questioned.
- 2003: Anthony R Day et al, Heating Systems: Plant and Control - In many regions of the world buildings will require systems to make them habitable.
- 2004: Mat Santamouris, Energy Rating Of Residential Buildings: A Practical Guide for Energy Rating and Efficiency - The energy required for is heat that is delivered from heating units to the heated space during the heating season.

spade

noun

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
One of the black suits in a deck of cards, represented by a symbol similar to the garden tool, or â� .
(offensive) A black person.

spall

noun

a splinter or fragment

verb

(transitive) to break into fragments

spanner

noun (wikipedia, spanner, spanner (hand tool))

A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

Pass me that , Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.

(Weapon) A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.

Quotations

1786, Fig. 10. The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi.
1. (idiom) (UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome

Half way through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a in the works.

(context, UK, mildly, derogatory) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.

You , Rodney! I wanted a Chinese, not an Indian!

spigot

noun

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

spike

noun

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
An ear of grain.
(context, botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
A sharp peak in a graph.
(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(context, zoology) An adolescent male deer.

verb (spik, ing)

To put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(military) To hammer an iron spike into the touch hole so as to render a gun unusable.

He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer"s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun. " w:Frederick Marryat, Frederick Marryat, "Peter Simple", 1834

(journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.

- October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.
- :Instead, the "Beaver" declared he would the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.

spile

noun

A spigot or plug.
A spout inserted in a tree to draw off sap.
A bollard. Spile is the word most frequently used on the Great Lakes to indicate a bollard.

spline

noun (plural splines)

A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
(context, mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.

Split

proper noun

A port of Croatia.

spoke

noun

pieces going between the axle and the round outside, or rim, of a wheel

verb

(simple past of, speak)

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sprig

noun

A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.

a of laurel or of parsley
A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
A brad, or nail without a head.
A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

sprinkler

noun

Anything that sprinkles.
An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
A fire sprinkler; a heat actived fire extinguisher.

sprocket

noun

(usually plural): A tooth of gear.

spud

noun

A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
(italbrac, Commonwealth slang) potato
A hole in a sock.

verb (spud, d, ing)

To begin drilling an oil well.

square

noun

(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.

I took refuge in the form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.—q:Kazimir Malevich, Kazimir Malevich

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

There are so many uses for the , in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications.

An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town . q:NewsRadio, NewsRadio?

Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape.

You may not move a piece to a already occupied by one of your own pieces.

(mathematics) The second power of a number, value, term or expression.

64 is the of 8.

(slang) A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s

Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a !

The symbol

on a telephone; hash.

Enter your account number followed by a .

(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time.

An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket , measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.

(context, real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the ... — w:Macquarie Bank, Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm

2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php

verb (squar, ing)

(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.
To resolve.

John can this question up for us.

These results just don't .

(context, transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

adjective (squarer, squarest)

Shaped like a square (the polygon).
At right angles to.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

square metre

square mile

(slang) Socially conventional; boring.
(cricket) in line with the batsman's popping crease.

stack

noun

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.

A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
A smokestack.
(computing) A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
(computing) A portion of memory in a computer occupied by a data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
(geology) Coastal landform. A large vertical column of rock in the sea.
(context, library) Compactly spaced bookshelf, bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
(figurative) A large amount of an object.
(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
(architecture) A vertical drain pipe.

verb

To place one or more objects or material in the form of a stack or on an existing stack.

Please stack those chairs in the corner.

(card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

This is the third hand in a row you've drawn a four-of-a-kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

(poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

staff

noun (pl. staffs or staves)

(plural: staffs or staves) a long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
(plural: staves) a series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
(plural: ) the employees of a business. (e.g. The company employed 10 new staff this month.)

verb

(transitive) to supply (a business) with employees

stair

noun

A series of steps; a staircase.

staircase

noun

a flight of stairs; a stairway
a connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell

stairway

noun

a set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably.

stairwell

noun

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

stake

noun

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.

A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --w:Dryden., Dryden

A piece of wood driven in the ground used in the game of croquet. The stake, often referred to as the peg, is placed in the middle of the court and is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.

A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from fall off, falling off.
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
(Mormon) A territorial division.

Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men. — Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

verb (stak, ing)

(transitive) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
(transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
(transitive) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.

I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. --Pope.

(context, transitive, poker) To provide another with money in order to play.

John went broke, so in order to play Jill had to stake him

stanchion

noun

A vertical pole, post, or support.
A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

verb

To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

staple

noun

A basic or essential supply.
A basic food.

- Rice is a in the diet of many cultures.

verb (stapl, ing)

(transitive) To secure with a staple.

stave

noun

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

verb (staves, staving, stove or staved)

(transitive) To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Often with in.
(transitive) To push, as with a staff. With off.
(transitive) To delay by force; to drive away. Often with off.
(intransitive) To burst in pieces by strike, striking against something.

stay

noun

A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

The governor granted a of execution.

A rope or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole or a mast, or other structural element.

The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.

A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

Where are the stays for my collar?

A period of time spent in a place.

I hope you enjoyed your in Hawaii.

verb

(intransitive) To remain in a particular place.

We stayed in Hawaii for a week.

I can only for an hour.

(intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality.

Wear gloves so your hands warm.

(transitive) To postpone.

The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.

stepladder

noun

a portable ladder consisting of a hinged frame with a small platform at the top

stilt

noun

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.

stock

noun

A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

We have a stock of televisions on hand.

A supply of anything ready for use.

Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
Farm animals (short form of livestock)
(also rolling stock) Railroad cars.
(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
The axle into which the rudder is attached (rudder stock); it transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
(uncountable) Broth made from meat or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
The type of paper used in printing.

The books were printed on a heavier this year.

A wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.

verb

To have on hand for sale.

The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

adjective

Normally available for purchase.

stock items

stock sizes

Straightforward, plain, very basic

That band is quite stock

He gave me a stock answer

stone

noun (countable and uncountable; plural stones except as shown below)

(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
A small piece of stone.
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
(plural: ) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc.

1882: Generally, however, the or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen tods. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England Volume 4, p. 209.
1. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

a peach

(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

kidney

A piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
(colour) A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

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1. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which are bowled down the ice.

verb (ston, ing)

(transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
(transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
(intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
(context, transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

adjective

Constructed of stone.

walls

Having the appearance of stone.

pot

(colour) Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Complete, absolute, of the highest degree.

free

adverb

As a stone (used with following adjective).

My father is deaf. This soup is cold.

(slang) absolutely, Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).

I went crazy after she left.

stool

noun

A seat for one person without a back or armrest.
A footstool.
feces, Feces; excrement.

- 'Usage notes: 'The word stool is preferred to fí¦ces and excrement in medical use.
  1. (archaic) A decoy.

stoop

noun

A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance.

The workers made a in front of the door.

verb

To bend one's self, or one's head, forward and downward.

He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Can you believe that a salesman would so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

stopcock

noun

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, on outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.

storm door

noun

A door normally leading to a cellar or a basement, for protection from a tornado or a violent storm

storm window

noun

A detachable second window attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside.

stovepipe

noun

Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.

straightedge

noun

A tool which is flat, rectangular and commonly made of wood, metal or plastic and is used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.

adjective

Living one's life against/without the use of alcohol, smoking, and illegal drugs.

stretcher

noun

A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).

strike

noun

(baseball) a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or having a pitch pass over home plate at a height between a batter's shoulders and knees, or hitting a ball into foul territory without being caught
(bowling) the act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame
a work stoppage
a blow or application of physical force against something
(finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

Quotations

1882: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the for the bushel. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207.
1. (cricket) the status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at

verb (strikes, striking, struck, struck or stricken)

To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

Please the last sentence.

To hit.

Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.

To stop working to achieve better working conditions.

The workers struck for a week before the new contract went through.

(obsolete) To surrender (strike one's colors)
To impress, seem or appear.

Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.

To manufacture, as by stamping.

''We will a medal in your honour

(nautical) To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo etc
(nautical) To capitulate: to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.

stringer

noun

Someone who threads something.
Someone who leads someone along.
A horizontal timber that supports upright posts.
A local freelance reporter for a national or regional newspaper.
(surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.

Line up the 1/2 template with the (or draw a center line) — Stephen Pirsch http://www.surfersteve.com/shaping.htm

(baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning a hard-hit ball.
(fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loop, loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.

Janice pulled the bluegill out of the water and added it to her .

stub

noun

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

check stub, ticket stub, payment stub

(computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN8120324455&id=K6BloOqIssQC&pg=RA29-PA8-IA9&lpg=RA29-PA8-IA9&dq=stub+procedure+-remote&sig=_Bm9HlXBRIsDwwCy0tqUOcXomL4, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN185233570X&id=t4ZkqmbLHMMC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=stub+procedure+-remote&sig=SZtMm8JhyE9HUVlKbp-U_TG2-hY, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0763707929&id=X_VlpfGoQRgC&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=stub+procedure+-remote&sig=oppYeiiRBcoPAkpkxZcbpcyaXIA).

- 1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
- :Even though the is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.
  1. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0387238395&id=_pYyEgj0fX8C&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=stub+procedure&sig=1xdBGyhc6WYeJtLNWrzzGF0jRXo, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN3540419454&id=mH4MFwHDRB4C&pg=PA716&lpg=PA716&dq=stub+procedure&sig=r3IGw__iPlskg9HCllA6I4lqX-M, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0849312728&id=Gc886KgsdcsC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=stub+procedure&sig=x-txczr_KTmgepfZBsxPHy7Vncw)
- 2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
- :After this, the server calls the actual procedure on the server.
- (context, wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

verb (stub, b, ing)

To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.

stucco

noun (pl=stuccoes, pl2=stuccos)

A plaster that is used to coat interior or exterior walls, or used for mouldings.

verb (stuccoes or stuccos, stuccoing, stuccoed)

(transitive) To coat or decorate with stucco.

stud

noun

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
herd or group of such male animals, kept primarily for breeding
place (e.g. ranch) which keeps such animal(s)
(colloquial) A sexually attractive man; also a lover in great demand.

substructure

noun

The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
The earth or gravel that railway sleepers are embedded in.

sump

noun

A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
The lowest part of a mine shaft into which water drains.
(automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
(nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulation, circulating or drainage system. (FM 55-501)

swipe

noun

(countable) a quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep
(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(countable, informal) a rough guess; an estimate or swag

Take a at the answer, even if you're not sure.

(uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.

verb (swip, ing)

(transitive) To steal or snatch.

Hey! Who swiped my lunch?

(transitive) To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.

He swiped his card at the door.

(intransitive) to grab or bat quickly

The cat swiped at the shoelace.

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