| scanner |
|
noun
- Something or somebody which scans.
- He put the picture in the , then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
| | | 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
- The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
- (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- (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.
| | sensitive |
|
adjective
- responsive, Responsive to stimuli.
- Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
- My friend Max is very , he cried today because of the bad news.
- Accurate (instrument)
| | sensitize |
|
verb (sensitizes, sensitizing, sensitized)
- To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
- Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.
| | sensitometer |
|
noun - (photography) An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of photographic film to light
| | separation |
|
noun
- The act of separating or the condition of being separated
- The place at which a division occurs
- An interval, gap or space that separates things
- An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce
| | sepia |
|
noun
- (archaic) The cuttlefish.
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
- (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown color, colour.
- <table><tr><td>sepia colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 3B3121" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
- A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
adjective
- (colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
| | setup |
|
noun
- equipment, Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- The laboratory included an elaborate for measuring the energy.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- The classroom was simple and efficient.
- An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.
- Trust me, that was a !
- A computer software utility designed to install the necessary components and perform configuration necessary for a new software application. Also used as an adjective: e.g. "setup program".
- After inserting the disk, run the .
| | sheet |
|
noun
- A thin cloth covering for a bed.
- Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
- A single rectangular piece of paper.
- Can I have a of paper?
- A flat metal pan used for baking.
- Place the rolls on the cookie , edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
- A thin, flat layer of material; as, a sheet of tinfoil.
- Can I have a of paper?
- A broad, flat expanse of material on the ground; as, a sheet of mud, a sheet of ice.
- (context, nautical) A line used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- (context, nautical, nonstandard) A sail. (un-informed usage, correctly refers to the line)
- (curling) The area of ice on which a curling game is played.
| | 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
| | shortstop |
|
noun
- (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- The ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
- (figurative) A nimble defender.
- I'll play when we make our proposal.
| | shutter |
|
noun (Plural: shutters)
- Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- The part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
verb
- To close the shutters.
- Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
- To close up a building for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
- It took all day to the cabin now that the season has ended.
| | silver |
|
noun
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (collectively) Cutlery, whether silver or made from some other white metal (U.S.: silverware).
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (countable) A shiny gray/grey color/colour.
- <table><tr><td>silver colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- C0C0C0?" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- Made from silver.
- Made from another white metal.
- Having a color/colour like silver: a shiny gray/grey.
| | slave |
|
noun
- A person who is owned by another, as their property.
- A person who is forced to work for another, especially without pay.
- A person who is forced to perform sexual acts or other acts on a regular or continuing basis against their will.
- (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.
- (engineering) An information worker who has signed a non-compete clause, in return for employment.
verb (slav, ing)
- (intransitive) To work hard.
- I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
| | slide |
|
noun
- A toy for children where they climb up and then slide, glide down again.
- The long, red was great fun for the kids.
- The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.
- The closed the highway.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding such as in a trombone.
- A transparent image, to be projected to a screen.
- (baseball) The act of droping down and skidding into a base
verb (slides, sliding, slid)
- (transitive) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface
- He slid the boat across the grass.
- (intransitive) To move in continuous contact with a surface.
- The safe slid slowly.
- (intransitive) To move on a low friction surface.
- The car slid on the ice.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- Jones slid into second.
- (intransitive) To lose one"s balance on a slippery surface.
- He slid while going around the corner.
- (intransitive) To let pass without action.
- ''The administrator let the minor infraction with only a disapproving look.
| | SLR |
|
initialism
- (Camera) Single Lens Reflex
- (Firearm) Self Loading Rifle
| | 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.
| | snapshot |
|
noun - A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a moment of opportunity.
- He carried a of his daughter.
- A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.
- The article offered a of life in that region.
| | soup |
|
noun (uncountable and countable; plural: soups)
- A dish made from various foods which are mixed together in a pot usually with broth and usually cooked
| | spot |
|
noun
- A stain or disfigure, disfiguring mark.
- I have tried everything, and I can"t get this out.
- A pimple or pustule.
- That morning, I saw that a had come up on my chin.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
- A small amount or quantity.
- Would you like to come round on Sunday for a of lunch?
- A particular location or area.
- I like to eat lunch in a pleasant outside.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Did you see the on the news about the shoelace factory?
verb (spot, t, ing)
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify.
- Try to the differences between these two entries.
- (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- I"ll you ten dollars for lunch.
- To stain; to leave a spot.
- Hard water will if it is left on a surface.
- (rfv-sense) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- (context, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- I can"t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- Most figure skaters do not their turns like dancers do.
| | squeegee |
|
noun - A tool consisting of a rubber blade at right angles to a handle, used when cleaning glass, especially the windscreen of a vehicle, to remove soapy water.
- (slang) A person who cleans the windscreen of a vehicle stopped in traffic then demands payment from the driver.
| | stabilization |
|
noun
- (uncountable) the process of stabilize, stabilizing
- (countable) the result of being stabilized
- (context, medicine, uncountable) a process to help prevent shock in sick or injured people
| | still |
|
noun
- A period of calm or silence.
- (photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.)
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
verb
- to calm down, to quiet
- Still that animal before it hurts someone.
adjective (er, more)
- unmoving
adverb
- at the present time, as in the past.
- Is it raining?
- nevertheless
- I"m not hungry, but I"ll manage to find room for dessert.
- to an even greater degree. (Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.)
- Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is taller.
| | stop |
|
noun
- A (usually marked) place where line buses or trams halt to let passengers get on and off.
- They agreed to see each other at the bus .
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That was not planned.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
- (context, linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- Short for a stopper, used in the phrase 'pull out all the stops'.
- (context, music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.
- (context, tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- (context, zoology) The depression in a dog"s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- The in a bulldog's face is very marked.
verb (stop, p, ed)
- (intransitive): To cease moving.
- I stopped at the traffic lights.
- (intransitive): To come to an end.
- The riots stopped when police moved in.
- Soon the rain will .
- (transitive): To cause (something) to cease moving.
- The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
- (transitive): To cause (something) to come to an end.
- The referees stopped the fight.
- (transitive): To close an aperture.
- He stopped the wound with gauze.
- (intransitive): To stay a while.
- He stopped for two weeks at the inn.
- (intransitive): To tarry.
- He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.
adverb
- prone, Prone to halting or hesitation.
- He -started his car.
- He"s still.
| | subminiature |
|
adjective
- Compact or smaller than miniature
| | substratum |
|
noun (plural substrata)
- A layer that lies underneath another
- (figuratively) The underlying cause or basis of something
|
|
