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Sinking FundnounMWEa fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securitiesverified
Sinus EthmoidalesnounMWEa sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose)verified
Sinus HeadachenounMWEa headache resulting from congestion or infection in the paranasal sinusesverified
Sinus ParanasalesnounMWEany of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavitiesverified
Sinus Venosus ScleraenounMWEa circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veinsverified
Sinusoidal ProjectionnounMWEan equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curvedverified
Sirenian MammalnounMWEany of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbsverified
Siris TreenounMWElarge spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the windverified
Sisal FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae)verified
Siskiyou LewisianounMWEevergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowersverified
Sit-Down StrikenounMWEa strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reachedverified
Site VisitnounMWEa visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterpriseverified
Sitting RoomnounMWEa room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relaxverified
Situation ComedynounMWEa humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday lifeverified
situational awarenessnounMWEWithin a volume of time and space, the perception of an enterprise’s security posture and its threat environment; the comprehension/meaning of both taken together (risk); and the projection of their status into the near future.verified
Sitz BathnounMWEa bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting positionverified
Sixth Cranial NervenounMWEa small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eyeverified
Sixty-Fourth NotenounMWEa musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole noteverified
Size ConstancynounMWEthe tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)verified
Size SticknounMWEa mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your footverified
Skeet ShootingnounMWEthe sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a birdverified
Skeeter HawknounMWEslender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at restverified
Skeletal MusclenounMWEa muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeletonverified
Skeletal SystemnounMWEthe hard structure, bones and cartilages, which provides a frame for the body of an animalverified
Skeleton Fork FernnounMWEpantropical epiphytic or terrestrial whisk fern with usually dull yellow branches and minute leavesverified
Skeleton KeynounMWEa passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locksverified
Skeleton ShrimpnounMWEsmall amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantisverified
Sketch MapnounMWEa map drawn from observation (rather than from exact measurements) and representing the main features of an areaverified
Skew CorrelationnounMWEany correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constantverified
Ski BindingnounMWEone of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski bootverified
Ski JumpingnounMWEthe act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slopeverified