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Skillet BreadnounMWEusually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda breadverified
Skillet CakenounMWEbatter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on topverified
Skillet Corn BreadnounMWEcornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skilletverified
Skin EffectnounMWEthe tendency of high-frequency alternating current to distribute near the surface of a conductorverified
Skin GraftnounMWEa piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burnverified
Skin PatchnounMWEa medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstreamverified
Skin SensesnounMWEthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)verified
Skin TestnounMWEany test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skinverified
Skip DistancenounMWEthe shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphereverified
Skip RopenounMWEa length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over itverified
Skipjack TunanounMWEoceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlanticverified
Skipping RopenounMWEa length of rope, usually with handles on each end, that is swung around while someone jumps over itverified
Skittle PinnounMWEa bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittlesverified
Skull SessionnounMWEa session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideasverified
Skunk CabbagenounMWEdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spatheverified
Sky BurialnounMWEa traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vulturesverified
sky diveverbMWEjump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachuteverified
Sky MarshalnounMWEa person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who for security reasons is a passenger aboard an airline flightverified
Sky WavenounMWEa radio wave that is reflected back to earth by the ionosphere or a communications satelliteverified
Slag CodenounMWEa set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfiedverified
Slang ExpressionnounMWEinformal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasionsverified
Slang TermnounMWEinformal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasionsverified
Slash PocketnounMWEa pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garmentverified
Slate ClubnounMWEa group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)verified
Slate-Colored JunconounMWEcommon North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irisesverified
Slave MarketnounMWEa marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)verified
Slave StatenounMWEany of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil Warverified
Slave-Making AntnounMWEan ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave antsverified
Sleep DeprivationnounMWEa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleepverified