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Smokeless PowdernounMWEan explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smokeverified
Smooth Bark KaurinounMWEAustralian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softerverified
Smooth Darling PeanounMWEerect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowersverified
Smooth EarthballnounMWEan earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when matureverified
Smooth MusclenounMWEa muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)verified
Smooth SumacnounMWEcommon nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesverified
Smoothing IronnounMWEhome appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth clothverified
Smut GrassnounMWEgrass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungusverified
Snail BeannounMWEperennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shellverified
Snail ButternounMWEfor preparing snails: butter seasoned with shallots and garlic and parsleyverified
Snake DancenounMWEa ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invokedverified
Snake DoctornounMWEslender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at restverified
Snake EyesnounMWEexpressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spotverified
Snake FeedernounMWEslender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at restverified
Snake GodnounMWEa god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indiesverified
Snake OilnounMWEany of various liquids sold as medicine, such as by a travelling medicine show, but medically worthlessverified
Snake PalmnounMWEfoul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadixverified
Snake PlantnounMWEstemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplantverified
Snake's Head FritillarynounMWEEurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval timesverified
Snakes and LaddersnounMWEa board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakesverified
Snap LinenounMWEa chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surfaceverified
Snapping BeetlenounMWEable to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking soundverified
Snapping ShrimpnounMWEsmall shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelaeverified
Sneezeweed YarrownounMWEEurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powderedverified
Snipe HuntnounMWEan elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into itverified
Snorkel BreathernounMWEair passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipesverified