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Showy DaisynounMWEplant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white raysverified
Showy Lady's-SlippernounMWEpale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lipverified
Showy MilkweednounMWEmilkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowersverified
Showy OrchisnounMWENorth American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with whiteverified
Shreddernouna device that shreds documents, usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading themverified
Shrikenounany of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animalsverified
Shrimp ButternounMWEbutter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shellsverified
Shrimpfishnounslender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent platesverified
Shrink-Wrapped SoftwarenounMWEsoftware on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform)verified
Shrubby BittersweetnounMWEtwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedsverified
Shrubby PenstemonnounMWElow bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stemsverified
Shrubby St John's WortnounMWEstiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowersverified
Shticknoun(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attentionverified
Shtiknoun(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attentionverified
Shuffleboardnouna game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surfaceverified
Shumacnouna shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)verified
Shunt CircuitnounMWEa closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuitverified
Shuttle DiplomacynounMWEinternational negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating partiesverified
Shuttlecock FernnounMWEtall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumesverified
Shysternouna person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methodsverified
Siamangnounlarge black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a webverified
Siamese ConnectionnounMWEan inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a buildingverified
Siamese TwinnounMWEone of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some pointverified
Siccativenouna substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)verified
Sick BagnounMWEa bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomitverified
Sick CallnounMWEthe daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sickverified
Sick ParadenounMWEthe daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sickverified
Sickle AlfalfanounMWEEuropean medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped podsverified
Sickle CellnounMWEan abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobinverified
Sickle LucernenounMWEEuropean medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped podsverified
Sickle MedicknounMWEEuropean medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped podsverified
Sickle-Cell AnaemianounMWEa congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in people of African descentverified