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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
Skeetnounthe sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a birdverified
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
Skeletonnounthe hard structure (bones and cartilages) that 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
Skiagramnouna photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)verified
Skiagraphnouna photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)verified
Skidpannouna paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling themverified
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
Skimmernoungull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out foodverified
SkimmingnounThe unauthorized use of a reader to read tags without the authorization or knowledge of the tag’s owner or the individual in possession of the tag.Threat