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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
SnakeberrynounNorth American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berriesverified
Snakebirdnounfish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed billverified
Snakeheadnounshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purpleverified
Snakerootnouna plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruitverified
Snakes and LaddersnounMWEa board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakesverified
Snakeweednounlow-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower headsverified
Snap LinenounMWEa chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surfaceverified
Snapdragonnouna garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragonverified
Snappernounany of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal watersverified
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
Sneezeweednounany of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezingverified
Sneezeweed YarrownounMWEEurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powderedverified
SneezewortnounEurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powderedverified
SniffernounA sniffer is a tool that monitors network traffic as it received in a network interface.Capability
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
Snipefishnounsmall bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouthverified
Snoeknouna large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africaverified
Snorkel BreathernounMWEair passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipesverified
Snoutnounbeaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevilsverified
Snow BlowernounMWEa machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chuteverified
Snow GumnounMWEsmall to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or stripsverified
Snow OrchidnounMWEwaxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowersverified
Snow PlantnounMWEa fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the groundverified
Snow ThrowernounMWEa machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chuteverified