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Square OnenounMWEthe situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts failverified
Square SailnounMWEa four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mastverified
Squareflipper Square FlippernounMWEmedium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzleverified
Squarknouna quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1verified
Squash RacketsnounMWEa game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled racketsverified
Squash RacquetsnounMWEa game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled racketsverified
Squash VinenounMWEany of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruitsverified
Squatternounsomeone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to itverified
Squattingnounthe act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heelsverified
Squaw GrassnounMWEplant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowersverified
Squaw HuckleberrynounMWEsmall branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deerverified
Squawbushnoundeciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruitverified
Squawrootnountall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinallyverified
Squeeze PlaynounMWEa baseball play in which a runner on third base tries to score as the batter bunts the pitchverified
Squelch CircuitnounMWEan electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noiseverified
Squelchernounan electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noiseverified
Squibnounfirework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noiseverified
Squidnounwidely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail finsverified
Squillnounan Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersverified
Squirrel CagenounMWEcage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside itverified
Squirrel MonkeynounMWEsmall long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzleverified
Squirrelfishnounvery small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefsverified
Squirreltail BarleynounMWEbarley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awnsverified
Squirreltail GrassnounMWEbarley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awnsverified
Squirting CucumbernounMWEMediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touchedverified
Sreen scrapingnounMWEA process used by information aggregators to gather information from a customer's website, whereby the aggregator accesses the target site by logging in as the customer, electronically reads and copies selected information from the displayed webpage(s), then redisplays the information on the aggregator's site. The process is analogous to "scraping" the information off the computer screen.ProcessRegulatedPII
SSRInounan antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brainverified
Stabilisationnounthe act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturnverified
Stabilizationnounthe act of making something, such as a vessel or aircraft, less likely to overturnverified
Stabilizernouna chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging stateverified
Stabilizer BarnounMWEa rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucksverified
Stable CompanionnounMWEa horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same personverified
Stable FactornounMWEa coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin Kverified
Stablematenouna horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same personverified
Stack MashingnounMWEStack mashing is the technique of using a buffer overflow to trick a computer into executing arbitrary code.Threat
Stadium JumpingnounMWEriding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstaclesverified
Staff MembernounMWEan employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)verified
Staff of LifenounMWEfood made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then bakedverified
Staff OfficenounMWEthe department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel managementverified
Staff SergeantnounMWEa noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Forceverified