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Suspension PointnounMWE(usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incompleteverified
Suspension SystemnounMWEa mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicleverified
Suspensorynouna bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)verified
Suspensory BandagenounMWEa bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)verified
suspicious activitynounMWEActivities that give the idea or impression that they are of questionable, dishonest, or of dangerous character or conditions.Event
Suspicious activity report (SAR)nounMWEReports required to be filed by the Bank Secrecy Act when a financial institution identifies or suspects fraudulent activity.ArtifactRegulated
SustainabilitynounThe period of time for which operations can continue at an alternate processing facility.Metric
Sustaining PedalnounMWEa pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibratingverified
Sutranouna rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorizationverified
Sutteenounthe act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husbandverified
Sutura FrontalisnounMWEthe suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)verified
Suzerainnouna state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairsverified
Svengalinounsomeone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his biddingverified
Swaddling ClothesnounMWEa garment, usually a gown or narrow strips of cloth, made for an infantverified
Swaggienounan itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of workverified
Swagmannounan itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of workverified
Swallow DivenounMWEa dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the waterverified
Swallow HolenounMWEa depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roofverified
Swallow ShrikenounMWEAustralasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallowverified
Swallow-Tailed CoatnounMWEa man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the backverified
Swallowwortnountropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wingsverified
Swamp AzaleanounMWEshrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckleverified
Swamp BirchnounMWEbirch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish barkverified
Swamp BlueberrynounMWEhigh-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloomverified
Swamp CandleberrynounMWEdeciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berriesverified
Swamp Chestnut OaknounMWEmedium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oakverified
Swamp CottonwoodnounMWENorth American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and woodverified
Swamp CypressnounMWEcommon cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at baseverified
Swamp FevernounMWEan infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animalsverified
Swamp HickorynounMWEhickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nutsverified
Swamp HoneysucklenounMWEshrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckleverified
Swamp LaurelnounMWElaurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneathverified
Swamp LilynounMWENorth American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowersverified
Swamp LocustnounMWEhoney locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval podsverified
Swamp MallownounMWEshowy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowersverified
Swamp MilkweednounMWEdensely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowersverified
Swamp OaknounMWEfast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumnverified
Swamp PinenounMWEany of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pineverified
Swamp PoplarnounMWENorth American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and woodverified
Swamp Red OaknounMWElarge round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaksverified
Swamp Rose MallownounMWEshowy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowersverified
Swamp SunflowernounMWEsunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogsverified
Swamp White OaknounMWElarge deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaksverified
Swamp WillownounMWENorth American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakesverified
Swamphennounany of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensverified
Swampy Beggar-TicksnounMWEbur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadowsverified
Swan DivenounMWEa dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the waterverified
Swan OrchidnounMWEany of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swanverified