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Swizzlenounany of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with iceverified
Swordnouna cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guardverified
Sword BeannounMWEtwining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beansverified
Sword DancenounMWEany of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the airverified
Sword DancingnounMWEany of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the airverified
Sword FernnounMWEany of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developedverified
Sword GrassnounMWEany of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edgesverified
Sword LilynounMWEany of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowersverified
Sycamorenounany of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruitsverified
Sycamore FignounMWEthick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the groundverified
Syconiumnounthe fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitletsverified
SyllabarynounList of individual letters, combination of letters, or syllables, with their equivalent code groups, used for spelling out words or proper names not present in the vocabulary of a code. A syllabary may also be a spelling table.Artifact
Syllepsisnounuse of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only oneverified
Symbiosisnounthe relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependentverified
Symbolnounsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisibleverified
Symbolic LogicnounMWEany logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validityverified
Symbolic RepresentationnounMWEsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisibleverified
Symbolisationnounsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisibleverified
Symbolismnounan artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of imagesverified
Symbolizationnounsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisibleverified
symmetric cryptographynounMWEA branch of cryptography in which a cryptographic system or algorithms use the same secret key (a shared secret key).Capability
Symmetric Encryption AlgorithmnounMWEEncryption algorithms using the same secret key for encryption and decryption.Capability
symmetric keynounMWEA cryptographic key that is used to perform both the cryptographic operation and its inverse, for example to encrypt and decrypt, or create a message authentication code and to verify the code.CredentialRestrictedCUI
Symmetric key encryptionnounMWESystem in which a different key (or set of keys) is used by each pair of trading partners to ensure that no one else can read their messages The same key is used for encryption and decryption. See also Private Key Cryptosystem.Control
Sympathisernounsomeone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successfulverified
Sympathizernounsomeone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successfulverified
Sympatrynounthe occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreedingverified
Symphilidnounminute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse cropsverified
Symplocenounrepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistropheverified
Symposiumnouna meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentationsverified
Symptomnoun(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular diseaseverified
SYN FloodnounMWEA denial of service attack that sends a host more TCP SYN packets (request to synchronize sequence numbers, used when opening a connection) than the protocol implementation can handle.Threat
Synaeresisnounthe separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)verified