English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
SI'GNAL, _s._ a notice given by a sign; a sign that gives notice
SI'GNIFY, _v.a._ to declare; to make known; to declare by some token or
sign; to express; to mean
SILT, _s._ mud; slime; consisting of mud
SI'MILAR, _a._ like; having resemblance
SIMPLICITY, _s._ plainness; not cunning; silliness
SIMULTANEOUS, _a._ acting together; existing at the same time
SINCE'RITY, _s._ honesty of intention
SI'NGER, _s._ one that tings; one whose profession or business is to
sing
SI'NGULAR, _a._ single; particular
SI'TUATE, _part. a._ placed with respect to anything else; consisting
SKE'LETON, _a._ the bones of the body preserved together, as much as can
be, in their natural situation
SKI'RMISH, _s._ slight fight; contest
SLA'TY, _a._ having the nature of slate
SLEIGHT, _s._ artful trick; dexterous practice
SLU'GGISH, _a._ slow; slothful; lazy, inactive
SOBRI'ETY, _s._ soberness; calmness; gravity
SOCI'ETY, _s._ company; community
SO'CKET, _s._ a hollow pipe; the receptacle of the eye
SO'LDIER, _s._ a fighting man; a warrior
SO'LEMN, _a._ religiously grave; awful; grave
SOLE'MNITY, _s._ gravity; religious ceremony
SOLI'CITOUS, _a._ anxious; careful; concerned
SOLI'CITUDE, _s._ anxiety; carefulness
SO'LID, _a._ not liquid; not fluid; not hollow; compact; strong; firm;
sound; true; profound; grave
SOLI'LOQUY, _s._ a discourse made by one in solitude to himself
SO'LITARY, _a._ living alone; not having company
SO'LITUDE, _s._ loneliness; a lonely place
SO'RROW, _s._ grief; pain for something past; sadness
SOU'THERN, _a._ belonging to the south
SO'VEREIGN, _s._ supreme lord.
SPA'NGLE, _s._ any little thing sparkling and shining
SPA'NIEL, _s._ a dog used for sport in the field, remarkable for
tenacity and obedience
SPEA'KER, _s._ one that speaks; the prolocutor of the Commons
SPE'CIES, _s._ a sort; class of nature; show
SPECIMEN, _s._ sample; a part of any thing exhibited, that the rest may
be known
SPE'CTACLE, _s._ a show; sight
SPECTA'TOR, _s._ a looker-on; a beholder
SPECULA'TION, _s._ examination by the eye; view; spy
SPHE'RICAL, _a._ round; globular
SPI'CULA, _s. plur._ little spikes
SPI'CY, _a._ producing spice; aromatic
SPI'DER, _s._ the animal that spins a web for flies
SPI'RAL, _a._ curved; winding; circularly involved
SPI'RIT, _s._ breath; soul of man; apparition; temper
SPI'RITUAL, _a._ that which regards divinity; that which regards the
soul; not temporal
SPLE'NDID, _a._ showy; magnificent; pompous
STABI'LITY, _s._ steadiness; strength to stand
STA'GNANT, _a._ motionless; still
STA'GNATE, _v.a._ lie motionless; have no stream
STA'NDARD, _s._ an ensign in war; a settled rate
STA'RLING, _s._ a bird that may be taught to whistle, and articulate
words
STA'TESMAN, _s._ a politician; one employed in public affairs
STA'TION, _v.a._ place in a certain post or place
STA'TUE, _s._ an image; solid representation of any living being
STA'TURE, _s._ the height of any animal
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