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beginning with letter S
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sabaton
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noun
  1. Part of a Knight's armour that covers the foot.
sable
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noun
  1. A small mammal, related to the marten of Eurasia and North Pacific Islands. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
  2. The marten. Taxonomic name: Mustela americana.
  3. A coat made from the fur of the sable.
    • 1928, w:Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography, Orlando:
    • :Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.
      1. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
      2. (tincture): A black colour on a coat of arms.
      3. (colour) a black colour, like that of sable fur.
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adjective
  1. (colour) of a black colour, like that of sable fur.
    • 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, ch 3
    • :They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
      1. (tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
      2. Made of sable fur.
salient
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noun
  1. (military) an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense
adjective
  1. prominent, worthy of note; pertinent or relevant
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  1. (heraldry): Of an animal, usually a quadruped, depicted in a leaping posture.
sallet
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noun (plural: sallets)
  1. (obsolete) spicy information
  1. A helmet, also sometimes called a salade or celate.
saltire
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noun
  1. (heraldry) an ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
sanguine
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noun
  1. (color) Blood colour; red.
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    1. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
    2. bloodstone, Bloodstone.
    3. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
verb (sanguin, ing)
  1. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
adjective
  1. (colour) Having the colour of blood; red.
  2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
a bodily temperament
  1. Warm; ardent.
a temper
  1. Anticipating the best; not despondent; confident; full of hope
of success
  1. (obsolete) irresponsibly mirthful; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters
scaled
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verb
  1. (past of, scale)
sea lion
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noun
  1. A marine mammal of the family Otariidae.
secrete
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verb (secret, ing)
  1. (physiology) Of organs: to produce and emit (bodily fluids).
Sejant
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adjective
  1. (heraldry) Of or pertaining to sitting.
seme
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noun (semata)
  1. (linguistics) anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign
    1. (Japanese anime) a dominant character
shield
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noun
  1. (Armor) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
Quotations
  • 1599: Knocks go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame. &mdash; William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act III, Scene II, line 8.
  • 1786: The shields used by our Norman ancestors were the triangular or heater shield, the target or buckler, the roundel or rondache, and the pavais, pavache, or tallevas. &mdash; Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22.
    1. Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Quotations
  • 1592: Go muster men. My counsel is my shield; We must be brief when traitors brave the field. &mdash; William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 4, Scene 3, line 56.
    1. Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
Quotations
  • 1611: Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. The Holy Bible, King James Version, Genesis 15:1.
    1. (botany) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
    2. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
    3. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
    4. (mining) (Mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
    5. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
Bespotted as with shields of red and black. Spenser.
  1. (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
  2. (scifi) A field of energy which protects or defends.
  3. (colloquial) A police badge
Quotations
verb
  1. To protect, to defend.
    • 2004: w: Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • :Shots rang out and a 15-year-old boy, shielding a woman from the line of fire, was killed.
      1. (electricity) to protect from the influence of
sinister
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adjective
  1. inauspicious, ominous, unlucky
  2. evil, seeming to be evil.
  3. of the left side.
  4. (heraldry): the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
skull
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noun
  1. (anatomy) The main bone of the head; the cranium.
standard
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noun
  1. A level of quality or attainment.
  2. Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations.
  3. An object supported in an upright position.
  4. A musical work of established popularity.
  5. The flag or ensign carried by a cavalry unit.
  6. A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
  7. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
  8. One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
adjective
  1. Falling within an accepted range. ex, size, amount, power, quality, etc.
  2. (context, of a tree or shrub) Growing on an erect stem of full height.
  3. Having recognized excellence or authority.
  4. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
swallow-tailed
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adjective
  1. Having a tail that is forked like a swallow's.
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