Name Report For First Name SHET:
SHET
First name SHET's origin is Other. SHET means "compensation". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SHET below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of shet.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with SHET and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with SHET - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming SHET
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SHET AS A WHOLE:
lieshethNAMES RHYMING WITH SHET (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (het) - Names That Ends with het:
abrihet hehet nebt-het sechet sekhet anghet magahet japhet chet yaphetRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (et) - Names That Ends with et:
aret amunet auset bastet heqet keket meskhenet naunet nekhbet renenet sakhmet tauret odelet orzsebet violet nguyet tuyet edet andret oubastet senusnet haslet taavet viet bridget briet devnet elisavet erzsebet ganet gobinet harriet hugiet janet jannet juliet liesbet lilibet lisabet lisavet lisbet lizbet lunet lynet margaret margreet margret nureet scarlet wyanet zoheret amet arnet barnet barret bennet beornet bret burcet dagonet dennet everet garet garnet garret girflet griflet gringalet hacket hamoelet jarret lambret leveret maeret maneet mehemet mohamet omeet omet paget preruet pruet rousset senet set yvet ornet orneet demet hamletNAMES RHYMING WITH SHET (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (she) - Names That Begins with she:
shea shealyn sheary sheedy sheehan sheelah sheena sheffield sheila sheilah sheiling sheiramoth shekinah shelbi shelby shelden sheldon shelley shelly shelny shelomo shelton shem shemariah shemus shepard shephard shepherd shepley sheply sherard sherborne sherbourn sherbourne sherburne shereef sheridan sherif sherise sherlock sherman shermarke shermon sheron sherrer sherri sherry sherwin sherwood sherwyn sheshebens sheyRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (sh) - Names That Begins with sh:
sha-mia sha-ul shaaban shaan shabab shabaka shace shad shada shadd shaddoc shaddock shadha shadi shadia shadiyah shadoe shadrach shadwell shae shaela shaeleigh shaelynn shafeeq shafiq shahana shaheen shahrazad shai shaibya shailey shain shaina shaine shaithis shakeh shaker shakini shakir shakira shaku shalene shalom shalott shamay shamika shamra shamusNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHET:
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 't':
sacripant sadaqat saebeorht sargent scarlett schlomit scot scott seabert seabright seaburt searlait sebert selamawit sennet sept shulamit sigebert sigenert sigwalt siolat sirvat skeat skeet sket smedt smit somerset stewart stewert stockhart stuart swiftEnglish Words Rhyming SHET
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SHET AS A WHOLE:
| blushet | noun (n.) A modest girl. |
| bushet | noun (n.) A small bush. |
| freshet | adjective (a.) A stream of fresh water. |
| adjective (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. |
| plashet | noun (n.) A small pond or pool; a puddle. |
| shetting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shet |
| sheth | noun (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHET (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (het) - English Words That Ends with het:
| antithet | noun (n.) An antithetic or contrasted statement. |
| barouchet | noun (n.) A kind of light barouche. |
| cachet | noun (n.) A seal, as of a letter. |
| crochet | noun (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. |
| crotchet | noun (n.) A forked support; a crotch. |
| noun (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note. | |
| noun (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. | |
| noun (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle. | |
| noun (n.) A bracket. See Bracket. | |
| noun (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. | |
| noun (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. | |
| verb (v. i.) To play music in measured time. |
| epithet | noun (n.) An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn. |
| noun (n.) Term; expression; phrase. | |
| verb (v. t.) To describe by an epithet. |
| fitchet | noun (n.) Alt. of Fitchew |
| hatchet | noun (n.) A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, a tomahawk. |
| knitchet | noun (n.) A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. |
| latchet | noun (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring. |
| maghet | noun (n.) A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds. |
| manchet | noun (n.) Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. |
| marchet | noun (n.) Alt. of Merchet |
| merchet | noun (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. |
| nymphet | noun (n.) A little or young nymph. |
| planchet | noun (n.) A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin. |
| prophet | noun (n.) One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller. |
| noun (n.) One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc. | |
| noun (n.) An interpreter; a spokesman. | |
| noun (n.) A mantis. |
| ratchet | noun (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. |
| noun (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch. |
| ricochet | noun (n.) A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. |
| verb (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. | |
| verb (v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n. |
| rochet | noun (n.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies. |
| noun (n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. | |
| noun (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard. |
| rotchet | noun (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla pini). |
| sachet | noun (n.) A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them. |
| scythewhet | noun (n.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. |
| tophet | noun (n.) A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom. |
| trebuchet | noun (n.) Alt. of Trebucket |
| watchet | adjective (a.) Pale or light blue. |
| whet | noun (n.) The act of whetting. |
| noun (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. | |
| verb (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHET (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (she) - Words That Begins with she:
| sheaf | noun (n.) A sheave. |
| noun (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. | |
| noun (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. | |
| verb (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. | |
| verb (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. |
| sheafy | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. |
| sheal | noun (n.) Same as Sheeling. |
| noun (n.) A shell or pod. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put under a sheal or shelter. | |
| verb (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. |
| shealing | noun (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell. |
| noun (n.) Same as Sheeling. |
| shearing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shear |
| noun (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. | |
| noun (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Shearling. | |
| noun (n.) The act or operation of reaping. | |
| noun (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. | |
| noun (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. | |
| noun (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. |
| shearbill | noun (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer. |
| sheard | noun (n.) See Shard. |
| shearer | noun (n.) One who shears. |
| noun (n.) A reaper. |
| shearling | noun (n.) A sheep but once sheared. |
| shearman | noun (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth. |
| shearn | noun (n.) Dung; excrement. |
| shears | noun (n.) A cutting instrument. |
| noun (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. | |
| noun (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. | |
| noun (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge. | |
| noun (n.) Anything in the form of shears. | |
| noun (n.) A pair of wings. | |
| noun (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. | |
| noun (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe. |
| sheartail | noun (n.) The common tern. |
| noun (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail. |
| shearwater | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon. |
| sheatfish | noun (n.) A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid. |
| sheath | noun (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. |
| noun (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. | |
| noun (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. | |
| noun (n.) One of the elytra of an insect. |
| sheathbill | noun (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas. |
| sheating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheathe |
| sheathed | adjective (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath. |
| adjective (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Sheathe |
| sheather | noun (n.) One who sheathes. |
| sheathfish | noun (n.) Same as Sheatfish. |
| sheathing | noun (n.) That which sheathes. |
| noun (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing. | |
| noun (n.) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general. | |
| adjective (p. pr. & a.) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants. |
| sheathless | adjective (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed. |
| sheathy | adjective (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case. |
| sheaved | adjective (a.) Made of straw. |
| shebander | noun (n.) A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. |
| shebang | noun (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop. |
| shebeen | noun (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. |
| shechinah | noun (n.) See Shekinah. |
| shecklaton | noun (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. |
| shed | noun (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. |
| noun (n.) A parting; a separation; a division. | |
| noun (n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed. | |
| noun (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed. | |
| noun (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads. | |
| noun (n.) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar. | |
| verb (v. t.) To separate; to divide. | |
| verb (v. t.) To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. | |
| verb (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water. | |
| verb (v. t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. | |
| verb (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fall in drops; to pour. | |
| verb (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Shed |
| shedding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed |
| noun (n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. | |
| noun (n.) That which is shed, or cast off. |
| shedder | noun (n.) One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears. |
| noun (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state. |
| shelfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Shilfa |
| sheeling | noun (n.) A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. |
| sheely | noun (n.) Same as Sheelfa. |
| sheen | noun (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter. |
| verb (v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shine; to glisten. |
| sheeny | adjective (a.) Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. |
| sheep | noun (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. |
| noun (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow. | |
| noun (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. |
| sheepback | noun (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural. |
| sheepberry | noun (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry. |
| sheepbiter | noun (n.) One who practices petty thefts. |
| sheepcot | noun (n.) Alt. of Sheepcote |
| sheepcote | noun (n.) A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold. |
| sheepfold | noun (n.) A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined. |
| sheephook | noun (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. |
| sheepish | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep. |
| adjective (a.) Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. |
| sheepmaster | noun (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. |
| sheeprack | noun (n.) The starling. |
| sheepshank | noun (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHET:
English Words which starts with 's' and ends with 't':
| sabbat | noun (n.) In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies. |
| sabot | noun (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. |
| noun (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling. |
| sacalait | noun (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie. |
| sackbut | noun (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. |
| sacrament | noun (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath. |
| noun (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery. | |
| noun (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper. | |
| verb (v. t.) To bind by an oath. |
| sacramentalist | noun (n.) One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist. |
| sacrificant | noun (n.) One who offers a sacrifice. |
| sacrilegist | noun (n.) One guilty of sacrilege. |
| sacrist | noun (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books. |
| sacrosanct | adjective (a.) Sacred; inviolable. |
| saengerfest | noun (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival. |
| sagittocyst | noun (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria. |
| sailboat | noun (n.) A boat propelled by a sail or sails. |
| saint | noun (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. |
| noun (n.) One of the blessed in heaven. | |
| noun (n.) One canonized by the church. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one). | |
| verb (v. i.) To act or live as a saint. |
| saintologist | noun (n.) One who writes the lives of saints. |
| sakeret | noun (n.) The male of the saker (a). |
| saliant | adjective (a.) Same as Salient. |
| salient | adjective (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection. |
| verb (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. | |
| verb (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting. | |
| verb (v. i.) Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable. | |
| verb (v. i.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion. | |
| verb (v. i.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient. |
| saligot | noun (n.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans). |
| salivant | noun (n.) That which produces salivation. |
| adjective (a.) Producing salivation. |
| sallet | noun (n.) A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century. |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Salleting |
| salmonet | noun (n.) A salmon of small size; a samlet. |
| salt | noun (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. |
| noun (n.) Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. | |
| noun (n.) Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. | |
| noun (n.) A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. | |
| noun (n.) A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. | |
| noun (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. | |
| noun (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. | |
| noun (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide. | |
| noun (n.) Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. | |
| noun (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. | |
| noun (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. | |
| verb (v. t.) To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber. | |
| verb (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt. | |
| () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. |
| saltcat | noun (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons. |
| saltfoot | noun (n.) A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot. |
| saltwort | noun (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. |
| salvationist | noun (n.) An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army. |
| samiot | noun (a. & n.) Samian. |
| samlet | noun (n.) The parr. |
| sanctiloquent | adjective (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner. |
| sandpit | noun (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken. |
| sandwort | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.) |
| sanguinolent | adjective (a.) Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa. |
| sanhedrist | noun (n.) A member of the sanhedrin. |
| sanitarist | noun (n.) A sanitarian. |
| sanscrit | noun (n.) See Sanskrit. |
| sanskrit | noun (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription. |
| sanskritist | noun (n.) One versed in Sanskrit. |
| sapient | adjective (a.) Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. |
| sarcenet | noun (n.) A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc. |
| sarcoblast | noun (n.) A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods. |
| sarment | noun (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner. |
| sarsenet | noun (n.) See Sarcenet. |
| sart | noun (n.) An assart, or clearing. |
| satanist | noun (n.) A very wicked person. |
| satinet | noun (n.) A thin kind of satin. |
| noun (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers. |
| satirist | noun (n.) One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire. |
| saturant | noun (n.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance. |
| noun (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach. | |
| adjective (a.) Impregnating to the full; saturating. |
| saturnist | noun (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. |
| sauerkraut | noun (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish. |
| sault | noun (n.) A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie. |
| saut | noun (n.) Alt. of Saute |
| savant | adjective (a.) A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. |
| savement | noun (n.) The act of saving. |
| sawdust | noun (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw. |
| saxifragant | noun (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones. |
| adjective (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. |
| saxonist | noun (n.) One versed in the Saxon language. |
| scabwort | noun (n.) Elecampane. |
| scandent | adjective (a.) Climbing. |
| scant | noun (n.) Scantness; scarcity. |
| superlative (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. | |
| superlative (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary. | |
| verb (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. |
| scantlet | noun (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity. |
| scapegoat | noun (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. |
| noun (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. |
| scapulet | noun (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| scarcement | noun (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. |
| scarlet | noun (n.) A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color. |
| noun (n.) Cloth of a scarlet color. | |
| adjective (a.) Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. | |
| verb (v. t.) To dye or tinge with scarlet. |
| scat | noun (n.) Alt. of Scatt |
| noun (n.) A shower of rain. | |
| (interj.) Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat. |
| scatt | noun (n.) Tribute. |
| scaturient | adjective (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. |
| scelerat | noun (n.) A villain; a criminal. |
| scelet | noun (n.) A mummy; a skeleton. |
| scent | noun (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery. | |
| noun (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent. | |
| verb (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. | |
| verb (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. | |
| verb (v. i.) To have a smell. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell. |
| schematist | noun (n.) One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer. |
| schemist | noun (n.) A schemer. |
| scherbet | noun (n.) See Sherbet. |
| schist | noun (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar. |
| scholiast | noun (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. |
| scient | adjective (a.) Knowing; skillful. |
| scientist | noun (n.) One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. |
| scintillant | adjective (a.) Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. |
| sciolist | noun (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer. |
| sciot | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scio. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios). |
| scomfit | noun (n. & v.) Discomfit. |
| scorpionwort | noun (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods. |
| scot | noun (n.) A name for a horse. |
| noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman. | |
| noun (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot. |
| scotist | noun (n.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. |
| scout | noun (n.) A swift sailing boat. |
| noun (n.) A projecting rock. | |
| noun (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy. | |
| noun (n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. | |
| noun (n.) A fielder in a game for practice. | |
| noun (n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering. | |
| noun (n.) A boy scout (which see, above). | |
| verb (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. | |
| verb (v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout. | |
| verb (v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country. | |
| verb (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. |
| scrat | noun (n.) An hermaphrodite. |
| verb (v. t.) To scratch. | |
| verb (v. i.) To rake; to search. |
| scribbet | noun (n.) A painter's pencil. |
| scribblement | noun (n.) A scribble. |
| script | noun (n.) A writing; a written document. |
| noun (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting. | |
| noun (n.) An original instrument or document. | |
| noun (n.) Written characters; style of writing. |
| scripturalist | noun (n.) One who adheres literally to the Scriptures. |
| scripturist | noun (n.) One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them. |
| scrit | noun (n.) Writing; document; scroll. |
| scrupulist | noun (n.) A scrupler. |
| scurrit | noun (n.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta). |
| scut | noun (n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. |
| seacoast | noun (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively. |
| seagirt | adjective (a.) Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle. |
| seaport | noun (n.) A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town. |
| seat | noun (n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like. |
| noun (n.) The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation. | |
| noun (n.) That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons. | |
| noun (n.) A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house. | |
| noun (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. | |
| noun (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat. | |
| verb (v. t.) To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fix; to set firm. | |
| verb (v. t.) To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair. | |
| verb (v. i.) To rest; to lie down. |
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