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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

slow loris
Nycticebus tardigradua noun stocky lemur of southeastern Asia

slow match
noun match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly

slow motion
noun a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate

slow virus
noun a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear; `kuru is caused by a slow virus`

slow-moving
adjective moving slowly; `slow-moving cars`

slowdown
lag noun the act of slowing down or falling behind

slower
adverb more slowly

slowest
adverb most slowly

slowgoing
unenergetic adjective not inclined to be enterprising

slowly
easy 2 tardily adverb without speed (`slow` is sometimes used informally for `slowly`); `he spoke slowly`; `go easy here--the road is slippery`; `glaciers move tardily`; `please go slow so I can see the sights`

slowness
deliberation 1 deliberateness 1 unhurriedness noun a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

slowworm
Anguis fragilis noun small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind

slub
knot noun soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

sludge
slime noun any thick messy substance

slug
noun any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

sluggard
slug noun an idle slothful person

slugger
noun a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches

sluggish
adjective with little movement; very slow; `a sluggish stream`

sluggishly
adverb in a sluggish manner; `the smoke rose sluggishly`

sluice
sluiceway noun conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

sluicegate
sluice valve noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

sluicing
adjective pouring from or as if from a sluice; `the sluicing rain`

slum
slum area noun a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

slumber
noun a dormant or quiescent state

slumber party
noun an overnight party of girls who dress in nightclothes and pass the night talking

slumberous
slumbery adjective inclined to or marked by drowsiness; `slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes`; ``slumbery` is archaic`; `the sound had a somnolent effect`

slumgullion
noun a thin stew of meat and vegetables

slummy
adjective (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty; `a slummy part of town`; `slum conditions`

slump
slack noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; `the team went into a slump`; `a gradual slack in output`; `a drop-off in attendance`; `a falloff in quality`

slump
economic crisis noun a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

slurred
thick adjective spoken as if with a thick tongue; `the thick speech of a drunkard`; `his words were slurred`

slurry
noun a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water

slush
noun partially melted snow

slush fund
noun a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials

slushy
adjective being or resembling melting snow; `slushy snow`; `deep slushy mud`

smack
smacking noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

smack
noun an enthusiastic kiss

smacker
noun a loud kiss

small
adjective have fine or very small constituent particles; `a small misty rain`

small boat
noun a boat that is small

Small Business Administration
SBA noun an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts

small businessman
noun a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people

small cane
switch cane noun small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States

small cap
noun a corporation with a small capitalization; `this annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps`

small capital
small cap noun a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters

small change
chickenfeed noun a trifling sum of money

small civet
Viverricula indica noun a common civet of southeast Asia

small computer system interface
SCSI noun interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers

small farmer
noun a farmer on a small farm

small fortune
noun a large sum of money; `he made a small fortune in the commodities market`

small hours
noun the hours just after midnight

small indefinite quantity
small indefinite amount noun an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

small intestine
noun the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed

small letter
lowercase noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor`s type case

Small Magellanic Cloud
noun the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere

small person
noun a person of below average size

small print
fine print noun material printed in small type; `he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print`

small ship
noun a ship that is small

small stores
noun personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person`s pay

small stuff
noun any light rope used on shipboard

small white
noun small widely distributed form

small white aster
noun a variety of aster

small-capitalization
small-capitalisation adjective of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars

small-eared
adjective having small ears

small-for-gestational-age infant
SGA infant noun an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age

small-fruited
adjective bearing small fruit

small-leaved linden
small-leaved lime noun large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental

small-particle pollution
noun air pollution caused by fine particles of soot (as from power plants or diesel engines)

small-scale
adjective created or drawn on a small scale; `small-scale maps`; `a small-scale model`

small-seeded
adjective having relatively small seeds

small-toothed
adjective having small teeth

small-winged
adjective having small wings

small(a)
adjective slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; `a series of death struggles with small time in between`

smaller
littler adjective small or little relative to something else

smalleye hammerhead
Sphyrna tudes noun fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver

smallholder
noun a person owning or renting a smallholding

smallholding
noun a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation

smallish
adjective rather small

smallmouth
smallmouth bass noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye

smallmouth bass
noun flesh of smallmouth bass

smallness
littleness noun the property of having a relatively small size

smallpox
variola noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

smalltooth sawfish
Pristis pectinatus noun commonly found in tropical bays and estuaries; not aggressive

smaltite
noun a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel

smart
adjective capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; `smart weapons`

smart bomb
noun a bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target; `smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment`

smart card
noun a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions

smart money
noun people who are highly experienced or who have inside information; `the smart money said Truman would lose the election`

smarta
noun one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism

smartly
modishly adverb in a stylish manner; `He was smartly dressed`

smash
smashingly adverb with a loud crash; `the car went smash through the fence`

smasher
stunner noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman

smashing
shattering noun the act of breaking something into small pieces

smatter
verb work with in an amateurish manner; `She dabbles in astronomy`; `He plays around with investments but he never makes any money`

smattering
noun a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

smattering
noun a small number or amount; `only a handful of responses were received`

smear
vilification noun slanderous defamation

smear
smudge verb make a smudge on; soil by smudging

smear word
noun an epithet that can be used to smear someone`s reputation; `he used the smear word `communist` for everyone who disagreed with him`

smegma
noun a white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin