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

southwestern
adjective of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado

southwestern
adjective situated in or oriented toward the southwest

southwestern lip fern
Cheilanthes eatonii noun lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds

southwestern toad
Bufo microscaphus noun a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States

southwestern white pine
Pinus strobiformis noun medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature

southwestward
adjective toward the southwest

souvlaki
souvlakia noun made of lamb

sovereign
supreme adjective greatest in status or authority or power; `a supreme tribunal`

sovereign immunity
noun an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government`s consent; `the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong`

sovereignty
noun the authority of a state to govern another state

Soviet
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; `Soviet leaders`

Soviet Russia
Russia 1 Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic noun formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia

Soviet Socialist Republic
noun one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)

Soviets
noun the government of the Soviet Union; `the Soviets said they wanted to increase trade with Europe`

sow
noun an adult female hog

sow bug
noun terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)

sow thistle
noun any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil

sowbane
red goosefoot 2 Chenopodium hybridum noun herb considered fatal to swine

sowbelly
noun salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass

sowbread
Cyclamen hederifolium noun common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers

sower
noun someone who sows

Soweto
noun a large collection of African townships southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans

soy
soybean noun most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known

soy sauce
noun thin sauce made of fermented soy beans

soya milk
soybean milk noun a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu

soybean future
noun soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

soybean meal
soybean flour noun meal made from soybeans

soybean oil
soyabean oil noun oil from soya beans

space
infinite noun the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; `they tested his ability to locate objects in space`; `the boundless regions of the infinite`

space
noun a blank area; `write your name in the space provided`

space age
noun the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present

space bar
noun the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used

space cadet
noun someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug)

space capsule
noun a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

space heater
noun heater consisting of a self-contained (usually portable) unit to warm a room

space helmet
noun a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space

space lattice
crystal lattice noun a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

space medicine
noun the branch of medicine concerned with the effects of space flight on human beings

space probe
noun a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth`s atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation

space program
noun a technological program intended to explore outer space

space rocket
noun a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space

space shuttle
noun a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth`s atmosphere

space station
space platform noun a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

space walk
noun any kind of physical activity outside a spacecraft by one of the crew

space writer
noun a writer paid by the area of the copy

space-time
space-time continuum noun the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located

spacecraft
ballistic capsule noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

spacecraft clock time
SCLK noun the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft

spacecraft event time
SCET noun the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft; `SCET = TRM + OWLT`

spaced
adjective arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form; `widely spaced eyes`

spaced-out
spacy adjective stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug

spaceflight
space travel noun a voyage outside the Earth`s atmosphere

spacesuit
noun a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space

spacewalker
noun an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space

spaceward
spacewards adverb towards outer space

spacing
spatial arrangement noun the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them

spackle
spackling compound noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster

spade
noun a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

spade bit
noun a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side

spade casino
noun a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point

spade-shaped
spade-like adjective shaped in the form of a spade

spadefish
angelfish 3 Chaetodipterus faber noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

spadefoot
spadefoot toad noun a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

spadework
noun dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

spadix
noun the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe

spaghetti
noun pasta in the form of long strings

spaghetti and meatballs
noun spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce

spaghetti junction
noun a complicated highway interchange with multiple overpasses

spaghetti sauce
pasta sauce noun any of numerous sauces for spaghetti or other kinds of pasta

spaghetti squash
noun medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti

spaghetti Western
noun a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company

spaghettini
noun thin spaghetti

Spain
Kingdom of Spain noun a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

Spalacidae
family Spalacidae noun mole rats

Spalax
genus Spalax noun type genus of the Spalacidae

spall
spawl noun a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; `a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls`

Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzani noun Italian physiologist who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation (1729-1799)

spallation
noun (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles; `some astronomers believe that the solar system was formed by spallation when the sun was a very young star`

spam
junk e-mail noun unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

spammer
noun someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)

span
noun the distance or interval between two points

span loading
noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan

Spandau
noun a German machine gun

spandex
noun an elastic synthetic fabric

spandrel
spandril noun an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them

Spaniard
noun a native or inhabitant of Spain

spaniel
noun any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

Spanish
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; `Spanish music`

Spanish American
Hispanic noun an American whose first language is Spanish

Spanish Armada
Invincible Armada noun the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588

Spanish bayonet
noun a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers

Spanish broom
Genista hispanica noun erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

Spanish cedar
Spanish cedar tree noun tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

Spanish Civil War
noun civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939

Spanish dagger
noun arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers

Spanish elm
salmwood noun large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood

Spanish fly
noun green beetle of southern Europe

Spanish gorse
Genista hispanica noun erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

Spanish grunt
Haemulon macrostomum noun a kind of grunt

Spanish heath
Portuguese heath noun erect dense shrub native to western Iberian peninsula having profuse white or pink flowers; naturalized in southwestern England