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

squall
noun sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation

squall
wawl verb make high-pitched, whiney noises

squall line
noun a cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likely

squally
squalling adjective characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; `a home life that has been extraordinarily squally`

Squalus
genus Squalus noun spiny dogfishes

squama
noun a protective structure resembling a scale

Squamata
order Squamata noun diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards

squamous cell
noun an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue

squamule
noun a minute scale

squamulose
adjective covered with tiny scales

squander
waste verb spend extravagantly; `waste not, want not`

squandered
wasted adjective not used to good advantage; `squandered money cannot be replaced`; `a wasted effort`

squandering
noun spending resources lavishly and wastefully; `more wasteful than the squandering of time`

squandermania
noun prodigious squandering (usually by a government)

square
straight adjective rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

square
noun someone who doesn`t understand what is going on

square dance
square dancing noun American country dancing in which couples form squares

square dancer
noun someone who does square dancing

square foot
sq ft noun a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square

square inch
sq in noun a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square

square knot
noun a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords

square matrix
noun a matrix with the same number of rows and columns

square meal
noun a substantial and nourishing meal; `he seldom got three square meals a day`

square meter
square metre noun a centare is 1/100th of an are

square mile
noun an area of 640 acres

square nut
noun nut with a square shape

square one
noun the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail; `the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men`; `she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one`

square root
noun a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

square sail
noun a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast

square shooter
straight shooter noun a frank and honest person

square yard
sq yd noun a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square

square-bashing
noun drill on a barracks square

square-built
adjective broad and solidly built

square-dance music
noun music performed for square dancing

square-jawed
adjective having a relatively square jaw

square-rigged
adjective rigged with square sails as the principal ones

square-rigger
noun a square-rigged sailing ship

square-shaped
adjective shaped like a square

square-tailed
adjective having a square tail

square-toed
squared-toe adjective having a square toe; `square-toed shoes`

square(a)
straightforward adjective without evasion or compromise; `a square contradiction`; `he is not being as straightforward as it appears`

square(p)
adjective leaving no balance; `my account with you is now all square`

squared
adjective having been made square

squarely
foursquare adverb with firmness and conviction; without compromise; `he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration`- C.G.Bowers; `dealt straightforwardly with all issues`

squarely
forthright adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout; `to face a problem squarely`; `the responsibility lies squarely with them`; `spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point`

squareness
noun the property of being shaped like a square

squaretail
noun sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters

squarish
adjective somewhat square in appearance or form

squash
squash racquets noun a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

squash ball
noun rubber ball used in playing squash

squash bug
Anasa tristis noun large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family

squash court
noun the indoor court in which squash is played

squash pie
noun similar to pumpkin pie but made with winter squash instead of pumpkin

squash racket
squash racquet noun a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

squashed
adjective that has been violently compressed; `the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds`

squat
underslung adjective having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground

Squatina
genus Squatina noun type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

Squatinidae
family Squatinidae noun bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks

squatness
stubbiness noun the property of being short and broad

squatter
nester noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

squaw
noun an American Indian woman

squaw grass
bear grass 4 Xerophyllum tenax noun plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

squaw man
noun a white man married to a North American Indian woman

squawbush
squaw-bush noun deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

squawk
noun the noise of squawking; `she awoke to the squawk of chickens`; `the squawk of car horns`

squawk
skreak verb utter a harsh abrupt scream

squawk box
squawker noun the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system

squeak
noun a short high-pitched noise; `the squeak of shoes on powdery snow`

squeaker
noun any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; `those sneakers are squeakers`; `which hinge is the squeaker?`

squeal
noun a high-pitched howl

squeal
verb utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs

squeamishly
adverb in a squeamish manner; ``I would rather not touch,` he said squeamishly`

squeamishness
noun the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked; `the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers`; `he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty`

squeegee
noun T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)

squeeze
wring noun a twisting squeeze; `gave the wet cloth a wring`

squeeze play
noun a baseball play in which a runner on third base tries to score as the batter bunts the pitch

squeezer
noun a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit

squelch circuit
squelch noun an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

squib
noun firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

squid
calamari noun (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food

squiggle
curlicue noun a short twisting line

squiggly
adjective wavy and twisting

squilla
mantis prawn noun a kind of mantis shrimp

Squillidae
family Squillidae noun crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore

squinch
noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

squinched
squinting adjective having eyes half closed in order to see better; `squinched eyes`

squint
noun the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed

squint-eyed
adjective affected by strabismus

squinter
squint-eye noun a person with strabismus

squinty
adjective characterized by squinting; `he looked with squinty eyes`

squire
noun an English country landowner

squire
noun a man who attends or escorts a woman

squirming
twisting adjective having a twisting or snake-like or wormlike motion; `squirming boys`; `wiggly worms`; `writhing snakes`

squirrel
noun a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

squirrel cage
noun cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it

squirrel corn
Dicentra canadensis noun American plant with cream-colored flowers and tuberous roots resembling kernels of corn

squirrel monkey
Saimiri sciureus noun small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle

squirrel`s-foot fern
ball fern noun feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia

squirrel-like
adjective resembling a squirrel

squirrel-sized
adjective having the approximate size of a squirrel