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- stem
- check the flow (eg of bleeding)
- stint
- be thrifty; set limits
- stipple
- paint or draw with dots
- striated
- marked with parallel bands; grooved
- strut
- supporting bar; pompous walk
- studied
- unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful
- stymie
- present an obstacle; stump
- subaltern
- subordinate
- sublimate
- refine; purify
- suborn
- persuade to act unlawfully
- subpoena
- writ summoning a witness to appear
- succor (v)
- aid
- sultry
- sweltering
- sundry
- various; several
- superannuated
- retired or disqualified because of age
- supererogatory
- superfluous; more than needed or demanded
- supernumerary
- person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
- suppositious
- assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
- suture
- stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing
- swarthy
- dark; dusky
- sybarite
- lover of luxury
- sylvan
- pertaining to the woods; rustic
- tanner
- person who turns animal hides into leather
- teetotalism
- practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
- temerity
- boldness; rashness
- temporize
- avoid committing oneself; gain time
- tesselated
- inlaid; mosaic
- testator
- maker of a will
- thrall
- slave; bondage
- throes
- violent anguish
- throng
- crowd
- tiller
- handle used ot move boat's rudder (to steer)
- timbre
- quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument
- tipple
- drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently
- titular
- having the title of an office without the obligations
- touchstone
- stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion
- tract
- pamphlet; a region of indefinite size
- transport
- strong emotion
- troth
- pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
- tumid
- swollen; pompous; bombastic
- tureen
- deep dish for serving soup
- turgid
- swollen; distended
- umbrage
- resentment; anger; sense of injury of insult
- unconscionable
- unscrupulous; excessive
- unctuous
- oily; bland; insincerely suave
- unfledged
- immature
- unguent
- ointment
- unilateral
- one-sided
- unprespossessing
- unattractive
- unwonted
- unaccustomed
- ursine
- bearlike; pertaining to a bear
- uxorious
- excessively devoted to one's wife
- vagary
- caprice; whim
- vagrant
-
stray; random;
homeless wanderer - valedictory
- pertaining to farewell
- vanguard
- forerunners; advance force
- vaunted
- boasted; bragged; highly publicized
- vendetta
- blood feud
- ventral
- abdominal
- verbiage
- pompous array of words
- viand
- food
- victuals
- food
- vinter
- winemaker; seller of wine
- visceral
- felt in one's inner organs
- viscid
- adhesive; gluey
- vise
- tool for holding work in place
- vitiate
- spoil the effect of; make inoperative
- vitriolic
- corrosive; sarcastic
- vivisection
- act of dissecting live animals
- vulpine
- like a fox; crafty
- waggish
- mischievious; humourous; tricky
- wangle
- wiggle out; fake
- warren
- tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live
- wastrel
- profligate
- welter
-
turmoil; bewildering jumble
wallow - whelp
- young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.
- whit
- smallest speck
- wizened
- withered; shriveled
- wont
- custom; habitual procedure
- wrangle
- quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle
- yen
- longing; urge
- solicitous
- worried, concerned
- pettifogging
- deceit, trickery