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S
A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
📖 Definitions of "S"
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A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
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(by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
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A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
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Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
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Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
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A part of a year when something particular happens
"mating season"
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That which gives relish; seasoning.
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The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
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A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
"The shilling was worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling."
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The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
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A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
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(New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
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One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S.
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The side of a church on the right hand of a person facing the altar.
🔄 Synonyms of "S"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| secondnoun | Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. |
| sulfurnoun | (uncountable) A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks. |
| secnoun | (informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute. |
| southnoun | The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane. |
| sulphurnoun | A city, the county seat of Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. |
| mhonoun | A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts. |
| due south | a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 23, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. |
| reciprocal ohmnoun | a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm |
| atomic number 16noun | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) |
| siemensnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "S"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| talkverb | (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech. |
| blabverb | (ambitransitive) To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. |
| tattlenoun | (intransitive, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. |
| whistlenoun | (ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. |
| babblenoun | (intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle. |
| peachnoun | (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed. |
| babble outverb | divulge confidential information or secrets |
| blab outverb | (transitive) To snitch on (someone). |
| oranoun | (historical) A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons. |
| fhnoun | (medicine) Initialism of familial hypercholesterolemia. |
| waffennoun | — |
| smallnoun | Not large or big; insignificant; few in number. |
| littlenoun | Small in size. |
| tinynoun | Very small. |
| minutenoun | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| petitenoun | (especially of a woman) Fairly short and of slim build. |
| mininoun | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| miniaturenoun | A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. |
| diminutivenoun | Very small. |
| compactnoun | Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume. |
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