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Shrovetide
- noun - immediately preceding Lent
Shuddering
- verb - shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"
- shaking convulsively or violently
- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Shuttering
- verb - close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
Sibilating
- verb - express or utter with a hiss
- make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
- pronounce with an initial sibilant
- utter a sibilant
Sibilation
- noun - a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
- pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
Sicklebill
- - Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
Sidelining
- verb - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"
Sideration
- - The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.
Siderolite
- - A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Sigaultian
- - Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.