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Shellacking
- verb - Slang
a. To strike repeatedly and severely; batter.
b. To defeat decisively.
c. an utter defeat.
d. a sound thrashing.
- cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
Shoemakings
- noun - the shoemaker's trade
Shopwalkers
- noun - an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain"
Shorlaceous
- - See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Showmanship
- noun - the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner
Sibilations
- 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
Sidesaddles
- noun - a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse
Sierra Plum
- noun - shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
Simulations
- noun - (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
- the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
Sir Galahad
- noun - (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail