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Superbugs
- noun - a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
- a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
Swartback
- - The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.
Sweatband
- noun - a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat
- a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat
Sweptback
- adjective - (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment; "aircraft with sweptback wings"
- used of hair
Swingboat
- unknown - Carriage at fairground
Swordbill
- - A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
Syllabary
- noun - a writing system whose characters represent syllables
Syllabify
- verb - divide into syllables; "syllabify the words"
Syllabise
- verb - divide into syllables; "syllabify the words"
- utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read"
Syllabism
- - The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.