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Stymying
- verb - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
Subduing
- verb - correct by punishment or discipline
- get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
- put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Suckling
- verb - a young mammal that has not been weaned
- an infant considered in relation to its nurse
- English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
- feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
- give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
- suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
Sudating
- verb - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
Sugaring
- verb - sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea"
Sullying
- verb - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
Sun King
- noun - king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Suppling
- verb - make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
Suturing
- verb - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"
- surgical joining of two surfaces
Swabbing
- verb - apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"
- Cleaned
- cleaning with a mop; "he gave it a good mopping"
- wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"