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Sheiks
- noun - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- the leader of an Arab village or family
Shells
- noun - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"
- fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove from its s
Sherds
- noun - a broken piece of a brittle artifact
Sieges
- noun - company of herons
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Sieves
- noun - a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
Skeets
- noun - the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
Skeins
- noun - coils of worsted yarn
- V-shaped flight formation of geese, ducks, and other migratory birds.
Sleeks
- verb - make slick or smooth
Sleeps
- noun - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
- a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
- a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
- be asleep
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
Sleets
- noun - partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
- precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"