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Suint
- - A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.
Suist
- - One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Swift
- adjective - a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
- moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
- United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
Taint
- noun - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- the state of being contaminated
Teint
- - Tint; color; tinge, See Tint.
Twist
- noun -
- a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- a jerky pulling movement
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
- an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
- an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"
- do the twist
- form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough"
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was pop
Twixt
- unknown - In an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another.