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Skink
- noun - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
Skins
- noun - a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
- a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
- a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
- an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
- body covering of a living animal
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- remove the bark of a tree
- strip the skin off; "pare apples"
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable
Skint
- adjective - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
Sling
- noun - a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
- a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- hang loosely or freely; let swing
- hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"
- hurl as if with a sling
- move with a sling; "sling the cargo onto the ship"
Slink
- verb - walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"
Spine
- noun - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- any sharply pointed projection
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
Spins
- noun - a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
- a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
- make up a story; "spin a yarn"
- prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
- the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
- work natural fiber
Spiny
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous"
Sting
- noun - a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, musician, born 2 October 1951.
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"