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Swoons
- noun - a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- faint
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Swoops
- noun - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
- a swift descent through the air
- a very rapid raid
- move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
- move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc
- seize or catch with a swooping motion
Swoosh
- noun - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
- the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Swords
- noun - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Swough
- - A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
Taoism
- noun - a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
- popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
- religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu
Taoist
- adjective - an adherent of any branch of Taoism
- of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
- of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic; "Taoist temples"
Taotai
- - In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.
Tholes
- noun - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing