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Squamous
- - Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
Squamula
- - One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Squander
- verb - spend extravagantly;
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
Squarely
- adverb - directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"
- firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
- in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
- in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
- with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"
Squaring
- verb - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
- pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
- position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
- raise to the second power
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
Squarish
- adjective - somewhat square in appearance or form
Squashed
- verb - that has been violently compressed; "the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds"
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
Squasher
- - One who, or that which, squashes.
Squashes
- noun - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- Cordial or fruit juice
- edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
- to flatten