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Smoldering
- verb - burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
- have strong suppressed feelings
- showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
Smothering
- verb - causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
- envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
- form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
Snail-Like
- - Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
Snake-Fish
- noun - tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
Snakeflies
- noun - predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax
Snivelling
- verb - cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"
- snuff up mucus through the nose
- talk in a tearful manner
Snobberies
- noun - the trait of condescending to those of lower social status