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Sifters
- noun - a household sieve (as for flour)
Sifting
- verb - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
Silt Up
- verb - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
Silting
- verb - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
Sinters
- verb - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
Sisters
- noun - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
- (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"
- a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"
Sistine
- - Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
Sistrum
- - An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
Sitters
- noun - a domestic hen ready to brood
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
- an organism (person or animal) that sits
- Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
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