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Dictionary: sanguinary
DEFINITION: (adjective) Accompanied by bloodshed.

Dictionary: straddle
DEFINITION: (verb) Range or extend over; occupy a certain area.

Dictionary: suppliant
DEFINITION: (noun) One praying humbly for something.

Dictionary: stoop
DEFINITION: (verb) Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.

Dictionary: scathing
DEFINITION: (adjective) Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical.

Dictionary: superannuated
DEFINITION: (adjective) Retired or ineffective because of advanced age.

Dictionary: stalwart
DEFINITION: (adjective) Having or marked by imposing physical strength.

Dictionary: sanctimonious
DEFINITION: (adjective) Feigning piety or righteousness.

Dictionary: spillway
DEFINITION: (noun) A channel for an overflow of water, as from a reservoir.

Dictionary: shutout
DEFINITION: (noun) A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.

Dictionary: scissure
DEFINITION: (noun) A split or opening in an organ or part.

Dictionary: sternutation
DEFINITION: (noun) A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.

Dictionary: surfactant
DEFINITION: (noun) A chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.

Dictionary: sepulcher
DEFINITION: (noun) A chamber that is used as a grave.

Dictionary: spelunker
DEFINITION: (noun) One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver.

Dictionary: significative
DEFINITION: (adjective) Pointing out or revealing clearly.

Dictionary: smidgen
DEFINITION: (noun) A very small quantity or portion; a bit or mite.

Dictionary: shoestring
DEFINITION: (noun) Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money.

Dictionary: sutler
DEFINITION: (noun) A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.

Dictionary: sassaby
DEFINITION: (noun) A large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal.