Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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squanderer

noun

a recklessly extravagant consumer

squandermania

noun

prodigious squandering (usually by a government)

squareness

noun

the property of being shaped like a square

squark

noun

a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times...

squatina

noun

type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

squatinidae

noun

bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks

squattiness

noun

a short and stout physique

squeezability

noun

the property of being able to occupy less space

squelcher

noun

an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal...

squilla

noun

a kind of mantis shrimp

squillidae

noun

crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow wa...

squinter

noun

a person with strabismus

squirmer

noun

one who can't stay still (especially a child)

squirrelfish

noun

similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays...

sravana

noun

the fifth month of the Hindu calendar

srbija

noun

a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serb...

sse

noun

the compass point midway between south and southeast

sspe

noun

a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measle...

ssw

noun

the compass point midway between south and southwest

stablemate

noun

a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned...

stableness

noun

the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

stabroek

noun

port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana

stachyose

noun

a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese articho...

stachys

noun

large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or...

stael

noun

French romantic writer (1766-1817)

staffa

noun

an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the w...

stager

noun

an experienced person who has been through many battles; som...

staggerbush

noun

deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United State...

staggerer

noun

someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall

staghead

noun

an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shr...

staginess

noun

an artificial and mannered quality

stagira

noun

an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born

stagirus

noun

an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born

stagnancy

noun

inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; witho...

stainability

noun

(cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain spec...

stainer

noun

a worker who stains (wood or fabric)

staleness

noun

unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

stalinisation

noun

social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the po...

stalinization

noun

social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the po...

stalwartness

noun

the property of being strong and resolute

stammerer

noun

someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions

standardisation

noun

the imposition of standards or regulations

standardiser

noun

a person who sets a standard for things to conform to

standardizer

noun

a person who sets a standard for things to conform to

standdown

noun

(military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

standoffishness

noun

a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

stanhopea

noun

any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a singl...

stanleya

noun

prince's plume

stapedectomy

noun

surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear

staphylaceae

noun

a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found...