Putnam's Word Book
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Chapter 209 : site, n. location.sitting, n. a.s.sociated Words: sedentary, a.s.session, astasia.situ
site, n. location.
sitting, n. a.s.sociated Words: sedentary, a.s.session, astasia.
situation, n. position, place, post, employment, job, location, site, station, position; circ.u.mstance, condition, plight, predicament, exigency.
sitz bath. hip bath.
six, n. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xenary, hexaplar, s.e.xtant, s.e.xtuple, s.e.xtet, sestet, s.e.xtic, senary.
six-cornered, a. hexangular, hexagonal.
six days. hexahemeron.
six fingers or toes. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xidigitism, s.e.xidigitist.
sixfold, a. s.e.xtuple.
six-footed, a. hexapod.
six months. semester. a.s.sociated Words: half-yearly, semi-annual, bi-annual, semestral.
six-sided, a. cubic, hexahedral, hexagonal.
six-sided body. cube, hexahedron.
six-sided figure. hexagon.
sixty, n. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xagenary, s.e.xagesimal.
sixty years. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xagenarian, s.e.xagenary.
six years. a.s.sociated Words: s.e.xennial, s.e.xennially.
size, n. magnitude, volume, dimensions, amplitude, bulk, extent, bigness.
skedaddle, v. (Slang) run away, flee, decamp, scuttle, scamper, scurry.
skeptic, n. unbeliever, infidel.
skeptical, a. doubtful, disbelieving, incredulous. Antonym: credulous.
skepticism, n. doubt, incredulity, infidelity; Pyrrhonism. Antonym: credulity.
sketch, n. draught, outline, plan, drawing, design, scenario, esquisse.
sketch, v. draught, portray, draw, depict, delineate.
skid, n. drag, clog, skidpan.
skill, n. adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic, dexterity, proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness, knack. Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism, quackery, inexpertness, clumsiness.
skillful, a. skilled, expert, adroit, dexterous, adept, masterly, proficient, deft, able, efficient, competent, accomplished. Antonyms: unskillful, empirical, maladroit.
skimp, v. (Colloq.) scamp, slight, scrimp, save.
skimpy, a. (Colloq.) scant, skimp.
skin, n. integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle, scarfskin; true skin, dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon, ecderon; pelt, pell, pelage, peltry; hide, kip; husk, hull, glume; (of fruit) peel, peeling, rind, paring, epicarp; pellicle, film; episperm, testa, tegmen; slough, exuviae (cast-off-skin); parchment, vellum.
Antonyms: pulp, flesh. a.s.sociated Words: dermatology, dermatologist, dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermat.i.tis, dermatography, dermatoid, s.m.e.g.m.a, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic, subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate, desquamation, slough, dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal, apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.
skin, v. flay, excoriate; pare, peel; (Slang) cheat, defraud, fleece.
skin-deep, a. superficial.
skinflint, n. miser, n.i.g.g.ard, curmudgeon, scrimp, screw.
skinny, a. emaciated, gaunt, rawboned, poor.
skip, v. omit, pa.s.s, disregard; caper, gambol, jump, leap; ricochet.
skip, n. omission; gambol, caper, hop, leap; ricochet.
skipper, n. sea-captain; cheese maggot.
skirt, n. petticoat (underskirt); kilt; fustanella; kirtle; margin, border, edge, rim.
skirt opening. placket.
skit, n. reflection, jeer, gibe, satire, squib.
skittish, a. timorous, shy; volatile, restless, wanton.
skulk, v. sneak, slink, lurk.
skull, n. cranium; death's-head. a.s.sociated Words: cranial, acrania, acranial, craniology, phrenology, trepan, trephine, fontanel, sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal, sinciput.
skullcap, a. calotte.
sky, n. firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens. a.s.sociated words: meridian, zenith, nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.
sky-blue, a. azure, cerulean.
skyey, a. ethereal.
slack, a. lax, loose, relaxed; remiss, negligent, careless, s.h.i.+ftless; inactive, slow.
slacken, v. moderate, r.e.t.a.r.d, slack, reduce; loosen, relax; diminish, abate, mitigate; slake; relax, flag.
slackness, n. looseness, laxity, negligence, remissness, carelessness, s.h.i.+ftlessness; relaxation, diminution.
