English to English Dictionary

Shiv

A crude, makeshift knife or sharp-pointed weapon, typically improvised by inmates in prisons.

Shod

To put shoes on (a horse or other animal).

Shotoku-shōmei

A historical document outlining the principles of governance attributed to Prince Shotoku in early Japan.

Shuddō-Meirei

A command or directive aimed at achieving purification or spiritual cleansing.

Shōchō-shugi

A doctrine or philosophy that emphasizes the significance of symbols in cultural and social contexts.

Sightlessness

The condition of being unable to see; blindness.

Signally

In a notable, striking, or conspicuous manner; remarkably.

Signalment

A detailed description or profile of the identifying marks, age, breed, sex, and physical characteristics of an animal patient.

Signary

A systematic set or chart of signs, symbols, or characters used in a writing system or script.

Silver-thaw

A meteorological phenomenon involving a deposit of clear ice formed by the freezing of supercooled drizzle or rain on objects whose surface temperature is below freezing.

Sine qua non

An essential condition or element; something that is absolutely necessary.

Solato

Comforted, consoled, or relieved from distress in literary or regional Italian contexts.