Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Sovereign

A supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Sovereignty

Supreme power or authority, especially of a state over its own territory.

Sovinity

The quality or state of being sovereign; autonomy or independence.

Space-Being

A hypothetical or fictional entity that exists in outer space.

Spandrel

The triangular space between the top of an arch and the rectangular frame that surrounds it.

Spimming

The act of sending unsolicited commercial or malicious messages via instant messaging services.

Spinning jenny

An early multi-spool spinning wheel invented in 1764 that dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker being able to work multiple spools at once.

Spooler

A computer program or process that manages the transmission of data to a peripheral device, such as a printer, by temporarily storing it on a disk or in memory.

Spoonerism

A spoken slip in which the corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes of two words are switched.

Spring-Forth

To suddenly emerge or burst forth with energy.

Sramana

A practitioner of asceticism, particularly in the context of Indian religions such as Buddhism and Jainism.

Subcenter

A secondary center of activity, commerce, population, or authority subordinate to a primary metropolitan or central business district.