| sachet.........a small bag containing | | | | tick...........small noise; parasitic |
| perfumed powder | | | | bugticks..........the sounds of a clock |
| | | | |
| sashay.........to strut or | | | | tics...........more than one |
| flouncesacks..........bags | | | | twitchtide...........periodic ebb and flow of |
| | | | oceans |
| sax............short for | | | | |
| saxophonesail...........wind powered water | | | | tied...........passed tense of |
| travel | | | | tietighten........to make tighter |
| | | | |
| sale...........the act of | | | | titan..........a gianttimber.........wood |
| sellingsane...........mentally normal | | | | for building |
| | | | |
| seine..........fishing | | | | timbre.........musical |
| netsaner..........more mentally normal than | | | | qualitytire...........round, rubber things on |
| others | | | | your car |
| | | | |
| seiner.........one who fishes with a | | | | tyer...........one who |
| netsaver..........one who saves | | | | tiesto.............toward |
| | | | |
| savor..........to relish a | | | | too............also |
| tastesawed..........cut timber | | | | |
| | | | two............a coupletoad...........frog |
| sod............turfscene..........visual | | | | |
| location | | | | toed...........having toes |
| | | | |
| seen...........past tense of sawscent, | | | | towed..........pulled aheadtocsin.........an |
| see: centscents, see: | | | | alarm |
| centsscull..........rowing motion | | | | |
| | | | toxin..........a poisontocsins........more |
| skull..........head bonesea............ocean | | | | than one alarm |
| | | | |
| | | | toxins.........more than one |
| see............to lookseal...........to | | | | poisonstoe............forepart of the foot |
| close | | | | |
| | | | tow............to pull |
| seel...........to close someone's | | | | aheadtold...........what was spoken |
| eyessealing, see: | | | | |
| ceilingseam...........row of stitches | | | | tolled.........a bell was |
| | | | rungtole...........lacquered metalware |
| seem...........appearsseamen.........sailors | | | | |
| | | | toll...........a tax or |
| | | | chargeton............2000 lbs. |
| semen..........male | | | | |
| dischargeseams..........more than one rows of | | | | Tun............a large |
| stitching | | | | casktongue.........mouth muscle |
| | | | |
| seems..........it appears to | | | | tung...........Chinese tree and its |
| besear...........scorched | | | | oil(similar to linseed)toon...........cartoon |
| | | | personality |
| seer...........a person who sees | | | | |
| | | | tune...........songtort...........a sweet |
| sear, see: | | | | cake for lawyers |
| cereseas...........oceans | | | | |
| | | | torte..........a sweet multi-layered |
| sees...........looks | | | | caketough..........difficult |
| | | | |
| seize..........to | | | | tuff...........a stratified, porous |
| grabsects..........religious factions | | | | rocktracked........having tracks |
| | | | |
| sex............if you have to ask, you're | | | | tract..........a plot of |
| too youngseed, see: cedeseeder, | | | | landtray...........a platter |
| see: cedarseeding, see: | | | | |
| cedingseek...........to look for | | | | trey...........threetroop..........a company |
| | | | of soldiers |
| Sikh...........Hindu religious sectseer, | | | | |
| see: ceresell, see: cellseller, | | | | troupe.........a company of |
| see: cellarsense, see: | | | | actorstrooper........a private soldier |
| centssenses, see: censussensor, | | | | |
| see: censersent, see: centsere, | | | | trouper........a staunch colleague or |
| see: cereserf...........slave | | | | actortroopers.......several soldiers |
| | | | |
| surf...........breaking | | | | troupers.......multiple actors, or |
| wavesserge..........strong twilled fabric | | | | alliestrussed........tied up |
| | | | |
| surge..........forceful pushserial, | | | | trust..........faithUnix, see: |
| see: cerealseries, see: Ceressession, | | | | eunuchsURL, see: earlurn, |
| see: cessionsew............needle and | | | | see: earnuse, see: |
| thread | | | | ewesvain...........worthless |
| | | | |
| so.............in the manner shown | | | | vane...........flat piece moving with the |
| | | | air |
| sol............musical note | | | | |
| | | | vein...........blood |
| sow............broadcasting | | | | vesselvale...........valley |
| seedssewer..........one who sews | | | | |
| | | | veil...........gauzy fabric, fabric |
| sower..........one who | | | | coveringvary...........to change |
| sowssewer..........waste drain | | | | |
| | | | |
| suer...........one who | | | | very...........extremelyverses.........paragr |
| suesshake..........vibrate | | | | aphs |
| | | | |
| sheik..........Arab princeshall..........is | | | | versus.........againstvial...........narrow |
| allowed | | | | glass container |
| | | | |
| shell..........aquatic | | | | vile...........despicable |
| exoskeletonshe'll.........contraction of "she | | | | |
| will" | | | | viol...........stringed |
| | | | instrumentvice...........bad habit |
| shill..........a decoyshear..........to cut | | | | |
| or wrench | | | | vise...........bench-mounted |
| | | | clampWACs...........members of the Women's |
| sheer..........thin; abrupt | | | | Army Corps |
| turnshears.........cuts or wrenches; scissors | | | | |
| | | | wax............candle stuff |
| | | | |
| sheers.........abruptly | | | | whacks.........several |
| turnssheave.........pulley | | | | blowswade...........walk in shallow water |
| | | | |
| shiv...........knifeshoe...........footwear | | | | weighed........past tense of |
| | | | weighwail...........a cry |
| shoo..........."go away"shoes..........more | | | | |
| than one shoe | | | | wale...........welt; corduroy ridge |
| | | | |
| shoos..........sends awayshoot, see: | | | | whale..........large oceanic |
| chutesic............to set upon | | | | mammalwain...........a wagon |
| | | | |
| sick...........illsics...........sets upon | | | | wane...........decrease |
| | | | |
| six............whole | | | | Wayne..........a man's |
| numberside...........lateral | | | | namewaist..........between ribs and hips |
| | | | |
| sighed.........breathed sorrowfullysigh, | | | | waste..........make ill use |
| see: psisighs..........multiple sad and | | | | ofwait...........remain in readiness |
| weary breaths | | | | |
| | | | weight.........an amount of |
| size...........magnitudesight, see: | | | | heavinesswaive..........give up rights |
| citesighted, see: citedsights, | | | | |
| see: citessign...........displayed board | | | | wave...........undulating |
| bearing information | | | | motionwaiver.........contract for giving up |
| | | | rights |
| sine...........reciprocal of the | | | | |
| cosecantsignet, see: | | | | waver..........rocking |
| cygnetsink...........to submerge | | | | motionWales..........Western division of UK |
| | | | |
| synch..........together in | | | | wales..........corduroy ridges |
| timeSioux..........tribe of native Americans | | | | |
| | | | whales.........a pod of ocean |
| sou............French coin worth five | | | | mammalswalk...........perambulate |
| centimes | | | | |
| | | | wok............Chinese cooking |
| sough..........soft sound | | | | panwalks..........moves by foot |
| | | | |
| sue............bring civil actionsite, | | | | woks...........plural form of |
| see: citesited, see: citedsites, | | | | wokwant...........desire |
| see: citesslay...........kill | | | | |
| | | | |
| sleigh.........snow | | | | wont...........accustomedwar............large |
| carriagesleight........cunning skill | | | | scale armed conflict |
| | | | |
| slight.........not muchslew...........past | | | | wore...........past tense of |
| tense of slay | | | | wearware...........merchandise |
| | | | |
| slough.........bog | | | | wear...........attire |
| | | | |
| slue...........to swing | | | | where..........a placewarn...........to |
| aroundsloe...........blackthorn berries | | | | advise of a hazard |
| | | | |
| slow...........not fastsoar...........fly | | | | worn...........displaying evidence of |
| | | | usewarrantee......one who is protected by a |
| sore...........hurtsoared.........to have | | | | guarantee |
| sailed through the air | | | | |
| | | | warranty.......a |
| sword..........long fighting | | | | guaranteewarship........naval implement of |
| bladesolace.........comfort | | | | destruction |
| | | | |
| soulless.......lacking a | | | | worship........revere in a religious |
| soulsole...........only | | | | mannerwary...........cautious |
| | | | |
| soul...........immortal part of a | | | | wherry.........light row |
| personsome...........a few | | | | boatway............path or direction |
| | | | |
| sum............result of | | | | weigh..........to measure weight |
| additionson............male child | | | | |
| | | | whey...........watery part of |
| sun............starsonny..........diminutive | | | | milkwe.............first person plural |
| for male child | | | | |
| | | | wee............very |
| sunny..........lit by the | | | | smallwe'd...........contraction of "we would" |
| sunsoot...........black residue of burning | | | | |
| | | | |
| suit...........clothessordid.........squalid | | | | weed...........like how our flowers won't |
| | | | growwe'll..........contraction of "we will" |
| | | | |
| sorted.........arrangedspade..........shovel | | | | wheel..........what we keep |
| | | | reinventingwe're..........contraction of "we |
| | | | are" |
| spayed.........to sterilize a female | | | | |
| animalspoor..........trail of an animal | | | | weir...........a low dam, or a fence in a |
| | | | river for catching |
| spore..........single cell reproductive | | | | fishwe're..........contraction of "we are" |
| bodystaid..........reserved | | | | |
| | | | were...........past tense plural of "to be" |
| stayed.........remainedstair..........a step | | | | |
| | | | whir...........prolonged swish or |
| | | | buzzwe've..........contraction of "we have" |
| stare..........look | | | | |
| intentlystake..........wooden pole | | | | weave..........to make |
| | | | clothweak...........not strong |
| steak..........slice of | | | | |
| meatstatice........an astringent herb | | | | week...........seven daysweal...........a |
| | | | skin welt |
| status.........position with regard to | | | | |
| lawstationary.....not moving | | | | wheel..........what we in Silicon Valley |
| | | | continually reinventweald..........a rural |
| stationery.....writing | | | | area |
| papersteal..........take unlawfully | | | | |
| | | | wheeled........having wheels |
| steel..........iron alloystep...........a | | | | |
| measure taken | | | | wield..........to apply or |
| | | | useweather........meteorological conditions |
| steppe.........a level, grassy, unforested | | | | |
| plainstile..........narrow passage | | | | wether.........a castrated ram |
| | | | |
| style..........modestoop..........a small | | | | whether........if it be the |
| porch | | | | caseweld...........to join metal by melting |
| | | | its edges |
| stoup..........a drinking | | | | |
| cupstorey.........the horizontal divisions of | | | | welled.........pouring forthwen............a |
| a building | | | | benign skin tumor |
| | | | |
| story..........a narrative | | | | when...........at a specific |
| talestraight.......not crooked | | | | timewet............watery |
| | | | |
| strait.........narrow | | | | whet...........primewhich..........selection |
| waterwaysuccor.........relief | | | | |
| | | | |
| sucker.........one who | | | | witch..........broomstick ridin' |
| suckssuede..........split leather | | | | croneswhig...........supporter of American |
| | | | revolution |
| swayed.........curved; | | | | |
| convincedsuite..........ensemble | | | | wig............false |
| | | | hairpiecewhile..........during |
| sweet..........sugarysummary........a | | | | |
| statement giving only the main points | | | | wile...........craftwhiled.........passing |
| | | | the time |
| summery........like summersundae.........ice | | | | |
| cream with syrup on it | | | | |
| | | | wild...........untamedwhine..........annoying |
| Sunday.........first day of the weeksymbol, | | | | cry |
| see: cymbaltach...........short for | | | | |
| tachometer | | | | wine...........fermented grape |
| | | | juicewhined.........past tense of whine |
| tack...........small | | | | |
| nailtacks..........small nails | | | | wind...........what you do to a clockwork |
| | | | |
| tax............governmental | | | | wined..........drank well of |
| tithetail...........spinal appendage | | | | spiritswhirled........rapidly rotated |
| | | | |
| tale...........storytailer.........one who | | | | world..........Earthwhirred........made a |
| hauls in on a ship's line | | | | whizzing or buzzing sound |
| | | | |
| tailor.........one who makes | | | | word...........one of the basic elements of |
| clothestaper..........wedge-shaped | | | | speechwhit...........insignificant amount |
| | | | |
| tapir..........hoglike, Malaysian | | | | wit............cleverness; sense of |
| mammaltare...........allowance for the weight | | | | humorwhither........to which place, point, |
| of packing materials | | | | condition |
| | | | |
| tear...........to riptaught.........past | | | | wither.........shrivel |
| tense of teach | | | | upwho's..........contraction of "who is" |
| | | | |
| taut...........stretched | | | | whose..........belonging to |
| tighttea............herbal infusion | | | | whomwhoa...........equestrian directive to |
| | | | stop |
| tee............golfball prop | | | | |
| | | | woe............despairwhole, see: |
| ti.............musical noteteam...........a | | | | holewholly, see: holeywhore, |
| group working together | | | | see: hoarwhored, see: |
| | | | hoardwhy............how come? |
| teem...........to swarmteaming........a | | | | |
| fortuitous pairing | | | | wye............the shape of the letter |
| | | | "Y"won, see: one |
| teeming........a | | | | |
| swarmingtear...........eyeball lubricant | | | | won't..........contraction of "will not" |
| | | | |
| tier...........a horizontal | | | | wont...........accustomedwood...........what |
| rowteas...........more than one herbal | | | | trees are made of |
| infusion | | | | |
| | | | would..........will doworst..........least |
| tease..........tantalize | | | | best |
| | | | |
| tees...........more than one | | | | wurst..........sausagewrack, see: |
| teetenner.........English slang for a ten | | | | rackwrap, see: rapwrapped, |
| pound note | | | | see: rappedwreak, see: reekwreck, |
| | | | see: reck |
| | | | |
| tenor..........tendencytense..........nervous | | | | wrest, see: restwretch, see: |
| | | | retchwright, see: rightwring, |
| | | | see: ringwrite, see: rightwrote, |
| tents..........more than one temporary | | | | see: rotewrought, see: rotwry, |
| sheltertern...........a shorebird | | | | see: ryexi, see: |
| | | | psiy'all..........Southern contraction of |
| terne..........alloy of lead and tin | | | | "you all" |
| | | | |
| turn...........rotateThai...........from | | | | yawl...........two-masted sailboat with |
| Thailand | | | | mizzenmast abaft the |
| | | | tilleryack...........informal talk |
| tie............a drawthe............denoting | | | | |
| persons already mentioned | | | | yak............long-haired Tibetan oxyew, |
| | | | see: ewe |
| thee...........objective case of | | | | |
| thoutheir..........belonging to them | | | | yews, see: ewes |
| | | | |
| there..........a place | | | | yoke...........oxen harness |
| | | | |
| they're........contraction of "they | | | | yolk...........yellow egg |
| are"threw..........to propel by hand | | | | centeryokes..........more than one harness |
| | | | |
| through........from end to | | | | yolks..........an omeletyore...........the |
| endthroe..........a spasm of pain | | | | past |
| | | | |
| throw..........to discharge through the | | | | you're.........contraction of "you are" |
| airthroes.........spasms of pain | | | | |
| | | | your...........belonging to youyou, |
| throws.........discharging through the | | | | see: ewe |
| airthrone.........the royal seat | | | | |
| | | | you'll.........contraction of "you will" |
| thrown.........was hurledthyme..........herb | | | | |
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