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side entrance |
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an exterior door at one side of a building |
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shelter |
Noun
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a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger |
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shelter |
Noun
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protective covering that provides protection from the weather |
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shelter |
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temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons |
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shelter |
Noun
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a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings |
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shelter |
Noun
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the condition of being protected |
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shelter |
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invest money so that it is not taxable |
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shelter |
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provide shelter for |
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singlet |
Noun
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a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body |
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sidelight |
Noun
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light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction |
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short iron |
Noun
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an iron with a short shaft and pitched face |
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short line |
Noun
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a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances |
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side pocket |
Noun
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a pocket on the side of a billiard table |
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short pants |
Noun
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trousers that end at or above the knee |
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side road |
Noun
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a minor road branching off of a main road |
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sheltered workshop |
Noun
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a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population |
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side street |
Noun
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a street intersecting a main street and terminating there |
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short sleeve |
Noun
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a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
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sidewalk |
Noun
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walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians |
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shortwave diathermy machine |
Noun
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a diathermy machine that uses short wave radiation as the source of heat |
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sidewall |
Noun
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a wall that forms the side of a structure |
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sidewall |
Noun
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the side of an automobile tire |
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singleton |
Noun
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the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt |
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singleton |
Noun
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a set containing a single member |
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singleton |
Noun
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a single object (as distinguished from a pair) |
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shift key |
Noun
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the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters |
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shift register |
Noun
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(computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
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side-wheeler |
Noun
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a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side |
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sinusoidal projection |
Noun
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an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved |
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shillelagh |
Noun
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a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) |
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shot glass |
Noun
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a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey |
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side yard |
Noun
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the grounds at either side of a house |
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shillalah |
Noun
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a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) |
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shotgun |
Noun
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firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges |
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siding |
Noun
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a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass |
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siding |
Noun
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a material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof, made of wood, aluminum, or other materials |
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sister ship |
Noun
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a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time |
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shim |
Noun
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a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices |
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scattergun |
Noun
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firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges |
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shingle |
Noun
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a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. |
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shingle |
Noun
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coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) |
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shingle |
Noun
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building material used as siding or roofing |
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shingle |
Verb
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cover with shingles |
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shotgun shell |
Noun
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a shell containing lead shot |
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sitar |
Noun
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a stringed instrument of India |
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sidetrack |
Noun
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a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass |
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sidetrack |
Verb
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wander from a direct or straight course |
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shot hole |
Noun
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drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
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sitz bath |
Noun
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a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position |
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shot tower |
Noun
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tower of a kind once used to make shot |