a state of widespread public excitement and interest
somatesthesia
Noun
the faculty of bodily perception
somatesthesia
Noun
the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
somataesthesis
Noun
the faculty of bodily perception
somatosensory system
Noun
the faculty of bodily perception
sentiency
Noun
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
somatic sensory system
Noun
the faculty of bodily perception
salesmanship
Noun
skill in selling
sensory faculty
Noun
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
stream of consciousness
Noun
the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience
stream of consciousness
Noun
a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
somatic sense
Noun
the faculty of bodily perception
seamanship
Noun
skill in sailing
sense modality
Noun
a particular sense
scientific method
Noun
a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
showmanship
Noun
the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner
soldiership
Noun
skills that are required for the life of soldier
swordsmanship
Noun
skill in fencing
Socratic method
Noun
a method of teaching by question and answer
skillfulness
Noun
the state of being cognitively skillful
sensibility
Noun
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli
sensibility
Noun
mental responsiveness and awareness
sensibility
Noun
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
silver bullet
Noun
a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem
system of rules
Noun
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
stigmatism
Noun
normal eyesight
stigmatism
Noun
(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
stigmatism
Noun
the condition of having or being marked by stigmata
sleight
Noun
adroitness in using the hands
system of logic
Noun
a system of reasoning
somatosense
Noun
any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
sense of touch
Noun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
skin senses
Noun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
spoils system
Noun
the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
stagecraft
Noun
skill in writing or staging plays
spirit world
Noun
any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide
Sion
Noun
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
slow-wittedness
Noun
the quality of being mentally slow and limited
sightedness
Noun
normal use of the faculty of vision
subnormality
Noun
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
subnormality
Noun
the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)
subconsciousness
Noun
a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
sprachgefuhl
Noun
an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language
sixth sense
Noun
grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
snoopiness
Noun
offensive inquisitiveness
synesthesia
Noun
a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
sweetener
Noun
anything that serves as an enticement
sweetener
Noun
something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
synaesthesia
Noun
a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
shape constancy
Noun
the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)