people having the same social, economic, or educational status
stratum
Noun
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
socialism
Noun
a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
socialism
Noun
an economic system based on state ownership of capital
sectarianism
Noun
a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination
standpoint
Noun
a mental position from which things are viewed
segregationism
Noun
a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation
shamanism
Noun
an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
shamanism
Noun
any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
social democracy
Noun
the belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means
sectionalism
Noun
a partiality for some particular place
sentential function
Noun
formal expression containing variables
synonym
Noun
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
storage medium
Noun
a medium for storing information
signifier
Noun
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
snail mail
Noun
any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service
smiley
Noun
an emoticon of a smiling face
smoking gun
Noun
indisputable evidence (especially of a crime)
superordinate word
Noun
a word that is more generic than a given word
spam
Noun
unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
spam
Verb
send unwanted or junk e-mail
subordinate word
Noun
a word that is more specific than a given word
sheet of paper
Noun
paper used for writing or printing
school newspaper
Noun
a newspaper written and published by students in a school
signal detection
Noun
the detection that a signal is being received
school paper
Noun
a newspaper written and published by students in a school
sports page
Noun
any page in the sports section of a newspaper
spread head
Noun
two facing pages of a book or other publication
spreadhead
Noun
two facing pages of a book or other publication
singular form
Noun
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
source language
Noun
a language that is to be translated into another language
stationery
Noun
paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters
sidebar
Noun
a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story
sidebar
Noun
(law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing
samizdat
Noun
a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature
simple sentence
Noun
a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
style sheet
Noun
a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication
subordinate clause
Noun
a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
semantic role
Noun
(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
split infinitive
Noun
an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')
spoken word
Noun
a word that is spoken aloud
syllable
Noun
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
sesquipedalia
Noun
a very long word (a foot and a half long)
subheading
Noun
a heading of a subdivision of a text
subhead
Noun
a heading of a subdivision of a text
suffix
Noun
an affix that is added at the end of the word
suffix
Verb
attach a suffix to
street name
Noun
the name of a street
street name
Noun
the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
street name
Noun
slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)