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scintilla |
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a sparkling glittering particle |
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scintilla |
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a tiny or scarcely detectable amount |
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solar system |
Noun
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the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
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sea |
Noun
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a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land |
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sea |
Noun
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turbulent water with swells of considerable size |
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sea |
Noun
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anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume |
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seamount |
Noun
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an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor |
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streamlet |
Noun
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a small stream |
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seashore |
Noun
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the shore of a sea or ocean |
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seacoast |
Noun
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the shore of a sea or ocean |
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spall |
Noun
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a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge |
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sea-coast |
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the shore of a sea or ocean |
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spawl |
Noun
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a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge |
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seaside |
Noun
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the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort |
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seaboard |
Noun
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the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort |
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splinter |
Noun
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a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal |
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splinter |
Verb
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break up into splinters or slivers |
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splinter |
Verb
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divide into slivers or splinters |
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splinter |
Verb
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withdraw from an organization or communion |
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sediment |
Noun
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matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
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sediment |
Verb
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settle as sediment |
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sediment |
Verb
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deposit as a sediment |
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spoor |
Noun
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the trail left by a person or an animal |
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seif dune |
Noun
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a long and tall sand dune with a sharp crest |
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spume |
Noun
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foam or froth on the sea |
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spume |
Verb
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make froth or foam and become bubbly |
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stalactite |
Noun
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a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave |
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stalagmite |
Noun
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a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave |
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starlet |
Noun
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a small star |
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starlet |
Noun
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a young actress who is publicized as a future star |
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steppe |
Noun
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extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) |
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seven seas |
Noun
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an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world |
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storm cloud |
Noun
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a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm |
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straight chain |
Noun
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an open chain of atoms with no side chains |
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shelf ice |
Noun
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ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea |
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strange particle |
Noun
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an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness |
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strange quark |
Noun
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a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1 |
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squark |
Noun
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a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1 |
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salt flat |
Noun
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a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
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shore boulder |
Noun
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a boulder found on a shore remote from its place of origin |
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salt plain |
Noun
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a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
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shoreline |
Noun
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a boundary line between land and water |
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salt lick |
Noun
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a salt deposit that animals regularly lick |
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shortener |
Noun
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any agent that shortens |
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salt marsh |
Noun
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low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater |
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sialolith |
Noun
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a stone formed in the salivary gland |
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saltpan |
Noun
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a shallow basin in a desert region |
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salivary calculus |
Noun
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a stone formed in the salivary gland |
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siderite |
Noun
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a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron |
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siderite |
Noun
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iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate |