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sluggard |
Noun
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an idle slothful person |
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seismologist |
Noun
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a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth |
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small businessman |
Noun
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a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people |
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sheikh |
Noun
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the leader of an Arab village or family |
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selectman |
Noun
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an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns |
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small-for-gestational-age infant |
Noun
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an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age |
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selectwoman |
Noun
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an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns |
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selfish person |
Noun
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a person who is unusually selfish |
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smallholder |
Noun
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a person owning or renting a smallholding |
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sheika |
Noun
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the wife of a sheik |
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sinner |
Noun
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a person who sins (without repenting) |
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seller |
Noun
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someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
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small person |
Noun
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a person of below average size |
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sheikha |
Noun
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the wife of a sheik |
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small farmer |
Noun
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a farmer on a small farm |
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sheller |
Noun
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a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters) |
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smarta |
Noun
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one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism |
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shelver |
Noun
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a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves |
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sipper |
Noun
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a drinker who sips |
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sir |
Noun
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term of address for a man |
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shepherdess |
Noun
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a woman shepherd |
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selling agent |
Noun
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someone who sells goods on commission for others |
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sheriff |
Noun
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the principal law-enforcement officer in a county |
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sirdar |
Noun
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an important person in India |
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semanticist |
Noun
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a specialist in the study of meaning |
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shiksa |
Noun
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a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women |
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semiotician |
Noun
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a specialist in the study of meaning |
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smirker |
Noun
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a smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied |
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shikse |
Noun
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a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women |
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semifinalist |
Noun
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one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination |
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sirrah |
Noun
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formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy |
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smith |
Noun
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someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) |
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smith |
Noun
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someone who works at something specified |
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shill |
Noun
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a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others |
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shill |
Verb
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act as a shill |
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seminarian |
Noun
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a student at a seminary, especially a Roman Catholic seminary |
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seminarist |
Noun
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a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) |
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shingler |
Noun
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a worker who shingles roofs |
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semiprofessional |
Noun
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an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
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sis |
Noun
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a female person who has the same parents as another person |
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smoothy |
Noun
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someone with an assured and ingratiating manner |
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ship-breaker |
Noun
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a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap |
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semipro |
Noun
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an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
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sweet talker |
Noun
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someone with an assured and ingratiating manner |
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ship broker |
Noun
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an agent for the ship owner |
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senator |
Noun
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a member of a senate |
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smuggler |
Noun
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someone who imports or exports without paying duties |
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ship builder |
Noun
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a person who builds ships as a business |
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ship builder |
Noun
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a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels |
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sendee |
Noun
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the intended recipient of a message |