Word List - Vocabulator

(n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

(n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.

(n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.

(n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

(n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.

(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.

(superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

(superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

(superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.

(a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

(v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

(n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

(n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

(n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

(n.) The rock dove.

() imp. of Seethe.

(n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

(v. t.) To cover with sod; to turf.

(n.) A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.

(n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

(n.) Six. See Sise.

(n.) A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.

(n.) A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.

(a.) Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull.

(v. t.) To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.

(v. i.) To tipple to stupidity.

(n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

(n.) The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.

(n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

(v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.

(v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

(v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

(v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

(v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

(v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

() Alt. of Seyh

(obj.) This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.

(obj.) A woman; a female; -- used substantively.

(v. i.) A pen or inclosure for swine.

(v. i.) A place of bestial debauchery.

(v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty.

(v. i.) To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.

(v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

(n.) A subordinate; a subaltern.

(v. t.) To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

(v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.

(v. t.) To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.

(v. i.) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

(n.) One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.

(n.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.

(imp.) Saw.