Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 107
Snoozed (imp. & p. p.) of Snooze
Snoozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snooze
Snooze (v. i.) To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.]
Snooze (n.) Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) [syn: nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze].
Snooze (v.) Sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze].
Snored (imp. & p. p.) of Snore
Snoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snore
Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
Snore (n.) A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.
Snorer (n.) One who snores.
Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
Snorted (imp. & p. p.) of Snort
Snorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snort
Snort (v. i.) To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
Snort (v. i.) To snore.
Snort (v. i.) To laugh out loudly.
Snort (n.) The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
Snort (v. t.) To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
Snorter (n.) One who snorts.
Snorter (n.) The wheather; -- so called from its cry.
Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose.
Snot (n.) A mean, insignificant fellow.
Snot (v. t.) To blow, wipe, or clear, as the nose.
Snotter (v. i.) To snivel; to cry or whine.
Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
Snottery (n.) Filth; abomination.
Snotty (a.) Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty.
Snout (n.) The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
Snout (n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.
Snout (n.) The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Snout (v. t.) To furnish with a nozzle or point.
Snouty (a.) Resembling a beast's snout.
Snow (n.) (Naut.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Snow (n.) Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like.
Snow (n.) Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.
The field of snow with eagle of black therein. -- Chaucer.
Red snow. See under Red.
Snow bunting. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snow cock (Zool.), The snow pheasant.
Snow flea (Zool.), A small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers.
Snow flood, A flood from melted snow.
Snow flower (Bot.), The fringe tree.
Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zool.), Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers.
Snow gnat (Zool.), Any wingless dipterous insect of the genus Chionea found running on snow in winter.
Snow goose (Zool.), Any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen coerulescens) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also white head, white-headed goose, and bald brant.
Snow leopard (Zool.), The ounce.
Snow line, Lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet.
Snow+mouse+(Zool.),+A+European+vole+({Arvicola+nivalis">Snow mouse (Zool.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
Snow pheasant (Zool.), Any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({Tetraogallus Himalayensis) in the best-known species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.
Snow partridge. (Zool.) See under Partridge.
Snow+pigeon+(Zool.),+A+pigeon+({Columba+leuconota">Snow pigeon (Zool.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
Snow plant (Bot.), A fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up.
Snowed (imp. & p. p.) of Snow
Snowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snow
Snow (v. i.) To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.
Snow (v. t.) To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow. -- Donne. Shak.
Snow (n.) Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals [syn: snow, snowfall].
Snow (n.) A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground.
Snow (n.) English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) [syn: Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester].
Snow (n.) Street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C].
Snow (v.) Fall as snow; "It was snowing all night".
Snow (v.) Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false].
Snow, () Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost always within view throughout the whole year. The word is frequently used figuratively by the sacred writers (Job 24:19; Ps. 51:7; 68:14; Isa. 1:18). It is mentioned only once in the historical books (2 Sam. 23:20). It was "carried to Tyre, Sidon, and Damascus as a luxury, and labourers sweltering in the hot harvest-fields used it for the purpose of cooling the water which they drank (Prov. 25:13; Jer. 18:14). No doubt Herod Antipas, at his feasts in Tiberias, enjoyed also from this very source the modern luxury of ice-water."
Snowball (n.) A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
Snowball (n.) (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
Snowball (n.) (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Viburnum, having large clusters of white flowers.
Snowball bush or Snowball tree (Bot.), The Guelder-rose.
A snowball's chance in hell, [Colloq.] No chance; an infinitesimal chance.
Snowballed (imp. & p. p.) of Snowball
Snowballing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snowball
Snowball (v. t.) To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
Snowball (v. i.) To throw snowballs.
Snowball (v. i.) To increase in magnitude at an accelerating rate, achieving large proportions; -- by analogy with a snowball rolling down a steep hill, causing a large snow slide.
Snowball (n.) Plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions [syn: snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica].
Snowball (n.) Ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce.
Snowball (n.) Ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup.
Snowball (n.) Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully).
Snowball (v.) Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate.
Snowball (v.) Throw snowballs at.
Snowberry (n.) (Bot.) A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.
Creeping snowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping.
Snowberry (n.) Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries [syn: snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba].
Snowbird (n.) (Zool.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax nivalis syn. Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
Snowbird (n.) (Zool.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
Snowbird (n.) (Zool.) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Junco
Junco (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.
Snowbird (n.) Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris].
Snowbird (n.) White Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis].
Snowbird (n.) Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco, snowbird].
Snow-blind (a.) Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- Snow"-blind`ness, n.
Snow-blind (a.) Temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice [syn: snow-blind, snow-blinded].
Snow-blind (v.) Affect with snow blindness; "the glare of the sun snow-blinded her".
Snow blower (n.) 旋轉式清雪機；吹雪機（用以將積雪吹至道路一側） A snow blower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is not wanted, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, ice rink, or runway. The commonly-used term "snow blower" is a misnomer, as the snow is moved using an auger or impeller instead of being blown (by air). It can use either electric power (line power or battery), or a gasoline or diesel engine to throw snow to another location or into a truck to be hauled away. This is in contrast with the action of snow plows, which push snow to the front or side. Typically, the snow is discharged to one side.
Snow-bound (a.) Enveloped in, or confined by, snow. -- Whittier.
Snow-broth (n.) Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. -- Shak.
Snowcap (n.) (Zool.) A very small humming bird ({Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.
Note: The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy luster. The name is applied also to Microchaera parvirostris of Central America, which is similar in color.
Snowcap (n.) A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak).
Snow-capped (a.) Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
Snow-capped (a.) (Of mountains) Capped with a covering of snow.
Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Snowdrop (n.) (Bot.) A bulbous plant ({Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.
Snowdrop tree. See Silver-bell tree, under Silver, a.
Snowdrop (n.) Common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers [syn: wood anemone, snowdrop, Anemone quinquefolia].
Snowfall (n.) 降雪；降雪量 Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals [syn: {snow}, {snowfall}].
Snowfall (n.) A fall of snow.
‘Heavy snowfalls made travel absolutely impossible.’
Snowfall (n.) [Mass noun] The quantity of snow falling within a given area in a given time.
‘The average snowfall is 7.5 m a year.’
Snowflake (n.) A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
Snowflake (n.) (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snowflake (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium ({L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.
Snowflake (n.) A crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
Snowflake (n.) White Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis].
Snowflake, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
Population (2000): 4460
Housing Units (2000): 1536
Land area (2000): 30.807270 sq. miles (79.790459 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.052093 sq. miles (0.134919 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 30.859363 sq. miles (79.925378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67800
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 34.511187 N, 110.082974 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85937
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Snowflake, AZ
Snowflake
Snowfleck (n.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snowl (n.) The hooded merganser.
Snowless (a.) Destitute of snow.
Snowplow (n.) Alt. of Snowplough
Snowplough (n.) An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
Snowshed (n.) A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.
Snowshoe (n.) 雪鞋 [C] [P1] A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.
Snowshoe (n.) A device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot.
Snowshoe (v.) Travel on snowshoes; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store".
Snowshoer (n.) One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.
Snowshoeing (n.) Traveling on snowshoes.
Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
Snowstorm (n.) 暴風雪 [C] A storm with falling snow.
Snowstorm (n.) A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds [syn: {blizzard}, {snowstorm}].
Snow-white (a.) 雪白的；純白的 White as snow; very white. "Snow-white and rose-red" -- Chaucer.
Snow-white (a.) Of the white color of snow [syn: snow-white, snowy].
Snowy (a.) 雪的；下雪的；多雪的；覆蓋著雪的；積雪的 White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows." -- Shak.
Snowy (a.) Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of cold Olympus." -- Milton.
Snowy (a.) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
There did he lose his snowy innocence. -- J. Hall (1646).
Snowy heron (Zool.), A white heron, or egret ({Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chile; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zool.), The collared lemming ({Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter.
Snowy+owl+(Zool.),+A+large+arctic+owl+({Nyctea+Scandiaca">Snowy owl (Zool.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea Scandiaca, or Nyctea nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
Snowy+plover+(Zool.),+A+small+plover+({Aegialitis+nivosa">Snowy plover (Zool.), a small plover ({Aegialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.
Snowy (a.) Marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" [syn: white, snowy].
Snowy (a.) Covered with snow; "snow-clad hills"; "snow-covered roads"; "a long snowy winter" [syn: snow-clad, snow-covered, snowy].
Snowy (a.) Of the white color of snow [syn: snow-white, snowy].
Snub (v. i.) To sob with convulsions.
Snubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Snub.
Snubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snub.
Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
Snub (v. t.) To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
Snub (n.) A knot; a protuberance; a song.
Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.
Snub-nosed (a.) Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.
Snudge (v. i.) To lie snug or quiet.
Snudge (n.) A miser; a sneaking fellow.
Snuff (v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
Snuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Snuff.
Snuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Snuff.
Snuff (v. t.) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
Snuff (v. i.) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
Snuff (v. i.) To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff (v. i.) To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
Snuff (v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
Snuff (n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
Snuff (n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once.
Snuff (n.) Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.
Snuffbox (n.) A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
Snuffer (n.) One who snuffs.
Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.
Snuffers (n. pl.) An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.