Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 59
Sexless (a.) Having no sex.
Sexlocular (a.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.
Sexly (a.) Pertaining to sex.
Sexsomnia (n.) (or Sleep sex) 睡眠性愛症就和夢遊、說夢話、磨牙一樣，也是睡眠障礙的一種 A parasomnia, named by the Canadian-based South African psychiatrist Colin M. Shapiro (born 1952) and two co-authors in the title of an article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry in 2003, involving sexual behaviour initiated by a person who is asleep, sometimes with a willing partner but sometimes causing injury to self or others. It is believed to be related to sleepwalking but distinct from it, especially because of the relatively higher level of arousal typical of sexsomnia. [A blend of sex and (para)somnia].
Sexradiate (a.) Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.
Sext (n.) (R.C.Ch.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
Sext (n.) (R.C.Ch.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
Sext (n.) The fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon.
Sextain (n.) (Pros.) A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
Sextans (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
Sextans (n.) (Astron.) A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
Sextant (n.) (Math.) The sixth part of a circle.
Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.
Sextant (n.) (Astron.) The constellation Sextans.
Box sextant, A small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable.
Sextant (n.) A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees.
Sextant (n.) A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant.
Sextant (n.) An instrument used to determine the position of a ship or airplane by measuring the positions of the stars and sun.
Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude).
Sextaries (n. pl. ) of Sextary.
Sextary (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
Sextary (n.) A sacristy. [Obs.] Sextet
Sextet (n.) Alt. of Sextetto.
Sextetto (n.) (Mus.) See Sestet.
Sextet (n.) A musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sextet (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad].
Sextet (n.) Six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sextet (n.) A set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet].
Sextet (n.) Six people considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sixsome].
Sexteyn (n.) A sacristan. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sextic (a.) (Math.) Of the sixth degree or order.
Sextic (n.) (Alg.) A quantic of the sixth degree.
Sextile (a.) (Astrol.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. -- Glanvill.
Sextile (n.) (Astrol.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: ***. -- Hutton.
Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Sextillion (n.) The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros.
Sextos (n. pl. ) of Sexto.
Sexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.
Sextodecimo (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
Sextodecimos (n. pl. ) of Sextodecimo.
Sextodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16[deg].
Sextolet (n.) (Mus.) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
Sexton (n.) An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
{Sexton beetle} (Zool.), A burying beetle.
Sexton (n.) United States poet (1928-1974) [syn: {Sexton}, {Anne Sexton}].
Sexton (n.) An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [syn: {sexton}, {sacristan}].
Sextoness (n.) A female sexton; a sexton's wife.
Sextonry (n.) Sextonship. [Obs.] -- Ld. Bernes.
Sextonship (n.) The office of a sexton. -- Swift.
Sextry (n.) See {Sacristy}. [Obs.]
Sextuple (a.) Six times as much; sixfold.
Sextuple (a.) (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
Sextuple (a.) Having six units or components [syn: {sextuple}, {sixfold}, {six-fold}].
Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
{Sexual dimorphism} (Biol.), The condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females.
{Sexual method} (Bot.), A method of classification proposed by Linnaeus, founded mainly on difference in number and position of the stamens and pistils of plants.
{Sexual selection} (Biol.), The selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. -- Darwin.
In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection. -- A. R. Wallace.
Sexual (a.) Of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions".
Sexual (a.) Having or involving sex; "sexual reproduction"; "sexual spores" [ant: {asexual}, {nonsexual}].
Sexual (a.) Involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" [syn: {intimate}, {sexual}].
Sexual (a.) (Sex) (B2) 性的，性行爲的 Relating to the activity of sex.
// Most people remember their first sexual experience.
// A sexual relationship.
// Sexual assault/ harassment.
// (Formal) Sexual intercourse (= the act of having sex).
// Sexual orientation/ preference (= whether someone chooses to have sex with men, women, or both).
Sexual (a.) (Sex) 有性繁殖的 Relating to the production of young living things by the combining of a cell from a male with a cell from a female.
// Sexual reproduction.
Sexual (a.) (Male/ Female) (C1) 性別的 Relating to being male or female.
// Sexual equality will not be achieved until there is more provision for childcare.
// Some steps have been taken towards ending sexual discrimination (= treating people unfairly because of which sex they are).
Sexual encounter (n.) 性接觸 Any act between 2 or more persons involving sexual contact with genitalia and/ or oral mucosa.
Sexual harassment (n.) 性騷擾（英語：Sexual harassment）指以帶性暗示的言語或動作針對被騷擾對象，強迫受害者配合，這會引起對方的不悅感，被騷擾對象不限於性別，包括男性和女性。
如出於玩笑或者其他善良動機而實施撫摸、摟抱、親吻等較為普遍的行為是對人友好，其本身不具違法性而無法律介入之必要 [1]。通常是加害者肢體碰觸受害者性別特徵部位，妨礙受害者行為自由並引發受害者抗拒反應，意圖前述之行為而尚未行動或騷擾未遂也是性騷擾。[2]
性騷擾分為一次傷害與二次傷害，一次傷害為單方面求歡，二次傷害包括求歡不成惡意中傷，造成受害當事人精神受創，人際關係受阻，職場地位受歧視待遇。
在 很多國家，性騷擾是一種不法的行為，屬於告訴乃論。常見於職場性騷擾，例如上司對下屬性騷擾、同事性騷擾。受性騷擾迫害的受害者也有可能為保全人際關係， 強忍不悅感，不做反抗，釋放錯誤訊息，導致加害者得寸進尺。感受到性騷擾時，當下表態制止騷擾行為，釋放正確訊息，才是明智之舉。
Is described as a range of actions involving the harassment of a person due to his/her sex. [1] Actions may include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature, or the creation of a hostile working environment. Sexual harassment often involves bullying or coercion, and the harassers typically have social or economic power over the victim. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal employment discrimination in many countries, although the legal and social definitions of sexual harassment vary by jurisdiction and culture. [2] [3]
Laws surrounding sexual harassment typically don't prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or minor isolated incidents. To be considered illegal in most countries, the harassment must either be so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile work environment, or the worker's reaction to sexual advances must be tied to an employment decision such as being demoted, fired or offered a promotion. [4] The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or a customer. An employer is typically responsible for trying to stop sexual harassment when they become aware of it. Harassers or victims can be of any gender. [5]
Sexualist (n.) (Bot.) One who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus.
Sexuality (n.) 有性狀態；性徵；性能力；性行為；性慾 The quality or state of being distinguished by sex. -- Lindley.
Sexuality (n.) The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus" [syn: {sex}, {gender}, {sexuality}].
Sexuality (n.) [ U ] 性能力；性欲 Someone's ability to experience or express sexual feelings.
// She was uncomfortably aware of her son's developing sexuality.
Sexualize (v. t.) 使有性別 To attribute sex to.
Sexualize (v.) Make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to; "The god was sexualized and married to another god"; "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender" [syn: {sexualize}, {sexualise}].
Sexually (adv.) 性別上地；按性別地；就性慾而言 In a sexual manner or relation. Sey
Sexually (adv.) With respect to sexuality; "sexually ambiguous".
Sexually (adv.) By sexual means; "reproduce sexually".
Sexually (adv.) (Sex) 性慾地，在性方面 To do with sexual activity.
// She's fun to be with, but I don't find her sexually attractive (= do not want to have sex with her).
Sexually (adv.) (Male/ Female) 有性地；性別地 To do with being male or female.
// Sexually stereotyped behaviour (= behaviour which is considered to be typical of a male or a female).
Sey () Alt. of Seyh.
Seyh () imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of See. -- Chaucer. Seye
Seye () Alt. of Seyen.
Seyen () Obs. imp. pl. & p. p. of See.
Seynd () p. p. of Senge, to singe. -- Chaucer.
Seynt (n.) A gridle. See 1st Seint. [Obs.] Sforzando
Sforzando (a.) Alt. of Sforzato.
Sforzato (a.) (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or ?.
Sforzando (n.) An accented chord.
Sforzando (n.) (Music) A notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.
Sfumato (a.) [It.] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
Sgraffito (a.) [It.] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.
Sgraffito (n.) A ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground.
Shab (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Shab.
Shabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shab.
Shab (v. t.) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shab (v. t.) To scratch; to rub. [Obs.] -- Farquhar.
Shab (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Shabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shabbing.] [See Scab, 3.]
To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shabbed (a.) Shabby. [Obs.] -- Wood.
Shabbily (adv.) In a shabby manner.
Shabbily (adv.) So as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man".
Shabbily (adv.) In a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room".
Shabbiness (n.) The quality or state of being sghabby.
Shabbiness (n.) A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing [syn: {shabbiness}, {seediness}, {manginess}, {sleaziness}].
Shabbiness (n.) An unjust act [syn: {injustice}, {unfairness}, {iniquity}, {shabbiness}].
Shabble (n.) Alt. of Shabble.
Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger. [Scot.]
Shabby (a.) 衣衫襤褸的，不體面的，破舊的，吝嗇的，卑鄙的 Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. -- Macaulay.
Shabby (a.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby." -- Swift.
Shabby (a.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." -- Clarendon.
Shabby (a.) Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" [syn: {moth-eaten}, {ratty}, {shabby}, {tatty}].
Shabby (a.) Mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment".
Shabrack (n.) (Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Shack (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] -- Grose.
Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
Shack (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prov. Eng.]
Shack (n.) A small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]
Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
Shack (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] -- Forby.
All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. -- H. W. Beecher.
These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. -- D. C. Worcester.
{Common of shack} (Eng. Law), The right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. -- Cowell.
Shack (n.) Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: {hovel}, {hut}, {hutch}, {shack}, {shanty}].
Shack (v.) Make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" [syn: {reside}, {shack}, {domicile}, {domiciliate}].
Shack (v.) Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" [syn: {trail}, {shack}].
Shackatory (n.) A hound. [Obs.]
Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackle.
Shackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shackle.
Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief. -- J. Philips.
Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object. -- Walpole.
Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
{Shackle bar}, The coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.]
{Shackle bolt}, A shackle. -- Sir W. Scott.
Shackle (n.) Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pegge.
Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean. -- Spenser.
Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles. -- South.
Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms. -- Dampier.
Shackle (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also {drawlink}, {draglink}, etc.
Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. -- Knight.
{Shackle joint} (Anat.), A joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.
Shackle (n.) A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: {shackle}, {bond}, {hamper}, {trammel}]
Shackle (n.) A U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar.
Shackle (v.) Bind the arms of [syn: {pinion}, {shackle}].
Shackle (v.) Restrain with fetters [syn: {fetter}, {shackle}].
Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle. [Obs.]
Shackly (a.) Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.]
Shad (n. sing. & pl.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Alosa sapidissima} formerly {Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({Alosa alosa} formerly {Clupea alosa}), and the twaite shad ({Alosa finta} formerly {Clupea finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.]
Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}.
{Hardboaded shad}, or {Yellow-tailed shad}, The menhaden.
{Hickory shad}, or {Tailor shad}, The {mattowacca}.
{Long-boned shad}, One of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}.
{Shad bush} (Bot.), A name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({Amelanchier Canadensis}, and {Amelanchier alnifolia}). Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called {Juneberries}. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}.
{Shad frog}, An American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.
{Trout shad}, The squeteague.
{White shad}, The common shad.
Shad (n.) Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast.
Shad (n.) Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
Shadbird (n.) (Zool.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
Shadbird (n.) (Zool.) The common European sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.]
Shadd (n.) (Mining.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein. -- Raymond.
Shadde () obs. imp. of Shed. -- Chaucer.
Shaddock (n.) (Bot.) A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and {pompelmous}.
Shaddock (n.) Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits [syn: {pomelo}, {pomelo tree}, {pummelo}, {shaddock}, {Citrus maxima}, {Citrus grandis}, {Citrus decumana}].
Shaddock (n.) Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp [syn: {pomelo}, {shaddock}].
Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
Note: Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its form and extent.
Shade (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
The shades of night were falling fast. -- Longfellow.
Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there Weep our sad bosoms empty. -- Shak.
Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. -- Ps. cxxi. 5.
Sleep under a fresh tree's shade. -- Shak.
Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables. -- J. Philips.
Shade (n.) Shadow. [Poetic.]
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue. -- Pope.
Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
Swift as thought the flitting shade Thro' air his momentary journey made. -- Dryden.
Shade (n.) (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
Shade (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. -- Locke.