Definition of s

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S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it

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Oenology :: Oenology (n.) Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical..
Woolgrower :: Woolgrower (n.) One who raises sheep for the production of wool.
Abscesses :: Abscesses (pl. ) of Absces.
Rapt :: Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively..
Demise :: Demise (n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person..
Praecognita :: Praecognita (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else..
Unprecedented :: Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Tributaries :: Tributaries (pl. ) of Tributar.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
Intentional :: Intentional (a.) Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental..
Proplastic :: Proplastic (a.) Forming a mold.
Overcast :: Overcast (v. t.) To compute or rate too high.
Outstrip :: Outstrip (v. t.) To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.
Guan :: Guan (n.) Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated..
Plover :: Plover (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds..
Blacks :: Blacks (n. pl.) The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press..
Discussional :: Discussional (a.) Pertaining to discussion.
Lap-welded :: Lap-welded (a.) Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe..
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