SQUALID
SQUALID, adjective [Latin, to be foul.] Foul; filthy; extremely dirty.Uncombd his locks, and squalid his attire.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SQUALIDNESS
SQUALIDNESS, noun Foulness; filthiness.
SQUALL
SQUALL, verb intransitive To cry out; to scream or cry violently; as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; a, the infant squalled.SQUALL, noun1. A loud scream; a ...
SQUALLER
SQUALLER, noun A screamer; one that cries loud.
SQUALLING
SQUALLING, participle present tense Crying out harshly; screaming.
SQUALLY
SQUALLY, adjective1. Abounding with squalls disturbed often with sudden and violent gust of wind; as squally weather.2. In agriculture, broken into detached pieces; interrupted ...
SQUALOR
SQUALOR, noun [Latin] Foulness; filthiness; coarseness.
SQUAMIFORM
SQUAMIFORM, adjective [Latin, a scale, and form.] Having the form or shape of scales.
SQUAMIGEROUS
SQUAMIGEROUS, adjective [Latin, to bear.] Bearing or having scales.
SQUAMOUS
SQUAMOUS, adjective [Latin] Scaly; covered with scales; as the squamous cones of the pine.
SQUANDER
SQUANDER, verb transitive [G., to turn.]1. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally; to dissipate; to waste without economy or judgment; as, to squander an estate.The...
SQUANDERED
SQUANDERED, participle passive Spent lavishly and without necessity or use; wasted; dissipated, as property.
SQUANDERER
SQUANDERER, noun One who spends his money prodigally, without necessity or use; a spendthrift; a prodigal; a waster; a lavisher.
SQUANDERING
SQUANDERING, participle present tense Spending lavishly; wasting.
SQUARE
SQUARE, adjective [Gr.]1. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as a square room; a square figure.2. Forming a right angle; as an instrument for striking lines square3....
SQUARE-RIGGED
SQUARE-RIGGED, adjective In seamens language, a vessel is square-rigged when her principal sails are extended by yards suspended by the middle, and not by stays, gaffs, booms an...
SQUARE-SAIL
SQUARE-SAIL, noun In seamens language, a sail extended to a yard suspended by the middle.
SQUARENESS
SQUARENESS, noun The state of being square; as an instrument to try the squareness of work.
SQUARISH
SQUARISH, adjective Nearly square.
SQUARROUS
SQUARROUS, adjective [Gr., scurf.] In botany, scurfy or ragged, or full of scales; rough; jagged. A squarrous calyx consists of scales very sidely divaricating; a squarrous leaf...
SQUASH
SQUASH, verb transitive [Latin] To crush; to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass.SQUASH, noun1. Someting soft an deasily crushed.2. [Gr.] A plant of the genus Cucurbita, and ...
SQUAT
SQUAT, verb intransitive1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as a human being.2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; as an animal.3. In Massachusetts and some other states o...
SQUATT
SQUATT, noun Among miners, a bed of ore extending but a little distance.
SQUATTER
SQUATTER, noun1. One that squats or sits close.2. In the United States, one that settles on new land without a title.
SQUEAK
SQUEAK, verb transitive [G., to squeak This word probably belongs to the family of quack.]1. To utter a sharp shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, a...
SQUEAKER
SQUEAKER, noun One that utters a sharp shrill sound.
SQUEAKING
SQUEAKING, participle present tense Crying with a sharp voice; making a sharp sound; as a squeaking wheel.