skeletal system of a polyzoan colony POLYZOARIUM 26, 165, 217
skill of performing aerial maneuvers AEROBATICS 8, 130
skill of performing gymnastic feats ACROBATICS 7, 130
skilled performer of gymnastic feats ACROBAT 7
skill of using available means for gaining success TACTICS 135
skillful action MANEUVER 141
skim the surface of the water HYDROPLANE 22
skin Cutaneous DERMAL 61
skin covering the inner canthus normally in people of Asian descent EPICANTHUS 74
skin grafting DERMATOPLASTY 61,167
skin immediately below the epidermis DERMIS 61
skin innervated from a single spinal nerve root DERMATOME 61, 203
skin that covers the dermis EPIDERMIS 61, 74
skull CRANIAL 46
skull CRANIATE 46
skull CRANIUM 46
skull and the brain CRANIOCEREBRAL 46
sky EMPYREAN 197
slaughter of many people CARNAGE 41
slope GRADIENT 97
slope backward RECEDE 42
slope of a mountain VERSANT 215
slope of a region VERSANT 215
slow the progress of IMPEDE 180
slow-moving TARDIGRADE 97
slow-moving animals TARDIGRADE 97
sluggish INERT 6
small aquatic animals HYDROZOAN 23,217
small area with uniform environmental conditions BIOTOPE 36
small calcified body within the pulp cavity of a tooth DENTICLE 60
small celestial bodies that orbit the sun between Jupiter and Mars ASTEROID 27
small cup for serving black coffee DEMITASSE 58
small cup of black coffee DEMITASSE 58
small duct DUCTULE 69
small flint tool MICROLITH 123,138
small flower FLORET 18
small gap across which a nerve impulse passes SYNAPSE 106
small glandular cavity CRYPT 55
small harbor for boats MARINA 141
small opening for the pollen tube MICROPYLE 138
small particle of meteoric dust MICROMETEORITE 138
small particles of chromatin arranged to form a chromosome CHROMOMERE 47
small phagocyte MICROPHAGE 138,184
small photograph MICROPHOTOGRAPH 93,138,189
small rootlike structure RADICLE 198
small sheet of microfilm containing microphotographs MICROFICHE 137
small sphere SPHERULE 206
small spherical aggregate of radiating crystals SPHERULITE 122, 206
small spherical bacteria MICROCOCCUS 137
small teeth MICRODONT 60,137
small tooth DENTICLE, 60
small tremor of the earth's crust MICROSEISM 138
small volcanic vent SPIRACLE, 194
small-flowered epiphytic orchids EPIDENDRUM 26, 74
small-scale evolution of organisms MICROEVOLUTION 137,214
smaller of two conjugating gametes MICROGAMETE 83, 137
smaller spores in heterosporous plants MICROSPORE 138, 207
smallest component of an element having all the properties of the element ATOM 4, 202
smallest unit of a writing system GRAPHEME 92
smallest unit of speech sound in a language PHONEAM 187
smallest meaningful unit of a language that cannot be further divided MORPHEME 167
smallest meaningful vocabulary item of a language LEXEME 66
smallest unit of lexical meaning in a language SEMANTEME 220
smallest grammatical feature of the arrangement of elements in a language TAXEM 208
smooth and rapid speech Fluent VOLUBLE 214
smooth continuous gliding from one note to another PORTAMENTO 194

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