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Sextant
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
- a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
Sexting
- unknown - the act of sending sexually explicit messages, primarily between mobile phones.
Sextons
- noun - A person who looks after a church's grounds and acts as a bell ringer and grave digger.
- an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- United States poet (1928-1974)
Sifting
- verb - check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
- move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
Silting
- verb - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
Sistine
- - Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
Sittine
- - Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
Sitting
- verb - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
- (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
- a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
- a session as of a legislature or court
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour"
- be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
- be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue"
- be seated
- not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
- serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat
Skating
- verb - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
- the sport of gliding on skates
Skiting
- unknown - boasting, bragging