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Saale
- noun - a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
Saame
- noun - a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
- the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Scale
- noun - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"
- climb up by means of a ladder
- measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds"
- measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"
Scape
- noun - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
Scare
- noun - a sudden attack of fear
- cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
- cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
- Frighten
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
Scate
- - See Skate, for the foot.
Shade
- noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
- cast a shadow over
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
Shake
- noun - a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
- move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
- move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greet
Shale
- noun - a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay