sq -abbr
- squadron
- square
squab ['skwäb] -n, adj
- couch
- a cushion for a chair or couch
- a fledgling bird
- a fledgling pigeon about four weeks old
- a short fat person
squab·ble ['skwä-bəl] -n
- a noisy altercation or quarrel usu. over petty matters
squabble [-b(ə-)liŋ] -vi, n
- to quarrel noisily and usu. over petty matters
squad ['skwäd] -n
- a small organized group of military personnel
- a tactical unit that can be easily directed in the field
- a small group engaged in a common effort or occupation
- to arrange in squads
squad car -n
- a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio called also black-and-white cruiser prowl car
squad·ron ['skwä-drən] -n
- : a unit of military organization: as
- a cavalry unit higher than a troop and lower than a regiment
- a naval unit consisting of two or more divisions and sometimes additional vessels
- a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a flight and lower than a group
- a military flight formation
- a large group of people or things
squadron leader -n
- a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a major in the army
squad room -n
- a room in a barracks used to billet soldiers
- a room in a police station where members of the force assemble
squa·lene ['skwā-,lēn] -n
- an acyclic hydrocarbon C 30H 50that is widely distributed in nature (as a major component of sebum and in shark-liver oils) and is a precursor of sterols (as cholesterol)
squal·id ['skwä-ləd] -adj, adv, n
- marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
- sordid
squall ['skwȯl] -vb, n
- to cry out raucously : scream
- to utter in a strident voice
- a raucous cry
- a sudden violent wind often with rain or snow
- a short-lived commotion
- to blow a squall
squally ['skwȯ-lē] -adj
- marked by squalls
- gusty
squa·lor ['skwä-lər also 'skwā- or 'skwȯ-] -n
- the quality or state of being squalid
squa·ma ['skwā-mə, 'skwä-] -n
- scale
- a structure resembling a scale
squa·mate ['skwā-,māt, 'skwä-] -n, adj
- any of an order (Squamata) of reptiles including the snakes and lizards and related extinct forms
squa·mo·sal [skwə-'mō-səl, -zəl] -n
- a squamosal bone
squamosal -adj
- squamous
- of, relating to, or being a bone of the skull of many vertebrates corresponding to the squamous portion of the temporal bone of most mammals including humans
squa·mous ['skwā-məs also 'skwä-] -adj
- covered with or consisting of scales : scaly
- of, relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in its outer layers of small scalelike cells
- of, relating to, or being the anterior upper portion of the temporal bone of most mammals including humans
squamous cell -n
- a cell of or derived from squamous epithelium
squamous cell carcinoma -n
- a carcinoma that is made up of or arises from squamous cells and usu. occurs in areas of the body exposed to strong sunlight over many years
squa·mu·lose ['skwā-myə-,lōs, 'skwä-] -adj
- being or having a thallus made up of small leafy lobes
squan·der ['skwän-dər] -vb, n
- to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate, waste
- to cause to disperse : scatter
- to lose (as an advantage or opportunity) through negligence or inaction
- disperse, scatter
squander -n
- an act of squandering
square ['skwer] -n
- an instrument having at least one right angle and two straight edges used esp. to lay out or test right angles
- a rectangle with all four sides equal
- any of the quadrilateral spaces marked out on a board for playing games
- the product of a number multiplied by itself
- an open place or area formed at the meeting of two or more streets
- block
- a solid object or piece approximating a cube or having a square as its largest face
- an unopened cotton flower with its enclosing bracts
- a person who is conventional or conservative in taste or way of life
- a square meal
- having four equal sides and four right angles
- forming a right angle
- having a square base
- raised to the second power
- being approximately a cube
- having a shape that is broad for the height and rectangular rather than curving in outline
- a square, thick, hard-working man -- Maria Edgeworth
- rectangular and equilateral in section
- being or converted to a unit of area equal in measure to a square each side of which measures one unit of a specified unit of length
- being of a specified length in each of two equal dimensions
- exactly adjusted : precisely constructed or aligned
- just, fair
- square in all his dealings
- leaving no balance : settled
- even, tied
- substantial, satisfying
- being unsophisticated, conservative, or conventional
- set at right angles with the mast and keel used of the yards of a square-rigged ship
- to make square or rectangular
- to test for deviation from a right angle, straight line, or plane surface
- to bring approximately to a right angle
- to multiply (a number) by itself : raise to the second power
- to find a square equal in area to
- to regulate or adjust by or to some standard or principle
- square our actions by the opinions of others -- John Milton
- balance, settle
- to even the score of
- to mark off into squares
- to set right : bring into agreement
- squared their goals with their beliefs
- bribe, fix
- to agree precisely : correspond
- your actions should square with your words
- to settle matters
- to pay the bill
- in a straightforward or honest manner
- so as to face or be face-to-face
- at right angles
- with nothing intervening : directly
- in a firm manner
- looked her square in the eye
- in a square shape
square away -vi
- to square the yards so as to sail before the wind
- to put everything in order or in readiness
- to take up a fighting stance
- to put in order or in readiness
square bracket -n
- bracket
square dance -n, vi
- a dance for four couples who form the sides of a square
square knot -n
- a knot made of two reverse half-knots and typically used to join the ends of two cords
square·ly ['skwer-lē] -adv
- in a straightforward or honest manner
- we must squarely face the issue
- exactly, precisely
- so as to make solid contact
- in a square form or manner : so as to be square
- in a plain or unequivocal manner
- the responsibility lies squarely with us
- align ourselves squarely with our allies
square matrix -n
- a mathematical matrix with the same number of rows and columns
square measure -n
- a unit or system of units for measuring area
square off -vi
- to take a fighting stance : prepare to fight
- fight
square of opposition
- a square figure on which may be demonstrated the logical relationships of contraries, contradictories, subcontraries, and subalterns and superalterns
square one -n
- the initial stage or starting point
- the failure set us back to square one
square rig -n
- a sailing-ship rig in which the principal sails are extended on yards fastened to the masts horizontally and at their center
squarerigged ['skwer-'rigd] -adj
- having or equipped with a square rig
squarerig·ger [-,ri-gər] -n
- a square-rigged craft
square root -n
- a factor of a number that when squared gives the number
- the square root of 9 is 3
square sail ['skwer-,sāl, -səl] -n
- a 4-sided sail extended on a yard suspended at the middle from a mast
square shooter -n
- a just or honest person
squaretoed [-'tōd] -adj
- having a toe that is square
- old-fashioned, conservative
square wave -n
- a waveform that varies periodically and abruptly from one to the other of two uniform values
squar·ish ['skwer-ish] -adj, adv, n
- somewhat square in form or appearance
squark ['skwȯrk, 'skwärk] -n
- the hypothetical boson analogue of a quark postulated under the rules of supersymmetry
squash ['skwäsh, 'skwȯsh] -vb, n
- to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
- put down, suppress
- to flatten out under pressure or impact
- to proceed with a splashing or squelching sound
- squeeze, press
- something soft and easily crushed
- an unripe pod of peas
- the sudden fall of a heavy soft body or the sound of such a fall
- squelch
- a crushed mass
- sweetened citrus fruit juice often served with added soda water
- a singles or doubles game played in a 4-wall court with a long-handled racket and a rubber ball that can be hit off any number of walls
- with a squash or a squashing sound
- any of various fruits of plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd family widely cultivated as vegetables
- a plant and esp. a vine that bears squashes
squash bug -n
- a large black American bug ( Anasa tristisof the family Coreidae) injurious to plants of the gourd family
squash racquets -n pl but sing in constr
- squash
squash tennis -n
- a singles racket game resembling squash played with an inflated ball the size of a tennis ball
squashy ['skwä-shē, 'skwȯ-] -adj, adv, n
- easily squashed
- softly wet : boggy
- soft because overripe
squat ['skwät] -vb
- to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
- to occupy as a squatter
- squat in an abandoned building
- to crouch close to the ground as if to escape observation
- a hare squatting in the grass
- to assume or maintain a position in which the body is supported on the feet and the knees are bent so that the buttocks rest on or near the heels
- to be or become a squatter
- sitting with the haunches close above the heels
- low to the ground
- marked by disproportionate shortness or thickness
- the act of squatting
- the posture of one that squats
- a place where one squats
- the lair of a small animal
- a lift in which a standing weight lifter drops to a squatting position and then rises to an upright position while holding a barbell on the shoulders
- a competitive event involving this lift
- an empty house or building that is occupied by squatters
- diddly-squat
squat·ter ['skwä-tər] -vi
- to go along through or as if through water
- ducks squatter ing to the shore
squatter -n
- : one that squats: as
- one that settles on property without right or title or payment of rent
- one that settles on public land under government regulation with the purpose of acquiring title
squatter sovereignty -n
- popular sovereignty
squat·ty ['skwä-tē] -adj
- low to the ground
- dumpy, thickset
squaw ['skwȯ] -n
- an American Indian woman
- woman, wife
squaw·bush ['skwȯ-,bu̇sh] -n
- a strong-scented sumac ( Rhus trilobata) of western No. America with ternately compound leaves called also skunkbrush
squaw·fish [-,fish] -n
- any of several large cyprinid fishes (genus Ptychocheilus) of western No. America called also pikeminnow
squawk ['skwȯk] -vi, n
- to utter a harsh abrupt scream
- to complain or protest loudly or vehemently
- opponents of the bill squawk ed
- a harsh abrupt scream
- a noisy complaint
squawk box -n
- an intercom speaker
squaw man -n
- a white man married to an American Indian woman and usu. living as one of her tribe
squaw·root ['skwȯ-,rüt, -,ru̇t] -n
- a No. American scaly herb ( Conopholis americana) of the broomrape family parasitic esp. on oak roots
squeak ['skwēk] -vb
- to utter or make a short shrill cry or noise
- squeal
- to pass, succeed, or win by a narrow margin
- just squeak ed by in the election
- to utter in a shrill piping tone
- a sharp shrill cry or sound
- escape
squeak·er ['skwē-kər] -n
- one that squeaks
- a contest (as a game or an election) won by a small margin
squeakyclean -adj
- completely clean
- completely free from moral taint of any kind
- a squeakyclean reputation
squeal ['skwēl] -vb, n
- to make a shrill cry or noise
- to turn informer
- complain, protest
- to express with or as if with a squeal
- to cause to make a loud shrill noise
- a shrill sharp cry or noise
squea·mish ['skwē-mish] -adj, adv, n
- easily nauseated : queasy
- affected with nausea
- excessively fastidious or scrupulous in conduct or belief
- easily offended or disgusted
squee·gee ['skwē-,jē] -n
- a blade of leather or rubber set on a handle and used for spreading, pushing, or wiping liquid material on, across, or off a surface (as a window)
- a smaller similar device or a small rubber roller with handle used by a photographer or lithographer
squeegee -vt
- to smooth, wipe, or treat with a squeegee
squeeze ['skwēz] -vb, n, adj
- to exert pressure esp. on opposite sides of : compress
- to extract or emit under pressure
- to force or thrust by compression
- to get by extortion
- to deprive by extortion
- to cause economic hardship to
- to reduce the amount of
- to crowd into a limited area
- to gain or win by a narrow margin
- to force (another player) to discard in bridge so as to unguard a suit
- to score by means of a squeeze play
- to give way before pressure
- to exert pressure
- to practice extortion or oppression
- to force one's way
- to pass, win, or get by narrowly
- an act or instance of squeezing : compression
- handclasp
- embrace
- a quantity squeezed out from something
- a group crowded together : crowd
- a profit taken by a middleman on goods or transactions
- a financial pressure caused by narrowing margins or by shortages
- a forced discard in bridge
- squeeze play
- a romantic partner
squeeze bottle -n
- a bottle of flexible plastic that dispenses its contents when it is squeezed
squeeze off -vt
- to fire (a round) by squeezing the trigger
- to fire a weapon by squeezing the trigger
squeeze play -n
- a baseball play in which a runner on third base starts for home plate as the ball is being pitched and the batter attempts to bunt to give the runner a chance to score
- the exertion of pressure in order to extort a concession or gain a goal
squelch ['skwelch] -vb, n
- to fall or stamp on so as to crush
- to completely suppress : quell
- silence
- squelch ed the protesters
- to emit or move with a sucking sound
- to emit a sucking sound
- to splash through water, slush, or mire
- a sound of or as if of semiliquid matter under suction
- the act of suppressing
- a retort that silences an opponent
sque·teague [skwi-'tēg] -n
- any of several weakfishes (esp. Cynoscion regalis)
squib ['skwib] -n
- a short humorous or satiric writing or speech
- a short news item
- filler
- a small firecracker
- a broken firecracker in which the powder burns with a fizz
- a small electric or pyrotechnic device used to ignite a charge
- to speak, write, or publish squibs
- to fire a squib
- to utter in an offhand manner
- to make squibs against : lampoon
- to shoot off : fire
- to kick (a football) on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground
squib kick -n
- a kickoff in football in which the ball bounces along the ground
squid ['skwid] -n
- any of an order (Teuthoidea) of cephalopods having eight short arms and two usu. longer tentacles, a long tapered body, a caudal fin on each side, and usu. a slender internal chitinous support
- to fish with or for squid
SQUID ['skwid] -n
- an instrument for detecting and measuring very weak magnetic fields
squiffed ['skwift] -adj
- intoxicated, drunk
squig·gle ['skwi-gəl] -vb
- squirm, wriggle
- to write or paint hastily : scribble
- scribble
- to form or cause to form in squiggles
squiggle [-g(ə-)lē] -n, adj
- a short wavy twist or line : curlicue
- an illegible scrawl
squilgee ['skwē-,jē] -n
(variant of squeegee)
- a blade of leather or rubber set on a handle and used for spreading, pushing, or wiping liquid material on, across, or off a surface (as a window)
- a smaller similar device or a small rubber roller with handle used by a photographer or lithographer
squill ['skwil] -n
- a Mediterranean bulbous herb ( Urginea maritima) of the lily family called also sea onion
- the dried sliced bulb scales of a squill used as an expectorant, cardiac stimulant, and diuretic
- red squill
- scilla
squil·la ['skwi-lə] -n
- any of various stomatopod crustaceans (esp. genus Squilla) that burrow in mud or beneath stones in shallow water along the seashore
squinch ['skwinch] -vb
- to screw up (the eyes or face) : squint
- to make more compact
- to cause to crouch down or draw together
- flinch
- to crouch down or draw together
- squint
- a support (as an arch, lintel, or corbeling) carried across the corner of a room under a superimposed mass
squin·ny ['skwi-nē] -vb
- squint
squinny -n, adj
- squint
squint ['skwint] -adj
- looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
- not having the visual axes parallel : crossed
- to have an indirect bearing, reference, or aim
- to deviate from a true line
- to look in a squint-eyed manner
- to be cross-eyed
- to look or peer with eyes partly closed
- to cause (an eye) to squint
- strabismus
- an instance of squinting
- hagioscope
squinteyed ['skwint-,īd] -adj
- having eyes that squint
- affected with cross-eye
- looking askance (as in envy)
squinting modifier -n
- a modifier (as oftenin getting dressed often is a nuisance) so placed in a sentence that it can be interpreted as modifying either what precedes or what follows
squire ['skwī(-ə)r] -n, adj
- a shield bearer or armor bearer of a knight
- a male attendant esp. on a great personage
- a man who devotedly attends a lady : gallant
- a member of the British gentry ranking below a knight and above a gentleman
- an owner of a country estate
- the principal landowner in a village or district
- justice of the peace
- lawyer
- judge
- to attend as a squire : escort
squire·ar·chy ['skwī(-ə)r-,är-kē] -n
- the class of landed gentry or landed proprietors
squirm ['skwərm] -vi, n, adj
- to twist about like a worm : fidget
squir·rel ['skwər(-ə)l, 'skwə-rəl, chiefly Brit 'skwir-əl] -n
- : any of various small or medium-sized rodents (family Sciuridae, the squirrel family): as
- any of numerous New or Old World arboreal forms having a long bushy tail and strong hind legs
- ground squirrel
- the fur of a squirrel
squirrel -vt
- to store up for future use often used with away
squirrel cage -n
- a cage for a small animal (as a squirrel) that contains a rotatable cylinder for exercising
- something resembling the working of a squirrel cage in repetitiveness or endlessness
squirrel corn -n
- a No. American herb ( Dicentra canadensis) of the fumitory family with much-divided leaves and a scapose raceme of cream-colored flowers
squir·rel·fish ['skwar(-ə)l-,fish, 'skwə-rəl-] -n
- any of various small chiefly tropical usu. red bony fishes (family Holocentridae) with large eyes, spiny fins, and rough scales
squir·rel·ly ['skwər(-ə)-lē, 'skwə-rə-] -adj
- nutty
squirrel monkey -n
- any of several small soft-haired So. American monkeys (genus Saimiri,esp. S. sciureusof the family Cebidae) that have a long tail not used for grasping and are colored chiefly yellowish gray with a white face and black muzzle
squirrel rifle -n
- a small-caliber rifle called also squirrel gun
squirt ['skwərt] -vb, n
- to come forth in a sudden rapid stream from a narrow opening : spurt
- to cause to squirt
- an instrument (as a syringe) for squirting a liquid
- a small quick stream : jet
- the action or an instance of squirting
- an impudent youngster
- kid
squirt gun -n
- water pistol
squirting cucumber -n
- a Mediterranean plant ( Ecballium elaterium) of the gourd family with oblong fruit that bursts from the peduncle when ripe and forcibly ejects the seeds
squish ['skwish] -vb, n
- squash
- squelch, suck
- squelch, suck
- their wet tennis shoes squish ed -- Frank Noel
squishy ['skwi-shē] -adj, n
- being soft, yielding, and usu. damp
- : not firm, steady, or fixed : soft: as
- lenient
- imprecise
squoosh ['skwu̇sh, 'skwüsh] -vb
- squash
squooshy ['skwu̇-shē] -adj
- squishy