| squeeze | 1. The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure. 2. A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| squeezing | 1. The act of pressing; compression; oppression. 2. That which is forced out by pressure; dregs. 3. Same as Squeeze. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squeteague | <zoology> An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery colour, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. Nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon. Origin: from the North American Indian name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squib | 1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack. "Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze." (Waller) "The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . Is punishable." (Blackstone) 2. <chemical> A kind of slow match or safety fuse. 3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. "Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes." (Goldsmith) 4. A writer of lampoons. "The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers." (Tatler) 5. A paltry fellow. Origin: OE. Squippen, swippen, to move swiftky, Icel. Svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. Swipian to whip, and E. Swift, a. See Swift. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squid | 1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata. Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid (Ommastrephes illecebrosus), ranging from Southern new England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid (Loligo Pealii), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts. 2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. <zoology> The striped bass. Origin: Cf. Squirt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squid giant axon | <physiology> Large axons, up to 1mm in diameter, that innervate the mantle of the squid. Because of their large size, many of the pioneering investigations of the mechanisms underlying resting and action potentials in excitable cells were done on these fibres. (10 Mar 1998) |
| squidulin | <protein> Calcium binding protein from the optic lobe of squid, which contains the EF hand motif. (18 Nov 1997) |
| squilgee | Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. Alternative forms: squillgee, squillagee, squeegee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squill | 1. <botany> A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion. Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. Mutans). 2. <zoology> A squilla. A mantis. Origin: F. Squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. Squilla, scilla, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squilla | <zoology> Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. Origin: L, a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. (10 Mar 1998) |
| squinancy | 1. The quinsy. 2. <botany> A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort. Squinancy berries, black currants; so called because used to cure the quinsy. Origin: F. Esquinancie, OF. Squinance, esquinance. See Quinsy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squinsy | <otolaryngology> An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation. Synonym: squinancy, and squinzey. Origin: Contr. Fr. Squinancy, F. Esquinancie, L. Cynanche a sort of sore throat, Gr. Sore throat, dog quinsy, fr. Dog + to choke; cf. Also L. Synanche sore throat, Gr. Cf. Hound, Anger, and Cynanche. (10 Mar 1998) |
| squint | 1. <ophthalmology> To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Specifically, not having the optic axes coincident; said of the eyes. To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be cross-eyed. 2. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Synonym: strabismus. Origin: Cf. D. Schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint. (10 Mar 1998) |
| squint hook | A surgical instrument used to lift ocular muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squinting eye | The eye, in cases of strabismus, that is not directed toward the object of regard. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squamous cell carcinoma |
a cancer that starts in the outer layer of the skin. It also rarely spreads, but does so more often than basal cell carcinoma.
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| squamous |
(cells) - cell type often seen in areas exposed to significant irritation or trauma - eg skin.
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| squamous cell carcinoma |
A malignant neoplasm often associated with excessive sun exposure that manifests itself as a scaling, ulcerated plaque.
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| squamous epithelium |
Tissue in an organ such as the esophagus. Consists of layers of flat, scaly cells.
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| squint |
A condition in which the two eyes do not point in the same direction when the patient is looking at a distant object.
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| SQ | molding in the form of a ring |
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| SQ | put (things or places) in order |
| SQ | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
| SQ | either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material |
| SQ | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
| SQ | dance in formation |
| SQ | someone who does square dancing |
| SQ | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
| SQ | fair treatment |
| SQ | a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square |
| SQ | a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square |
| SQ | a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords |