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zealot
/ˌɪm pɜr ˈtɜr bə bl/
/ˌɪm pɜr ˈtɜr bə bl/
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siding
/ˈsaɪ dɪŋ/
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a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable…
siding meaning(s)
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- (n) a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- (n) material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
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- Other binary burglars programmed Penn Central computers to divert 277 freight cars to an obscure Illinois railroad siding, where both cargo and cars were plundered.
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sidle
/ˈsaɪ dəl/
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move unobtrusively or furtively
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sidle up
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
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sidney
/ˈsɪd ni/
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English poet (1554-1586)
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sidney caesar
United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)
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sidney james webb
English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian…
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sidney poitier
United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
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sidney webb
English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society…
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sidon
/ˈsaɪ dən/
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the main city of ancient Phoenicia
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sidonie-gabrielle claudine colette
French writer of novels about women (1873-1954)
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sidonie-gabrielle colette
French writer of novels about women (1873-1954)
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sids
/ˈsɪdz/
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sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
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siege
/ˈsidʒ/
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the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates…
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siege of orleans
a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc…
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siege of syracuse
the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the…
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siege of vicksburg
a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being…
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siege of yorktown
in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of…
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siege perilous
the legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight…
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siegfried
/ˈsiɡf ˌrid/
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(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied…
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siegfried line
German fortifications facing the Maginot Line
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siemens
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a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
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sienna
/si ˈɛ nə/
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an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
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sierra
/si ˈɛ rə/
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a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
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sierra leone
a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom…