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stearic acid [stearic acid 词源字典]: "A solid saturated fatty acid obtained from animal or vegetable fats", Mid 19th century: stearic from French stéarique, from Greek stear 'tallow'.[stearic acid etymology, stearic acid origin, 英语词源]
swansong: "The final performance or activity of a person’s career", Early 19th century: suggested by German Schwanengesang, a song like that fabled to be sung by a dying swan.
sella: "A depression in the sphenoid bone, containing the pituitary gland", Late 17th century: from Latin, 'saddle', (in full) 'Turkish saddle'.
spiraea: "A shrub of the rose family, with clusters of small white or pink flowers. Found throughout the northern hemisphere, it is widely cultivated as a garden ornamental", Modern Latin, from Greek speiraia, from speira 'a coil'.
scute: "A thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle’s shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc", Middle English (denoting a coin): from Latin scutum.
swinge: "Strike hard; beat", Old English swengan 'shake, shatter, move violently', of Germanic origin.
senary: "Relating to or based on the number six", Late 16th century: from Latin senarius 'containing six', based on sex 'six'.
slivovitz: "A type of plum brandy made chiefly in the former Yugoslavia and in Romania", Croatian šljivovica, from šljiva 'plum'.
syringa: "A plant of the genus Syringa (family Oleaceae), especially (in gardening) the lilac", Modern Latin, from Greek surinx, suring- 'tube' (with reference to the use of its stems as pipe stems).
samosa: "A triangular savoury pastry fried in ghee or oil, containing spiced vegetables or meat", From Persian and Urdu.
shinty: "A Scottish twelve-a-side game resembling hockey, played with curved sticks and taller goalposts and derived from the Irish game of hurling", Mid 18th century (earlier as shinny): apparently from the cry shin ye, shin you, shin t' ye, used in the game, of unknown origin; compare with shinny².
siamang: "A large black gibbon native to Sumatra and Malaya", Early 19th century: from Malay.
spherule: "A small sphere", Mid 17th century: from late Latin sphaerula, diminutive of Latin sphaera (see sphere).
saltus: "A sudden transition; a breach of continuity", Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'leap'.
septime: "The seventh of the eight parrying positions", Late 19th century: from Latin septimus 'seventh'.
septimal: "Relating to the number seven", Mid 19th century: from Latin septimus 'seventh' (from septem 'seven') + -al.
strigose: "Covered with short, stiff adpressed hairs", Late 18th century: from Latin striga 'swathe, furrow' + -ose¹.
septenary: "Relating to or divided into seven", Late Middle English: from Latin septenarius (see septenarius).
sexennium: "A specified period of six years", Latin, from sex 'six' + annus 'year'.
septennial: "Recurring every seven years", Mid 17th century: from late Latin septennis (from Latin septem 'seven' + annus 'year') + -al.