Sir William Herschel
— Noun
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~ English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
Sir William Gilbert
— Noun
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~ a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
Sir Bernard Williams
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~ English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)
sage willow
— Noun
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~ North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
sage willow
— Noun
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~ willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
Sitka willow
— Noun
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~ small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
shining willow
— Noun
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~ common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
snap willow
— Noun
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~ large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
swamp willow
— Noun
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~ North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
silver willow
— Noun
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~ North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
silky willow
— Noun
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~ small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
silky willow
— Noun
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~ North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
Sir Angus Wilson
— Noun
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~ English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
second wind
— Noun
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~ renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking; "She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting"; "the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind"
second wind
— Noun
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~ the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion
solar wind
— Noun
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~ a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
south wind
— Noun
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~ a wind from the south
stem-winder
— Noun
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~ a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem
snowdrop windflower
— Noun
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~ Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers
secondary winding
— Noun
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~ coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil