English Words: S

Investigate; inspect; look for information.

To find (something) by using the sense of smell.

An informal check of an idea or proposal, using one's common sense or sense of propriety.

Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing

One who sniffs.

A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.

second-person singular simple present indicative of sniff

third-person singular simple present indicative of sniff

In a sniffy manner.

The state or condition of being sniffy.

A combination of atlantooccipital extension and neck flexion, considered optimal for direct laryngoscopy.

With a sniffing sound or action.

sniffy; disdainful; haughty.

In a sniffish manner.

The quality of being sniffish.

To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose.

A person who sniffles.

Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.

A sniffle sound or action.

With sniffling sounds.

Inclined to sniffle.

Disdainful; haughty.

A moment; a while.

To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.

Preceded by the.

A small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke.

To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.

A partly suppressed or broken laugh.

Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.

one who sniggers.

With sniggers; with sardonic laughter.

Characterised or marked by sniggering

Prone to sniggering.

To chortle or chuckle; snicker.

A person who catches eels by hand, one who sniggles.

A chuckle; a snicker.

An often humorous word coined to describe something for which no previous word existed.

A term that is coined well after when a concept first originated.

A surname from Ukrainian.

A surname from Ukrainian.

A city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.

The sound of Wolverine's claws emerging.

A nickname for Wolverine.

To eye or look or spy at any thing attentively.

The ship of characters Severus Snape and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

To shut, close, bite, etc., with a brisk snap.

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Any fly of the family Rhagionidae.

A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.