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salicine (10 points)
""A chemical compound, also SALICIN""
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
salience (10 points)
Saint's given foreign church prominence
Importance, as points in an argument
Striking feature
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
salinize (17 points)
Render briny
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
sanative (11 points)
Having curing powers
Having the power to cure.
Affording a cure
S·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
sandlike (13 points)
Like sand
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
sandpile (11 points)
Tot's play area
Where play's the thing
Construction site sight
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sangaree (9 points)
Iced, spiced wine drink
Wine-and-nutmeg drink
1953 3-D film starring Fernando Lamas
S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sanguine (9 points)
Ruddy confident (wordplay)
Confidently optimistic and cheerful
Ruddy or confident
S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sanitate (8 points)
Tea stain (anagram) - install drainage and sewage disposal
Clean
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sanitise (8 points)
It is insane to disinfect (wordplay)
Free from filth, it is mad (wordplay)
Make hygienic or more acceptable
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sanitize (17 points)
Make hospital-clean
Get rid of germs
Clean a lousy bit a little in how big a way
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
saphenae (13 points)
Saphena
S·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sapience (12 points)
Ace pines for wisdom
Pine case holds literary wisdom
Fool's lack
S·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
saponine (10 points)
Glucoside in soapbark.
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
saponite (10 points)
Soft, soapy sicicate
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sauterne (8 points)
Wine thus to go sour, they say
Semisweet golden table wine
Chateau d'Yquem.
S·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
scavenge (14 points)
Take part in a hunt, perhaps
Hunt for food, perhaps
Search small grotto and say name echoing
S·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
schnecke (19 points)
A sweet roll
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+E·1 = 19 pts
sciurine (10 points)
Pertaining to squirrels
S·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
scrounge (11 points)
Dumpster-dive, say
Forage for food, say
Obtain by begging
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
seaborne (10 points)
Like some trade
Designating troops transplanted by ship.
Carried on water
S·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
seaplane (10 points)
Water wings (wordplay)
Seabee, for one
Marine flier (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
selenate (8 points)
Chemical salt
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
selenide (9 points)
A compound of selenium
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
selenite (8 points)
Inhabitant of the moon.
Type of gypsum
Variety of gypsum
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
seminude (11 points)
Not entirely in the buff
Clad like Venus de Milo
Wearing next to nothing
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
semitone (10 points)
Maybe note is me (wordplay)
X up one, from B to C, say
B to C, for example
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sendable (11 points)
Fit to be faxed
Like e-mail attachments
S·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sensible (10 points)
Showing reason or sound judgment
Well-thought-out
Well thought-out
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sentence (10 points)
Life, for one
Stretch in a cell (wordplay)
Punishment (in court)
S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
sepaline (10 points)
Pertaining to a {sepal=n}
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sequence (19 points)
Particular order (eg, of events)
A particular order (of events)
Order pattern (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
serenade (9 points)
Wooer's number (wordplay)
Play to the balcony (wordplay)
Play in attempt to win a hand (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
serenate (8 points)
Italian love songs
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
serotine (8 points)
Designating late-flowering plants.
Late in flowering
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shinbone (13 points)
Catchers wear equipment to protect this
It is also called the tibia
It's over a foot long in skeleton
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
shunpike (17 points)
Alternate non-toll road
Toll-beater's road
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
sideline (9 points)
Border in the court (wordplay)
Understudies for the Rockettes?
Football field marking
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
silicone (10 points)
Caulk ingredient, perhaps
Implanted material (wordplay)
Polymer used in paints and implants, say
S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
siloxane (15 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+X·8+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
simazine (19 points)
A herbicide
S·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
simonize (19 points)
Polish with wax
Protect a car, in a way
Wax, as an auto
S·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
sinecure (10 points)
Undemanding job could be nice, sure!
Function? To preserve a cushy job!
Confident about homework? That's easy!
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sinfonie (11 points)
Sinfonia
S·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1 = 11 pts
singable (11 points)
Without too many high notes (wordplay)
Like a simple tune? Wrong actor
Fit for the choir
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sinicize (19 points)
""To modify by Chinese influence, also SINICISE""
S·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
sinkable (14 points)
Unlike Molly Brown
Vulnerable to Neptune.
Like the 'Titanic,' in retrospect
S·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
sinkhole (15 points)
Collapse of a cavern roof
Eroded underground cavity
Deep cavity in limestone
S·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
sirvente (11 points)
A satirical medieval song or poem
S·1+I·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sithence (13 points)
{since=adv}
S·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
sixpence (19 points)
Money in a classic song title
Sing a Song of one
Old British coin
S·1+I·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
skinlike (16 points)
Like skin
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
skiplane (14 points)
Aircraft that can land on snow
Avoid passage for vehicle
Long accusatory speech
S·1+K·5+I·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
skyborne (17 points)
{airborne=adj}
S·1+K·5+Y·4+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
smaltine (10 points)
""A mineral, also SMALTITE""
S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
snaglike (13 points)
Resembling a snag
S·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
snowlike (15 points)
White.
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
snowshoe (14 points)
Ski lodge decoration, perhaps (2 words)
Ski lodge decoration, perhaps
Footwear in Greenland
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1 = 14 pts
solanine (8 points)
Poisonous compound in green potatoes
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sonatine (8 points)
Short musical compositions Ital.
Short musical compositions: Ital.
Piece of music, as by Ravel.
S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
songlike (13 points)
Melodious piece of English used in Peterborough, formerly
Ariose
S·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
sonicate (10 points)
To disrupt with sound waves
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
soricine (10 points)
Resembling a shrew.
S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sourdine (9 points)
A device used to muffle the tone of a musical instrument
S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
spermine (12 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
spinelle (10 points)
""A mineral, also SPINEL""
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
spinulae (10 points)
Spinula
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sprinkle (14 points)
Spatter, liquid say
Scatter (drops of liquid)
Water the lawn
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
squalene (17 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
stagnate (9 points)
Do nothing, say, about a gun unloaded
Become inactive (and malodorous)
Do nothing, say, to protect a good name
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
stanhope (13 points)
Vehicle taking Laurel and Bob maybe
Horse-drawn carriage for one
Phaeton's rebuilt as a carriage for one
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 13 pts
stannite (8 points)
An ore of tin
Source of Etna's tin
Mineral situation - pub's about to probe it
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
starnose (8 points)
Feature of a certain mole
American mole, having prominent nostrils
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
stearine (8 points)
Candlemaker's need (Var.)
Candlemaker's need
Solid portion of a fat
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sternite (8 points)
Insect's ventral plate
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
stibnite (10 points)
Soft greyish antimony sulphide mineral
Native antimony trisulphide
Mineral of antimony
S·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
stilbene (10 points)
Crystalline hydrocarbon used in manufacture of dyes
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
stonable (10 points)
Able to be stoned
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
strangle (9 points)
Suppress (an impulse)
Stifle learner in alien environment
Suppress line in novel
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
subgenre (11 points)
Literary style within a larger category
Space opera, for example
Division of a style of art or literature
S·1+U·1+B·3+G·2+E·1+N·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
subniche (15 points)
A subdivision of a habitat
S·1+U·1+B·3+N·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
subsense (10 points)
A subdivision of a sense
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sulphone (13 points)
""A sulfur compound, also SULFONE""
S·1+U·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sunbathe (13 points)
Lie on the beach, perhaps
Catch a few rays
Bash tune out to attract some heat
S·1+U·1+N·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 13 pts
sunshade (12 points)
Awning, for one
Parasol, for one
Tabloid's had European cover
S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
sunshine (11 points)
Word in a fair forecast (FL)
Florida (with "state")
"You are my ..., my only ..." (song)
S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sunstone (8 points)
A variety of quartz
S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
supinate (10 points)
Rotate face-up, as one's palm
Rotate palm-upward
Turn up for palmist set up in seat specially
S·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
suspense (10 points)
Seen puss (anagram)
Thriller killer (wordplay)
Cliff-hanger (wordplay)
S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
swanlike (15 points)
Like a swan
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
sycamine (15 points)
The mulberry tree
S·1+Y·4+C·3+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
syncline (13 points)
A type of rock formation
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
syndrome (14 points)
Empty nest, for one
Broken heart, for one
"Empty nest," for one
S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
synonyme (16 points)
""A word having the same meaning as another, also SYNONYM""
S·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 16 pts

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