refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
silver bullet
Noun
a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem
system of rules
Noun
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
stigmatism
Noun
normal eyesight
stigmatism
Noun
(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
stigmatism
Noun
the condition of having or being marked by stigmata
sleight
Noun
adroitness in using the hands
system of logic
Noun
a system of reasoning
somatosense
Noun
any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
sense of touch
Noun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
skin senses
Noun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
spoils system
Noun
the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
stagecraft
Noun
skill in writing or staging plays
spirit world
Noun
any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide
Sion
Noun
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
slow-wittedness
Noun
the quality of being mentally slow and limited
sightedness
Noun
normal use of the faculty of vision
subnormality
Noun
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
subnormality
Noun
the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)
subconsciousness
Noun
a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
sprachgefuhl
Noun
an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language
sixth sense
Noun
grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
snoopiness
Noun
offensive inquisitiveness
synesthesia
Noun
a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
sweetener
Noun
anything that serves as an enticement
sweetener
Noun
something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
synaesthesia
Noun
a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
shape constancy
Noun
the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
size constancy
Noun
the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
successor
Noun
a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
successor
Noun
a person who inherits some title or office
successor
Noun
a person who follows next in order
somatic sensation
Noun
the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
succedaneum
Noun
(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)
self-assurance
Noun
freedom from doubt
skin perceptiveness
Noun
the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
sound perception
Noun
the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
speech perception
Noun
the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
self-confidence
Noun
freedom from doubt
sense experience
Noun
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
sense impression
Noun
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
sense datum
Noun
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
snarl
Noun
something jumbled or confused
snarl
Noun
an angry vicious expression
snarl
Noun
a vicious angry growl
snarl
Verb
make more complicated or confused through entanglements
snarl
Verb
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
snarl
Verb
make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise