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skin, n. integument, tegument, derm; epidermis, cuticle, scarfskin;
true skin, dermis, derma, cutis; membrane, epithelium, ecteron, enderon,
ecderon; pelt, pell, pelage, peltry; hide, kip; husk, hull, glume; (of
fruit) peel, peeling, rind, paring, epicarp; pellicle, film; episperm,
testa, tegmen; slough, exuviae (cast-off-skin); parchment, vellum.
Antonyms: pulp, flesh. Associated Words: dermatology, dermatologist,
dermic, dermatic, dermal, cutaneous, dermatitis, dermatography, dermatoid,
smegma, caul, dermatopathic, dermoplastic, dermoplasty, hypodermic,
subcutaneous, dermatopathy, exuviate, exuviation, desquamate,
desquamation, slough, dermatophyte, dermostosis, cuticular, epidermal,
apellous, abrasion, emphractic, excoriation.

skin, v. flay, excoriate; pare, peel; (Slang) cheat, defraud,
fleece.

skin-deep, a. superficial.

skinflint, n. miser, niggard, curmudgeon, scrimp, screw.

skinny, a. emaciated, gaunt, rawboned, poor.

skip, v. omit, pass, disregard; caper, gambol, jump, leap; ricochet.

skip, n. omission; gambol, caper, hop, leap; ricochet.

skipper, n. sea-captain; cheese maggot.

skirt, n. petticoat (underskirt); kilt; fustanella; kirtle; margin,
border, edge, rim.

skirt opening. placket.

skit, n. reflection, jeer, gibe, satire, squib.

skittish, a. timorous, shy; volatile, restless, wanton.

skulk, v. sneak, slink, lurk.

skull, n. cranium; death's-head. Associated Words: cranial,
acrania, acranial, craniology, phrenology, trepan, trephine, fontanel,
sphenoid, cephalism, parietes, parietal, crossbones, occiput, frontal,
sinciput.

skullcap, a. calotte.

sky, n. firmament, welkin, empyrean, azure, the heavens. Associated
words: meridian, zenith, nadir, horizon, uranology, uranography, zodiac.

sky-blue, a. azure, cerulean.

skyey, a. ethereal.

slack, a. lax, loose, relaxed; remiss, negligent, careless,
shiftless; inactive, slow.

slacken, v. moderate, retard, slack, reduce; loosen, relax; diminish,
abate, mitigate; slake; relax, flag.

slackness, n. looseness, laxity, negligence, remissness,
carelessness, shiftlessness; relaxation, diminution.

slag, n. scoria, cinders, recrement, dross, refuse.

slake, v. quench; slack; abate, decrease, allay.

slam-bang, adv. (Collog.) violently, forcibly, noisily, loudly.

slander, v. malign, defame, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate,
backbite, scandalize, libel.

slander, n. defamation, calumny, aspersion, libel, vilificat