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• s(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
• S wrencha wrench with an S-shaped handle
• S-shapea double curve resembling the letter S
• s-shapedshaped in the form of the letter S
• S. S. Van DineUnited States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
• S. Smith StevensUnited States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
• s.t.p.standard temperature and pressure
• S.U.V.a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
• S/Nthe ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
• SANazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
• SA nodea specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
• saadhSee Sadh.
• Saalea river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
• Saale glaciationthe next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time
• Saale Rivera river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
• Saamethe language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
• Saamithe language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
• saanSame as Bushmen.
• SaarinenUnited States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961)
• Sabaa island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
• sabadillaA Mexican liliaceous plant (Schænocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
• sabaeanSame as Sabianism.
• sabaeanismSame as Sabianism.
• sabaeismSee Sabianism.
• Sabaha region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo
• Sabahanof or pertaining to Sabah or its people
• sabaismSee Sabianism.
• sabalA genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.
• Sabal palmettolow-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
• sabaothArmies; hosts. Note: [Used twice in the English Bible, in the phrase "The Lord of Sabaoth."] 2. Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
• sabatonarmor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel
• sabayonlight foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
• sabbata midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
• sabbatarianpertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
• sabbatarianismThe tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward. (1673).
• sabbathA season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx.
• Sabbath schoolschool meeting on Sundays for religious instruction
• sabbathlessWithout Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest. Bacon.
• sabbatiaany of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
• Sabbatia Angularisany of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
• Sabbatia campestrisprairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
• Sabbatia stellarisany of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
• sabbaticof or relating to the Sabbath
• sabbaticalof or relating to sabbatical leave
• sabbatical leavea leave usually taken every seventh year
• sabbatical yeara sabbatical leave lasting one year
• sabbatismIntermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More.
• sabbatonA round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
• Sabbatumthe seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
• sabeanSame as Sabian.
• sabeismSame as Sabianism.
• sabellaA genus of tubiculous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around head.
• sabellianPertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
• sabellianismThe doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
• sabelloidLike, or related to, the genus Sabella. -- Sa*bel"loid, n.
• sabera stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
• saber rattlingthe ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
• saber sawa portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut
• saber-toothedhaving teeth that resemble sabers
• saber-toothed tigerany of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
• saberbillThe curlew.
• sabertoothany of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
• sabertoothedhaving teeth that resemble sabers
• sabianOf or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
• sabianismThe doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry. [Written also Sabæanism.]
• sabicuWest Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
• sabicu woodthe wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany
• sabina unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound
• Sabin vaccinean oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
• sabineof or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines
• sabine pinemedium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
• Sabine Rivera river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
• Sabineasmall genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood
• Sabinea carinalissmall Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
• sableof a dark somewhat brownish black
• sable antelopelarge black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
• sable brushan artist's brush made of sable hairs
• sable coata fur coat made of sable furs
• sable's hair pencilan artist's brush made of sable hairs
• sabotfootwear usually with wooden soles
• sabotagea deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
• saboteura member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
• sabotiereA kind of freezer for ices.
• sabraa native-born Israeli
• sabrea stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
• sabre rattlingthe ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
• sabre-toothedhaving teeth that resemble sabers
• sabrebillThe curlew.
• sabretascheA leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci. ).
• sabrina workA variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
• sabuloseGrowing in sandy places.
• sabulosityThe quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
• sabulousSandy; gritty.
• saca structure resembling a bag in an animal
• sac fungusany of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
• Sacagaweathe Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
• Sacajaweathe Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
• sacalaitA kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie. [Southern U.S.]
• sacarSee Saker.
• saccadean abrupt spasmodic movement
• saccadicof or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation
• saccate(Biol.) Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
• saccharasean enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
• saccharate(a) A salt of saccharic acid. (b) In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
• saccharicOf, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.
• saccharic acida white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch
• saccharidean essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
• sacchariferousProducing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
• saccharifyconvert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate
• saccharillaA kind of muslin.
• saccharimeterAn instrument for ascertain the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.] Note: The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.
• saccharimetricalOf or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained saccharimetry.
• saccharimetryThe act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.
• saccharina crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
• saccharinate(a) A salt of saccharinic acid. (b) A salt of saccharine.
• saccharineoverly sweet
• saccharinicOf, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
• saccharinitythe excessive sweetness of saccharin
• saccharizeTo convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
• saccharoidresembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
• saccharoidalresembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
• saccharometerA saccharimeter.
• saccharomycesA genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiæ is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
• Saccharomyces cerevisiaeused as a leaven in baking and brewing
• Saccharomyces ellipsoidesused in making wine
• Saccharomycetaceaefamily of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates
• saccharomycetesA family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.
• saccharonateA salt of saccharonic acid.
• saccharone(a) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid. (b) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
• saccharonicOf, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.
• saccharosea complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
• saccharousSaccharine.
• saccharumA genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
• Saccharum bengalensetough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
• Saccharum munjatough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
• Saccharum officinarumtall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
• saccholactateA salt of saccholactactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See Mucate.
• saccholacticOf, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic. [Obs.]
• saccholicSaccholatic. [Obs.]
• sacchulmateA salt of sacchulmic acid.
• sacchulmicOf, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. [Written also sacculmic.]
• sacchulminAn amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.
• sacciferousBearing a sac.
• sacciformHaving the general form of a sac.
• SaccoUnited States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)
• saccoglossaSame as Pellibranchiata.
• saccularLike a sac; sacciform.
• sacculateformed with or having saclike expansions
• sacculatedformed with or having saclike expansions
• sacculea small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
• sacculo-cochlearpertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
• sacculo-utricularPertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
• sacculusa small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
• saccusA sac.
• sacellum(a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. Shipley.
• sacerdotalassociated with the priesthood or priests
• sacerdotalisma belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
• sacerdotallyIn a sacerdotal manner.
• SACEURcommanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe
• sachelA small bag. See Satchel.
• sachema chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
• sachemdomThe government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dr. T. Dwight.
• sachemshipOffice or condition of a sachem.
• sacheta small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest
• Sachs diseasea hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
• Sachsenan area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
• sacietySatiety. [Obs.] Bacon.
• sackthe termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• sack coatman's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit
• sack outprepare for sleep
• sack racea novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack
• sack upmake as a net profit
• sack-wingedHaving a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
• sackageThe act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [R.] H. Roscoe.
• sackbuta medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
• sackclotha coarse cloth resembling sacking
• sackcloth and ashesa display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
• sackclothedClothed in sackcloth.
• sackedhaving been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
• sackerOne who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
• sackfulthe quantity contained in a sack
• sackingthe termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• sacklessQuiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
• SACLANTcommanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council
• saclikeshaped like a pouch
• sacquea woman's full loose hiplength jacket
• sacralof or relating to sacred rites
• sacral nerveany of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord
• sacral plexusa nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs
• sacral veinvein of the sacral region
• sacral vertebraone of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum
• sacramenta formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
• sacrament of the Eucharista Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
• sacramentalof or relating to or involving a sacrament
• sacramental manductionthe act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
• sacramental oila consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
• sacramental wineused in a communion service
• sacramentalismThe doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessive importance to sacraments.
• sacramentalistOne who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.
• sacramentallyIn a sacrament manner.