Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
sanability |
noun |
The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness. |
sanatorium |
noun |
An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium. |
sance-bell |
noun |
Alt. of Sancte bell |
sanctified |
adjective |
Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious., of Sanctify |
sanctifier |
noun |
One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit. |
sanctimony |
noun |
Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. |
sanctioned |
imp. & past participle |
of Sanction |
sanctitude |
noun |
Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. |
sanctities |
plural |
of Sanctity |
sandalwood |
noun |
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood., Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood., The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus). |
sandbagger |
noun |
An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand. |
sand-blind |
adjective |
Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. |
sanderling |
noun |
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover. |
sandhiller |
noun |
A nickname given to any “poor white” living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina. |
sandnecker |
noun |
A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); — called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker. |
sandwiched |
imp. & past participle |
of Sandwich |
sang-froid |
noun |
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. |
sanguifier |
noun |
A producer of blood. |
sanguinary |
adjective |
Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle., Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood., The yarrow., The Sanguinaria. |
sanguinely |
adverb |
In a sanguine manner. |
sanguinity |
noun |
The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. |
sanguisuge |
noun |
A bloodsucker, or leech. |
sanhedrist |
noun |
A member of the sanhedrin. |
sanitarian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary., An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures. |
sanitarist |
noun |
A sanitarian. |
sanitarium |
noun |
A health station or retreat; a sanatorium. |
sanitation |
noun |
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. |
sanskritic |
adjective |
Sanskrit. |
sans-souci |
adverb |
Without care; free and easy. |
santoninic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to santonin; — used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts. |