| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| salad | noun | A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc., A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad. |
| salam | noun | A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead. |
| saleb | noun | See Salep. |
| salep | noun | The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water. |
| salic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. |
| salix | noun | A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds., A tree or shrub of any kind of willow. |
| sally | verb i. | To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally., A leaping forth; a darting; a spring., A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie., An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation., A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind., Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. |
| salmi | noun | Same as Salmis. |
| salol | noun | A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate. |
| salon | noun | An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. |
| salpa | noun | A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| salse | noun | A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name. |
| salty | adjective | Somewhat salt; saltish. |
| salue | verb t. | To salute. |
| salve | interj. | Hail!, To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute., An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment., A soothing remedy or antidote., To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound., To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over., To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. |
| salvo | noun | An exception; a reservation; an excuse., A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley., A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. |