| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sabbat | noun | In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies. |
| sabean | adjective & noun | Same as Sabian. |
| sabred | of Sabre | |
| sabian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants., Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies., An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. |
| sabicu | noun | The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding. |
| sabine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy., One of the Sabine people., See Savin. |
| sabled | imp. & past participle | of Sable |
| saccus | noun | A sac. |
| sachel | noun | A small bag. |
| sachem | noun | A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. |
| sachet | noun | A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them. |
| sacked | imp. & past participle | of Sack |
| sacker | noun | One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town. |
| sacque | noun | Same as 2d Sack, 3. |
| sacral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum. |
| sacred | adjective | Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service., Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history., Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable., Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable., Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; — with to., Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. |
| sacro- | A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic. | |
| sacrum | noun | That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis. |
| sadden | verb t. | To make sad., To render heavy or cohesive., To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth., To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful., To become, or be made, sad. |
| sadder | noun | Same as Sadda. |
| saddle | noun | A seat for a rider, — usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse’s back, furnished with stirrups for the rider’s feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle., A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse’s back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc., A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc., A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar., A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support., The clitellus of an earthworm., The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; — so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors., To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding., Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways. |
| safely | adverb | In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences. |
| safety | noun | The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss., Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc., Preservation from escape; close custody., Same as Safety touchdown, below. |
| sagged | imp. & past participle | of Sag |
| sagely | adverb | In a sage manner; wisely. |
| sagene | noun | A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet. |
| sagger | noun | A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar., The clay of which such pots or cases are made. |
| sagoin | noun | A marmoset; — called also sagouin. |
| saikyr | noun | Same as Saker. |
| sailed | imp. & past participle | of Sail |
| sailer | noun | A sailor., A ship or other vessel; — with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer. |
| sailor | noun | One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. |
| saimir | noun | The squirrel monkey. |
| saithe | noun | The pollock, or coalfish; — called also sillock. |
| sajene | noun | Same as Sagene. |
| salaam | noun | Same as Salam., To make or perform a salam. |
| salade | noun | A helmet. See Sallet. |
| salary | adjective | Saline, The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire., To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position. |
| salian | adjective | Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic., A Salian Frank. |
| salify | verb t. | To combine or impregnate with a salt., To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid. |
| salina | adjective | A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea., Salt works. |
| saline | adjective | Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic., Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste., A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth., A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources., A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine. |
| salite | verb t. | To season with salt; to salt., A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color. |
| saliva | noun | The secretion from the salivary glands. |
| sallet | noun | A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century., Alt. of Salleting |
| sallow | noun | The willow; willow twigs., A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc., Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin., To tinge with sallowness. |
| salmis | noun | A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite. |
| salmon | plural | of Salmon, Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat., A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon., Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. |
| saloon | noun | A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat., Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. |
| saloop | noun | An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. |
| salpae | plural | of Salpa |
| salpas | plural | of Salpa |
| salpid | noun | A salpa. |
| salted | imp. & past participle | of Salt |
| salter | noun | One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish. |
| saltle | noun | The European dab. |
| saltly | adverb | With taste of salt; in a salt manner. |
| salute | verb t. | To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail., Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc., To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc., To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify., The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting., A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc., A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc. |
| salved | imp. & past participle | of Salve |
| salver | noun | One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack., A salvor., A tray or waiter on which anything is presented. |
| salvia | noun | A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage. |
| salvos | plural | of Salvo |
| salvor | noun | One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so. |
| samara | noun | A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit. |
| samare | noun | See Simar. |
| samboo | noun | Same as Sambur. |
| sambur | noun | An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina). |
| samian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the island of Samos., A native or inhabitant of Samos. |
| samiel | noun | A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria. |
| samiot | adjective & noun | Samian. |
| samite | adjective | A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. |
| samlet | noun | The parr. |
| samoan | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators’ Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants., An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands. |
| sampan | noun | A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters. |
| sample | noun | Example; pattern., A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples., To make or show something similar to; to match., To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths. |
| samshu | noun | A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. |
| samson | noun | An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength. |
| sanded | imp. & past participle | of Sand, Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren., Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound., Short-sighted. |
| sandal | noun | Same as Sendal., Sandalwood., A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper., A kind of slipper., An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep. |
| sandix | noun | A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. |
| sandre | noun | A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare. |
| sandyx | noun | See Sandix. |
| sanies | noun | A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds. |
| sanity | noun | The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness. |
| sanjak | noun | A district or a subvision of a vilayet. |
| sankha | noun | A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell. |
| sannop | noun | Same as Sannup. |
| sannup | noun | A male Indian; a brave; — correlative of squaw. |
| santal | noun | A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood. |
| santer | verb i. | See Saunter. |
| santon | noun | A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit. |
| sapped | imp. & past participle | of Sap |
| sapajo | noun | The sapajou. |
| sapful | adjective | Abounding in sap; sappy. |
| sapota | noun | The sapodilla. |
| sapper | noun | One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. |
| sappho | noun | Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; — called also firetail. |
| sarcel | noun | One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk. |
| sarcin | noun | Same as Hypoxanthin. |
| sarcle | verb t. | To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe. |
| sarco- | A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology. | |
| sardan | noun | Alt. of Sardel |
| sardel | noun | A sardine., A precious stone. See Sardius. |
| sarkin | noun | Same as Hypoxanthin. |
| sarlac | noun | Alt. of Sarlyk |
| sarlyk | noun | The yak. |
| sarong | noun | A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. |
| sarsen | noun | One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; — called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone. |
| sashed | imp. & past participle | of Sash |
| sastra | noun | Same as Shaster. |
| sating | present participle & vb. noun | of Sate |
| sateen | noun | A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin. |
| satiny | adjective | Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture. |
| sation | noun | A sowing or planting. |
| satire | adjective | A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal., Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. |
| sative | adjective | Sown; propagated by seed. |
| satrap | noun | The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot. |
| saturn | noun | One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time., One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites., The metal lead. |
| sauced | imp. & past participle | of Sauce |
| saucer | noun | A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table., A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table., Something resembling a saucer in shape., A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships., A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan. |
| saufly | adverb | Safely. |
| sauger | noun | An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); — called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel. |
| saulie | noun | A hired mourner at a funeral. |
| saurel | noun | Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel. |
| sauria | noun pl. | A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia. |
| sauter | verb t. | To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat., Psalter. |
| savage | adjective | Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness., Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts., Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners., Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit., A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners., A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian., To make savage. |
| savant | adjective | A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. |
| saving | present participle & vb. noun | of Save, Preserving; rescuing., Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook., Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage., Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause., With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to., Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy., Exception; reservation. |
| savely | adverb | Safely. |
| savine | noun | A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc., The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.) |
| savior | verb | One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger., Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. |
| savory | adjective | Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell., An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; — also called summer savory. |
| sawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Saw |
| sawder | noun | A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder. |
| sawfly | noun | Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera. |
| sawneb | noun | A merganser. |
| sawtry | noun | A psaltery. |
| sawyer | noun | One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer., A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current., The bowfin. |
| saying | present participle & vb. noun | of Say, That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. |
| sayman | noun | One who assays. |