Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
salability |
noun |
The quality or condition of being salable; salableness. |
salaeratus |
noun |
See Saleratus. |
salamander |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits., The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States., A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it., A large poker., Solidified material in a furnace hearth. |
salamstone |
noun |
A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon. |
saleswomen |
plural |
of Saleswoman |
saleswoman |
noun |
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise. |
salicylate |
noun |
A salt of salicylic acid. |
salicylide |
noun |
A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid. |
salicylite |
noun |
A compound of salicylal; — named after the analogy of a salt. |
salicylous |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal. |
saliferous |
adjective |
Producing, or impregnated with, salt. |
salifiable |
adjective |
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; — said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable. |
salination |
noun |
The act of washing with salt water. |
salineness |
noun |
The quality or state of being salt; saltness. |
saliniform |
adjective |
Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt. |
salisburia |
noun |
The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia). |
salivating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Salivate |
salivation |
noun |
The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism. |
sallenders |
noun pl. |
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. |
sallowness |
noun |
The quality or condition of being sallow. |
sally lunn |
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A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter. |
salmagundi |
noun |
A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions., Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany. |
salso-acid |
adjective |
Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. |
saltarella |
noun |
See Saltarello. |
saltarello |
noun |
A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella. |
saltatoria |
noun pl. |
A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets. |
saltcellar |
noun |
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table. |
salt-green |
adjective |
Sea-green in color. |
saltigrade |
adjective |
Having feet or legs formed for leaping., One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey. |
salt rheum |
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A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema. |
salubrious |
adjective |
Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate. |
salutation |
noun |
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. |
salutatory |
adjective |
Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; — applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges., A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch., The salutatory oration. |