Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.
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Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.
Sagittal; sagittate.
A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.
The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.
Full of sage; seasoned with sage.
A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
A lady; mistress.
Same as Thebaic.
See Salite.
A marmoset.
See Capuchin, 3 (a).
A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.
A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.
An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
Same as Saker.
To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.
A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
Duck or canvas used in making sails.
A sailor.
The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.) The basking, or liver, shark. The quillback.
The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
Destitute of sails.
One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
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.
Like a sail.
Lard; grease.
The squirrel monkey.
To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder. A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
To act or live as a saint.
A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.
The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.
A system of socialism in which the state owns all the property and the laborer is entitled to share according to the quality and amount of his work, founded by Saint Simon (1760-1825); -- called also Saint- Simonianism.
The state or character of a saint.
Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.
A female saint.
The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
Somewhat saintlike; -- used ironically.
The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.
Quality of being saintly.
Like a saint; becoming a holy person.
One who writes the lives of saints.
The character or qualities of a saint.
3d pers. sing. pres. of Say.
The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock.
One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.
The worship of Siva.
Same as Sagene.
Same as Sapajou.
a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
The male of the saker (a).
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled sake.
A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope.
The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.
Salt.
To make or perform a salam.
The quality or condition of being salable; salableness.
Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
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 period when a person is young and inexperienced.
A helmet. See Sallet.
Vegetables for salad.
See Saleratus.
The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.
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.
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.
A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
Like or pertaining to the salamanders.
A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.
A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.
The salagane.
Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.
See Salable, Salably, etc.
See Salep.
Roughness or ruggedness.
Rough; rugged.
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.
Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.
a tax imposed upon the retail sale of goods or the sale of services, usually collected by the seller at the time of purchase; -- it is typically calculated as a percentage of the price of the object sold, being commonly from 3% to 7% of the base price.
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic. A Salian Frank.
Same as Salient.
Salience; onslaught.
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
Belonging or relating to the willow.
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous acid or spiroylous acid.
A salt of salicylic acid.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Same as Salicylal.
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.
The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.
A salient angle or part; a projection.
In a salient manner.
Producing, or impregnated with, salt.
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.
The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.
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.
A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
The water chestnut (Trapa natans).
An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.
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