A genus of gram-negative bacteria that may be motile or non-motile; they are typically rod-shaped and may be aerobic or facultatively aerobic. They may be pathogenic for humans and other animals. Their metabolism is fermentative, and they produce acid and usually gas from glucose, but they do not metabolize lactose. The type species is Salmonella cholerae-suis, which is found in pigs. Other species, pathogenic in man, are Salmonella typhi (Salmonella typhosa), Salmonella typhimurium, and Salmonella schotmulleri, whih cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, and enteric fever, respectively.

Infection with bacteria of the genus Salmonella.

A salmon of small size; a samlet.

Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon. Any fish of the family Salmonidae.

A halogen.

A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.

See Salimeter.

Salimetry.

An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

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.

An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.

Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.

A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.

Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.

A salpa.

Inflammation of the salpinx.

The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.

See Salsify.

Salt; salted; saline.

A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.

See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.

Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.

See Sal soda, under Sal.

A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.

The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.

Sea-green in color.

Leaping; jumping; dancing.

See Saltarello.

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.

To leap or dance.

A leaping or jumping.

A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.

Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.

Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.

Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.

An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.

A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.

Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.

One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.

A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.

The European dab.

See Saltire.

A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also Salticidae.

One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.

A mountebank; a quack.

The quality or state of containing salt; salt taste; as, the saltiness of sea water.

The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.

Somewhat salt.

Destitute of salt; insipid.

With taste of salt; in a salt manner.

A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.

The quality or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water. In the sense of having salt content, saltiness is more commonly used.

Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.

A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Containing salt; tasting of salt; saltish; as, the salty sea; the potatoes are too salty.

The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.

To salute.

Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

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.

The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.

By way of salutation.

A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.

The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

One who salutes.

Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.

Salutarily.

The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness.

Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.

Savage.

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.

A place where things are preserved; a repository.

To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.

A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.

Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.

A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.

Tending to save or secure safety.

A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.

Together.

a Surface to Air Missile.

A society or congregation; a church or religious body.

A society; a congregation, a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.

A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.

See Simar.

Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.

A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.

Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.

See Simar.

A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.

A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.

Same as Sambur.

A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.

An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.

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 (Rusa equina).

Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

Sameness, 2.

The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.

See Samite.

A native or inhabitant of Samos.

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.

Samian.

A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.

A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.

The parr.

A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning.

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.

A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.

An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.

An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.

A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.

A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.

To make or show something similar to; to match.

One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.

A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.