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Sandfish

A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.

Sandglass

An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Sandhiller

A nickname given to any /poor white/ living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina.

Sandiness

The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

Sandish

Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.

Sandiver

A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall.

Sandix

A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

sandlot

a vacant lot, especially one where children play games.

Sandman

A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.

Sandnecker

A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker.

Sandpaper

To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.

Sandpiper

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

Sandpit

A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Sandre

A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviar.

Sandstone

A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

Sandwich

To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.

Sandworm

Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore. Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters. The chigoe, a species of flea.

Sandwort

Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)

Sandy

Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.

Sane

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

Saneness

The state of being sane; sanity.

Sang-froid

Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.

Sangaree

Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.

Sangu Sanga

The Abyssinian ox (Bos Africanus syn. Bibos Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.

Sanguiferous

Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.

Sanguification

The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.

Sanguine

To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

sanguinity

The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.

Sanguinolent

Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.

Sanguivorous

Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.

Sanhedrim Sanhedrin

the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.

Sanhita

A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.

Sanicle

Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.

Sanidine

A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.

Sanies

A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.

Sanious

Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer.

Sanitarian

An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.

Sanitarium

A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

Sanitary

Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.

Sanitation

The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

Sanity

The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

Sanjak

A district or a subvision of a vilayet.

Sankha

A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.

Sankhya

A Hindu system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.

Sannup

A married male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.

Sans

Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.

Sans-culotte

A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.

Sans-culottic

Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.

Sans-culottism

Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.

Sanskrit

Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.

Santal

A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.

Santalaceous

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.

Santalic

Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.

Santalum

A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.

Santees

One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.

Santon

A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

Santonic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.

Santonin

A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

Santoninic

Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.

Sao

Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially Hyalinaecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

Sap

A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Sapajou

Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (Cebus subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (Cebus chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (Cebus hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.

Sapful

Abounding in sap; sappy.

Saphead

A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

Saphenous

Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.

Sapid

Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.

Sapidity

The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

Sapience

The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.

Sapient

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

Sapindaceous

Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.

Sapindus

A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.

Sapless

Destitute of sap; not juicy.

Sapodilla

A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.

Sapogenin

A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

Saponaceous

Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

Saponacity

The quality or state of being saponaceous.

Saponifiable

Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.

Saponification

The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

Saponifier

That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.

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