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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.

Saponify

To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

Saponin

A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.

Saponite

A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.

Saponul

A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.

Sapor

Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.

Saporific

Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.

Saporosity

The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.

Saporous

Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.

Sapotaceous

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.

Sapper

One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.

Sapphire

Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.

Sapphirine

Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.

Sappho

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.

Sappiness

The quality of being sappy; juiciness.

Saprophagan

One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.

Saprophyte

Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.

Saprophytic

Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Sapsago

A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.

Sapucaia

A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.

Sapwood

The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.

Sarabaite

One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

Saraband

A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.

Saracen

Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

Saraswati

The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.

Sarcasm

A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.

Sarcastical Sarcastic

Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.

Sarcel

One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk.

Sarcelle

The old squaw, or long-tailed duck.

Sarcenet

A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.

Sarcina

A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.

Sarcle

To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe.

Sarcobasis

A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.

Sarcoblast

A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.

Sarcocarp

The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Sarcocolla Sarcocol

A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.

Sarcode

A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

sarcoderma Sarcoderm

A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments. A sarcocarp.

Sarcoid

Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.

Sarcolactic

Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.

Sarcolemma

The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

Sarcology

That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.

Sarcoma

A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.

Sarcomatous

Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma.

Sarcophaga

A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.

Sarcophagan

Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.

Sarcophagus

A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.

Sarcophile

A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.

Sarcoptes

A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.

Sarcoptid

Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites. Of or pertaining to the itch mites.

Sarcorhamphi

A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.

Sarcosin

A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

Sarcosis

Abnormal formation of flesh. Sarcoma.

Sarcotic

Producing or promoting the growth of flesh. A sarcotic medicine.

Sarcous

Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.

Sard

A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.

Sardel

A precious stone. See Sardius.

Sardinian

Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia. A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.

Sardius

A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.

Sardonic

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

Sardonyx

A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

Saree

The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.

Sargassum

A genus of algae including the gulf weed.

Sargo

Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.

Sarigue

A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

Sark

To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Sarking

Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.

Sarmatic Sarmatian

Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.

Sarment

A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.

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