1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: {second}, {sec}] 2: an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yel...

1: a wrench with an S-shaped handle

1: a double curve resembling the letter S

1: shaped in the form of the letter S

1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn: {Wright}, {Willard Huntington Wright}]

1: United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973) [syn: {Stevens}, {Smitty Stevens}, {Stanley Smith Stevens}]

1: standard temperature and pressure [syn: {STP}]

1: a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis [syn: {sport utility}, {sport utility vehicle}]

1: the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity [syn: {signal-to-noise ratio}, {signal-to-noise}, {signal/noise ratio}, {signal/noise}]

1: of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members [syn: {ten-membered}]

1: Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943 [syn: {Sturmarbeiteilung}, {Storm Troops}]

1: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat [syn: {pacemaker}, {cardiac pacemaker}, {sinoatrial node}]

1: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River [syn: {Saale River}]

1: the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time

1: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River [syn: {Saale}]

1: Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950) [syn: {Eliel Saarinen}] 2: United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) [syn:...

1: a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano

1: a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo [syn: {North Borneo}]

1: of or pertaining to Sabah or its people; "Sabahan tribesmen" n : a Malaysian from Sabah

1: American dwarf fan palms [syn: {genus Sabal}]

1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palmetto}, {cabbage palm}]

1: (plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament; "Lord of Sabaoth"

1: armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel [syn: {solleret}]

1: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled [syn: {zabaglione}]

1: a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy [syn: {witches' Sabbath}]

1: pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance n : one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)

1: a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

1: school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction [syn: {Sunday school}]

1: any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes

1: pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States [syn: {rose pink}, {bitter floom}, {American centaury}]

1: prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers [syn: {prairia Sabbatia}, {Texas star}]

1: pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States [syn: {marsh pink}, {American centaury}]

1: of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims" [syn: {sabbatical}]

1: of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims" [syn: {sabbatic}] 2: of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research project" n : a leave usually taken every sevent...

1: a leave usually taken every seventh year [syn: {sabbatical}]

1: a sabbatical leave lasting one year

1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: {Saturday}, {Sat}]

1: an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions

1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: {sabre}] 2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: {cavalry sword}, {sabre}] v 1: cut or injure with a saber...

1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {sabre rattling}]

1: a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cu...

1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {sabertoothed}, {sabre-toothed}]

1: any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene [syn: {sabertooth}]

1: any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene [syn: {saber-toothed tiger}]

1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {saber-toothed}, {sabre-toothed}]

1: the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany [syn: {sabicu wood}] 2: West Indian tree yielding la hard dark born wood resembling mahogany in texture and value [syn: {Lysiloma sabicu}]

1: the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany [syn: {sabicu}]

1: a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound 2: United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vac...

1: an oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis [syn: {oral poliovirus vaccine}, {OPV}, {trivalent live oral poliomyelitis va...

1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {Sabine River}]

1: medium-sized 5-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones [syn: {Torrey pine}, {Torrey's pine}, {soledad pine}, {gray-leaf pine}, {Pinus torreyana}]

1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {Sabine}]

1: small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood [syn: {genus Sabinea}]

1: small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges [syn: {carib wood}]

1: dark somewhat brownish black n 1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn: {sable brush}, {sable's hair pencil}] 2: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten 3: a very dark black [syn: {coal bla...

1: large black east African antelope with sharp back-curving horns [syn: {Hippotragus niger}]

1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn: {sable}, {sable's hair pencil}]

1: a fur coat made of sable furs

1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn: {sable}, {sable brush}]

1: a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: {wooden shoe}] 2: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta}, {patten}]

1: a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged v : destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: {un...

1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: {wrecker}, {diversionist}] 2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader [syn: {fifth c...

1: a native-born Israeli

1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: {saber}] 2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: {cavalry sword}, {saber}] v 1: cut or injure with a saber...

1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {saber rattling}]

1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {saber-toothed}, {sabertoothed}]

1: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: {pouch}, {sack}, {pocket}] 2: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule [syn: {theca}] 3: a member of the Algonqui...

1: any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus

1: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose [syn: {invertase}, {sucrase}]

1: a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch

1: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the...

{saccharify}

1: sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea" [syn: {sugar}] 2: convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate [also: {saccharified}]

1: a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

1: overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {syrupy}, {treacly}]

1: the sweetness of saccharin

1: single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates [syn: {genus Saccharomyces}]

1: used as a leaven in baking and brewing [syn: {baker's yeast}, {brewer's yeast}]

1: used in making wine [syn: {wine-maker's yeast}]

1: family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates [syn: {family Saccharomycetaceae}]

1: a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent [syn: {sucrose}]

1: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane [syn: {genus Saccharum}]

1: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets [syn: {munj}, {munja}, {Saccharum munja}]

1: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets [syn: {munj}, {munja}, {Saccharum bengalense}]

1: tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar [syn: {sugarcane}, {sugar cane}]

1: United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927) [syn: {Nicola Sacco}]

1: formed with or having saclike expansions; "the alimentary tract is partially sacculated" [syn: {sacculated}]

1: formed with or having saclike expansions; "the alimentary tract is partially sacculated" [syn: {sacculate}]

1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: {sacculus}]

1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: {saccule}]

1: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests" 2: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures...

1: a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God

1: commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe [syn: {Supreme Allied Commander Europe}]

1: a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) 2: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: {sagamore}]

1: a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest

1: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood [...

1: an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons [syn: {Saxony}, {Saxe}]

1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases [syn: {poke}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}] 2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: {pouch}, {sac}, {poc...

1: man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit

1: go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn" [syn: {go to bed}, {turn in}, {bed}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit the hay}, {hit the sack}, {go to ...

1: a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack

1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: {net}, {sack}, {clear}]

1: a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse 2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking

1: a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief

1: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" [syn: {despoiled}, {pillaged}, {raped}, {ravaged}]

1: the quantity contained in a sack [syn: {sack}]

1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: {bagging}] 2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: {dismissal}, {dismission}, {discharge}, {firing}, {liberation}, ...

1: commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council [syn: {Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic...

1: shaped like a pouch [syn: {bursiform}, {pouch-shaped}, {pouchlike}]

1: a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: {sack}]

{sacrum}

1: of or relating to or near the sacrum 2: of or relating to sacred rites; "sacral laws"

1: any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord

1: a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs [syn: {plexus sacralis}]

1: vein of the sacral region [syn: {vena sacralis}]

1: one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum

1: a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the Protestant sacraments are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church...

1: a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine [syn: {Holy Eucharist}, {Eucharist}, {Holy Sacrament}, {Liturgy}, {Eucharistic liturgy}, {Lord's Supper}]

1: of or relating to or involving a sacrament

1: the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation" [syn: {Communion}, {Holy Communion}, {manduction}]

1: a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam [syn: {chrism}, {chrisom}, {holy oil}]

1: used in a communion service [syn: {altar wine}]

1: a city in north central California 75 miles northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California [syn: {capital of California}]

1: mountain range in New Mexico east of the Rio Grande

1: a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay

1: food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America [syn: {Pacific sturgeon}, {white sturgeon}, {Acipenser transmontanus}]

{sacrarium}

1: concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" [ant: {profane}] 2: worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling" 3: made...

1: (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes [syn: {College of Cardinals}]

1: a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism

1: fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists [syn: {pipal}, {pipal tree}, {pipul}, {peepul}, {bo tree}, {Ficus religiosa...

1: African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians [syn: {Threskiornis aethiopica}]

1: native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers [syn: {lotus}, {Indian lotus}, {Nelumbo nucifera}]

1: the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin [syn: {mescal button}, {magic mushroom}]

1: any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group [syn: {scripture}]

1: writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity [syn: {sacred writing}, {religious writing}, {religious text}]

1: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead [syn: {Trinity}, {Holy Trinity}, {Blessed Trinity}]

1: writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity [syn: {sacred text}, {religious writing}, {religious text}]

1: by religion; "religiously inspired art" [syn: {religiously}]

1: the quality of being sacred

1: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: {forfeit}, {forfeiture}] 2: personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost...

1: a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball

1: killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb [syn: {suicide mission}, {martyr operation}]

1: may be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective

1: a religious person who offers up a sacrifice

1: used in or connected with a sacrifice; "sacrificial lamb"

1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: {profanation}, {desecration}, {blasphemy}]

1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemo...

1: in a sacrilegious manner

1: profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege

1: an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects [syn: {sexton}]

1: a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held [syn: {vestry}]

1: must be kept sacred [syn: {inviolable}, {inviolate}]

1: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx [also: {sacra} (pl)]

1: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossett...

1: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn: {bungler}, {blunderer}, {fumbler}, {bumbler}, {stumbler}, {botcher}, {butcher}, {fuckup}]

1: Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981) [syn: {Anwar Sadat}, {Anwar el-Sadat}]

1: Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937) [syn: {Hussein}, {Husain}, {Husayn}, {Saddam Hussein}, {Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti}]

1: Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937) [syn: {Hussein}, {Husain}, {Husayn}, {Saddam Hussein}, {Saddam}]

1: Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937) [syn: {Hussein}, {Husain}, {Husayn}, {Saddam}, {Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti}]

1: a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents [syn: {Fedayeen Saddam}]

1: make unhappy; `The news of her death saddened me' [ant: {gladden}] 2: come to feel sad [ant: {gladden}]

1: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: {depressing}, {depressive}, {gloomy}]

{sad}

{sad}

1: (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man [syn: {sadhu}]

1: a seat for the rider of a horse 2: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: {saddleback}] 3: cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part o...

1: stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle [syn: {saddlecloth}, {horse blanket}]

1: the parts of a patient's body that would touch a saddle if the patient were sitting in one are anesthetized by injecting a local anesthetic into the spinal cord [syn: {saddle block anesthesia}]

1: the parts of a patient's body that would touch a saddle if the patient were sitting in one are anesthetized by injecting a local anesthetic into the spinal cord [syn: {saddle block anaesthesia}]

1: a long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl [syn: {saddle hackle}]

1: a long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl [syn: {saddle feather}]

1: a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) [syn: {horn}]

1: a lightweight horse kept for riding only [syn: {riding horse}, {mount}]

1: backbone and both loins of a lamb

1: an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color [syn: {saddle shoe}]

1: thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched [syn: {Anomia ephippium}]

1: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: {gable roof}, {saddleback}, {saddleback roof}]

1: an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color [syn: {saddle oxford}]

1: a mild soap for cleansing and conditioning leather [syn: {leather soap}]

1: an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle [syn: {gall}] 2: sore on a horseback rider chafed by a saddle

1: a decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color

1: (of a rider) sore after riding a horse

1: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: {saddle}] 2: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: {gable roof}, {saddle roof}, {saddl...

1: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: {gable roof}, {saddle roof}, {saddleback}]

1: a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle

1: large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle [syn: {jabiru}, {Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis}]

1: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: {pommel}]

1: stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle [syn: {saddle blanket}, {horse blanket}]

1: having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" [ant: {unsaddled}] 2: subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself ...

1: a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even [syn: {Gyromitra infula}]

1: a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses

1: gear for a horse [syn: {stable gear}, {tack}] 2: workshop where a saddler works

1: of or relating to the Sadducees

1: a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees

1: French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) [syn: {de Sade}, {Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade}, {Marquis de Sade}]

1: the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

1: (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man [syn: {saddhu}]

1: French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832) [syn: {Carnot}, {Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot}]