AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
salina period: the period in which the american upper silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central new york, was formed. see the chart of geology.
saline: consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.-of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.-a salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.-a crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.-a metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
saliretin: a yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.
salisburia: the ginkgo tree (ginkgo biloba, or salisburia adiantifolia).
salite: to season with salt; to salt.-a massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color.
salivary: of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
salivate: to produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.-to produce saliva, esp. in excess.
salivation: the act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
salix: a genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.-a tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
sallet: a light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.-alt. of salleting
sallow: the willow; willow twigs.-a name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as salix caprea, s. cinerea, etc.-having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.-to tinge with sallowness.
sally: to leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.-a leaping forth; a darting; a spring.-a rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.-an excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.-a flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.-transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
sally lunn: a tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.
salmagundi: a mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.-hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
salmis: a ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.
salmon: of salmon-any one of several species of fishes of the genus salmo and allied genera. the common salmon (salmo salar) of northern europe and eastern north america, and the california salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. they are extensively preserved for food. see quinnat.-a reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.-of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
salmonoid: like, or pertaining to, the salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.-any fish of the family salmonidae.
salon: an apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
saloon: 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.-popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
saloop: an aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in london.
salpa: a genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. see illustration in appendix.
salpicon: chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
salse: a mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
salso-acid: having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
salt: the chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. it is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.-hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.-hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, attic salt.-a dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.-a sailor; -- usually qualified by old.-the neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.-fig.: that which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.-any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially epsom salts, rochelle salt, or glauber's salt.-marshes flooded by the tide.-of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.-overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.-fig.: bitter; sharp; pungent.-fig.: salacious; lecherous; lustful.-to sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.-to fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.-to deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.-the act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
salt rheum: a popular name, esp. in the united states, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. see eczema.
saltant: leaping; jumping; dancing.-in a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
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.
saltation: a leaping or jumping.-beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.-an abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
saltatoria: a division of orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
saltatorial: relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.-same as saltatorious.-of or pertaining to the saltatoria.
saltatorious: capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
saltatory: leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
saltbush: an australian plant (atriplex nummularia) of the goosefoot family.
saltcat: a mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
saltcellar: formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.
salter: one who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.
saltern: a building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
saltfoot: a large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. the superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
saltigradae: a tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
saltigrade: having feet or legs formed for leaping.-one of the saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
salting: of salt-the act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.-a salt marsh.
saltire: a st. andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an x, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.
saltirewise: 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.
saltmouth: a wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.
saltness: the quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.
saltpetre: 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.
saltpetrous: pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
saltwort: a name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the batis maritima, and the glasswort. see glasswort.
salubrious: favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.
salubrity: 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.
salutary: wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.-promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
salutation: 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.
salutatorian: 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.
salutatory: containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in american colleges.-a place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.-the salutatory oration.
salute: to address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.-hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.-to honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.-to promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.-the act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.-a sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.-a token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
salutiferous: bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.
salvage: the act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.-the compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.-that part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.-savage.
salvation: the act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.-the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.-saving power; that which saves.
salve: hail!-to say "salve" to; to greet; to salute.-an adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.-a soothing remedy or antidote.-to heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.-to heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.-to save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
salver: one who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.-a salvor.-a tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
salver-shaped: tubular, with a spreading border. see hypocraterimorphous.
salvo: an exception; a reservation; an excuse.-a concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.-a salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
salvor: one who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
samaj: a society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the brahmo-somaj.
samara: a dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
samaritan: of or pertaining to samaria, in palestine.-a native or inhabitant of samaria; also, the language of samaria.
samarskite: a rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. it is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
sambo: a colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
sambuke: an ancient stringed instrument used by the greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
sambur: 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 (r. equina).
same: not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.-of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.-just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
sameness: 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.-hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
samian: of or pertaining to the island of samos.-a native or inhabitant of samos.
samiel: 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.
samite: a species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
samoan: 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.
samovar: 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.
samoyedes: an ignorant and degraded turanian tribe which occupies a portion of northern russia and a part of siberia.
samp: an article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
sampan: a chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.
samphire: a fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous european plant (crithmum maritimum). it grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.-the species of glasswort (salicornia herbacea); -- called in england marsh samphire.-a seashore shrub (borrichia arborescens) of the west indies.
sample: example; pattern.-a part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.-to make or show something similar to; to match.-to take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
sampler: one who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.-a pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
samshu: a spirituous liquor distilled by the chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
samson: an israelite of bible record (see judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
sanative: having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
sanatorium: an establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. see sanitarium.
sanatory: conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
sanbenito: anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.-a garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe.
sanctification: the act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;-the act of god's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to god; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.-the act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
sanctified: made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.-of sanctify
sanctify: to make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.-to make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.-to make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.-to impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
sanctiloquent: discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
sanctimonious: possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.-making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
sanctimony: holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
sanction: solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.-anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.-to give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
sanctity: the state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.-sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.-a saint or holy being.
sanctuary: a sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.-the most retired part of the temple at jerusalem, called the holy of holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at jerusalem.-the most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a christian church in which the altar is placed.-a house consecrated to the worship of god; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.-a sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
sanctum: a sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
sanctus: a part of the mass, or, in protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in latin are sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [holy, holy, holy]; -- called also tersanctus.-an anthem composed for these words.
sand: fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.-a single particle of such stone.-the sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.-tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of arabia and africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.-courage; pluck; grit.-to sprinkle or cover with sand.-to drive upon the sand.-to bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.-to mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
sandal: same as sendal.-sandalwood.-a kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.-a kind of slipper.-an overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
sandalwood: the highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an east indian and polynesian tree (santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the hawaiian santalum freycinetianum and s. pyrularium, the australian s. latifolium, etc. the name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.-any tree of the genus santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.-the red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in russia for dyeing leather (rhamnus dahuricus).
sandarac: realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.-a white or yellow resin obtained from a barbary tree (callitris quadrivalvis or thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
sandbagger: an assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. see sand bag, under sand.
sanded: of sand-covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.-marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.-short-sighted.
sandemanian: a follower of robert sandeman, a scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. see glassite.
sanderling: a small gray and brown sandpiper (calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in america, europe, and asia. called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
sanders: an old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. see under sandalwood.
sandfish: a small marine fish of the pacific coast of north america (trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.
sandhiller: a nickname given to any "poor white" living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in georgia and south carolina.
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.
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: paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.-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.-a small lamprey eel; the pride.
sandre: a russian fish (lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare.
sandstone: a rock made of sand more or less firmly united. common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
sandwich: two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.-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.-of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.