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