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1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn: {Wisconsin weeping willow}, {Salix blanda}, {Salix pendulina blanda}]

1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn: {Wisconsin weeping willow}, {Salix pendulina}, {Salix blanda}]

1: European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States [syn: {bay willow}, {laurel willow}]

1: Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin [syn: {purple willow}, {red willow}, {red osier}, {basket willow}, {purple osier}]

1: small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed [syn: {balsam willow}]

1: small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated [syn: {creeping willow}]

1: North American willow with grayish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying [syn: {silver willow}, {silky willow}, {Salix alba sericea}]

1: small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon) [syn: {Sitka willow}, {silky willow}]

1: Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry [syn: {almond willow}, {black Hollander}, {Salix amygdalina}]

1: willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath [syn: {dwarf gray willow}, {sage willow}]

1: dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base [syn: {bearberry willow}]

1: willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry [syn: {common osier}, {hemp willow}, {velvet osier}]

1: European willow having grayish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry [syn: {golden willow}, {Salix alba vitellina}]

1: United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914) [syn: {Jonas Salk}, {Jonas Edward Salk}]

1: a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis [syn: {IPV}]

1: a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision [syn: {sallet}]

1: a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision [syn: {sallade}]

{sally}

1: unhealthy looking [syn: {sickly}] n : any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal v : cause to become sallow; "Th...

1: a sickly yellowish skin color

1: witty remark [syn: {wisecrack}, {crack}, {quip}] 2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: {sortie}] 3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wi...

1: set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner [syn: {sally out}]

1: a flat round slightly sweet teacake usually served hot

1: set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner [syn: {sally forth}] 2: jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone); "The attackers leapt out from the bushes" [syn: {leap out}, {rush out},...

1: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home" [syn: {sally}]

1: nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body

1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: {assortment}, {mixtu...

1: British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) [syn: {Rushdie}, {Ahmed Salman ...

1: ragout of game in a rich sauce

1: type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout [syn: {genus Salmo}]

1: found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska [syn: {rainbow trout}]

1: found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning [syn: {Atlantic salmon}]

1: speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America [syn: {brown trout}, {salmon trout}]

1: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn 2: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho [syn: {Salmon River}] 3: flesh of any of v...

1: white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries [syn: {salmonberry}, {thimbleberry}, {Rubus parviflorus}]

1: fish loaf made with flaked salmon

1: a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather

1: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: {yellowish pink}, {apricot}, {peach}]

1: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho [syn: {Salmon}]

1: flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water [syn: {sea trout}] 2: large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States [syn: {lake trout}, {Salvelinus namaycush...

1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {dwarf mulberry}, {bakeapple}, {baked-apple berry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}] 2: white-flowered raspberry ...

1: rod-shaped gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon [also: {salmonellae} (pl)]

1: a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans [syn: {Gartner's bacillus}]

1: a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever [syn: {typhoid bacillus}, {Salmonella typhosa}]

1: a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans

1: a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever [syn: {typhoid bacillus}, {Salmonella typhi}]

{salmonella}

1: a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium

1: soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters

1: salmon and trout [syn: {family Salmonidae}]

1: large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood [syn: {Spanish elm}, {Equador laurel}, {cypre}, {princewood}, {Cordia alliodora}]

1: a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric rel...

1: woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist

1: American financier and Revolutionary patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785) [syn: {Haym Salomon}]

1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: {beauty salon}, {beauty parlor}, {beauty parlour}, {beauty shop}] 3: elegant sitting room where g...

1: a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece [syn: {Thessaloniki}, {Salonika}, {Thessalonica}]

1: a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece [syn: {Thessaloniki}, {Salonica}, {Thessalonica}]

1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: {barroom}, {bar}, {ginmill}, {taproom}] 2: tavern consisting of a buil...

1: the proprietor of a saloon

1: minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end [syn: {salpa}]

1: minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end [syn: {salp}] [also: {salpae} (pl)]

{salpa}

1: herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs [syn: {genus Salpichroa}]

1: weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit [syn: {cock's eggs}, {Salpichroa rhomboidea}]

1: weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit [syn: {cock's eggs}, {Salpichroa organifolia}]

1: a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea [syn: {family Salpidae}]

1: any plant of the genus Salpiglossis

1: Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat [syn: {painted tongue}]

1: a genus of Troglodytidae [syn: {genus Salpinctes}]

1: wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico [syn: {rock wren}]

1: surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes

{salpinx}

1: inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube

1: a tube in the uterus or the ear [also: {salpinges} (pl)]

1: spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: {oyster plant}] 2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United...

1: tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia [syn: {Bomarea salsilla}] 2: tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spot...

1: chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts [syn: {genus Salsola}]

1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: {saltwort}, {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola soda}]

1: prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States [syn: {Russian thistle}, {Russian tumbleweed}, {Russian cactus}, {tumbleweed}]

1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: {saltwort}, {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}]

1: containing or filled with salt; "salt water" [ant: {fresh}] 2: of speech that is painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology" 3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the t...

1: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" [syn: {store}, {hive away}, {lay in}, {put in}, {stack away},...

1: codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes

1: loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

1: a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water [syn: {salt plain}]

1: the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

1: the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

1: the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church [syn: {capital of Utah}]

1: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: {lick}]

1: subshrub of southeastern United States to New York [syn: {Kosteletzya virginica}]

1: someone who makes or deals in salt [syn: {salter}]

1: a mine where salt is dug 2: a job involving drudgery and confinement [syn: {treadmill}]

1: a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water [syn: {salt flat}]

1: fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt

1: tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows [syn: {Spartina cynosuroides}]

1: rush of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {Juncus leseurii}]

1: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt [syn: {saltshaker}]

1: spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery-downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms [syn: {Halimodendron halodendron}, {Halimodendron argenteum}]

1: (used especially of meats) preserved in salt [syn: {salted}]

1: a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders [syn: {low-sodium diet}, {low-salt diet}]

1: white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp

{saltarello}

1: geography: move by saltation; "The sand grains are saltated by the wind" 2: leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion"

1: (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface 2: a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or spec...

1: a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind

1: any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

1: a small container for holding salt at the dining table

1: (used especially of meats) preserved in salt [syn: {salt-cured}]

1: someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods 2: someone who makes or deals in salt [syn: {salt merchant}]

{salty}

{salty}

1: a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking

1: the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth [syn: {salt}, {salinity}] 2: the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

1: the act of adding salt to food

1: a cross with diagonal bars of equal length [syn: {St. Andrew's cross}]

1: somewhat salty

1: a saltwater lake in southeastern California

1: a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake

1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn: {potassium nitrate}, {saltpetre}, {niter}, {nitre}]