s
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...
S wrench
1: a wrench with an S-shaped handle
S-shape
1: a double curve resembling the letter S
s-shaped
1: shaped in the form of the letter S
S. S. Van Dine
1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn: {Wright}, {Willard Huntington Wright}]
S. Smith Stevens
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}]
s.t.p.
1: standard temperature and pressure [syn: {STP}]
S.U.V.
1: a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis [syn: {sport utility}, {sport utility vehicle}]
S/N
1: the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity [syn: {signal-to-noise ratio}, {signal-to-noise}, {signal/noise ratio}, {signal/noise}]
s10-membered
1: of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members [syn: {ten-membered}]
SA
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}]
SA node
1: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat [syn: {pacemaker}, {cardiac pacemaker}, {sinoatrial node}]
Saale
1: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River [syn: {Saale River}]
Saale glaciation
1: the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time
Saale River
1: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River [syn: {Saale}]
Saarinen
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:...
Saba
1: a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
Sabah
1: a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo [syn: {North Borneo}]
Sabahan
1: of or pertaining to Sabah or its people; "Sabahan tribesmen" n : a Malaysian from Sabah
Sabal
1: American dwarf fan palms [syn: {genus Sabal}]
Sabal palmetto
1: low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds [syn: {cabbage palmetto}, {cabbage palm}]
Sabaoth
1: (plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament; "Lord of Sabaoth"
sabaton
1: armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel [syn: {solleret}]
sabayon
1: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled [syn: {zabaglione}]
sabbat
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}]
Sabbatarian
1: pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance n : one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
Sabbath
1: a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
Sabbath school
1: school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction [syn: {Sunday school}]
sabbatia
1: any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
Sabbatia Angularis
1: pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States [syn: {rose pink}, {bitter floom}, {American centaury}]
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Sabbatia campestris
1: prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers [syn: {prairia Sabbatia}, {Texas star}]
Sabbatia stellaris
1: pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States [syn: {marsh pink}, {American centaury}]
sabbatic
1: of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims" [syn: {sabbatical}]
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...
sabbatical leave
1: a leave usually taken every seventh year [syn: {sabbatical}]
Sabbatum
1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: {Saturday}, {Sat}]
Sabellian
1: an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions
saber
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...
saber rattling
1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {sabre rattling}]
saber saw
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...
saber-toothed
1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {sabertoothed}, {sabre-toothed}]
saber-toothed tiger
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}]
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}]
sabertoothed
1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {saber-toothed}, {sabre-toothed}]
sabicu
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}]
sabicu wood
1: the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany [syn: {sabicu}]
sabin
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...
Sabin vaccine
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...
Sabine
1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {Sabine River}]
sabine pine
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}]
Sabine River
1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {Sabine}]
Sabinea
1: small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood [syn: {genus Sabinea}]
Sabinea carinalis
1: small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges [syn: {carib wood}]
sable
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...
sable antelope
1: large black east African antelope with sharp back-curving horns [syn: {Hippotragus niger}]
sable brush
1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn: {sable}, {sable's hair pencil}]
sabot
1: a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: {wooden shoe}] 2: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta}, {patten}]
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