sabotage
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...
saboteur
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...
sabra
1: a native-born Israeli
sabre
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...
sabre rattling
1: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) [syn: {saber rattling}]
sabre-toothed
1: having teeth that resemble sabers; "a saber-toothed tiger" [syn: {saber-toothed}, {sabertoothed}]
sac
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...
sac fungus
1: any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
saccharase
1: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose [syn: {invertase}, {sucrase}]
saccharic acid
1: a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch
saccharide
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}]
saccharin
1: a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
saccharine
1: overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {syrupy}, {treacly}]
Saccharomyces
1: single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates [syn: {genus Saccharomyces}]
Saccharomycetaceae
1: family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates [syn: {family Saccharomycetaceae}]
saccharose
1: a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent [syn: {sucrose}]
Saccharum
1: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane [syn: {genus Saccharum}]
Saccharum bengalense
1: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets [syn: {munj}, {munja}, {Saccharum munja}]
Saccharum munja
1: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets [syn: {munj}, {munja}, {Saccharum bengalense}]
Saccharum officinarum
1: tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar [syn: {sugarcane}, {sugar cane}]
Sacco
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}]
sacculate
1: formed with or having saclike expansions; "the alimentary tract is partially sacculated" [syn: {sacculated}]
sacculated
1: formed with or having saclike expansions; "the alimentary tract is partially sacculated" [syn: {sacculate}]
saccule
1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: {sacculus}]
sacculus
1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: {saccule}]
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sacerdotal
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...
sacerdotalism
1: a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
SACEUR
1: commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe [syn: {Supreme Allied Commander Europe}]
sachem
1: a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) 2: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: {sagamore}]
sachet
1: a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest
Sachs disease
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 [...
Sachsen
1: an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons [syn: {Saxony}, {Saxe}]
sack
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...
sack coat
1: man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit
sack out
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 ...
sack race
1: a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack
sack up
1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: {net}, {sack}, {clear}]
sackbut
1: a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
sackcloth
1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse 2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking
sacked
1: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" [syn: {despoiled}, {pillaged}, {raped}, {ravaged}]
sackful
1: the quantity contained in a sack [syn: {sack}]
sacking
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}, ...
SACLANT
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...
saclike
1: shaped like a pouch [syn: {bursiform}, {pouch-shaped}, {pouchlike}]
sacque
1: a woman's full loose hiplength jacket [syn: {sack}]
sacral
1: of or relating to or near the sacrum 2: of or relating to sacred rites; "sacral laws"
sacral nerve
1: any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord
sacral plexus
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}]
sacral vein
1: vein of the sacral region [syn: {vena sacralis}]
sacral vertebra
1: one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum
sacrament
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...
sacrament of the Eucharist
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}]
sacramental
1: of or relating to or involving a sacrament
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