safety device
1: a device designed to prevent injury [syn: {guard}, {safety}]
safety factor
1: the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use [syn: {factor of safety}]
safety feature
1: feature of an artifact that is added to insure a user's safety
safety fuse
1: fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter
safety glass
1: glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering [syn: {laminated glass}, {shatterproof glass}]
safety harness
1: belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt [syn: {safety belt}, {life belt}]
safety hat
1: a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers [syn: {hard hat}, {tin hat}]
safety island
1: an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: {traffic island}, {safety isle}, {safety zone}]
safety isle
1: an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: {traffic island}, {safety island}, {safety zone}]
safety lamp
1: an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) [syn: {Davy lamp}]
safety lock
1: guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired [syn: {safety catch}] 2: a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate [syn: {safety bolt}]
safety margin
1: an index indicating the amount beyond the minimum necessary; "in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress" [syn: {margin of safety}, {margin of ...
safety match
1: a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface [syn: {book matches}]
safety net
1: a guarantee of professional or financial security 2: a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze
safety nut
1: supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening [syn: {locknut}]
safety pin
1: a pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user
safety rail
1: a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety [syn: {guardrail}]
safety razor
1: a razor with a guard to prevent deep cuts in the skin
safety squeeze
1: the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully [syn: {safety squeeze play}]
safety squeeze play
1: the runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully [syn: {safety squeeze}]
safety valve
1: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level [syn: {relief valve}, {escape valve}, {escape cock}, {e...
safety zone
1: an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: {traffic island}, {safety island}, {safety isle}]
safety-deposit
1: safe for the storage of valuables; "kept the deed in his safe-deposit box at the bank" [syn: {safe-deposit}] n : a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables [syn: {safe-de...
safflower
1: thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil [syn: {false saffron}, {Carthamus tinctorius}]
safflower oil
1: oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints 2: oil from seeds of the safflower plant
saffranine
1: any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: {safranine}, {safranin}]
saffron
1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [syn: {saffron crocus}, {Crocus sativus}] 2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffr...
saffron crocus
1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [syn: {saffron}, {Crocus sativus}]
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safranin
1: any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: {safranine}, {saffranine}]
safranine
1: any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: {safranin}, {saffranine}]
sag
1: a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn: {droop}] v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: {droop}, {swag}, {flag}] 2: cause to sag; "Th...
sag down
1: cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably" [syn: {sag}]
saga
1: a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that res...
sagacious
1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insig...
sagaciously
1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely" [syn: {astutely}, {shrewdly}, {sapiently}]
sagaciousness
1: ability to make good judgments [syn: {sagacity}, {judgment}, {judgement}, {discernment}] 2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: {judiciousness}, {sagacity}]
sagacity
1: ability to make good judgments [syn: {sagaciousness}, {judgment}, {judgement}, {discernment}] 2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: {judiciousness}, {sagaciousness...
sagamore
1: a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) [syn: {sachem}]
sage
1: having wisdom that comes with age and experience 2: of the gray-green color of sage leaves [syn: {sage-green}] n 1: a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdo...
sage brush
1: any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium [syn: {sagebrush}]
sage grouse
1: large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America [syn: {sage hen}, {Centrocercus urophasianus}]
sage hen
1: large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America [syn: {sage grouse}, {Centrocercus urophasianus}]
sage willow
1: willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath [syn: {dwarf gray willow}, {Salix tristis}] 2: North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves...
sage-green
1: of the gray-green color of sage leaves [syn: {sage}]
sagebrush
1: any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium [syn: {sage brush}]
sagebrush buttercup
1: small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America [syn: {Ranunculus glaberrimus}]
sagebrush lizard
1: a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains [syn: {Sceloporus graciosus}]
sagebrush mariposa tulip
1: mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Colum...
Sagebrush State
1: a state in the western United States [syn: {Nevada}, {Silver State}, {Battle Born State}, {NV}]
sagely
1: in a wise manner; "she acted wisely when she invited her parents" [syn: {wisely}, {with wisdom}, {showing wisdom}] [ant: {foolishly}]
Sagina
1: small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions [syn: {genus Sagina}]
Saginaw
1: a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
Sagitta
1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way 2: any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
sagittal
1: located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
sagittal suture
1: the suture uniting the two parietal bones [syn: {interparietal suture}, {sutura sagittalis}]
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