| sac | (noun) a structure resembling a bag in an animal | - |
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| (noun) a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule | Synonyms: theca |
| (noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, pouch, sack |
| saccade | (noun) a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest | - |
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| (noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement | Synonyms: jerk, jerking, jolt |
| saccharase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: invertase, sucrase |
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| saccharide | (noun) 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 number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: carbohydrate, sugar |
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| saccharin | (noun) a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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| saccharinity | (noun) the excessive sweetness of saccharin | - |
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| saccharose | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | Synonyms: sucrose |
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| saccule | (noun) a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) | Synonyms: sacculus |
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| sacculus | (noun) a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) | Synonyms: saccule |
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| sacerdotalism | (noun) a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God | - |
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| sachem | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sagamore |
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| (noun) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) | - |
| sachet | (noun) a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest | - |
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| sack | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sacking |
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| (noun) the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter | - |
| (noun) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases | Synonyms: carrier bag, paper bag, poke |
| (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: chemise, shift |
| (noun) a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | Synonyms: hammock |
| (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sacque |
| (noun) any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) | - |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a sack | Synonyms: sackful |
| (noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, pouch, sac |
| sackbut | (noun) a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone | - |
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| sackcloth | (noun) a coarse cloth resembling sacking | - |
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| (noun) a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse | - |
| sackful | (noun) the quantity contained in a sack | Synonyms: sack |
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| sacking | (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack |
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| (noun) coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | Synonyms: bagging |
| sacque | (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sack |
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| sacrament | (noun) a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction | - |
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| sacredness | (noun) the quality of being sacred | - |
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| sacrifice | (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | Synonyms: ritual killing |
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| (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeiture |
| (noun) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | - |
| (noun) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | - |
| (noun) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | - |
| sacrificer | (noun) a religious person who offers up a sacrifice | - |
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| sacrilege | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, desecration, profanation |
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| sacrilegiousness | (noun) profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege | - |
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| sacristan | (noun) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | Synonyms: sexton |
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| sacristy | (noun) a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | Synonyms: vestry |
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| sacrum | (noun) wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx | - |
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