| salaah | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaat, salah, salat |
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| salaam | (noun) a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation | - |
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| salaat | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salah, salat |
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| salability | (noun) the quality of being salable or marketable | Synonyms: salableness |
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| salableness | (noun) the quality of being salable or marketable | Synonyms: salability |
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| salaciousness | (noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salacity |
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| salacity | (noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness |
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| salad | (noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | - |
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| salade | (noun) a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision | Synonyms: sallet |
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| salah | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salaat, salat |
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| salai | (noun) East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense | Synonyms: Boswellia serrata |
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| salal | (noun) small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries | Synonyms: Gaultheria shallon, shallon |
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| salamander | (noun) any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed | - |
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| (noun) fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire | Synonyms: fire hook, poker, stove poker |
| (noun) reptilian creature supposed to live in fire | - |
| salami | (noun) highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried | - |
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| salariat | (noun) the class of workers who are salaried and get regular, non-hourly pay checks. | - |
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| salary | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, remuneration, wage |
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| salat | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salaat, salah |
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| sale | (noun) a particular instance of selling | - |
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| (noun) an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices | Synonyms: cut-rate sale, sales event |
| (noun) the general activity of selling | - |
| (noun) an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) | Synonyms: sales agreement |
| (noun) the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling | - |
| saleratus | (noun) a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid | Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate |
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| saleroom | (noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | Synonyms: salesroom, showroom |
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| sales | (noun) income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time | Synonyms: gross revenue, gross sales |
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| salesclerk | (noun) a salesperson in a store | Synonyms: clerk, shop assistant, shop clerk |
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| salesgirl | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: saleslady, saleswoman |
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| saleslady | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: salesgirl, saleswoman |
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| salesman | (noun) a man salesperson | - |
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| salesmanship | (noun) skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy | - |
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| salesperson | (noun) a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) | Synonyms: sales rep, sales representative |
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| salesroom | (noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | Synonyms: saleroom, showroom |
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| saleswoman | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: salesgirl, saleslady |
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| salicin | (noun) an anti-inflammatory agent that is produced from willow bark. | - |
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| salicylate | (noun) a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs) | - |
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| salience | (noun) the state of being salient | Synonyms: saliency, strikingness |
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| saliency | (noun) the state of being salient | Synonyms: salience, strikingness |
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| salient | (noun) (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy | - |
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| salientian | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, batrachian, frog, toad, toad frog |
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| saligenin | (noun) Salicylic alcohol, also called saligenin, is a crystalline phenolic alcohol with the chemical formula C7H8O2, that is obtained usually by hydrolysis of salicin. | Synonyms: salicylic alcohol |
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| saline | (noun) an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water | Synonyms: saline solution |
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| salinity | (noun) the relative proportion of salt in a solution | Synonyms: brininess |
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| (noun) the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: salt, saltiness |
| salinometer | (noun) a hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their density | - |
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| saliva | (noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: spit, spittle |
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| salivation | (noun) the secretion of saliva | - |
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| sallet | (noun) a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision | Synonyms: salade |
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| sallow | (noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal | - |
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| sallowness | (noun) a sickly yellowish skin color | - |
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| sally | (noun) a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position | Synonyms: sortie |
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| (noun) a venture off the beaten path | Synonyms: sallying forth |
| (noun) witty remark | Synonyms: crack, quip, wisecrack |
| salmagundi | (noun) cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing | - |
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| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, smorgasbord, variety |
| salmi | (noun) ragout of game in a rich sauce | - |
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| salmon | (noun) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | - |
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| (noun) a pale pinkish orange color | - |
| (noun) flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae | - |
| salmonberry | (noun) large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries | Synonyms: Rubus spectabilis |
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| (noun) white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries | Synonyms: Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, thimbleberry |
| (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus |
| salmonella | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
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| salmonellosis | (noun) a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium | - |
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| salmonid | (noun) soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters | - |
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| salmwood | (noun) large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood | Synonyms: Cordia alliodora, cypre, Equador laurel, princewood, Spanish elm |
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| salol | (noun) 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 release | Synonyms: phenyl salicylate |
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| salon | (noun) elegant sitting room where guests are received | - |
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| (noun) gallery where works of art can be displayed | - |
| (noun) a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work | Synonyms: beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop |
| saloon | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, ginmill, taproom |
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| (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse |
| (noun) a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors | Synonyms: sedan |
| salopettes | (noun) trousers usually of stretch material and kept taut by a strap under the foot, worn for skiing or as a fashion garment. | Synonyms: ski pants |
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| salp | (noun) minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end | Synonyms: salpa |
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| salpa | (noun) minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end | Synonyms: salp |
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| salpiglossis | (noun) any plant of the genus Salpiglossis | - |
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| salpingectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes | - |
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| salpingitis | (noun) inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube | - |
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| salpinx | (noun) a tube in the uterus or the ear | - |
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| salsa | (noun) spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods | - |
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| salsify | (noun) either of two long roots eaten cooked | - |
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| (noun) Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States | Synonyms: oyster plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster |
| (noun) edible root of the salsify plant | Synonyms: oyster plant |
| salsilla | (noun) tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America | Synonyms: Bomarea edulis |
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| (noun) tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia | Synonyms: Bomarea salsilla |
| salt | (noun) the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: salinity, saltiness |
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| (noun) white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food | Synonyms: common salt, table salt |
| (noun) a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) | - |
| saltation | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, spring |
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| (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, terpsichore |
| (noun) (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species | - |
| (noun) an abrupt transition | Synonyms: jump, leap |
| (noun) (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface | - |
| saltbox | (noun) a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind | - |
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| saltbush | (noun) any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil | - |
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| saltcellar | (noun) a small container for holding salt at the dining table | - |
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| salter | (noun) someone who makes or deals in salt | Synonyms: salt merchant |
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| (noun) someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods | - |
| saltine | (noun) a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking | - |
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| saltiness | (noun) the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) | - |
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| (noun) the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: salinity, salt |
| (noun) language or humor that is down-to-earth | Synonyms: coarseness |
| salting | (noun) the act of adding salt to food | - |
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| saltire | (noun) a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length | Synonyms: St. Andrew's cross |
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| saltpan | (noun) a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake | - |
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| saltpeter | (noun) (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | Synonyms: niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpetre |
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| saltpetre | (noun) (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | Synonyms: niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpeter |
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| saltshaker | (noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt | Synonyms: salt shaker |
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| saltwater | (noun) water containing salts | Synonyms: brine, seawater |
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| saltworks | (noun) a plant where salt is produced commercially | - |
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| saltwort | (noun) low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | Synonyms: Batis maritima |
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| (noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda |
| salubriousness | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubrity |
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| salubrity | (noun) the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | Synonyms: salubriousness |
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| salutation | (noun) (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | Synonyms: greeting |
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| (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salute |
| (noun) word of greeting used to begin a letter | - |
| salutatorian | (noun) a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises | Synonyms: salutatory speaker |
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| salutatory | (noun) an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) | Synonyms: salutatory address, salutatory oration |
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| salute | (noun) an act of honor or courteous recognition | Synonyms: salutation |
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| (noun) a formal military gesture of respect | Synonyms: military greeting |
| (noun) an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat | - |
| saluter | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, welcomer |
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| salvage | (noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire | - |
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| (noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction | - |
| (noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction | - |
| salvager | (noun) someone who salvages | Synonyms: salvor |
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| salvation | (noun) (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | Synonyms: redemption |
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| (noun) a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness | - |
| (noun) saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation | - |
| (noun) the state of being saved or preserved from harm | - |
| salve | (noun) anything that remedies or heals or soothes | - |
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| (noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: balm, ointment, unction, unguent |
| salver | (noun) a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver | - |
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| salvia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb | Synonyms: sage |
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| salvinorin | (noun) a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum | - |
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| salvo | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, fusillade, volley |
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| (noun) a sudden outburst of cheers | - |
| (noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs | - |
| salvor | (noun) someone who salvages | Synonyms: salvager |
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| salwar | (noun) a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez) | Synonyms: shalwar |
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