| assay | (noun) a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. | - |
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| (noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs | Synonyms: check |
| (noun) a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance | - |
| (noun) a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components | - |
| (verb) analyze (chemical substances) | - |
| (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: attempt, essay, seek, try |
| assayer | (noun) an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals | - |
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| bioassay | (noun) appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard | Synonyms: bio-assay |
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| (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
| calisaya | (noun) Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark | Synonyms: Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis |
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| essay | (noun) a tentative attempt | - |
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| (noun) an analytic or interpretive literary composition | - |
| (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, attempt, seek, try |
| (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: examine, prove, test, try, try out |
| essayer | (noun) one who tries | Synonyms: attempter, trier |
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| essayist | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: litterateur |
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| gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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| hearsay | (adjective) heard through another rather than directly | - |
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| (noun) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | Synonyms: rumor, rumour |
| immunoassay | (noun) identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen | Synonyms: immunochemical assay |
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| naysayer | (noun) someone with an aggressively negative attitude | - |
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| naysaying | (noun) the act of saying no to a request | - |
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| radioimmunoassay | (noun) immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled | - |
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| say | (noun) the chance to speak | - |
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| (verb) express in words | Synonyms: state, tell |
| (verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: allege, aver |
| (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out |
| (verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: suppose |
| (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: enjoin, order, tell |
| (verb) communicate or express nonverbally | - |
| (verb) recite or repeat a fixed text | - |
| (verb) indicate | - |
| (verb) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare | - |
| (verb) utter aloud | - |
| (verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: read |
| sayeret | (noun) Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions | Synonyms: Sayeret Mat'kal, Sayeret Matkal |
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| saying | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, locution |
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| sayonara | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, so long |
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| soothsayer | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator |
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| soothsaying | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling |
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| unsay | (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, withdraw |
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